Calorimetry

1.The S.I. unit of specific latent heat is:

(a) cal g-1 (b)cal g-1 K-1 (c) J kg-1 (d) J kg -1 K-1
2.The specific latent heat of fusion of water is:
(a) 80 cal g-1 (b)2260 J g-1 (c) 80 J g-1 (d) 336 J kg-1

3.How much heat energy is released when 10 g of water at 20oC changes into ice at 0oC? Take specific
heat capacity of water =4.2 J g-1 K-1, specific latent heat of fusion of ice =336 J g-1.
(a) 4200J (b) 3456J (c)43235J (d)5685J

 4.Heat was given to a body, which raises its temperature by 1°C is ___________?
(a)Thermal capacity (b)Specific heat capacity (c)latent heat (d)specific latent heat

5.Calculate the heat capacity of a copper vessel of mass 150 g if the specific heat capacity of
copper is 410 J kg-1 K-1.
(a) 21.5 J/k (b) 62.5 J/k (c) 61.5 J/k (d) 91.5 J/k
6. Calculate the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 100 g of copper from
20oC to 70oC. Specific heat of capacity of copper =390 J kg-1 K-1.

(a) 1950 J (b) 260 J (c) 90 J (d) 6789 J

7.The specific heat capacity of a substance :
(a) changes with the mass of given substance.
(b) changes with the area or volume of substance.
(c) changes with rise or fall in temperature.
(d) is a constant quantity for a given substance.

8. Land and sea breezes are formed in coastal regions because:

(a) water has very high specific heat capacity than the land.
(b) land has very high specific heat capacity than the water.
(c) sea water cools the cooler regions. (d) all the above.

9. The base of cooking pans is made thicker and heavy because:

(a) it lowers the heat capacity of pan
(b) it increases the heat capacity of pan
(c) the food does not get charred and keeps hot for long time
(d) both (a) and (c)

10. What mass of a solid of specific heat capacity 0.75 Jg-¹°C-¹ will have heat capacity 93.75 Jg¹ °C-¹?
(a) 25 g (b) 125 g (c) 225 g (d) 325 g
11. A calorimeter is made of copper because
(a)copper is a good conductor of heat (b) copper has high specific heat capacity
(c) copper has low specific heat capacity (d) Both option 3 and 1
12. More is the mass, more is the
(a) specific heat capacity (b) heat capacity (c) temperature (d) rise intemperature
13. c'=
(a) c/m (b) mc (d) QΔT (c) QT
14. 20 g of water at 80°C is mixed with 40 g of water at 20°C, what is the resultant temperature of the
mixture
(a) 45°C (b) 30°C (c) 40°C (d) 50°C
15.  Calculate the heat required to raise the temperature of 50 g of water from 20 to 30°.
(a) 2100J (b) 210J (c) 21000J (d) 4200 J
16. All the ice on the mountains does not melt at once because of
(a) high latent heat of ice (b) high specific heat capacity of water
17.  Which of the following statements are correct ?
1) The boiling point of a liquid decreases with the increase in pressure and increases with the decrease in
pressure
2) The boiling point of a liquid decreases by the addition of impurities to it.
3) The melting point of a substance decreases by the presence of impurities in it.
4) The melting point of the substances which contract on melting (like ice) decreases by the increase in
pressure.
(a) Only 1 (b) both 3 and 4 (c) all are correct (d) only 2

