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1. Dimensions of , where symbols have their usual meaning, are: [2003]
 00

(A) [L1T] (B) [L2 T 2 ] (C) [L2 T 2 ] (D) [LT 1]

2. The physical quantities not having same dimensions are: [2003]

(A) torque and work (B) momentum and Planck’s constant

(C) stress and Young’s modulus (D) speed and (00 )1/2

3. Which one of the following represents the correct dimensions of the coefficient of viscosity? [2004]
1 2 1 1 1 2 2
(A) ML T (B) MLT (C) ML T (D) ML T

4. Out of the following pair, which one does NOT have identical dimensions [2005]
(A) angular momentum and Planck’s constant (B) impulse and momentum
(C) moment of inertia and moment of a force (D) work and torque

5. Which of the following units denotes the dimensions ML2 /Q2 , where Q denotes the electric charge?

(A) Weber (Wb) (B) Wb/m 2 (C) Henry (H) (D) H/m 2 [2006]

6. The dimension of magnetic field in M, L, T and C (Coulomb) is given as: [2008]

(A) 1 1 (B) 2 2 (C) 1 1 (D) 2 1
MLT C MT C MT C MT C

7. An experiment is performed to find the refractive index of glass using a travelling microscope. In this
experiment distance are measured by: [2008]
(A) a vernier scale provided on the microscope
(B) a standard laboratory scale
(C) a meter scale provided on the microscope
(D) a screw gauge provided on the microscope

8. Two full turns of the circular scale of a screw gauge cover a distance of 1 mm on its main scale. The total
number of divisions on the circular scale is 50. Further, it is found that the screw gauge has a zero error
of  0.03 mm while measuring the diameter of a thin wire, a student notes the main scale reading of
3 mm and the number of circular scale divisions in line with the main scale as 35. The diameter of the
wire is: [2008]
(A) 3.32 mm (B) 3.73 mm (C) 3.67 mm (D) 3.38 mm

9. 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: [2008]

(A) 17.6 kg ms 1 (B) 17.565 kg ms1 (C) 17.56 kg ms1 (D) 17.57 kg ms1

10. The respective number of significant figures for the numbers 23.023, 0.0003 and 2.1  10 3 are
(A) 5, 1, 2 (B) 5, 1, 5 (C) 5, 5, 2 (D) 4, 4, 2 [2009]

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11. In an experiment the angles are required to be measured using an instrument. 29 divisions of the main
scale exactly coincide with the 30 division of the vernier scale. If the smallest division of the main scale
is half-a-degree (  0.5) , then the least count of the instrument is: [2009]
(A) one degree (B) half degree (C) one minute (D) half minute
12. A screw gauge gives the following reading when used to measure the diameter of a wire. [2011]
Main scale reading : 0 mm
Circular scale reading : 52 divisions
Given that 1 mm on main scale corresponds to 100 divisions of the circular scale.
The diameter of wire from the above date is:
(A) 0.052 cm (B) 0.026 cm (C) 0.005 cm (D) 0.52 cm

13. Let [0 ] denote the dimensional formula of the permittivity of vacuum. If M = mass, L = length, T = time

and A = electric current, then: [2013]

(A) [0 ]  [M 1L3 T 4 A 2 ] (B) [0 ]  [M 1L2 T 1A 2 ]

(C) [0 ]  [M 1L2 T 1A] (D) [0 ]  [M 1L3 T 2 A]

14. The dimensions of angular momentum, latent heat and capacitance are respectively. [2013]

(A) 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 (B) 2 2 2 1 2 4 2
ML T A ,L T ,M L T MLT ,L T ,M L T A

(C) ML2 T 1, L2 T 2, ML2 TA 2 (D) ML2 T 1, L2 T 2, M 1L2 T 4 A 2

15. In terms of resistance R and time T , the dimensions of ratio of the permeability  and permittivity

 is: [2014]
(A) 2 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 1 (D) 2
[R T ] [RT ] [R T ] [R ]

16. From the following combination of physical constants (expressed through their usual symbols) the only
combination, that would have the same value in different systems of units is: [2014]

ch e2
(A) (B) (m e  mass of electron)
2 2
0 2 0Gm e2

 00 G 2 0 0 h
(C) (D)
2 2
c he c 2 2 G
17. A student measured the length of a rod and wrote it as 3.50 cm. Which instrument did he use to
measure it? [2014]
(A) A screw gauge having 100 divisions in the circular scale and pitch as 1 mm.
(B) A screw gauge having 50 divisions in the circular scale and pitch as 1 mm.
(C) A meter scale
(D) A vernier calliper where the 10 divisions in vernier scale matches with 9 division in main scale
and main scale has 10 divisions in 1 cm.

