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The document covers topics related to units and measurements, including the international system of units, significant figures, and dimensions of physical quantities. It consists of multiple-choice questions that test knowledge on fundamental and derived units, significant figures in measurements, and dimensional analysis. The questions range from identifying units and quantities to calculating values with appropriate significant figures.

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TOPIC : UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS

UNIT:1 The international system of units


1. Which one of the following physical quantities is not a fundamental quantity
a) Luminous intensity b) Temperature c) Electric current d) Work

2. Which of the following system of units is not based on unit of mass, length and time
a) CGS b) FPS c) MKS d) SI

3. plane angle and solid angle have


a) units but no dimensions b) dimensions but no unit
c) no units and no dimensions d) both units and dimensions

4. Which of the following is the smallest unit


a) millimeter b) angstrom c) fermi d) meter

5. Which of the fallowing is not a derived unit


a) frequency b) planck’s constant c) gravitational constant d) electric current

Unit:2 Significant figures


6. The number of significant figures in 5.67 x 1015 kg is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 18

7. the number of significant figures in 0.06900 is


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

8. The mass and volume of a body are 4.237 g and 2.5 cm 3 respectively. The density of the material
of the body in correct significant figures is
a) 1.6048 g cm-3 b) 1.69 g cm-3 c) 1.7 g cm-3 d) 1.695 g cm-3

9.The length and breadth of a rectangular sheet are 1.62 cm and 10.1 cm respectively. The area of
the sheet in appropriate significant figure and error is
a) 164 ± 3 cm2 b) 163.62 ± 2.6 cm2 c) 163.6 ± 2.6 cm2 d)163.62±3 cm2

10. If 3.8 x 10-6 is added to 4.2 x 10-5 giving due regard to significant figures, then the result will be
a) 4.58 x 10-5 b) 4.6 x 10-5 c) 4.5 x 10-5 d) none of these

11. The sum of the numbers 436.32, 227.2 and 0.301 in appropriate significant figures is
a) 663.821 b) 664 c) 663.8 d) 663.82

12. 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

13. in an experiment, the length of an object is measured to be 6.50 cm. This measured value can be
written as 0.0650 m. The number of significant figures on 0.0650 m is
a) 3 b) 4 c) 2 d) 5

14. The radius of a circular plate is 1.05 m. Its area (in m2) up to correct significant figures is
a) 3.47 b) 3.475 c) 3.467 d) 3.82

15. The radius of the sphere is 1.41 cm. Its volume to an appropriate number of significant figures is
a) 11.73 cm3 b) 11.736 cm3 c) 11.7 cm3 d) 117 cm3
Unit:3 Dimensions of physical quantities
16. The dimensions of universal gravitational constant is
a) [ M2 L3 T-2 ] b) [ M-1 L3 T-2 ] c) [ M-2 L3 T-2 ] d) [ M2 L-3 T-2 ]

17. [ M L2 T-3 ] is the dimensions of


a) work b) power c) force d) momentum

18. The dimensional formula [ M L2 T-2 ] represents


a) moment of force b) force c) acceleration d) momentum

19. If force (F) acceleration (A) and time (T) be taken as fundamental physical quantities the
dimensions of length on this system of units are
a) FAT2 b) FAT c) FT d) AT2

20. Dimensional formula of coefficient of friction is


a) [ML2T-2] b) [MLT-2] c) [M0L0T0] d) [MLT-1]

21. Which of the following pairs do not have identical dimensions


a) pressure and stress b) work and pressure energy
c) angular momentum and plamck’s constant d)moment of force and momentum

22. If frequency (F), velocity (v) and density (D) are considered as fundamental units, the
dimensional formula for momentum will be
a) DvF2 b) Dv2F-1 c) D2v2F2 d) Dv4F-3

23. Which of the following pairs of physical quantities have same dimensions
a) force and power b) Torque and energy c) Torque and power d) force and torque

24. The time dependence of a physical quantity P is given by P = P 0-αt2t2, where αt2 is a constant and t is
time. Then constant αt2 is
a) dimensionless b) has dimensions of T-2 c) has dimensions of P d) has dimensions of T2

25. The quantities A and B are related by the relation A/B = m, where m is the linear density and A
is the force. The dimensions of B will be
a) same as that of pressure b) same as that of work
c) same as that of momentum d) same as that of latent heat

26. The mass of a liquid flowing per second per unit area of cross section of a tube is proportional
to Px and vy, where P is the pressure difference and v is velocity. Then the relation between x and y
is
a) x = y b) x = -y c) y2 = x d) y = -x2

27. The velocity v of a particle at time t is given by v = at+b/t+c the dimensions of a, b, c are
respectively
a) LT-2. L, T b) L2, T, LT2 c) LT2, LT, L d) L, LT, T2

28. The equation of state of a gas is given by (P+a/V 3) (V-b2) = cT, where P, V, T are pressure,
volume and temperature respectively and a, b, c are constants. The dimensions of a and b are
respectively
a) (ML8T-2) and (L3/2) b) (ML5T-2) and (L3)
c) (ML5T-2) and (L3) d) (ML6T-2) and (L3/2)

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