70 Units, Dimensions and Measurement

1. The surface tension of a liquid is 70dyne/ cm. In (c) Mass (d) Time
MKS system its value is rg
[CPMT 1973, 74; AFMC 1996; BHU 2002] 8. From the equation tan  , one can obtain the
v2
(a) 70N/m (b) 7  102 N/m
angle of banking  for a cyclist taking a curve
3 2
(c) 7  10 N/m (d) 7  10 N/m (the symbols have their usual meanings). Then
say, it is
2. The SI unit of universal gas constant (R) is
(a) Both dimensionally and numerically correct
[MP Board 1988; JIPMER 1993; AFMC 1996;
(b) Neither numerically nor dimensionally correct
MP PMT 1987, 94; CPMT 1984, 87; UPSEAT 1999]
1 1 (c) Dimensionally correct only
(a) WattK mol
(d) Numerically correct only
(b) NewtonK 1mol1
9. A dimensionally consistent relation for the volume
(c) Joule K 1 mol1 V of a liquid of coefficient of viscosity  flowing
(d) Erg K 1 mol1 per second through a tube of radius r and length
l and having a pressure difference p across its
3. The unit of permittivity of free space  0 is
end, is
[MP PET 1993; MP PMT 2003; CBSE PMT 2004]
pr4 l
(a) Coulomb/Newton-metre (a) V  (b) V 
2 2
8l 8pr4
(b) Newton- metre /Coulomb
8pl p
2
(c) Coulomb /(Newton )2
-metre (c) V (d) V
r 4 8lr4
(d) Coulomb2 /Newton 2
-metre
10. The velocity v (in cm/ sec) of a particle is given
4. The temperature of a body on Kelvin scale is found
to be X K . When it is measured by a Fahrenheit
in terms of time t (in sec) by the relation
b
thermometer, it is found to be X 0 F . Then X is v  at  ; the dimensions of a, b and c
t c
[UPSEAT 2000]
are [CPMT 1990]
(a) 301.25
2 2
(b) 574.25 (a) a  L , b  T, c  LT
(c) 313 (b) a  LT 2 , b  LT , c  L
(d) 40 2
(c) a  LT , b  L, c  T
5. What are the units of K  1/4 0
(d) a  L, b  LT , c  T 2
[AFMC 2004]
(a) C 2 N 1m2 (b) Nm2C 2 11. From the dimensional consideration, which of the
following equation is correct
(c) Nm2C 2 (d) Unitless [CPMT 1983]
6. The SI unit of surface tension is [DCE 2003]
R3 GM
(a) Dyne/cm (b) Newton/cm (a) T  2 (b) T  2
GM R3
(c) Newton/metre (d) Newton-metre
7. E, m, l and G denote energy, mass, angular GM R2
(c) T  2 (d) T  2
momentum and gravitational constant R2 GM
El 2 12. The position of a particle at time t is given by the
respectively, then the dimension of are
m5G 2 v 
[AIIMS 1985] relation x(t)   0  (1  ct) , where v0 is a
(a) Angle (b) Length  
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constant and   0 . The dimensions of v0 and Planck’s constant and velocity of light in vacuum
respectively [UPSEAT 2004]
 are respectively
[CBSE PMT 1995] (a) [M 0L0T 0] (b) [M 1L0T 0]

(a) M 0L1T 1 and T 1 (c) [M 0 L1T 0] (d) [M 0 L0T 1]

(b) M 0L1T 0 and T 1 17. If radius of the sphere is (5.3  0.1) cm. Then
0 1
(c) M L T 1 and LT 2 percentage error in its volume will be [Pb. PET
2000]
(d) M 0L1T 1 and T 100 1 100
13. The equation of state of some gases can be (a) 3  6.01 (b)  0.01
5.3 3 5.3
 a  R  3  0.1  0.1
expressed as  P   Where P is the (c)    100 (d)  100
 V2  V  5.3  5.3
pressure, V the volume,  the absolute
18. The pressure on a square plate is measured by
temperature and a and b are constants. The measuring the force on the plate and the length of
dimensional formula of a is the sides of the plate. If the maximum error in the
measurement of force and length are respectively
[UPSEAT 2002; Orissa PMT 2004]
4% and 2%, The maximum error in the
2
(a) [ML T 5
] (b) [M 1 L5 T 2 ] measurement of pressure is
[CPMT 1993]
(c) [ML1T 2 ] (d) [ML5 T 2 ]
(a) 1% (b) 2%
a a t 2 (c) 6% (d) 8%
14. The dimensions of in the equation P  ,
b bx 19. While measuring the acceleration due to gravity
by a simple pendulum, a student makes a positive
where P is pressure, x is distance and t is
error of 1% in the length of the pendulum and a
time, are
negative error of 3% in the value of time period.
[KCET 2003] His percentage error in the measurement of g by
(a) MT 2 (b) M 2 LT 3
 
