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Main level Experiment, errors &unit-dimensions CPQ

1. In the measurement of length of a small metal piece vernier caliper is used. If zero of vernier scale lies
between 2.1 and 2.2 cm and 6th vernier scale division coincide with a main scale division then the length of
metal piece is (least count of vernier caliper is 0.2 mm):
(A) 2.15 cm (B) 2.14 cm (C) 2.16 cm (D) 2.22 cm

2. What is the reading of vernier scale shown is figure. It is given

that ten vernier scale divisions coincide with eight main scale 5 6
divisions. main Scale
(A) 5.46 cm (B) 5.32 cm
5 Vernier
(C) 5.27 cm (D) 5.34 cm scale

3. A Vernier caliper has 20 divisions on its vernier scale which coincide with 16 divisions on the main scale.
Least count of the instrument is 0.1 mm. The main scale division is :
(A) 0.5mm (B) 1mm (C) 2mm (D) 0.25mm

4. A veriner caliper having 1 main scale division = 0.1 cm is designed to have a least count 0.02 cm. If n be
the number of divisions on vernier scale and m be the length of vernier scale, then :
(A) n 10,m  0.5cm (B) n  9, m  0.4cm
(C) n 10, m  0.8cm (D) n 10, m  0.2 cm

5. Choose the wrong statement for zero error and zero correction :
(A) If the zero of the vernier scale does not coincide with the zero of the main scale then the
instrument is said to be having a zero error.
(B) Zero correction has a magnitude equal to zero error but sign is opposite to that of the zero error.
(C) Zero error is positive when the zero of vernier scale lies to the left of the zero of the main scale.
(D) zero error is negative when the zero of vernier scale lies to the left of zero of main scale

6. What is the reading of micrometer screwgauge shown in figure.

One division of pitch scale is 1mm and there are 50 divisions on
1 35
circular scale. 0 2
(A) 2.31 mm (B) 2.29 mm 30
mm
(C) 2.62 mm (D) 2.84 mm 25

7. The pitch of a screw gauge is 1 mm and there are 100 divisions on its circular scale. When nothing is put in
between its jaws, the zero of the circular scale lies 6 divisions below the reference line. When a wire is
placed between the jaws, 2 linear scale divisions are clearly visible while 62 divisions on circular scale
coincide with the reference line. Determine the diameter of the wire.
(A) 2.62 mm (B) 2.68 mm (C) 2.56 mm (D) 2.52 mm

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8. A screw gauge with a pitch of 0.5 mm and circular scale with 50 division is used to measure the thickness
of a thin sheet of Aluminium. Before starting the measurement, it is found that when the two jaws of the
screw gauge are brought in contact, the 45th division coincides with the main scale line and the zero of the
main scale is barely visible. What is the thickness of the sheet if the main scale reading is 0.5 mm and the
25th division coincides with the main scale ine?
(A) 0.80 mm (B) 0.70 mm (C) 0.50 mm (D) 0.75mm

9. The pitch and the number of divisions on the circular scale, for a given screw gauge are 0.5 mm and 100
respectively. When the screw gauge is fully tightened without any object, the zero of its circular scale lies
3 divisions below the mean line. The readings of the main scale and the circular scale, for a thin sheet, are
5.5 mm and 48 respectively, the thickness of this sheet is :
(A) 5.950 mm (B) 5.755 mm (C) 5.725 mm (D) 5.740 mm
a 3b 2
10. The 3 physical quantities are related as x  , if the age error in a, b, and c are  2%,  1% and  4% ,
c
respectively, then age error in x is :
(A)  8% (B) 12% (C) 14% (D) 10%

11. Two resistance R1   3.0  0.1 Ω and R 2   6.0  0.2  Ω are to be joined together.
(A) The maximum resistance obtainable is  9.0  0.3 Ω
(B) The maximum resistance obtainable is  9.0  0.2  Ω
(C) The minimum resistance obtainable is  2.0  0.3 Ω
(D) The minimum resistance obtainable is  2.0  0.2  Ω

