Transmission of Heat 195

6. Under steady state, the temperature of a body 12. Two rectangular blocks A and B of different metals
[CPMT 1978] have same length and same area of cross-section.
They are kept in such a way that their cross-
(a) Increases with time
sectional area touch each other. The temperature
(b) Decreases with time at one end of A is 100°C and that of B at the other
(c) Does not change with time and is same at all end is 0°C. If the ratio of their thermal conductivity
the points of the body is 1 : 3, then under steady state, the temperature of
(d) Does not change with time but is different at the junction in contact will be
different points of the body [MP PMT 1985]
7. The coefficient of thermal conductivity depends (a) 25°C (b) 50°C
upon (c) 75°C (d) 100°C
[MP PET/PMT 1984; AFMC 1996; Orissa JEE 2005] 13. Two vessels of different materials are similar in
(a) Temperature difference of two surfaces size in every respect. The same quantity of ice
(b) Area of the plate filled in them gets melted in 20 minutes and 30
(c) Thickness of the plate minutes. The ratio of their thermal conductivities
will be [MP PMT 1989; CMEET Bihar 1995]
(d) Material of the plate
8. When two ends of a rod wrapped with cotton are (a) 1.5 (b) 1
maintained at different temperatures and after (c) 2/3 (d) 4
some time every point of the rod attains a
14. Two rods A and B are of equal lengths. Their ends
constant temperature, then
are kept between the same temperature and their
[MP PET/PMT 1988]
area of cross-sections are A1 and A2 and
(a) Conduction of heat at different points of the
rod stops because the temperature is not thermal conductivities K1 and K 2 . The rate of
increasing
heat transmission in the two rods will be equal, if
(b) Rod is bad conductor of heat [MP PMT 1991; CBSE PMT 2002]
(c) Heat is being radiated from each point of the
rod (a) K1 A2  K 2 A1 (b) K1 A1  K 2 A2
(d) Each point of the rod is giving heat to its
(c) K1  K 2 (d) K1 A12  K 2 A22
neighbour at the same rate at which it is
receiving heat 15. In variable state, the rate of flow of heat is
9. The length of the two rods made up of the same controlled by
metal and having the same area of cross-section
(a) Density of material (b) Specific heat
are 0.6 m and 0.8 m respectively. The temperature
(c) Thermal conductivity (d) All the above factors
between the ends of first rod is 90o C and
o
16. If the ratio of coefficient of thermal conductivity of
60 C and that for the other rod is 150 and silver and copper is 10 : 9, then the ratio of the
110o C . For which rod the rate of conduction will lengths upto which wax will melt in Ingen Hausz
be greater experiment will be
(a) First (b) Second [DPMT 2001]

(c) Same for both (d) None of the above (a) 6 : 10 (b) 10 : 3
10. The ratio of thermal conductivity of two rods of (c) 100 : 81 (d) 81 : 100
different material is 5 : 4. The two rods of same 17. The thickness of a metallic plate is 0.4 cm. The
area of cross-section and same thermal resistance
temperature between its two surfaces is 20o C .
will have the lengths in the ratio
[MP PET 1984; BVP 2003] The quantity of heat flowing per second is 50
(a) 4 : 5 (b) 9 : 1 calories from 5cm2 area. In CGS system, the
(c) 1 : 9 (d) 5 : 4 coefficient of thermal conductivity will be

11. The thermal conductivity of a material in CGS (a) 0.4 (b) 0.6
system is 0.4. In steady state, the rate of flow of (c) 0.2 (d) 0.5
heat 10 cal/sec-cm2, then the thermal gradient will 18. In Searle's method for finding conductivity of
be [MP PMT 1989]
metals, the temperature gradient along the bar
(a) 10C / cm (b) 12C / cm [MP PMT 1984]
(a) Is greater nearer the hot end
(c) 25C / cm (d) 20C / cm
 196 Transmission of Heat
(b) Is greater nearer to the cold end (a) Air is filled in porous of snow
(c) Is the same at all points along the bar (b) Ice is more bad conductor than snow
(d) Increases as we go from hot end to cold end (c) Air is filled in porous of ice
19. The dimensions of thermal resistance are (d) Density of ice is more
(a) M 1 L2T 3 K (b) ML2T 2 K 1 26. Two thin blankets keep more hotness than one
blanket of thickness equal to these two. The
(c) ML2T 3 K (d) ML2T 2 K 2 reason is
20. A piece of glass is heated to a high temperature (a) Their surface area increases
and then allowed to cool. If it cracks, a probable
(b) A layer of air is formed between these two
reason for this is the following property of glass
blankets, which is bad conductor
[CPMT 1985]
(c) These have more wool
(a) Low thermal conductivity
(b) High thermal conductivity (d) They absorb more heat from outside

(c) High specific heat 27. Ice formed over lakes has

(d) High melting point (a) Very high thermal conductivity and helps in
further ice formation
21. Two walls of thicknesses d1 and d2 and thermal
conductivities k1 and k2 are in contact. In the (b) Very low conductivity and retards further
steady state, if the temperatures at the outer formation of ice
surfaces are T1 and T2 , the temperature at the (c) It permits quick convection and retards further
common wall is formation of ice

[MP PMT 1990; CBSE PMT 1999] (d) It is very good radiator
28. Two rods of same length and material transfer a
k1T1d2  k2T2d1 k1T1  k2d2 given amount of heat in 12 seconds, when they
(a) (b)
k1d2  k2d1 d1  d2 are joined end to end. But when they are joined
lengthwise, then they will transfer same heat in
same conditions in
 k1d1  k2d2  k d T  k2d2T2
(c)  T1T2 (d) 1 1 1 [BHU 1998; UPSEAT 2002]
 T T  k1d1  k2d2
 1 2  (a) 24 s (b) 3 s
(c) 1.5 s (d) 48 s
22. A slab consists of two parallel layers of copper and
brass of the same thickness and having thermal 29. Wires A and B have identical lengths and have
conductivities in the ratio 1 : 4. If the free face of circular cross-sections. The radius of A is twice the
radius of B i.e. rA  2rB . For a given
brass is at 100o C and that of copper at 0o C ,
temperature difference between the two ends,
the temperature of interface is
both wires conduct heat at the same rate. The
[IIT 1981; MP PMT 1987, 2001] relation between the thermal conductivities is
(a) 80°C (b) 20°C given by
(c) 60°C (d) 40°C (a) K A  4K B (b) K A  2K B
23. The temperature gradient in a rod of 0.5 m long is (c) K A  K B / 2 (d) K A  K B / 4
80o C / m. If the temperature of hotter end of the 30. Two identical plates of different metals are joined
rod is 30o C , then the temperature of the cooler to form a single plate whose thickness is double
end is the thickness of each plate. If the coefficients of
conductivity of each plate are 2 and 3
(a) 40o C (b)  10o C respectively, then the conductivity of composite
plate will be
(c) 10o C (d) 0o C
(a) 5 (b) 2.4
24. On heating one end of a rod, the temperature of
(c) 1.5 (d) 1.2
whole rod will be uniform when
31. If the radius and length of a copper rod are both
(a) K = 1 (b) K = 0 doubled, the rate of flow of heat along the rod
(c) K = 100 (d) K  increases
(a) 4 times (b) 2 times
25. Snow is more heat insulating than ice, because
(c) 8 times (d) 16 times
 Transmission of Heat 197
32. The coefficients of thermal conductivity of copper, between their ends are equal, the rate of flow of
mercury and glass are respectively Kc, Km and Kg heat in them will be in the ratio [MP PET 1994]
such that Kc > Km > Kg. If the same quantity of heat
is to flow per second per unit area of each and (a) 2 : 1 (b) 4 : 1
corresponding temperature gradients are Xc, Xm and
Xg, then [MP PMT 1990]
(c) 8 :1 (d) 16 : 1

(a) X c  X m  X g (b) X c  X m  X g 38. Two cylinders P and Q have the same length and
diameter and are made of different materials
(c) X c  X m  X g (d) X m  X c  X g having thermal conductivities in the ratio 2 : 3.
33. If two metallic plates of equal thicknesses and These two cylinders are combined to make a
cylinder. One end of P is kept at 100°C and
thermal conductivities K 1 and K2 are put
another end of Q at 0°C. The temperature at the
together face to face and a common plate is interface of P and Q is [MP PMT 1994; EAMCET
constructed, then the equivalent thermal 2000]
conductivity of this plate will be
[MP PMT 1991] (a) 30o C (b) 40o C

K1 K2 (c) 50o C (d) 60o C

39. Two identical rods of copper and iron are coated

K 1K 2 2K 1K 2 with wax uniformly. When one end of each is kept
(a) (b)
K1  K 2 K1  K 2 at temperature of boiling water, the length upto
which wax melts are 8.4cm and 4.2cm
(K 12  K 22 )3 / 2 (K 12  K 22 )3 / 2 respectively. If thermal conductivity of copper is
(c) (d) 0.92, then thermal conductivity of iron is [MP PET
K 1K 2 2K 1K 2
1995]
34. The quantity of heat which crosses unit area of a (a) 0.23 (b) 0.46
metal plate during conduction depends upon
(c) 0.115 (d) 0.69
[MP PMT 1992; JIPMER 1997]
(a) The density of the metal 40. Mud houses are cooler in summer and warmer in
winter because [BVP 2003]
(b) The temperature gradient perpendicular to the
area (a) Mud is superconductor of heat

(c) The temperature to which the metal is heated (b) Mud is good conductor of heat

(d) The area of the metal plate (c) Mud is bad conductor of heat
(d) None of these
35. The ends of two rods of different materials with
their thermal conductivities, radii of cross-sections 41. The temperature of hot and cold end of a 20cm
and lengths all are in the ratio 1 : 2 are maintained
long rod in thermal steady state are at 100o C
at the same temperature difference. If the rate of
flow of heat in the larger rod is 4 4 cal/ sec, that and 20o C respectively. Temperature at the
in the shorter rod in cal/ sec will be centre of the rod is [MP PMT 1996]

