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GATE Thermodynamics: Laws of thermodynamics, open and closed systems, entropy and chemical potential – Previous Year Questions

9 GATE previous year questions on Laws of thermodynamics, open and closed systems, entropy and chemical potential (Thermodynamics, Chemical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2022 CH Q37 (2 marks, Multiple choice) – N moles of an ideal gas undergo a two-step process as shown in the figure. Let P, V and T denote the pressure, volume and temperature of the gas,…
  2. GATE 2023 CH Q19 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – John and Jane independently performed a thermodynamic experiment, in which X and Y represent the initial and final thermodynamic states of the system,…
  3. GATE 2023 CH Q28 (1 mark, Multiple select) – Consider a system where a Carnot engine is operating between a source and a sink. Which of the following statements about this system is/are NOT…
  4. GATE 2024 CH Q56 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An isolated system consists of two perfectly sealed cuboidal compartments A and B separated by a movable rigid wall of cross-sectional area 0.1 m2 as…
  5. GATE 2024 CH Q61 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – Heat is available at a rate of 2 kW from a thermal reservoir at 400 K. A two-stage process harnesses this heat to produce power. Stages 1 and 2 reject…
  6. GATE 2025 CH Q16 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – The boundary of a system does not allow exchange of either mass or energy (in the form of heat and/or work) with the surroundings. The system is…
  7. GATE 2025 CH Q33 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – Ideal nonreacting gases A and B are contained inside a perfectly insulated chamber, separated by a thin partition, as shown in the figure. The…
  8. GATE 2025 CH Q48 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – An ideal monoatomic gas is contained inside a cylinder-piston assembly connected to a Hookean spring as shown in the figure. The piston is…
  9. GATE 2026 CH Q15 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Consider a closed system of one mole of an ideal gas undergoing a polytropic process. The process follows PVn = constant, where P is the pressure, V…