CHAPTER END PRACTICE QUESTIONS

CLASS: XI
TOPIC: UNITS and DIMENSIONS
STUDENT NAME: ___________________________________ CLASS: _____SEC: _______DATE: _____________

Q. No. QUESTIONS

SECTION A
This section comprises multiple choice questions (MCQs) & AR
1. The quantity having the same unit in all system of unit is
(a) mass (b) time (c) length (d) temperature

A student measured the length of a rod and wrote it as 3.50 cm. Which instrument did he use
to measure it?
(a) Ammeter scale
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(b) A vernier caliper where the 10 divisions in vernier scale matches with 9 divisions in main
scale and main scale has 10 divisions in 1 cm
(c) A screw gauge having 100 divisions in the circular scale
and pitch as 1 mm
(d) A screw gauge having 50 divisions in the circular scale
and pitch as 1 mm
3. Dimensions of kinetic energy is the same as that of

(a)Acceleration (b)Velocity (c)Work (d)Force

4. If x = a + bt + ct2, where x is in metre and t in second, then what is the unit of ‘c’?

(a) m/s (b) m/s2 (c) kgm/s (d) m2/s

5. Which of the following physical quantity has the dimensional formula [M1L2T-3]
(a) power (b) work (c) work (d) impulse
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Read the assertion and the reason given below and choose the correct option.

(a)Both the assertion and the reason are correct and the reason is the correct explanation for
the assertion.
(b)Both the assertion and reason are correct but the reason is not the correct explanation for
the assertion.
(c)The assertion is true but the reason is false.
(d)The assertion is false but the reason is true.
(e)The assertion is false but the reason is also false.
6. Assertion: Dimensional constants are the quantities whose values are constant.
Reason: Dimensional constants are dimensionless.
Assertion: In the relation f= 1/2l√T/m, where symbols have standard meaning, m represent
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linear mass density.
Reason: The frequency has the dimensions of inverse of time.
Assertion: The number of significant figures depends on the least count of measuring
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instrument.
Reason: Significant figures define the accuracy of measuring instrument.
9. Assertion: Light year and year, both measure time.
Reason: Because light year is the time that light takes to reach the earth from sun.
10. Assertion: Number of significant figures in 0.005 is one and that in 0.500 is three
Reason: This is because zeros are not significant.

SECTION B
This section comprises very short answer (VSA) type questions of 2 marks each.

11. A screw gauge has a pitch of 1.0 mm and 200 divisions on the circular scale. Find its Least
Count.
12. Give that the displacement of a particle is given by x = A² sin² kt, where t denotes the time.
What will be the unit of k?
13. The volume of a cube in m3 is numerically equal to its surface area in m². What will be the
volume of the cube?
14. Show that the following pairs of physical quantities have identical dimensions:
(i) momentum and impulse (ii) torque and energy and (iii) energy and work.
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In Vander Wall’s gas equation (𝑃+ 𝑎 𝑉 ) (𝑉−𝑏) = (𝑅− 𝑇). Determine the dimensions of a and b.
SECTION C
This section comprises short answer (SA) type questions of 3 marks each.
16. Check the following equation for dimensional consistency

The wave length λ associated with a moving electron depends on its mass m, velocity v and
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Plank’s constant h. Prove dimensionally that λ ∝ h/mv.

18. By the method of dimensions, obtain an expression for the centripetal force F acting on a
 particle of mass m moving with a velocity v in a circle of radius r. Take dimensionless constant
K = 1.
The frequency ‘ν’ of vibration of a stretched string depends upon: (i) the length ‘l’ of the
19. string (ii) its mass per unit length ‘m’ and (iii) the tension T in the string. Obtain dimensionally
an expression for the frequency ‘ν’
20 The depth x to which a bullet penetrates a human body depends upon (i)coefficient of
elasticity ‘η’ and (ii)kinetic energy Ek by the method of dimensions show that: x ∝ [Ek / η ]1/3.
SECTION D
This section comprises long answer (LA) type questions of 5 marks each.
( a) Convert: Gravitational constant (G) = 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2 kg-2 to cm3 g-1 s-2

(b) The escape velocity v of a body depends on, the acceleration due to gravity ‘g’ of
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the planet and the radius R of the planet, Establish dimensionally for relation for the

escape velocity.

22. Deduce the dimensional formula for the following physical quantities: Gravitational constant,
Surface tension, coefficient of viscosity and Young’s modulus.

A new system of units is proposed in which unit of mass is α kg, unit of length β m and unit of
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time γ s. How much will 5 J measure in this new system? [NCERT Exemplar]

SECTION E
This section comprises 3 case study-based questions of 4 marks each.

Significant figures in the measured value of a physical quantity tell the number of digits in
which we have confidence. Larger the number of significant figures obtained in a
measurement, greater is the accuracy of measurement and vice – versa. In addition, or
subtraction, the number of decimal places in the result should equal the smallest number of
decimal places in any term in the operation. In multiplication and division, the number of
significant figures in the product or in the quotient is the same as the smallest number of
significant figures in any of the factors. With the help of above comprehension, choose the
most appropriate alternative for each of the following questions:

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(1). The area enclosed by a circle of diameter 1.06 m with correct number of significant
figures is
(a) 0.88 m2 (b) 1.88 m2 (c) 0.882 m2 (d) 0.882026 m2

(2) The circumference of the circle of diameter 1.06 m with correct number of significant
figures is
(a) 3.33m (b) 3.3m (c) 3.33142m (d) 3m

(3) Subtract 2.6 x 104 from 3.9x 105 with due regard to significant figures.
(a) 3.64x105 (b) 3.6x105 (c) 3.7x105 (d) 3.65 x 106
 (4) Add 3.8x 10-6 to 4.2 x 10-5 with due regard to significant figures.
(a) 4.6 x10-5 (b) 4.58x10-5 (c) 4.6x10-6 (d) 4.580 x 10-5.

The nature of a physical quantity is described by its dimensions. All the physical quantities
represented by derived units can be expressed in terms of some combination of seven
fundamental or base quantities. We shall call these base quantities as the seven dimensions
of the physical world, which are denoted with square brackets [ ]. Thus, length has the
dimension [L], mass [M], time [T], electric current [A], thermodynamic temperature [K],
luminous intensity [cd], and amount of substance [mol]. The dimensions of a physical
quantity are the powers (or exponents) to which the base quantities are raised to represent
that quantity. Note that using the square brackets [ ] round a quantity means that we are
dealing with ‘the dimensions of’ the quantity. In mechanics, all the physical quantities can be
written in terms of the dimensions [L], [M] and [T]. For example, the volume occupied by an
object is expressed as the product of length, breadth and height, or three lengths. Hence the
dimensions of volume are [L] × [L] × [L] = [L3].

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(1) Dimensions of density is:
(a) [ML -2] (b) [ML -3] (c) [ML3] (d) [ML 2]

(2) dimensions of force is:

(a) [MLT -2] (b) [ML2T-3] (c) [M-1 L3T-2] (d) None of these

(3) Dimension of impulsive force is:

(a) [M-2 L2 T -2] (b) [ML2T-3] (c) [M-1 L3T-2] (d) [MLT -1]

(4) Dimension of frequency is:

(a) [M L T] (b) [M-1 L0 T-2] (c) [M0 L0T-1] (d) None of these