12. 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) 2.5% (B) 3.5% (C) 4.5% (D) 6%
13. A uniform wire of length   5  0.05 cm and radius r  0.5  0.005 can has mass m = 0.4 + 0.004g.
The percentage error in its density is :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5.8

14. The length of a simple pendulum is about 100 cm known to have an accuracy of 1 mm. Its period of
oscillation is 2 s determined by measuring the time for 100 oscillations using a clock of 0.1 s resolution.
What is the accuracy in the determined value of g?
(A) 0.2% (B) 0.5% (C) 0.1% (D) 0.3%

15. The graph between object distance u and image

(cm) V
distance v for a lens is given below. The focal length
of the lens is :
(A) 5  0.1 +11
(B) 5  0.05
+10
C) 0.5  0.1
+9 45 u (cm)
–9 –10 –11
(D) 0.5  0.05

16. In a resonance column method, resonance occurs at two successive level of l1  30.7 cm and l2  63.2 cm
using a turning fork of frequency f = 512 Hz. What is the maximum error in measuring speed of sound
using relations v  f and   2(l2  l1 ) .
(A) 256 cm/sec (B) 92 cm/sec (C) 204.8 cm/sec (D) 102.4 cm/sec

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17. A student perform an experiment to determine the Young’s modulus of a wire, exactly 2 m long, by
Searle’s method. In a particular reading, the student measures the extension in the length of the wire to be
0.8 mm with an uncertainty of  0.05 mm at a load of exactly 1.0 kg. The student also measures the
diameter of the wire to be 0.4 mm with an uncertainty of  0.01 mm . Take g = 9.8 m/s2 (exact). The
Young’s modulus obtained from the reading is:
(A)  2.0  0.31011 N / m 2 (B)  2.0  0.2  1011 N / m 2
(C)  2.0  0.1  1011 N / m2 (D)  2.0  0.05   1011 N / m2
18. Diameter of a steel ball is measured using a vernier calipers which has divisions of 0.1 cm on its main
scale (MS) and 10 divisions of its vernier sale (VS) match 9 divisions on the main scale. Three such
measurements for a ball are given as ;
S. No. MS (cm) VS divisions
1 0.5 8
2 0.5 4
3 0.5 6
If the zero error is 0.03 cm , then mean corrected diameter is :
(A) 0.56 cm (B) 0.59 cm (C) 0.53 cm (D) 0.52 cm

19. A student measures the time period of 100 oscillations of a simple pendulum four times. The data set is 90
s, 91 s, 95 s and 92 s. If the minimum division in the measuring clock is 1 s, then the reported mean time
should be :
(A) 92  2s (B) 92  5.0s (C) 92  1.8s (D) 92  3s

20. Write down the number of significant figures in the following :

(i) 6428N (ii) 62.00 m (iii) 0.00628 cm (iv) 1200N
(A) 4, 2, 5, 2 (B) 4, 4, 3, 4 (C) 4, 2, 6, 4 (D) 4, 4, 6, 2

21. The length and breadth of a metal sheet are 3.124 m and 3.002 m respectively. The area of this sheet upto
correct significant figure is :
(A) 9.378 m2 (B) 9.37 m2 (C) 9.378248 m2 (D) 9.3782 m2

22. The least count of the main scale of a screw gauge is 1 mm. The minimum number of divisions on its
circular scale required to measure 5m diameter of a wire is:
(A) 50 (B) 100 (C) 200 (D) 500

23. The resistance of a platinum wire is measured in 5 different experiments as given below 16.72 , 16.57  .
16.68 , 16.88 ; 16.50 . Which one of the following is most appropriate way to write the mean
resistance of wire.
(A) 16.7  0.10  (B) (16.67  0.11) 
(C) (16.670  0.108)  (D) (16.67  0.108) 

24. In a screw gauge, 5 complete rotation of the screw cause it to move a linear distance of 0.25 cm. There are
100 circular sale divisions. The thickness of a wire measured by the screw gause gives a reading of 4 main
scale divisions and 30 circular sale divisions. Assuming negligible zero error, the thickness of the wire is :
(A) 0.3150 cm (B) 0.2150 cm (C) 0.4300 cm (D) 0.0430 cm

