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Physics - Thermal Properties of Matter

Practise 129 TS EAMCET previous year questions on Thermal Properties of Matter, compiled from papers spanning 2001 to 2025. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty TS EAMCET tests.

Thermal Properties of Matter has been asked in 24 of the 24 years of TS EAMCET papers analysed (2001–2024), with 129 questions in all. 47% of them were easy, 39% moderate and 14% tough. Most of its questions came from 2023, with 14 questions that year. In the last three years (2022–2024) it had 38 questions across 17 papers, about 2.2 per paper.

The chapter's 6 topics are not weighted equally: Thermal Expansion (40 questions, 31%), Radiation (32 questions, 25%), and Calorimetry (29 questions, 22%) have been asked the most. Thermal Expansion has also led over the last five years, with 21 questions. Thermal Expansion has produced the most tough questions (7).

  1. 1The temperature of a body shown by a faulty Celsius thermometer is and by a correct Fahrenheit thermometer is . The correction to be applied04 May, 2025 (M)Thermal Expansion
  2. 2If the radiation emitted by a perfect radiator has maximum intensity at a wavelength of , the intensity of radiation emitted by it is (Stefa04 May, 2025 (M)Radiation
  3. 3A steel pendulum clock manufactured at and working at is nearly (Coefficient of linear expansion of steel )04 May, 2025 (E)Thermal Expansion
  4. 4A metal metre scale that is accurate up to 0.5 mm is made at a temperature of . The range of temperatures within which it can be used is (Co04 May, 2025 (E)Thermal Expansion
  5. 5To increase the length of a metal rod by , the temperature of the rod is to be increased by (Coefficient of linear expansion of the metal )03 May, 2025 (M)Thermal Expansion
  6. 6The temperature at which the reading on Fahrenheit scale becomes more than the reading on Celsius scale is03 May, 2025 (E)Thermal Expansion
  7. 7A rectangular ice box of total surface area of initially contains 1.5 kg of ice at . If the thickness of the walls of the box is 2 mm and th03 May, 2025 (E)Calorimetry
  8. 8The length of a metal rod is 20 cm and its area of cross-section is . If one end of the rod is kept at a temperature of and the other end is02 May, 2025 (M)Conduction
  9. 9The heat required to convert 8 g of ice at a temperature of to steam at is [Specific heat capacity of ice , specific heat capacity of water 02 May, 2025 (M)Calorimetry
  10. 10A body cools from a temperature of to in 10 minutes and to in 15 minutes. The time taken in minutes for the body to cool from to is02 May, 2025 (E)Radiation
  11. 1137 g of ice at temperature is mixed with 74 g of water at temperature. The resultant temperature is (Specific heat capacity of water and lat11 May, 2024 (M)Calorimetry
  12. 12The thickness of a uniform rectangular metal plate is 5 mm and the area of each surface is . In steady state, the temperature difference bet11 May, 2024 (M)Conduction
  13. 13The ratio of the specific heat capacities of a gas is 1.5 . When the gas undergoes an adiabatic process, its volume is doubled and pressure 11 May, 2024 (M)Calorimetry
  14. 1437 g of ice at temperature is mixed with 74 g of water at temperature. The resultant temperature is (Specific heat capacity of water and lat10 May, 2024 (M)Calorimetry
  15. 15The thickness of a uniform rectangular metal plate is 5 mm and the area of each surface is . In steady state, the temperature difference bet10 May, 2024 (M)Conduction
  16. 16Steam of mass 60 g at a temperature is mixed with water of mass 360 g at a temperature . The ratio of the masses of steam and water in equil10 May, 2024 (E)Calorimetry
  17. 17The temperature difference between the ends of two cylindrical rods and of the same material is . In steady state the ratio of the rates of 10 May, 2024 (E)Thermal Expansion
  18. 18The temperature on a Fahrenheit temperature scale that is twice the temperature on a Celsius temperature scale is09 May, 2024 (M)Thermometry
  19. 19The temperatures of equal masses of three different liquids and are and respectively. The resultant temperature when liquids and are mixed i09 May, 2024 (M)Calorimetry
  20. 20When 54 g of ice at is mixed with 25 g of steam at , then the final mixture at thermal equilibrium contains09 May, 2024 (E)Calorimetry
  21. 21A solid sphere at a temperature is cut in to two hemispheres. The ratio of energies radiated by one hemisphere to the whole sphere per secon09 May, 2024 (E)Radiation
  22. 22The Fahrenheit and Kelvin scales of temperature will have the same reading at a temperature of14 May, 2023 (M)Thermal Expansion
  23. 23If the ratio of densities of two substances is and the ratio of their specific heat capacities is , then the ratio of heat energies required14 May, 2023 (M)Calorimetry
  24. 24Steam at is added to water to increase its temperature from to . The total mass of the water at is (specific heat capacity of water and late14 May, 2023 (E)Calorimetry
  25. 25A blacksmith fixes circular iron frame on the wooden wheel of a bullock cart. The diameter of wooden wheel and circular iron frame are and r14 May, 2023 (E)Thermal Expansion
  26. 26For an ideal gas at a temperature of and at constant pressure, the coefficient of volume expansion is nearly13 May, 2023 (M)Thermal Expansion
  27. 27The temperature of of water is to be raised from to by adding steam at to it. The mass of the steam required in this process is (latent heat13 May, 2023 (M)Calorimetry