18. The current voltage relation of diode is given by I  (e1000V/T  1)mA, where the applied voltage V is in
volts and the temperature T is in Kelvin. If a student makes an error measuring  0.01 V while
measuring the current of 5 mA at 300 K, what will be the error in the value of current in mA? [2014]
(A) 0.5 mA (B) 0.05 mA (C) 0.2 mA (D) 0.02 mA

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19. The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum is T  2  . Measured value of L is 20.0 cm known to
g
1 mm accuracy and time for 100 oscillations of the pendulum is found to be 90 s using wrist watch of 1
s resolution. The accuracy in the determination of g is: [2015]
(A) 3% (B) 1% (C) 5% (D) 2%
20. Diameter of a steel ball is measured using a Vernier callipers which has divisions of 0.1 cm on its main
scale (MS) and 10 divisions of its Vernier scale (VS) match 9 divisions on the main scale. Three such
measurements for a ball are given as: [2015]
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) 0.53 cm (B) 0.59 cm (C) 0.56 cm (D) 0.52 cm

21. If the capacitance of a nano-capacitor is measured in terms of a unit `u’ made by combining the
electronic charge `e’, Bohr radius `a 0 ', Plank’s constant `h’ and speed of light `c’ then : [2015]
2 2 2
e c hc e a0 e h
(A) u  (B) u  (C) u (D) u 
ha 0 2 hc ca 0
e a0
22. A screw gauge with a pitch of 0.5 mm and a circular scale with 50 divisions 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
that 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 line? [2016]
(A) 0.80 mm (B) 0.70 mm (C) 0.50 mm (D) 0.75 mm
23. A student measures the time period of 100 oscillations of a simple pendulum four times. The data set is
90s, 91s, 95s and 92s. If the minimum division in the measuring clock is 1s, then the reported mean
time should be: [2016]
(A) 92  5.0s (B) 92  1.8s (C) 92  3s (D) 92  2s
24. A galvanometer has a 50 division scale. Battery has no internal resistance. It is found that there is
deflection of 40 divisions when R  2400  . Deflection becomes 20 division when resistance taken form
resistance box is 4900  . Then we can conclude: [2016]
(A) Current sensitivity of galvanometer is 20 mA/division.
(B) Resistance of galvanometer is 200 
(C) Resistance required on R.B. for a deflection of 10
divisions is 9800 
(D) Full scale deflection current is 2 mA.
25. 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: [2018]
(A) 6% (B) 2.5% (C) 3.5% (D) 4.5%

26. Expression for time in terms of G (universal gravitational constant), h (Planck constant) and c (speed of
light) is proportional to : [2019]

c3 hc 5 Gh Gh
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5
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27. 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 : [2019]
(A) 5.725 mm (B) 5.755 mm (C) 5.950 mm (D) 5.740 mm

28. The diameter and height of cylinder are measured by a meter scale to be 12.6  0.1cm and 34.2  0.1 cm ,
respectively. What will be the value of its volume in appropriate significant figures? [2019]
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(A) 4264  81 cm (B) 4264.4  81.0 cm 3 (C) 4260  80 cm 3 (D) 4300  80 cm 3

29. 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 the unit of mass is 50 g, the numerical value of density of the material is: [2019]
(A) 16 (B) 40 (C) 410 (D) 640
 x2 
30. The force of interaction between two atoms is given by F   exp    ; where x is the distance, k is
 kT 
 
the Boltzmann constant and T is temperature and  and  are two constant. The dimension of  is:
(A) M 2 LT 4 (B) M 2 L2T 2 (C) MLT 2 (D) M 0 L2T 4 [2019]

31. Let l ,r , c and v represent inductance, resistance, capacitance and voltage, respectively. The dimension of
l
in SI units will be: [2019]
rcv
(A)  LT 2  (B)  LA 2  (C)  A 1  (D)  LTA 
     

32. 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: [2019]
(A) 50 (B) 500 (C) 200 (D) 100
33. If speed (V), acceleration (A) and force (F) are considered as fundamental units, the dimension of Young’s
modulus will be: [2019]
(A) V 4 A 2F (B) V 2 A 2F 2 (C) V 2 A 2 F 2 (D) V 4 A 2 F

34. A load of mass M kg is suspended from a steel wire of length 2 m and radius 1.0 mm in Searle’s
apparatus experiment. The increase in length produced in the wire is 4.0 mm. Now the load is fully
immersed in a liquid of relative density 2. The relative density of the material of load is 8. The new value
of increase in length of the steel wire is : [2019]
(A) zero (B) 4.0 mm (C) 3.0 mm (D) 5.0 mm

