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Class 11 - Physics

Units and Measurements Test 01

Question No. 1 to 5 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

All quantities in mechanics are represented in terms of base units of length, mass and time. Additional base unit of temperature
(kelvin) is used in heat and thermodynamics. In magnetism and electricity, the additional unit of electric current is ampere.

1. The dimensions of universal gravitational constant are:

a. [ML-3T2]
b. [ML2T-3]
c. [M-1L3T-2]
d. [M2L2T-2]
2. The coefficient of thermal conductivity has the dimensions
a. [MLT-3K-1]
b. [ML-1T-3K-1]
c. [ML-1T3K3]
d. [MLT-3K]
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3. Dimensions of resistance are
a. [M2LT-3A-1]
b. [ML2T-3A-1]
c. [MLT-3A-1]
d. [ML2T-3A]
4. Given, force =  α

3
Density+β

a. [M2L4T-2], [M1/3L-1]
b. [M2L-2T-2], [ML-2]
c. [M2L-2T-2], [M1/3L-1]
d. [ML2T-2], [ML-1/3]
5. Which of the following has unit but no dimension?
a. Relative velocity
b. Angle
c. Strain
d. Relative density
6. Dimensions of stress are:
a. [ML0T-2]
b. [MLT-2]
c. [ML-1T-2]
d. [ML2T-2]

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7. Assertion (A): Impulse has the dimensions of momentum.

Reason (R): Impulse is directly proportional to force and time.

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.
−
−
8. Assertion (A): In the relation f =  , where symbols have standard meaning, m represent linear mass density.

1 T
√
2l μ

Reason (R): The frequency has the dimensions of inverse of time.

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c. A is true but R is false.
d. A is false but R is true.
9. State True or False:
i. Rate of flow has the dimensions of velocity.
a. True
b. False
ii. Energy and torque have same dimensional formula.
a. True
b. False
10. Fill in the blanks:
i. The units of measurement of all other physical quantities which can be obtained from fundamental units are called
________.
ii. The number of significant figures in 2.64 × 1024 kg is ________.
11. Give an example of a constant which has no unit.
2

12. Find the dimensions of (a/b) in the equation: P =   where P is pressure, x is distance and t is time.
a−t

bx

13. Find an expression for viscous force F acting on a tiny steel ball of radius r moving in a viscous liquid of viscosity η with
a constant speed ν by the method of dimensional analysis.
14. Suppose there existed a planet that went around the sun twice as fast as the earth. What would be its orbital size as
compared to that of the earth?

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15. A great physicist of this century (P.A.M. Dirac) loved playing with numerical values of Fundamental constants of nature.
This led him to an interesting observation. Dirac found that from the basic constants of atomic physics (c, e, mass of
electron, mass of proton) and the gravitational constant G, he could arrive at a number with the dimension of time.
Further, it was a very large number, its magnitude being close to the present estimate on the age of the universe (15
billion years). From the table of fundamental constants in the book, try to see if you too can construct this number (or
any other interesting number you can think of). If its coincidence with the age of the universe were significant, what
would this imply for the constancy of fundamental constants?
16. If velocity of light C, Planck’s constant h and gravitational constant G are taken as fundamental quantities then express
mass in terms of dimensions of these quantities.

Main concept used: Homogeneity of dimensions in R.H.S and L.H.S. of equation separately in each terms.

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Class 11 - Physics

Units and Measurements Test 01

Solution

1. (c) [M-1L3T-2]

Explanation: [M-1L3T-2]
2. (a) [MLT-3K-1]

Explanation: [MLT-3K-1]
3. (b) [ML2T-3A-1]

Explanation: [ML2T-3A-1]

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4. (c) [M2L-2T-2], [M1/3L-1]

Explanation: [M2L-2T-2], [M1/3L-1]
5. (b) Angle

Explanation: Angle
6. (c) [ML-1T-2]

Explanation: [ML-1T-2]
7. (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Explanation: Impulse = Δp = change in momentum, hence it has the dimensions of momentum.

