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CHAPTER: UNIT DIMENSIONS & MEASUREMENT

TOPIC: UNITS & DIMENSIONS

Objective Questions May have ONE or MORE THAN ONE Answers:
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1. The rate of change of velocity of a body falling from rest in a resisting medium is described by equation = At Bv . The
dt
dimensions for A and B are

(A) LT 3 , T (B) LT , T 1 (C) LT , T (D) LT 3 , T 1

a
2. In Vander Waals equation P + 2 (V b ) =
RT , dimensions of a would be
V

(A) ML5T 2 (B) ML3T 2

(C) ML1T 2 (D) M 0 L0T 0
3. The solar constant is defined as the energy incident per unit area per second on the earth. The dimensions of solar
constant are thus given by

(A) M 0 L0T 0 (B) MLT 2 (C) ML2T 2 (D) MT 3

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4. If E, m, L, G denote energy, mass, angular momentum and gravitational constant respectively then dimensions of
m 2G 2
will be that of
(A) angle (B) length (C) mass (D) time

5. =
The formula, W ( F + 2Ma ) v n , where W is the work, F is the force, M is the mass, a is the acceleration and v is the
velocity can be made dimensionally correct for
(A) n=0 (B) n=1
(C) n =1 (D) no value of n
6. In the following dimensionally consistent equation
X
=F + Y, where F is the force, the dimensional formula for X and Y are given as
Linear Density

(A) M 2 L0T 2 , MLT 2

(B) M 2 L2T 2 , MLT 2
(C) MLT 2 , ML2T 2
(D) M 0 L0T 0 , ML0T 0

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7. The damping force on an oscillating body is proportional to its velocity. The constant of proportionality has the dimensions
of
1 2
(A) MT (B) MLT
3 0 0 0
(C) MT (D) M L T

2 3
8. The position of the particle moving along Yaxis is given as y = At Bt where y is measured in metre and t in second.
Then the dimensions of B are

(A) LT 2 (B) LT 1
(C) LT 3 (D) MLT 2

9. The number of particles n crossing a unit area perpendicular to the xaxis in a unit time can be written as n = P
( n2 n1 ) ,
( x2 x1 )
where n 1 and n 2 are number of particles per unit volume between length ( x2 x1 ) . Then dimensions of P are given by
(A) M 0 LT 1 (B) M 0 L2T 1
(C) MLT 2 (D) M 0 L2T 4

b
10. Velocity of a particle is given by expression v= at + where t is taken and a, b, c are constants then a, b and c have
t +c
dimensions

(A) M 0 LT 2 , M 0 LT 0 , MT 2
1 2
(B) M 0 LT , M 0 LT
1 0
, M 0 L0T 1
1 2
(C) M 1 LT , M 0 L0T 0 , M 0T 2
1 2
(D) M 1 LT , M 1 L0T 1 , M 0 L0T 0

11. =
The force F is given by expression F A cos( Bx) + C sin( Dt ) where x is the displacement and t is the time. Then

D
dimensions of are same as that of
B
1
(A) Velocity, [LT ]
1
(B) Angular velocity [T ]
2 1
(C) Angular momentum [ML T ]
1
(D) Velocity Gradient [T ]

12. =
The loss in K.E. in direct impact is given by K
m1m2
2 ( m1 + m2 )
( )
(u1 u2 ) 1 e2 . The quantity e has got dimensional formula
2

(A) M 0 LT 1 (B) MLT 2

(C) M 0 L0T 0 (D) None of these

V
13. According to Newton, the viscous drag acting between the liquid layers of area A and velocity gradient is given by
Z
V
F = A , where is the coefficient of viscosity. The dimensions of are
Z
(A) ML1T 2 (B) MLT 2 (C) ML1T 1 (D) ML0T 1

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14. The angle of banking for a cyclist taking a curve is given by tan = , where symbols have their usual meaning.
rg
Then value of n is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 4

15.
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With usual notation, the following equation, said to give the distance covered in the n second i.e. S n= u + a
( 2n 1)
2
is
(A) numerically correct only.
(B) dimensionally correct only.
(C) both dimensionally and numerically only.
(D) neither numerically and dimensionally correct.

16. The dimensions of rg , where is the coefficient of friction, r is radius of circular path and g is the acceleration due to
gravity are equivalent to the dimensions of
F F
(A) (B)
Bq
(C) Fm (D) None of these

17. If energy E, velocity v and time T are chosen as the fundamental unit then dimensions of surface tension will be

(A) Ev 2T 2 (B) Ev 1T 2
(C) Ev 2T 1 (D) E 2 v 1T 3

END OF PRACTICE SHEET

ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5
D A D A D
6 7 8 9 10
A A C B B
11 12 13 14 15
A C C C A
16 17
A A

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