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8 MAY 2011
TEST – PHYSICS (2013)
TOPIC – VECTORS & DIMENSIONS

PART – 1
(DIMENSIONS)

1. Are there more microseconds in a second than there are seconds in a year?
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2. Can a quantity have dimensions but still have no units?
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3. If x  a  bt  ct 2
, where x is in metre and t is second, what is the unit of c?
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4. What is dimensional analysis? State its uses.
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5. What is the relation between a cubic metre and a cubic centimeter?
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6. If the units of energy, force and velocity are 100 J, 10 N and 5 m/s, find the units of mass, length and time.
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7. If the angular momentum is defined by L = I  where I is moment of inertia ( MR 2 ) and  is the angle, h
E  energy  1
is the blank constant which is , frequency v = show that L and h have same dimensions.
  frequency  t
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8. The height h to which a liquid of surface tension T and density  rises in a capillary of radius r is given by
2T cos
the relation h  where  is the angle of contact and g is the acceleration due to gravity. Verify
r 2 g
the correctness of this statement.
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9. A jet of water cross-sectional area a impinges normally on a stationary flat plate with a velocity v . If  is
the density of water, determine by dimensional analysis the expression for the force, F exerted by the jet on the
plate.
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10. Find the value of 20 J on a system which has 10 cm, one kg and 1/2 minute as the fundamental units of length,
mass and time respectively.
PART – 2
VECTORS

1. Which of the following are scalar and which are vector quantities.?
Time, weight, speed, acceleration, temperature and power
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2. Vectors cannot be added algebraically. Why?
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3. Two forces of 10N and 6N act on a body and their directions are unknown. Between which max. and min.
limits does the resultant force lie?
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4. If A and B are two vectors, can A  B be equal to zero?
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5. Distinguish between scalar and vector quantities, giving examples of each.
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6. How can a vector be subtracted from another vector?
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7. Define zero vector. What does it signify?
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8. Resultant of two equal forces at right angles to each other is 1414 dyne. Find the magnitude of each force.
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9. Two equal forces have their resultant equal to either. At what angle are they inclined to each other?
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10. Using parallelogram law of vector addition, show that the magnitude of the resultant vector C of the two
vectors A and B inclined at an angle  is given by C =  A 2  B 2  2 AB cos   .
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11. Show the vector addition is commutative or prove that vector addition is associative.
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