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ASSIGNMENT-2
Topics covered:
Introduction, International system of units, Measurement of length, Mass, Time, Accuracy,
Physics
Precision of instruments

4. The moon is observed from two diametrically

1. True value of length of a wooden stick is 38.762 opposite points A and B on earth. If e is the angle
cm. Its length is measured by
using twodifferent
instruments of different least count. Measurement subtended at the moon by two direction of
observation then distance of moon from earth is
results are 38.763 cm and 38.76 cm respectively.
Which of the following option is correct? (R= diameter of earth)
(1) 38.76 cm is more accurate and less precise (2) 2R
(1) Re
(2) 38.763 cm is more accurate and more
precise
(3) 38.763 cm is more accurate and less precise (3) (4)
(4) 38.76 cm is less accurate and more precise
2R
5. Age of the universe is about 1010 yr, whereas the
2. In an experiment, the angles are required to be
measured using an instrument. In instrument 29 mankind has existed for 10 yr. For how many
seconds would the man have existed if age of
divisions of the main scale exactly coincide with
universe were 7 day?
the 30 division of the vernier scale. If the smallest
division of the main scale is half a degree (= (1) 9.2 s (2) 10.2 s
0.5°), then least count of instument is (3) 8.6 s (4) 60.5 s
(1) 1 minute (2) 0.5 minute 6. Indian standard time (IST) in India linked to
(3) 1 degree (4) 0.5 degree (1) Pendulum clock (2) Sun clock
3. Which of the following statement is correct (3) Spring clock (4) Atomic clock
(1) Parsec is unit of time, light year is unit of 7. Which of the following is not a fundamental
distance quantity in SI system?
(2) Parsec is unit of distance, light year is unit of (2) Electric current
time (1) Length
(3) Electric charge (4) Luminous intensity
(3) Both parsec and light year are units of
distance 8. Which of following
method is used for estimation
of size of oleic molecule.
(4) Both parsec and light year are units of time
(1) Optical microscope
(2) Electron microscope
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 (3) Tunnelling microscope 20. The instrument having highest precision is
(4) Volumetric method (2) Meter scale
(1) Screw gauge
9. One astronomical unit (AU) is a distance equal to (3) Vernier scale (4) Both (1)& (3)
(1) 1.496 x 1015 m (2) 1.496 x 1011 m 21. Pitch of screwgauge is 0.5 mm and there are 50
divisions on the circular Scale. while measurina
(3) 3 x 108 m
(4) 9x 10° m the diameter of wire, if is observed that linear
Fu 10. The most accurate reading of the length of seale reads 2mm and 46th divisIon of circular
7.42 cm long rod is scale coincide with reference line, then diameter
(1) 6.99 cm (2) 7.59 cm of wie is.
(3) 7.22 cm (2) 4.26 mm
(4) 7.62 cm (1) 2.46 mm
11. The order of magnitude of mass of electron in (3) 6.42 mm (4) 2.47 mm
CGS system is 22. If the unit of length is halved, the numerical value

(1)-27 of area of square will be

(2) -31
(1) One ninth (2) One sixth
(3)-30 (4)-28
12. A vernier calliper is used for measuring lengths to (3) Nine times (4) Four times
an accuracy of 23. A screw gauge is used for measuring diameter of
a wire to an accuracy of
(1) 10-6 cm (2) 104 cm
(1) 10-7 m (2) 10-6 m
(3) 10-3 cm (4) 10-2 cm
13. Which of the following reading is taken from most (3) 10-3 m (4) 10-5 m
precise instrument? 24. The most precise reading of the mass of an
(1) 0.3 m (2) 0.03 m object, among the following is
(3) 0.300m (4) 0.30 m (1) 40 g (2) 40.0 g
(3) 40.01 g (4) 0.4 g
14. Which of the following is the most accurate
measurement? 25. Numerical value of magnitude of a physical
(1) 30x 10-3 m (2) 300 x 10-4 m quantity is
(3) 3 x 10-2 m (1) Independent of system of units
(4) 0.03 m
15. The average distance of sun from earth is (2) Directly proportional to magnitude of unit
(1) 1 light year (2) 1 astronomical unit (3) Inversely proportional to magnitude of unit
(3) 1 year (4) 1 parsec (4) Inversely proportional to square of magnitude
of unit
16. Arrange prefixes "peta, atto, exa and femto" in
descending order 26. The order of magnitude of age of universe is
(1) Femto, atto peta, exa (2) Peta, exa, femto, (1) 1019 (2) 19
atto (3) 1017 (4) 17
(3) Exa, peta, femto, atto (4) Atto, femto, peta, 27. If two diametrically opposite extnemes of planet
exa havetheir line of sight at an angle 0, now if radius
17. Set nth division of main scale coincide with (n + of planet is d , then it's distance (D) from
1) th division of vernier scale. Then vernier observatory on earth is
constant is (Use 1 msd = L units)
(1) D de (2) d De8

