NEET2014PhysicsThermodynamicsActual
Assertion: It is not possible for a system, unaided by an external agency to transfer heat from a body at lower temperature to another body at a higher temperature. Reason: It is not possible to violate the second law of thermodynamics.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
Step-by-step solution
Second law of thermodynamics can be explained with the help of example of refrigerator, as we know that in refrigerator, the working substance extracts heat from colder body and rejects a large amount of heat to a hotter body with the help of an external agency i.e., the electric supply of the refrigerator. No refrigerator can ever work without external supply of electric energy to it.