CLASS: XI NEET WPT ECR DATE: 09.12.

2024

PHYSICS: THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER

1. On a hypothetical scale A the ice point is 420 and the steam points is 1820 for another scale
B, the ice point is – 100 and steam point is 900. If B reads 600. The reading of a is.
a) 160o b) 140o c) 120o d) 110o

2. A Fahrenheit thermometer registers 110 o while a faulty Celsius thermometer registers 44 0C.
Find the error in the later
a) 0.37o b) 0.87o c) 0.67o d) 0.48o

3. The resistance of a certain platinum resistance thermometer is found to be 2.56  at 0oC

and 3.56  at 1000C. When the thermometer is immersed in a given liquid, its resistance is
observed to be 5.06 . The temperature of the liquid
a) 45oC b) 250oC c) 225oC d) 120oC

4. A constant volume gas thermometer shows pressure readings of 50cm and 90cm of mercury
at 0oC, 100oC respectively. The temperature of the bath when pressure reading is 60cm of
mercury.
a) 45oC b) 30oC c) 25oC d) 20oC

5. When a rod is heated from 250C to 750C, it expands by 1mm. When a rod of same material
but with 4 times the length is heated from 250C to 500C. The increase in length is
a) 1 mm b) 1.5 mm c) 1.6 mm d) 2 mm

6. An iron metal rod is to maintain an accuracy of one part per million. The coefficient of
linear expansion of iron is . The minimum variations in temperature of the rod
could be
a) b) c) d)
7. Two metal rods have coefficients of linear expansion and
respectively. The difference in lengths is 10cm at all temperatures. Their initial lengths must
be respectively.
a) 40 cm and 50 cm b) 40 cm and 30 cm
c) 50 cm and 60 cm d) 30 cm and 20 cm

8. Two rods of same length and same diameter are drawn from equal masses and same
quantity of heat is supplied to the two rods. Find the ratio of expansions if specific heats of
the material is 2/3 and that of coefficient of linear expansion is 1/2
a) 4/3 b) 1/2 c) 3/4 d) 1/3
9. Two rods of different materials having coefficients of thermal expansion 1, 2 and young’s
modulus Y1, Y2 respectively are fixed between two rigid walls. The rods are heated such
that they undergo the same increase in temperature. There is no bending of rods. If
1:2=2:3, thermal stress developed in the rods are equal provided Y1:Y2 is equal to
a) 2:3 b) 1:1 c) 3:2 d) 4:9

10. Two uniform metal rods one of aluminium of length l1 and another made of steel of length l2
and linear coefficients of expansion 1 and 2 respectively are connected to form a single
rod of length l1 + l2. When the temperature of the combined rod is raised by t oC, the length

of each rod increases by the same amount. Then is

a) b) c) d)

11. There is some change in length when a 33000 N tensile force is applied on a steel rod of
area of cross-section 10–3 m2. The change of temperature required to produce the same
elongation of the steel rod when heated is
a) b) c) d)

12. A pendulum clock gives correct time at 200C at a place where g = 10m/s 2. The pendulum
consists of a light steel rod connected to a heavy ball. If it is taken to a different place where
g = 10.01 m/s2 at what temperature the pendulum gives correct time ( of steel is 10–5 / 0C)
a) b) c) d)

13. A clock pendulum made of invar has a period of 0.5 sec at 200 C. If the clock is used in a
climate where the temperature averages to 300C, how much time does the clock loose in
each oscillation. For invar
a) b) c) d)

14. When the temperature of a body increases from t to t + t, its moment of inertia increases
from I to I+I. The coefficient of linear expansion of the body is . The radio I/I is
b) c) d)
a)

15. A sphere of coefficient of linear expansion , mass ‘m’ and radius ‘r’ is spinning about an
axis through its diameter with an angular velocity ‘’ when it is heated such that its
temperature increases by t the angular velocity becomes

a) b) c) Hz d)

