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JEE Main 2019 — Physics Mechanics

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A vertical closed cylinder is separated into two parts by a frictionless piston of mass mmm and of negligible thickness. The piston is free to move along the length of the cylinder. The length of the cylinder above piston is l1,{l}_{1},l1​, and that below the piston is l2,{l}_{2},l2​, such that l1>l2.{l}_{1}>{l}_{2}.l1​>l2​. Each part of the cylinder contains nnn moles of an ideal gas at equal temperature T.T.T. If the piston is stationary, its mass mmm will be given by:

(RRR is universal gas constant and ggg is the acceleration due to gravity)

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Held on 12 Jan 2019 · Verified 6 Jul 2026.

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  1. A

    RTng[l1−3l2l1l2]\frac{RT}{ng}[\frac{{l}_{1}-3{l}_{2}}{{l}_{1}{l}_{2}}]ngRT​[l1​l2​l1​−3l2​​]

  2. B

    nRTg[l1−l2l1l2]\frac{nRT}{g}[\frac{{l}_{1}-{l}_{2}}{{l}_{1}{l}_{2}}]gnRT​[l1​l2​l1​−l2​​]

  3. C

    nRTg[1l2+1l1]\frac{nRT}{g}[\frac{1}{{l}_{2}}+\frac{1}{{l}_{1}}]gnRT​[l2​1​+l1​1​]

  4. D

    RTgl[2l1+l2l1l2]\frac{RT}{gl}[\frac{2{l}_{1}+{l}_{2}}{{l}_{1}{l}_{2}}]glRT​[l1​l2​2l1​+l2​​]

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