GATE XE · 2020 · XE-E
Question 10: Second Law of Thermodynamics
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Question 10
XE-EMCQ2 marksNeeds review
A system with rigid wall is initially at a temperature of
. It is used as the heat source for a heat engine, which rejects heat to a reservoir maintained at
(
). The specific heats of the system are constant. If the temperature of the system finally reduces to
, then the maximum work recoverable from the heat engine per unit mass of the system isYour answerChoose one option.
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2020XE-E
GATE XE 2020 · Paper 1
Engineering Sciences · Original paper archive
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- Section XE-E
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- Multiple choice (MCQ)
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- 2 marks
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