CHAPTER – I

NUMERICALS
1.Name the physical quantity that has the following dimension :

2. Deduce the dimensional following for the following physical quantities.

(A) Gravitational constant. (B) Power (C) coefficient of viscosity (D) Surface tension.
3. If velocity, time and force were chosen as basic quantities, find the dimensions of mass.
4. If density ,acceleration due to gravity g and frequency v are basic quantity ,find the dimension of force.
5. Convert 1joule to ergs in dimensional analysis.
6. The value of universal gravitational cosntant G in CGS system is 6.67×10-8 dyne cm2 gm-2. What is its
value in SI system.
7.Check the dimensional consistency of the following equations :
(i) V = u+at
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(ii) S = ut + at2
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8. The velocity of water waves (v) may depend on their wavelength ′λ ′, density of water and acceleration due
to gravity 'g'. The method of dimensions gives the relation between these quantities as?
9.The velocity of a sound wave through a medium may ne assumed to be dependent on the density of the
medium and the modulus of elasticity. Deduce the formula for velocity of wave. Take dimensional
constant k = 1?
10. The escape velocity 'v' of a body depends upon (1) the acceleration due to gravity (g) of the planet and
(2) the radius (R) of the planet. Use the method of dimensions to obtain a relation between v, g, and R.
11. State the number of significant figures in the following: 2.000 m, 5100 kg, 0.050 cm.
12. Round of the following numbers as indicated :-
18.35 upto 3 digits
3.1 8967 up to 3 digits
14 3.45 upto 4 digits
12.6 35 upto 3 digits
248337 up to three digits
10 1.55 x 106 upto 5 digits
31.3 25 x105 upto 4 digit
13. Add 7.21, 12.141 and 0.0028 and express the result to an appropriate number of significant figures.
14. Each side of a cube is measured to be 7.203 m what are the total surface area and the volume of the
cube to appropriate significant figures?
15. 5.74 gm of a substance occupies a volume of 1.2cm3. Calculate its density with due regard for significant
figures.
16. Find the dimensions of a and b in the relation F = a + bx, where, F is the force and x is the distance.
17. If x=a+bt+ct2, where x is in meter and t is in second. What is the unit of b and c ?
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18. The velocity v of a particle depends upon the time t according to the equation v=a+ bt + . What is
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the dimension of c ?
19. Famous relation in physics relates ′moving mass′ m to the ′rest mass′ m∘ of a particle in terms of its
speed v and the speed of light, c. (This relation first arose as a consequence of special theory of
relativity due to Albert Einstein). A boy recalls the relation almost correctly but forgets where to put the
constant c. He writes:

Guess Where to put the missing c.

 CHAPTER – II
NUMERICALS

1. A car is moving along a straight line OP . it moves O to P in18sec and returns from P to Q in 6sec .
where OP =360m and OQ=240m. What are the average velocity and average speed of the car in going:
(1) From O to P (2) O to P and back to Q.

2. A body travels from A to B at 40ms-1 and from B to A at 60ms-1. Calculate the average speed and average
velocity.
3. The position of an object moving along the x-axis is given by x = a + bt2, where a=8.5m and a=2.5ms-2,
and t is measured in seconds. The average velocity of the object between t = 2s and t = 4s is
4. The displacement (in meter) of a particle moving along the x-axis is given x=18t+5t2. Calculate
(A) The instantaneous velocity at t = 2 sec
(B) Average velocity between t = 2 sec and t = 3 sec
5. The displacement x of a particle varies with time as x = 4t2 – 15t + 25. Find the position velocity and
acceleration of the particle at t = 0.
6. The velocity of a particle is given by the equation: v = (2t2 + 5) cm s-1. Find:
(i) The change in velocity of the particle during the time interval t1=2s and t2=4s.
(ii) Average acceleration during the same interval.
(iii) Instantenous acceleration at t=4s.
7. Solve the distance x of a particle moving in one dimension under the action of a constant force is related to
time t by equation t=√𝑥 +3 where x is in metres t is in seconds.Find displacement when velocity is zero.
8. The accleration of a particle is given by a=(3t2+2t+2) ms-2 where t is time. If the particle starts out with an
initial velocity v=2 m/s at t=0, then the velocity of the particle at the end of 2 s is ?
9. A jet plane starts from the rest with an acceleration of 3 ms -1 and makes a run for 35 seconds before
taking off. What is the minimum length of the runway and what is the velocity of the jet at takeoff?
10. An electron travelling with a speed of 5 x 103 m/s passes through an electric field with an
acceleration of 1012 m /s2. How long will it lake for the electron to double its speed? What will be
the distance covered by the electron in this time?
11. A body covers 12 m in 2nd second and 20 m in 4th second . Find what distance the body will cover in 4
seconds after the 5th second.
12. A ball thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 19.6 m/s from the top of a tower return to the earth in 6 s.
What is the height of the tower?
13. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20m/s² from the top of a multi storey building.
The height of the point from where the ball is thrown is 25m from the ground. The ball will rise at 45
cm. It will be 5s before the ball hits the ground.
14. From the top of a tower 100m in height a ball is dropped and at the same time another ball is projected
vertically upwards from the ground with velocity of 25ms-1. Find when and where the two balls will
meet.Take g =10ms-2.
15. The speed-time graph of a particle moving along a fixed direction is shown in the figure. The distance
 traversed by the particle between t=2s to t=6s is

16. A body starting from rests accelerates uniformly along a straight line at the rate of 10 ms-2 for 5 seconds. It
moves for 2 second with uniform velocity of 50 ms-1. Then it retards uniformly and comes to rest in 3s.
Draw a velocity-time graph of the body and find the total distance travelled by the body.

17. A train moves from one station to another in 2 hours time, its speed during the motion is shown in graph
above. The maximum acceleration during the journey and distance covered during the time interval
from 0.75 hour to 1.00 hour are

18. Look at the graphs and state, with reasons, which of these cannot possibly represent one-dimensional
motion of a particle.

19. Suggest a suitable physical situation for each of the following graphs ]

20. Figure gives the x-t plot of a particle executing one-dimensional simple harmonic motion. Give the signs of
position, velocity and acceleration variables of the particle at t=0.3s,1.2s,−1.2s.
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