[EAMCET 1986] (a) 50o C (b) 60o C

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 40o C (d) 30o C
(c) 8 (d) 16
42. Two bars of thermal conductivities K and 3K and
36. Two spheres of different materials one with double lengths 1cm and 2cm respectively have equal
the radius and one-fourth wall thickness of the
cross-sectional area, they are joined lengths wise
other, are filled with ice. If the time taken for
as shown in the figure. If the temperature at the
complete melting ice in the large radius one is 25
minutes and that for smaller one is 16 minutes, ends of this composite bar is 0o C and 100o C
the ratio of thermal conductivities of the materials respectively (see figure), then the temperature 
of larger sphere to the smaller sphere is [EAMCET of the interface is
1991] 
(a) 4 : 5 (b) 5 : 4 0oC K 3K 100oC

(c) 25 : 1 (d) 1 : 25
1 cm 2 cm
37. The ratio of the diameters of two metallic rods of
the same material is 2 : 1 and their lengths are in
the ratio 1 : 4. If the temperature difference
 198 Transmission of Heat

100 o 49. One end of a metal rod of length 1.0 m and area of
(a) 50o C (b) C
3 cross section 100cm2 is maintained at 100o C.
If the other end of the rod is maintained at 0o C ,
200 o
(c) 60 Co (d) C the quantity of heat transmitted through the rod
3
per minute is (Coefficient of thermal conductivity
43. A heat flux of 4000J / s is to be passed through of material of rod =100W/m-K)
a copper rod of length 10 cm and area of cross- [EAMCET (Engg.) 2000]
2
section 100cm . The thermal conductivity of (a) 3 103 J (b) 6  103 J
o
copper is 400W / m C . The two ends of this rod
(c) 9  103 J (d) 12 103 J
must be kept at a temperature difference of
[MP PMT 1999] 50. The coefficient of thermal conductivity of copper is
nine times that of steel. In the composite
(a) 1o C (b) 10o C cylindrical bar shown in the figure. What will be
(c) 100o C (d) 1000o C the temperature at the junction of copper and
steel [MP PMT 2000; BHU
44. On a cold morning, a metal surface will feel colder 2004]
to touch than a wooden surface because
(a) 75o C
[AIIMS 1998] 100oC 0oC
(b) 67 Co
(a) Metal has high specific heat Copper Steel
(b) Metal has high thermal conductivity (c) 33 Co
18 cm 6 cm
(c) Metal has low specific heat o
(d) 25 C
(d) Metal has low thermal conductivity
51. The lengths and radii of two rods made of same
45. In order that the heat flows from one part of a material are in the ratios 1 : 2 and 2 : 3
solid to another part, what is required respectively. If the temperature difference
[Pb. PMT 1999; EAMCET 1998] between the ends for the two rods be the same,
(a) Uniform density (b) Density gradient then in the steady state, the amount of heat
flowing per second through them will be in the
(c) Temperature gradient(d) Uniform temperature ratio [MP PET 2000]
46. At a common temperature, a block of wood and a (a) 1: 3 (b) 4 : 3
block of metal feel equally cold or hot. The
(c) 8 : 9 (d) 3 : 2
temperatures of block of wood and block of metal
are [AIIMS 1999] 52. A slab consists of two parallel layers of two
different materials of same thickness having
(a) Equal to temperature of the body
thermal conductivities K1 and K2. The equivalent
(b) Less than the temperature of the body conductivity of the combination is
(c) Greater than temperature of the body [BHU 2001]
(d) Either (b) or (c) K1  K 2
(a) K1  K 2 (b)
47. According to the experiment of Ingen Hausz the 2
relation between the thermal conductivity of a
metal rod is K and the length of the rod whenever 2K1K 2 K1  K 2
(c) (d)
the wax melts is K1  K 2 2K1K 2
[UPSEAT 1999]
53. There are two identical vessels filled with equal
(a) K/l = constant (b) K 2
/ l = constant amounts of ice. The vessels are of different
metals., If the ice melts in the two vessels in 20
(c) K / l 2 = constant (d) Kl = constant and 35 minutes respectively, the ratio of the
coefficients of thermal conductivity of the two
48. Temperature of water at the surface of lake is
metals is
 20o C. Then temperature of water just below [AFMC 1998; MP PET 2001]
the lower surface of ice layer is
[RPET2000] (a) 4 : 7 (b) 7 : 4
(c) 16 :49 (d) 49 : 16
(a)  4 o C (b) 0o C
54. Surface of the lake is at 2°C. Find the temperature
(c) 4 o C (d)  20o C of the bottom of the lake [Orissa JEE 2002]
 Transmission of Heat 199

(a) 2o C (b) 3o C [CPMT 1996; DPMT 1997, 03; BVP 2004]

o
(a) 70 C (b) 50 o C
(c) 4o C (d) 1o C
o
(c) 50 C (d) 90 o C
55. The heat is flowing through a rod of length 50 cm
61. Woollen clothes are used in winter season because
and area of cross-section 5cm2 . Its ends are
woolen clothes [EAMCET 1978; AIIMS 1998]
respectively at 25o C and 125o C . The (a) Are good sources for producing heat
coefficient of thermal conductivity of the material
(b) Absorb heat from surroundings
of the rod is 0.092 kcal/m×s×oC. The temperature
gradient in the rod is [MP PET 2002] (c) Are bad conductors of heat
(a) 2o C / cm (b) 2o C / m (d) Provide heat to body continuously
62. Two metal cubes A and B of same size are
(c) 20o C / cm (d) 20o C / m
arranged as shown in the figure. The extreme ends
56. In the Ingen Hauz’s experiment the wax melts up of the combination are maintained at the indicated
to lengths 10 and 25 cm on two identical rods of temperatures. The arrangement is thermally
different materials. The ratio of thermal insulated. The coefficients of thermal conductivity
conductivities of the two materials is of A and B are 300W / m o C and
[MP PET 2002] 200W / m o C , respectively. After steady state is
reached, the temperature of the interface will be
(a) 1 : 6.25 (b) 6.25 : 1
[IIT 1996]
(c) 1 : 2.5 (d) 1 : 2.5 (a) 45o C
57. Heat current is maximum in which of the following (b) 90o C 100oC A B 0oC
(rods are of identical dimension)
[Orissa JEE 2003] (c) 30o C
(a) Copper (b) Copper Steel
(d) 60o C

Steel Copper Steel 63. A cylindrical rod having temperature T1 and T2

(c) (d)
at its ends. The rate of flow of heat is Q1 cal/sec.
58. Two rods of same length and cross section are
joined along the length. Thermal conductivities of If all the linear dimensions are doubled keeping
temperature constant then rate of flow of heat
first and second rod are K 1 and K 2 . The
Q2 will be [CBSE PMT 2001]
temperature of the free ends of the first and
second rods are maintained at  1 and 2 (a) 4Q1 (b) 2Q1
respectively. The temperature of the common
junction is Q1 Q1
(c) (d)
[MP PET 2003] 4 2
1   2 K 2K 2 64. A body of length 1m having cross sectional area
(a) (b) ( 1   2 ) 0.75m2 has heat flow through it at the rate of 6000
2 K1  K 2
Joule/sec. Then find the temperature difference if
K 1 1  K 2 2 K 2 1  K 1 2 K  200Jm 1K 1
(c) (d)
K1  K 2 K1  K 2 [CPMT 2001]

