VELAMMAL KNOWLEDGE PARK, PONNERI

IIT/ NEET WORK SHEET

Class :XII

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SUB : PHYSICS
TOPIC : THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTERS
(THERMOMETRY, THERMAL EXPLANSION OF
O SOLIDS, LIQUIDS,
CALORIMETRY, HEAT TRANSFER)
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1. A steel tape measures the length of a copper rod as 90.0 cm when both are at
100C, the calibration temperature, for the tape. What would the tape read for
the length of the rod when both are at 300 C ? Given  steel  1.2  105 / 0 C and
 Cu  1.7  105 / 0 C
1) 89.00 cm 2) 90.21 cm 3) 89.80 cm *4) 90.01 cm
2. The temperature of equal masses of three different liquids x, y and z are 100C,
200C and 300C, respectively. The temperature of mixture when x is mixed with y
is 160C and that when y is mixed with z is 260C. The temperature of mixture
when x and z are mixed will be
1) 28.320C 2) 25.620C *3) 23.840C 4) 20.280C
3. Which of the following graphs represent
represent the behavior of an ideal gas? (Symbols
have their usual meanings.)
Ans. 3

4. Given 50oF, 50oC and 50 K arrange them in increasing order of temperature

1)50oF, 50oC & 50 K 2) 50 K, 50oC & 50oF
*3) 50 K, 50o F & 50oC 4) 50oC , 50oF & 50 K
5. cross-section 40 cm 2 is prevented from
A steel rail of length 5m and area of cross
expanding along its length while the temperature rises by 10 o C . If coefficient of
linear expansion and Young’s modulus of steel are 1.2  10 5 K 1 and 2  1011 Nm 2
respectively, the force developed in the rail is approximately :
1) 2  107 N *2) 1 105 N 3) 2  109 N 4) 3  10 5 N
6. Two identicall rods of a metal are welded in series then 20 cal of heat flows
through them in 4 min. If the rods are welded in parallel then the same amount
of heat will flow in
*1) 1 min 2) 2 min 3) 4 min 4) 16 min
7. Three rods of identical cross-sectional area and made from the same metal form
the sides of an isosceles triangle ABC, right-angled at B. The points A and B are
maintained at temperatures T and  2  T respectively. In the steady state, the
temperature of the point C it TC. Assuming that only heat conduction takes
place, TC/T is
3 3 3 4
1) *2) 3) 4)
2 1 2 1 
3 2 1  2 1
8. A cylinder radius R, made of a material of thermal conductivity K1, it is sounded
by a cylindrical shell of inner radius R and outer radius 2R made of a material
of thermal conductivity K2. The two ends of the combined system are
maintained at two different temperatures. There is no loss of heat across the
cylindrical surface and the system is in steady state. The effective thermal
conductivity of the system is
1) K1 + K2 2) K1K2 (K1+K2) *3) (K1+3K2)/4 4) (3K1 + K2)/4
9. If 1 g of steam is mixed with 1g of ice, then resultant temperature of the mixture is
*1) 100oC 2) 230oC 3) 270oC 4) 50oC
10. Match the following :
List – I List – II
A) Fluid flow d) Temperature difference
B) Heat flow e) Pressure difference
C) Charge flow f) Potential difference
*1) a-e, b-d, c-f 2) a-d, b-e, c-f 3) a-f, b-e, c-d 4) a-e, b-f, c-d
11. The two ends of a metal rod are maintained at temperatures 100oC and 110oC.
The rate of heat flow in the rod is found to be 4 Js-1. If the ends are maintained
at temperatures 200oC and 210oC, the rate of heat flow will be
1) 44 Js-1 2) 16.8 Js-1 3) 8 Js-1 *4) 4 Js-1
12. Two plates of same area are placed in contact. Their thickness as well as
thermal conductivities are in the ratio 2 : 3. The outer surface of one plate is
maintained at 10oC and that of the other at 0oC. What is the temperature at the
common surface?
1) 0oC 2) 2.5oC *3) 5oC 4) 6.5oC
13. In natural convection a heated portion of a liquid moves because
1) Its molecular motion becomes aligned
2) Of molecular collisions within it
*3) It density is less than that of the surrounding fluid
4) of currents of the surrounding fluid
14. Figures shows a thermal network of five metal rods of the same cross – section
area, if the heat current from the ends A and B is 180 W. Find the heat current
through curved ( lower ) part

