Q.

Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.     [2023]

Assertion A: If dQ and dW represent the heat supplied to the system and the work done on the system respectively, then according to the first law of thermodynamics dQ=dUdW.

Reason R: First law of thermodynamics is based on law of conservation of energy.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the option given below:

1 A is correct but R is not correct  
2 A is not correct but R is correct  
3 Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A  
4 Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A  

Ans.

(3)

First law of thermodynamics is based on the law of conservation of energy and it can be written as

dQ=dU-dW

where dW is the work done on the system.