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25. The relative error in the determination of the surface area of a sphere is  . Then the relative error in the
determination of its volume is:
3 5 2
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
2 2 3
26. The percentage error in quantities P, Q R and S are 0.5% , 1%, 3% and 1.5% respectively in the
P3 Q 2
measurement of a physical quantity A  . The maximum percentage error in the value of A will be:
RS
(A) 6.5% (B) 8.5% (C) 6.0% (D) 7.5%

27. The relative uncertainty in the period of a satellite orbiting around the earth is 102 . If the relative
uncertainty in the radius of the orbit is negligible, the relative uncertainty in the mass of the earth is :
(A) 6  102 (B) 102 (C) 2 102 (D) 3102
28. A student measured the diameter of a small steel ball using a screw gauge of least count 0.001 cm. The
main scale reading is 5 mm and zero of circular scale division coincides with 25 divisions above the
reference level. If screw gauge has a zero error of 0.004 cm , the correct diameter of the ball is:
(A) 0.521cm (B) 0.525cm (C) 0.053cm (D) 0.529cm

29. A student measures the distance traversed in free fall of a body, initially at rest, in a given time. He uses
this data to estimate g, the acceleration due to gravity. If the maximum percentage error in measurement of
the distance and the time e1 and e 2 respectively, the percentage error in the estimation of g is:
(A) e 2  e1 (B) e1  2e 2 (C) e1  e 2 (D) e1  2e 2

30. If the error in the measurement of radius of a sphere is 2% , then the error in the determination of volume
of the sphere will be :
(A) 8% (B) 2% (C) 4% (D) 6%

31. The density of a cube is measured by measuring its mass and length of its sides. If the maximum error in
the measurement of mass and lengths are 3% and 2% respectively, the maximum error in the
measurement of density would be :
(A) 12% (B) 14% (C) 7% (D) 9%

32. Percentage errors in the measurement of mass and speed are 2% and 3% respectively. The error in the
estimate of kinetic energy obtained by measuring mass and speed will be :
(A) 8% (B) 2% (C) 12% (D) 10%

33. A certain body weights 22.42 g and has a measured volume of 4.7cc. The possible error in the
measurement of mass and volume are 0.01 g and 0.1 cc. Then maximum error in the density will be :
(A) 22% (B) 2% (C) 0.2% (D) 0.02%
e2
34. A physical quantity of the dimensions of length that can be formed out of c, G and is [c is velocity
40
of light, G is the universal constant of gravitation and e is charge]
1/ 2 1/ 2 1/ 2
2
 e2  1  e2  1 e2 1  e2 
(A) c G  (B)   (C) G (D) G 
 40  c 2  G40  c 40 c 2  40 
35. If energy (E), velocity (V) and time (T) are chosen as the fundamental quantities, the dimensional formula
of surface tension will be :
(A) [EV 2 T 2 ] (B)  E 2 V 1T 3  (C)  EV 2 T 1  (D)  EV 1T 2 
     
36. If force (F), velocity (V) and time (T) are taken as fundamental units, then the dimensions of mass are :
(A)  FVT 1  (B)  FVT 2  (C)  FV 1T 1  (D)  FV 1T 
       
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37. The dimensions of  0 0  are :
(A)  L1/ 2T 1/ 2  (B)  L1T  (C)  LT 1  (D)  L1/ 2 T1/ 2 
       
38. The density of a material in CGS system of unit is 4g cm3 . In a system of units in which unit of length is
10 cm and unit of mass is 100 g, the value of density of material will be :
(A) 0.04 (B) 0.4 (C) 40 (D) 400
1
39. The dimension of  0 E 2 , where 0 is permittivity of the free space and E is electric field, is:
2
2 2
(A) ML T (B) ML1T 2 (C) ML2T 1 (D) MLT 1
40. If the dimensions of a physical quantity are given by M a LbT c , then the physical quantity will be :
(A) Velocity if a 1, b  0,c  1 (B) Acceleration if a 1,b 1,c   2
(C) Force if a  0,b  1,c   2 (D) Pressure if a 1, b   1,c   2