1) 70 W 2) 80 W *3) 90 W 4) 100 W
15. The power radiated by a black body is P and it radiates maximum energy at
wavelength o . If the temperature of the black body is now changed, so that it
3
radiates maximum energy at wavelength o , the power radiated by it becomes
4
nP. The value of n is
256 4 3 81
*1) 2) 3) 4)
81 3 4 256
16. The freezer a refrigerator is located at the top section so that
*1) The entire chamber of the refrigerator is cooled quickly due to convection.
2) The motor is not heated
3) The heat gained from the environment is high
4) The heat gained from the environment is low.
17. A ring shaped tube contains two ideal gases with equal masses and relative
molar masses M1 = 32 and M2 = 28. The gases are separated by one fixed
partition P and another movable stopper S which can move freely without
friction inside the ring.

The angle α in equilibrium as shown in the figure ( in degrees ) is

1) 291 2) 219 3) 129 *4) 192
18. Cooling rate of a sphere of 600 K at external environment (200 K) is R. When
the temperature of sphere is reduced to 400 K then cooling rate of the sphere
becomes
*1) (3/16) R 2) (16/3) R 3) (9/27) R 4) None
19. The rectangular surface of area 4 cm x 2 cm of a black body at a temperature
127oC emits energy at the rate of E. If the length and breadth of the surface are
each reduced to half of the initial value and the temperature is raised to 327oC.
The rate of emission of energy will become
3 81 9 81
1) E 2) E 3) E *4) E
8 10 16 64
20. An iron bar (young’s modulus = 1010 N/m2, α = 10-5 /oC) 1 m long and 10-2 m2
in area is heated from 0oC to 50oC without being allowed to bend or expand.
Find the compressive force developed inside the bar
*1) 50,000 N 2) 1000 N 3) 5000 N 4) 105 N
21. A centigrade and a Fahrenheit thermometers are dipped in boiling water. The
water temperature is lowered until the Fahrenheit thermometer registers 140 o.
What is the fall in temperature as registered by the centigrade thermometer?
1) 30o 2) 40o *3) 60o 4) 80o
22. A constant volume gas thermometer shows pressure reading of 50 cm and 90
cm of mercury at 0oC and 100oC, respectively. When the pressure reading is 60
cm of mercury, the temperature is
*1) 25oC 2) 40oC 3) 15oC 4) 12.5oC
23. Assertion (A) :Blue star is at high temperature than red star.
 l 
Reason (R) : Wien’s displacement law states that T    .
 m 
*1) Both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct
explanation of the Assertion
2) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but the Reason is not correct
explanation of the Assertion
3) Assertion is true, but Reason is false
4) Assertion is false and Reason is true
24. There are two brass spheres at the same temperature. If their radii are in the
ratio 2 : 3. The ratio of their thermal capacities is
1) 4 : 9 2) 2 : 3 *3) 8 : 27 4) 27 : 8
25. A clock with a metal pendulum beating seconds keeps correct time at 0oC. If it
loses 12.5 s a day at 25oC, the coefficient of linear expansion of metal pendulum
is
1 1 1 1
*1) / oC 2) / oC 3) / oC 4) / oC
86400 43200 14400 28800
26. Three identical rods A,B and C are placed end-to-end. A temperature difference
is maintained between the free ends of A and C. The thermal conductivity of B
is thrice that of C and half of that of A. The effective thermal conductivity of the
system will be (KA is the thermal conductivity of rod A)
1 2
*1) K A 2) 3K A 3) 2K A 4) K A
3 3
27. A bullet of mass 5 g, travelling with a speed of210 m/s, strikes a fixed wooden
target. One half of its kinetics energy is converted into heat in the bullet while
the other half is converted into heat in the wood. The rise of temperature of the
bullet if the specific heat of its material is0.030 cal/(g – ºC) (1 cal = 4.2 × 107
ergs) close to:
*1) 87.5ºC 2) 75.5ºC 3) 119.2ºC 4) 38.4ºC
28. A metallic bar is heated from 0o C to 100o C . The coeficient of linear expansion is
105 K 1 . What will be the percentage increase in length?
1) 0.01% 2) 0.1% 3) 1% *4) 10%
29. The heat radiated per unit area in 1 hour by a furnace whose temperature is

3000K is   5.7 108 Wm 2 K 4 
*1) 1.7  1010 J 2) 1.7  1014 J 3) 1.7 104 J 4) 1.7  10 20 J
30. Statement – I :If If equal amount of hea
heatt is added to equal masses of different
dif
substances,
s, the resulting temperature change is also equal.
Statement – II : Every substance requires a unique value of heat to change its
temperature per unit mass, per degree centigrade (or per kelvin)
1) Statement-II and Statement-II
Statement are true and Statement-II II is the correct
explanation of Statement--I
2) Statement-I and Statement
Statement-II are true, but Statement-II
II is not the correct
explanation of Statement--I
3) Statement-II is true, but Statement-II
Statement is false
*4) Statement-II is false, but Statement
Statement-II is true
31. A cylindrical metal rod of length L0 is shaped into a ring with th a small gap as
shown. On heating the system.

