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STD 11 - Transmission of heat PYQs: JEE Mains Physics

35 questions from 2014–2026. Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Resistance is asked the most.

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  1. 1. Rods x and y of equal dimensions but of different materials are joined as shown in figure. Temperatures of end points A and F are maintained at \( 100^{\circ}C \) and \( 40^{\circ}C \) respectively. Given the thermal conductivity of rod x is three times of that of rod y, the temperature at junction points B and E are (close to):
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    2026 Easy
  2. 2. A cup of coffee cools from \(90^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) to \(80^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) in t minutes when the room temperature is \(20^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\). The time taken by the similar cup of coffee to cool from \(80^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) to \(60^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) at the same room temperature is : 2025 Medium
  3. 3. A wire of length 10 cm and diameter 0.5 mm is used in a bulb. The temperature of the wire is \(1727^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) and power radiated by the wire is 94.2 W. Its emissivity is \(\frac{x}{8}\) where \(x=\)_______
    (Given \(\sigma=6.0 \times 10^{-8} \mathrm{~W} \mathrm{~m}^{-2} \mathrm{~K}^{-4}, \pi=3.14\) and assume that the emissivity of wire material is same at all wavelength.)
    2025 Easy
  4. 4. The temperature of a body in air falls from \(40^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) to \(24^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) in 4 minutes. The temperature of the air is \(16^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\). The temperature of the body in the next 4 minutes will be: 2025 Medium
  5. 5. Three conductors of same length having thermal conductivity \(\mathrm{k}_1, \mathrm{k}_2\) and \(\mathrm{k}_3\) are connected as shown in figure.

