$A$ metal cooking pot has a base area of $0.2 \,m^2$ and a thickness of $2.0 \,cm$. It boils water at a rate of $3.0 \,kg/min$ when placed on a hot plate. What is the temperature of the part of the hot plate in contact with the pot (in $^{\circ} C$)? [Thermal conductivity of metal is $120 \,J s^{-1} m^{-1} K^{-1}$, latent heat of vaporisation of water is $2 \times 10^6 \,J/kg$]

Two different rods $A$ and $B$ are kept in series as shown in the figure. The variation of temperature across different cross-sections is plotted in the graph. The ratio of thermal conductivities of $A$ and $B$ is

Two metal cubes $A$ and $B$ of the same size are arranged as shown in the figure. The ends of the combination are maintained at the indicated temperatures. The arrangement is thermally insulated. If the thermal conductivities of $A$ and $B$ are $300 \, W/m \, ^\circ C$ and $200 \, W/m \, ^\circ C$ respectively,find the temperature $t$ at the junction when the steady state is reached.

$A$ heat flux of $4000 \, J/s$ passes through a rod of length $10 \, cm$ and cross-sectional area $100 \, cm^2$. The thermal conductivity of copper is $400 \, W/m^{\circ}C$. The ends of the rod must be maintained at a temperature difference of ....... $^{\circ}C$.

Ice formed over lakes has

An ice cube of dimensions $60\,cm \times 50\,cm \times 20\,cm$ is placed in an insulation box of wall thickness $1\,cm$. The box keeping the ice cube at $0^{\circ}C$ temperature is brought to a room of temperature $40^{\circ}C$. The rate of melting of ice is approximately. (Latent heat of fusion of ice is $3.4 \times 10^{5}\,J\,kg^{-1}$ and thermal conductivity of insulation wall is $0.05\,W\,m^{-1\circ}C^{-1}$)