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Thermodynamics - Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences - Mechanical Engineering Previous Year Questions

Practice Thermodynamics - Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences - Mechanical Engineering previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

27Papers
16Years
152Questions
1Topics

Thermodynamics question pattern

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Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for Thermodynamics. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Medium 82 53.9%
Easy 70 46.1%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

MCQ 92 60.5%
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 56 36.8%
Fill in the blanks 3 2%
MSQ 1 0.7%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Mechanical Engineering
152 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
152 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Thermodynamics
152 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2026
5 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2025
5 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2024
5 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2023
4 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2021 [Session 1]
8 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2020 [Session 1]
7 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2020 [Session 2]
6 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2019 [Session 1]
7 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2019 [Session 2]
3 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2018 [Session 1]
5 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2018 [Session 2]
4 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2016 [Session 2]
6 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2016 [Session 1]
4 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2016 [Session 3]
3 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2014 [Session 1]
6 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2014 [Session 2]
5 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2014 [Session 3]
5 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2014 [Session 4]
3 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2013 [Session 1]
5 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2013 [Session 2]
5 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2013 [Session 3]
5 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2013 [Session 4]
5 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2011
7 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2010
6 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2009
8 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008
13 Qs
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2007
7 Qs

Included previous year papers

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PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 202620265View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 202520255View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 202420245View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 202320234View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2021 [Session 1]20218View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2020 [Session 1]20207View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2020 [Session 2]20206View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2019 [Session 1]20197View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2019 [Session 2]20193View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2018 [Session 1]20185View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2018 [Session 2]20184View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2016 [Session 1]20164View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2016 [Session 2]20166View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2016 [Session 3]20163View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2014 [Session 1]20146View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2014 [Session 2]20145View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2014 [Session 3]20145View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2014 [Session 4]20143View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2013 [Session 1]20135View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2013 [Session 2]20135View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2013 [Session 3]20135View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2013 [Session 4]20135View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 201120117View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 201020106View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 200920098View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008200813View paper
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 200720077View paper

All Thermodynamics previous year questions

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2007 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2007

Which of the following relationships is valid only for reversible processes undergone by a closed system of simple compressible substance (neglect changes in kinetic and potential energy)?

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2007 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2007
Water has a critical specific volume of 0.003155 m³/kg. A closed and rigid steel tank of volume 0.025 m³ contains a mixture of water and steam at 0.1 MPa. The mass of the mixture is 10 kg. The tank is now slowly heated. The liquid level inside the tank
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2007 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2007

A heat transformer is a device that transfers a part of the heat, supplied to it at an intermediate temperature, to a high temperature reservoir while rejecting the remaining part to a low temperature heat sink. In such a heat transformer, 100 kJ of heat is supplied at 350 K. The maximum amount of heat in kJ that can be transferred to 400 K, when the rest is rejected to a heat sink at 300 K is

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2007 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2007
Which combination of the following statements is correct?
The incorporation of reheater in a steam power plant:
P: always increases the thermal efficiency of the plant.
Q: always increases the dryness fraction of steam at condenser inlet.
R: always increases the mean temperature of heat addition.
S: always increases the specific work output.
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2007 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2007
Which combination of the following statements is correct?
P: A gas cools upon expansion only when its Joule-Thomson coefficient is positive in the temperature range of expansion.
Q: For a system undergoing a process, its entropy remains constant only when the process is reversible.
R: The work done by a closed system in an adiabatic process is a point function.
S: A liquid expands upon freezing when the slope of its fusion curve on Pressure-Temperature diagram is negative.
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2007 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2007
The above cycle is represented on T-S plane by
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2007 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2007

If the specific heats of the working fluid are constant and the value of specific heat ratio γ is 1.4, the thermal efficiency (%) of the cycle is

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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008
2 moles of oxygen are mixed adiabatically with another 2 moles of oxygen in a mixing chamber, so that the final total pressure and temperature of the mixture become same as those of the individual constituents at their initial states. The universal gas constant is given as \(R\). The change in entropy due to mixing, per mole of oxygen, is given by
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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008

Which one of the following is NOT a necessary assumption for the air-standard Otto cycle?

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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008
Match the type of gears with their most appropriate description.

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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008
A gas expands in a frictionless piston-cylinder arrangement. The expansion process is very slow, and is resisted by an ambient pressure of 100 kPa. During the expansion process, the pressure of the system (gas) remains constant at 300 kPa. The change in volume of the gas is 0.01 m³. The maximum amount of work that could be utilized from the above process is
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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008
A cyclic device operates between three thermal reservoirs, as shown in the figure. Heat is transferred to/from the cyclic device. It is assumed that heat transfer between each thermal reservoir and the cyclic device takes place across negligible temperature difference. Interactions between the cyclic device and the respective thermal reservoirs that are shown in the figure are all in the form of heat transfer.

The cyclic device can be
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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008

A balloon containing an ideal gas is initially kept in an evacuated and insulated room. The balloon ruptures and the gas fills up the entire room. Which one of the following statements is TRUE at the end of above process?

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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008

A rigid, insulated tank is initially evacuated. The tank is connected with a supply line through which air (assumed to be ideal gas with constant specific heats) passes at 1 MPa, 350°C. A valve connected with the supply line is opened and the tank is charged with air until the final pressure inside the tank reaches 1 MPa. The final temperature inside the tank

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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008
A thermal power plant operates on a regenerative cycle with a single open feedwater heater, as shown in the figure. For the state points shown, the specific enthalpies are: h₁ = 2800 kJ/kg and h₂ = 200 kJ/kg. The bleed to the feedwater heater is 20% of the boiler steam generation rate. The specific enthalpy at state 3 is
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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008

Moist air at a pressure of 100 kPa is compressed to 500 kPa and then cooled to 35°C in an aftercooler. The air at the entry to the aftercooler is unsaturated and becomes just saturated at the exit of the aftercooler. The saturation pressure of water at 35°C is 5.628 kPa. The partial pressure of water vapour (in kPa) in the moist air entering the compressor is closest to

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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008
In a steady state steady flow process taking place in a device with a single inlet and a single outlet, the work done per unit mass flow rate is given by \( w = - \int_{inlet}^{outlet} vdp \), where \( v \) is the specific volume and \( p \) is the pressure. The expression for \( w \) given above
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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008
At the end of the process, which one of the following situations will be true?

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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008

The work done by the system during the process is

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2008 · Mechanical Engineering · Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences · Thermodynamics
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 2008

The net entropy generation (considering the system and the thermal reservoir together) during the process is closest to

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