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A reversible engine has an efficiency of 14. If the temperature of the sink is reduced by 58°C, its efficiency becomes double. Calculate the temperature of the sink:
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A Carnot's engine working between 400 K and 800 K has a work output of 1200 J per cycle. The amount of heat energy supplied to the engine from the source in each cycle is:
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A heat engine has an efficiency of 16. When the temperature of sink is reduced by 62°C, its efficiency get doubled. The temperature of the source is :
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Explain the working of a diesel engine.
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Consider an engine that absorbs 130 cal of heat from a hot reservoir and delivers 30 cal heat to a cold reservoir in each cycle. The engine also consumes 2 J energy in each cycle to overcome friction. If the engine works at 90 cycles per minute, what will be the maximum power delivered to the load? [Assume the thermal equivalent of heat is 4.2 J/cal]
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Steam engine cannot be started instantaneously because,
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For an ideal heat engine, the temperature of the source is 127°C. In order to have 60% efficiency the temperature of the sink should be __________C. (Round off to the nearest integer)
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_____ expansion makes the Eiffel Tower taller during summers.
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A carnot engine working between 27°C and 127°C, draws 600 J of heat from the reservoir in one cycle. The work done by the engine
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The efficiency of the cycle shown below in the figure (consisting of one isobar, one adiabat and one isotherm) is 50%. The ratio, x, between the highest and lowest temperatures attained in this cycle obeys (the working substance is a ideal gas):-

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Explain intake stroke and compression stroke in the working of a petrol engine.
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A heat engine is involved with exchange of heat of 1915 J, 40 J, +125 J and Q J, during one cycle achieving and efficiency of 50.0%. The value of Q is:  
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A heat engine operates with the cold reservoir at temperature 324 K. The minimum temperature of the hot reservoir, if the heat engine takes 300 J heat from the hot reservoir and delivers 180 J heat to the cold reservoir per cycle, is _____  K.
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A heat engine operates between a cold reservoir at temperature T2=400 K and a hot reservoir at temperature T1. It takes 300 J of heat from the hot reservoir and delivers 240 J of heat to the cold reservoir in a cycle. The minimum temperature of the hot reservoir has to be
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The efficiency of an ideal heat engine working between the freezing point and boiling point of water, is
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In a group of boys, 25 play volleyball, 20 play badminton and 10 boys play cricket. Five boys play all the three games. 8 boys play atleast two of the three games. How many of them play only one game? 
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In an examination 51% students fail in English and 45% fail in Maths. If 21%students fail in both the subjects, then 169 students pass the examination. What is the total number of students taking the exam?
 
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A reversible heat engine converts one-fourth of the heat input into work. When the temperature of the sink is reduced by 52 K, its efficiency is doubled. The temperature in Kelvin of the source will be ___ .
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An engine operates by taking a monatomic ideal gas through the cycle shown in the figure. The percentage efficiency of the engine is close to

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A Carnot engine operates between two reservoirs of temperatures 900K and 300K . The engine performs 1200J of work per cycle. The heat energy (in J ) delivered by the engine to the low temperature reservoir, in a cycle, is _____________