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Q79MHT CET 2025 · 5 MAY · SHIFT 2Medium

Thermodynamic Processes

A gas having γ=52\gamma = \frac{5}{2} and volume 360 c.c. is suddenly compressed to 90 c.c. If the initial pressure of the gas is P, then the final pressure will be

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Answer: (d)

  1. Sudden compression is adiabatic: P2=P(V1V2)γP_2 = P\left(\frac{V_1}{V_2}\right)^\gamma.
  2. V1V2=36090=4\frac{V_1}{V_2} = \frac{360}{90} = 4, so P2=P⋅45/2=P⋅25=32PP_2 = P \cdot 4^{5/2} = P \cdot 2^5 = 32P
  3. So the answer is (d) 32P32P.
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