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Kinetic Theory

Previous year questions with solutions · 2025 – 2026

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Ques. 1JEE Main 2026, 6 April (Morning Shift)

Two closed vessels of same volume are joined through a narrow tube and both vessels are filled with air of pressure 90 kPa and temperature 400 K. Keeping the temperature of one vessel constant at 400 K the second vessel temperature is raised to 500 K. The final pressure in the vessels is kPa.

  1. 100
  2. 120
  3. 90
  4. 105
Ques. 2JEE Main 2026, 6 April (Evening Shift)

If 2 mole of an ideal monoatomic gas at temperature T, is mixed with 6 mole of another ideal monoatomic gas at temperature 2T then the temperature of mixture is :

  1. 52T
  2. 54T
  3. 72T
  4. 74T
Ques. 3JEE Main 2026, 5 April (Morning Shift)

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
  3. (A) is true but (R) is false
  4. (A) is false but (R) is true
Ques. 4JEE Main 2026, 5 April (Evening Shift)

An ideal gas at pressure P and temperature T is expanding such that PT3 = constant. The coefficient of volume expansion of the gas is .

  1. 2T
  2. 1T
  3. 4T
  4. 3T
Ques. 5JEE Main 2026, 4 April (Morning Shift)

One gas of n1 mole of molecules at temperature T1, volume V1, and pressure P1, and another gas of n2 mole of molecules at temperature T2, volume V2, and pressure P2, are mixed resulting in pressure P and volume V of the mixture. The temperature of the mixture is .

  1. (T1+T2)2
  2. T1T2PVT2P1V1+T1P2V2
  3. (T2P1V1+T1P2V2)T1T2PV
  4. |T1-T2|2
Ques. 6JEE Main 2026, 4 April (Evening Shift)

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

  1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
  3. (A) is true but (R) is false
  4. (A) is false but (R) is true
Ques. 7JEE Main 2026, 2 April (Evening Shift)

A mixture of carbon dioxide and oxygen has volume 8310 cm3, temperature 300 K, pressure 100 kPa and mass 13.2 g. The number of moles of carbon dioxide and oxygen gases in the mixture respectively are . (Assume both carbon dioxide and oxygen gases behave like ideal gases) [R = 8.31 J/mol K]

  1. 0.15 and 0.18
  2. 0.25 and 0.08
  3. 0.21 and 0.12
  4. 0.13 and 0.20
Ques. 8JEE Main 2026, 28 January (Evening Shift)

The mean free path of a molecule of diameter 5 10-10 m at the temperature 41 C and pressure 1.38 105 Pa, is given as m. (Given kB = 1.38 10-23 J/K).

  1. 2 2 10-10
  2. 10 2 10-8
  3. 2 2 10-8
  4. 2 10-8
Ques. 9JEE Main 2026, 22 January (Evening Shift)

Consider two boxes containing ideal gases A and B such that their temperatures, pressures and number densities are same. The molecular size of A is half of that of B and mass of molecule A is four times that of B. If the collision frequency in gas B is 32 1018 /s then collision frequency in gas A is /s.

  1. 8 1018
  2. 2 1018
  3. 32 1018
  4. 4 1018
Ques. 10JEE Main 2026, 22 January (Evening Shift)

An insulated cylinder of volume 60 cm3 is filled with a gas at 27 and 2 atmospheric pressure. Then the gas is compressed making the final volume as 20 cm3 while allowing the temperature to rise to 77 . The final pressure is atmospheric pressure.

Ques. 11JEE Main 2026, 21 January (Evening Shift)

The r.m.s. speed of oxygen molecules at 47 is equal to that of the hydrogen molecules kept at . (Mass of oxygen molecule/mass of hydrogen molecule = 32/2)

  1. -100
  2. -253
  3. -20
  4. -235
Ques. 12JEE Main 2025, 7 April (Morning Shift)

Match the List I with List II Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II
  2. A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
  3. A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I
  4. A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
Ques. 13JEE Main 2025, 7 April (Evening Shift)

The helium and argon are put in the flask at the same room temperature (300 K). The ratio of average kinetic energies (per molecule) of helium and argon is: (Given: Molar mass of helium = 4 g/mol, Molar mass of argon = 40 g/mol)

  1. 1 : 10
  2. 10 : 1
  3. 1 : 10
  4. 1 : 1
Ques. 14JEE Main 2025, 4 April (Morning Shift)

The mean free path and the average speed of oxygen molecules at 300 K and 1 atm are 3 10-7 m and 600 m/s, respectively. Find the frequency of its collisions.

  1. 5 108/s
  2. 9 105/s
  3. 2 1010/s
  4. 2 109/s
Ques. 15JEE Main 2025, 4 April (Evening Shift)

There are two vessels filled with an ideal gas where volume of one is double the volume of the other. The large vessel contains the gas at 8 kPa at 1000 K while the smaller vessel contains the gas at 7 kPa at 500 K. If the vessels are connected to each other by a thin tube allowing the gas to flow and the temperature of both vessels is maintained at 600 K, at steady state the pressure in the vessels will be (in kPa).

  1. 24
  2. 4.4
  3. 18
  4. 6
Ques. 16JEE Main 2025, 2 April (Morning Shift)

A is the specific heat ratio of monoatomic gas A having 3 translational degrees of freedom. B is the specific heat ratio of polyatomic gas B having 3 translational, 3 rotational degrees of freedom and 1 vibrational mode. If A B = (1 + 1n ), then the value of n is .

Ques. 17JEE Main 2025, 2 April (Evening Shift)

The internal energy of air in 4 m 4 m 3 m sized room at 1 atmospheric pressure will be 106 J (Consider air as diatomic molecule)

Ques. 18JEE Main 2025, 29 January (Morning Shift)

A container of fixed volume contains a gas at 27 . To double the pressure of the gas, the temperature of gas should be raised to .

Ques. 19JEE Main 2025, 28 January (Morning Shift)

For a particular ideal gas which of the following graphs represents the variation of mean squared velocity of the gas molecules with temperature?

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  2. [figure]
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  4. [figure]
Ques. 20JEE Main 2025, 28 January (Evening Shift)

The ratio of vapour densities of two gases at the same temperature is 425, then the ratio of r.m.s. velocities will be :

  1. 52
  2. 254
  3. 425
  4. 25
Ques. 21JEE Main 2025, 28 January (Evening Shift)

The kinetic energy of translation of the molecules in 50 g of CO2 gas at 17 is :

  1. 4205.5 J
  2. 3582.7 J
  3. 3986.3 J
  4. 4102.8 J
Ques. 22JEE Main 2025, 22 January (Evening Shift)

For a diatomic gas, if 1= ( CpCv ) for rigid molecules and 2= ( CpCv ) for another diatomic molecules, but also having vibrational modes. Then, which one of the following options is correct? (Cp and Cv are specific heats of the gas at constant pressure and volume)

  1. 2< 1
  2. 2> 1
  3. 2= 1
  4. 2 2= 1