Description : At boiling point of liquids, its – (1) Temperature increases (2) Atmospheric pressure increases (3) Temperature remains constant (4) Vapour pressure decreases
Last Answer : (3) Temperature remains constant Explanation: An interesting property of matter is that its temperature remains constant during a phase change, assuming its surrounding pressure is constant. A liquid changes into gaseous state at a constant temperature called its boiling point.
Description : At boiling point of liquids, its (1) Temperature increases (2) Atmospheric pressure increases (3) Temperature remains constant (4) Vapour pressure decreases
Last Answer : Temperature remains constant
Description : In the pressure cooker, cooking is faster because the increase in vapour pressure - (1) increase the specific heat (2) decreases the specific heat (3) decreases the boiling point (4) increases the boiling point
Last Answer : (4) increases the boiling point
Description : With the increase of pressure, the boiling point of any substance - (1) Increases (2) Decreases (3) Remains Same (4) Becomes zero
Last Answer : (1) Increases Explanation: The temperature stays the same until all the liquid has vaporized. As the temperature of a liquid rises, the pressure of escaping vapor also rises, and at the boiling point ... vapor is equal to that exerted on the liquid by the surrounding air, causing bubbles to form.
Description : With the increase of pressure, the boiling point of any substance – (1) Increases (2) Decreases (3) Remains Same (4) Becomes zero
Description : The boiling point of water decreases at higher altitudes is due to – (1) low temperature (2) low atmospheric pressure (3) high temperature (4) high atmospheric pressure
Last Answer : (2) low atmospheric pressure Explanation: At higher altitudes, the air pressure is decreased, which forces water's boiling point to lower. The air pressure decreases with altitude because of the ... of air. The lowered boiling point of water requires an increase in cooking times or temperature.
Description : The boiling point of water decreases at higher altitudes is due to (1) low temperature (2) low atmospheric pressure (3) high temprature (4) high atmospheric pressure
Last Answer : low atmospheric pressure
Description : For gases, the thermal conductivity increases with temperature rise. For liquids, with increase in concentration, its thermal conductivity generally (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remains unchanged (D) Increases exponentially
Last Answer : (A) Decreases
Description : With increase in temperature, the mutual solubility of two liquids (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remains unchanged (D) Decreases exponentially
Last Answer : (A) Increases
Description : Thermal conductivities of most of the liquids __________ with rise in temperature. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remains unchanged (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the liquid
Last Answer : (B) Decreases
Description : Steam distillation is not recommended to be used, if the (A) Azeotropic mixture is to be separated and the final product is miscible with water (B) Liquids decompose, if ... unstable or has the tendency to react with other components associated with it, at the boiling temperature
Last Answer : (A) Azeotropic mixture is to be separated and the final product is miscible with water
Description : Which of the following decreases with increase in pressure? (A) Melting point of ice (B) Melting point of wax (C) Boiling point of liquids (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Melting point of ice
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) In a static mass of liquid, the pressure at a point is the same for all liquids (B) Pressure decreases exponentially with elevation in an isothermal atmosphere (C) ... s law, the pressure at a point in a static or uniformly moving fluid is equal in all directions
Last Answer : (A) In a static mass of liquid, the pressure at a point is the same for all liquids
Description : The boiling points of pure components of a binary system __________ with increase in total pressure of the system. (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remains unchanged (D) May increase or decrease, depends on the system
Last Answer : (B) Increases
Description : What happens to atmospheric pressure with increase in altitude? (1) It remains constant (2) It decreases (3) It increases (4) It constantly fluctuates
Last Answer : (2) It decreases Explanation: In most circumstances atmospheric pressure is closely approximated by the hydrostatic pressure caused by the mass of air above the measurement point. Low- ... increases, there is less overlying atmospheric mass, so that pressure decreases with increasing elevation.
Description : With increase in pressure (above atmospheric pressure), the Cp of a gas (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remains unchanged (D) First decreases and then increases
Description : As we climb up the mountain the atmospheric pressure __________. a)decreases b)increases c)remains same d)none
Last Answer : a)decreases
Description : What happens to atmospheric pressure with increase in altitude ? (1) It remains constant (2) It decreases (3) It increases (4) It constantly fluctuates
Last Answer : It decreases
Description : On addition of solute in the solvent, the __________ of the solution decreases. (A) Boiling point (B) Freezing point (C) Vapour pressure (D) Both (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) Both (B) and (C)
Description : Dew point of a gas-vapour mixture (A) Increases with temperature rise (B) Decreases with temperature rise (C) Decreases with decrease in pressure (D) Increases with increase in pressure
Last Answer : (C) Decreases with decrease in pressure
Description : Boiling point elevation of an ideal solution (A) Increases rapidly with temperature rise (B) Decreases rapidly with temperature rise (C) In independent of pressure (D) Both (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (A) Increases rapidly with temperature rise
Description : Inside the distillation column, the (A) Driving force for the vapour flow is the pressure drop (B) Liquids are not always at their bubble points (C) Pressure increases gradually from bottom to the top of the column (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Driving force for the vapour flow is the pressure drop
Description : With increase in temperature, the solubility of gases in liquids, at fixed pressure (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) Either (A) or (B), depends on the system
Description : With increase in temperature, the vapor pressure of liquids (A) Increases (B) Increases linearly (C) Decreases (D) Remain constant
Description : The feed to fractionating column is changed from saturated vapour to saturated liquid. If the separation and reflux ratio remains unchanged, the number of ideal stages will (A) Increase (B) Decrease (C) Remain same (D) Depend on saturated boiling point; may increase or decrease
Last Answer : (A) Increase
Description : With increase in absolute humidity, the dew point of an unsaturated mixture of air and water vapor (at constant pressure and temperature). (A) Increases (B) Remains unchanged (C) Decreases (D) Decreases linearly
Description : Due to atmospheric refraction, apparent length of the day (a) increases (b) decreases (c) remains the same (d) all of these
Last Answer : (a) increases
Description : Pressure Cooker cooks faster because (1) boiling point decreases with rise of pressure (2) it cooks the food at low pressure (3) higher temperature is attained for cooking (4) the material of the cooker is a good conductor
Last Answer : (3) higher temperature is attained for cooking Explanation: In pressure cooker boiling point of water increases due to high pressure.
