Question

Statement I: According to Newton’s law of cooling, the rate of loss of heat, $-dQ/dt$ of the body is directly proportional to the difference of temperature.
Statement II: This law holds for all type of temperature differences.

• A. If both statement I and statement II are true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I
• B. If both statement I and statement II are true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I
• C. If statement I is true but statement II is false
• D. If both statement I and statement II are false

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Newton’s law of cooling, holds good only for small difference of temperature.