Δp
By Newton's second law F =   so Δp = FΔt

Δt

∵  impulse = Δp ⇒ impulse = FΔt

∴  impulse ∝  Force ×  time 

8. (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

−
−
Explanation: From, f =  , f2 = 

1 T T
√
2l μ 2
4l μ
−2
[MLT ]
or, μ = 2
T

2
=
2 −2
=
M

4l f L  T

=   Mass 

 length 
 = linear mass density.
9. State True or False:
i. (b) False

Explanation: False
ii. (a) True

Explanation: True
10. Fill in the blanks:
i. derived units
ii. 3
11. Reynolds number is a constant which has no unit.
12. [a] = [t2] = T2

∴  [P] =  T

[bx]

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 = M-1T4

2 2

or [b] =  T

[P ][x]
=
−1
T
−2
ML T ⋅L

 = MT-2
2

[a/b] =  T

−1 4
M T

13. It is given that viscous force F depends on (i) the radius r of steel ball, (ii) the Speed ν of the tiny steel ball, and (iii) the
coefficient of viscosity η of viscous liquid.

Wriring dimensional formula for given quantities, we have

F = [MLT-1], r = [L], ν =[LT-1] and

η = [M1L-1T-1],

According to given condition we can write

[M1L1T-2] = [L]a[M0L1T-1]b[ML-1T-1]c

                = [McLa-b-cT-b-c]

Comparing powers of M, L and T on either side of equation, we get

c = 1

a + b - c = 1

- b - c = -2

On solving, these above equations, we get

a = 1, b = 1 and c = 1

Hence, the relation becomes

f = krην

Here, k is constant of proportionality.

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14. Let the period of revolution of the earth = Te

As the planet goes round the sun twice as fast as the earth, so its period of revolution is

Tp =  T

2
e

Orbital size of the earth, ac = 1 AU

Orbital size of the planet, ap = ?

From Kepler's law of periods,

2 3
T ap

=
2 3
T ae
e

2/3 1/3
Tp Te /2
∴  ap = = [
Te
] × ae = [
Te
] ×  1 AU

= (0.5)2/3 AU = 0.63 AU
15. Paul Dirac was a British theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the development of quantum
mechanics, quantum field theory and quantum electrodynamics and is particularly known for his attempts to unify the
theories of quantum mechanics and relativity theory.

One relation consists of some fundamental constants that give the age of the Universe by:

2
2

t = (
e

4πε0
) ×
1

2 3

mp me c G

Where, t = Age of Universe, e = Charge of electrons = 1.6 × 10 −19

C

ε  = Absolute permittivity, mp = Mass of protons = 1.67 × 10 kg

−27
0

me = Mass of electrons = 9.1 × 10 −31

kg, c = Speed of light = 3 × 10 m/s
8

G = Universal gravitational constant =

11 2 −2
6.67 × 10 Nm kg

Also, Nm2/C2

1 9
= 9 × 10
4πε0

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Substituting these values in the equation, we get

4 2
−19 9
(1.6×10 ) ×(9×10 )
t =
−31
2
−27 8
3
−11

(9.1×10 ) ×1.67×10 ×(3×10 ) ×6.67×10

4
(1.6) ×81
=
9.1×1.67×27×6.67
× 10
−76+18+62+27−24+11
s

4
(1.6) ×81
=
9.1×1.67×27×6.67×365×24×3600
× 10
−76+18+62+27−24+11
 years

≈ 6 × 10
−9
years

× 10
18

= 6 billion years (which is the approximate age of our universe)

2 −2
[M L T ]
16. Dimension of h =  E

ν
=
−1
= [M L T
2 −1
]   

[T ]

Dimensions of c = [LT-1]

Dimension of G = N-m2 Kg-2 = [MLT-2] [L2][M-2] = [M-1L3T-2]

Let Mass m α [h]a[c]b[G]c

[M1L0T0] = k [ML2T-1]a [LT-1]b[M-1L3T-2]c

[M1L0T0] = k [Ma-c L2a+b+3cT-a-b-2c]

On comparing the powers of M, L, T on both side we get

a-c = 1 ⇒a = c+1 .........(i)  

2a+b+3c = 0  ........(ii)

-a -b -2c = 0  ........(iii)

a = c+1      [from equation (i)]

By putting the value of a in equation (ii) & (iii), we get

2(c+1)+b+3c = 0

2c+2+b+3c = 0
b+5c = -2 .........(iv)

and -(c+1)-b-2c=0

-b-3c = 1 ..........(v)

From equations (iv) & (v), we obtain on adding 

c = −

So, a = c+ 1 = −   1

2
+ 1 =
1

Put the value of c in equation (iv), we get

b + 5 (− ) = −2

b = −2 +
5

1 1 1
b = ,a =  and c = −
2 2 2
1 1 1

∴ m = kh 2 c 2
G
−
2
  

−−
hc
m = k√
G

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