Thermal Properties of Matter is a Class 11 Physics chapter that carries about 2.3% of the Physics questions in NEET. Practise it with 40 questions covering 2 topics, each with an explanation.
Sets of 15 questions that adapt to your level, with an explanation for every answer.
Across the 13 previous year papers, Thermal Properties of Matter had 15 questions, about 1.2 a year. The most in one paper was 3, in NEET 2016.
| Paper | Questions from this chapter |
|---|---|
| NEET 2026 | 0 |
| NEET 2025 | 1 |
| NEET 2024 | 1 |
| NEET 2023 | 0 |
| NEET 2022 | 0 |
| NEET 2021 | 1 |
| NEET 2020 | 1 |
| NEET 2019 | 2 |
| NEET 2018 | 1 |
| NEET 2017 | 2 |
| NEET 2016 | 3 |
| Re-AIPMT 2015 | 1 |
| AIPMT 2014 | 2 |
8 questions from the practice bank, spread across the chapter's topics. The full set is in the app.
The heat needed to convert 5 g of ice at 0 °C into water at 20 °C is (L = 80 cal/g, c = 1 cal/g °C):
Answer: B. 500 cal
Why: Q = 5 × 80 + 5 × 1 × 20 = 400 + 100.
A temperature of 300 K is equal to:
Answer: B. 27 °C
Why: T(°C) = T(K) − 273.
The boiling point of water increases when the pressure is increased. This is the principle behind the:
Answer: B. pressure cooker
Why: The higher boiling point cooks food faster.
Water shows an anomalous expansion behavior, having maximum density at:
Answer: B. 4°C
Why: Unlike most substances, water has its maximum density at 4°C; it expands both when cooled below and heated above this temperature (near freezing), an anomaly important for aquatic life in cold climates.
The specific heat capacity of a substance is defined as the amount of heat required to:
Answer: B. raise the temperature of a unit mass of the substance by one degree
Why: Specific heat capacity is the heat needed to raise the temperature of a unit mass of a substance by 1°C (or 1 K).
A metal rod 1 m long at 0 °C is heated to 100 °C. If α = 2 × 10⁻⁵ °C⁻¹, its increase in length is:
Answer: C. 2 mm
Why: Δl = lαΔT = 1 × 2 × 10⁻⁵ × 100 = 2 × 10⁻³ m = 2 mm.
Which mode of heat transfer does not require a material medium?
Answer: C. Radiation
Why: Radiation transfers heat via electromagnetic waves and can occur through a vacuum, unlike conduction and convection, which both require a medium.
The temperature at which the Celsius and the Fahrenheit scales give the same reading is:
Answer: B. −40
Why: C = F gives (9/5)C + 32 = C, so C = −40.
Thermal Properties of Matter carries about 2.3% of the Physics questions in NEET. Across the 13 previous year papers on NeetVictory it appeared 15 times, about 1.2 questions a year.
Thermal Properties of Matter is a Class 11 Physics chapter in the NCERT syllabus.
NeetVictory has 40 practice questions on Thermal Properties of Matter, each with an explanation, in sets of 15 that adapt to your level. This page shows a free sample.
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