-unit
L
(2) (n+1) unit (3) D 2de (4) 2d De
(n-1) 28. Which of the following measurement is most
precise?
(3) unit (4) unit (1) 4.00 m (2) 4.00 cm
(n+1) nL
(3) 4.00 mm (4) 4.00 km
18. Which of the following is a unit of time?
29. Atomic locks have accuracy?
(1) amu (2) shake
(1) 1 part in 102 (2) 1 part in 107
(3) parsec (4) barn
(3) 1 part in 1013 1 part in 1019
(4)
19. Mass of a molecule can be measured by 30. Speed of an object in kilometer per hour s
(1) Parallax method represented as
(2) Gravitational method
(1) kmph (2) Kmhrr
(3) Optical method
(3) KPH (4) kmh1
(4) Mass spectrograph
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ASSIGNMENT -3

Topics covered
ysics Errors in measurements,
Significant figures, Dimensions of physical quantities, Dimensioid
Tormulae & dimensional
equations, Dimensional analysis and its applications
1 Number of significant
figures present in n are (1) (4 6%) m/s2
(1) Two (2) Four (2) (4 1%) m/s2
(3) Three (4) Infinite (3) (4 + 5%) m/s?
2. Two resistors
of resistance R, (200 3) 2 and
R2 = (300 4) N are connected in parallel. The (4) 4 m s
equivalent resistance and absolute error in
equivalent resistance is 6. Given that Y= A
(1) (120+ 1.72) 2 sin|| x), where Y and
(2) (66.7+ 7) Q
(3) (100 t 1.8) 2 (4) (66.7 + 1.8) Q
X are measured in metres. Which of the following
3. Mass of a body is given as statements is true?
(20 2%) kg and its (1) The unit of à. is same as that of x and A
volume is (4 t 3%) m3. The
the measurement of
percentage error in
density will be (2) The unit of is same as that of x, but not of A
(1) 5% (2) 2% (3) The unit of c is same as that of x
(3) 1% (4) 1.5%
(4) Unit of (ct-x) is same as that of
Percentage errors in the measurement of mass
and speed are 0.3% and 0.4% respectively. Find 7. Which of the
the percentage error in kinetic following is not the unit of surface
energy of the tension?
body.
(1) 0.2% (1)
(2) 0.3% m (2)
(3) 1.1%
(3) (4)9
(4) 0.7% s2 S
Force applied on a 8. The dimension of the ratio of angular
and mass of the
body is given as (20 t2%) N to linear
body is given as (5 momentum is
The acceleration of the 3%) kg.
body
will be (1) [MLTO
 If we double the amount of quant
17.
happens to numerical
the n
(2) [MLT-
what
m e a s u r e d with it? e
physical quantity
(3) [ML2T-'] (1) Halved
(4) [ML-17-1 a particie
(2) Doubled

9. Given that the distance (x) covered by

The unit of K is (3) Tripled
in time t is given by x
= A?sin?kt.
(4) Quadrupled
equivalent to
expressions given
below have the
(1) hertz 18. Which of the
same dimensional formula?

(2) metre
(3) radian (i) Energy/mass
(4) second (i') Pressure/density

10. According to the quantum theory,

the energy 'E (i) Force/linear density
E =
hu,
of a photon of frequency u is given by
constant. What is the
where h is Planck's (iv) Angular frequency/radius
dimensional formula for h?
(1) ML2T2 (2) ML2T-1 (1) i, i, ii
(4) ML2T2 (2) ii, ii, iv
(3) ML2T
electronic charge, (3) ii, iv, i
11. If e, o. h and c represent
Planck's constant and (4) iv, i, ii
permittivity of free space,
e has the
ab2 if percentage error
speed ofthe light respectively
then
Ehc
19. In the given relation P =
in a, b and c are 3%, 1% and 2% respectively,
dimensions of
(1) Current (2) Pressure then maximum permissible percentage error in P
will be
(3) Angular momentum (4) Angle momentum (2) 5%
of the (1) 2%
12. If the error in the measurement
is 0.15% then, the error in the (3) 7% (4) 11%
of a particle
measurement of kinetic energy is
20. If Z = 2(a- b) then absolute error in Zis
(1) 0.4% (2) 0.3%
(1) 2(Aa + Ab) (2) Aa+ Ab
(3) 0.1% (4) 0.2%
sheet 3.124 m (3) a Ab +b A a (4) a Ab- b Aa
13. The length and breadth of a metal
this sheet
and 3.002 m respectively. The area of 21. If X = AB then maximum percentage error in the
upto correct significant figure measurement of X will be
(1) 9.378 m2 (2) 9.37 m2

