DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

INDIRA NAGR LUCKNOW

CLASS XI PHYSICS
MCQ BASED ASSIGNMENT
UNIT 1 – Physical World and Measurement

Assertion and Reason type Questions

Directions: These questions consist of two statements, each printed as

Assertion and Reason. While answering these questions, you are required
to choose any one of the following four responses.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct
explanation of the Assertion.
(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

1. Assertion : If the units of force and length are doubled, the unit of
energy will become four times.
Reason : The unit of energy is independent of the units of force and
length.

2. Assertion : The error in the measurement of a sphere is 0.3%. The

permissible error in its surface area is 0.6%.
Reason : The permissible error in area is calculated by the formula
∆𝑨 ∆𝑹
( ) = 4( ).
𝑨 𝑹

3. Assertion : Force and pressure cannot be added.

Reason : The dimensions of force and pressure are different.

4. Assertion : Both light year and parsec are used to measure distance.
Reason : Both have dimensions of length.

5. Assertion : In the equation Y = A sin (vt - x), the argument (vt-x) is

dimensionless.
Reason : Both vt and x have same dimensions.
CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS :

[A] Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the subparts based
on it.
Errors in measurement are of two types. Random error (naturally occurring
errors that are to be expected with any experiment) and systematic error
(caused by known factors e.g. an inaccurately calibrated instrument that
affects all measurements). Precision is the degree to which several
measurements provide answers very close to each other. It is an indicator
of the scatter in the data. The lesser is scatter, higher the precision. Further
accuracy describes the nearness of a measurement to the standard or true
value, i.e. a highly accurate measuring device will provide measurements
very close to the standard, true or known values. When a physical quantity
is determined by combining several measurements, the errors in the
different measurements will combine in some way or other.

6. The radius of a sphere is (5.3 ± 0.1) cm. The percentage error in its
volume is:

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

7. Find the relative error of y, if y=x2.

(a) (△x)2 (b) 2(△x)2
(c) (△x)2x (d) 2(△x)
8. A body travels uniformly a distance of (13.8 ± 0.2) m in a time (4.0 ± 0.3)
s. The velocity of the body within error limits is:
(a) (3.45 ± 0.2) ms-1 (b) (3.45 ± 0.3) ms-1
(c) (3.45 ± 0.4) ms-1 (d) (3.45 ± 0.5) ms-1

9. The percentage error in the above problem is:

(a) 7% (b) 5.95%
(c) 8.95% (d) 9.85%

10. Accuracy of measurement is determined by:

(a) Absolute error (b) Percentage error
(c) Both (d) None of these
[B] Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the subparts based
on it.

All physical quantities can be expressed in terms of fundamental (base)

quantities such as mass, length, time, temperature, electric current,
luminous intensity and amount of substance. These quantities are called
the dimensions of the physical world. We can use symbols instead of the
names of the base quantities by using the brackets [M], [L] and [T]. Other
dimensions are denoted by [K] (for temperature), [I] (for electric
current), [cd] (for luminous intensity) and [mol] (for the amount of
substance). Further each derived quantity requires proper power for
fundamental quantities so as to represent it. The powers of fundamental
quantities, through which they are to be raised to represent a physical
derived quantity, are called dimensions.

11. How many numbers of base SI units are there?

(a) 5 (b) 10
(c) 7 (d) 9

12. What is the dimensional formula of torque and energy?

(a) [ML-3T-2] and [MLT-2] (b) [ML2T -2] and [MLT -2]
(c) [ML2T-2] and [ML2T2] (d) [MLT2] and [ML2T2]

13. If area A, density r, and velocity v are chosen as fundamental units, the
dimensional formula of force is:
(a) A2vr (b) Avr2
(c) Arv2 (d) Arv

14. The frequency of vibration f of a mass m suspended from a spring

(spring constant = k) is given by the relation f = c mx ky, where c is a
dimensionless constant. The values of x and y respectively are:
(a) ½, ½ (b) -½, -½
(c) ½, -½ (d) -½, ½