59. Consider a compound slab consisting of two (a) 20°C (b) 40°C
different materials having equal thickness and (c) 80°C (d) 100°C
thermal conductivities K and 2K respectively. The 65. A wall has two layers A and B made of different
equivalent thermal conductivity of the slab is materials. The thickness of both the layers is the
[CBSE PMT 2003]
same. The thermal conductivity of A and B are KA
(a) 2K (b) 3K and KB such that KA = 3KB. The temperature across
the wall is 20°C. In thermal equilibrium
4 2 [CPMT 1998]
(c) K (d) K
3 3 (a) The temperature difference across A  15C
60. Two rods having thermal conductivity in the ratio (b) The temperature difference across A  5C
of 5 : 3 having equal lengths and equal cross-
sectional area are joined by face to face. If the (c) The temperature difference across A is 10°C
temperature of the free end of the first rod is (d) The rate of transfer of heat through A is more
100oC and free end of the second rod is 20 oC. Then than that through B.
temperature of the junction is
 200 Transmission of Heat
66. A metal rod of length 2m has cross sectional areas (d) On filling the air, there is no advantage
2A and A as shown in figure. The ends are 4. While measuring the thermal conductivity of a
maintained at temperatures 100°C and 70°C. The
liquid, we keep the upper part hot and lower part
temperature at middle point C is
cool, so that
[CPMT 2000]
[CPMT 1985; MP PMT/PET 1988]
(a) 80°C 100°C C
70° (a) Convection may be stopped
(b) 85°C C
2A A (b) Radiation may be stopped
(c) 90°C
(c) Heat conduction is easier downwards
(d) 95°C 1m 1m (d) It is easier and more convenient to do so
67. The ratio of the coefficient of thermal conductivity 5. For proper ventilation of building, windows must be
of two different materials is 5 : 3. If the thermal open near the bottom and top of the walls so as to
resistance of the rod of same thickness resistance let pass
of the rods of same thickness of these materials is (a) In more air
same, then the ratio of the length of these rods
(b) In cool air near the bottom and hot air out near
will be [BHU 2000]
the roof
(a) 3 : 5 (b) 5 : 3 (c) In hot air near the roof and cool air out near
(c) 3 : 4 (d) 3 : 2 the bottom
68. Which of the following circular rods. (given radius r (d) Out hot air near the roof
and length l) each made of the same material as 6. The layers of atmosphere are heated through
whose ends are maintained at the same [MP PET 1986]
temperature will conduct most heat
(a) Convection (b) Conduction
[CBSE PMT 2005]
(c) Radiation (d) (b) and (c) both
(a) r  2r0 ; l  2l0 (b) r  2r0 ; l  l0 7. Mode of transmission of heat, in which heat is
carried by the moving particles, is
(c) r  r0 ; l  l0 (d) r  r0 ; l  2l0 [KCET 1999]
(a) Radiation (b) Conduction
Convection (c) Convection (d) Wave motion
1. It is hotter for the same distance over the top of a 8. In a closed room, heat transfer takes place by [BHU
2001]
fire than it is in the side of it, mainly because
(a) Conduction (b) Convection
[NCERT 1976, 79, 80; AIIMS 2000]
(c) Radiation (d) All of these
(a) Air conducts heat upwards 9. In heat transfer, which method is based on
(b) Heat is radiated upwards gravitation
(c) Convection takes more heat upwards [CBSE PMT 2000]
(a) Natural convection (b) Conduction
(d) Convection, conduction and radiation all
contribute significantly transferring heat (c) Radiation (d) Stirring of liquids
upwards 10. When fluids are heated from the bottom, convection
currents are produced because
2. One likes to sit under sunshine in winter season, [UPSEAT 2000]
because
(a) Molecular motion of fluid becomes aligned
(a) The air surrounding the body is hot by which (b) Molecular collisions take place within the fluid
body gets heat
(c) Heated fluid becomes more dense than the
(b) We get energy by sun cold fluid above it
(c) We get heat by conduction by sun (d) Heated fluid becomes less dense than the cold
(d) None of the above fluid above it
3. Air is bad conductor of heat or partly conducts heat, 11. If a liquid is heated in weightlessness, the heat is
still vacuum is to be placed between the walls of transmitted through [RPMT1996]
the thermos flask because (a) Conduction
(a) It is difficult to fill the air between the walls of (b) Convection
thermos flask (c) Radiation
(b) Due to more pressure of air, the thermos can (d) Neither, because the liquid cannot be heated
get crack in weightlessness
(c) By convection, heat can flow through air
 Transmission of Heat 201
12. The rate of loss of heat from a body cooling under 5. A thermos flask is polished well
conditions of forced convection is proportional to [AFMC 1996]
its (A) heat capacity (B) surface area (C) absolute
temperature (D) excess of temperature over that (a) To make attractive
of surrounding : state if (b) For shining
[NCERT 1982]
(c) To absorb all radiations from outside
(a) A, B, C are correct (b) Only A and C are
correct (d) To reflect all radiations from outside
(c) Only B and D are correct (d) Only D is correct 6. Heat travels through vacuum by [AIIMS 1998;
13. In which of the following process, convection does CPMT 2003]
not take place primarily [IIT-JEE (Screening) 2005] (a) Conduction (b) Convection
(a) Sea and land breeze (c) Radiation (d) Both (a) and (b)
(b) Boiling of water
7. The energy supply being cut-off, an electric heater
(c) Warming of glass of bulb due to filament element cools down to the temperature of its
(d) Heating air around a furnace surroundings, but it will not cool further because
[CPMT 2001]
Radiation (General, Kirchoff's law, Black body)
(a) Supply is cut off
1. On a clear sunny day, an object at temperature T is
placed on the top of a high mountain. An identical (b) It is made of metal
object at the same temperature is placed at the (c) Surroundings are radiating
foot of mountain. If both the objects are exposed
(d) Element & surroundings have same temp.
to sun-rays for two hours in an identical manner,
the object at the top of the mountain will register 8. We consider the radiation emitted by the human
a temperature [CPMT 1988] body. Which of the following statements is true
[CBSE PMT 2003]
(a) Higher than the object at the foot
(a) The radiation is emitted only during the day
(b) Lower than the object at the foot
(b) The radiation is emitted during the summers
(c) Equal to the object at the foot and absorbed during the winters
(d) None of the above (c) The radiation emitted lies in the ultraviolet
2. The velocity of heat radiation in vacuum is region and hence is not visible
[EAMCET 1982; KCET (d) The radiation emitted is in the infra-red region
1998] 9. The earth radiates in the infra-red region of the
(a) Equal to that of light (b) Less than that of spectrum. The spectrum is correctly given by
light [RPET 2002; AIEEE 2003]
(c) Greater than that of light (d) Equal to that of (a) Wien’s law (b) Rayleigh jeans law
sound (c) Planck’s law of radiation (d) Stefan’s law of
3. In which process, the rate of transfer of heat is radiation
maximum 10. Infrared radiation is detected by
[AIEEE 2002]
[EAMCET 1977; MP PMT 1994; MH CET 2001]
(a) Spectrometer (b) Pyrometer
(a) Conduction
(c) Nanometer (d) Photometer
(b) Convection
11. Pick out the statement which is not true [KCET
(c) Radiation 2002]
(d) In all these, heat is transferred with the same (a) IR radiations are used for long distance
velocity photography
4. Which of the following is the correct device for the (b) IR radiations arise due to inner electron
detection of thermal radiation [Manipal MEE 1995, transitions in atoms
UPSEAT 2000]
(c) IR radiations are detected by using a
(a) Constant volume thermometer bolometer
(b) Liquid-in-glass thermometer (d) Sun is the natural source of IR radiation
(c) Six's maximum and minimum thermometer 12. A hot and a cold body are kept in vacuum
separated from each other. Which of the following
(d) Thermopile
 202 Transmission of Heat
cause decrease in temperature of the hot body removed to see the melted ice. Which of the
[AFMC 2005] following statements is correct
(a) Radiation (a) Ice covered with white cloth will melt more
(b) Convection (b) Ice covered with black cloth will melt more

(c) Conduction (c) Equal ice will melt under both clothes
(d) It will depend on the temperature of
(d) Temperature remains unchanged
surroundings of ice
13. Good absorbers of heat are
[J & K CET 2002]
20. If between wavelength  and   d , e and
a be the emissive and absorptive powers of a
(a) Poor emitters (b) Non-emitters
body and E  be the emissive power of a
(c) Good emitters (d) Highly polished
perfectly black body, then according to Kirchoff's
14. For a perfectly black body, its absorptive power is law, which is true [RPMT 1998; MP PET
[MP PMT 1989, 92; RPMT 2001; RPET 2001, 03; AFMC 1991]
2003]
(a) e  a  E (b) e E   a
(a) 1 (b) 0.5
(c) e  a E (d) e a E = constant
(c) 0 (d) Infinity
21. When p calories of heat is given to a body, it
15. Certain substance emits only the wavelengths
absorbs q calories; then the absorbtion power of
1 ,  2 ,  3 and 4 when it is at a high
body will be
temperature. When this substance is at a colder
(a) p / q (b) q / p
temperature, it will absorb only the following
wavelengths [MP PET 1990] (c) p2 / q2 (d) q2 / p2
(a) 1 (b)  2 22. Distribution of energy in the spectrum of a black
body can be correctly represented by
(c) 1 and  2 (d) 1,  2 ,  3 and  4 [MP PMT 1989]
(a) Wien's law (b) Stefan's law
16. As compared to the person with white skin, the
person with black skin will experience (c) Planck's law (d) Kirchhoff's law
[CPMT 1988] 23. In rainy season, on a clear night the black seat of
(a) Less heat and more cold (b) More heat and a bicycle becomes wet because
more cold (a) It absorbs water vapour
(c) More heat and less cold (d) Less heat and less (b) Black seat is good absorber of heat
cold (c) Black seat is good radiator of heat energy
17. Relation between emissivity e and absorptive (d) None of the above
power a is (for black body) 24. There is a rough black spot on a polished metallic
plate. It is heated upto 1400 K approximately and
1 then at once taken in a dark room. Which of the
(a) e a (b) e 
following statements is true
a
[NCERT 1984; CPMT 1998]
(c) e  a2 (d) a  e2
(a) In comparison with the plate, the spot will
18. Which of the following statements is wrong [BCECE shine more
2001] (b) In camparison with the plate, the spot will
(a) Rough surfaces are better radiators than appear more black
smooth surface (c) The spot and the plate will be equally bright
(b) Highly polished mirror like surfaces are very (d) The plate and the black spot can not be seen
in the dark room
good radiators
25. At a certain temperature for given wave length,
(c) Black surfaces are better absorbers than white the ratio of emissive power of a body to emissive
ones power of black body in same circumstances is
(d) Black surfaces are better radiators than white known as [RPMT 1997]

19. Half part of ice block is covered with black cloth (a) Relative emissivity (b) Emissivity
and rest half is covered with white cloth and then (c) Absorption coefficient (d) Coefficient of
it is kept in sunlight. After some time clothes are reflection
26. The cause of Fraunhoffer lines is
 Transmission of Heat 203
[RPMT 1996; EAMCET 2001] (d) Initially it is the darkest body and at later
(a) Reflection of radiations by chromosphere times it cannot be distinguished
(b) Absorption of radiations by chromosphere 34. Absorption co-efficient of an open window is...
[KCET 2004]
(c) Emission of radiations by chromosphere
(d) Transmission of radiations by chromosphere (a) Zero (b) 0.5

