Q.

The average thermal energy for a mono-atomic gas is (kB is Boltzmann constant and T, absolute temperature)         [2020]
 

1 12kBT  
2 32kBT  
3 52kBT  
4 72kBT  

Ans.

(2)

For mono-atomic gas, degree of freedom = 3

Energy associated with each degree of freedom =12kBT

So, energy is 32kBT.