TUTORIAL CHAPTER 1

SEPT 2011

1) Name two basic quantities.

2
v
x=
2) The mathematical relationship between three physical quantities is given by b
where x and v are displacement and velocity respectively. Find the dimension of b.

APRIL 2011

3) Convert 8.5 in3 to m3. Given 1 in = 2.54 cm.

4) The energy stored in a wire of cross sectional area, A when it is stretched from I to I+x is
EAx 2
W=
given by 2I
i) the dimension for E, the Young modulus. (Ans: [ML-1T-2])
ii) the SI unit for E. (Ans : kgm-1s-2)

OCT 2010

5) What are the dimensions of density, which is mass per volume?

6) The diameter of the Moon is 3480 km. What is the volume of the Moon?

7) Convert the following derived quantities to the units given,(i) 50 km/h to m/s, (ii) 10 cm2
to m2, (iii) 6 A to μA.

APRIL 2010

8) Convert 23 ms-1 to kmh-1.

9) The density of a solid object is defined as the ratio of the mass of the object to its volume.
What is the dimension of density?

10) Convert the following derived quantities to the units given. (i) 6400 km to cm, (ii) 10 cm3
to m3

OCT 2009

11) What is the dimension of k so that the equation Momentum = kx density is dimensionally
consistent?

12) Impulse is a quantity that is equal to force multiplied by time. If the dimensions of force
are [M][L][T-2], what are the dimensions of impulse?

13) Convert the following derived quantities to the units given, (i) 18 ms-1 to kms-1 (ii) 20 m3
to cm3

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APRIL 2009
2
b
a=
14) The mathematical relationship between three physical quantities is given by c . If
[L]
the dimension of b is [ T ] and the dimension of c is [ L ] . What is the dimension of a?

OCT 2008

15) A tank is filled with 10 liter volume of water. Express 10 liter in m3.

16) The position, y, of an object is given by the equation y = A + Bt +Ct, where t refers to
time. What are the dimensions of A, B, and C respectively?

APRIL 2008

17) An equation for a certain physical quantity, A is given as follows A2 = A02 +2BC. If the
units for B and C are rad and rads-2 respectively, what is the unit for A? (Ans: rads-1)

OCT 2007

18) Convert 1 km/h to m/s.

19) A certain physical quantity, R, is calculated using the formula: R = 4a2 (b - c) where a, b,
and c are distances. What is the SI unit for R?(Ans: m2)

APRIL 2007

20) For pressure, P = F/A where F is the force acts on a surface with its area, A and P = ρgh
where g is the gravitational acceleration, ρ is the density of material and h is the height of
certain point in the material. Show it in dimension method that these two equations is true.

OCT 2006

21) Given, the speed of light is 3.0 x 108 ms-1. What would be in miles hr-1? (1 hr = 3600s, 1
miles = 1609 m)
1
x=v 0 t+ at 2
22) Show that 2 is dimensionally correct, assuming x is a distance, a is an
acceleration, t is time and v0 is velocity.

APRIL 2006

23) The equation v = At3 - Bt is dimensionally correct, where v and t represent velocity and
time respectively. What are the dimensions of A and B?

24) Convert 40 g mm-3 to S.I unit kg m-3.

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25) The age of the universe is thought to be about 14 billion years. Assuming two significant
figures, write this in powers of ten in (a) years, (b) seconds

26)How many significant figures do each of the following numbers have?

(a) 214 (b) 81.60 (c) 7.03 (d) 0.03 (e) 0.0086 (f) 3236 (g) 8700

27) Write the following numbers in powers of ten notation:

(a) 1.156, (b) 21.8, (c) 0.0068, (d) 27.635, (e) 0.219, and (f) 444.

28) Express the following using the prefixes.

(a) 1 x 106 volts, (b) 2 x 10-6 meters, (c) 6 x 103 days, (d) 18 x 102 bucks, (e) 8 x 10-9
pieces

29) Estimate how many days it would take to walk around the world, assuming 10 h walking
per day at 4 km/h.

30) Convert 47 kg/m3 to g/cm3

31) Convert 36 km/h to m/s

32) Which of these following equations are dimensionally correct?

(a) F = ma
(b) x = ½ at3
(c) E = ½ mv2

33) The floor area of a Physics laboratory is 40 m2. Find the area in cm2 and mm2.

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ANSWER

1) Length, mass, temperature, etc

2) B = m/s2 = [LT-2]
3) 1.393 x 10-4 m3
4) (i) E = [ML-1T-2]
(ii) E = kg m-1 s-2
5) [ML-3]
6) 2.96 x 1010 km3
7) (i) 13.89 m/s
(ii) 10-3 m2
(iii) 6 x 106 µA
8) 82.8 km/h
9) [ML-3]
10) (i) 6.4 x 108 cm
(ii) 10-5 m3
11) K = [MT-1]
12) I = [MLT-1]
13) (i) 0.018 km/s
(ii) 2 x 107 cm3
14) [LT-2]
15) 10-5 m3
16) A = [L], B = [LT-1], C = [LT-1]
17) Rad s-1
18) 0.28 m/s
19) m3
20) [ML-1T-2] homogeneous
21) 6.71 x 108 miles/h
22) [L] homogeneous
23) A= [LT-4], B = [LT-2]
24) 4 x 107 kg/m3
25) (a) 1.4 x 1010 years
(b) 4.4 x 1017 s
26) (a) 3, (b) 4, (c) 3, (d) 1, (e) 2, (f) 4, (g) 3, 4 or 2
27) (a) 1.156x100,
(b) 2.18 x 101,
(c) 6.8 x 10-3,
(d) 2.7635 x 101,
(e) 2.19 x 10-1,
(f) 4.44 x 102
28) (a) 1 MV, (b) 2 µm, (c) 6 k days, (d) 1.8 k bucks, (e) 8 n pieces
29) -
30) 0.047 g/cm3
31) 10 m/s
32) (a) correct, (b) wrong, (c) correct
33) 4 x 105 cm2, 4 x 107 mm2

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