Units and Measurements
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Given below are two statements :
Statement I: In a vernier callipers, one vernier scale division is always smaller than one main scale division.
Statement II: The vernier constant is given by one main scale division multiplied by the number of vernier scale divisions.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
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Find the dimensions of \(\frac{B}{\mu_0}\) (Shift I Memory Based)
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The displacement of a particle as a function of time is given by:.
Find the dimension of
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What is the dimensional formula of in the equation , where letters have their usual meaning.
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Find the correct dimensional formula for the capacitance in terms of M, L, T and C, where they stand for units of mass, length, time, and charge.
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Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II |
| (A) Permeability of free space | (I) |
| (B) Magnetic field | (II) |
| (C) Magnetic moment | (III) |
| (D) Torsional constant | (IV) |
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If \(\epsilon_{ o }\) is the permittivity of free space and \(E\) is the electric field, then \(\epsilon_{ o } E ^2\) has the dimensions :
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The velocity of a particle moving along a straight line varies with time as:
where A, B, and C are constants. Determine the dimensional formula of ABC.
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Time periods of oscillation of the same simple pendulum measured using four different measuring clocks were recorded as 4.62s , 4.632s , 4.6s and 4.64s. The arithmetic mean of these readings in correct significant figure is :
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The measurements for a wire are given as:
- Mass, ,
- Radius, ,
- Length, .
Find the maximum percentage error in the measurement of the density of the wire.
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The expression given below shows the variation of velocity (v) with time (t), . The dimension of ABC is :
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10 divisions on the main scale of a Vernier calliper coincide with 11 divisions on the Vernier scale. If each division on the main scale is of 5 units, the least count of the instrument is :
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Which of the following pairs of physical quantities have the same dimensions?(Shift - I Memory Based)
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A physical quantity is given by:.If the percentage errors in and are 2%, 1%, 2%, and 1% respectively, determine the percentage error in .
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A temperature difference can generate e.m.f. in some materials. Let \(S\) be the e.m.f. produced per unit temperature difference between the ends of a wire, \(\sigma\) the electrical conductivity and \(\kappa\) the thermal conductivity of the material of the wire. Taking \(M, L, T, I\) and \(K\) as dimensions of mass, length, time, current and temperature, respectively, the dimensional formula of the quantity \(Z=\frac{S^2 \sigma}{\kappa}\) is:
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Match List - I with List - II.
List - I List - II
(A) Young's Modulus (I)
(B) Torque (II)
(C) Coefficient of Viscosity (III)
(D) Gravitational Constant (IV)
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The pair of physical quantities not having same dimensions is :
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Find the dimensions of \(\frac{B}{\mu_0}\) (Shift I Memory Based)
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The maximum percentage error in the measurment of density of a wire is
[Given, mass of wire
radius of wire
length of wire
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Match List - I with List - II.
List - I List - II
(A) Young's Modulus (I)
(B) Torque (II)
(C) Coefficient of Viscosity (III)
(D) Gravitational Constant (IV)
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The energy in a system varies with position and time as E(x, t) = , where β = 0.3 . Given that the P% error in x = 1.2 % and that the % error in t = 1.6%. Find the maximum % error in E at t = 5 sec.
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If 50 Vernier divisions are equal to 49 main scale divisions of a travelling microscope and one smallest reading of main scale is 0.5 mm, the Vernier constant of travelling microscope is:
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For an experimental expression , where all the digits are significant. Then to report the value of y we should write
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If \(\epsilon_{ o }\) is the permittivity of free space and \(E\) is the electric field, then \(\epsilon_{ o } E ^2\) has the dimensions :
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Find the dimensions of \(\frac{B}{\mu_0}\) (Shift I Memory Based)
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If \(B\) is magnetic field and is permeability of free space, then the dimensions of is
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Electric flux is related to linear charge density and surface charge density as , where and are constants. The dimensions of are:
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The position of a particle moving on x -axis is given by , where \(t\) is time. The dimension of is
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The position of a particle moving on x -axis is given by , where \(t\) is time. The dimension of is
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While measuring diameter of a wire using a screw gauge the following readings were noted Main scale reading is 1 mm and circular scale reading is equal to 42 division Pitch of screw gauge is 1 mm and it has 100 divisions on circular scale The diameter of wire is x/50 mm The value of x is
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A physical quantity is found to depend on quantities by the relation . The percentage error in and are and respectively. Then, the percentage error in is :
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Consider two physical quantities A and B related to each other as
= where E, x and t have dimensions of energy, length and time respectively. The dimension of AB is
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In a vernier calipers, (N+1) divisions of vernier scale coincide with N divisions of main scale. If 1 MSD represents 0.1 mm, the vernier constant (in cm) is :
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Match List - I with List - II.
| List - I | List - II |
| (A) Permeability of free space | (I) |
| (B) Magnetic field | (II) |
| (C) Magnetic moment | (III) |
| (D) Torsional constant | (IV) |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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The pitch of an error free screw gauge is and there are 100 divisions on the circular scale. While measuring the diameter of a thick wire, the pitch scale reads and division on the circular scale coincides with the reference line. The diameter of the wire is:
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The energy of a system is given as , where \(t\) is the time and . The errors in the measurement of and \(t\) are and , respectively. At , maximum percentage error in the energy is :
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In an experiment to measure focal length (f) of convex lens, the least counts of the measuring scales for the position of object (u) and for the position of image (v) are u and v, respectively. The error in the measurement of the focal length of the convex lens will be:
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Which one of the following is the correct dimensional formula for the capacitance (F) in terms of M, L, T and \(C\) stand for unit of mass, length, time and charge,
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A physical quantity is given by:.If the percentage errors in and are 2%, 1%, 2%, and 1% respectively, determine the percentage error in .
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