  28. 28The length of a metal rod at is . If its temperature is raised to , its length is increased by . Then the coefficient of linear expansion of13 May, 2023 (E)Thermal Expansion
  29. 29The heat energy required convert of ice at into water at is (specific heat capacity of ice and latent heat of fusion of ice )13 May, 2023 (E)Calorimetry
  30. 30If the reading in Fahrenheit scale is twice the reading in Celsius scale, then the reading in Fahrenheit scale is13 May, 2023 (E)Thermal Expansion
  31. 31Consider two black bodies A and B having equal surface areas. On the surface of , ' ' photons of frequency ' ' are incident perpendicularly 13 May, 2023 (E)Radiation
  32. 32Two objects made of the same material have masses ' ' and ' ' and are at temperatures ' ' and ' ' respectively. When heat ' ' is supplied to12 May, 2023 (M)Calorimetry
  33. 33On a new temperature scale, the melting point of ice is 20 and the boiling point of water is . A temperature of would be indicated on this n12 May, 2023 (M)Thermometry
  34. 34Two wires and of same length, same radius and same Young's modulus are heated to same range of temperatures. If the coefficient of linear ex12 May, 2023 (E)Thermal Expansion
  35. 35Two rods of same area of cross-section have lengths and and coefficients of linear expansions and respectively. If they are welded to form a12 May, 2023 (E)Thermal Expansion
  36. 36Two metal rods and each of length and diameter are joined together at temperature . What is the change in length of the combined rod at ? [G20 Jul, 2022 (M)Thermal Expansion
  37. 37Find the difference in temperature between the water at the top and the bottom of high waterfall assuming of the energy of fall is spent in 20 Jul, 2022 (M)Calorimetry
  38. 38A circular copper ring at has a hole with an area of . It is made to slip onto a steel rod of crosssectional area of , by raising the temper20 Jul, 2022 (E)Calorimetry
  39. 39Statement (I) : A device in which heat measurement can be made is called calorimeter. Statement (II) : Skating is possible on snow due to th20 Jul, 2022 (E)Thermal Expansion
  40. 40Which of the following statements is NOT true?20 Jul, 2022 (E)Conduction
  41. 41The time required to raise the temperature of 3 litre of water from to by a heater operated under having resistance of is [specific heat cap20 Jul, 2022 (E)Calorimetry
  42. 42A metal cooking pot has a base area of and thickness . It boils water at a rate of when placed on a hot plate. The temperature of the part o19 Jul, 2022 (M)Conduction
  43. 43176 grams of can change its temperature from to by absorbing 3600 joules of thermal energy. Molar specific heat of in is19 Jul, 2022 (E)Calorimetry
  44. 44A solution consists of ether and of water at . If the ether evaporates completely to freeze the water, then the mass of the ether in the sol19 Jul, 2022 (E)Calorimetry
  45. 45Find the ratio of the length of a steel rod and a copper rod if the steel rod is 4 cm longer than the copper rod at any temperature. [The co18 Jul, 2022 (M)Thermal Expansion
  46. 46An object cools from 100 C to 40 C in 10 minutes, when the surrounding temperature is 10 C . Then the time taken by the object to cool from 18 Jul, 2022 (M)Radiation
  47. 47A hole of diameter 5 cm is drilled in a metal sheet at 30 C . The linear expansion of metal is 2 10 - 5 K - 1 . The diameter of the hole whe18 Jul, 2022 (E)Thermal Expansion
  48. 48A metal cube absorbs 2100 . 0 J of heat when its temperature is raised by 2 C . If the specific heat of the metal is 900 J kg - 1 K - 1 , th18 Jul, 2022 (E)Calorimetry
  49. 49The moment of inertia of uniform rod about a perpendicular bisector increases to , if the temperature is increased slightly by . If the coef06 Aug, 2021 (M)Thermal Expansion
  50. 50The radiated power of a body at is . If the temperature is raised to , what would be the radiated power of the body?06 Aug, 2021 (E)Radiation

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Thermal Properties of Matter?

This chapter includes 129 questions compiled from TS EAMCET papers spanning 2001 to 2025.

2.Are these questions only from TS EAMCET, or from other exams too?

These are TS EAMCET questions specifically for the Thermal Properties of Matter chapter. Questions from other exams like JEE Main or NTA Abhyas (JEE Main) are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Thermal Properties of Matter an important chapter for TS EAMCET Physics?

Thermal Properties of Matter has appeared in 25 of the 25 years of TS EAMCET papers covered here, with 129 questions across 61 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of Thermal Properties of Matter questions in TS EAMCET?

Of the 129 questions analysed for this chapter, 47% are easy, 39% moderate and 14% tough. 2023 had the most, with 14 questions.

5.Which topics in Thermal Properties of Matter should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Thermal Properties of Matter:

  • Thermal Expansion - 40 questions (31%)
  • Radiation - 32 questions (25%)
  • Calorimetry - 29 questions (22%)
  • Thermal Expansion has produced the most tough questions (7).
6.Is Thermal Properties of Matter's weightage in TS EAMCET going up or down?

Across all 61 papers analysed, Thermal Properties of Matter has averaged about 2.1 questions per paper. In the last three years (2022–2024), that average has stayed about the same, at about 2.2 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.