16. A thin brass sheet at 10oC and a thin steel sheet at 20oC have the same surface area. The
common temperature at which both would have the same area is (Coefficient of linear
expansion for brass and steel are respectively, are )
 a) b) c) d)

17. Coefficient of apparent expansions of a liquid in two different vessels are a and b. The real
coefficient of expansions of liquid, if the ratio of volume expansion of vessels is x : y

a) b) c) d)

18. The coefficient of linear expansion of iron is 11/180 of volume coefficient of expansion of
mercury which is . An iron rod is 10m long at 270C. The length of the rod will
be decreased by 1.1 mm then the temperature of the rod changes by
a) 0oC b) 10oC c) 20oC d) 170oC

19. A flask contains 100 c.c of a liquid at 100C. When it is heated to 1100C increase in volume
of the liquid appears to be 2c.c. Find the coefficient of real expansion of the liquid.
( )
a) b) c) d)

20. The volume of mercury in the bulb of a thermometer is 10 –6 m3. The area of cross-section of
the capillary tube is . If the temperature is raised by 1000C, the increase in the
length of the mercury column is ( )
a) 18 cm b) 0.9 cm c) 9 cm d) 1.8 cm

21. A non-conducting body floats in a liquid at 200C with 2/3 of its volume immersed in the
liquid. When liquid temperature is increased to 1000C, ¾ of body volume is immersed in
the liquid. Then the coefficient of real expansion of the liquid is …. (neglecting the
expansion of container of the liquid)
a) b) c) d)

22. A glass flask of volume one litre is filled completely with mercury at 0 0C. The flask is now
heated to 1000C. Coefficient of volume expansion of mercury is and
coefficient of linear expansion of glass is . During this process, amount of
mercury which overflows
a) 21.2 cc b) 15.2 cc c) 2.12 cc d) 18.2 cc

23. A vessel contains a liquid filled with 1/10 th of its volume. Another vessel contains same
liquid upto 1/8th of its volume. In both cases the volume of empty space remains constant at
all temperatures. Then the ratio of coefficient of linear expansions of the two vessels is
a) 2 : 5 b) 5 : 2 c) 4 : 5 d) 5 : 4

24. A sphere of mass 180g and diameter 6cm floats on the surface of a liquid. When the liquid
is heated to 350C, the sphere sinks in the liquid. If the density of liquid at 0 0C is 2 gcm–3.
The coefficient of real expansion of liquid is
 a) b)
c) d)

25. At 00C the densities of a cork and a liquid in which the cork floats are d 1 and d2 respectively.
The coefficient of expansion for the material of the cork and the liquid are g and 100g

respectively. If the cork sinks when the temperature of the liquid is ‘t0C’ then the ratio is

a) b) c) d)

26. A wooden block of density 860 kg/m 3 at 00C is floating on benzene liquid of density 900
kg/m3 at 00C. The temperature at which the block just submerge in benzene is
[ ]
a) b) c) d)

27. A solid floats in a liquid at 200C with 75% of it immersed. When the liquid is heated
to 1000C, the same solid floats with 80% of it immersed in the liquid. Calculate the
coefficient of expansion of the liquid. Assume the volume of the solid to be constant.
a) b) c) d)

28. Brass scale of a Barometer gives correct reading at 0 0C. Coefficient of linear expansion of
brass is . If the barometer reads 76cm at 200C, the correct reading is
( )
a) 76.426 cm b) 75.7 cm c) 76.642 cm d) 76.264 cm

29. When an air bubble of radius ‘r’ rises from the bottom to the surface of lake, its radius
becomes 5r/4 (the pressure of the atmosphere is equal to the 10m height of water column).
If the temperature is constant and the surface tension is neglected, the depth of the lake is
a) 3.53 m b) 6.53 m c) 9.53 m d) 12.53 m

30. At the bottom of a lake where temperature is 7 0C the pressure is 2.8 atmosphere. An air
bubble of radius 1cm at the bottom rises to the surface. Where the temperature is 27 0C.
Radius of air bubble at the surface is
a) 31/3 b) 41/3 c) 51/3 d) 61/3