18. Same amount of heat is supplied to two liquids A and B. The liquid A shows a greater rise in
temperature. What can you say about the heat capacity of A as compared to that of B?
(a) Heat capacity of A is less than that of B.
(b) Heat capacity of B is less than that of A.
(c) Heat capacity of A and B are same.
(d) Given data is insufficient to predict heat capacity.
19. An iron ball requires 5000 J heat energy to raise its temperature by 100C. Calculate the heat capacity of
the iron ball.
(a) 5 JK-1 (b) 50 JK-1 (c) 500 JK-1 (d) 5000 JK-1
19. For a skillet, used for cooking, do you want a high or low specific heat
(a) High, so that it will need more energy to heat up (b) Low, so that it will change temperature quickly
20. Which of the following statements are true?
(a)Steam at 100°C has more energy than water at 100°C
(b)Steam at 100°C has the same energy as water at 100°C
(c)water at 0°C has more energy than ice at 0°C
(d)water at 0°C has less energy than ice at 0°C
21. calorie is correctly defined as
(A) Heat energy required to raise the temperature 1g of water from 14.5° C to 15.5°C.
(B) Heat energy required to raise the temperature 1g of water by 1°C.
(C) Heat energy required to raise the temperature 1g of water 4°C to 5°C.
(D) Heat energy required to raise the temperature 1g of water 0°C to 1°C.
22. 1 Kilo calorie =
(A) 1000 calorie (B) 4200 Joule (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) 4.2 Joule
23. Heat capacity of a body is defined as
(A) Amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature by 1°C of 1 g of a substance.
(B) Amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature by 1° C of a substance.
(C) Amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature by 1K of a substance.
(D) Both (B) and (C)
24. The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of 1g of a substance through 1°C is
(A) Heat capacity (B) Specific heat capacity (C) 1 calorie (D) 15° calorie
24.The base of a cooking pan is made thick so that
(A) Its thermal capacity becomes high.
(B) It imparts sufficient heat energy to food at low temperature also for proper cooking.
(C) It keeps food warm for a longer time after cooking.
(D) All of the above
25. The specific heat capacity of water is
(A) 4.2 J kg-1 K-1 (B) 0.42 J kg-1 K-1 (C) 4200 J kg-1 K-1 (D) 420 J kg-1 K-1
26. Ice______ on melting. Wax on ___________melting.
(A) Expands, contracts. (B) Contracts, expands.
(C) Expands, expands. (D) Contracts, contracts.
27. Heat energy required to convert unit mass of a substance from solid to liquid without change of
temperature
(A) Heat capacity of melting (B) Specific heat capacity of melting
(C) Latent heat of melting (D) Specific latent heat of melting
28. When a solid changes from solid state to liquid state, without change in temperature
(A) Kinetic energy of the molecules increases.
(B) Potential energy of the molecules increases.
(C) Both kinetic and potential energy increases
(D) Potential energy of the molecules decreases.
29.Which one has more heat energy at 0°C -1 g ice or l g of water?
(A) 1g ice. (B) 1g water (C) Both have same heat energy
(D) 1 g ice has no heat energy, 1 g water has
30. Specific latent heat of fusion of ice is
(A) 336000 J/ Kg (B) 80 cal/ g (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) 336000 cal/g
31. m gram hot water at t°C is added to 3m gram of cold water at 10°C. If the final temperature of
the mixture is 20°C, then the value of t is
(A) 30°C (B) 40°C (C) 50°C (D) 60°C
32. Same amount of heat is supplied to two liquids and Y. Temperature of liquid X rises more than
that of the liquid Y. Which of the following statements is then true?
(A) Heat capacity of X = Heat capacity of Y (B) Heat capacity of X > Heat capacity of Y
(C) Heat capacity of X <Heat capacity of Y
(D) Insufficient data to comment about the heat capacity
33. Amount of heat energy required to melt 5 kg of ice at 0°C is (Specific latent heat of ice 336 J g¹)
(A) 1680000 J (B) 1680 J (C) 168 x 10³J (D) 168 KJ
34. During change of state temperature
(A) Changes very fast (B) Changes very slow (C) Remains constant (D) Fluctuates
 35. Solidification is the process of
(A) Direct gaseous phase to solid conversion (B) Liquid to solid conversion
(C) Both (A) and (B) (D) None of the above.
36.The direct change from solid to gaseous phase is known as
(A) Solidification (B) Sublimation (C) Fusion (D) Vaporisation
37.1 gram of copper rejects 43 calorie of heat during freezing at its freezing point. At its melting point,
heat required by 1 gram copper during melting is
(A) 86 calorie (B) 43 calorie (C) 21.5 calorie (D) 129 calorie
38. At melting point
(A) The solid and the liquid substance are at same temperature.
(B) The molecules of liquid substance have more energy than the molecules of solid substance.
(C) Temperature remains constant till the whole amount of solid is converted into liquid.
(D) All of the above.
39. Study the following heating curve for water and answer the following questions:

