CHAPTER # 01 (MEASUREMENT )
CHAPTER # 01 (MEASUREMENT ), ASSIGNMENT# 01
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01.The number of significant figures in 0.00150 is: A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
02.An ideal standard of measurement of a base quantity has characteristics
A. accesible B. Transportable C. Invariable D. Both A & C
03.SI unit of electric current is:
A. ampere B.candela C. Kelvin D. dyne
04.Least count of micrometer screwguage is
A. Smallest reading that we can get by using it B. Pitch/ total no. of divisions on circular scale
C. 0.01mm D. All of these
05. Which of the following is a base unit:
A. newton B. second C. Pascal D. Joule
06. No of significant zeros in 0.000101 is
A. 0 B. 1
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07. Balancing screws of physical balance are used to
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A. Balance the physical balance of table B. level the physical balance of horizontal table
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C. Adjust the pointer in the middle before use D. To arrest the physical balance
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08. Particle physics is concerned with:
A. Motion B. Elementary particles of matter C. Material D. Atom
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09. When does international committee agreed on a set of definitions of units?
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A. 1910 B. 1860 C. 1960 D. 1970
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10.Up to 1961 ----------------- was defined as the distance between two finely drawn lines on metal
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bar placed in International bureau of Weighs an Measures, at Sevris near Paris.
A. netwon B. second C. kilogram D. meter
11.In vernier calipers one circular scale division is equal to
A. 1mm B. 1.1mm C. 0.9mm D.0.1mm
12. The SI base unit for mass is:
A. gram B. pound C. kilogram D. ounce E. kilopound
13. A gram is:
A. 10−6 kg B. 10−3 kg C. 1 kg D. 103 kg E. 106 kg
14.Physical quantities can be derived from basic quantities through
A. Multipilication and divison B. Addition and subtraction C. Multiplication and addition
15.How many seconds are in one year?
A. 3.1536×10−7 B. 3.1536×107 C.3.1×10-8 D.3.1×108
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16.Laser is the field of _________________ physics?
(a) Atomic (b) Solid state (c) Molecular (d) Electronic
17. Ibn-al-Haitiam contributed towards ______________ physics?
(a) Nuclear (b) atomic (c) Thermal (d) Optics
18. 14.2 + 2.23 if added according to the rules of S.F will give answer?
A. 16.45 B. 16.4 C. 16.5 D.16.50
19.Physics is a quantitative science based primarily on:
A. Hypothesis B. Definitions C. Experiments and measurements D. A collection of skills
20.1dm3 Pure water at 40C weighs exactly
A. 100kg B.10g C. 1000g D. 103kg
21.A meter is the length of the path traveled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of----------------
------ of a second.
A. 1/299 792 458 B. 9 192 631 770 C. 1000 D. 106
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22.One second is the time taken by-------------------- oscillations of the light (of a specified wavelength)
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emitted by a cesium-133 atom.
A. 165063.73 B.86400 C. 9 192 631 770 D. 299792458
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23.The micrometer (1 um) is often called the micron. (a) How many microns make up 1.0 km
A. 10−6 B. 10−4 C. 109 D. 104
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24. IF x = 20 ± 4, where ± 4 is an absolute error what is its value in % error
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A. 5% B. 10% C. 4% D. 20%
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25. On closing the jaws of vernier calipers if the zero of vernier scale is on the left of the zero of main
scale then zero error is
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A. Positive B. Negative C. No zero error D. Max zero error
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26. Distance between the two consecutive threads of linear screw is called
A. least count B. Pitch C. Zero error D. 0.9mm
27. In measuring cylinder for correct reading of the volume we should keep the eye in level with
A. Top of the meniscus B. Bottom of meniscus C. 1ml above the meniscus D. It does not
matter
28.What is the volume of a rectangular box whose dimensions are (l= 2 cm, w= 1cm, h= 0.5cm)
A. 3 cm3 B. 4cm3 C. 3.5cm3 D. 1cm3
29. The specified method used to obtain scientific knowledge is called
A. Scientific method B. Theory C. Scientific system D. Hypothesis
30. if percentage error in the measurement of radius of sphere is 3%, the % error in its volume is
A. 8% B. 3% C. 9% D.6%
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