BY:- Er.

chandan singh

UNITS, DIMENSIONS, ERRORS AND VECTORS Chapter - 1

1. One nanometre is equal to

(a) 109 mm (b) 10 −6 mm (c) 10 −7 mm (d) 10 −9 mm

2. The unit of temperature in S.I. system is

(a) Degree centigrade (b) Degree Celsius (c) Kelvin (d) Degree Fahrenheit

3. Which of the following is NOT the unit of energy ?

(a) Nm (b) J (c) Wh (d) kW

4. Temperature can be expressed as a derived unit in terms of

(a) Mass & length (b) Length & time (c) Mass, length & time (d) none of the above

5. Which of the following is the unit of latent heat ?

(a) J (b) J mole −1 (c) J kg −1 (d) J kg −1mol −1

6. The dimensions of the quantities in one (or more) of the following pairs are the same. Identify the pairs
(a) Torque and work (b) Angular momentum and work
(c) Energy and Young's modulus (d) None of the above

7. Which of the following have the same dimensions as v 2 / r ? Here v is the speed of the particle describing a circular path of radius r .
(a) Acceleration (b) Momentum (c) Force (d) Impulse

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8. Given that g is acceleration due to gravity and R is the radius of the earth. Then [g / R ] possesses the dimensions of
(a) Orbital speed (b) Angular speed (c) Escape velocity (d) Time period

9. The dimensional formula for r.m.s. . (root mean square) velocity is

(a) M o LT −1 (b) M o Lo T −2 (c) M o Lo T −1 (d) MLT −3

10. The intensity of a wave is defined as the energy transmitted per unit area per second. Which of the following represents the dimensional
formula for the intensity of the wave ?
(a) MT −2 (b) MT −3 (c) MT −1 (d) ML4 T

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11. The frequency of oscillation of a stretched string is given by f = [F / µ]1/ 2 . Here l = length and F = force.
2l
What is the dimensional formula for µ ?
(a) MLT −1 (b) ML−1T 0 (c) M −1L0 T 0 (d) M 0 L0 T 0

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12. Suppose the kinetic energy of a body oscillating with amplitude A and at a distance x is given by K = . The dimensions of B
x2 + A2
are the same as that of
(a) work / time (b) work × distance (c) work / distance (d) work × time

13. In the relation y = a cos (ωt − kx ) , the dimensional formula for k is

(a) M 0 LT (b) M 0 L−1T 0 (c) M 0 LT −1 (d) M 0 L−1 T −1

14. Given that the displacement of an oscillating particle is given by y = A sin [ Bx + Ct + D] . The dimensional formula of (ABCD ) is
(a) M 0 L−1T 0 (b) M 0 L0 T −1 (c) M 0 L−1 T −1 (d) M 0 L0 T 0

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15. The equation of state of some gases can be expressed as  p + 2 (V − b ) = RT . Here, p is the pressure, V the volume, T the
 V 
absolute temperature, and a , b, R are constants. The dimensions of ' a ' are
(a) ML5 T − 2 (b) M L−1 T − 2 (c) M 0 L3 T 0 (d) M 0 L6 T 0

16. Suppose, the torque acting on a body is given by τ = KL + MI / ω . Where L = angular momentum, I = moment of inertia, ω =
angular speed. The dimensional formula for KM is same as that for
(a) time 2 (b) time 4 (c) time −2 (d) time −4

17. The dimensions of voltage in terms of MLTA are

(a) ML2 T 3 A −1 (b) ML2 T −3 A −2 (c) ML2 T −3 A −1 (d) ML2 T −3 A

18. If force (F) , acceleration (A ) , time (T ) are used as fundamental units, the dimensional formula for length will be
(a) F 0 AT 2 (b) FA 0 T 2 (c) FA 2 T 0 (d) FAT

19. If area (A ) , velocity (V ) and density (D ) are taken as the fundamental units, what is the dimensional formula for force ?

(a) AV 2 D (b) A 2 VD (c) A V D 2 (d) A V D

20. Energy E , velocity V and time T are taken as the fundamental units. What is the dimensional formula for energy per unit area ?
(a) EVT (b) EV −1 T −1 (c) EV −2 T −2 (d) EV −1 T −2

21. The least count of instrument is 0.01cm. Taking all precautions, the most permissible error in the measurement can be
(a) 0.005 cm (b) 0.001cm (c) 0.01cm (d) 0.02 cm

22. Error in the measurement of radius of a sphere is 1%. Then error in the measurement of volume is
(a) 1% (b) 5% (c) 3% d) 8%

23. The percentage errors in the measurement of mass and speed are 1% and 2 % respectively. What is the percentage error in the kinetic
energy ?
(a) 5 % (b) 2.5 % (c) 3 % (d) 1.5 %