15. If force [F], velocity [V] and time [T] are chosen as fundamental
quantities, the dimensional formula of mass will be:
(a) FVT–1 (b) FVT–3
–1 –1
(c) FV T (d) FV–1T
Multiple Choice Questions:
16. The mass and volume of a body are 4.237 g and 2.5 cm3, respectively.
The density of the material of the body in correct significant figures is
(a) 1.6048 g cm-3 (b) 1.69 g cm-3
(c) 1.7 g cm-3 (d) 1.695 g cm-3

17. What is the number of significant figures in 0.310 × 103

(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 6
16. The decimal equivalent of 1/20 up to three significant figures is:
(a) 0.0500 (b) 0.05000
(c) 0.0050 (d) 5.0 × 10-2

18. If 97.52 is divided by 2.54, the correct result in terms of significant

figures is:
(a) 38.4 (b) 38.3937
(c) 38.394 (d) 38.39

19. The gravitational field intensity at a distance x from the centre of the
earth is GM/x2, where G is the universal gravitational constant and M is the
mass of the earth. The dimensions of GM/x2 are:
(a) M–1 L T–1 (b) M0 L1 T–2
–1 –1 –2
(c) M L T (d) M0 L–1 T2

20. In the relation F = at–1 + bt2, F denotes force, t denotes time,

and a and b are constants. The dimensions of a and b respectively are:
(a) M L T–3 and M L T–4 (b) M L T–1 and M L T–3
(c) M L T–1 and M L T–4 (d) M L T–2 and M L T–4

21. The modified form of gas equation is (P + a/V2)(V-b) = RT

Where P is the pressure, V is the volume, and T is the temperature and
a, b, and R are constants. The dimensions of ‘a/b’ are:
(a) M1 L2 T–2 (b) M1 L1 T–2
1 3 –2
(c) M L T (d) M–1 L2 T–2

22. If force (F), work (W) and velocity (V) are taken as fundamental
quantities. What is the dimensional formula of time (T)?
(a) [WFV] (b) [WFV-1]
(c) [W-1F -1V] (d) [WF-1V-1]
23. On the basis of dimensions, decide which of the following relations for
the displacement of a particle undergoing simple harmonic motion is not
correct:

24. If P, Q, R are physical quantities, having different dimensions, which of

the following combinations can never be a meaningful quantity?
(a) (P + Q)/R
(b) PQ – R
(c) PQ/R
(d) (PR – Q2)/R
25. The error in two readings of A are 0.01 and -0.03. The mean absolute
error is:
(a) +0.002
(b) -0.004
(c) +0.02
(d) -0.02
26. Measure of two quantities along with the precision of respective
measuring instrument is A = 2.5 m s-1 ± 0.5 ms-1 B = 0.10 s ± 0.01 s
The value of A B will be

(a) (0.25 ± 0.08) m

(b) (0.25 ± 0.5) m
(c) (0.25 ± 0.05) m
(d) (0.25 ± 0.135) m
27. If momentum (P ), area (A) and time ( T ) are taken to be fundamental
quantities, then energy has the dimensional formula

(a) [P1 A-1 T1]

(b) [P2 A1 T1]
(c) [P2 A-1/2 T1]
(d) [P1 A1/2 T-1]
28. The atmospheric pressure is 106 dyne/cm². What is its value in SI unit?
(a) 10.5 N/m²
(b) 10.6 N/m²
(c) 10.4 N/m²
(d) 10.3 N/m²

29. Following are the readings obtained while measuring the diameter of a
wire by using the screw gauge 0 mm is the main scale reading and 52
divisions are the circular scale reading.
What is the diameter of the wire if 1 mm on the main scale is equal to the
100 divisions on the circular scale
(a) 0.016 cm
(b) 0.052 cm
(c) 0.15 cm
(d) 0.05 cm

30. From the given three fundamental constants, select the combination
that gives the dimension of length.
(i) Newton’s gravitational constant (G)
(ii) Speed of light in a vacuum (c)
(iii) Planck’s constant (h)

31. What is the percentage error in the measurement of the kinetic energy
of a body, if there is a positive error of 50% in the speed of the body
(a) 125%
(b) 30%
(c) 50%
(d) 100%