(i) At point A, water is at

(A) Liquid state (B) Solid state
(C) Certain portion is at solid and certain portion is at liquid state (D) Gaseous state.
(ii) Which portion of the graph indicates the melting of ice?
(A) AB (B) BC (C) CD (D) DE
(iii) If the mass of ice is 5g and latent heat of melting the mass of ice is 80 cal/ g, then how
much heat will be absorbed in BC portion?
(A) 80 calorie (B) 400 calorie (C) 16 calorie
(D) The time difference between points B and C is required to calculate the heat absorbed.
40. 5g of liquid A at 15°C temperature is mixed with 5g of liquid B at 25°C temperature. What is the final
temperature of the mixture? (Specific heat capacities of A and B are respectively 1 cal g¹ °C¹ and 0.5 cal
g¹ °C-¹)
(A) 18.3°C (B) 27.5°C (C) 15°C (D) 25°C
41. Principle of mixtures is based on the law of conservation of
(A) Energy (B) Mass (C) Momentum (D) Charge
42. The specific heat capacity of a substance :
(a) changes with the mass of given substance.
(b) changes with the area or volume of substance.
(c) changes with rise or fall in temperature.
(d) is a constant quantity for a given substance.
43. Land and sea breezes are formed in coastal regions because : land.
(a) water has very high specific heat capacity than the land
(b) land has very high specific heat capacity than the water
(c) sea water cools the cooler regions.
(d) all of the above.
44. The SI unit of specific heat capacity is :
(a) J kg-¹ (b) JK-1 (c) Jkg-¹K-1 (d) kJ kg-¹K-¹.
45. SI unit of thermal capacity is :
(a) Jkg-1 (b) kJ kg-1 (c) JK-1 (d) cal °C-1
46. The amount of heat energy required to melt a given mass of a substance at its melting point without
any rise in temperature is called :
(a) heat capacity (b) sp. heat capacity
(c) latent heat of fusion (d) sp. latent heat of fusion
47. The SI unit of specific latent heat is :
(a) Jg-¹ (b) calg-1 (c) Jkg-¹ (d) Jkg-¹K-1
48. The specific latent heat of fusion of ice in SI system is :
(a) 80 cal/g (b) 336 x 103 Jkg-¹ (c) 2260 x 103³ Jkg-1 (d) 336 Jkg-¹
49. Heat energy is :
(a) sum total of K.E. of the molecules of matter only..
(b) sum total of P.E. of the molecules of matter only.
(c) sum total of kinetic and potential energies of all the molecules.
(d) none of these.
50. S.I. unit of heat energy is:
(a) calorie (b) kilocalorie (c) joule (d) mega joule
51. S.I. unit of temperature is :
(a) °C (b) °F (c) K (d) °R
52. The heat energy is a:
(a) additive quantity (b) subtractive quantity (c) non additive quantity (d) both (a) and (b)
53. The flow of heat energy from one body to another body is determined by
(a) the amount of heat contained in the bodies.
(b) the temperature difference between the bodies
(c) the mass of the bodies
(d) none of the above
54. One kilocalorie is equal to :
(a) 4.186 J 16. (b) 4816 J (c) 4618 J (d) 4186 J
55. The amount of heat energy required by 1 g of pure water, so as to raise its temperature through 1°C
is known as:
(a) calorie (b) kilocalorie (c) joule (d) kilojoule
56. The thermal capacity (heat capacity) of a body depends upon :
(a) Mass of substance (b) Temperature of substance
(c) Heat absorted by the substance for 1°C rise in temperature (d) None of these
57. The factor(s) on which heat absorbed by a body depend(s) :
(a) mass of body
(b) specific heat capacity of body (c) rise in temperature of body (d) all of these
58. When sea breeze blows :
(a) the warm air rises up and blows towards sea
(b) the cold and heavy air from sea blows towards land
(c) it always blows during day time. (d) all of these
59. When land breeze blows :
(a) it always blows during night.
(b) the cold and heavy air from land blows towards sea.
(c) the warm and light air above the sea rises up and blows towards land.
(d) all of these.
60. In cold countries water is used for internal heating because :
(a) water has highest sp. heat capacity
(b) water can carry large amount of heat at comparatively moderate temperature
(c) water is the cheapest carrier of heat
(d) all of these
61. A solid of mass 0.15 kg is heated from 10°C to 90°C. If the sp. heat capacity of solid is
390 J kg¹ °C, the heat absorbed by solid is :
(a) 4680 J (b) 4860 J (c) 4608 J (d) 6480 J

