$Assertion :$ In free expansion of an ideal gas, the entropy increases.
$Reason :$ Entropy increases in all natural processes.
AIIMS 2007, Easy
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In free expansion of an ideal gas, work done comes from internal energy of the gas and since randomness increases or Gibbs free energy increases so we can say entropy increases.
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