Heat transferred along two paths

JEE Advanced 2014 Paper 1, Question 20

A thermodynamic system is taken from an initial state i with internal energy U_{i} = 100 \, {\rm J} to the final state f along two different paths i a f and i b f, as schematically shown in the figure. The work done by the system along the paths a f, i b and b f are W_{a f} = 200 \, {\rm J}, W_{i b} = 50 \, {\rm J} and W_{b f} = 100 \, {\rm J} respectively. The heat supplied to the system along the path i a f, i b and b f are Q_{i a f}, Q_{i b} and Q_{b f} respectively. If the internal energy of the system in the state b is U_{b} = 200 \, {\rm J} and Q_{i a f} = 500 \, {\rm J}, the ratio Q_{b f}/Q_{i b} is

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Solution

The problem gives us partial information about internal energies, heat transferred, and work done at various points in the PV diagram. We …

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Ideal gas match list

JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 2, Question 16, 17 and 18

An ideal gas is undergoing a cyclic thermodynamic process in different ways as shown in the corresponding P-V diagrams in column 3 of the table. Consider only the path from state 1 to state 2. W denotes the corresponding work done on the system. The equations and plots in the table have standard notations as used in thermodynamic processes. Here \gamma is the ratio of heat capacities at constant pressure and constant volume. The number of moles in the gas is n.

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Electric flux through a hemisphere

JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 2, Question 10

A point charge +Q is placed just outside an imaginary hemispherical surface of radius {\rm R} as shown in the figure. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

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  1. The electric flux passing through the curved surface of the hemisphere is -\frac{Q}{2 \varepsilon_{0}}\left(1-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right)
  2. Total flux through the curved and the flat surfaces is \frac{Q}{\varepsilon_{0}}
  3. The component of the electric field normal to the flat surface is constant over the surface
  4. The circumference of the flat surface is an equipotential

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Solution

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Cyclic processes on a PV diagram

JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 2, Question 20

One mole of a monatomic ideal gas is taken along two cyclic processes E \rightarrow F \rightarrow G \rightarrow E and E \rightarrow F \rightarrow H \rightarrow E as shown in the PV diagram. The processes involved are purely isochoric, isobaric, isothermal or adiabatic.

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Match the paths in List I with the magnitudes of the work done in List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.

  1. G \to E
  2. G \to H
  3. F \to H
  4. F \to G
  1. 160 P_0 V_0 \ln 2
  2. 36 P_0 V_0
  3. 24 P_0 V_0
  4. 31 P_0 V_0

Codes:

    \begin{equation*}   \begin{matrix}         & {\rm P} & {\rm Q} & {\rm R} & {\rm S} \\     {\rm (A)} & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1 \\     {\rm (B)} & 4 & 3 & 1 & 2 \\     {\rm (C)} & 3 & 1 & 2 & 4 \\     {\rm (D)} & 1 & 3 & 2 & 4   \end{matrix} \end{equation*}

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Progressive refraction through glass layers

JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 1, Question 10

A monochromatic light is traveling in a medium of refractive index n=1.6. It enters a stack of glass layers from the bottom side at an angle \theta=30^{\circ}. The interfaces of the glass layers are parallel to each other. The refractive indices of different glass layers are monotonically decreasing as n_{m}=n-m \Delta n, where n_{m} is the refractive index of the m^{\rm th} slab and \Delta n=0.1 (see the figure). The ray is refracted out parallel to the interface between the (m-1)^{\rm th} and m^{\rm th} slabs from the right side of the stack. What is the value of m?

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Solution

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