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Top Previous Year Questions - Kinetic Theory of Gases

Question

A gas mixture consists of 3 moles of oxygen and 5 moles of argon at temperature T. Assuming the gases to be ideal and the oxygen bond to be rigid, the total internal energy (in units of RT) of the mixutre is :

JEE Main 2020 (02 Sep Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 15
  • B: 13
  • C: 20
  • D: 11
Explaination

Question

Consider a gas of triatomic molecules. The molecules  are assumed to be triangular and made of massless rigid rods whose vertices are occupied by atoms. The internal energy of a mole of the gas at temperature T is:

JEE Main 2020 (03 Sep Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 52RT
  • B: 32RT
  • C: 92RT
  • D: 3RT
Explaination

Question

In a dilute gas at pressure P and temperature 't', the time between successive collision of a molecule varies with T as :

JEE Main 2020 (06 Sep Shift 2)

Options

  • A: T
  • B: 1T
  • C: 1T
  • D: T
Explaination

Question

The plot that depicts the behavior of the mean free time τ (time between two successive collisions) for the molecules of an ideal gas, as a function of temperature T, qualitatively, is: (Graphs are schematic and not drawn to scale)

JEE Main 2020 (08 Jan Shift 1)

Options

  • A:
  • B:
  • C:
  • D:
Explaination

Question

Two ideal polyatomic gases at temperatures T1 and T2 are mixed so that there is no loss of energy. If F1 and F2, m1 and m2, n1 and n2 be the degrees of freedom, masses, number of molecules of the first and second gas respectively, the temperature of mixture of these two gases is:

JEE Main 2021 (17 Mar Shift 1)

Options

  • A: n1 T1+n2 T2n1+n2
  • B: n1F1T1+n2F2T2n1F1+n2F2
  • C: n1 F1 T1+n2 F2 T2 F1+F2
  • D: n1 F1 T1+n2 F2 T2n1+n2
Explaination

Question

If one mole of the polyatomic gas is having two vibrational modes and β is the ratio of molar specific heats for polyatomic gas β=CPCv then the value of β is :

JEE Main 2021 (17 Mar Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 1.02
  • B: 1.2
  • C: 1.25
  • D: 1.35
Explaination

Question

Consider a mixture of gas molecule of types A,B and C having masses mA<mB<mC. The ratio of their root mean square speeds at normal temperature and pressure is:

JEE Main 2021 (20 Jul Shift 1)

Options

  • A: vA=vB=vC=0
  • B: 1vA>1vB>1vC
  • C: vA=vBvC
  • D: 1vA<1vB<1vC
Explaination

Question

A gas has n degrees of freedom. The ratio of specific heat of gas at constant volume to the specific heat of gas at constant pressure will be

JEE Main 2022 (26 Jul Shift 2)

Options

  • A: nn+2
  • B: n+2n
  • C: n2n+2
  • D: nn-2
Explaination

Question

Same gas is filled in two vessels of the same volume at the same temperature. If the ratio of the number of molecules is 1:4, then

A. The r.m.s. velocity of gas molecules in two vessels will be the same.

B. The ratio of pressure in these vessels will be 1:4.

C. The ratio of pressure will be 1:1.

D. The r.m.s. velocity of gas molecules in two vessels will be in the ratio of 1:4.

JEE Main 2022 (27 Jul Shift 1)

Options

  • A:

    A and C only

  • B: B and D only
  • C: A and B only
  • D: C and D only
Explaination

Question

Which statements are correct about degrees of freedom?

A. A molecule with n degrees of freedom has n2 different ways of storing energy.

B. Each degree of freedom is associated with 12RT average energy per mole.

C. A monoatomic gas molecule has 1 rotational degree of freedom where as diatomic molecule has 2 rotational degrees of freedom

D. CH4 has a total to 6 degrees of freedom.

Choose the correct answer from the option given below:

JEE Main 2022 (27 Jul Shift 2)

Options

  • A: B and C only
  • B: B and D only
  • C: A and B only
  • D: C and D only
Explaination

Question

A mixture of hydrogen and oxygen has volume 2000 cm3, temperature 300 K, pressure 100kPa and mass 0.76 g. The ratio of number of moles of hydrogen to number of moles of oxygen in the mixture will be

[Take gas constant R=8.3 J K-1 mol-1]

JEE Main 2022 (27 Jun Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 13
  • B: 31
  • C: 116
  • D: 161
Explaination

Question

The number of air molecules per cm3 is increased from 3×1019 to 12×1019. The ratio of collision frequency of air molecules before and after the increase in number respectively is :

JEE Main 2023 (06 Apr Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 0.75
  • B: 1.25
  • C: 0.50
  • D: 0.25
Explaination

Question

The rms speed of oxygen molecule in a vessel at particular temperature is 1+5x12v, when v is the average speed of the molecule. The value of x will be:

(take π=227)

JEE Main 2023 (13 Apr Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 27
  • B: 8
  • C: 28
  • D: 4
Explaination

Question

The mean free path of molecules of a certain gas at STP is 1500d, where d is the diameter of the gas molecules. While maintaining the standard pressure, the mean free path of the molecules at 373 K is approximately:

JEE Main 2023 (13 Apr Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 750d
  • B: 1098d
  • C: 2049d
  • D: 1500d
Explaination

Question

If $\mathrm{n}$ is the number density and $\mathrm{d}$ is the diameter of the molecule, then the average distance covered by a molecule between two successive collisions (i.e. mean free path) is represented by :

JEE Main 2024 (05 Apr Shift 2)

Options

  • A: $\sqrt{2} \mathrm{n} \pi \mathrm{d}^2$
  • B: $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 n \pi d^2}}$
  • C: $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2} n \pi d^2}$
  • D: $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2} n^2 \pi^2 d^2}$
Explaination

Question

The specific heat at constant pressure of a real gas obeying $P V^2=R T$ equation is:

JEE Main 2024 (06 Apr Shift 1)

Options

  • A: $\frac{R}{3}+C_V$
  • B: $C_V+R$
  • C: $C_V+\frac{R}{2 V}$
  • D: $R$
Explaination

Question

Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : The mean free path of gas molecules is inversely proportional to square of molecular diameter. Statement (II) : Average kinetic energy of gas molecules is directly proportional to absolute temperature of gas. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

JEE Main 2024 (08 Apr Shift 2)

Options

  • A: Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  • B: Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  • C: Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  • D: Statement I is false but Statement II is true
Explaination

Question

The temperature of a gas having 2.0×1025 molecules per cubic meter at 1.38 atm (Given, k=1.38×10-23J K-1) is :

JEE Main 2024 (29 Jan Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 500 K
  • B: 200 K
  • C: 100 K
  • D: 300 K
Explaination

Question

Two thermodynamical process are shown in the figure. The molar heat capacity for process A and B are CA and CB. The molar heat capacity at constant pressure and constant volume are represented by CP and CV, respectively. Choose the correct statement.

JEE Main 2024 (30 Jan Shift 1)

Options

  • A: CP>CB>CV
  • B: CA=0 and CB=
  • C: CP>CV>CA=CB
  • D: CA>CP>CV
Explaination

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