$A$ Carnot engine whose sink is at $300 \, K$ has an efficiency of $50 \%$. By how much should the temperature of the source be increased so that the efficiency becomes $70 \%$?

An ideal Carnot heat engine has an efficiency of $30\%$. It absorbs heat from a hot reservoir at $727^{\circ}C$. The temperature of the cold reservoir is .... $^{\circ}C$.

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion $A$ and the other is labelled as Reason $R$.
Assertion $A$: Efficiency of a reversible heat engine will be highest at $-273^{\circ} C$ temperature of cold reservoir.
Reason $R$: The efficiency of Carnot's engine depends not only on the temperature of the cold reservoir but it depends on the temperature of the hot reservoir too and is given as $\eta = (1 - \frac{T_2}{T_1})$.
In the light of the above statements,choose the correct answer from the options given below:

This question has Statement $1$ and Statement $2.$ Of the four choices given after the Statements,choose the one that best describes the two Statements.
Statement $1 :$ An inventor claims to have constructed an engine that has an efficiency of $30\%$ when operated between the boiling and freezing points of water. This is not possible.
Statement $2:$ The efficiency of a real engine is always less than the efficiency of a Carnot engine operating between the same two temperatures.

The efficiency of a Carnot engine depends on what,and of what is it independent?

The efficiency of a Carnot heat engine is $25 \%$ and the temperature of its source is $127^{\circ} C$. Without changing the temperature of the source,if the absolute temperature of the sink is decreased by $10 \%$,the new efficiency of the engine is: (in $\%$)