Unit & Dimension

1. If force acting on object is given as

t  x 
F = 4 sin   tan   then dimension of is same as :

  
  
(A) Velocity (B) accn
(C) Time (D) Length

 F 
2. Find dimension of 00    F is force, q is charge, B is Magnetic field:
 qB 
(A) M°L°T° (B) MLT–1
(C) M3T2L7 (D) MLT–2

3. Measured length of object is 10.84 cm then it is measured by the instrument:

(A) Vernier calipers (B) Screw gauze
(C) Metre scale (D) cane be measure by only on the instruments

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°

7. Unit for electromotive force is not same as –

N m
(A) (B) Volt
C
(C) eV (D) J/C

8. Dimension of kepler's constant in equation T2 = KR3 where k is kepler constant.

(A) T2L–3 (B) T2L3
2 –2
(C) T L (D) –

9. Which of the following is not a physical quantity?

(A) Inertia (B) Temperature
(C) Moment of inertia (D) Force

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

13. 1 fermi = ______

(A) 10–10 m (B) 10–15m
(C) 10–9m (D) 10–12 m

L
14. The dimensional formula of is
R
(A) M1L-1T-1 (B) M0L1T-1
(C) M0L0T1 (D) M2L2T-2

15. Shake is:

(A) Unit of length (B) Unit of time
(C) Unit of mass (D) Unit of temperature

16. The number of significant figures in 0.0305010 is

(A) 6 (B) 5
(C) 3 (D) 7

17. In which of the following, the number of signification figure is 3

(A) 0.021 × 10–3 kg (B) 240
(C) 9.01 (D) All the option are correct

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

23. A dimensionless quantity

(A) Never has a unit
(B) Always has unit
(C) May have a unit
(D) Does not exist
24. The units that are used for the fundamental physical quantities are called
(A) System of unit (B) Base units
(C) Derived units (D) All of these

25. The wrong unit conversion among the following is

(A) 1 angstrom = 10-10m (B) 1 fermi = 10-15m
(C) 1 light year = 9.46 × 1015m (D) 1 astronomical unit = 1.496 × 10-11m

26. The dimensions of Planck's constant are the same as that of

(A) Linear impulse (B) Work
(C) Linear momentum (D) Angular Momentum

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.
2t
(A) y  a sin (B) y = a cos t
T
a t  2t 2t 
(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

36. 1 unified atomic mass unit (1 u) is equal to

(A) 1.66 × 10-25 kg (B) 1.66 × 10-27 kg
(C) 1.66 × 10-29 kg (D) 1.66 × 10-31 kg

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

40. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

(A) Every measurement by measuring instrument has some error.
(B) A measurement can have more accuracy but less precision and vice versa.
(C) Every calculated quantity that is based on measured values has some error.
(D) The magnitude of the difference between the true value of the quantity and the individual measurement value is
called the relative error of the measurement.

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

1. Angle is dimensionless. 25. Based on theory.

2. Apply dimensional formula of each physical nh
26. L=
quantity. 2
3. Least count of vernier calipers is 0.01 cm Area
27. =
4. Combination of physical quantity which is r2
independent of each other. a
28.  V L.H.S.  R.H.S.
1 -1 1 T
5. vdt = [L T T ] = [L]
w 29. Atomic clock is for time.
6. F
x 30. Theory based.
7. Theory based. 31. Solve it by dimensional analysis.
2 3
8. T = KR 1m
32. Number =
9. Inertia is property of matter. 106 m
10. Using dimensional analysis. 33. By principle of homogeneity
11. Theory based. 34.  = 2f

1N  106 dyne  35. Knowledge based.

12. 
1m 2  104 cm 2  36. Knowledge based.
F
13. Theory based. 37. m
a
14. It is time constant.
d
15. It is practical unit of time (1 shake = 10-8 s). 38. t .
c
16. Apply rule of counting zero's.
39. The reading will be more precise if least court is
17. Zero in between two non-zero digits in significant. minimum.
18. The result should be having least number of decimal 40. Absolute error = True value – Measured value.
places.
41. Working theory.
19. The result should be having least no. of significant
42. R = R1 + R2 and R = R1 + R2
figure.
K .E.  m 2V 
20. Apply rounding off rule 43. × 100 =    × 100
K .E.  m V 
21. Apply principle of homogeneity.
g  L 2T 
22. Apply principle of homogeneity. 44.  100      100
g  L T 
23. Think about angle.
45. Theory based.
24. Based on theory.