States of Matter 1 Question 48

48. Statement I The pressure of a fixed amount of an ideal gas is proportional to its temperature.

Statement II Frequency of collisions and their impact both increase in proportion to the square root of temperature.

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Solution:

  1. Assertion is incorrect because besides amount, pressure also depends on volume. However, reason is correct because both frequency of collisions and impact are directly proportional to root mean square speed which is proportional to square root of absolute temperature