    Area of cross sections of \(1^{\text {st }}\) and \(2^{\text {nd }}\) conductor are same and for \(3^{\text {rd }}\) conductor it is double of the \(1^{\text {st }}\) conductor. The temperatures are given in the figure. In steady state condition, the value of \(\theta\) is _______ \({ }^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\).
    (Given : \(\mathrm{k}_1=60 \mathrm{Js}^{-1} \mathrm{~m}^{-1} \mathrm{~K}^{-1}, \mathrm{k}_2=120 \mathrm{Js}^{-1}\mathrm{~m}^{-1}\) \( \mathrm{~K}^{-1}, \mathrm{k}_3=135 \mathrm{Js}^{-1} \mathrm{~m}^{-1} \mathrm{~K}^{-1}\) )
    2025 Medium
  6. 6. Two cylindrical rods A and B made of different materials, are joined in a straight line. The ratio of lengths, radii and thermal conductivities of these rods are :
    \(\frac{\mathrm{L}_{\mathrm{A}}}{\mathrm{L}_{\mathrm{B}}}=\frac{1}{2}, \frac{\mathrm{r}_{\mathrm{A}}}{\mathrm{r}_{\mathrm{B}}}=2\) and \(\frac{\mathrm{K}_{\mathrm{A}}}{\mathrm{K}_{\mathrm{B}}}=\frac{1}{2}\). The free ends of rods A and B are maintained at \(400 \mathrm{~K}, 200 \mathrm{~K}\), respectively. The temperature of rods interface is ________ K, when equilibrium is established.
    2025 Hard
  7. 7. Two spherical bodies of same materials having radius 0.2 m and 0.8 m are placed in same atmosphere. The temperature of the smaller body is 800 K and temperature of the bigger body is 400 K . If the energy radiated from the smaller body is E, the energy radiated from the bigger body is _________. (assume, effect of the surrounding temperature to be negligible), 2025 Hard
  8. 8. A body cools from \(60^{\circ} C\) to \(40^{\circ} C\) in \(6\) minutes. If, temperature of surroundings is \(10^{\circ} C\). Then, after the next 6 minutes, its temperature will be \(.........{ }^{\circ} C\). 2023 Medium
  9. 9. A body cools from \(80^{\circ}\,C\) to \(60^{\circ}\,C\) in \(5\) minutes. The temperature of the surrounding is \(20^{\circ} C\). The time it takes to cool from \(60^{\circ}\,C\) to \(40^{\circ}\,C\) is........... \(s\) 2023 Medium
  10. 10. A body cools in \(7\) minutes from \(60^{\circ}\,C\) to \(40^{\circ}\,C\). The temperature of the surrounding is \(10^{\circ}\,C\). The temperature of the body after the next \(7\) minutes will be 2023 Medium
  11. 11. A bowl filled with very hot soup cools from \(98^{\circ}\,C\) to \(86^{\circ}\,C\) in \(2\) minutes when the room temperature is \(22^{\circ}\,C\). \(..........\,minutes\) long it will take to cool from \(75^{\circ}\,C\) to \(69^{\circ}\,C\) ? 2023 Medium
  12. 12. Two plates \(A\) and \(B\) have thermal conductivities \(84\,Wm ^{-1}\,K ^{-1}\) and \(126\,Wm ^{-1}\,K ^{-1}\) respectively. They have same surface area and same thickness. They are placed in contact along their surfaces. If the temperatures of the outer surfaces of \(A\) and \(B\) are kept at \(100^{\circ}\,C\) and \(0{ }^{\circ}\,C\) respectively, then the temperature of the surface of contact in steady state is \(..........\,{ }^{\circ} C\). 2023 Medium
  13. 13. An ice cube of dimensions \(60\,cm \times 50\,cm \times 20\,cm\) is placed in an insulation box of wall thickness \(1\,cm\). The box keeping the ice cube at \(0^{\circ}\,C\) of temperature is brought to a room of temperature \(40^{\circ}\,C\). The rate of melting of ice is approximately. (Latent heat of fusion of ice is \(3.4 \times 10^{5}\,J\,kg ^{-1}\) and thermal conducting of insulation wall is \(0.05\,Wm ^{-10} C ^{-1}\) ) 2022 Hard
  14. 14. As per the given figure, two plates \(A\) and \(B\) of thermal conductivity \(K\) and \(2 K\) are joined together to form a compound plate. The thickness of plates are \(4.0 \,cm\) and \(2.5 \,cm\) respectively and the area of cross-section is \(120 \,cm ^{2}\) for each plate. The equivalent thermal conductivity of the compound plate is \(\left(1+\frac{5}{\alpha}\right) K\), then the value of \(\alpha\) will be_______
    2022 Hard
  15. 15. If \(K_{1}\) and \(K_{2}\) are the thermal conductivities \(L_{1}\) and \(L _{2}\) are the lengths and \(A _{1}\) and \(A _{2}\) are the cross sectional areas of steel and copper rods respectively such that \(\frac{K_{2}}{K_{1}}=9, \frac{A_{1}}{A_{2}}=2, \frac{L_{1}}{L_{2}}=2\). Then, for the arrangement as shown in the figure. The value of temperature \(T\) of the steel - copper junction in the steady state will be ........... \(^{\circ} C\)
    2022 Medium
  16. 16. In an experment ot verify Newton's law of cooling, a graph is plotted between, the temperature difference \((\Delta T )\) of the water and surroundings and time as shown in figure. The initial temperature of water is taken as \(80^{\circ} \,C\). The value of \(t _{2}\) as mentioned in the graph will be...........
    2022 Hard
  17. 17. Read the following statements: \(A.\) When small temperature difference between a liquid and its surrounding is doubled the rate of loss of heat of the liquid becomes twice. \(B.\) Two bodies \(P\) and \(Q\) having equal surface areas are maintained at temperature \(10^{\circ}\,C\) and \(20^{\circ}\,C\). The thermal radiation emitted in a given time by \(P\) and \(Q\) are in the ratio \(1: 1.15\) \(C.\) A carnot Engine working between \(100\,K\) and \(400\,K\) has an efficiency of \(75 \%\) \(D.\) When small temperature difference between a liquid and its surrounding is quadrupled, the rate of loss of heat of the liquid becomes twice. Choose the correct answer from the options given below : 2022 Hard
  18. 18. Two metallic blocks \(M_{1}\) and \(M_{2}\) of same area of cross-section are connected to each other (as shown in figure). If the thermal conductivity of \(M _{2}\) is \(K\) then the thermal conductivity of \(M _{1}\) will be ]...............\(K\) [Assume steady state heat conduction]
    2022 Medium
  19. 19. A body takes \(4\, {min}\). to cool from \(61^{\circ} {C}\) to \(59^{\circ} {C}\). If the temperature of the surroundings is \(30^{\circ} {C}\), the time taken by the body to cool from \(51^{\circ} {C}\) to \(49^{\circ} {C}\) is \(....\,min\) 2021 Medium
