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1. In an experiment, to measure the height of a bridge by dropping stone into water underneath, if
the error in measurement of time is 0.1𝑠 at the end of 2𝑠, then the error in estimation of height
of bridge will be
a) 0.49 𝑚 b) 0.98 𝑚 c) 1.96 𝑚 d)2.12 𝑚
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2. The dimension of 𝑘 in the equation 𝑊 = 2𝑘𝑥2 is
a) [ML0T-2] b) [M0LT-1] c) [MLT-2] d) [ML0T-1]
3. A body of mass 𝑚 = 3.513 kg is moving along the 𝑥 - axis with a speed of 5.00 ms-1. The
magnitude of its momentum is recorded as
a) 17.6 kg ms-1 b) 17.565 kg ms-1 c) 17.56 kg ms-1 d)17.57 kg ms-1
5. The unit of physical quantity obtained by the line intergral of electric field is
a) NC-1 b) Vm-1 c) JC-1 d)C2N-1m-2
6. The dimensions of gravitational constant 𝐺 and the moment of inertia are respectively
a) [ML3T-2];[ML2T0] b) [M-1L3T-2];[ML2T0]
c) [M-1L3T-2];[M-1L2T] d) [ML3T-2];[M-1L2T]
7. Unit of stress is
a) 𝑁/𝑚 b) 𝑁 - 𝑚 c) 𝑁/𝑚2 d)𝑁 - 𝑚2
8. Crane is British unit of volume (one crane = 170.4742). convert crane into SI units.
a) 0.170474 m3 b) 17.0474m3 c) 0.00170474m3 d)1704.74m3
11. If the constant of gravitation (𝐺), Plank’s constant (ℎ) and the velocity of light (𝑐) be chosen as
fundamental units. The dimension of the radius of gyration is
a) h1/2𝑐-3/2𝐺1/2 b) h1/2𝑐3/2𝐺1/2 c) h1/2𝑐-3/2𝐺-1/2 d) h-1/2𝑐-3/2𝐺1/2
12. The mass and volume of a body are found to be 500 ± 0.05 𝑘𝑔 and 1.00 ± 0.05𝑚3 respectively.
Then the maximum possible percentage error in its density is
a) 6% b) 3% c) 10% d)5%
15. The following observations were take for determining surface tension of water by capillary
tube method. Diameter of capillary, 𝐷 = 1.25 × 10-2 m and rise of water in capillary. h = 1.46 ×
10-2m
Taking g = 9.80ms-2 and using the relation 𝑇 = (𝑟gh/2) × 103Nm-1, what is the possible error
in surface tension𝑇?
a) 2.4% b) 15% c) 1.6% d) 0.15%
16. 𝑅 and 𝐿 represent respectively resistance and self inductance, which of the following
combinations has the dimensions of frequency
𝑅 𝐿 𝑅 𝐿
a) 𝐿 b) 𝑅 c) 𝐿
d) 𝑅
17. The random error in the arithmetic mean of 100 observations is 𝑥; then random error in the
arithmetic mean of 4000 observations would be
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a) 4𝑥 b) 4𝑥 c) 2𝑥 d) 2𝑥
20. If the length of a rectangle 𝑙 = 10.5 cm, breadth 𝑏 = 2.1 cm and minimum possible
measurement by scale = 0.1 cm, then the area is
a) 22.0 cm2 b) 22.1 cm2 c) 22.05 cm2 d)22 cm2