27. Two thermometers A and B are exposed in sun (c) 1 (d) 0.25
light. The valve of A is painted black, But that of B 35. Which of the prism is used to see infra-red
is not painted. The correct statement regarding spectrum of light
this case is [RPMT 2000]
[BHU (Med.) 1999; MH CET 1999]
(a) Rock-salt (b) Nicol
(a) Temperature of A will rise faster than B but the
(c) Flint (d) Crown
final temperature will be the same in both
36. Which of the following statement is correct [RPMT
(b) Both A and B show equal rise in beginning 2001]
(c) Temperature of A will remain more than B (a) A good absorber is a bad emitter
(d) Temperature of B will rise faster (b) Every body absorbs and emits radiations at
28. There is a black spot on a body. If the body is every temperature
heated and carried in dark room then it glows (c) The energy of radiations emitted from a black
more. This can be explained on the basis of body is same for all wavelengths
[RPET 2000]
(d) The law showing the relation of temperatures
(a) Newton’s law of cooling (b) Wien’s law
with the wavelength of maximum emission
(c) Kirchoff’s law (d) Stefan’s from an ideal black body is Plank’s law
29. When red glass is heated in dark room it will seem 37. A piece of blue glass heated to a high temperature
[RPET 2000] and a piece of red glass at room temperature, are
taken inside a dimly lit room then
(a) Green (b) Purple
[KCET 2005]
(c) Black (d) Yellow (a) The blue piece will look blue and red will look
30. A hot body will radiate heat most rapidly if its as usual
surface is (b) Red look brighter red and blue look ordinary
[UPSEAT 1999, 2000] blue
(a) White & polished (b) White & rough (c) Blue shines like brighter red compared to the
(c) Black & polished (d) Black & rough red piece
31. A body, which emits radiations of all possible (d) Both the pieces will look equally red.
wavelengths, is known as 38. Which of the following law states that “good
[CPMT 2001; Pb. PET 2002] absorbers of heat are good emitters”
[Orissa JEE 2005]
(a) Good conductor (b) Partial radiator
(a) Stefan’s law (b) Kirchoff’s law
(c) Absorber of photons (d) Perfectly black-body
(c) Planck’s law (d) Wein’s law
32. Which of the following is the example of ideal
black body
Radiation (Wein's law)
[AIEEE 2002; CBSE PMT 2002]
(a) Kajal (b) Black board 1. According to Wein's law [DCE 1995, 96; MP
(c) A pin hole in a box (d) None of these PET/PMT 1988
DPMT 1999; AIIMS 2002; CBSE PMT 2004]
33. An ideal black body at room temperature is thrown
into a furnace. It is observed that m
[IIT-JEE (Screening) 2002] (a)  mT = constant (b) = constant
T
(a) Initially it is the darkest body and at later
times the brightest T
(c) = constant (d) T   m = constant
(b) It is the darkest body at all times m
(c) It cannot be distinguished at all times 2. On investigation of light from three different stars
A, B and C, it was found that in the spectrum of A
 204 Transmission of Heat
the intensity of red colour is maximum, in B the (a) 14m (b) 70F
intensity of blue colour is maximum and in C the
(c) 2.8m (d) 2.8mm
intensity of yellow colour is maximum. From these
observations it can be concluded that 9. Two stars emit maximum radiation at wavelength
[CPMT 1989] 3600 Å and 4800 Å respectively. The ratio of
(a) The temperature of A is maximum, B is their temperatures is
minimum and C is intermediate [MP PMT 1991]
(b) The temperature of A is maximum, C is (a) 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 4
minimum and B is intermediate
(c) 4 : 3 (d) 2 : 1
(c) The temperature of B is maximum, A is
10. A black body emits radiations of maximum
minimum and C is intermediate
intensity at a wavelength of 5000Å , when the
(d) The temperature of C is maximum, B is
minimum and A is intermediate temperature of the body is 1227o C . If the
3. If wavelengths of maximum intensity of radiations temperature of the body is increased by 1000o C
emitted by the sun and the moon are , the maximum intensity of emitted radiation
would be observed at [MP PET 1992]
0.5  106 m and 104 m respectively, the ratio
of their temperatures is (a) 2754.8 Å (b) 3000Å
[MP PMT 1990] (c) 3500Å (d) 4000Å
(a) 1/100 (b) 1/200 11. Four pieces of iron heated in a furnace to different
(c) 100 (d) 200 temperatures show different colours listed below.
4. The wavelength of radiation emitted by a body Which one has the highest temperature
depends upon [MP PMT 1992] [MP PET 1992]

(a) The nature of its surface (a) White (b) Yellow

(b) The area of its surface (c) Orange (d) Red

12. If a black body is heated at a high temperature, it
(c) The temperature of its surface
seems to be
(d) All the above factors [DPMT 2001]
5. If black wire of platinum is heated, then its colour (a) Blue (b) White
first appear red, then yellow and finally white. It (c) Red (d) Black
can be understood on the basis of
[MP PMT 1984] 13. If the temperature of the sun becomes twice its
present temperature, then [MP PET 1989; RPMT
(a) Wien's displacement law 1996]
(b) Prevost theroy of heat exchange (a) Radiated energy would be predominantly in
infrared
(c) Newton's law of cooling
(b) Radiated energy would be predominantly in
(d) None of the above
ultraviolet
6. Colour of shining bright star is an indication of its (c) Radiated energy would be predominantly in X-
[AIIMS 2001; RPMT 1999; BCECE 2005] ray region
(a) Distance from the earth (b) Size (d) Radiated energy would become twice the
present radiated energy
(c) Temperature (d) Mass
14. The maximum energy in the thermal radiation
7. The wavelength of maximum emitted energy of a from a hot source occurs at a wavelength of
body at 700 K is 4.08 m . If the temperature of
11 105 cm. According to Wein's law, the
the body is raised to 1400 K, the wavelength of
temperature of the source (on Kelvin scale) will be
maximum emitted energy will be
[MP PET 1990] n times the temperature of another source (on
Kelvin scale) for which the wavelength at
(a) 1.02 m (b) 16.32 m
maximum energy is 5.5  105 cm. The value
(c) 8.16 m (d) 2.04 m
n is [CPMT 1991]
8. A black body at 200 K is found to exit maximum
(a) 2 (b) 4
energy at a wavelength of 14m . When its
temperature is raised to 1000K, the wavelength at 1
(c) (d) 1
which maximum energy is emitted is [RPMT 1998; 2
MP PET 1991; BVP 2003]
 Transmission of Heat 205
15. The wavelength of maximum energy released 22. The maximum wavelength of radiations emitted at
during an atomic explosion was 2.93 1010 m . 900 K is 4m . What will be the maximum
Given that Wein's constant is 2.93 103 m K , wavelength of radiations emitted at 1200 K
[BHU 2002]
the maximum temperature attained must be of
the order of (a) 3m (b) 0.3m
[Haryana CEE 1996; MH CET 2002; Pb. PET (c) 1m (d) 1 m
2000]
23. Solar radiation emitted by sun resembles that
(a) 107 K (b) 107 K emitted by a black body at a temperature of 6000
K. Maximum intensity is emitted at a wavelength
(c) 1013 K (d) 5.86 107 K of about 4800Å. If the sun were to cool down from
16. The maximum wavelength of radiation emitted at 6000 K to 3000 K then the peak intensity would
2000K is 4m . What will be the maximum occur at a wavelength [UPSEAT 2002]
wavelength of radiation emitted at [MP PMT/PET (a) 4800Å (b) 9600Å
1998; DPMT 2000] (c) 7200Å (d) 6400Å
(a) 3.33 m (b) 0.66 m 24. What will be the ratio of temperatures of sun and
(c) 1 m (d) 1 m moon if the wavelengths of their maximum
emission radiations rates are 140 Å and 4200 Å
17. How is the temperature of stars determined by respectively [J & K CET 2004]
[BHU 1999, 02; DCE 2000, 03]
(a) 1 : 30 (b) 30 : 1
(a) Stefan’s law (b) Wein’s displacement
law (c) 42 : 14 (d) 14 : 42
(c) Kirchhoff’s law (d) Ohm’s law 25. The radiation energy density per unit wavelength
at a temperature T has a maximum at a
18. On increasing the temperature of a substance
gradually, which of the following colours will be wavelength 0. At temperature 2T , it will have a
noticed by you maximum at a wavelength
[Pb. PMT 1995; Pb. PET 1996; CPMT 1995, 98; KCET 2000] [UPSEAT 2004]
(a) White (b) Yellow (a) 40 (b) 20
(c) Green (d) Red (c) 0/2 (d) 0/4
19. A black body has maximum wavelength  m at 26. The absolute temperatures of two black bodies are
temperature 2000 K. Its corresponding 2000 K and 3000 K respectively. The ratio of
wavelength at temperature 3000 K will be [CBSE wavelengths corresponding to maximum emission
PMT 2001; Kerala PET 2005] of radiation by them will be
3 2 [RPMT 2003]
(a) m (b) m
2 3 (a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 2

4 9 (c) 9 : 4 (d) 4 : 9
(c) m (d) m 27. The temperature of sun is 5500 K and it emits
9 4
maximum intensity radiation in the yellow region
20. Relation between the colour and the temperature
of a star is given by (5.5  107 m) . The maximum radiation from a
[Kerala PET 2001] furnace occurs at wavelength 11 107 m. The
(a) Wein’s displacement law temperature of furnace is[J & K CET 2000]
(b) Planck’s law (a) 1125 K (b) 2750 K
(c) Hubble’s law (c) 5500 K (d) 11000 K
{d) Fraunhofer diffraction law 28. A particular star (assuming it as a black body) has
21. A black body at a temperature of 1640 K has the a surface temperature of about 5  104 K . The
wavelength corresponding to maximum emission
equal to 1.75  . Assuming the moon to be a wavelength in nanometers at which its radiation
becomes maximum is
perfectly black body, the temperature of the
moon, if the wavelength corresponding to (b = 0.0029 mK) [EAMCET (Med.)
maximum emission is 14.35  is 2003]
[Kerala (Med.) 2002] (a) 48 (b) 58
(a) 100 K (b) 150 K (c) 60 (d) 70
(c) 200 K (d) 250 K 29. The maximum energy in thermal radiation from a
source occurs at the wavelength 4000Å. The
 206 Transmission of Heat
effective temperature of the source is 5. An object is at a temperature of 400o C . At what
[AMU (Engg.) 1999]
temperature would it radiate energy twice as fast?
(a) 7000K (b) 80000 K The temperature of the surroundings may be
(c) 10 K 4
(d) 106 K assumed to be negligible [MP PMT 1990; DPMT
2002]
30. The intensity of radiation emitted by the sun has
(a) 200o C (b) 200 K
its maximum value at a wavelength of 510nm
and that emitted by the north star has the (c) 800o C (d) 800 K
maximum value at 350nm. If these stars
behave like black bodies, then the ratio of the 6. A black body at a temperature of 227o C
surface temperature of the sun and north star is radiates heat energy at the rate of 5 cal/cm2-sec.
[IIT 1997 Cancelled; JIPMER 2000; AIIMS 2000] At a temperature of 727o C , the rate of heat
(a) 1.46 (b) 0.69 radiated per unit area in cal/cm2will be
(c) 1.21 (d) 0.83 [MP PET 1987; MH CET 2002]
(a) 80 (b) 160
Radiation (Stefan's law)
(c) 250 (d) 500
1. The amount of radiation emitted by a perfectly 7. Energy is being emitted from the surface of a
black body is proportional to [AFMC 1995; Pb. PMT black body at 127o C temperature at the rate of
1997;
CPMT 1974, 98, 02; AIIMS 2000; DPMT 1995, 98, 02] 1.0  106 J / sec m2 . Temperature of the black
body at which the rate of energy emission is
(a) Temperature on ideal gas scale
(b) Fourth root of temperature on ideal gas scale 16.0  106 J / sec m2 will be
(c) Fourth power of temperature on ideal gas [MP PMT 1991; AFMC 1998]
scale (a) 254 C o (b) 508o C
(d) Source of temperature on ideal gas scale
(c) 527o C (d) 727o C
2. A metal ball of surface area 200cm2 and
8. In MKS system, Stefan's constant is denoted by 
temperature 527o C is surrounded by a vessel at
. In CGS system multiplying factor of  will be
27o C . If the emissivity of the metal is 0.4, then
the rate of loss of heat from the ball is (a) 1 (b) 103
(  5.67 108 J / m2  s  k 4 )
(c) 105 (d) 102
[MP PMT/PET 1988]
(a) 108 joules approx. (b) 168 joules approx. 9. If temperature of a black body increases from

(c) 182 joules approx. (d) 192 joules approx.