14.
(3) 9.378248 m2
Percentage
(4) 9.3782 m2
in the measurement of mass
error
() AB100%
and speed are 2% and 3% respectively. The error
in the estimate of kinetic energy obtained by x 100%
measuring mass and speed will be (2)
(1) 12% (2) 10%
(3) 8%
15. The dimensions of (Velocity)2
(4) 2%
radius' are the
() A
100%|100%
B
same as that of
(1) Planck's constant 100%/10%
A
(2) Gravitational constant
(3) Dielectric constant 22. Parallax error is kind of
(1) Instrumental error

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AccAtioroppo and energy E' are taken (2) Personal error
f velocity ,forcaF',then dimensional formula error
s fundamentar unis, (3) Personal unbaised
for mass will be Least count error
(4)
 (3) Both systematic and random error speed of cyclist, r is the radius of the curve and g
(4) Neither with systematic nor with random error
is acceleration due to gravity. Which of the
24. about this relation is true?
Numbers of zero's which following statements
0.003020?
are
significant in as well as numerically
(1) It is both dimensionally
(1) 2 correct
(2) 3 dimensionaily correct nor
It is neither
(3) 4 (4) 5 (2) numerically correct
25. The density ofsolid ball is to be determined in
a correct but not
numericaly
an
experiment. The diameter of ball is measured (3) It is dimensionally
correct but not dimensionally
with a screw
gauge, whose pitch is 0.5 mm and
(4) It is numerically measurement of mass
error in the
there are 50 divisions on circular scale. The 28. The maximum
and length of the side of the cube are 4% and 3%
reading of main scale is 2.5 mm and that on The maximum error in the
circular scale is 20 divisions. If the measured respectively.
measurement of its density will be
mass of ball has a percentage error of 2%, then (2) 3.5%
(1) 7%
percentage error in density is
(4) 12%
(3) 13%
(1) 0.9% (2) 2.4%
29. Zero error belongs to the category of
(3) 3.1% (4) 4.2% (2) Experimental error
(1) Constant errors

26. The product of pressure and volume have units (4) Accidental error
(3) Instrumental error
as the product of
quantity and q is its unit,
(1) Charge and potential 30. If p is magnitude of a

then
(2) Electric field strength and distance

(3) Electromotive force and capacitance (1) p+ q =constant (2) constant

induction
(4) Magnetic moment and magnetic constant
(3) pq
= constant (4) p-q
=

Given that tan6 gives the angle of banking

7. =

rg
round the curve. Here v is the
of the cylist going

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eangle between A =i +j and B i i is
(2)
T
(4) 2
(1) Zero (2) -20C
To vectors A and B are such that (3)-20F (4) OF
A+B= A -B. The dot product between A and The angle subtended by vector A - 3i 4j with
B is x-axis is

(1)2 (2) 0 (1) cos (2)

sin5
(3) tan 2 (4) All of above
(3) (4)
Let a 4 +3j, and b =3i + 4j. Find the value
Out of folowing the resultant of which can not of
6 N?
a-bl
of x, give that x =

la+b
(1) 3 N, 3N
(2) 2 N, 5N (1) 7 (2)2
(3) 4 N, 4N
(3) (4) 7
(4) 4 N, 1N

Minimum number of unequal magnitude non

coplanar forces whose vector sum can be equal
to zero isS
(1) Two (2) Three

(3) Four (4) Five

of
A is moving in a circular path with a speed
car
of change in
36 km/h. What is the magnitude
velocity in quarter revolution?
(1) 10 m/s (2) 20 m/s

(3) 10/2 m/s (4) Zero

The body will
Three forces act on a body.
if these are
certainly have an acceleration,
(1) 8N, 8N, 12N (2) 6N, 8N, 1ON
(3) 2N, 2N, 4N (4) 6N, 8N, 16N
inclined to
Ris the resultant of A and B .R is
A at angle 'a' and B at angle 'B', then
(1) a <B (2) a < B, if A> B
(3) a <B f A < B (4) a p,if A B
=