35. A resonance tube is old and has jagged end. It is still used in the laboratory to determine velocity of
sound in air. A tuning fork of frequency 512 Hz produces first resonance when the tube is filled with
water to a mark 11 cm below a reference mark, near the open end of the tube. The experiment is
repeated with another fork of frequency 256Hz which produces first resonance when water reaches a
mark 27 cm below the reference mark. The velocity of sound in air, obtained in the experiment, is close
to: [2019]
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 1
335 ms 341ms 328 ms 322 ms
36. If Surface tension (S), Moment of Inertia (I) and Planck’s constant (h), were to be taken as the
fundamental units, the dimensional formula for linear momentum would be : [2019]
(A) 1/2 3/2 1 (B) 1/2 1/2 1 (C) 1/2 1/2 0 (D) 3/2 1/2 0
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37. In a simple pendulum experiment for determination of acceleration due to gravity (g), time taken for 20
oscillation is measured by using a watch of 1 second least count. The mean value of time taken comes
out to be 30 s. The length of pendulum is measured by using a meter scale of least count 1 mm and the
value obtained is 55.0 cm. The percentage error in the determination of g is close to : [2019]
(A) 0.7% (B) 6.8% (C) 3.5% (D) 0.2%
38. In the density measurement of a cube, the mass and edge length are measured as (10.00  0.10) kg and
(0.10  0.01) m , respectively. The error in the measurement of density is: [2019]
3 3 3 3
(A) 0.01 kg/m (B) 0.10 kg/m (C) 0.07 mg/m (D) 0.31 kg/m
39. The area of a square is 5.29 cm 2 . The area of 7 such squares taking into account the significant figures
is: [2019]
2 2 2 2
(A) 37.030 cm (B) 37 cm (C) 37.03 cm (D) 37.0 cm

40. In the formula X = 5YZ 2 , X and Z have dimensions of capacitance and magnetic field, respectively. What
are the dimensions of Y in SI units? [2019]
(A) [M 2L2T 6 A 3 ] (B) [M 2L0T 4 A 2 ]

(C) [M 3L2T 8 A 4 ] (D) [M 1L2T 4 A 2 ]

0
41. In SI units, the dimensions of is : [2019]
0

(A) AT 3ML3/2 (B) A 1TML3 (C) AT 2M 1L1 (D) A 2T 3M 1L2

42. Which of the following combinations has the dimension of electrical resistance ( 0 is the permittivity of
vacuum and 0 is the permeability of vacuum)? [2019]
0 0 0 0
(A) (B) (C) (D)
0 0 0 0

43. A moving coil galvanometer has a coil with 175 turns and area 1 cm 2. It uses a torsion band of torsion
constant 10 6 N-m/rad. The coil is placed in a magnetic field B parallel to its plane. The coil deflects by
1° for a current of 1 mA. The value of B (in Tesla) is approximately: [2019]
(A) 10 1 (B) 10 4 (C) 10 3 (D) 10 2

B2
44. The dimension of , where B is magnetic field and 0 is the magnetic permeability of vacuum, is:
20

(A) ML2T 2 (B) ML1T 2 (C) ML2T 1 (D) MLT 2 [2020]

45. The dimension of stopping potential V0 in photoelectric effect in units of Plank's constant ' h ', speed

light ' c ' and gravitational constant ' G ' and ampere A is : [2020]

(A) h 2/3c 5/3G1/3 A 1 (B) h 2G 3/2c1/3 A 1

1/3 2/3 1/3 1
(C) h G c A (D) h 2/3c 1/3G 4/3 A 1

hc 5
46. A quantity f is given by f  where c is the speed of light, G universal gravitational constant and h is
G
the Planck’s constant. Dimension of f is that of: [2020]
(A) volume (B) area (C) momentum (D) energy

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47. A simple pendulum is being used to determine the value of gravitational acceleration g at a certain place.
The length of the pendulum is 25.0 cm and a stop watch with 1s resolution measures the time taken for
40 oscillations to be 50 s. The accuracy in g is: [2020]
(A) 3.40% (B) 2.40% (C) 5.40% (D) 4.40%

48. If the screw on a screw gauge is given six rotations, it moves by 3 mm on the main scale. If there are 50
divisions on the circular scale the least count of the screw gauge is : [2020]
(A) 0.01 cm (B) 0.02 mm (C) 0.001 cm (D) 0.001 mm
49. For the four sets of three meansured physical quantities as given below. Which of the following options is
correct ? [2020]
(i) A1  24.36, B1  0.0724,C1  256.2 (ii) A2  24.44, B2  16.082,C2  240.2

