UNITS AND DIMENSIONS (TEST I)

Time allowed: 60 Minutes Max Marks: 120

Instructions:
 There are 30 multiple choice questions in this paper.
 All the questions have only one correct answer
 Correct Answers will fetch you + 4 marks and Wrong answers 0 mark
 Use of calculators/log book/mobiles/electronic gadgets is not allowed

1. Unit of power is
(A) kilowat (B) kilowat-hour
(C) Dyne (D) Joule
2. The unit of angular acceleration in the S.I. system is
(A) mkg-1 (B) m s-2
(C) rad s-2 (D) m kg-1 k
2
3. Newton/m is the unit of
(A) energy (B) momentum
(C) force (D) pressure
4. The nuclear cross section is measured in barn, it is equal to
(A) 10-2 m2 (B) 10-30 m2
(C) 10-28 m2 (D) 10-14 m2
5. Young’s modulus of a material has the same unit as
(A) pressure (B) strain
(C) compressibility (D) force
6. The dimensions of universal gravitational constant are
(A) [M-2L2T-2] (B) [M-1L3T-2]
-1 -2
(C) [ML T ] (D) [ML2T2]
7. Select the pair whose dimensions are same
(A) pressure and stress (B) stress and strain
(C) pressure and force (D) power and force
8. What is the number of significant figures in 0.310x10 3
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 6
3 -1 -2
9. [ML T Q ] is dimensional formula of
(A) resistivity (B) conductivity
(C) resistance (D) none of these
10. Which of the following pair does not have similar dimensions?
(A) Stress and pressure (B) Angle and strain
(C) Tension and surface tension (D) Planck constant and angular momentum
O 2 -2
11. The dimensional formula [M L T ] stands for
(A) torque (B) angular momentum
(C) latent heat (D) coefficient of thermal conductivity
12. Dimensions of permeability are
(A) [M1L1T-2A-2] (B) [MLT-2]
0 -1
(C) [ML T ] (D) [MLT2A-1]
13. Dimensions of coefficient of viscosity are
(A) [ML2T-2] (B) [ML2T-1]
(C) [ML-1T-1] (D) [MLT]
14. If C and L denote capacitance and inductance respectively, then the dimensions of LC are
(A) [M0L0T0] (B) [M0L0T2]
(C) [M2L0T2] (D) [MLT2]
15. One femtometer is equivalent to
(A) 1015 m (B) 10-15 m
(C) 10-12 m (D) 1212 m
16. 1 kilowat hour is equal to
(A) 1000 W (B) 36x105 J
(C) 1000 J (D) 36x105 W
17. Which statement is wrong?
(A) 1 calorie = 4.18 Joules (B) 1 Ao = 10-10 m
(C) 1 Mev = 1.6x10-13 Joules (D) 1 Newton = 10-5 dynes
18. In S.I., Henry is the unit of
(A) self inductance (B) mutual inductance
(C) (A) and (B) both (D) none of these

19. Which of the following is smallest unit?

(A) Millimeter (B) Angstrom
(C) Fermi (D) Metre
20. Which one of the following pairs of quantities and their units is a proper match?
(A) Electric field-Coulomb/m (B) Magnetic flux-Weber
(C) Power-Farad (D) Capacitance-Henry

21. Fission of uranium by slow neutrons is used in

(a) Rocket propulsion
(b) Particle accelerator
(c) Electric generator
(d) Nuclear reactor

22. Maxwell is reponsible for

(a) Law of gravitation
(b) Unification of light and electromagnetism.
(c) Laws of electromagnetic induction
(d) Nuclear model of atom

23. Magnetic intensity is measured in

(a) Am-1 (b) tesla
(c) gauss (d) weber

24. What are the units of magnetic permeability?

(a) Wb A 1m1 (b) Wb-1A m
(c) Wb A m-1 (d) Wb A 1 m

25. The density of mercury in SI is

(a) 1.36kg /cm3
(b)13.6kg/m3
(c) 13.6 �10 3 kg /m3
(d) 13.6 �103 kg /m3

26. The dimensional formula of propagation vector (K) is

M 0 LT 1 �
(a) �
� � (b) �
�M 0 L1T 0 �
�
M 1 L1T 0 �
(c) �
� �(d) � 1 1 0
M L T �
� �
 27. The position of a particle at time t is given by the relation
V0
x ( t) =
a
( 1  e  at )
where V0 is a constant and a >0. The dimensions of V0 and a are respectively
(a) M0L1T 0 and T 1 (b) MoL1T 1and T
(c) MoL1T 1and T 1 (d) MoL1T 1and LT 2

28. The dimensions of pressure gradient are

(a) ML2T 2 (b) ML2T 1
(c) ML1T 1 (d) ML1T 2

29.The dimensional formula of wave number is

(a) M0L0 T 1 (b) M0L1T 0
1 1 0
(c) M L T (d) M L T .
0 0 0

30.If the unit of force is 1 kilonewton, the length is 1 Km and time is 100 seconds, what will be the
unit of mass?
(a) 1000 Kg (b) 1Kg
(c) 10000 Kg (d) 100 Kg.