Units and Measurement

CBC 1.2

1. The velocity of a particle (v) at an instant t is given by v = at + bt2 the dimension of b is:
(a) [L] (b) [LT-2 ] (c) [LT-1 ] (d) [LT-3 ]
2. Given that: tan  = v2 /rg gives the angle of banking of the cyclist going round the curve. Here v is
the speed of the cyclist, r is the radius of the curve and g is the acceleration due to gravity. Which
of the following statements about the relation is true?
(a) It is both dimensionally as well as numerically correct.
(b) It is dimensionally correct but not numerically.
(c) It is neither dimensionally correct nor numerically correct.
(d) It is numerically correct but not dimensionally.
3. A spherical body of mass m and radius r is allowed to fall in a medium of viscosity . The time in
which the velocity of the body increases from zero to 0.63 times, the terminal velocity (v) is called
the time constant (  ). Dimensionally  can be represented by:

mr 2 m  6 mn 
(a) None of these (b) (c) (d)  
6 6 r  g 
2

4. The velocity of sound v in air depends on the pressure  and the density of air . Which of the
following relations is true?
P P
(a) v    P 
1/ 2
(b) v  (c) v  P  (d) v 
 
5. If x = at + bt2 , where x is the distance travelled by the body in kilometres while t is the time in
seconds, then the unit of b is
(a) km/s (b) kms2 (c) kms (d) km/s2
6. If we choose velocity V, acceleration A and force F as the fundamental quantities, then the angular
momentum in terms of V, A and F would be:
(a) [FV3A-2 ] (b) [FA-1V] (c) [FV2A-1 ] (d) [ML2T -1 ]
7. If force (F), work (W) and velocity (v) are taken as fundamental quantities, then the dimensional
formula of time(T) is:
(a) [WFv-1 ] (b) [WF-1v -1 ] (c) [WFv] (d) [W-1F -1v -1 ]
8. e2
A physical quantity of the dimensions of length that can be formed out of c, G and is [c is
4 0
velocity of light, G is universal constant of gravitation and e is charge]
1
1  e2  2 a  2 t 2 t 
(a) 2   (b)  sin  cos
c  G 4 0  2 T T 

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1  e  2
1  e  2 2
(c) G  (d) G 
2  4 0  c 2  4 0 

9. A student writes following four different expressions for the displacement ‘y’ in a periodic motion:
2 t
i. y=a sin
T
ii. y=a sin Vt
a t
iii. y= sin
T a
a  2 t 2 t 
iv. y=  sin  cos
2 T T 
where a is maximum displacement, V is the speed and T is the time period; then dimensionally:
(a) ii and iii are wrong (b) i and ii are wrong
(c) iii and iv are wrong (d) iv and i are wrong
10. The van der Waals’ equation of state for some gases can be expressed as:Where P is the pressure,
V the molar volume and T is the absolute temperature of the given sample of gas, a, b and R
constants. The dimensions of constant b are:
(a) [ML-1T -2 ] (b) [L6 ] (c) [ML5T -2 ] (d) [L3 ]
11. The position x of a particle at time t is given by x = (1 - e-at ), where V0 is constant and a > 0. The
dimensions of V0 and a are
(a) [M0LT -1 ] and [T] (b) [M0LT -1 ] and [T-1 ]
(c) [M0LT 0 ] and [T-1 ] (d) [M0LT -1 ] and [LT -2 ]
12. In a system of units, if the force (F), acceleration ((A) and time (T) are taken as fundamental units
then the dimensional formula for energy is:
(a) [F2AT] (b) [FAT] (c) [FA2T] (d) [FAT2 ]
13. Given that M is the mass suspended from a spring of force constant K. The dimension of the
1
formula for  M / K  2 is same as that for:

(a) wavelength (b) time period (c) frequency (d) velocity

14. Given that T stands for time period and / stands for the length of simple pendulum. If g is the
l
acceleration due to gravity, then which of the following statements about the relation T2 = ( ) is
g
correct?

(a) It is numerically correct but not dimensionally.

(b) It is neither dimensionally correct nor numerically.

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(c) It is dimensionally correct but not numerically.