24. An experiment measures quantities a , b, c and then x is calculated as x = ab 2 / c 3 .

If the percentage errors in a , b, c are ± 1%, ± 3% and ± 2% respectively,, the percentage error in x can be

(a) ± 13 % (b) ± 7 % (c) ± 4 % (d) ± 1%

25. If x = a / b and ∆ a and ∆ b are the errors in the measurement of a and b respectively, then the maximum percentage error in the
value of x will be
 ∆a ∆b   ∆a ∆b   ∆a ∆b   ∆a ∆b 
(a)  +  × 100 (b)  −  × 100 (c)  +  × 100 (d)  −  × 100
 a b   a b  a −b a −b a −b a −b

26. If x = a − b and ∆ a and ∆ b are the errors in the measurement of a and b respectively, then the maximum percentage error in the
value of x will be
 ∆a ∆b   ∆a ∆b   ∆a ∆b   ∆a ∆b 
(a)  +  × 100 (b)  −  × 100 (c)  +  × 100 (d)  −  × 100
 a b   a b  a −b a −b a −b a −b
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27. What is the number of significant figures in 0.0310 ?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

28. What is the number of significant figures in 200.0 ?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

29. What is the number of significant figures in 0.310 × 10 3 ?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6

30. Which of the following expresses the most accurate measurement of length of a rod ?
(a) 500.0 mm (b) 500 mm (c) 50 cm (d) 0.5 m

31. The diameter of a wire is measured with a screw gauge having least count 0.01 mm . Which of the following correctly expresses the
diameter?
(a) 0.20 cm (b) 0.002 m (c) 2.00 mm (d) 0.2 cm

32. What is the number of significant figures in (3.20 + 4.80) × 105 ?

(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2

33. Taking into account the significant figures, what should be the value of 9.99 + 0.0099 ?
(a) 9.9999 (b) 10.00 (c) 10.0 (d) 10

34. If the value of r is 10.845 ohm and the value of current is 3.23 amp., the potential is 35.02935 . Its value in significant number would be
(a) 3.50 V (b) 35.0 V (c) 35.029 V (d) 35.030 V

35. The volume of one sphere is 1.76 cc . The volume of 25 such spheres (according to the idea of significant figure) is

(a) 44.00 cc (b) 44.0 cc (c) 44 cc (d) 0.44 × 10 2 cc

36. What is the angle between î + ĵ + k̂ and î ?

(a) π / 6 (b) π / 4 (c) π / 3 (d) none of the above

r r r
37. A point of application of a force F = 5 î − 3ĵ + 2k̂ is moved from r1 = 2î + 7ĵ + 4k̂ to r2 = −5î + 2 ĵ + 3k̂ . The work done is

(a) −22 units (b) 22 units (c) 11 units (d) 0 units.

38. The vector sum of n coplanar forces, each of magnitude F , when each force is making an angle of 2π / n with the proceeding one, is
(a) zero (b) nF (c) F / 2 (d) nF / 2

39. Out of the following sets of forces, the resultant of which cannot be zero

(a) 10,10,10 (b) 10,10, 20 (c) 10, 20, 20 (d) 10, 20, 40

40. A vector of magnitude a is rotated through angle θ . What is the magnitude of the change in the vector ?
(a) 2 a sin θ / 2 (b) 2 a cos θ / 2 (c) 2 a sin θ (d) 2 a cos θ

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r r r r
41. The vectors A and B are such that | A + B | = | A − B | . Then the angle between the two vectors will be

(a) 0 o (b) 60 o (c) 90 o (d) 180o

r r r r
42. Given that P + Q = P − Q . This can be true when
r r r r
(a) P = 0 (b) Q = 0
r r r r
(c) neither P nor Q is a null vector (d) P is perpendicular to Q

r r r r r
43. Given that P + Q = R and P 2 + Q 2 = R 2 . The angle between P and Q is
(a) 0 (b) π / 4 (c) π / 2 (d) π

r r r r r
44. Given that P + Q = R . Also, P = Q = R . What should be the angle between P and Q ?
(a) 0 (b) π / 3 (c) 2π / 3 (d) π

r r r r r r r r
45. Three vectors A, B and C satisfy the relation A ⋅ B = 0 and A ⋅ C = 0 . The vector A is parallel to
r r r r
(a) B (b) C (c) B ⋅ C (d) B × C

ANSWERS

1. b 2. c 3. d 4. d 5. c 6. a 7. a 8. b 9. a 10. b
11. b 12. b 13. b 14. b 15. a 16. d 17. c 18. a 19. a 20. c
21. a 22. c 23. a 24. a 25. a 26. c 27. b 28. d 29. b 30. a
31. c 32. c 33. b 34. b 35. b 36. d 37. a 38. a 39. d 40. a
41. c 42. b 43. c 44. c 45. d