Explore topic-wise MCQs in Thermodynamics.

This section includes 13 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Thermodynamics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

A rock bed(at 70 C) consists of 6000 kg granite. A house with mass of 12000 kg wood and 1000 kg iron is at 15 C. They are brought to a uniform final temperature. Find the irreversibility of the process, assuming an ambient temperature of 15 C.

A. 17191 kJ
B. 18191 kJ
C. 19191 kJ
D. 20191 kJ
Answer» C. 19191 kJ
2.

A 2-kg piece of iron is heated from temperature 25 C to 400 C by a heat source which is at 600 C. What is the irreversibility in the process?

A. 96.4 kJ
B. 86.4 kJ
C. 76.4 kJ
D. 66.4 kJ
Answer» B. 86.4 kJ
3.

A heat exchanger increases the availability of 3 kg/s water by 1650 kJ/kg by using 10 kg/s air which comes in at 1400 K and leaves with 600 kJ/kg less availability. What is the irreversibility?

A. 1020 kW
B. 1030 kW
C. 1040 kW
D. 1050 kW
Answer» E.
4.

If two streams with equal temperature are mixing, then the entropy generation number becomes

A. 0
B. 1
C. -1
D. infinity
Answer» B. 1
5.

Entropy generation number can be given by

A. (rate of entropy generation)*(mass flow rate/specific heat)
B. (rate of entropy generation)/(mass flow rate/specific heat)
C. (rate of entropy generation)*(mass flow rate*specific heat)
D. (rate of entropy generation)/(mass flow rate*specific heat)
Answer» E.
6.

The decrease in availability or lost work is proportional to

A. pressure drop
B. mass flow rate
C. both of the mentioned
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
7.

Heat transfer through a finite temperature difference is equivalent to the destruction of its exergy.

A. true
B. false
Answer» B. false
8.

A thermodynamically efficient process would involve ____ exergy loss with ____ rate of entropy generation.

A. minimum, minimum
B. maximum, maximum
C. minimum, maximum
D. maximum, minimum
Answer» B. maximum, maximum
9.

The quantity [To*( Ssystem + Ssurroundings)] represents an increase in

A. available energy
B. unavailable energy
C. exergy
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» C. exergy
10.

For irreversibility, same expression applies to both flow and non-flow processes.

A. true
B. false
Answer» B. false
11.

For a non-flow process between equilibrium states, when the system exchanges heat only with the environment

A. I=0
B. I>0
C. I<0
D. I>=0
Answer» E.
12.

Irreversibility(I) is also called

A. degradation
B. dissipation
C. both of the mentioned
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
13.

The actual work done by a system is always ____ than the reversible work, and the difference between the two is called ____ of the process.

A. more, irreversibility
B. less, irreversibility
C. more, reversibility
D. less, reversible
Answer» C. more, reversibility