| Assertion (A): | Houses made of concrete roofs overlaid with foam keep the room hotter during summer. |
| Reason (R): | The layer of foam insulation prohibits heat transfer, as it contains air pockets. |
| 1. | (A) is True but (R) is False. |
| 2. | (A) is False but (R) is True. |
| 3. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
| 4. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) is the correct explanation of (R). |
| 1. | \(12^\circ \text{C}\) | 2. | \(50^\circ \text{C}\) |
| 3. | \(73^\circ \text{C}\) | 4. | \(88.5^\circ \text{C}\) |
The quantities of heat required to raise the temperature of two solid copper spheres of radii \(r_1\) and \(r_2\) \((r_1=1.5~r_2)\) through \(1~\text{K}\) are in the ratio:
| 1. | \(\dfrac{9}{4}\) | 2. | \(\dfrac{3}{2}\) |
| 3. | \(\dfrac{5}{3}\) | 4. | \(\dfrac{27}{8}\) |
A deep rectangular pond of surface area \(A\), containing water (density = \(\rho,\) specific heat capacity = \(s\)), is located in a region where the outside air temperature is at a steady value of \(-26^{\circ}\text{C}\). The thickness of the ice layer in this pond at a certain instant is \(x\). Taking the thermal conductivity of ice as \(k\), and its specific latent heat of fusion as \(L\), the rate of increase of the thickness of the ice layer, at this instant, would be given by:
| 1. | \(\dfrac{26k}{x\rho L-4s}\) | 2. | \(\dfrac{26k}{x^2\rho L}\) |
| 3. | \(\dfrac{26k}{x\rho L}\) | 4. | \(\dfrac{26k}{x\rho L+4s}\) |
Two rods \(A\) and \(B\) of different materials are welded together as shown in the figure. Their thermal conductivities are \(K_1\) and \(K_2.\) The thermal conductivity of the composite rod will be:

| 1. | \(\dfrac{3(K_1+K_2)}{2}\) | 2. | \(K_1+K_2\) |
| 3. | \(2(K_1+K_2)\) | 4. | \(\dfrac{(K_1+K_2)}{2}\) |
The two ends of a metal rod are maintained at temperatures \(100~^\circ\text{C}\) and \(110~^\circ\text{C}.\) The rate of heat flow in the rod is found to be \(4.0\) J/s. If the ends are maintained at temperatures \(200~^\circ \text{C}\) and \(210 ~^\circ \text{C},\) the rate of heat flow will be:
| 1. | \(44.0\) J/s | 2. | \(16.8\) J/s |
| 3. | \(8.0\) J/s | 4. | \(4.0\) J/s |
| 1. | \(K_1 A_1=4K_2 {A}_2 \) | 2. | \(K_1 {A}_1=2 {K}_2 {A}_2 \) |
| 3. | \(4 {K}_1{A}_1={K}_2 {A}_2 \) | 4. | \({K}_1 {A}_1={K}_2 {A}_2\) |
A slab of stone with an area \(0.36~\text{m}^{2}\) and thickness of \(0.1~\text{m}\) is exposed on the lower surface to steam at \(100^\circ\text{C}.\) A block of ice at \(0^{\circ}\text{C}\) rests on the upper surface of the slab. In one hour \(4.8~\text{kg}\) of ice is melted. The thermal conductivity of the slab will be:
(Given latent heat of fusion of ice \(= 3.36\times10^{5}~\text{JKg}^{-1}\))
1. \(1.29~\text{J/m/s/}^{\circ}\text{C}\)
2. \(2.05~\text{J/m/s/}^{\circ}\text{C}\)
3. \(1.02~\text{J/m/s/}^{\circ}\text{C}\)
4. \(1.24~\text{J/m/s/}^{\circ}\text{C}\)