BIRLA DIVYA JYOTI, UTTORAYON, SILIGURI

XI SC
SUBJECT: Physics
Ch: Units & Measurements (2024-25)
Name: Worksheet 2 of 2 Roll No:______

Q. Select and write one most appropriate option out of the four options given for
each of the questions
1 The pair of quantities having the same dimensions is:
a) displacement, velocity b) time, frequency
c) wavelength, focal length d) force, acceleration
2 The number of significant figures in the number 0.0028 is:
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
3 Which of the following is not the unit of time:
a) second b) minute c) month d) light year
4 If x=a +bt+ c t 2, where x is in metre and t in second, then what is the unit of ‘c’?
a) m/s b) m/s2 c) kg m/s d) m2/s

5 The base quantity among the following is:

a) Speed b) area c) length d) weight

6 Dimensional analysis can be applied to

a) to check the correctness of a physical equation.
b) to derive the relationship between different physical quantities.
c) to convert a physical quantity from one system of units to others
d) All of the above.
7 Which of the following physical quantity has the dimensional formula [ M L2 T −3 ]
a) Work b) power c) kinetic energy d) impulse

8 The dimensions of universal gravitational constant is:

a) [ M −1 L3 T −2 ] b)[ M 1 L T −2 ] c) [ M L−1 T −1 ] d) [ M 1 L−1 T −1 ]

9 Which of the following is dimensionless:

a) force/acceleration b) velocity/acceleration c) volume/area d) energy/work

10 The dimensional formula for energy is

a) [MLT–2] b) [ML2T–2] c) [M–1L2T] d) [M L2 T]

11 Which pair do not have equal dimensions?

a) Energy and torque b) Force and impulse c)
Angular momentum and Planck’s constant d) Elastic modulus and pressure
12 There are 20 divisions in 4 cm of the main scale. The vernier scale has 10 divisions. The least
count of the instrument is
a) 0.05 cm b) 0.5 cm c) 5.0 cm d) 0.005 cm

13 The number of significant figures in 0.06900 is

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

14 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

15 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

16 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

17 Which of the following measurements is most precise?

 a) 5.00 mm b) 5.00 cm c) 5.00 m d) 5.00 km

18 The mean length of an object is 5 cm. Which of the following measurements is most
accurate?
a) 4.9 cm b) 4.805 cm c) 5.25 cm d) 5.4 cm

19 Young’s modulus of steel is 1.9 × 10 11 N/m2. When expressed in CGS units of dynes/cm 2, it
will be equal to (1N = 105 dyne, 1m2 = 104 cm2)
a) 1.9 × 1010 b) 1.9 × 1011 c) 1.9 × 1012 d) 1.9 × 1013

20 Which of the following ratios express pressure?

a) Force/ Area b) Energy/ Volume c) Energy/ Area d) Force/ Volume

Assertion - Reasoning based questions.

These consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these
questions selecting the appropriate option given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is False but R is true

21 Assertion : When we change the unit of measurement of a quantity, its numerical value
changes.
Reason : Smaller the unit of measurement smaller is its numerical value.

22 Assertion: Number of significant figures in 0.005 is one and that in 0.500 is three.
Reason: This is because zeros are not significant.

23 Assertion: Out of three measurements l= 0.7m , l=0.70 m and l=0.700m is most accurate.
Reason: In every measurement, only the last significant digit is not accurately known

√
24 l .
Assertion: The Time Period of pendulum is given by T =2 π
g
Reason: According to principle of homogeneity of dimensions, only that formula is correct in
which dimensions of LHS is equal to dimensions of RHS.

25 Assertion: Radian is the unit of plane angle.

Reason: One radian is the angle subtended at the centre of circle by an arc equal in length
to the radius of circle.

26 2
a−t , where P is pressure, x is distance
Assertion: The dimensions of a/b in the equation p=
bx
and t is time, are MT-2.
Reason: By Principle of homogeneity the dimensions of LHS is equal to dimensions of RHS.

27 Assertion: If L=2.331cm, B=2.1cm, then L+B=4.4 cm.

Reason: The least number of significant figures in any number of problem determines the
number of significant figures in the answer of addition or subtraction.

Case - based/data -based questions with 3 to 4 short sub - parts. Internal choice is provided in
one of these sub-parts.

28 System of units: A system of units is a collection of units in which certain units are chosen
as fundamental and all others are derived from them. This system is also called an absolute
system of units. Some common systems in use are:
 c.g.s system: The unit of length is centi-metre, mass is gram, time is second.
 m.k.s system: The unit of length is metre, mass is kilogram, time is second.
 f.p.s system: The unit of length is foot, mass is pound, time is second.
 S.I. system: In 1960, 11th General Conference of Weights and Measures introduced SI
 system. It has 7 fundamental units (Unit of length is metre, mass is kilogram, Time is second,
Temperature is Kelvin, Electric current is Ampere, Luminous intensity is Candela, Amount of
substance is mol) and two supplementary units (Unit of plane angle is radian, solid angle is
steradian)

1) Which of the following is not the name of physical quantity?

(a) Kilogram (b) Density (c) Impulse (d) Energy

2) The weight of a body is 12g. This statement is not correct because

(a) The correct symbol for the unit of weight has not been used.
(b) The correct symbol for gram is gm.
(c) The weight should be expressed in kg.
(d) Of some reason other than those given above.

3) If the unit of force and length are doubled, the unit of energy will be
(a) 1/2 times (b) 2 times (c) 4 times (d) 1/4 times

4) The density of a liquid is 13.6 g cm -3. Its value in S.I. is

(a) 13.6 kgm-3 (b) 136 kgm-3 (c) 13600 kgm-3 (d) 1360 kgm-3

5) 1Kg-wt in gravitational units equals to

(a) 5.4 N in SI system (b) 4.5 N in SI system
(c) 9.8 N in SI system (d) 8.9 N in SI system

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Dimensions: The dimensions of a physical quantity are the powers to which the base
quantities are raised to represent that quantity and expressed by putting square brackets [].
The Dimensional formula tells the fundamental factors on which unit depend. The
dimensional equation have 3 important applications:
(i) To check the correctness of a physical equation.
(ii) To derive the relation between different physical quantities.
(iii) To change from one system of units to another.
Principle of homogeneity of dimensions states that dimensions of fundamental quantities on
both sided of a physical relation must be same.

1) Give that the displacement of a particle is given by x = A² sin² kt, where t denotes the
time. The unit of k is
(a) radian (b) metre (c) hertz (d) second

2) The dimensional formula for angular momentum is same as that for:

(a) torque (b) Plank’s constant (c) gravitational constant (d) impulse

3) Checking the correctness of physical equations using the methods of dimensions is based
on
(a) Equality of frame of reference (b) The type of system of units
(c) The method of measurement (d) Principle of homogeneity of dimensions.

4) Dimensions cannot be used to

(a) To check dimensional correctness of a formula.
(b) Convert units
(c) Find value of constant of proportionality in an equation.
(d) Deduce a relation among physical quantities.

5) Two physical quantities whose dimensions are not same, cannot be:
(a) Multiplied with each other (b) Divided
(c) Added or subtracted in same expression (d) added

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The Van-der Waals equation is (P + a/V 2) (V-b) = RT
Where P is pressure, V is molar volume and T is the temperature of the given sample of gas.
R is called molar gas constant, a and b are called Vander walls constants
 1) The dimensional formula for b is same as that for
(a) P (b) V (c) PV2 (d) RT

2) The dimensional formula for a is same as that for

(a) V2 (b) P (c) PV2 (d) RT

3) Which of the following does not possess the same dimensional formula as that for RT?
(a) PV (b) Pb (c) a/V2 (d) ab/V2

4) The dimensional formula for ab/RT is

(a) ML5T-2 (b) M0L3T0 (c) ML-1T-2 (d) M0L6T0

5) The dimensional formula of RT is same as that of

(a) Energy (b) Force (c) Specific heat (d) Latent heat

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Significant figures in the measured value of a physical quantity tell the number of digits in
which we have confidence. Larger the number of significant figures obtained in a
measurement , greater is the accuracy of measurement and vice – versa . In addition or
subtraction, the number of decimal places in the result should equal the smallest number of
decimal places in any term in the operation. In multiplication and division, the number of
significant figures in the product or in the quotient is the same as the smallest number of
significant figures in any of the factors.
With the help of above comprehension, choose the most appropriate alternative for each of
the following questions:

1) The area enclosed by a circle of diameter 1.06 m with correct number of significant figures
is
(a) 0.88 m2 (b) 1.88 m2 (c) 0.883 m2 (d) 0.882026 m2

2) The circumference of the circle of diameter 1.06 m with correct number of significant
figures is
(a) 3.33 m (b) 3.3 m (c) 3.33142 m (d) 3 m

3) Subtract 2.6 x 104 from 3.9 x 105 with due regard to significant figures.
(a) 3.64 x 105 (b) 3.6 x 105 (c) 3.7 x 105 (d) 3.65 x 106

4) Add 3.8 x 10-6 to 4.2 x 10-5 with due regard to significant figures.
(a) 4.6 x 10-5 (b) 4.58 x 10-5 (c) 4.6 x 10-6 (d) 4.580 x 10-5

5) Two gold pieces each of mass 0.035g are placed in a box with gold piece is
(a) 2.3 g (b) 2.4 g (c) 2.37 g (d) 2.370 g