1) Only x decreases, r and d increases 2) x and r increase, d decreases

*3) x, r and d increase
4) Data insufficient to arrive at a conclusion
32. Utencils used for cooking should have
1) High permeability
ility and High coercivity
2) High thermal conductivity and High specific heat
*3)
3) High thermal conductivity and low specific heat
4) Low temperature coefficient of resistivity and High resistivity
33. A copper rod of 88cm and an aluminium rod of unknown length have their
increase in length independent of increase in temperature. The length of
aluminium rod is αCu  1.7105 K1 ,α Al  2.2105 K1 
*1) 68 cm 2) 6.8 cm 3) 113.9 cm 4) 88 cm
34. Two rods A and B of different materials are welded together as shown in figure.
Their thermal conductivities are K1 and K2. The thermal conductivity of the
composite rod will be

3  K1  K 2  K  K2
1) 2) K 1  K 2 3) 2 K1  K 2  *4) 1
2 2
35. Two thin metal strips, one of brass and the other of iron are fastened together
parallel to each other, a distance 2mm apart to form a bimetallic strip. If the
strips are of equal length at 00C. The radius of the arc formed by the bimetallic
strip when n heated to 800C is (coefficient of linear expansion of brass =
19 106 / 0 C and iron = 12 106 / 0 C )
1) 1.50m *2) 3.57m 3) 5.57m 4) 0.57m
36. A steel frame of coefficient of thermal conductivity K  45 W m 1K 1 of length
sectional area 0.2 m 2 . The free ends are maintained at 20 o C and
60cm has cross-sectional
40 o C . The rate of heat flow through the frame is
1) 200 W *2) 300 W 3) 450 W 4) 600 W
37. A black body at 127 C emits the energy at the rate of 10 J/m 2 s . The temperature
o 6

of a black body at which the rate of energy emission is 16  10 6 J/m 2s is

1) 508o C 2) 273o C 3) 400 o C *4) 527 o C
38. An anisotropic material has coefficients of linear thermal expansion 1 ,  2 and  3
along x,y and z-axis
axis respectively. Coefficient of cubical expansion
expansion of its material
will be equal to :
  2  3
*1) 1   2   3 2) 1  2 2  3 3 3) 31  2 2   3 4) 1
3
39. Solar radiation emitted by the sun resembles that emitted by a black body at a
temperature of 6000 K. Maximum intensity is emitted at a wavelength of about
o
4800 A . If the sun was cooled down from 6000 K to 3000 K, then the peak
intensity would occur at a wavelength of:
o o o o
1) 4800 A *2) 9600 A 3) 2400 A 4) 19200 A
o
40. When 4 g of water at 80 C is added to 20 g of copper at 20oC the final
temperature of mixture becomes 60oC. If specific heat capacity of water is 1
cal/goC, then specific heat capacity of copper ( in cal/goC) would be:
1) 0.3 2) 0.05 3) 0.4 *4) 0.1
41. Kepler space telescope generated a plot of intensity of radiation versus
wavelength of three stars in Andromeda galaxy. What is the relation between
their temperature?

1) TA> TB> TC 2) TC> TB > TA *3) TA > TC> TB 4) TB> TC> TA

42. At room temperature (27 (27° C) a vehicle tyre has pressure of 3 atm. The
temperature at which the pressure in tyre 1 atm is
1) 246K 2) 274K 3) 217K *4) 100K
100
43. The resistance of the wire in platinum resistance thermometer at ice point is 3
and at steam point is 9 .. When the thermometer is inserted in an unknown
hot bath its resistance is found to be12
be12.. The temperature of the hot bath is
1) 100° C 2) 50°° C 3) 75° C *4)
4) 150°
150 C
44. For an ideal gas pressure vs internal energy graph is as shown. Which of the
following pressure volume graph is equivalent to this graph?

