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Nature of Physical World and Measurement

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many numbers of base SI units are there?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

7

d)

9

2.

What is the percentage error in the measurement of the kinetic energy of a body, if there is a positive error of 50% in the speed of the body

a)

125 %

b)

30 %

c)

50 %

d)

100 %

3.

What is the dimensional formula of torque?

a)

[ML-3T-2]

b)

[ML2T-2]

c)

[ML2T-2]

d)

[MLT2]

4.

Find the relative error of y, if y=x2

a)

Δxx\frac{\Delta x}{x}  

b)

2Δxx\frac{2\Delta x}{x}  

c)

Δx2\Delta x^2  

d)

Δx2 \Delta x^{2\ }  / x

5.

Which the following is a dimensionless quantity

a)

Refractive index

b)

Gravitational constant

c)

Velocity

d)

Planck’s constant

6.

One of the combinations from the fundamental physical constants is hc/G .

The unit of this expression is 

a)

kg 2kg\ ^2  

b)

m3m^3  

c)

s-1

d)

m

7.

If the error in the measurement of radius is 2%, then the error in the determination of volume of the sphere will be

a)

8%

b)

2%

c)

4%

d)

6%

8.

Which of the following has the highest number of significant figures?

a)

0.007 m2

b)

2.64x1024 kg

c)

0.0006032 m2

d)

6.3200 J

9.

If π = 3.14, then the value of π2 is 

a)

9.8596

b)

9.860

c)

9.86

d)

9.9

10.

Which of the following pairs of physical quantities have same dimension? 

a)

force and power

b)

torque and energy

c)

torque and power

d)

force and torque

11.

The dimensional formula of Planck's constant h is 

a)

[ML2T-1]

b)

[ML2T-3]

c)

[MLT-1]

d)

[ML3T-3]

12.

The velocity of a particle v at an instant t is given by v=at+bt2. The dimensions of b is 

a)

[L]

b)

[LT-1]

c)

[LT-2]

d)

[LT-3]

13.

The density of a material in CGS system of units is 4 g cm-3 . In a system of units in which unit of length is 10 cm and unit of mass is 100 g, then the value of density of material will be 

a)

0.04

b)

0.4

c)

40

d)

400

14.

Two quantities are given in which one of which is a vector and another one is a scalar having the same dimensional formula are:

a)

Work and energy

b)

Torque and work

c)

Impulse and momentum

d)

Power and pressure

15.

Which of the following is not the unit of time:

a)

Microsecond

b)

 Leap year

c)

Lunar months

d)

Parallactic second

16.

Which of the following the smallest unit:

a)

Millimeter

b)

Angstrom

c)

Fermi

d)

Metre

17.

Zero error of an instrument introduces:

a)

Systematic error

b)

Random error

c)

Both

d)

None

18.

The sides of a rectangle are 6.01 m and 12 m. Taking the significant figures into account, the area of the rectangle is

   

a)

72 m2

b)

72.1 m2

c)

72.00 m2

d)

72.12 m2

19.

The value of 0.99 – 0.989 is

a)

0.001

b)

0.010x10-1

c)

0.01x10-1

d)

0.1x10-3

20.

With due regard for significant figures, (12.5)2 =

a)

156.250

b)

156.25

c)

156.2

d)

156

21.

The number of significant figures in 600 m is

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.

The number of significant figures in 0.00040 m is

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

23.

The vernier of a circular scale is divided into 30 divisions which coincides against 29 main scale divisions. Each main scale divisions is 1/20 The least count of the instrument is

a)

30'

b)

10'

c)

1'

d)

0.1'

24.

The ratio of the height of a man to the radius of the earth is of the order of

a)

10-9

b)

10-7

c)

10-5

d)

10-3

25.

Which of the following quantities is expressed as force per unit area?

a)

 Work

b)

Area

c)

Volume

d)

  Pressure