Two identical conducting rods are first connected independently to two vessels,one containing water at $100^{\circ}C$ and the other containing ice at $0^{\circ}C$. In the second case,the rods are joined end to end and connected to the same vessels. Let $q_1$ and $q_2$ $g/s$ be the rate of melting of ice in the two cases respectively. The ratio $q_2/q_1$ is

In a composite rod,when two rods of different lengths and of the same area are joined end to end,then if $K$ is the effective coefficient of thermal conductivity,$\frac{{\ell _1} + {\ell _2}}{K}$ is equal to

For the figure shown,when arcs $ACD$ and $ADB$ are made of the same material,the total heat current carried between $A$ and $B$ is $H$. If $ADB$ is replaced with another material,the total heat current becomes $2H$. If the temperatures at $A$ and $B$ are fixed at $T_1$ and $T_2$,what is the ratio of the new thermal conductivity to the old thermal conductivity of the arc $ADB$?

Two rectangular blocks,having identical dimensions,can be arranged either in configuration $I$ or in configuration $II$ as shown in the figure. One of the blocks has thermal conductivity $k$ and the other $2k$. The temperature difference between the ends along the $x$-axis is the same in both the configurations. It takes $9 \ s$ to transport a certain amount of heat from the hot end to the cold end in the configuration $I$. The time to transport the same amount of heat in the configuration $II$ is: (in $s$)

As per the given figure,two plates $A$ and $B$ of thermal conductivity $K$ and $2K$ are joined together to form a compound plate. The thickness of the plates are $4.0 \,cm$ and $2.5 \,cm$ respectively,and the area of cross-section is $120 \,cm^{2}$ for each plate. If the equivalent thermal conductivity of the compound plate is $\left(1+\frac{5}{\alpha}\right) K$,then the value of $\alpha$ will be . . . . . .

Consider two insulating sheets with thermal resistances $R_1$ and $R_2$ as shown in the figure. The temperature $\theta$ at the junction is: