NDA (II) 2023 GAT Q10: The first law of thermodynamics states that whereas energy

Q: What is the answer to NDA (II) 2023 GAT Q10?

D. Correct — D, 'transformed'. The frame 'from one form into another' calls for a verb of conversion, and to transform energy is to change it from one form into another, which is what the first law of thermodynamics says. The rest of the sentence rules out creation and destruction, leaving change of form as the only thing the verb can be describing.

NDA (II) 2023 General Ability Test · Question 10 of 146

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The first law of thermodynamics states that whereas energy can be __________ from one form into another, it cannot be created or destroyed.

(a)reduced
(b)induced
(c)performed
(d)transformed

Answer

Why

Correct — D, 'transformed'. The frame 'from one form into another' calls for a verb of conversion, and to transform energy is to change it from one form into another, which is what the first law of thermodynamics says. The rest of the sentence rules out creation and destruction, leaving change of form as the only thing the verb can be describing.

Why the others are wrong

(a)reduced — To reduce is to make smaller in amount. It does not fit 'from one form into another', and it would contradict the conservation of energy.
(b)induced — To induce is to bring something about. It names the causing of an effect, not a change of one form into another.
(c)performed — Work is performed; energy is not, so the verb does not take 'energy' as its object in this sense.

Concept

The blank is fixed by the frame 'from one form into another', which only a verb of conversion can complete.

The physics is a bonus rather than a requirement here. The preposition pair 'from … into' is the real clue, and it would decide the sentence just as well if the topic were currency or language.

Key facts

The first law of thermodynamics states that energy is conserved — it changes form but is neither created nor destroyed.

Study next

Preposition frames that fix the verb, such as from … into and from … toVerbs of change such as transform, convert, alter and modifyScience vocabulary appearing in English cloze items

Common traps

Picking a science-sounding word such as 'induced' without checking the preposition frame.
Ignoring the second clause, which rules out any verb implying loss or gain of energy.

Asked as a fill-in-the-blank item — choose the word that completes the sentence.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the word that best completes the sentence. A generator __________ mechanical energy into electrical energy.
- (a)reduces
- (b)induces
- (c)transforms
- (d)performs
Answer(c) transforms — the frame 'from … into' calls for a verb of conversion.
practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the word that best completes the sentence. A changing magnetic field __________ a current in the coil.
- (a)transforms
- (b)reduces
- (c)performs
- (d)induces
Answer(d) induces — to induce is to bring an effect about.