  20. 20. A rod \(C D\) of thermal resistance \(10.0\; {KW}^{-1}\) is joined at the middle of an identical rod \({AB}\) as shown in figure, The end \(A, B\) and \(D\) are maintained at \(200^{\circ} {C}, 100^{\circ} {C}\) and \(125^{\circ} {C}\) respectively. The heat current in \({CD}\) is \({P}\) watt. The value of \({P}\) is ... .
    2021 Hard
  21. 21. If two metallic plates of equal thicknesses and thermal conductivities \({K_1}\) and \({K_2}\) are put together face to face and a common plate is constructed, then the equivalent thermal conductivity of this plate will be
    2021 Medium
  22. 22. In \(5\, minutes,\) a body cools from \(75^{\circ} {C}\) to \(65^{\circ} {C}\) at room temperature of \(25^{\circ} {C}\). The temperature of body at the end of next \(5\, minutes\) is \(......\,{ }^{\circ} {C} .\) 2021 Medium
  23. 23. The temperature \(\theta\) at the junction of two insulating sheets, having thermal resistances \(R _{1}\) and \(R _{2}\) as well as top and bottom temperatures \(\theta_{1}\) and \(\theta_{2}\) (as shown in figure) is given by
    2021 Medium
  24. 24. Two thin metallic spherical shells of radii \({r}_{1}\) and \({r}_{2}\) \(\left({r}_{1}<{r}_{2}\right)\) are placed with their centres coinciding. A material of thermal conductivity \({K}\) is filled in the space between the shells. The inner shell is maintained at temperature \(\theta_{1}\) and the outer shell at temperature \(\theta_{2}\left(\theta_{1}<\theta_{2}\right)\). The rate at which heat flows radially through the material is :- 2021 Hard
  25. 25. A metallic sphere cools from \(50^{\circ} C\) to \(40^{\circ} C\) in \(300 \,s.\) If atmospheric temperature around is \(20^{\circ} C ,\) then the sphere's temperature after the next \(5\) minutes will be close to\(.....C\) 2020 Medium
  26. 26. Three rods of identical cross-section and lengths are made of three different materials of thermal conductivity \(K _{1}, K _{2},\) and \(K _{3}\), respectively. They are joined together at their ends to make a long rod (see figure). One end of the long rod is maintained at \(100^{\circ} C\) and the ther at \(0^{\circ} C\) (see figure). If the joints of the rod are at  \(70^{\circ} C\) and \(20^{\circ} C\) in steady state and there is no loss of energy from the surface of the rod, the correct relationship between \(K _{1}, K _{2}\) and \(K _{3}\) is 
    2020 Hard
  27. 27. A cylinder of radius \(R\) is surrounded by a cylindrical shell of inner radius \(R\) and outer radius \(2R\). The thermal conductivity of the material of the inner cylinder is \(K_1\) and that of the outer cylinder is \(K_2\). Assuming no loss of heat, the effective thermal conductivity of the system for heat flowing along the length of the cylinder is 2019 Medium
  28. 28. A heat source at \(T = 10^3\, K\) is connected to another heat reservoir at \(T = 10^2\, K\) by a copper slab which is \(1\, m\) thick. Given that the thermal conductivity of copper is \(0.1\, WK^{-1}\, m^{-1}\), the energy flux through it in the steady state is ........... \(Wm^{-2}\) 2019 Hard
  29. 29. Temperature difference of \(120\,^oC\) is maintained between two ends of a uniform rod \(AB\) of length \(2L\). Another bent rod \(PQ\), of same cross-section as \(AB\) and length \(\frac{{3L}}{2}\),  is connected across \(AB\) (See figure). In steady state, temperature difference between \(P\) and \(Q\) will be close to .......... \(^oC\)
    2019 Hard
  30. 30. Two materials having coefficients of thermal conductivity \(3K\) and \(K\) and thickness \(d\) and \(3d\), respectively, are joined to form a slab as shown in the figure. The temperatures of the outer surfaces are  \(\theta_2\) and \(\theta_1\) respectively  \(\left( {\theta _2} > {\theta _1} \right)\) . The temperature at the interface is
    2019 Medium
  31. 31. A body takes \(10\, minutes\) to cool from \(60\,^oC\) to \(50\,^oC\). The temperature of surroundings is constant at \(25\,^oC\). Then, the temperature of the body after next \(10\, minutes\) will be approximately ....... \(^oC\) 2018 Medium
  32. 32. A black coloured solid sphere of radius \(R\) and mass \(M\) is inside a cavity with vacuum inside. The walls of the cavity are maintained at temperature \(T_0\). The initial temperature of the sphere is \(3T_0\). If the specific heat of the material of the sphere varies as \(\alpha T^3\) per unit mass with the temperature \(T\) of the sphere, where \(\alpha \) is a constant, then the time taken for the sphere to cool down to temperature \(2T_0\) will be ( \(\sigma \) is Stefan Boltzmann constant) 2014 Hard
  33. 33. A hot body, obeying Newton's law of cooling is cooling down from its peak value \(80\,^oC\) to an ambient temperature of \(30\,^oC\) . It takes \(5\, minutes\) in cooling down from \(80\,^oC\) to \(40\,^oC\).  ........  \(\min.\) will it take to cool down from \(62\,^oC\) to \(32\,^oC\) ? (Given \(ln\, 2\, = 0.693, ln\, 5\, = 1.609\)) 2014 Hard
  34. 34. Hot water cools from \(60\,^oC\) to \(50\,^oC\) in the first \(10\,minutes\) and to \(42\,^oC\) in the next \(10\,minutes.\) The temperature of the surroundings is ...... \(^oC\) 2014 Hard
  35. 35. Three rods of Copper, Brass and Steel are welded together to form a \(Y\) shaped structure. Area of cross - section of each rod \(= 4\ cm^2\) . End of copper rod is maintained at \(100^o C \) where as ends ofbrass and steel are kept at \(0^o C\). Lengths of the copper, brass and steel rods are \(46, 13\) and \(12\ cms\) respectively. The rods are thermally insulated from surroundings excepts at ends. Thermal conductivities of copper, brass and steel are \(0.92, 0.26\) and \(0.12\ CGS\) units respectively. Rate ofheat flow through copper rod is ....... \(cal\, s^{-1}\) 2014 Hard

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How many STD 11 - Transmission of heat questions came in JEE Mains?

35 questions from 2014–2026, each with the correct answer and a full solution.

Which STD 11 - Transmission of heat topic is asked the most?

Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Resistance, with 18 questions, followed by Newton's Law of Cooling with 15.

How difficult are STD 11 - Transmission of heat questions?

6% are easy, 51% medium and 43% hard.