the relation g  4 2 l / T 2 will be

(c) ML T 3 1 (d) LT 3 (a) 2% (b) 4%

(c) 7% (d) 10%
1
15. Dimensions of , where symbols have their 20. The length, breadth and thickness of a block are
0 0
given by l  12cm, b  6 cm and t  2.45cm
usual meaning, are [AIEEE 2003]
The volume of the block according to the idea of
1 1
(a) [LT ] (b) [L T] significant figures should be
[CPMT 2004]
(c) [L2T 2] (d) [L2T 2]
(a) 1 102 cm3 (b) 2 102 cm3
16. The dimensions of e2 / 4 0hc , where e,  0, h (c) 1.763 102 cm3 (d) None of these
and c are electronic charge, electric permittivity,
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(SET -1)
1. (b) 1 dyne  105 Newton, 1cm 10 2
m numerically wrong because the correct

v2
dyne 70 105 N equation is tan  .
70  rg
cm 10 2 m
= 7  102 N / m . pr4 pr4
9. (a) Formula for viscosity   V
8Vl 8l
2. (c)
PV Joule 10. (c) From the principle of dimensional homogenity
1
PV  nRT  R    JK mol1 2
nT mole Kelvin [v]  [at]  [a]  [LT ]. Similarly
[b]  [L] and[c]  [T ]
1 Q Q
3. (d) F . 12 2
4 0 r 11. (a) By substituting the dimensions in
3
R
Q2 T  2
 0  GM
F  r2
L3
So  0 has units of Coulomb2 /Newton
-m2 we get T
M 1L3T  2  M
4. (b)
12. (a) Dimension of t = [M 0 L0T 0 ]  [ ] =
F  32 K  273 x  32 x  273
    x  574.25 [T 1
]
9 5 9 5

 0  C 2 /N-m2 Unit
 v0 
    [L] so [v0 ]  [LT ]
5. (b) Unit of of K = 1
Again
 
Nm2C 2
***
6. (c)
7. (a)
13. (a) By the principle of dimensional homogenity
[E]  [ML2T 2 ], [m]  [M ], [l]  [ML2T 1 ]
and [G]  [M 1 L3T 2 ] Substituting the  a 
[P ]   2   [a]  [P ] [V 2]  [ML1T  2][L6 ]
dimension of above quantities in the given V 
formula :
= [ML5T 2 ]
El 2
14. (a) [a]  [T 2 ] and
m5G 2
2 2
[a  t ] T
[ML2T 2 ][ML2T 1 ]2 M 3 L6 T 4 0 0 0
[b]   1  2
  [M L T ] [P ] [x] [ML T ][L]
[M 5 ][M 1 L3 T  2 ]2 M 3 L6 T  4
 [b]  [M 1T 4 ]
8. (c) Given equation is dimensionally correct
because both sides are dimensionless but  a [T 2 ]
So    1 4
 [MT  2 ]
b
  [M T ]
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15. (d) C    c 2  [L2T  2 ]
 0 0  0 0

16. (a) [e]  [ AT ], 0  [M 1L3T 4 A 2 ],

[h]  [ML2T 1 ]
1
and [c]  [LT ]


 e2   A 2T 2 
    1  3 4 2 1 
 4 0 hc  M L T A  ML T  LT 
2 1

 [M 0 L0 T 0 ]

4 3
17. (c) Volume of sphere (V)  r
3

r
% error in volume  3  100
r

 0.1 
  3   100
 5.3 

F F
18. (d) P  2 , so maximum error in pressure
A l
(P)

 P  F l
  100   100 2  100
 P max F l

=4%+2×2%=8%

19. (c) Percentage error in g = (%errorin l) + 2(%

error in T) = 1% + 2(3%) = 7%

20. (b) Volume V  l  b t

 12 6  2.45  176.4 cm3
V  1.764 102 cm3

since, the minimum number of significant

figure is one in breadth, hence volume will also
contain only one significant figure. Hence,
V  2  102 cm3 .