7o C to 287o C , then the rate of energy
radiation increases by
3. The rate of radiation of a black body at 0°C is
[AIIMS 1997; Haryana PMT 2000; RPMT 2003]
EJ/sec. The rate of radiation of this black body at
4
273o C will be  287
(a)   (b) 16
[MP PMT 1989; Kerala PET 2002; UPSEAT 2001]  7 
(a) 16 E (b) 8 E (c) 4 (d) 2

(c) 4 E (d) E 10. The temperature of a piece of iron is 27o C and it

4. A black body radiates energy at the rate of E is radiating energy at the rate of Q kWm2 . If its
W/m2 at a high temperature TK. When the temperature is raised to 151o C , the rate of
T radiation of energy will become approximately
temperature is reduced to K , the radiant [MP PET 1992]
2
energy will be (a) 2Q kWm2 (b) 4Q kWm2
[CPMT 1988; UPSEAT 1998; MNR 1993; SCRA
1996; (c) 6Q kWm2 (d) 8Q kWm2
MP PMT 1992; DPMT 2001; MH CET 2001] 11. The temperatures of two bodies A and B are
E E 727o C and 127o C . The ratio of rate of
(a) (b)
16 4 emission of radiations will be
(c) 4E (d) 16E [MP PET 1986]
(a) 727/127 (b) 625/16
 Transmission of Heat 207
(c) 1000/400 (d) 100/16 [CPMT 1999; DCE
1999]
12. The temperature at which a black body of unit
area loses its energy at the rate of 1 joule/second (a) 20 J (b) 40 J
is
(c) 80 J (d) 160 J
(a)  65o C (b) 65o C
19. The radiant energy from the sun incident normally
(c) 65 K (d) None of these at the surface of earth is 20 kcal/ m2min. What
13. The area of a hole of heat furnace is 104 m2 . It would have been the radiant energy incident
5 normally on the earth, if the sun had a
radiates 1.58 10 calories of heat per hour. If
temperature twice of the present one
the emissivity of the furnace is 0.80, then its
[CBSE PMT 1998; Pb. PET 2001]
temperature is
(a) 1500 K (b) 2000 K (a) 160kcal/ m min (b) 40 kcal/ m2 min
2

(c) 2500 K (d) 3000 K (c) 320kcal/ m2 min (d) 80 kcal/ m2 min
14. Two spheres P and Q , of same colour having 20. A spherical black body with a radius of 12 cm
radii 8 cm and 2 cm are maintained at radiates 440W power at 500 K . If the radius
o o
temperatures 127 C and 527 C respectively. were halved and the temperature doubled, the
power radiated in watt would be
The ratio of energy radiated by P and Q is
[MP PMT 1994] [IIT 1997 Re-Exam]

(a) 0.054 (b) 0.0034 (a) 225 (b) 450

(c) 1 (d) 2 (c) 900 (d) 1800

21. If the temperature of the sun (black body) is
15. A body radiates energy 5W at a temperature of
doubled, the rate of energy received on earth will
127o C . If the temperature is increased to be increased by a factor of [CBSE PMT 1993; BHU
2003; RPMT 2004; CPMT 2004]
927o C , then it radiates energy at the rate of
(a) 2 (b) 4
[MP PET 1994;BHU 1995; CPMT 1998; AFMC 2000]
(c) 8 (d) 16
(a) 410W (b) 81W
22. The ratio of energy of emitted radiation of a black
(c) 405W (d) 200W
body at 27o C and 927o C is [Pb. PMT 1995;
16. A thin square steel plate with each side equal to
CPMT 1997, 2000; CBSE PMT 2000; DPMT 1998, 02, 03]
10 cm is heated by a blacksmith. The rate of
radiated energy by the heated plate is 1134 W. (a) 1 : 4 (b) 1 : 16
The temperature of the hot steel plate is (Stefan's (c) 1 : 64 (d) 1 : 256
constant   5.67 108 wattm2 K 4 , 23. If the temperature of a black body be increased
emissivity of the plate = 1) from 27o C to 327o C the radiation emitted
[MP PMT 1995]
increases by a fraction of
(a) 1000K (b) 1189K
[Pb. PET 1997; JIPMER 1999]
(c) 2000K (d) 2378K (a) 16 (b) 8
17. The temperatures of two bodies A and B are (c) 4 (d) 2
respectively 727o C and 327o C . The ratio 24. The rectangular surface of area 8 cm  4cm of a
H A : H B of the rates of heat radiated by them is black body at a temperature of 127o C emits
[UPSEAT 1999; energy at the rate of E per second. If the length
MP PET 1999; MH CET 2000; AIIMS 2000] and breadth of the surface are each reduced to
half of the initial value and the temperature is
(a) 727: 327 (b) 5 : 3
raised to 327o C , the rate of emission of energy
(c) 25 : 9 (d) 625 : 81 will become [MP PET 2000]
18. The energy emitted per second by a black body at
3 81
27o C is 10 J . If the temperature of the black (a) E (b) E
8 16
body is increased to 327o C , the energy emitted
9 81
per second will be (c) E (d) E
16 64
 208 Transmission of Heat
25. At temperature T, the power radiated by a body is [Pb. PMT 1998; AIIMS 2002; MH CET 2003]
Q watts. At the temperature 3T the power radiated
(a) 300 (b) (300)2
by it will be
[MP PET 2000] (c) (300)3 (d) (300)4
(a) 3 Q (b) 9 Q 32. If the temperature of a hot body is increased by 50%
(c) 27 Q (d) 81 Q then the increase in the quantity of emitted heat
radiation will be
26. Two spherical black bodies of radii r1 and r2
[RPET 1998; EAMCET 2001; MP PMT 2003]
and with surface temperature T1 and T2
(a) 125% (b) 200%
respectively radiate the same power. Then the
(c) 300% (d) 400%
ratio of r1 and r2 will be
33. Two identical metal balls at temperature 200o C
[KCET 2001; UPSEAT 2001]
and 400o C kept in air at 27o C . The ratio of net
2 4
 T2   T2  heat loss by these bodies is
(a)   (b)  
T  T  [CPMT 2002]
 1  1
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/2
2 4
 T1   T1  4734  3004
(c)   (d)  
T  T  (c) 1/16 (d)
 2  2 6734  3004
27. Temperature of a black body increases from 34. Two spheres made of same material have radii in
327o C to927o C , the initial energy possessed the ratio 1: 2 Both are at same temperature. Ratio
is 2KJ, what is its final energy of heat radiation energy emitted per second by
[DCE 2001] them is

(a) 32 KJ (b) 320 KJ [MP PMT 2002; MH CET 2004]

(c) 1200 KJ (d) None of these (a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 8

28. The original temperature of a black body is (c) 1 : 4 (d) 1 : 16

727o C. The temperature at which this black 35. A black body at a temperature of 127°C radiates
body must be raised so as to double the total heat at the rate of 1 cal/cm2  sec. At a
radiant energy, is [Pb. PMT 2001]
temperature of 527°C the rate of heat radiation
from the body in (cal/cm2  sec) will be
(a) 971 K (b) 1190 K
[MP PET 2002]
(c) 2001 K (d) 1458 K
(a) 16.0 (b) 10.45
29. Two black metallic spheres of radius 4m, at 2000 K
(c) 4.0 (d) 2.0
and 1m at 4000 K will have ratio of energy
radiation as 36. A black body radiates 20 W at temperature

[RPET 2000; AIEEE 2002]

227o C . If temperature of the black body is
changed to 727o C then its radiating power will
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 4 : 1
be
(c) 1 : 4 (d) 2 : 1
[CBSE PMT 2002; DCE 1999, 03; AIIMS 2003]
30. The energy spectrum of a black body exhibits a (a) 120W (b) 240 W
maximum around a wavelength o . The (c) 320 W (d) 360 W
temperature of the black body is now changed 37. Two spheres of same material have radius 1m and
such that the energy is maximum around a 4 m and temperature 4000K and 2000K
3 o respectively. The energy radiated per second by
wavelength .The power radiated by the the first sphere is [Pb. PMT 2002]
4
(a) Greater than that by the second
black body will now increase by a factor of [KCET
2002] (b) Less than that by the second

(a) 256/81 (b) 64/27 (c) Equal in both cases

(d) The information is incomplete
(c) 16/9 (d) 4/3
38. The radiation emitted by a star A is 10,000 times
31. A black body is at a temperature 300 K. It emits
that of the sun. If the surface temperatures of the
energy at a rate, which is proportional to sun and the star A are 6000 K and 2000 K
 Transmission of Heat 209
respectively, the ratio of the radii of the star A and (c) 500 K (d) 500 oC
the sun is [EAMCET 2003]
46. The temperature of the body is increased from –73
(a) 300 : 1 (b) 600 : 1 o
C to 327 o C, the ratio of energy emitted per
(c) 900 : 1 (d) 1200 : 1 second is :
39. A black body radiates at the rate of W watts at a [CPMT 2001; Pb. PET
temperature T. If the temperature of the body is 2001]
reduced to T/3, it will radiate at the rate of (in (a) 1 : 3 (b) 1 : 81
Watts)
[BHU 1998; MP PET 2003] (c) 1 : 27 (d) 1 : 9

W W 47. If the temperature of the body is increased by

(a) (b) 10%, the percentage increase in the emitted
81 27
radiation will be
W W [RPMT 2001, 02]
(c) (d)
9 3 (a) 46% (b) 40%
40. Star A has radius r surface temperature T while (c) 30% (d) 80%
star B has radius 4r and surface temperature T/2.
The ratio of the power of two starts, PA : PB is 48. If the sun’s surface radiates heat at
7 2
[MP PMT 2004] 6.3  10 Wm . Calculate the temperature of
(a) 16 : 1 (b) 1 : 16 the sun assuming it to be a black body
8 2 4
(c) 1 : 1 (d) 1 : 4 (  5.7  10 Wm K ) [BHU (Med.) 2000]

