$A$ metal sphere cools at a rate of $1.5^{\circ} C / min$ when its temperature is $80^{\circ} C$. When the temperature of the sphere is $40^{\circ} C$,its rate of cooling is $0.3^{\circ} C / min$. The temperature of the surrounding $\left(\theta_0\right)$ is (in $^{\circ} C$)

Assuming Newton's law of cooling to be valid,a body at temperature $50^{\circ} C$ in a surrounding of temperature $20^{\circ} C$ achieves a steady state with the help of a $100 \ W$ heater. If the same body has a temperature of $35^{\circ} C$ in the same surrounding,then the power of the heater required to maintain a steady state is ........ $W$.

In a room where the temperature is $30^{\circ}C$,a body cools from $61^{\circ}C$ to $59^{\circ}C$ in $4$ minutes. The time (in min) taken by the body to cool from $51^{\circ}C$ to $49^{\circ}C$ will be ....... $\text{min}$.

$A$ vessel contains hot water at $100^{\circ}C$. If it cools to $80^{\circ}C$ in time $T_1$ and from $80^{\circ}C$ to $60^{\circ}C$ in time $T_2$,then:

Two circular discs $A$ and $B$ with equal radii are blackened. They are heated to the same temperature and are cooled under identical conditions. What inference do you draw from their cooling curves shown in the figure?

Consider two hot bodies $B_1$ and $B_2$ which have temperatures $100^oC$ and $80^oC$ respectively at $t = 0$. The temperature of the surroundings is $40^oC$. The ratio of the respective rates of cooling $R_1$ and $R_2$ of these two bodies at $t = 0$ will be