🏫 Board🧲 Physics

Thermal Properties of Matter

17 Board Physics previous year questions on Thermal Properties of Matter — free to practice, unlock the correct answer & explanation with Premium.

Q1

A cup of coffee cools from 90°C to 80°C in t minutes when the room temperature is 20°C. The time taken by the similar cup of coffee to cool from 80°C to 60°C at the same room temperature is :

a

513t

b

1310t

c

1013t

d

135t

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q2

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The hot water flows faster than cold water
Statement II: Soap water has higher surface tension as compared to fresh water.
In the light of above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[JEE Main 2025, 23 Jan (Shift 1)]

a

Both Statement I and Statement II are false

b

Statement I is false but Statement II is true

c

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

d

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q3

The temperature of a body in air falls from 40°C to 24°C in 4 minutes. The temperature of the air is 16°C. The temperature of the body in the next 4 minutes will be :

a

143C

b

42°3C

c

563C

d

283C

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q4

Two spherical bodies of same materials having radiii 0.2 m and 0.8 m are placed in same atmosphere. The temperature of the smaller body is 800 K and temperature of the bigger body is 400 K . If the energy radiated from the smaller body is E, the energy radiated from the bigger body is (assume, effect of the surrounding temperature to be negligible),

[JEE Main 2025, 22 Jan (Shift 1)]

a

E

b

16 E

c

64 E

d

256 E

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q5

Water is used as a coolant in a nuclear reactor because of its:

a

high thermal expansion coefficient

b

high specific heat capacity

c

low density

d

low boiling point

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q6

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The hot water flows faster than cold water
Statement II: Soap water has higher surface tension as compared to fresh water.
In the light of above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[JEE Main 2025, 23 Jan (Shift 1)]

a

Both Statement I and Statement II are false

b

Statement I is false but Statement II is true

c

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

d

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q7

A cup of coffee take a time ' t' to cool from \(90^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) to \(80^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) in a surrounding of \(20^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\). If a similar cup of coffee is cooled from \(80^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) to \(60^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) in the same surrounding, it takes a time

(Shift - II Memory Based)

a

13t/5

b

5t/13

c

12t/5

d

2t

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q8

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The hot water flows faster than cold water
Statement II: Soap water has higher surface tension as compared to fresh water.
In the light of above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[JEE Main 2025, 23 Jan (Shift 1)]

a

Both Statement I and Statement II are false

b

Statement I is false but Statement II is true

c

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

d

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q9

A bullet at 300K300 \, \text{K} hits a wooden block. The melting point is 600K600 \, \text{K}, and the total work done is 625 J. If the specific heat capacity is 0.442J/gC0.442 \, \text{J/g} \cdot ^{\circ}\text{C} and the latent heat is 247J/g247 \, \text{J/g}, find the mass of the bullet.(shift 1 Memory based)

a

1.32g1.32 \, \text{g}

b

1.65g

c

2.50g2.50 \, \text{g}

d

3.00g3.00 \, \text{g}

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q10

A cup of coffee take a time ' t' to cool from \(90^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) to \(80^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) in a surrounding of \(20^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\). If a similar cup of coffee is cooled from \(80^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) to \(60^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) in the same surrounding, it takes a time

(Shift - II Memory Based)

a

13t/5

b

5t/13

c

12t/5

d

2t

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q11

Temperature of a body reduces from \(40^{\circ}\) to \(24^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) in 4 minutes in surrounding of \(16^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\). What is the temperature of body after further 4 minutes?

(Shift - II Memory based)

a

\(20^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\)

b

\(22^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\)

c

\(\frac{56}{3}{ }^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\)

d

\(17^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\)

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q12

Two spherical bodies of same materials having radiii 0.2 m and 0.8 m are placed in same atmosphere. The temperature of the smaller body is 800 K and temperature of the bigger body is 400 K . If the energy radiated from the smaller body is E, the energy radiated from the bigger body is (assume, effect of the surrounding temperature to be negligible),

[JEE Main 2025, 22 Jan (Shift 1)]

a

E

b

16 E

c

64 E

d

256 E

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q13

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: The hot water flows faster than cold water
Statement II: Soap water has higher surface tension as compared to fresh water.
In the light of above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

[JEE Main 2025, 23 Jan (Shift 1)]

a

Both Statement I and Statement II are false

b

Statement I is false but Statement II is true

c

Both Statement I and Statement II are true

d

Statement I is true but Statement II is false

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q14

An amount of ice of mass 10-3 kg and temperature -10°C is transformed to vapour of temperature 110°C by applying heat. The total amount of work required for this conversion is,
(Take, specific heat of ice =2100Jkg-1 K-1, specific heat of water =4180Jkg-1 K-1, specific heat of steam =1920Jkg-1 K-1, Latent heat of ice =3.35×105Jkg-1 and Latent heat of steam =2.25×106 Jkg-1 )

[JEE Main 2025, 22 Jan (Shift 1)]

a

3043 J

b

3024 J

c

3003 J

d

3022 J

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q15

The difference of temperature in a material can convert heat energy into electrical energy. To harvest the heat energy, the material should have;

a

low thermal conductivity and high electrical conductivity

b

high thermal conductivity and high electrical conductivity

c

high thermal conductivity and low electrical conductivity

d

low thermal conductivity and low electrical conductivity

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q16

Two spherical black bodies of radii 0.8m0.8 \, \text{m} and 0.2m0.2 \, \text{m} are at temperatures of 400K400 \, \text{K} and 800K800 \, \text{K}, respectively. Find the ratio of the rate of heat loss from the two bodies.

(Shift I Memory based)

a

1 : 4

b

1 : 8

c

1 : 2

d

1 : 1

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149
Q17

What amount of heat is required to convert 1gm1 \, \text{gm} of ice at 10C-10^\circ \text{C} into steam at 110C110^\circ \text{C}?

(Shift I Memory Based)

a

ΔQ=730cal\Delta Q = 730 \, \text{cal}

b

ΔQ=1100cal\Delta Q = 1100 \, \text{cal}

c

ΔQ=930cal\Delta Q = 930 \, \text{cal}

d

ΔQ=900cal\Delta Q = 900 \, \text{cal}

🔒
Answer & explanation — Premium

Unlock this and thousands more solved PYQs.

Unlock · ₹149

Practice more Board Physics PYQs

Browse every Physics chapter, or explore the full Board question bank.

🧲 All Physics chapters →