41. Which two of the following five physical parameters have the same dimensions?
1. energy density 2. refractive index 3. dielectric constant
4. Young’s modulus 5. magnetic field
(A) 1 and 4 (B) 1 and 5 (C) 2 and 4 (D) 3 and 5

42. dimensions of resistance in an electrical circuit, in terms of dimension of mass M, of length L, of time T
and of current I, would be
(A)  ML2T 2  (B)  ML2 T 1I 1 
 ML2T 3I 2  (D)
(C)  ML2T 3I 1 
       
b
43. The velocity v of a particle at time t is given by v  at  , where a, b and c are constants. The
tc
dimensions of a, b and c are :
(A)  L  ,  LT  and LT 2  (B)  LT 2  ,  L  and  T 
 
(C)  L2  ,  T  and  LT 2  (D)  LT 2  ,  LT  and  L 
     
44. The ratio of the dimensions of Plank’s constant and that of moment of inertia is the dimensions of:
(A) Time (B) Frequency
(C) Angular momentum (D) Velocity

45. The dimensions of universal gravitational constant are

(A)  M 1L3T 2  (B)  ML2 T 1  (C)  M 2 L3T 2  (D)  M 2 L2 T 1 
       
46. The unit of permittivity of free space, 0 , is :
(A) Coulomb/newton-metere (B) Newton-metre2/coulomb2
(C) Coulomb2/Newton-metre2 (D) Coulomb2/(Newton-metre)2

47. Which pair do not have equal dimensions?

(A) Energy and torque (B) Force and impulse
(C) Angular momentum and Planck constant (D) Elastic modulus and pressure

48. The dimensional formula of magnetic flux is:

(A)  M 0 L2T 2 A 2  (B)  ML0T 2 A 2  (C)  ML2T 2 A 1  (D)  ML2T 1A 3 
       
 a  
49. An equation is given here  P  2   b where P = Pressure, V = Volume and  = Absolute
 V  V
temperature. If a and b are constants, the dimensions of a will be :
(A)  ML5T 1  (B)  ML5T1  (C)  ML5T 2  (D)  M 1L5T 2 
       
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50. The dimensions of impulse are equal to that of :

(A) pressure (B) linear momentum
(C) force (D) angular momentum

51. Which of the following dimensions will be the same as that of time?
L C R
(A) (B) (D) LC (D)
R L L
52. Turpentine oil is flowing through a tube of length  and radius r. the pressure difference between the two
P(r 2  x 2 )
ends of the tube is P. The viscosity of oil is given by   where v is the velocity of oil at a
4v
distance x from the axis of the tube. The dimensions of  are :
(A)  M 0 L0 T 0  (B)  MLT 1  (C)  ML2T 2  (D)  ML1T 1 
       
53.  
The time dependence of a physical quantity p is given by p  p0 exp at 2 , where a is a consant and t is
the time. The constant a
(A) is dimensionless (B) has dimensions  T 2 
 
(C) has dimensions  T 2  (D) has dimensions of p
 
54. P represents radiation pressure, c represents speed of light and S represents radiation energy striking per
unit area per sec. The non zero integers x, y, z such that P xS yc z is dimensionless are
(A) x  1, y 1, z 1 (B) x  1, y 1, z 1
(C) x  1, y   1, z 1 (D) x 1, y 1,z  1
55. The dimensional formula of permeability of free space  0 is :
(A)  MLT 2 A 2  (B)  M 0 L1T  (C)  M 0 L2T 1A 2  (D) None of these
     
56. According to Newton, the viscous force acting between liquid layers of area A and velocity gradient
v
v / Z is given by F   A where  is constant called coefficient of viscosity. The dimensional
Z
formula of  is:
(A)  ML2T 2  (B)  M 0 L0 T 0  (C)  ML2T 2  (D)  ML1T 1 
       
