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NEET-UG and JEE Main Chemistry · Class 11

Enthalpy, heat capacity and their measurement — NEET & JEE Questions

Enthalpy, heat capacity and their measurement is a topic in Chemical Thermodynamics, a Class 11 Chemistry chapter of the NEET-UG and JEE Main syllabus. TestBudy holds 12 published NEET-UG and JEE Main questions on Enthalpy, heat capacity and their measurement, each with the marking scheme of the real paper.

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Enthalpy, heat capacity and their measurement MCQs with solutions

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  1. Question 1 · difficulty L1 · recall

    At constant pressure, the heat exchanged by a system is equal to its change in

    • A. enthalpy
    • B. entropy only
    • C. volume only
    • D. mass
  2. Question 2 · difficulty L2 · understanding

    Heat capacity is defined as

    • A. heat required to raise the temperature of a body by one kelvin
    • B. heat required to melt one mole
    • C. enthalpy divided by pressure
    • D. mass divided by temperature
  3. Question 3 · difficulty L2 · understanding

    Specific heat capacity refers to the heat required to raise the temperature of

    • A. unit mass of a substance by one kelvin
    • B. one mole by one kelvin only
    • C. any mass by 100 K
    • D. one litre regardless of density
  4. Question 4 · difficulty L2 · understanding

    A calorimeter is used primarily to measure

    • A. heat changes from observed temperature changes
    • B. atomic number
    • C. vapour pressure only
    • D. electrical charge only
  5. Question 5 · difficulty L3 · application

    How much heat is required to raise 100 g of water by 10 K if c=4.18 J g−1K−1c=4.18\,\text{J g}^{-1}\text{K}^{-1}?

    • A. 418 J
    • B. 4180 J
    • C. 41.8 J
    • D. 41800 J
  6. Question 6 · difficulty L3 · application

    A body absorbs 600 J and its temperature rises by 20 K. What is its heat capacity?

    • A. 20 J K−1^{-1}
    • B. 30 J K−1^{-1}
    • C. 600 J K−1^{-1}
    • D. 12000 J K−1^{-1}
  7. Question 7 · difficulty L3 · application

    A reaction performed at constant pressure releases 50 kJ of heat to the surroundings. What is ΔH\Delta H for the system?

    • A. −50-50 kJ
    • B. +50+50 kJ
    • C. 0 kJ
    • D. +100+100 kJ
  8. Question 8 · difficulty L3 · application

    A 200 g metal sample with specific heat 0.50 J g−1K−10.50\,\text{J g}^{-1}\text{K}^{-1} cools by 30 K. What is the magnitude of heat released?

    • A. 300 J
    • B. 3000 J
    • C. 6000 J
    • D. 12000 J
  9. Question 9 · difficulty L4 · application

    A calorimeter of heat capacity 200 J K−1^{-1} shows a temperature rise of 5 K during a reaction. Neglecting other heat losses, how much heat did the reaction release?

    • A. 200 J
    • B. 400 J
    • C. 1000 J
    • D. 5000 J
  10. Question 10 · difficulty L4 · application

    In a coffee-cup calorimeter at constant pressure, the solution absorbs 2.5 kJ from the reaction. What is the reaction enthalpy change for the amount reacted?

    • A. −2.5-2.5 kJ
    • B. +2.5+2.5 kJ
    • C. 0
    • D. Cannot be related to enthalpy

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  • Confuses heat capacity with specific heat capacity, which is intensive.
  • Uses the initial temperature difference between the samples instead of each sample's actual temperature change to equilibrium.

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