Ans. 2

45. Match the Column I (physical quantity) with Column II ( temperature) as per the
anomalous behavior of water and select the correct answer from the codes given
below:
Column – I Column - II
(A) Density maximum (I) 4oC
(B) Volume increases (II) 27oC to 10oC
(C) Volume decreases (III) 4oC to 0oC
.

(A) (B) (C) (A) (B) (C)

.

*1) I III II 2) I II III

3) II I III 4) II III I
A  42 B  72
46. Two temperature scales A and B are related by  . At which
110 220
temperature, two scales have the same readings?
1) – 42o 2) – 72o *3) + 12o 4) – 40o
47. As the temperature is increased, the period of a pendulum
*1) increases as its effective length increases even though its centre of mass still
remains at the centre of the bob.
2) decreases as its effective length increases even though its centre of mass still
remains at the centre of the bob.
3) increases as its effective
ffective length increases due to shifting to centre of mass
below the centre of the bob.
4) decreases as its effective length remains same but the centre of mass shifts
above the centre of the bob.
48. An iron tyre is to be fitted on a wooden wheel 1 m in diameter. The diameter of
tyre is 6 mm smaller than that of wheel. The tyre should be heated so that its
temperature increases by a minimum of (the coefficient of cubical expansion of
iron is 3.6 105 / o C
1) 167oC 2) 334oC *3) 500oC 4) 1000oC
49. A student takes 50 gm wax (specific heat = 0.6
kcal/kgoC) and heats it till it boils. The graph
between temperature and time is as follows. Heat
supplied to the wax per minute and boiling point are
respectively

1) 500 cal, 50oC 2) 1000 cal, 100oC

*3) 1500 cal, 200oC 4) 1000 cal, 200oC
50. Two rods of same length and transfer a given amount of heat 12 second, when
they are joined as shown in figure (i). But when they ar aree joined as shown in
figure (ii), then they will transfer same heat in same conditions in

1) 24 s 2) 13 s 3) 15 s *4) 48 s
51. At constant pressure, the ratio of increase in volume of an ideal gas per degree
rise in kelvin temperature to its volume is
*1) 1/T 2) 1/T2 3) T 4) T2
52. 300 gm of water at 25oC is added to 100 g of ice at 0oC. The final temperature
of the mixture is
5 5
1)  o C 2)  oC 3) 5o C *4) 0o C
3 2
53. The amount of heat required in converting 2 g ice at – 10oC into steam at 100oC
will be (Lf = 80 cal/g, Lv= 540 cal/g, Sice= 0.5 cal/g0C, Swater= 1 cal/g0C)
1) 420 cal *2)1450cal
1450cal 3) 205 cal 4) 290 cal
54. A large cylindrical rod of length L is made by joining two
L
identical rods of copper and steel of length   each. The
2
rods are completely insulated from the surroundings. If
the free end of copper rod is maintained at 100oC and that
of steel at 0oC then the temperature of junction is
(Thermal conductivity of copper is 9 times that of steel).
*1) 90oC 2) 50oC 3) 10oC 4) 67oC
55. Two rods A and B of identical dimensions are at temperature 30oC. If A is
heated upto 180oC and B upto ToC, then new lengths are the same. If the ratio
of the coefficients of linear expansion of A and B is 4 : 3, then the value of T is
*1) 230oC 2) 270oC 3) 200oC 4) 250oC
56. A bimetallic strip is formed out of two identical strips, one of copper and other of
brass. The coefficients of linear expansion of the two metals are  c and  b . On
heating, the temperature of the strip goes up by ∆T and the strips bends to form
an arc of radius of curvature R. Then, which of the following statement is
correct about the radius of curvature?
1) It is proportional to ∆T *2)
2) It is inversely proportional to ∆T
3) It is proportional to  b   c 4) It is inversely proportional to  b   c
57. A slab of stone of area 0.36 m2 and thickness 0.1 m is exposed on the lower
surface to steam at 100oC. A block of ice at 0oC rests on the upper surface of
the slab. In one hour 4.8 kg of ice is melted. The thermal conductivity of slab is
(Given latent heat of fusion of ice = 3.36 x 105 J kg-1)
*1) 1.24 J/m/s/oC 2) 1.29 J/m/s/oC
3) 2.05 J/m/s/ Co 4) 1.02 J/m/s/oC
58. Graph of specific heat at constant volume for a mono-atomic gas is
Ans. 3

