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Units and Dimensions

This document contains a physics assignment with 20 questions covering units and measurements. The questions range from very short answer to short answer type and cover topics like calculating areas and significant figures, analyzing measurement errors, deriving dimensional relationships between physical quantities, and calculating equivalent resistances with errors.

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Units and Dimensions

This document contains a physics assignment with 20 questions covering units and measurements. The questions range from very short answer to short answer type and cover topics like calculating areas and significant figures, analyzing measurement errors, deriving dimensional relationships between physical quantities, and calculating equivalent resistances with errors.

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Physics classes by nayan jha

ASSIGNMENT

CLASS-11

UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS

Very short answer type questions

1> Find the area of circle of radius 3.458cm up to correct significant figures.
2> Name the physical quantities whose dimensions are same.
3> State the no. of significant fig. in the following (a)0.007 cm (b)2.64 x 1024kg (c)0.2370 cm
4> Which of the following measurement is more accurate and why? (1)5000.0 cm(2)0.0005cm
(3) 6.00cm.
5> Are all dimensionally correct equations numerically correct? Give one example.
6> If x=a+bt+ct2 where x is in meters and t is in second, what is the dimensional formula of ‘a’ ,
and ‘c’.
7> Write the dimensions formula of (1) Planck’s constant and(2) Rydberg’s constant

Short answer type questions

1>The wavelength ‘λ’ depends mass M of the moving particle its velocity v and planks constant
‘h’ . Show dimensionally the relationship between them.

2>In an experiment the refractive index of the glass was observed to be 1.45, 1.56,1.54,1.44,1.54
and 1.53 . Calculate (1) mean value of the refractive index ;(2) Absolute error ;(3)Fractional error
; (4)Percentage error . Express the result in terms of absolute error and percentage error.

3> If (p+ a/V2) (V-b)=RT where the symbols has their usual meanings, then what is the dimension
of a/b .

4. If F= a/ b+√d , where f=force ,d= density , then find the dimension of a and b.

5> The factors effecting the time period (T) of the simple pendulum depends on mass , length
and acceleration due to gravity . Deduce the relation for time period of the simple pendulum.

6> To determine acceleration due to gravity ,the time of 20 oscillations of a simple pendulum of
length 100 cm was observed to be 40 s . calculate the value of ‘g’ and maximum percentage
error in the measured value of ‘g’ .

7> If power P=a-x2/b where x represents displacement find the dimension of a and b.
8> A physical quantity Qis given by Q= A2.B3/2/C4D1/2 percentage error in A,B,C,D are
1%, 2%,4%,2% respectively . Find the percentage error in Q.

9>The measured value of length , breadth and height of a block is given as l=12.08+-0.01 cm ,
b=10.12+-0.01cm . h=5.62+-0.01 cm . Calculate the percentage error in the volume of the block.

10>(a) convert 10 J into ergs . (b) convert 10 N into dyne .

11> A planet moves around the sun , the period of revolution ‘T’ depends upon radius of the
orbit ‘R’, mass of the sun ‘M’ and gravitational constant ‘G’, show that T2 α R3.

12>If the length and time period of an oscillating pendulum have errors of 1% and 2% respectively ,
what is the error in the estimate of ‘g’.

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Physics classes by nayan jha

13>The force experienced by a mass moving with a uniform speed v in a circular path of
radius r experiences a force which depends upon its mass, radius and speed prove that F=
mv2/r.
14> Convert one atmospheric pressure in to dyne cm-2 .
15>If the unit of force , energy and velocity are 10N , 100J and 5m/s, find the units of length
mass and time.
16>If velocity v=a +bt + (c/(d+t)) write the dimension of a,b,c and d
17>If the equation y=A sin(ωt - kx) obtain the dimension formula of ω and k , if x and y is
displacement , A is amplitude and t is time.
18> Write the dimension of a/b if F =a√x + bt2. Where F is force , x is distance and t is time.
19> The velocity v of a transverse wave of a string may depends upon length l , tension T and
mass per unit length m of the string derive the formula .
20>In an experiment the value of two resistance r1 =5±0.2 ohm and r2=10±0.1 ohm , find the
equivalent resistance (1) in series, (2) in parallel combinations with limit of % error.

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