To complete one cycle of operation of an ideal Carnot engine, the time taken is
A
finite
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B
infinite
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C
very small
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D
zero
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Solution
The correct option is B infinite Since all the processes in an ideal Carnot engine are reversible and are therefore very slow, time taken by those processes is infinite.