59. A uniform thermometer scale is at steady state with its 0 cm mark at 20 oC and
100 cm mark at 100oC. Temperature of the 60 cm mark is
1) 48oC *2) 68oC 3) 52oC 4) 58oC
60. Four rods of same material and having the same cross section and length have
been joined, as shown. The temperature of the junction of four rods will be

1) 20oC 2) 30oC *3) 45oC 4) 60oC

61. A black body has wavelength corresponding to maximum intensity m at 2000
K. Its corresponding wavelength at 3000 K will be
3 2 16 81
1) m *2) m 3) m 4) m
2 3 81 16
62. A mercury thermometer is transferred from melting ice to a hot liquid. The
mercury rises to 9/10 of the distance between the two fixed points. Find the
temperature of the liquid in Fahrenheit scale
*1) 1940F 2) 1620F 3) 1120F 4)1130F
63. A steel rod of length 0.5km is used in the construction of a bridge. It has
withstand a temperature change of 400C. The gap that is allowed for its
expansion is [   10 / C ]
6 0

1) 0.02cm 2) 0.02mm 3) 2m *4) 20mm

64. A beaker contains 200g of water. The heat capacity of the beaker is equal to that
of 20g water. The initial temperature of water in the beaker is 20 0C. If 440g of
hot water at 920C is poured in it, the final temperature (neglecting radiation
loss) will be nearly.
1) 580C *2) 680C 3) 730C 4) 780C
65. If 10g of the ice at 00C is mixed with 10g of water at 100C, then the final
temperature of the mixture will be
1) 50C *2) 00C 3) 1000C 4) 400C
66. An air bubble rises from the bottom of a lake and its radius is doubled on
reaching the surface. If the temperature is constant the depth of the lake is.(1
atmospheric pressure =10m height of water column)
1) 7m *2) 70m 3) 10m 4) 0.7m
67. State the equation corresponding to 8g of O2 is
1) PV = 8RT *2) PV= RT/4 3) PV = RT 4) PV = RT/2
68. 2kg ice block should be dropped from ‘x km’ height to melt completely. The 8kg
ice should be dropped from a height of
1) 4x km *2) x km 3) 2x km 4) x/2 km
69. Which of the substance A,BA, and C has low specific heat
(for same mass):-

*1) A 2) B
3) C 4) All have same specific heat
70. If two rods of length L and 2L having coefficients of linear expansion  and 2
respectively are connected so that total length becomes 3L the average
coefficient of linear expansion of the composition of rod equals
1) (3/2)  2) (5/2)  *3) (5/3)  4) (3/5) 
71. Two liquids A and B are at 32 C and 24 C. When mixed in equal masses the
o o

temperature of the mixture is found to be 28oC. Their specific heats are in the
ratio of
1)3 : 2 2) 2 : 3 *3) 1 : 1 4) 4 : 3
72. A metal rod of length 2 m has cross sectional areas 2A and A as shown in figure.
The ends are maintained at temperatures 100oC and 70oC. The temperature at
the middle point C is

1) 80oC 2) 85oC *3) 90oC 4) 95oC

73. 10 kg of ice at – 10oC is mixed with 40 kg of water at 45oC, the final temperature
of mixture is (specific heat of ice = 2100 J / kg – K) nearly
*1) 19oC 2) 17oC 3) 15oC 4) 13oC
74. A cylinder of radius R of thermal conductivity K1 is surrounded by a cylindrical
shell of inner radius R and outer radius 2R made of thermal conductivity K2.
The two ends of the whole system are maintained at two different temperatures
T1 and T2( T1< T2 ). The system is in steady state and there is no loss of heat
across cylindrical surface. The electrical thermal
thermal conductivity of the system is

K1 K 2 K1  3K 2 K1  K 2
33K
1) K  K1  K 2 2) K  *3) K  4) K 
K1  K 2 4 4
75. A fully charged capacitor has a capacitance C. It is discharged through a small
coil of resistance wire embedded in a thermally insulated block of specific heat
capacity s and mass m. If the temperature of the block is raised by T, the
potential difference
nce V across the capacitance is :
2mC T mC T msT 2msT
1) 2) 3) *4)
s s C C
76. Stream at 100oC is passed into 20 g of water at 10oC. When water acquires a
temperature of 80oC, the mass of water present will be ( Take, specific s heat of
water = 1 calg C and latent heat of steam = 540 cal g )
-1 o -1 -1

