KUSHAL SIR’S PHYSICS TUTIONS
Class: 11TH/12TH Marks: 100
Topic Name: UNITS & MEASUREMENTS FULL TEST
Subject: PHYSICS SOLVE ANY 25
1. Which of the following is the smallest unit? (a) 7.96% (b) 4.56% (c) 6.50% (d) 8.42%
(a) Millimetre (b) Angstrom (c) Fermi (d) Metre 15. According to Joule's law of heating, heat produced H I 2 Rt,
2. 1 Parsec is approximately equal to where I is current, R is resistance and t is time. If the errors in
(Where AU is astronomical unit) the measurement of I, R and t are 3%, 4% and 6% respectively
(a) 2 × 105 AU (b) 2 × 106 AU then error in the measurement of H is
(c) 2 × 108 AU (d) 2 × 1010 AU (a) 17% (b) 16% (c) 19% (d) 25%
3. Which one of the following waves is used in SONAR? 16. If there is a positive error of 50% in the measurement of
(a) Infrared (b) Ultraviolet velocity of a body, then the error in the measurement of kinetic
(c) Ultrasonic (d) Light energy is
(a) 25% (b) 50% (c) 100% (d) 125%
4. Which one of the following methods is used to measure
distance of a planet or a star from the earth? 17. Vernier scales of Vernier calipers has 50 divisions which
(a) Echo method (b) Parallax method coincide with 49 main scale divisions. Find the Vernier
constant. Given: there are 20 main scale divisions cm-1.
(c) Triangulation method (d) None of these
(a) 100 m (b) 1000 m
5. The order of magnitude of the diameter of the earth is
(c) 10 m (d) None of these
(Diameter of the earth is 1.28 × 10 7 m)
18. E, m, l and G denote energy, mass, angular momentum and
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
gravitational constant respectively, then the dimension of
6. Which of the following is not unit of earth?
(a) Angstrom (b) Fermi (c) Barn (d) Parsec El 2
are
7. Which of the following physical quantities has a unit but no m 5 G2
dimensions? (a) Angle (b) Length (c) Mass (d) Time
(a) Relative velocity (b) Relative density 1
19. The dimensions of 0 E 2 ( 0 = permittivity of free space ;
(c) Strain (d) Angle 2
8. A Dimensionless quantity E = electric field ) is
(a) Never has a unit (b) Always has unit (a) MLT 1 (b) ML 2 T 2 (c) ML 1 T 2 (d) ML2 T 1
(c) May have a unit (d) Does not exit 20. Each side a cube is measured to be 7.203 m. The volume of the
9. The dimensions of Plank’s constant are the same as that of cube up to appropriate significant figures is
(a) Linear impulse (b) Work (a) 373.714 (b) 373.71 (c) 373.7 (d) 373
(c) Linear momentum (d) Angular momentum 21. The mass of a box is 2.3 kg. Two marbles of masses 2.15 g and
10. Which of the following pairs of physical quantities does not 12.39 g are added to it. The total mass of the box to the correct
have same dimensional formula? number of significant figures is
(a) Work and torque (a) 2.340 kg (b) 2.3145 kg. (c) 2.3 kg (d) 2.31 kg
(b) Angular momentum and Plank’s constant 22. In ascertain system of units, 1 unit of time is 5 sec, 1 unit of
mass is 20 kg and unit of length is 10 m. In this system, one
(c) Tension and surface tension
unit of power will correspond to –
(d) Impulse and linear momentum 1
(a) 16 watts (b) watts
16
11. If velocity (V), force (F) and energy (E) are taken as fundamental
units, then dimensional formula for mass will be (c) 25 watts (d) None of these
(a) V 2 F 0 E (b) V 0 FE 2 (c) VF 2 E 0 (d) V 2 F 0 E 23. The velocity 'v' of a part cle at time t is given by,v = + 2
a bt
12. The pressure on a square plate is measured by measuring the t t c
force on the plate and the length of the sides of the plate. If the . The dimensions of a, b, c are respectively –
maximum error in the measurement of force and length are (a) LT -2, L, T (b) L, L, T 2 (c) L, LT, T -2 (d) L, L, LT 2
respectively 4% and 2%, The maximum error in the
a
measurement of pressure is 24. In the equation P 2 (V–b) = constant, the unit of a is –
(a) 1% (b) 2% (c) 6% (d) 8% V
13. The length of a cylinder is measured with a meter rod having (a) N m 5 (b) N m 4 (c) N m 3 (d) N m 2
least count 0.1 cm. Its diameter is measured with venier 25. The equation of a wave is y = a sin (At – Bx + C), where A, B
calipers having least count 0.01 cm. Given that length is 5.0 and C are constants. The dimensions of A, B and C are
cm. and radius is 2.0 cm. The percentage error in the calculated respectively-
value of the volume will be
(a) 1% (b) 2% (c) 3% (d) 4% (a) [T], [L], [M 0 L0 T 0 ] (b) [T], [L], [M]
14. In an experiment, the following observation's were recorded : (c) [T -1], [L-1 ], [M -1 ] (d) [T -1], [L-1 ], [M 0 L0 T 0 ]
L = 2.820 m, M = 3.00 kg, l = 0.087 cm, Diameter D = 0.041 cm
b
2 4 Mg 26. The velocity of a particle is given by v=a+ + ct2
Taking g = 9.81 m / s using the formula , Y= 2 , the maximum t
D l The unit of b will be
permissible error in Y is
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(a) M (b) m s2 (c) m s–1 (d) m s–2
27. The potential energy of a particle varies with distance x from a
A x
fixed origin as U where A and B are constants. The
xB
dimensions of AB are –
(a) ML5/2 T–2 (b) 1L2T–2
(c) M3/2 L5/2 T–2 (d) M1L7/2T–2
28. In an experiment the angles are required to be measured using
an instrument. 29 divisions of the main scale exactly coincide
with the 30 divisions of the vernier scale. If the smallest
division of the main scale is half-a-degree (=0.5°), then the
least count of the instrument is-
(a) One minute (b) Half minute
(c) One degree (d) Half degree
29. Which of the following is the most preferred instrument for
measuring length?
(a) A vernier of least count 0.01 cm
(b) A vernier having 20 divisions on the sliding scale
(c) A vernier having 9 divisions on the sliding scale
(d) A scale having 3 equal parts of each mm
30. The least count of verniercallipers is 0.1 mm. The main scale
reading before the zero of the vernier scale in 10 and the zeroth
division of vernier scale coincides with the main scale division.
Given that each main scale division is 1 mm. The measured
value should expressed as –
(a) 0.01 cm (b) 0.001 cm (c) 0.1 cm (d) 1.00 cm
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