57. Dimensional formula of self inductance is
(A)  MLT 2 A 2  (B)  ML2T 1A 2  (C)  ML2T 2 A 2  (D)  ML2T 2 
       
58. If C and R denote capacitance and resistance, the dimensional formula of CR is :
(A)  M 0 L0T1  (B)  M 0 L0 T 0 
   
(C)  M 0 L0T 1  (D) Not expressible in terms of MLT
 
59. The dimensional formula of angular momentum is:
(A)  ML2T 2  (B)  ML2T 1  (D)  MLT 1  (D) [ML2 T 1 ]
     

1
60. The SI unit of the quantity Lv2 , where  is density, L length, v velocity is.
2
(A) newton (B) Newton metre (C) kg/s2 (D) kg m2

61. Dimensionality power of lens is equivalent to:

E LC E B LC B
(A) (B) (C) (D)
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Advanced Level Experiment , errors &unit-dimensions CPQ

1. In an experiment of resonance tube to measure the velocity of sound, first resonance occurs at l = 10cm
from the open end of the tube. End correction of the tube is 1.0cm and the frequency of tuning fork is
700Hz
I. Velocity of sound is 308 m/s
II. Next resonance will occur at l = 32cm from open end of the tube
III. Radius of resonance tube is 1cm IV. Radius of resonance tube is 1.67 cm
(A) I, II (B) I, III (C) II, III (D) I, II, III

2. There are four vernier scales whose specifications are given below : (a  value of main scale division, n 
number of divisions on vernier.)
I. a = 1 mm, n = 10 II. a = 0.5 mm, n = 10
III. a = 0.5 mm, n = 20 IV. a = 1 mm, n = 100
Then which of the following statements is/are correct? (Assume for all the scales n venier divisions
coincide with n  2 main scale divisions)
(A) Least count of I is 0.2 mm. (B) Least count of II is 0.025 mm.
(C) Least count of III is 0.05 mm (D) Least count of IV is 0.01 mm.

3. The smallest division on main scale of a vernier callipers is 1 mm and 10 vernier divisions coincide with 9
main scale divisions. While measuring the length of a line, the zero mark of the vernier scale lies between
10.2 cm and 10.3 cm and the third division of vernier scale coincide with a main scale division.
(a) Determine the least count of calipers. (b) Find the length of the line.

4. The pitch of a screw gauge is 1 mm and there are 100 divisions on the circular scale. While measuring the
diameter of a wire, the linear scale reads 1 mm and 47th division on the circular scale coin with the
reference line. The length of the wire is 5.6 cm. Find the curved surface area (in cm2) of the wire in
appropriate number of significant figures.

5. Student I, II and III perform an experiment for measuring the acceleration due to gravity (g) using a simple
pendulum. They use different lengths of the pendulum and/or record time for different number of
oscillations. The observations are shown in the table.
Least count for length = 0.1 cm ; Least count for time = 0.1 s.
Student Length of the Number of Total time for (n) Time period
pendulum oscillations oscillations (s) (s)
(cm) (n)
I 64.0 8 128.0 16.0
II 64.0 4 64.0 16.0
III 20.0 4 36.0 9.0
 g 
If EI, EII, and EIII are the percentage errors in g, i.e.,   100  , for students I, II and III, respectively,
 g 
(A) E1 = 0 (B) E1 is minimum (C) EI = EII (D) EII is maximum

6. R1, R2, R3 are different values of R. A, B, C are the null points

R
obtained corresponding to R1, R2 and R3 respectively. For which X
G
resistor, the value of X will be the most accurate and why?
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7. A student performed and experiment to measure the speed of sound in air using resonance air-column
method. Two resonances in the air-column were obtained by lowering the water level. The resonance with
the shorter air-column is the first resonance and that with the longer air-column is the second resonance.
Then,
(A) The intensity of the sound heard at the first resonance was more than that at the second resonance
(B) The prongs of the tuning fork were kept in a horizontal plane above the resonance tube
(C) The amplitude of vibration of the ends of the prongs is typically around 1 cm.
(D) The length of the air-column at the first resonance was somewhat shorter than 1/4th of the
wavelength of the sound in air.

