Class 11 Chemistry MCQ – Thermodynamics

This set of Class 11 Chemistry Chapter 6 Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Thermodynamics”. These MCQs are created based on the latest CBSE syllabus and the NCERT curriculum, offering valuable assistance for exam preparation.

1. Which of the following property cannot be used to describe the state of a system?
a) pressure
b) volume
c) temperature
d) universal gas constant
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Answer: d
Explanation: State functions are used to specify the state of a thermodynamic system. The state is described by measurable macroscopic particles like pressure, temperature, volume, amount, etc and the is P, V and T are called state variables.

2. When work is done on system or by a system there is a change in _________
a) external energy
b) internal energy
c) adiabatic energy
d) isothermal energy
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Answer: b
Explanation: When a work is done or by the system, heat passes into out of the system and matter enters or leaves the system, there is a change in internal energy of the system. It is represented by the symbol “U”.

3. The system that does not allow the heat to pass through its boundary between the system and surroundings is called as ______________ system.
a) adiabatic
b) open
c) isothermal
d) close
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Answer: a
Explanation: An adiabatic system does not allow the exchange of heat between system and surroundings. Energy is transferred to the surrounding only through work Done. In the adiabatic process, the total energy is given as zero.
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4. In an adiabatic process the work done is 50 KJ, what is its internal energy?
a) 50 KJ
b) 25 KJ
c) -50 KJ
d) -25 KJ
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Answer: c
Explanation: The total energy in an adiabatic process is zero, so internal energy is equal to the negative of the work done. Here work done is given by 50 kilojoules, so the internal energy is -50 kilojoules as the sum of internal energy and the work done should be zero.

5. An adiabatic process pressure is related to volume as _________
a) PV = constant
b) PVγ constant
c) PV3 constant
d) PV2 constant
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Answer: b
Explanation: Let P is pressure and V is volume whereas Gamma is the ratio of specific heat capacity at constant pressure and volume. The relation between pressure and volume in an adiabatic process is given by PVγ constant.
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6. The first law of thermodynamics states that the energy of an isolated system is constant.
a) true
b) false
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Answer: a
Explanation: The first law of thermodynamics is commonly stated as the law of conservation of energy that is energy can neither be created nor be destroyed, in other terms we can also say that the energy of an isolated system is constant.

7. An open system allows the transfer of ________
a) only mass
b) only energy
c) both mass and energy
d) neither mass nor energy
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Answer: c
Explanation: An open system allows the transfer of both mass and energy into the system from the surroundings. An example of an open system is the human body, we consume food, energy and excrete waste.
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8. Both isolated and closed systems are the same.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: b
Explanation: An open system allows only energy transfer whereas an isolated system neither allows energy nor mass transfer through the system from the surroundings. Isolated and closed systems are not the same. So the above statement is false.

9. If the work is done on an adiabatic wall, then which of the following is true?
a) ΔU = -W
b) ΔU = W
c) ΔU + W = 0
d) ΔU = -W
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Answer: b
Explanation: In an adiabatic process, the total energy is always zero. We have that ΔH = ΔU + W, as ΔH is zero, we get ΔU + W = 0; ΔU = -W. But as work is done on the system by observing no heat W becomes negative, so ΔU = -(-)W = W. Hence ΔU = W.
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10. The temperature of an object increases slowly, then the energy of that object _________
a) increases slowly
b) decreases quickly
c) increases quickly
d) decreases slowly
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Answer: a
Explanation: Energy of a substance is directly proportional to its temperature. As we know that heat energy of a substance is q = mcΔT. If the temperature increases slowly then the energy also increases slowly.

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