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2. If the error in the measurement of radius of a sphere is 2% then the error in the determination of volume of
the sphere will be
(a) 4% (b) 6% (c) 8 % (d) 2 %
3. Which of the following pairs of physical quantities do not have same dimensional formulae?
(a) Work and Torque
(b) Angular Momentum and Plank’s constant
(c) Tension and Surface Tension
(d) Impulse and linear momentum
5. The numbers 2.745 and 2.735 on rounding off to 3 significant figures will give
(a) 2.75 and 2.74 (b) 2.74 and 2.73
(c) 2.75 and 2.73 (d) 2.74 and 2.74
7. Velocity-time graph for an object projected vertically upwards with a certain velocity is
(a) parabola (b) ellipse (c) hyperbola (d) straight line
8. The motion of a particle is described by the equation v = kt. The distance travelled by the particle in first 4
seconds of its motion is
(a) 4k (b) 12k (c) 6k (d) 8k
9. The distance travelled by a particle is proportional to the square of time. The particle travels with
(a) uniform acceleration (b) uniform velocity
(c) increasing acceleration (d) decreasing velocity
2 Marks Questions
10. The resistance R = V/I , where V = 100 ± 5 V and I =10 ± 0.2 A. Find the percentage error in R.
3 Marks Questions
11. Check whether the following equation is dimensionally correct.
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𝑚𝑣 2 = 𝑚𝑔ℎ
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12. The displacement (in metre) of a particle moving along x-axis is given by x = 18t + 5t2. Calculate:
(i) the instantaneous velocity at t = 2s
(ii) average velocity between t = 2s and t = 3s
(iii) instantaneous acceleration
13. Deduce the following equation for uniformly accelerated motion by using calculus method
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𝑠 = 𝑢𝑡 + 𝑎𝑡 2
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