The above $$p$$-$$v$$ diagram represents the thermodynamic cycle of an engine, operating with an ideal monatomic gas. The amount of heat, extracted from the source in a single cycle is

If a piece of metal is heated to temperature $$\theta $$ and then allowed to cool in a room which is at temperature $${\theta _0},$$ the graph between the temperature $$T$$ of the metal and time $$t$$ will be closest to

A Carnot engine, whose efficiency is $$40\% $$, takes in heat from a source maintained at a temperature of $$500$$ $$K.$$ It is desired to have an engine of efficiency $$60\% .$$ Then, the intake temperature for the same exhaust (sink) temperature must be :

Helium gas goes through a cycle $$ABCD$$ (consisting of two isochoric and isobaric lines) as shown in figure efficiency of this cycle is nearly : (Assume the gas to be close to ideal gas)