An ideal gas expands isothermally from volume $V_1$ to volume $V_2$. It is then compressed to the original volume $V_1$ adiabatically. If $p_1$ and $p_2$ represent the initial pressure and final pressure respectively, and $W$ represents the net work done by the gas during the entire process, then:

  • A
    $p_1 > p_2, W = 0$
  • B
    $p_1 > p_2, W > 0$
  • C
    $p_2 > p_1, W > 0$
  • D
    $p_2 > p_1, W < 0$

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An ideal gas undergoes a cyclic thermodynamic process in different ways as shown in the corresponding $P-V$ diagrams in column $3$ of the table. Consider only the path from state $1$ to $2$. $W$ denotes the corresponding work done on the system. The equations and plots in the table have standard notations as used in thermodynamic processes. Here $\gamma$ is the ratio of heat capacities at constant pressure and constant volume. The number of moles in the gas is $n$.
Column $I$Column $II$Column $III$
$(I)$ $W_{1-2} = \frac{1}{\gamma-1}(P_2V_2 - P_1V_1)$$(i)$ Isothermal$(P)$ [Graph $P$]
$(II)$ $W_{1-2} = -P(V_2 - V_1)$(ii) Isochoric$(Q)$ [Graph $Q$]
$(III)$ $W_{1-2} = 0$(iii) Isobaric$(R)$ [Graph $R$]
$(IV)$ $W_{1-2} = -nRT \ln(\frac{V_2}{V_1})$(iv) Adiabatic$(S)$ [Graph $S$]

$(1)$ Which of the following options is the only correct representation of a process in which $\Delta U = \Delta Q - P \Delta V$?
$[A] (II) (iii) (P)$ $[B] (II) (iii) (R)$ $[C] (II) (iv) (S)$ $[D] (III) (iii) (P)$
$(2)$ Which one of the following options is the correct combination?
$[A] (III) (ii) (S)$ $[B] (II) (iv) (R)$ $[C] (II) (iv) (P)$ $[D] (IV) (ii) (S)$
$(3)$ Which one of the following options correctly represents a thermodynamic process that is used as a correction in the determination of the speed of sound in an ideal gas?
$[A] (III) (iv) (R)$ $[B] (I) (ii) (Q)$ $[C] (I) (iv) (Q)$ $[D] (I) (iv) (R)$

An ideal gas at pressure $P$ and volume $V$ is expanded to volume $2V$. Column $I$ represents the thermodynamic processes used during expansion. Column $II$ represents the work done during these processes in random order:
Column $I$Column $II$
$(p)$ isobaric$(x)$ $\frac{PV(1 - 2^{1 - \gamma})}{\gamma - 1}$
$(q)$ isothermal$(y)$ $PV$
$(r)$ adiabatic$(z)$ $PV \ln 2$

The correct matching of column $I$ and column $II$ is given by:

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