62. what is the name given to the energy absorbed during a phase change?      
(a)latent heat (b) Specific latent heat (c)calorimetry (d)none of these
63. Two bodies are imparted with same heat energy. First body shows a greater rise in temperature. So
whose heat capacity is more?
(a) First body (b) second body (c) both has same heat capacity (d) none of these
64. When the temperature of a substance increases, what happens to the speed of the molecules?
(a) stays the same (b) increases (c) decreases (d) not measureable
65. Choose the correct statement among the following:
(a)The rate of evaporation decreases with increase in temperature.
(b) The rate of evaporation increases with decrease in temperature.
(c) The rate of evaporation increases with increase in temperature.
(d)The rate of evaporation does not depend on temperature.
66. Latent heat is:
(a) the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a liquid
(b)the amount of heat that is required to change the state of 1 g of a substance
(c) the amount of heat required to change the state of 1 kg of a substance
(d) the amount of heat required to change the state of 100 g of a substance
67. Identify the correct statement :
(a) Interconversion of states of matter takes place by altering temperature.
(b) Interconversion of matter takes place by altering pressure.
(c) Interconversion of states of matter takes place by altering temperature and pressure.
(d) Interconversion of states of matter depends on specific heat of the substance.
68. Heat is required to raise the temperature of 150 g of iron from 20°C to 25°C. Take specific heat 452 J
kg-¹ °C-1.
(a) 150 J (b) 339 J (c) 452 J (d) 4200 J
69. 2000 cal of heat is supplied to 200 g of water. The rise in temperature of water is (Take specific water =
1 cal g-1 °C-¹).
(a) 5 °C (b) 10 °C (c) 15 °C (d) 20 °C
70. 1300 J of heat energy is supplied to raise the temperature of 0.5 kg of lead from 20oC to 40oC.
Calculate the specific heat capacity of lead.
(a)120 J kg-1 K-1 (b)130 J kg-1 K-1 (c)160 J kg-1 K-1 (d)140 J kg-1 K-1

71. Find the time taken by a 500 W heater to raise the temperature of 50 kg of material of specific
heat capacity 960 J kg-1 K-1, from 18oC to 38oC. Assume that all the heat energy supplied by heater is
given to the material.
(a)33minutes (b)32 minutes (c)36 minutes (d)37 minutes
72. A refrigerator converts 100 g of water at 20oC to ice at -10oC in 73.5 min. calculate the average
rate of heat extraction in watt. The specific heat capacity of water is 4.2 J g-1 K-1, specific latent heat of
ice is 336 J g-1 and the specific heat capacity of ice is 2.1 J g-1 K-1.
(a)70 W (b)17W (c)10 W (d)20 W
73. Calculate the total amount of heat energy required to convert 100 g of ice at -10o C completely into
water at 100o C. Specific heat capacity of ice = 2.1 J g-1 K-1, specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 J g-1
K-1, specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 J g-1
(a) 1.4 kg (b)1.5 kg (c) 1.6 kg (d) 1.7 kg
74. The amount of heat energy required to convert 1 kg of ice at -10oC completely into water at 100oC
is 777000 J. calculate the specific latent heat of ice. Specific heat capacity of ice = 2100 J kg-1 K-1,
Specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J kg-1 K-1
(a)3360 J kg-1 (b) 3360 J kg-1 (c) 336J kg-1 (d)336000 J kg-1

75. Calculate the total amount of heat energy required to convert 100 g of ice at -10 o C completely
into water at 100o C. Specific heat capacity of ice = 2.1 J g-1 K-1, specific heat capacity of water = 4.2
J g-1 K-1, specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 J g-1. Solution:
(a)77700 J (b)7770 J (c)777 J (d)77 J