In the Arctic region, hemispherical houses called Igloos are made of ice. It is possible to maintain a temperature inside an Igloo as high as $20^{\circ} C$ because

Two sheets of thickness $d$ and $3d$, are touching each other. The temperature just outside the thinner sheet side is $A$, and on the side of the thicker sheet is $C$. The interface temperature is $B. A, B$ and $C$ are in arithmetic progressing, the ratio of thermal conductivity of thinner sheet and thicker sheet is

There is formation of layer of snow $x\,cm$ thick on water, when the temperature of air is $ - {\theta ^o}C$ (less than freezing point). The thickness of layer increases from $x$ to $y$ in the time $t$, then the value of $t$is given by

The temperature of the two outer surfaces of a composite slab, consisting of two materials having coefficients of thermal conductivity $K$ and $2K$ and thickness $x$ and $4x$ , respectively are $T_2$ and $T_1$ ($T_2$ > $T_1$). The rate of heat transfer through the slab, in a steady state is $\left( {\frac{{A({T_2} - {T_1})K}}{x}} \right)f$, with $f $ which equal to

The ends of two rods of different materials with their thermal conductivities, radii of cross-sections and lengths all are in the ratio $1:2$ are maintained at the same temperature difference. If the rate of flow of heat in the larger rod is $4\;cal/\sec $, that in the shorter rod in $cal/\sec $ will be

Two different rods $A$ and $B$ are kept as shown in figure. The ratio of thermal conductivities of $A$ and $B$ is