JEE Main 2025 Physics question

PhysicsThermodynamicsJEE Main 2025

Assertion (A) : In an insulated container, a gas is adiabatically shrunk to half of its initial volume. The temperature of the gas decreases. Reason (R) : Free expansion of an ideal gas is an irreversible and an adiabatic process. In the light of the above statement, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Answer: (3)

Solution

Adiabatic compression increases temperature, so (A) is false. Free expansion is indeed irreversible and adiabatic, so (R) is true.

Question ID VK-002073