8. Consider a Vernier calipers in which each 1 cm on the main scale is divided into 8 equal divisions and a
screw gauge with 100 divisions on its circular scale. In the Vernier calipers, 5 divisions of the Vernier
scale coincide with 4 divisions on the main scale and in the screw gauge, one complete rotation of the
circular scale moves it by two divisions on the linear scale. Then :
(A) If the pitch of the screw gauge is twice the least count of the Vernier calipers, the least count of the
screw gauge is 0.01 mm
(B) If the pitch of the screw gauge is twice the least count of the Vernier calipers, the least count of the
screw gauge is 0.005 mm
(C) If the least count of the linear scale of the screw gauge is twice the least count of the Vernier
calipers, the least count of the screw gauge is 0.01 mm
(D) If the least count of the linear scale of the screw gauge is twice the least count of the Vernier
calipers, the least count of the screw gauge is 0.005 mm

9. The energy of a system as a function of time t is given as E(t)  A 2 exp(t) , where   0.2s 1 . The
measurement of A has an error of 1.25% . If the error in the measurement of time is 1.50% , the percentage
error in the value of E(t) at t = 5s is _______.
10. During Searle’s experiment, zero of the Vernier scale lies between 3.20 102 m and 3.25 102 m of the
main scale. The 20th division of the Vernier scale exactly coincides with one the main scale divisions.
When an additional load of 2kg is applied to the wire, the zero of the Vernier scale still lies between
3.20 102 m and 3.25 102 m of the main scale but now the 45th division of Vernier sale coincides with
one of the main scale division. The length of the thin metallic wire is 2m and its cross-sectional area is
8  107 m 2 . The least count of the Vernier scale is 1.0 105 m . The maximum percentage error in the
Young’s modules of the wire is ______.

11. Using the expression 2d sin   , one calculates the values of d by measuring the corresponding angles 
in the range of 0 to 90 . The wavelength  is exactly known and the error in  is constant for all values
of  . As  increases form 0 .
(A) The absolute error in d remains constant (B) The absolute error in d increases
(C) The fractional error in d remains constant(D) The fractional error in d decreases

12. A student is performing the experiment of Resonance Column. The diameter of the column tube is 4 cm.
The frequency of the tuning fork is 512 Hz. The air temperature is 38C in which the speed of sound is 336
m/s. The zero of the meter scale coincides with the top end of the Resonance Column tube. When the first
resonance occurs, the reading of the water level in the column is:
(A) 14 .0 cm (B) 15.2 cm (C) 16.4 cm (D) 17.6 cm

13. A vernier caliper has 1 mm marks on the main scale. It has 20 equal divisions on the Vernier scale which
match with 16 main sale divisions. For this Vernier caliper the least count is :
(A) 0.02 mm (B) 0.05 mm (C) 0.1 mm (D) 0.2 mm

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14. In a meter bridge set up, which of the following should be the properties of the one meter long wire/
(A) High resistivity and low temperature coefficient
(B) Low resistivity and low temperature coefficient
(C) Low resistivity and high temperature coefficient
(D) High resistivity and high temperature coefficient

15. Consider the MB shown in the figure, let the resistance X have
temperature coefficient 1 and the resistance from the RB have the
temperature coefficient  2 . Let the reading of the meter scale be
10cm from the LHS. If the temperature of the two resistance increase
by small temperature T then what is the shift in the position of the
null point? Neglect all the other changes in the bridge due to
temperature rise.
1 1
(A) 9(1   2 ) T (B) 9(1   2 ) T (C) (1  2 ) T (D) (1   2 )T
9 9
16. In a Searle’s experiment for determination of Young’s Modulus, when a load of 50 kg is added to a 3
meter long wire micrometer screw having pitch 1 mm needs to be given a quarter turn in order to restore
the horizontal position of spirit level. Young’s modulus of the wire if its cross sectional area is 105 m2 is:
(A) 6 1011 N / m 2 (B) 1.5 1011 N / m 2 (C) 31011 N / m 2 (D) None of these

17. On the basis of detail given about two measuring instruments, select the correct statement.
2.45
I. Vernier calliper having main scale division = 0.05 cm and Vernier scale division  cm
50
II. Screw guagae having pitch 0.5 mm and its circular scale division measures 0.01 mm.
(A) Both the instruments having same least count.
(B) Least count of screw gauge is lesser than that of vernier caliper.
(C) Both the instruments have same least count but screw gauge is more precise.
(D) Both the instruments have different least count and screw gauge is more precise.

