STD.

XI, AKTUTORIAL
Question no. 1 to 13 : 1 marks each.

1) The density of a material in the shape of a cube is determined by measuring

three sides of the cube and its mass. If the relative errors in measuring the
mass and length are respectively 1.5 % and 1%, the maximum error in
determining the density is :
(a) 4.5 % (b) 6% (c) 2.5 % (d) 3.5 %

Ans : (a)

2) In a particular system, the units of length, mass and time are 10 cm, 10 g and
0.1 s respectively. The unit of force in this system will be :
(a) 0.1 N (b) 1N (c) 10 N (d) 100 N

Ans : (a)

3) In 0.02800 number of significant figures will be :

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

Ans : (c)

4) Resistance of a given wire is obtained by measuring the current flowing in it

and the voltage difference applied across it. If the percentage errors in the
measurement of the current and the voltage are 3 % each, then error in the
value of resistance of the wire is :
(a) 6% (b) zero (c) 1% (d) 3%

Ans : (a)

5) The density of a material in SI units is 128 kg m-

3
. In certain units in which
the unit of length is 25 cm and unit of mass is 50 g, the numerical value of
density of the material is :
(a) 40 (b) 16 (c) 640 (d) 410

Ans : (a)
6) In an experiment, the percentage of error occurred in the measurement of
physical quantities A, B, C and D are 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% respectively.
Then the maximum percentage of error in the measurement X,
2 1/2
A B
Where X = 1/3 3
, will be :
C D
(a) 16 % (b) -
10 % (c) 10 % (d) (3 / 13) %

Ans : (a)

7) The diameter and height of a cylinder are measured by a meter scale to be

12.6 ± 0.1 cm and 34.2 ± 0.1 respectively. What will be the value of its
volume in appropriate significant figures ?
3 3
(a) 4300 ±
80 cm (b) 4260 ±
80 cm
3 3
(c) 4264.4 ±
81.0 cm (d) 4264 ±
81 cm

Ans : (b)

2
8) The area of a square is 5.29 cm . The area of 7 such squares taking into
account the significant figures is :
2 2 2 2
(a) 37 cm (b) 37.0 cm (c) 37.03 cm (d) 37.030 cm

Ans : (c)

9) If E, m, l and G denote energy, mass, angular momentum and gravitational

2
constant respectively, the quantity El has the dimension of :
5 2
mG

(a) angle (b) length (c) mass (d) time

Ans : (a)
 3 2
2K l
10) A physical quantity X is given by X = . The percentage error in the
mÖ n
measure of K, l, m and n are 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% respectively. The value of
X is uncertain by :
(a) 8% (b) 10 % (c) 12 % (d) none of these.

Ans : (c)

a e-a
z / kq
11) The variation of pressure P with distance z is given by , P =
b
where a
,b
are constants, k is Boltzmann constant and q
is temperature. The

dimensional formula of b
will be :
-
1 2 0 0 0
(a) [ M LT ] (b) [M L T ]
0 2 0 1 -
1 -
2
(c) [M L T ] (d) [M L T ]

Ans : (c)

12) Which of the following pairs does not have similar dimensions ?
(a) Stress and pressure
(b) Tension and surface tension
(c) Planck's constant and angular momentum
(d) Angle and strain.

Ans : (b)

13) The following observations were taken for determining surface tension T for
water by capillary method :
-
2 -
2
diameter of capillary, D = 1.25 ´ 10 m rise of water, h = 1.45 ´10 m.
2 rhg 3
Using g = 9.80 m/s and the simplified relation T = ´ 10 N/m , the
2
possible error in surface tension is closest to :
(a) 10% (b) 0.15% (c) 1.5% (d) 2.4%

Ans : (c)
Question no. 14 to 17 : 3 marks each.

14) Force F is given in terms of time t distance x by F = A sin Ct + B cos Dx.

Then the dimensions of A/B and C/D are :
0 0 0 0 0 -
1 -
2 0 -
1 0
(a) [M L T ] [M L T ] (b) [M LT ] [M L T ]
0 0 0 0 -
1 0 1 -
1 0 0 0
(c) [M L T ] [M L T ] (d) [M L T ] [M L T ]

Ans : (c)

15) In a new system of units called star units, 1 kg* = 10 kg, 1 m* = 1 km and
1 s* = 1 minute, what will be value of 1 J in the new system ?
-
5 -
4
(a) 2.4 ´
10 J* (b) 3.6 ´
10 J*
-
3 -
2
(c) 4.2 ´
10 J* (d) 4.2 ´
10 J*

Ans : (b)

16) Planck's constant (h), speed of light in vacuum (c) and Newton's
gravitational constant (G) are three fundamental constants. Which of the
following combinations of these has dimension of length ?

(a) Gc (b) hG (c) hG (d) hc

3/2 3/2 5/2
h c c G

Ans : (b)

a
17) If force = 3 , then the dimension of a
and b
will be :
b
+ density

-
2 -
2 -
1/3 2 4 -
2 1/3 -
1
(a) [M L T ] [M L ] (b) [M L T ] [M L ]
2 -
2 -
2 1/3 -
1 2 -
2 -
2 -
3
(c) [M L T ][M L ] (d) [M L T ] [M L ]

Ans : (c)