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GATE Thermodynamics: Ideal and real gases – Previous Year Questions

4 GATE previous year questions on Ideal and real gases (Thermodynamics, Mechanical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2022 ME (ME1) Q34 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A polytropic process is carried out from an initial pressure of 110 kPa and volume of 5 m3 to a final volume of 2.5 m3. The polytropic index is given…
  2. GATE 2023 ME Q41 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – Which one of the following statements is FALSE?
  3. GATE 2023 ME Q61 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Consider a mixture of two ideal gases, X and Y, with molar masses M X = 10 kg/kmol and M Y = 20 kg/kmol, respectively, in a container. The total…
  4. GATE 2026 ME Q23 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – For an ideal gas, starting from state point 1, two different processes take place. The corresponding final states in these two processes are 2 and 3,…