18. In Searle’s apparatus, when experimental wire is loaded and unloades, the air bubble in spirit level gets
shifted.
(A) Towards reference wire while loading & towards experimental wire while unloading
(B) Towards experimental wire while loading & towards reference wire while unloading
(C) Towards experimental wire, both the times, during loading and unloading
(D) Towards reference wire, both the times during loading and unloading

19. A student is experimenting with resonance tube apparatus in Physics lab to find the speed of sound at room
temperature. He got resonating lengths of air column as 17 cm and 51 cm, using fork of frequency 512 Hz.
Find speed of sound at room temperature and specify, whether the side water reservoir was moved
upwards or downward to obtain the second resonance (51 cm)?
(A) 348 m/s, downwards (B) 348 m/s, upwards
(C) 332 m/s, downwards (D) 332 m/s, upwards

20. When the gap is closed without placing any object in the screw gauge whose least count is 0.005 mm, the
5th division on the circular scale coincides with the reference line on main scale and zero of main scale is
not hidden when a small sphere is placed reading on main scale advances by 4 divisions, whereas circular
scale reading advances by five times to the corresponding reading when no object was placed. There are
200 divisions on the circular scale. The radius of the sphere is :
(A) 4.10 mm (B) 4.05 mm (C) 2.10 mm (D) 2.05 mm

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21. The edge of a cube is a 1.2  102 m . Then its volume will be recorded as :
(A) 1.7  106 m3 (B) 1.70 106 m3 (C) 1.70 107 m 3 (D) 1.78106 m3

22. A wire has a mass 0.3  0.003g , radius 0.5  0.005 mm and length 6  0.06cm . The maximum
percentage error in the measurement of its density is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

23. In an experiment to determine the focal length (f) of a concave mirror by the u-v method, a student places
the object pin A on the principal axis at a distance x from the pole P. The student looks at the pin and its
inverted image from a distance keeping his/her eye in line with PA. When the student shifts his/her eye
towards left, the image appears to the right of the object pin. Then,
(A) x<f (B) f < x < 2f (C) x = 2f (D) x > 2f
V
24. A quantity X is given by 0 L where 0 is the permittivity of free space, L is a length,  V is a
t
potential difference and  t is a time interval. The dimensional formula for X is the same as that of
(A) resistance (B) charge (C) voltage (D) current

25. Match the physical quantities given in Column I with their dimensional formulas given in column II, Q
stands for the dimension of electric charge.
Column I Column II
(A) Electric potential (p) M 1 L3 T 2 Q 2
(B) Electric field (q) ML3 T 2 Q 1
(C) Electric flux (r) MLT  2 Q 1
(D) Electric permittivity (s) ML2 T 2 Q 1

26. Match the column – 1 with Column – II

Column I Column II
(A) Self inductance (L) (p) MT 2 A 1
(B) Magnetic field (B) (q) MLT 2 A 2
(C) Permeability of free space ( 0 ) (r) M 1L3T1A 2
(D) Permittivity of free space (  0 ) (s) ML2 T 2 A 2
(t)
The M 1L3T 4 A 2

27. If the velocity of light c, gravitational constant G and Planck’s constants h be chosen as fundamental units,
then which of the following is(are) correct ?
(A)  L   G1/ 2 h1/ 2c3 / 2  (B)  M    h1/ 2 c G 
(C)  T   G1/ 2 h1/ 2 c5 / 2  (D)  Gh    L5T 3 
28. Let 0  denote the dimensional formula of the permittivity of the vacuum and  0  that of the
permeability of the vacuum. If M = mass, L = length, T = time and I = electric current :
(A)  0    M 1 L3 T 2 I (B)  0    M 1 L3 T 4 I2 
(C) 0    MLT 2 I2  (D) 0    ML2 T 1 I 