(d) It is correct both dimensionally as well as numerically.
15.  2  
Given that: y  A sin    ct  x   where y and x are measured in metres. Which of the
   
following statements is true?
i. The unit of  is same as that of x and A
ii. The unit of  is same as that of x but not of A
2
iii. The unit of c is same as that of

2
iv. The unit of (ct - x) is same as that of

(a) iii and iv (b) ii and iii (c) only i (d) iv and i

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CAC 1.2

1. If  0 , 0 and c represent the relative permittivity of free space, the magnetic permeability of free
space, and the velocity of light respectively, which of the following combinations is correct?
1 1
(a) c  (b) c= 0 0 (c) c= (d) c= 0 0
 0 0  0 0
2. Consider an expanding sphere of instantaneous radius R whose total mass remains constant. The
expansion is such that the instantaneous density  remains uniform throughout the volume. The
 1 d 
rate of fractional change in density   is constant. The velocity v of any point of the surface
 p dt 
of the expanding sphere is proportional to

2
1
(a) R 3 (b) R3 (c)R (d)
R

3. The velocity v (in cm/se(c) of a particle is given in terms of time t (in se(c) by the equation: v =
The dimensions of a, b and, c are:
(a) a = [LT -2 ], b = [L], c = [T] (b) a = [L2 ], b = [T], c = [LT 2 ]
(c) a = [LT 2 ], b = [LT], c = [L] (d) a = [L], b = [LT], c = [T2 ]
4. If the velocity of light ((c), gravitational constant (G), and Planck’s constant (h) is chosen as
fundamental units, then which of the following represents the dimensions of the mass?
(a) [c1/2G-1/2h 1/2 ] (b) [c 1/2G-1/2h -1/2 ]
(c) [c-1/2G 1/2h 1/2 ] (d) [c 1/2G 1/2h 1/2 ]
5. The velocity v (in cm/se(c) of a particle is given in terms of time t (in se(c) by the equation:
b
v = at + . The dimensions of a, b and c are:
t c
(a) a = [L2 ], b = [T], c = [LT 2 ] (b) a = [LT -2 ], b = [L], c = [T]
(c) a = [L], b = [LT], c = [T2 ] (d)a = [LT 2 ], b = [LT], c = [L]
6. The speed (v) of ripples on the surface of water depends on surface tension (  ), density (  ) and
wavelength (  ). The square of speed (v) is proportional to:
  
(a)  (b) (c) (d)
  

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7. The velocity of a particle depends upon the time t according to the equation:
c
v  ab  bt 
d t
The physical quantities which are represented by a, b, c and d, are in the following order:
i. distance, distance, acceleration, time
ii. distance, acceleration, distance, time
iii. acceleration, distance, distance, time
iv. none of these
(a) iii and iv (b) only ii (c) iv and i (d) i and ii
8. Which of the following relation is certainly wrong dimensionally?
2 1 1 2
(a) h  (b) P  (c) h  gt (d)   vt
2g 3c / 
2
2
9. If V denotes the potential difference across the plates of a capacitor C, the dimensions of CV2 are:
(a) Not expressible in [MLT] (b) [ML2T -2 ]
(c) [MLT -2 ] (d) [M2LT -1 ]
10. V
A quantity X is given by  0 L , where is the permittivity of free space, L is the length,  V is a
t
potential difference and  t is a time interval. The dimensional formula for X is the same as that of:

(a) Electric voltage (b) Electric charge

(c) Electrical resistance (d) Electric current
11. A student writes the escape velocity

GM
e 
R2
The equation is:
(a) both dimensionally incorrect and numerically correct
(b) dimensionally incorrect
(c) numerically correct
(d) dimensionally correct
12. 1
What are the units of K = ?
4 0
(a) Unitless (b) Nm2C −2 (c) C 2N −1m−2 (d) Nm2C 2
13. P
If V = , then dimensions of are:

(a) [M0L 0T -1 ] (b) [M0L 0T 0 ]

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(c) [M0L 1T 0 ] (d) [M1L 0T 0 ]

14. A new system of units is evolved in which the values of 0 and  0 are 2 and 8 respectively. Then

the speed of light in this system will be:

(a) 0.25 (b) 0.75 (c) 1 (d) 0.5
15. Given that M is the mass suspended from a spring of force constant K. The dimension of the
1
 M 2
formula for   is same as that for:
K
(a) Wavelength (b) Velocity (c) Frequency (d) Time period

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ANSWER KEY
CBC 1.2
1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (d)
6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (d)
11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (c)
CAC 1.2
1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (b)
6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (d)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (d)

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