NEET Physics Question - Thermal Physics

Assertion (A): An ideal gas is enclosed within a container fitted with a piston when volume of this enclosed gas is increased at constant temperature. The pressure exerted by the gas on the piston decreases.

Reason (R): In the above situation the rate of molecules striking the piston decreases. Therefore pressure exerted by gas on piston decreases.

Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)

Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)

(A) is true but (R) is false

Both (A) and (R) are false

Solution:

Assertion (A) is true by Boyle's Law (\( PV = \text{constant} \) at constant \( T \)). Reason (R) explains (A) microscopically: increasing volume at constant temperature reduces the density of molecules and thus the frequency of collisions with the piston, leading to decreased pressure.

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