1. Unit and Measurement_Arjuna Batch_Assignment
1. Unit and Measurement_Arjuna Batch_Assignment
F
2. Find dimension of 00 F is force, q is charge, B is Magnetic field:
qB
(A) M°L°T° (B) MLT–1
(C) M3T2L7 (D) MLT–2
4. Which of the following set of physical quantity can be considered as fundamental physical quantity?
(A) Mass, force, acceleration (B) Power, Time, Energy
(C) Moment, velocity, K.E. (D) Mass, Work, Force
5. Dimension of v dt is same as –
(A) Radius (B) Mass
(C) Wavelength (D) Both (A) and (C)
6. Centripetal force acting on moving object depends on energy, length and mass then dimension of centripetal force
will be
(A) E1L-1M° (B) E1L1M1
1 1
(C) E L°M (D) E°L1M°
10. If momentum (p), area (A) and time (t) are taken to be fundamental quantities, than energy has the dimensional
formula –
(A) P1 A–1 t–1 (B) P2 A1 t1
(C) P1 A–1/2 t1 (D) P1 A1/2 t–1
11. Which of the following pairs of physical quantities does not have same dimension?
(A) Work, Torque (B) Angular momentum and Plank’s constant
(C) Tension and surface Tension (D) Impulse and linear momentum
12. Young's modulus of steel is 1.9 × 1011 N m-2. When expressed in c.g.s. units of dyne cm-2, it will be equal to
(A) 1.9 × 1010 (B) 1.9 × 1011
12
(C) 1.9 × 10 (D) 1.9 × 1013
L
14. The dimensional formula of is
R
(A) M1L-1T-1 (B) M0L1T-1
(C) M0L0T1 (D) M2L2T-2
18. The sum of 3.2421, 0.341 and 0.08 in appropriate significant figure
(A) 3.6 (B) 3.66
(C) 3.663 (D) 3.6631
19. The length of rectangular sheet is 1.256 cm an width is 1.0 cm. The area of the sheet to the correct number of
significant figure is
(A) 1.2 cm2 (B) 1.25 cm2
2
(C) 1.256 cm (D) None of the above
20. The numbers 3.745 and 3.735 on rounding off to 3 significant figures will be :
(A) 3.75 and 3.74 (B) 3.74 and 3.73
(C) 3.75 and 3.73 (D) 3.74 and 3.74
21. A force F = avt–1 + bt–2, where v is velocity and t is time. What are the dimensions of a and b
(A) M1L0T0 and M1L0T0 (B) M1L1T0 and M1L1T1
1 0 0
(C) M L T and M L T 1 1 0
(D) M1L–1T0 and M0L1T0
22. The dimensional formula of term a and b in the given equation will be
E = a(1 – e–bt), where E is energy.
(A) M1L1T–2 and M0L1T1 (B) M1L2T–2 and M0L0T–1
(C) M0L0T and M0L0T–1 (D) M0L1T–2 and M1L0T–1
27. The solid angle subtended by the periphery of an area 1 cm2 at a point situated symmetrically at a distance of 5 cm
from the area is
(A) 2 × 10-2 steradian (B) 4 × 10-2 steradian
(C) 6 × 10-2 steradian (D) 8 × 10-2 steradian
28. Which of the following relations for the displacement of a particle undergoing simple harmonic motion is not correct
dimensionally? The symbols have there usual meanings.
2t
(A) y a sin (B) y = a cos t
T
a t 2t 2t
(C) y sin (D) y a 2 sin cos
T a T T
29. Which one of the following instruments is not used for the measurement of length?
(A) Atomic clock (B) Vernier calipers
(C) Screw gauge (D) Spherometer
30. Which one of the following methods is used to measure the distance of a planet or a star from the earth?
(A) Echo method (B) Parallax method
(C) Triangulation method (D) None of these
31. If the length, L = Gp hq cr, where G is the universal gravitational constant, h is the Planck's is constant and c is the
velocity of light, then the values of p, q and r are respectively
(A) –1/2, 1/2 and 5/2 (B) 1/2, –1/2 and –5/2
(C) –1/2, 1/2 and 3/2 (D) 1/2, 1/2 and –3/2
32. If the size of bacteria is 1 micron, what will be the number of it in 1 m length?
(A) One hundred (B) One crore
(C) One thousand (D) 10 lack
33. A, B and C are three physical quantities having different dimensions. Which of the combination is never be a
meaningful quantity
AB A B
(A) (B)
C C
A
(C) (D) AB + C
BC
34. 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 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
35. The device used for measuring the mass of atoms and molecules is
(A) Spring balance (B) Torsional balance
(C) Mass spectrograph (D) Common balance
37. If the value of force is 100 N and value of acceleration is 0.001 m s-2, what is the value of mass in this system of units?
(A) 103 kg (B) 104 kg
(C) 105 kg (D) 106 kg
38. The distance of a galaxy from the earth is of the order of 1025m. The time taken by light to reach the earth from the
galaxy is
(A) 3 × 1014 s (B) 3 × 1016 s
(C) 3 × 1018 s (D) 3 × 1020 s
39. Which of the following is the most precise instrument for measuring length?
(A) Metre rod of least count 0.1 cm (B) Vernier calipers of least count 0.01 cm
(C) Screw gauge of least count 0.001 cm (D) None of these
1
A4 B 3
41. If Z 3
and A, B, C and D are their absolute errors in A, B, C and D respectively. The relative error in Z
2
CD
is
Z A 1 B C 3 D Z A 1 B C 3 D
(A) 4 (B) 4
Z A 3 B C 2 D Z A 3 B C 2 D
Z A 1 B C 3 D Z A 1 B C 3 D
(C) 4 (D) 4
Z A 3 B C 2 D Z A 3 B C 2 D
42. Two resistors of resistances R1 = (300 3) and R2 = (500 4) are connected in series. The equivalent resistance
of the series combination is
(A) (800 1) (B) (800 7)
(C) (200 7) (D) (200 1)
43. Percentage errors in the measurement of mass and speed are 2% and 3% respectively. The error in the estimation of
kinetic energy obtained by measuring mass and speed will be
(A) 8% (B) 2%
(C) 12% (D) 10%
T
44. The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum is T 2 . Measured value of L is 10 cm known to 1 mm accuracy
g
and time for 100 oscillations of the pendulum is found to be 50 s using a wrist watch of 1 s resolution. What is the
accuracy in the determination of g?
(A) 2% (B) 3%
(C) 4% (D) 5%
45. Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding significant figures?
(A) All the non-zero digits are significant.
(B) All the zeros between two non-zero digits are significant.
(C) Greater the number of significant figures in a measurement, smaller is the percentage error
(D) The power of 10 is counted while counting the number of significant figures.
ANSWER KEY
1. (A)
2. (A)
3. (A)
4. (D)
5. (D)
6. (A)
7. (C)
8. (A)
9. (A)
10. (D)
11. (C)
12. (C)
13. (B)
14. (C)
15. (B)
16. (A)
17. (C)
18. (B)
19. (A)
20. (D)
21. (C)
22. (B)
23. (C)
24. (B)
25. (D)
26. (D)
27. (B)
28. (C)
29. (A)
30. (B)
31. (D)
32. (D)
33. (B)
34. (C)
35. (C)
36. (B)
37. (C)
38. (B)
39. (C)
40. (D)
41. (A)
42. (B)
43. (A)
44. (D)
45. (D)
Hint and Solution