NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER 1998

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                    The radiant energy from the sun, incident normally at the surface of earth is \[20\,kcal/{{m}^{2}}\,\min \]. What would have been the radiant energy, incident normally on the earth, if the sun had a temperature, twice of the present one?                                                                                                                      

    A)                 \[160\,kcal/{{m}^{2}}\,\min \]

    B)                 \[40\,kcal/{{m}^{2}}\min \]        

    C)                 \[320\,\,kcal/{{m}^{2}}\,\min \]

    D)                 \[80\,\,kcal/{{m}^{2}}\,\min \]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                    According to Stefan's law, the rate at which an object radiates energy is proportional to the fourth power of its absolute temperature i.e.,                 \[E=\sigma {{T}^{4}}\,or\,E\,\propto \,{{T}^{4}}\]                 or            \[\frac{{{E}_{1}}}{{{E}_{2}}}={{\left( \frac{{{T}_{1}}}{{{T}_{2}}} \right)}^{4}}\]                 Here,  \[{{T}_{1}}=T,\,{{T}_{2}}=2T,\,{{E}_{1}}=20\,kcal/{{m}^{2}}\]min                 \[\therefore \frac{20}{{{E}_{2}}}={{\left( \frac{T}{2T} \right)}^{2}}\]                 or            \[\frac{20}{{{E}_{2}}}=\frac{1}{16}\]                 \[\therefore {{E}_{2}}=20\times 16\]                 \[=320\,kcal/{{m}^{3}}\,\min \]


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