41. Suppose the sun expands so that its radius (a) 5.8  103 K (b) 8.5  103 K
becomes 100 times its present radius and its
surface temperature becomes half of its present (c) 3.5  108 K (d) 5.3  108 K
value. The total energy emitted by it then will
49. A sphere at temperature 600K is placed in an
increase by a factor of [AIIMS 2004]
environment of temperature is 200K. Its cooling
(a) 104 (b) 625 rate is H. If its temperature reduced to 400K then
(c) 256 (d) 16 cooling rate in same environment will become
[CBSE PMT 1999; BHU 2001]
42. If the temperature of the sun were to be increased
from T to 2T and its radius from R to 2R, then the (a) (3/16)H (b) (16/3)H
ratio of the radiant energy received on the earth to (c) (9/27)H (d) (1/16)H
what it was previously will be 50. The value of Stefan’s constant is
[AIEEE 2004] [RPMT 2002]
(a) 4 (b) 16
(a) 5.67 108W / m2- K 4 (b)
(c) 32 (d) 64 5 2 4
5.67 10 W / m - K
43. At 127o C radiates energy is 2.7  10-3 J/s. At what
temperature radiated energy is 4.32  10 6 J/s (c) 5.67 1011W / m2- K 4 (d)
[BCECE 2004] None of these
(a) 400 K (b) 4000 K 51. Rate of cooling at 600K, if surrounding
temperature is 300K is R. The rate of cooling at
(c) 80000 K (d) 40000 K
900K is [DPMT 2002]
44. If the initial temperatures of metallic sphere and
disc, of the same mass, radius and nature are 16
(a) R (b) 2R
equal, then the ratio of their rate of cooling in 3
same environment will be
2
[J & K CET 2004] (c) 3R (d) R
3
(a) 1 : 4 (b) 4 : 1
52. A black body of surface area 10cm2 is heated to
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 2 : 1 127°C and is suspended in a room at temperature
45. A black body radiates energy at the rate of 1  105 27°C. The initial rate of loss of heat from the body
J / s m2 at temperature of 227o C. The at the room temperature will be
[Pb. PET 1997]
temperature to which it must be heated so that it
radiates energy at rate of 1  109J/sm2, is (a) 2.99 W (b) 1.89 W
[DPMT 2004] (c) 1.18 W (d) 0.99 W
(a) 5000 K (b) 5000 oC
 210 Transmission of Heat
53. Two identical objects A and B are at temperatures time T2 and from 65o C to 60o C in time T3 ,
TA and TB respectively. Both objects are placed in a then [NCERT 1980; MP PET
room with perfectly absorbing walls maintained at 1989;
temperatures T (TA  T  TB ). The objects A and CBSE PMT 1995; KCET 2003; MH CET 1999]
B attain temperature T eventually which one of the (a) T1  T2  T3 (b) T1  T2  T3
following is correct statement
[CPMT 1997] (c) T1  T2  T3 (d) T1  T2  T3

(a) ‘A’ only emits radiations while B only absorbs
them until both attain temperature
(b) A loses more radiations than it absorbs while B
absorbs more radiations that it emits until
temperature T is attained
(c) Both A and B only absorb radiations until they
attain temperature T
(d) Both A and B only emit radiations until they
attain temperature T
3. Consider two hot bodies B1 and B2 which have
temperatures 100o C and 80o C respectively at
t  0 . The temperature of the surroundings is
40o C . The ratio of the respective rates of
cooling R1 and R2 of these two bodies at t  0
will be [MP PET 1990]
(a) R1 : R2  3 : 2 (b) R1 : R2  5 : 4

54. When the body has the same temperature as that (c) R1 : R2  2 : 3 (d) R1 : R2  4 : 5
of surroundings [UPSEAT 1998; Orissa JEE 2004]
4. Newton's law of cooling is a special case of
(a) It does not radiate heat
(a) Stefan's law (b) Kirchhoff's law
(b) It radiates the same quantity of heat as it
absorbs (c) Wien's law (d) Planck's law
(c) It radiates less quantity of heat as it receives 5. Equal masses of two liquids are filled in two similar
from surroundings calorimeters. The rate of cooling will [MP PMT
(d) It radiates more quantity of heat as it receives 1987]
heat from surroundings (a) Depend on the nature of the liquids
55. The ratio of radiant energies radiated per unit (b) Depend on the specific heats of liquids
surface area by two bodies is 16 : 1, the
temperature of hotter body is 1000K, then the (c) Be same for both the liquids
temperature of colder body will be (d) Depend on the mass of the liquids
[UPSEAT 2001] 6. In Newton's experiment of cooling, the water
(a) 250 K (b) 500 K equivalent of two similar calorimeters is 10 gm
each. They are filled with 350 gm of water and 300
(c) 1000 K (d) 62.5 K gm of a liquid (equal volumes) separately. The
56. The spectral energy distribution of star is time taken by water and liquid to cool from
maximum at twice temperature as that of sun. The 70o C to 60o C is 3 min and 95 sec
total energy radiated by star is respectively. The specific heat of the liquid will be
[J & K CET 2005] (a) 0.3 Cal/gm °C (b) 0.5 Cal/gm °C
(a) Twice as that of the sun (c) 0.6 Cal/gm °C (d) 0.8 Cal/gm °C
(b) Same as that of the sun 7. Newton's law of cooling is used in laboratory for
(c) Sixteen times as that of the sun the determination of the [CPMT 1973; CPMT 2002]

(d) One sixteenth of sun (a) Specific heat of the gases (b)
The latent heat of gases
(c) Specific heat of liquids (d) Latent heat of
Radiation (Newton's Law of Cooling) liquids
1. Hot water cools from 60o C to 50o C in the first 8. A body cools from 60o C to 50o C in 10 minutes
10 minutes and to 42o C in the next 10 minutes. The when kept in air at 30o C . In the next 10 minutes
temperature of the surrounding is its temperature will be [MP PET 1994]
[MP PET 1993]
(a) Below 40o C (b) 40o C
(a) 5o C (b) 10o C
(c) Above 40o C (d) Cannot be predicted
o
(c) 15 C o
(d) 20 C
9. Liquid is filled in a vessel which is kept in a room
2. A bucket full of hot water cools from 75 C to o with temperature 20o C . When the temperature
700 C in time T1 , from 70o C to 65o C in of the liquid is 80o C , then it loses heat at the
 Transmission of Heat 211
rate of 60 cal/ sec. What will be the rate of loss (c) 26o C (d) 20o C
of heat when the temperature of the liquid is
15. The rates of cooling of two different liquids put in
40o C [MP PMT 1994] exactly similar calorimeters and kept in identical
(a) 180cal/ sec (b) 40 cal/ sec surroundings are the same if
[MP PMT/PET 1998]
(c) 30 cal/ sec (d) 20 cal/ sec (a) The masses of the liquids are equal
10. Which of the following statements is true/correct (b) Equal masses of the liquids at the same
[Manipal MEE 1995] temperature are taken
(a) During clear nights, the temperature rises (c) Different volumes of the liquids at the same
steadily upward near the ground level temperature are taken
(b) Newton's law of cooling, an approximate form (d) Equal volumes of the liquids at the same
of Stefan's law, is valid only for natural temperature are taken
convection 16. A body cools from 60o C to 50o C in 10
(c) The total energy emitted by a black body per
minutes. If the room temperature is 25o C and
unit time per unit area is proportional to the
square of its temperature in the Kelvin scale assuming Newton's law of cooling to hold good,
the temperature of the body at the end of the next
(d) Two spheres of the same material have radii
10 minutes will be
1m and 4m and temperatures 4000 K and
[MP PMT/PET 1998; BHU 2000; Pb. PMT 2001]
2000 K respectively. The energy radiated per
second by the first sphere is greater than that (a) 38.5o C (b) 40o C
radiated per second by the second sphere
(c) 42.85o C (d) 45o C
11. A body takes 4 minutes to cool from 100o C to
70o C . To cool from 70o C to 40o C it will take 17. The temperature of a liquid drops from 365K to
o
(room temperature is 15 C ) 361 K in 2 minutes. Find the time during which
[MP PET 1995]
temperature of the liquid drops from 344 K to
342K . Temperature of room is 293 K
(a) 7 minutes (b) 6 minutes
[RPET 1997]
(c) 5 minutes (d) 4 minutes
(a) 84 sec (b) 72 sec
12. A cup of tea cools from 800 C to 60o C in one (c) 66 sec (d) 60 sec
minute. The ambient temperature is 30o C . In
18. A body cools from 50.0 C to 49.9o C in 5 s .
o
cooling from 60o C to 50o C it will take [MP PMT
How long will it take to cool from 40.0o C to
1995; UPSEAT 2000;
MH CET 2002] 39.9o C ? Assume the temperature of
surroundings to be 30.0o C and Newton's law of
(a) 30 sec
onds (b) 60 sec
onds
cooling to be valid [CBSE PMT 1994]
(c) 90 sec
onds (d) 50 sec
onds
(a) 2.5 s (b) 10 s
13. o
A liquid cools down from 70 C to 60 C in 5o (c) 20 s (d) 5 s
minutes. The time taken to cool it from 60o C to 19. A container contains hot water at 100o C . If in
50o C will be time T1 temperature falls to 80o C and in time
[MP PET 1992, 2000; MP PMT 1996] T2 temperature falls to 60o C from 80o C ,
(a) 5 minutes then [CPMT 1997]
(b) Lesser than 5 minutes (a) T1  T2 (b) T1  T2
(c) Greater than 5 minutes
(c) T1  T2 (d) None
(d) Lesser or greater than 5 minutes depending
upon the density of the liquid 20. Hot water kept in a beaker placed in a room cools
from 70o C to 60°C in 4 minutes. The time taken
14. If a metallic sphere gets cooled from 62o C to
by it to cool from 69o C to 59o C will be
50o C in 10 minutesand in the next 10 minutes [JIPMER 1999]
gets cooled to 42o C , then the temperature of (a) The same 4 minutes (b) More than 4 minutes
the surroundings is
(c) Less than 4 minutes (d) We cannot say
[MP PET 1997] definitely
(a) 30o C (b) 36o C
 212 Transmission of Heat
21. Newton’s law of cooling, holds good only if the (c) 13 min (d) 15 min
temperature difference between the body and the 28. A calorimeter of mass 0.2 kg and specific heat 900
surroundings is
J/kg-K. Containing 0.5 kg of a liquid of specific heat
[BHU 2000]
2400J /kg-K. Its temperature falls from
(a) Less than 10o C (b) More than 10o C 60o C to 55o C in one minute. The rate of
(c) Less than 100 C o (d) More than 100 C o cooling is [MP PET 2003]