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Z
 
29. In the relation ; P  e k

P is pressure, Z is distance, k is Boltzmann constant and  is the temperature. The dimensional formula of
 will be:

(A)  M 0 L2 T0  (B) [ML2 T] (C)  ML0 T 1  (D)  M 0 L2T 1 

     
30. The SI unit of the inductance, the henry can by written as :
(A) weber/ampere (B) volt-second/ampere (C) joule/(ampere)2 (D) ohm-second

31. The dimensional formula for magnetic flux is :

(A) [ML2 T 2 A 1 ] (B) [ML3T 2 A 2 ] (C) [M 0 L2 T 2 A 2 ] (D) [ML2 T 1A 2 ]

32. There are two Vernier calipers both of which have 1 cm divided into 10 equal divisions on the main scale.
The Vernier scale of one of the calipers (C1 ) has 10 equal divisions that correspond to 9 main scale
divisions. The Vernier scale of the other caliper N 2 has 10 equal divisions that correspond to 11 main
scale divisions. The readings of the two calipers are shown in the figure. The measured values (in cm) by
calipers C1 and C2 , respectively, are :

(A) 2.87 and 2.86 (B) 2.85 and 2.82 (C) 2.87 and 2.87 (D) 2.87 and 2.83

33. N divisions on the main scale of a vernier callipers coincide with N + 1 divisions on the vernier scale. If
each division on the main scale is of a units, determine the least count of instrument.

34. Some physical quantities are given in Column I and some possible SI units in which these quantities may be
expressed are given in Column II. Match physical quantities in Column I with the units in Column II.
Column - I Column - II
(A) GMeMs
G- universal gravitational constant,
(p) (volt) (coulomb) (meter)
Me – mass of the earth,
Ms – mass of the sun
(B) 3RT
M
R- universal gas constant, (q) (kilogram) (meter)3 (second)-2
T – absolute temperature,
M – molar mass
(C) F2
q 2 B2
F – force, (r)  meter 2  second 2
Q – charge,
B – magnetic field
(D) GM e
Re
G-universal gravitational constant, (s)  farad   vlot 2  kg 1
Me – mass of the earth,
Re – radius of the earth

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35. In a Searle’s experiment, the diameter of the wire as measured by a screw gauge of least count 0.001 cm is
0.050 cm. The length, measured by a scale of least count 0.1 cm, is 110.0 cm. when a weight of 50 N is
suspended from the wire, the extension is measured to be 0.125 cm by a micrometer of least count 0.001
cm. Find the maximum error in the measurement of Young’s modulus of the material of the wire from
these data.

36. MATCH THE FOLLOWING :

Column I Column II
(A)  ML2T 2  (p) Electric field
 
(B)  MLT 3A 1  (q) Work, Energy
 
(C)  ML3T 3A 1  (r) Angular momentum
 
(D)  ML2 T 1  (s) Electric flux
 

37. MATCH THE FOLLOWING :

Column – I Column - II

(A) Stress (p)  M 0 L0T 1 

 

(B) Coefficient of viscosity (q)  ML2 T 1 

 

(C) Velocity gradient (r)  ML1T 2 

 

(D) Pressure (s)  ML1T 1 

 

(t)  M 0 L2T 1 
 

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Answer : Experiment, errors & unit-dimensions

CPQ (main Level)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

D D A C C C C A C B

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

A C C D B C B B A B

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

A C A B A A C D B D

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

D A B D A D C C B D

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

A C B B A C B C C B

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

A D B C A D C A D C

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CPQ (Advanced Level)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

A AC 1mm,10.23cm 2.6 B R2 AD BC 4

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

8 D A D A A A A B A

20 21 22 23 24 25

8 D A D A [A-S] [B-R] [C-Q] [D-P]

26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

a
( )
[A – s] [B – p] [C – q] [D – t] ACD BC A ABC A D N1

34 35 36

[A-p, q] [B-r, s] [C-r, s] [D-r, s] (1.09  1010 N / m 2 ) [A – q] [B – p] [C – s] [D – r]

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[A – r] [B – s] [C – p] [D – r]

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