(iii) A3  25.2, B3 19.2812,C3  236.183 (iv) A4  25.2, B4  236.191,C 4 19.5

(A) A1  B1  C1  A2  B2  C2  A 3  B3  C 3  A4  B4  C4

(B) A4  B4  C 4  A1  B1  C1  A2  B2  C 2  A 3  B 3  C3

(C) A4  B4  C 4  A1  B1  C1  A3  B3  C3  A2  B2  C2

(D) A1  B1  C 1  A3  B3  C3  A2  B2  C2  A4  B4  C4

50. If speed V, area A and force F are chosen as fundamental units, then the dimension of Young’s modulus
will be: [2020]
2 1 1 0 2 2 2 3
(A) FA V (B) FA V (C) FA V (D) FA V

51. The least count of the main scale of a Vernier callipers is 1mm. Its Vernier scale is divided into 10
divisions and coincide with 9 divisions of the main scale. When jaws are touching each other, the 7th
division of Vernier scale coincides with a division of main scale and the zero of Vernier scale is lying right
side of the zero of main scale. When this Vernier is used to measure length of a cylinder the zero of the
Vernier scale between 3.1 cm and 3.2 cm and 4th VSD coincides with a main scale division. The length of
the cylinder is (VSD is Vernier scale division) [2020]
(A) 3.07 cm (B) 3.21 cm (C) 2.99 cm (D) 3.2 cm

52. If momentum  P , area A and time T  are taken to be the fundamental quantities then the

dimensional formula for energy is: [2020]

(A)  PA1/2T 1  (B)  PA 1T 2  (C)  P 1/2 A T 1  (D)  P 2 A T 2 

       

53. In a radioactive material, fraction of active material remaining after time t is 9/16. The fraction that was
remaining after t/2 is : [2020]
3 4 3 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 5 5 8
54. Using screw gauge of pitch 0.1 cm and 50 divisions on its circular scale, the thickness of an object is
measured. It should correctly be recorded as : [2020]
(A) 2.125 cm (B) 2.123 cm (C) 2.121 cm (D) 2.124 cm

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55. Amount of solar energy received on the earth’s surface per unit area per unit time is defined a solar
constant. Dimension of solar constant is: [2020]

(A) M 2 L0T 1 (B) MLT 2 (C) ML2T 2 (D) ML0T 3

56. Dimensional formula for thermal conductivity is (here K denotes the temperature) : [2020]

(A) -3 1 (B) -3 (C) -2 (D) 2 2

MLT K MLT K MLT K MLT K

57. A quantity x is given by ( IFv 2 / WL4 ) in terms of moment of inertia I, force, F, velocity v, work W and
length L. The dimensional formula for x is same as that of : [2020]
(A) Force constant (B) Coefficient of viscosity
(C) Plank’s constant (D) Energy density
2
2
a b3
58. A physical quantity z depends on four observables a, b, c and d, as z  . The percentages of error
c d3
in the measurement of a, b, c and d are 2%, 1.5%, 4% and 2.5% respectively. The percentage of error in z
is: [2020]
(A) 13.5% (B) 14.5% (C) 12.25% (D) 16.5%

1 E l
59. The quantities x  ,y  and z  are defined where C-capacitance, R-resistance, l-length,
 00 B CR

E-electric field, B-magnetic field and 0 , 0 , - free space permittivity and permeability respectively.

Then: [2020]
(A) x, y and z have the same dimension (B) only x and z have the same dimension
(C) only x and y have the same dimension (D) only y and z have the same dimension

60. A screw gauge has 50 divisions on its circular scale. The circular scale is 4 units ahead of the pitch scale
marking, prior to use. Upon one complete rotation of the circular scale, a displacement of 0.5 mm is
noticed on the pitch scale. The nature of zero error involved, and the least count of the screw gauge, are
respectively: [2020]
(A) negative, 2µm (B) Positive, 0.1 µm
(C) Positive, 10 µm (D) Positive, 0.1 mm
61 The density of a solid metal sphere is determined by measuring its mass and its diameter. The maximum
 x 
error in the density of the sphere is   %. If the relative errors in measuring the mass and the
 100 
 
diameter are 6.0% and 1.5% respectively, the value of x is __________. [2020]

62. A student measuring the diameter of a pencil of circular cross-section with the help of a vernier scale
records the following four readings 5.50 mm, 5.55 mm, 5.45 mm; 5.65 mm. The average of these four
readings is 5.5375 mm and the standard deviation of the data is 0.07395 mm. The average diameter of
the pencil should therefore be recorded as : [2020]
(A) 5.5375  0.0740  mm (B) 5.54  0.07  mm
(C) 5.538  0.074  mm (D) 5.5375  0.0739  mm
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