Among the options below, identify the non-spontaneous process:
1. Dissolution of salt or sugar in water. 
2. Mixing of different gases through diffusion.
3. Precipitation of copper when zinc rod is dipped in an aqueous solution of copper sulphate. 
4. Flow of heat from a cold body to a hot body in contact. 
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The processes among the following that occur spontaneously are :

(a) The flow of heat from a colder to a warmer body.
(b) Gas in a container contracting into one corner.
(c) Gas expanding to fill the available volume.
(d) Burning carbon in oxygen to give carbon dioxide.


1. (a, b)

2. (b, c)

3. (c, d)

4. (a, d)

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For the reaction, 2Cl(g)  Cl2(g), the correct option is:

1. rH>0 and rS<0

2. rH<0 and rS>0

3. rH<0 and rS<0

4. rH>0 and rS>0

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If for a certain reaction rH is 30 kJ mol–1 at 450 K, the value of rS (in JK–1 mol–1) for which the same reaction will be spontaneous at the same temperature is:

1. 70 2. –33
3. 33 4. –70
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The entropy change for the melting of 'x' moles of ice at 273 K and 1 atm pressure is 28.80 cal K–1.
(Given: heat of fusion is 80 cal g1)
The value of 'x' is:

1. 4.32 mol 2. 8.56 mol 
3. 10.36 mol 4. 5.46 mol
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The incorrect statement(s) among the following statements is/are -

(i) When liquid crystallizes into a solid, entropy increases.
(ii) When the temperature of a crystalline solid is raised from 0 K to 115 K then entropy increases.
(iii) 2 NaHCO3 (s) →Na2CO(s) +CO2(g)+H2O(g); Entropy  increases.
(iv) H2(g)→2H(g) ; Entropy  decreases.


1. (i), (iv)
2. (ii), (iv)
3. (iii), (iv)
4. (i), (iii)

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The reaction, among the following, that has ∆S° > 0 is:
1. S8(l) → S8(s, monoclinic)
2. H2(g) + O2(g) → H2O2(aq)
3. H2(g) + 2 Ag+(aq) → 2 H+(aq) + 2 Ag(s)
4. PCl5(g) → PCl3(g) + Cl2(g)
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Correct statement among the following for an ideal gas undergoing isothermal expansion is:
(E: internal energy, S: entropy) 

1. \(\Delta \mathrm{E}>0, \Delta \mathrm{S}>0 \)
2. \(\Delta \mathrm{E}=0, \Delta \mathrm{S}>0 \)
3. \(\Delta \mathrm{E}=0, \Delta \mathrm{S}=0 \)
4. \(\Delta \mathrm{E}<0, \Delta \mathrm{S}>0\)
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For water\(\Delta H_{vap} = 540 ~cal~ g^{-1} \) \(\Delta S\) for water at its boiling point of 100°C in cal K-1mol-1 is:
 
1. 540
2. 1.45
3. 26.06
4. 35.60 
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Mark the correct observation regarding the entropy of freezing of water in a glass.

1. \(\Delta S_{system}\) decreases but \(\Delta S_{surroundings}\) remains the same
2. \(\Delta S_{system}\) increases but \(\Delta S_{surroundings}\) decreases
3. \(\Delta S_{system}\) decreases but \(\Delta S_{surroundings}\) increases 
4. \(\Delta S_{system}\) decreases but \(\Delta S_{surroundings}\) also decreases 
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