At a common temperature, a block of wood and a block of metal feel equally cold or hot. The temperatures of block of wood and block of metal are

  • [AIIMS 1999]
  • A

    Equal to temperature of the body

  • B

    Less than the temperature of the body

  • C

    Greater than temperature of the body

  • D

    Either $(b)$ or $(c)$

Similar Questions

The temperature of hot and cold end of a $20cm$ long rod in thermal steady state are at ${100^o}C$ and ${20^o}C$ respectively. Temperature at the centre of the rod is...... $^oC$

A room is maintained at ${20^o}C$ by a heater of resistance $20$ ohm connected to $200$ volt mains. The temperature is uniform through out the room and heat is transmitted through a glass window of area $1{m^2}$ and thickness $0.2$ cm. What will be the temperature outside ....... $^oC$ ? Given that thermal conductivity $K=0.2$ for glass is and $J = 4.2 J/cal$

  • [IIT 1978]

Surface of the lake is at $2°C$ . Find the temperature of the bottom of the lake..... $^oC$

Four identical rods of same material are joined end to end to form a square. If the temperature difference between the ends of a diagonal is ${100^o}C$, then the temperature difference between the ends of other diagonal will be ........ $^oC$

Give definition, unit and dimensional formula of thermal conductivity.