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1 Units and Measurement
1 Units and Measurement
Instructions:
1. Unit of power is
(A) kilowatt (B) kilowatt-hour
(C) Dyne (D) Joule
9. If the unit of force is 1 kilonewton, the length is 1 Km and time is 100 seconds, what will be the unit of
mass?
(a) 1000 Kg (b) 1Kg
(c) 10000 Kg (d) 100 Kg.
10. Which of the following pair does not have similar dimensions?
(A) Stress and pressure (B) Angle and strain
(C) Tension and surface tension (D) Planck constant and angular momentum
11. If force, length and time would have been the fundamental units, what would have been the
dimensional formula for mass?
(a) FL1T 2 (b) FLT 2
(c) FLT 1 (d) F
13. If T denotes the surface tension and R, the radius of a capillary tube, then the dimensions of T/R are the
same as that of
14. If the units of length and force are increased four times each, the unit of energy is increased
15.
The time of oscillation T of a small drop of liquid depends on radius r, density p and surface
tension S. The relation between them is given by
S r3
(a) T (b) T
r 3 S
S2r3 r2
(c) T (d) T
S
(c) M L T (d) M L T
1 3 2 2 1 2
21. The wavelength associated with a moving particle is given by m p qh r where m is mass,
is velocity and h is Planck’s constant. The correct set of values of p, q, r is
i. p =1, q =1, r =1
ii. p =-1, q =-1, r =-1
iii. p =-1, q =-1, r =1
iv. p =1, q =-1, r =1
22. 1 T
The fundamental frequency of vibration of a stretched string is given by n
2l m
where l is length of the string and T is tension in it. Then the dimensions of m are
3
(a) 1.36kg /cm
(b)13.6kg/m3
3
(c) 13.6 10 kg /m3
(d) 13.6 10
3
kg /m3
24. If energy (E), velocity (V) and time (T) are chosen as fundamental quantities, the dimensions of
surface tension will be represented as
26. The velocity of a body which has fallen under gravity varies as g a hb , where g is acc. due to
gravity and h is the height. The values of a and b are
27. Suppose the kinetic energy of a body oscillating with amplitude A and at a distance x is given by
Bx
K The dimensions of B are the same as that of
x A2
2
28. ax
The dimensions of a/b in the relation P where P is pressure and x is distance are :
b
(a) M L T (b) M LT
1 1 2 1 1 2
(c) M L T (d) M L T
1 2 1 1 2 1
29. a
In the standard equation Snth u 2n 1 what dimensions do you view for Snth ?
2
(a) M LT (b) M LT
0 1 0 0 1 1
(c) M L T (d) M L T
0 1 1 0 0 1
30. What is the % error in measurement of ‘T’ of a pendulum if maximum errors in measurements of length
and ‘g’ are 2% and 4% respectively?
(a) 6% (b) 3%
(c) 4% (d) 5%