Last Answer : higher temperature is attained for cooking
Description : Vegetables are cooked in lesser time by adding a pinch of salt while cooking because (1) boiling point of water increases (2) latent heat of vaporization of water decreases (3) latent heat of vaporization of water increases (4) boiling point of water decreases
Last Answer : (1) boiling point of water increases Explanation: Adding salt raises the boiling point of water, which allows food to cook at higher temperature. The higher the temperature, the higher the rate of heat transfer between the food and water, thus it cooks more quickly.
Last Answer : boiling point of water increases
Description : Which one of the following statements most accurately relates the properties of a liquid at room temperature with its vapour pressure? A A liquid with a low vapour pressure will probably have a ... with a high vapour pressure will probably have high intermolecular forces and a low boiling point.
Last Answer : A A liquid with a low vapour pressure will probably have a high surface tension and a high boiling point.
Description : As depth increases, pressure in a fluid A. increases B. decreases C. remains constant D. varies
Last Answer : increases
Description : Assuming all other parameters remain constant, what happens to the pressure of a gas when the volume of the gas is increased? w) increases x) decreases y) fluctuates sinusoidally z) remains the same
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- DECREASES
Description : If the temperature of a piece increases suddenly, the relative humidity– (1) increases (2) decreases (3) remains constant (4) fluctuates
Last Answer : (2) decreases Explanation: Relative humidity is the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapour in a airwater mixture to the saturated vapour pressure of water at a specific temperature.
Description : If the temperature of a place increases suddenly, the relative humidity – (1) Increases (2) Decreases (3) Remains constant (4) Fluctuates
Last Answer : (2) Decreases Explanation: Relative humidity is the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor in an airwater mixture to the saturated vapor pressure of water at a prescribed ... of the system decreases because the saturated vapor pressure of water increases with increasing temperature.
Description : The speed of light with the rise in the temperature of the medium : (1) Increases (2) Decreases (3) Remains unaltered (4) Drops suddenly
Last Answer : (3) Remains unaltered Explanation: The speed of light with the rise in the temperature of the medium remains unaltered because speed of light doesn't depend on temperature. It does depend, however ... in vacuum, commonly denoted c, is a universal physical constant important in many areas of physics.
Description : If the temperature of a place increases suddenly, the relative humidity (1) Increases (2) Decreases (3) Remains constant (4) Fluctuates
Last Answer : Decreases
Last Answer : Remains unaltered
Description : The boiling point of water depends upon the – (1) atmospheric pressure (2) volume (3) density (4) mass
Last Answer : (1) atmospheric pressure Explanation: The boiling point corresponds of water to the ternperature at which its vapour pressure equals the surrounding environmental pressure. So it is dependent on ... pressure decreases. As this pressure decreases, the boiling point of the water also decreases.
Description : The boiling point of water depends upon the (1) atmospheric pressure (2) volume (3) density (4) mass
Last Answer : atmospheric pressure
Description : In an operating distillation column, the (A) Vapors and liquids are at their dew point and bubble point respectively (B) Driving force for the liquid flow is its specific weight (C) Driving force for ... bottom to the top of the column (D) Highest temperature is encountered at the top of the column
Last Answer : (C) Driving force for the vapor flow is the pressure drop, as the pressure decreases gradually from the bottom to the top of the column
Description : The amount of heat required to change a boiling liquid to a gas at the same temperature depends on one of the following properties of the liquid. Does it depend on the liquid's: w) heat of fusion x) heat of vaporization y) temperature z) density
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- HEAT OF VAPORIZATION
Description : If we increase the pressure on a substance (which is at its triple point), then the triple point (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remains unchanged (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the substance
Last Answer : (C) Remains unchanged
Description : During sensible cooling of air, its wet bulb temperature (A) Decreases but dew point remains constant (B) Increases but dew point remains constant (C) Increases & the dew point decreases (D) Decreases & the dew point increases
Last Answer : (B) Increases but dew point remains constant
Description : With increase in temperature, the thermal conductivity of most liquids (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) First increases upto a certain temperature and then becomes constant
Last Answer : (C) Remain same
Description : Dynamic viscosity of most of the liquids with rise in temperature (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain unaffected (D) Unpredictable
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : At a given equilibrium pressure, with increase in temperature, the concentration of adsorbed gas on solid adsorbent (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remains unchanged (D) Increases exponentially
Description : If helium is introduced in a reactor containing O2 , SO2 and SO3 at equilibrium, so that total pressure increases while volume and temperature remains constant. In this case the dissociation of SO3 ( ... 's principle). (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remains unaltered (D) Changes unpredictably
Description : Free energy, fugacity and activity co-efficient are all affected by change in the temperature. The fugacity co-efficient of a gas at constant pressure ____with the increase of reduced temperature. (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remains constant