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Practice Paper - 01

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01. Out of the following pairs, which one does have identical dimensions?
(1) Work and Force
(2) Young’s modulus and Energy per unit volume
(3) Power and moment of force
(4) Impulse an Rate of change of momentum.
(5) Kinetic energy and Potential energy per unit time.

02. A force F is acted on a plate on a square plate of side length of L. If the percentage error of
determination of L is 2% and F is 4%. The maximum error in pressure is

(1) 2% (2) 4% (3) 6% (4) 8% (5) 1%

03. If the edge of a cube is 1.2 × 10−2 m. then the volume will be recorded as

(1) 1.728 × 10−6 𝑚3 (2) 1.73 × 10−6 𝑚3 (3) 1.7 × 10−6 𝑚3

(4) 1.8 × 10−6 𝑚3 (5) 10.368 × 10−6 𝑚3

04. The following micrometer screw gauge gives the zeroth error as figure a

950

It is made by 100 deviations on the circular scale and the main scale is 0.5 mm. The zeroth
error is

(1) 0.97 mm (2) 0.485 mm (3) 0.03 mm

(4) 0.465 mm (5) 0.015 mm

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05. Three magnitudes of a vector quantities are 𝐴 , 𝐵 and 𝐶 of 5, 4, 3 of the related units. They
combined as 𝐴 = 𝐵+ 𝐶 . The angle between A and C is

3 4
(1) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (2) 450 (3) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1
5 5

3
(4) 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (5) 900
4

06. A river is flowing west to east with the speed of 5 𝑚𝑠 −1 . A man on the south bank of the
river, capable of swimming with 10 𝑚𝑠 −1 in still water, wants to swim across the river to a
point directly opposite in shortest time he should swim in a direction.

(1) 600 west of north (2) 30 0 east of north (3) 300 west of north

(4) 600 east of north (5) 30 0 of west.

07. Heat generate across a resistance is written as E = 𝐼 2 𝑅𝑡 where I is current , R is resistance

and t is time. If the error of each measurements are 2%, 1% and 1%, the maximum error of
heat measurement is (E)

(1) 1% (2) 2% (3) 3% (4) 6% (5) 8%

08. In the given vector diagram it is shown 𝑄

𝑅
that 𝑅 𝑃 and 𝑅  = 𝑄  /2. The angle
between the vectors 𝑃 and 𝑄 is
𝑃
(1) 300 (2) 600 (3) 1200
(4) 1500 (5) 1350

09. A gas bubble from an explosion under water oscillates with a period T proportional to
𝑃𝑎 𝑑𝑏 𝐸 𝑐 where p is the static pressure, d is the density of water and E is the total energy of
the explosion. The values of a, b and c are.
1 1 1 5 1 1 5 1 1 5 1 1
(1) - 2 , 2 , -3 (2) - 6 , 2 , 3 (3) , -2,3 (4) -6 , - 2 , 3
6

1 6 1
(5) - 2 , - 5 , 3

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10. A physical quantity X has the dimensional formula 𝑀𝑎 𝐿𝑏 𝑇 −𝑐 . If the percentage errors in
the measurement of mass, length and time are %, %, and %, respectively, then the
maximum percentage error in the measurement of X is

(1) ( ++)% (2) (+-)% (3) (a+b+c)%

(4) (a+b-c) (5) None of the above

11. When the screw tip is contacted at the

horizontal surface, the scales are seen as
follows.
0 450
Main scale is having 0.5 mm least count and
the circular scale has 100 divisions.

The zeroth error of the instrument is

(1) 0.415 mm (2) 0.085 mm (3) 0.83 mm (4) 0.17 mm (5) 0.065 mm

12. If the above spherometer is used to measure

700
following reading the correct reading is,

(1) 1.780 mm (2) 1.450mm

(3) 2.280 mm (4) 3.450 mm (5) 1.900 mm 0

13. If the above spherometer in 11 questions is used to

0
measure the following reading, the correct reading
is, 70

(1) 1.245 mm (2) 2.075 mm

(3) 1.745 mm (4) 1.575 mm (5) 1.925 mm

14. Extended vernier caliper is made by using 39 each 1 mm from the main scale and it is
coincided with 20 identical deviations of vernier scale, the least count is,

(1) 0.01 mm (2) 0.05 mm (3) 0.04 mm (4) 0.1 mm (5) 0.005 mm

15. Following measurement is given by using the above caliper

1 cm

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The reading is

(1) 7.500 mm (2) 6.025 mm (3) 7.025 mm (4) 7.050 mm (5) 6.050 mm

16. One of the two forces is double the other and their resultant is equal to the greater force. The
angle between them is

1 1 1 1 1
(1) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (2) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 − 2 (3) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (4) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 − 4 (5) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1
2 4 5

17. If three vectors 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶 are 12, 5 and 13 in magnitude such that 𝐶 = 𝐴 + 𝐵, then the angle
between 𝐴 and 𝐵 is

(1) 600 (2) 900 (3) 1200 (4) 450 (5) 1800

18. A particle is moving eastwards with a velocity of 5 m/s. In 10 seconds the velocity changes
to 5 m/s northwards. The average acceleration in this time is

(1) 1/ 2 m/𝑠 2 towards north – west (2) 1/ 2 m/𝑠 2 towards north

(3) 1/ 2 m/𝑠 2 towards north – east (4) zero

(5) 2 2 m/𝑠 2 towards east

19. Three forces 9N, 12 N and 15 N acting at a point are in equilibrium. The angle between 9N
and 15 N is

3 4 3 4
(1) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (2) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (3) 180 - 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (4) 180 - 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1
5 5 5 5

2
(5) 180 - 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 3

20. The sum of the magnitudes of two forces acting at a point is 18 N and the magnitude of their
resultant is 12 N. If the resultant is at 900 with the smaller force, then their magnitudes are (in
Newton)

(1) 15 , 3 (2) 13, 5 (3) 14, 4 (4) 12, 6 (5) 13, 6

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