22. In a room where the temperature is 30o C , a (a) 5 J/s (b) 15 J/s
body cools from 61o C to 59o C in 4 minutes. (c) 100 J/s (d) 115 J/s
The time (in min.) taken by the body to cool from 29. According to Newton’s law of cooling, the rate of
510 C to 490 C will be cooling of a body is proportional to ( )n , where
[UPSEAT 2000]
 is the difference of the temperature of the
(a) 4 min (b) 6 min
body and the surroundings, and n is equal to
(c) 5 min (d) 8 min
[AIEEE 2003]
23. According to ‘Newton’s Law of cooling’, the rate of
cooling of a body is proportional to the (a) One (b) Two
[MP PET 2001] (c) Three (d) Four
(a) Temperature of the body
30. The initial temperature of a body is 80C. If its
(b) Temperature of the surrounding
temperature falls to 64C in 5 minutes and in 10
(c) Fourth power of the temperature of the body minutes to 52C then the temperature of
(d) Difference of the temperature of the body and surrounding will be [MP PMT 2003]
the surroundings
(a) 26C (b) 49C
24. A body cools in 7 minutes from 60o C to 40o C
What time (in minutes) does it take to cool from (c) 35C (d) 42C

40o C to 28o C if the surrounding temperature 31. A liquid cools from 50 o C to 45 o C in 5 minutes and
o
is 10 C ? Assume Newton’s Law of cooling holds from 45 o C to 41.5 o C in the next 5 minutes. The
[Kerala (Engg.) 2001] temperature of the surrounding is
[BCECE 2004]
(a) 3.5 (b) 11
o
(c) 7 (d) 10 (a) 27 C (b) 40.3 o C

25. A body takes 5 minutes for cooling from 50o C to (c) 23.3 o C (d) 33.3 o C
32. A cup of tea cools from 65.5o C to 62.5 o C in one
40o C. Its temperature comes down to
minute in a room of 22.5 o C. How long will the
33.33o C in next 5 minutes. Temperature of same cup of tea take, in.............. minutes, to cool
from 46.50 o C to 40.5 o C in the same room ?
surroundings is [MP PMT 2002]
(choose nearest value) [Kerala PMT 2004]
(a) 15o C (b) 20o C (a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
(c) 25o C (d) 10o C
33. The temperature of a body falls from 62 oC to 50oC
26. The temperature of a body falls from 50o C to in 10 minutes. If the temperature of the
surroundings is 26oC, the temperature in next 10
40o C in 10 minutes. If the temperature of the minutes will become [RPMT 2002]
surroundings is 20o C Then temperature of the (a) 42oC (b) 40oC
body after another 10 minutes will be (c) 56oC (d) 55oC
[Pb. PMT 2002]
34. A body takes 5 minutes to cool from 90oC to 60oC.
(a) 36.6 C o (b) 33.3 C o If the temperature of the surroundings is 20 oC, the
time taken by it to cool from 60oC to 30oC will be.
(c) 35o C (d) 30o C [RPMT 2003]

27. It takes 10 minutes to cool a liquid from 61 oC to (a) 5 min (b) 8 min
59oC. If room temperature is 30 oC then time taken (c) 11 min (d) 12 min
in cooling from 51oC to 49oC is
[RPET 2003] 35. An object is cooled from 75°C to 65°C in 2 minutes
in a room at 30°C. The time taken to cool another
(a) 10 min (b) 11 min
 Transmission of Heat 213
object from 55°C to 45°C in the same room in time taken for the thickness of ice to change from
minutes is 1 cm to 2 cm is
[EAMCET (Med.) [NCERT 1971; MP PMT/PET 1988; UPSEAT 1996]
1996]
(a) 7 hours (b) 14 hours
(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) Less than 7 hours (d) More than 7 hours
(c) 6 (d) 7
4. A cylinder of radius R made of a material of
36. A body takes 5 minute to cool from 80°C to 50°C.
thermal conductivity K 1 is surrounded by a
How much time it will take to cool from 60°C to
30°C, if room temperature is 20°C. cylindrical shell of inner radius R and outer radius
[RPET 1998]
2R made of material of thermal conductivity K 2 .
(a) 40 minute (b) 9 minute The two ends of the combined system are
(c) 30 minute (d) 20 minute maintained at two different temperatures. There is
37. A cane is taken out from a refrigerator at 0°C. The no loss of heat across the cylindrical surface and
atmospheric temperature is 25°C. If t1 is the time the system is in steady state. The effective
taken to heat from 0°C to 5°C and t2 is the time thermal conductivity of the system is
taken from 10°C to 15°C, then [IIT 1988; MP PMT 1994, 97; SCRA 1998]
[Orissa JEE 2005]
K 1K 2
(a) t1  t2 (b) t1  t2 (a) K 1  K 2 (b)
K1  K 2
(c) t1  t2 (d) There is no relation
K 1  3K 2 3K 1  K 2
(c) (d)
4 4
5. Three rods made of the same material and having
the same cross section have been joined as shown
in the figure. Each rod is of the same length. The
1. Two rods (one semi-circular and other straight) of
same material and of same cross-sectional area left and right ends are kept at 0o C and 90o C
are joined as shown in the figure. The points A and respectively. The temperature of the junction of
B are maintained at different temperature. The 90oC
the three rods will be [IIT-JEE (Screening) 2001]
ratio of the heat transferred through a cross- B
(a) 45o C 0oC
section of a semi-circular rod to the heat
transferred through a cross section of the straight A
(b) 60o C
rod in a given time is [UPSEAT 2002] C
(a) 2 :  (c) 30o C 90oC

(b) 1 : 2 (d) 20o C

(c)  : 2 A B
Straight rod 6. A room is maintained at 20o C by a heater of
(d) 3 : 2
resistance 20 ohm connected to 200 volt mains.
2. A wall is made up of two layers A and B. The The temperature is uniform through out the room
thickness of the two layers is the same, but and heat is transmitted through a glass window of
materials are different. The thermal conductivity of
area 1m2 and thickness 0.2 cm. What will be the
A is double than that of B. In thermal equilibrium
the temperature difference between the two ends temperature outside? Given that thermal
is 36o C . Then the difference of temperature at conductivity K for glass is 0.2 cal/ m/ o C / sec and
the two surfaces of A will be J = 4.2 J/cal
[IIT 1980; CPMT 1991;
[IIT 1978]
BHU 1997; MP PET 1996, 99; DPMT 2000]
(a) 15.24o C (b) 15.00°C
(a) 6o C (b) 12o C
(c) 24.15o C (d) None of the above
(c) 18o C (d) 24o C
7. There is formation of layer of snow x cm thick on
3. Ice starts forming in lake with water at 0o C and
when the atmospheric temperature is  10o C . If water, when the temperature of air is   o C

the time taken for 1 cm of ice be 7 hours, then the (less than freezing point). The thickness of layer
 214 Transmission of Heat
increases from x to y in the time t , then the
(a) 2.47 hr
value of t is given by
(b) 4.27 hr
(x  y)(x  y)L (x  y)L (c) 7.42 hr
(a) (b)
2k 2k
(d) 4.72 hr
(x  y)(x  y)L (x  y)Lk 11. A sphere, a cube and a thin circular plate, all made
(c) (d)
k 2 of the same material and having the same mass
are initially heated to a temperature of 1000°C.
8. A composite metal bar of uniform section is made Which one of these will cool first
up of length 25 cm of copper, 10 cm of nickel and [IIT 1972; MP PMT 1993;
15 cm of aluminium. Each part being in perfect J & K CET 2000 MH CET 2000; UPSEAT 2001]
thermal contact with the adjoining part. The
(a) Plate (b) Sphere
copper end of the composite rod is maintained at
(c) Cube (d) None of these
100o C and the aluminium end at 0o C . The
whole rod is covered with belt so that there is no 12. Three rods of the same dimension have thermal
conductivities 3K, 2K and K. They are arranged as
heat loss occurs at the sides. If K Cu  2K Al and shown in fig. Given below, with their ends at 100 oC,
K Al  3K Ni , then what will be the temperatures 50oC and 20oC. The temperature of their junction is
[UPSEAT 2002]50oC
of Cu  Ni and Ni  Al junctions respectively 2K
(a) 60o C
100oC
Cu Ni Al (b) 70o C 3K
100° 0°C o K
C
(c) 50 C
20oC
(d) 35o C
(a) 23.33o C and 78.8o C (b) 83.33o C and
13. Two identical conducting rods are first connected
20o C independently to two vessels, one containing
water at 100o C and the other containing ice at
(c) 50o C and 30o C (d) 30o C and 50o C 0oC. In the second case, the rods are joined end to
end and connected to the same vessels. Let q1 and
9. Three rods of identical area of cross-section and
q2 g / s be the rate of melting of ice in two cases
made from the same metal form the sides of an
isosceles triangle ABC , right angled at B . The respectively. The ratio of q1 / q2 is

points A and B are maintained at [IIT-JEE (Screening) 2004]

temperatures T and 2T respectively. In the 1 2

(a) (b)
steady state the temperature of the point C is TC 2 1
. Assuming that only heat conduction takes place, 4 1
(c) (d)
TC 1 4
is equal to [IIT 1995]
T 14. A solid cube and a solid sphere of the same
material have equal surface area. Both are at the
1 3
(a) (b) same temperature 120o C , then [MP PET 1992,
( 2  1) ( 2  1)
96; MP PMT 2000]
1 1 (a) Both the cube and the sphere cool down at the
(c) (d) same rate
2( 2  1) 3( 2  1)
(b) The cube cools down faster than the sphere
10. The only possibility of heat flow in a thermos
flask is through its cork which is 75 cm2 in area (c) The sphere cools down faster than the cube
and 5 cm thick. Its thermal conductivity is 0.0075 (d) Whichever is having more mass will cool down
cal/cmsecoC. The outside temperature is 40 oC and faster
latent heat of ice is 80 cal g–1. Time taken by 500 15. Two bodies A and B have thermal emissivities
g of ice at 0 oC in the flask to melt into water at of 0.01 and 0.81 respectively. The outer surface
0oC is [CPMT 1974, 78; MNR areas of the two bodies are the same. The two
1983] bodies emit total radiant power at the same rate.
 Transmission of Heat 215

