Measurement

Mcqs
1) One nautical mile is 6080 ft. The same in kilometer is :

A. 0.9km

B. 0.8 km

C. 1.85 km

D. none

2) The SI standard of time is based on:

A. the daily rotation of the earth

B. the frequency of light emitted by Kr86

C. the yearly revolution of the earth about the sun

D. a precision pendulum clock

E. none of these

3) The number of significant figures in 0.001050 is:

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6
4) A right circular cylinder with a radius of 2.3 cm and a height of 1.4 m has a volume of:

A. 0.20 m3

B. 0.14 m3

C. 9.3 × 10−3 m3

D. 2.3 × 10−3 m3

E. 7.4 × 10−4 m3

5) Density of wood is 0.5gm / cc in the CGS system of units. The corresponding value in

MKS units is

A. 500
B. 5
C. 5000
D. 0.5

6) If v = At+ Bt2 + Ct3 where v is velocity , t is time A ,B and C are constant then the dimensional formula B
is :

A. M0 LT0

B. ML0 T0

C. M0 L0 T

D. M0 L T-3
7) The dimensional formula Of the Hall coefficient is

A. M0 L0 A-2 T-1

B. M0 L3 A J

C. M0 L0 A T

D. M0 L3 A-1 T

8) 4.Taking frequency f , velocity v and density p to be the fundamental quantities then the dimensional
formula for momentum will be

A. ρ v4f-3

B. ρ v3 f-1

C. ρ v f2

D. ρ2 v2f2
9) The dimensional representation of gravitational potential is identical to that of:

A. internal energy

B. angular momentum

C. latent heat

D. electric potential

10) Which of the following physical quantities has neither dimensions nor units?

A. angle

B. luminous intensity

C. electric current

D. refractive index

11) The dimensional formula of plank’s constant is

(a) ML-3T-3

(b) ML2T-2

(c) ML2T-1

(d) ML-2T
12) Parsec is the unit of

(a) Time

(b) Distance

(c) Frequency

(d) Angular acceleration

13) A force F is given by F=at+bt2 where t is time, what

are the dimension of a and b?

(a) MLT-1, MLT0

(b) MLT3, ML2T4

(c) MLT-4, MLT-1

(d) ML-3T, MLT-4

14) If the velocity of light (c), gravitational constant (G) and Planck’s constant (h) are chosen as
fundamental units, the dimensions of time in the new system will be

(a) c-5/2 G2 h-1/2

(b) c-3/2 G-2 h2

(c) c2 G-2 h1/2

(d) None

(c) c2G-2 h1/2

(d) none

15) According to Joule's law of heating, heat produced H = I2 Rt, where I is current, R is

resistance and t is time. If the errors in the measurement of I, R and t are 3%, 4% and 6%

respectively then error in the measurement of H is

A. ± 17%
B. ± 16%
C. ± 19%
D. ± 25%

16) If the error in the measurement of radius of a

sphere is 1% then the error in the measurement of

volume will

(a) 8%

(b) 5%

(c) 3%

(d) 1%
17) The random error in the arithmetic mean of 100 observations is x; then random error in the

arithmetic mean of 400 observations would be

A. 4x

B. 2x

C. x/4

D. x/2