1) 50 g 2) 100 g 3) 150 g *4)) 22.5 g

77. A block of ice of mass 50 kg is sliding on a horizontal plane. It starts with speed
5 ms-1 and stops after moving through some distance. The mass of ice that has
melted due to friction between the block and the surface is ( Assuming that no
energy is lost
st and latent heat of fusion of ice is 80 calg-1, J = 4.2 J cal-1 )
1) 2.86 g 2) 3.86 g 3) 0.86 g *4)
4) 1.86 g
78. A bimetallic strip is made of aluminium and steel  Al   steel  on heating, the
strip will
1) remains straight 2) get twisted
3) will bend with alumiiuim on concave side
*4)
4) will bend with steel on concave side
79. Three rods of equal length of same material are joined to form an equilateral
triangle ABC as shown in figure. Area of cross – section of rod AB is S, of rrod
BC is 2S and that of AC is S. Then, match the following columns and mark the
correct option from the codes given below,

Column – I Column - II
(A) Temperature of junction (p) Greater than 50oC
B
(B) Heat current in AB (q) Less than 50oC
(C) Heat current in BC (r) Is equal to heat current in BC
(s) 2
Is times heat current in AC
3
(t) None
.

(A) (B) (C) (A) (B) (C)

1) p r s *2) q r s
3) p r t 4) None of these
80. Assertion (A) :A body that is a good radiator is also a good absorber of radiation
at a given wavelength.
Reason (R) :According to Kirchhoff’s law, the absorptivity of a body is equal to
its emissivity at a given wavelength.
*1) Both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is the correct
explanation of the Assertion
2) Both Assertion and Reason are true, but the Reason is not correct
explanation of the Assertion
3) Assertion is true, but Reason is false
4) Assertion is false and Reason is true
81. Assertion: A gas has unique value of specific heat.
Reason: Specific heat is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the
temperature of unit mass of the substance through unit degree.
1) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true and ‘R’ is a the correct explanation of ‘A’
2) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true and ‘R’ is not the correct explanation of ‘A’
3) ‘A’ is true and ‘R’ is false *4) ‘A’ is false and ‘R’ is true
82. The ratio of the diameters of two metallic rods of the same material is 4 :1 and
their lengths are in the ratio 1 : 2. If the temperature difference between them
are equal, the rate of flow of heat in there will be in the ratio of
1) 2 : 1 2) 4 : 1 3) 16 : 1 *4) 32 : 1
83. A difference of temperature of 40oC is equivalent to a difference of
1) 45oF *2) 72oF 3) 30oF 4) 25oF
84. When a copper ball is heated the largest percentage increases will occur in its
1) Diameter 2) Area *3) Volume  4) Density
85. A hole is drilled in a copper sheet. The diameter of the hole is 4.24 cm at 27 oC.
What is the change in the diameter of the hole when the sheet is heated to
227oC? Coefficient of linear expansion of copper = 1.70 x 10 -5 oC-1
*1) 1.44 102 cm 2) 3.44 102 cm 3) 5.44 102 cm 4) 7.44 102 cm
86. Gravitational force is required for
1) Stirring of liquid *2) Convection
3) Conduction 4) Radiation
87. The graph AB shown in figure is a plot of temperature of a body in degree
Celsius and degree Fahrenheit, then

1) slope of line AB is 9/5 *2) slope of line AB is 5/9

3) slope of line AB is 1/9 4) slope of line AB is 3/9
88. A uniform metallic rod rotates about its perpendicular bisector with constant
angular speed. If it is heated uniformly to raise its temperature slightly,
1) its speed of rotation increases *2) its speed of rotation decreases
3) its speed of rotation remains same
89. A metal rod of Young’s modulus Y and coefficient of thermal expansion  is held
at its two ends such that its length remains invariant. If its temperature is
raised by t oC , the linear stress developed in it is
1 t Y
1) 2) 3) *4) Y t
Y  t  Y t
90. If temperature of ideal blackbody increased by 10%. Then percentage increase
in radiating power emitted from its surface will be
1) 10% 2) 40% *3) 46% 4) 100%
91. Three rods of equal length l are joined to form an equilateral triangle PQR. O is
the mid-point of PQ. Distance OR remains same for same change in
temperature. Coefficient of linear expansion for PR and RQ is same, i.e.,  2 but
that for PQ is  1 . Then,

1)  2  31
2)  2  4 1
3) 1  3 2
*4)  1  4 2
92. A spherical black body with a radius of 12cm radiates 450W power at 500K. If
the radius were halved and the temperature doubled, the power radiated in watt
would be
*1) 1800 2) 225 3) 450 *4) 900

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