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NEET UG 2017 · Physics · Question 16

NEET 2017 Physics, question 16

Question 16 of the NEET 2017 paper (code A) is a Physics question from Thermodynamics. Its idea, Slopes on P-V Diagrams, was asked twice, in 2017 and 2022, across NEET 2017–2026. The CBSE official answer key gives option 2.

Updated 2026-10-08

Q16 · Physics

Thermodynamic processes are indicated in the following diagram.

Match the following

Column-1Column-2
P. Process Ia. Adiabatic
Q. Process IIb. Isobaric
R. Process IIIc. Isochoric
S. Process IVd. Isothermal

The figure, described in words

P-V diagram with isotherms 300 K, 500 K, 700 K; from initial point i: I vertical down (constant V), II down to 300 K curve, III along 500 K isotherm, IV horizontal to 700 K (constant P).

  1. 1P→\toa, Q→\toc, R→\tod, S→\tob
  2. 2P→\toc, Q→\toa, R→\tod, S→\tobOfficial answer
  3. 3P→\toc, Q→\tod, R→\tob, S→\toa
  4. 4P→\tod, Q→\tob, R→\toa, S→\toc

Official answer: option 2 · CBSE official answer key

Same idea

Slopes on P-V Diagrams, in other papers

NEET asked this idea twice, in 2017 and 2022. The other question below.

  • 2022 Q24An ideal gas undergoes four different processes from the same initial state as shown in the figure below. Those processes are adiabatic,…Figure-based · Medium

Slopes on P-V Diagrams: every question and how it was framed

The chapter

Thermodynamics in ten years of NEET

32 questions from 2017–2026, asked in 10 of 10 papers, about 3.1 a paper. Laws of Thermodynamics alone had 10.

Thermodynamics: questions per paper

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