UNITS AND MEASUREMENT

1. Which one is not a unit of time?

(A) Leap year (B) Year (C) Shake (D) Light year
2. “Parsec” is the unit of
(A) Time (B) Distance (C) Frequency (D)Angular acceleration

3. The dimensions of impulse are equal to that of

(A) Force (B) Linear momentum (C) Pressure (D) Angular momentum

4. Which one of the following have same dimensions?

(A) Torque and force (B) Potential energy and force
(C) Torque and potential energy (D) Planck's constant and linear momentum

5. Which of the following does not possess the same dimensions as that of pressure?
(A) Stress (B) Bulk modulus (C) Thrust (D) Energy density

6. Which one of the following is not the dimensionless quantity?

(A) Planck's constant (B) Dielectric constant (C) Solid angle (D) Strain

7. Which of the following has the dimensions of pressure?

(A) [ML–2T–2] (B) [M–1L–1] (C) [MLT–2] (D) [ML–1T–2]

8. What is the dimensional formula of gravitational constant?

(A) [ML2 T–2] (B) [ML–1T–1] (C) [M–1L3T–2] (D) None of these
9. The dimensional formula for Young's modulus is
(A) [ML–1T–2] (B) [M0LT–2] (C) [MLT–2] (D) [ML2T–2]
10. [MT–1T–1] stand for dimensions of
(A) Work (B) Torque
(C) Linear momentum (D) Coefficient of viscosity
11. The dimensions of the ratio of angular to linear momentum us
(A) [M0LT0] (B) [MLT–1] (C) [ML2T–1] (D) [M–1L–1T–1]

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12. Temperature can be expressed as a derived quantity in terms of any of the following
(A) Length and mass (B) Mass and time
(C) Length, mass and time (D) None of these

t 
13. Given that y  a cos   qx  , where t represents time in following statements is true?
p 
(A) The unit of x is same as that of q (B) The unit of x is same as that of p
(C) The unit of t is same as that of q (D) The unit of t is same as that of p

14. The dimensional formula [ML0T–3] is more closely associated with

(A) Power (B) Energy (C) Intensity (D) Velocity gradient

15. Assuming that the mass m of the largest stone that can be moved by a flowing river depends upon the
velocity v of the water, its density  and the acceleration due to gravity g . Then, m is directly proportional to
(A) v3 (B) v4 (C) v5 (D) v6

16. If p represents radiation pressure, c represent speed of light and Q represents radiation energy striking a
unit area per second, then non – zero integers x, y and z such that px Qy cz is dimensionless are
(A) x = 1, y =1 , z = – 1 (B) x = 1, y = –1, z = 1
(C) x = –1, y = 1, z = 1 (D) x = 1, y = 1, z = 1

17. Which of the following will have the dimensions of time?

R L C
(A) LC (B) (C) (D)
L R L

a a  t2
18. The dimensions of in the equation p  , where p is pressure, x is distance and t is time, are
b bx
(A) [M2LT–3] (B) [MT–2] (C) [LT–3] (D) [ML3T–1]

19. Dimension of velocity gradient is

(A) [M0L0T-1] (B) [ML–1T–1] (C) [M0LT–1] (D) [ML0T–1]

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20. The mass and volume of a block of material are 4.237 g and 2.5 cm3 respectively. The density of material
of the block in correct significant figures is
(A) 1.6045 g cm3 (B) 1.6 g cm3 (C) 1.7 g cm3 (D) 1.695 g cm3

21. For the equation F  Aavbdc, where F is the force, A is the area, v is the velocity and d is the density, the
values of a, b and c are respectively
(A) 1, 2, 1 (B) 2, 1, 1 (C) 1, 1, 2 (D) 0, 1, 1

22. A screw gauge gives the following reading when used to measure the diameter of a wire
Main scale reading : 0 mm
Circular scale reading : 52 divisions
Given that 1 mm on main scale corresponds to 100 division of the circular scale
The diameter of wire form the above data is
(A) 0.052 cm (B) 0.026 cm (C) 0.005 cm (D) 0.52 cm

23. A spectrometer gives the following reading when used to measure the angle of a prism
Main scale reading : 58.5 degree
Vernier scale reading : 09 divisions
Given that 1 division on main scale corresponds to 0.5 degree. Total divisions on the vernier scale is 30 and
match with 29 divisions of the main scale. The angle of the prism from the above data
(A) 59 degree (B) 58.59 degree (C) 58.77 degree (D) 58.65 degree

24. Resistance of a given wire is obtained by measuring the current flowing in it and the voltage difference
applied across it. If the percentage errors in the measurement of the current and the voltage difference are 3%
each, then error in the value of resistance of the wire is
(A) 3% (B) 6% (C) zero (D) 1%
25. Let [0] denote the dimensional formula of the permittivity of vacuum. If M = mass, L = length, T = time
and A = electric current, then
(A) [0] = [M1L3T4A2] (B) [0] = [M1L2T–1A–2]
(C) [0] = [M1L2T–1A] (D) [0] = [M1L3T2A]
26. A student measured the length of a rod and wrote it as 3.50 cm. Which instrument did he use to measure
it?
(A) A screw gauge having 50 divisions in the circular scale and pitch as 1 mm

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(B) A meter scale
(C) A vernier caliper where the 10 divisions in vernier scale matches with 9 division in main scale and main
scale has 10 divisions in 1 cm.
(D) A screw gauge having 100 divisions in the circular scale and pitch as 1 mm

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27. The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum is T  2 . Measured value of L is 20.0 cm known to 1
g

mm accuracy and time for 100 oscillations of the pendulum is found to be 90 s using a wrist watch of
1 s resolution. The accuracy in the determination of g is
(A) 3% (B) 1% (C) 5% (D) 2%

28. The radius of a thin wire is 0.16 mm. The area of cross – section f the wire in mm2 with correct number of
significant figures is
(A) 0.08 (B) 0.080 (C) 0.0804 (D) 0.080384

29. The dimensional formula of physical quantity is MaLbTc. Then that physical quantity is
(A) surface tension if a = 1, b = 1, c = 2 (B) force if a = 1, b = 1, c = 2
(C) angular frequency if a = 0, b = 0, c = 1 (D) spring constant if a = 1, b = 1, c = 2

30. If x  at  bt 2 , where x is the distance travelled by the body in kilometres while t is the time in seconds,
then the units of b are
(A) km/s (B) kms (C) km/s2 (D) kms2

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