The wavelength  B corresponding to maximum The mass of S1 is three times that of S 2 . Both
spectral radiancy in the radiation from B is the spheres are heated to the same high
shifted from the wavelength corresponding to temperature and placed in the same room having
maximum spectral radiancy in the radiation from lower temperature but are thermally insulated
A , by 1.00m . If the temperature of A is from each other. The ratio of the initial rate of
5802K [IIT 1994; DCE 1996] cooling of S1 to that of S 2 is
(a) The temperature of B is 1934K [IIT 1995]

(b)  B  1.5m (a) 1 / 3 (b) (1 / 3)1 / 3

(c) The temperature of B is 11604K (c) 1 / 3 (d) 3 /1

(d) The temperature of B is 2901K 20. Three discs A, B and C having radii 2m, 4m, and
16. A black body is at a temperature of 2880K . The 6m respectively are coated with carbon black on
energy of radiation emitted by this object with their other surfaces. The wavelengths
wavelength between 499nm and 500nm is corresponding to maximum intensity are 300 nm,
400 nm and 500 nm, respectively. The power
U1 , between 999nm and 1000nm is U 2
radiated by them are Qa, Qb, and Qc respectively
and between 1499nm and 1500nm is U3 . [IIT-JEE (Screening) 2004]
6
The Wein's constant b  2.88 10 nmK . Then (a) Qa is maximum (b) Qb is maximum
[IIT 1998] (c) Qc is maximum (d) Qa = Qb = Qc
(a) U1  0 (b) U 3  0 21. The total energy radiated from a black body
source is collected for one minute and is used to
(c) U1  U 2 (d) U 2  U1 heat a quantity of water. The temperature of water
is found to increase form 20o C to 20.5o C . If
17. A black metal foil is warmed by radiation from a
the absolute temperature of the black body is
small sphere at temperature T and at a distance doubled and the experiment is repeated with the
d . It is found that the power received by the foil same quantity of water at 20o C , the
is `P'. If both the temperature and the distance are temperature of water will be
doubled, the power received by the foil will be [UPSEAT 2004]
[MP PMT 1997] (a) 21o C (b) 22o C
(a) 16P (b) 4P (c) 24o C (d) 28o C
(c) 2P (d) P 22. A solid sphere and a hollow sphere of the same
material and size are heated to the same
18. Three rods of same dimensions are arranged as temperature and allowed to cool in the same
shown in figure they have thermal conductivities surroundings. If the temperature difference
K 1, K 2 and K 3 The points P and Q are between each sphere and its surroundings is T ,
maintained at different temperatures for the heat then
to flow at the same rate along PRQ and PQ then [Manipal MEE 1995]
which of the following option is correct [KCET (a) The hollow sphere will cool at a faster rate for
2001] all values of T
1 R (b) The solid sphere will cool at a faster rate for all
(a) K 3  (K 1  K 2 )
2 values of T

K1 K2
(c) Both spheres will cool at the same rate for all
(b) K 3  K 1  K 2 values of T
(d) Both spheres will cool at the same rate only for
K 1K 2
(c) K 3  P K3 Q small values of T
K1  K 2 23. A solid copper cube of edges 1 cm is suspended
in an evacuated enclosure. Its temperature is
(d) K 3  2(K 1  K 2 )
found to fall from 100o C to 99o C in 100 s .
19. Two metallic spheres S1 and S 2 are made of the Another solid copper cube of edges 2 cm, with
similar surface nature, is suspended in a similar
same material and have identical surface finish.
manner. The time required for this cube to cool
 216 Transmission of Heat

from 100o C to 99o C will be approximately [MP (c) 6.9  103 kg (d) 5.4  103 kg
PMT 1997] 29. An ice box used for keeping eatable cold has a
2
(a) 25 s (b) 50 s total wall area of 1 metre and a wall thickness
(c) 200 s (d) 400 s of 5.0cm. The thermal conductivity of the ice
box is K  0.01 joule/ metre o C . It is filled
24. A body initially at 80o C cools to 64o C in 5 minutes
and to 52o C in 10 minutes. The temperature of with ice at 0o C along with eatables on a day
the body after 15 minutes will be [UPSEAT 2000; when the temperature is 30°C. The latent heat of
Pb. PET 2004]
fusion of ice is 334 103 joules/ kg . The amount
(a) 42.7 o C (b) 35 o C of ice melted in one day is
(c) 47 o C (d) 40 o C ( 1day 86,400seconds)
25. A 5cm thick ice block is there on the surface of [MP PMT 1995]
water in a lake. The temperature of air is –10°C; (a) 776 gms (b) 7760gms
how much time it will take to double the thickness
(c) 11520gms (d) 1552gms
of the block
30. Five rods of same dimensions are arranged as
(L = 80 cal/g, Kicc = 0.004 Erg/s-k, dice = 0.92 g cm–3)
shown in the figure. They have thermal
[RPET 1998]
conductivities K1, K2, K3, K4 and K5. When points A
(a) 1 hour (b) 191 hours and B are maintained at different temperatures,
(c) 19.1 hours (d) 1.91 hours no heat flows through the central rod if
26. Four identical rods of same material are joined end C [KCET 2002]
to end to form a square. If the temperature (a) K1  K 4 and K 2  K 3 K1 K2
difference between the ends of a diagonal is
(b) K 1 K 4  K 2 K 3 K5
100o C , then the temperature difference A B
between the ends of other diagonal will be (c) K 1 K 2  K 3 K 4
K3 K4
[MP PET 1989; RPMT 2002] K1 K 2
(d)  D
(a) 0o C K4 K3
100 o 31. A hot metallic sphere of radius r radiates heat.
(b) C ; where l is the length of each rod
l It's rate of cooling is
100 o
C
(a) Independent of r (b) Proportional to r
(c)
2l (c) Proportional to r 2 (d) Proportional to 1 / r
(d) 100 C o 32. A solid copper sphere (density  and specific
27. A cylindrical rod with one end in a steam chamber heat capacity c) of radius r at an initial
and the other end in ice results in melting of temperature 200K is suspended inside a chamber
0.1gm of ice per second. If the rod is replaced by whose walls are at almost 0K. The time required
another with half the length and double the radius (in  s) for the temperature of the sphere to drop
of the first and if the thermal conductivity of to 100 K is [IIT-JEE 1991]
1
material of second rod is that of first, the rate 72 rc 7 rc
4 (a) (b)
7  72 
at which ice melts in gm/ secwill be [EAMCET
1987] 27 rc 7 rc
(c) (d)
(a) 3.2 (b) 1.6 7  27 
(c) 0.2 (d) 0.1 33. One end of a copper rod of uniform cross-section
and of length 3.1 m is kept in contact with ice and
28. One end of a copper rod of length 1.0 m and
the other end with water at 100°C. At what point
area of cross-section 103 is immersed in boiling
along it's length should a temperature of 200°C be
water and the other end in ice. If the coefficient of
maintained so that in steady state, the mass of ice
thermal conductivity of copper is
melting be equal to that of the steam produced in
92 cal/ m-s -oC and the latent heat of ice is
the same interval of time. Assume that the whole
8  104 cal/ kg , then the amount of ice which will system is insulated from the surroundings. Latent
melt in one minute is
heat of fusion of ice and vaporisation of water are
[MNR 1994]
80 cal/gm and 540 cal/gm respectively
(a) 9.2  103 kg (b) 8  103 kg
100°C 0°C
3.1 m
 Transmission of Heat 217
takes place, what will be the temperature
difference between other two points
(a) 40 cm from 100°C end (b) 40 cm from 0°C [BCECE 2005]
end
2 1 2
(c) 125 cm from 100°C end (d) 125 cm from 0°C (a) T (b) T
2 2 1
end
34. A sphere and a cube of same material and same (c) 0 (d) None of these
volume are heated upto same temperature and
allowed to cool in the same surroundings. The
ratio of the amounts of radiations emitted will be

4
(a) 1 : 1 (b) :1
3
1/ 3 2/ 3
  1  4  1. The graph. Shown in the adjacent diagram,
(c)   :1 (d)   :1
 6 2 3  represents the variation of temperature (T) of two
bodies, x and y having same surface area, with
35. The temperature of the two outer surfaces of a time (t) due to the emission of radiation. Find the
composite slab, consisting of two materials having
correct relation between the emissivity (e) and
coefficients of thermal conductivity K and 2K and
absorptivity (a) of the two bodies
thickness x and 4x, respectively are T2 and T1 (T2
> T1). The rate of heat transfer through the slab, in [IIT-JEE (Screening) 2003]

 A(T2  T1)K  (a) ex  ey & ax  ay

a steady state is   f , with  which T
 x  (b) ex  ey & ax  ay y
equal to [AIEEE 2004]
x
(a) 1 (c) ex  ey & ax  ay

1 (d) ex  ey & ax  ay t
(b)
2
T2 K 2K T1 2. The plots of intensity versus wavelength for three
2 black bodies at temperatures T1, T2 and T3
(c)
3 respectively are as shown. Their temperature are
x 4x
1 such that
(d)
3 [IIT-JEE (Screening) 2000]

36. The figure shows a system of two concentric (a) T1 >T2 > T3 T3
spheres of radii r1 and r2 and kept at temperatures
(b) T1 >T3 > T2 I T2
T1 and T2, respectively. The radial rate of flow of T1
heat in a substance between the two concentric (c) T2 >T3 > T1
spheres is proportional to [AIEEE 2005]
(d) T3 >T2 > T1

r1 r2 3. The adjoining diagram shows the spectral energy
(a)
(r1  r2) density distribution E  of a black body at two
(b) (r2  r1) r1
T1
different temperatures. If the areas under the
curves are in the ratio 16 : 1, the value of
(c) (r2  r1)(r1 r2) r2 T2 temperature T is [DCE 1999]

 r2  (a) 32,000 K TK
(d) In  
r 
 1 (b) 16,000 K E
2000 K
37. Four rods of identical cross-sectional area and (c) 8,000 K
made from the same metal form the sides of
(d) 4,000 K
square. The temperature of two diagonally 
opposite points and T and 2 T respective in the
steady state. Assuming that only heat conduction