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Units, Dimensions and Measurement

(b) Joule per second only


(c) Joule per second and watt both
(d) Only watt
10. A suitable unit for gravitational constant is
(a) (b)
Units
(c) (d)
1. Light year is a unit of
11. SI unit of pressure is

(a) Time (b) Mass


(a) Pascal (b)
(c) Distance (d) Energy
2. The magnitude of any physical quantity (c) of (d) Atmosphere
(a) Depends on the method of measurement 12. The unit of angular acceleration in the SI system is
(b) Does not depend on the method of
measurement (a) (b)
(c) Is more in SI system than in CGS system
(c) (d)
(d) Directly proportional to the fundamental units
of mass, length and time 13. The unit of Stefan's constant is
3. Which of the following is not equal to watt

(a) (b)
(a) Joule/second (b) Ampere volt
(c) (d)
(c) (Ampere)2 ohm (d) Ampere/volt
14. Which of the following is not a unit of energy
4. Newton–second is the unit of
(a) (b)
(a) Velocity (b) Angular momentum (c) (d) Joule
(c) Momentum (d) Energy
15. In . is measured in metres and
5. Which of the following is not represented in
in seconds. The unit of is
correct unit
(a) None (b)

(c) (d)
(a) (b) Surface tension =
16. Joule-second is the unit of

(c) Energy (d) Pressure (a) Work (b) Momentum


6. One second is equal to (c) Pressure (d) Angular momentum
(a) 1650763.73 time periods of clock 17. Unit of energy in SI system is
[CPMT 1971; NCERT 1976]
(b) 652189.63 time periods of clock
(a) Erg (b) Calorie
(c) 1650763.73 time periods of clock
(c) Joule (d) Electron volt
(d) 9192631770 time periods of clock 18. A cube has numerically equal volume and surface
7. One nanometre is equal to area. The volume of such a cube is
[CPMT 1971, 74]
(a) (b)
(a) 216 units (b) 1000 units
(c) (d) (c) 2000 units (d) 3000 units
8. A micron is related to centimetre as 19. Wavelength of ray of light is . It is
(a) (b) equal to

(c) (d)
9. The unit of power is (a) (b)

(a) Joule (c) (d)

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20. Electron volt is a unit of


(a) Charge (b) Potential difference (a) Farad (b) Henry
(c) Momentum (d) Energy (c) Weber (d) Tesla
21. Temperature can be expressed as a derived 33. Henry/ohm can be expressed in
quantity in terms of any of the following (a) Second (b) Coulomb
(c) Mho (d) Metre
(a) Length and mass 34. The SI unit of momentum is
(b) Mass and time
(c) Length, mass and time (a) (b)
(d) None of these
22. Unit of power is (c) (d)
(a) Kilowatt (b) Kilowatt-hour
(c) Dyne (d) Joule 35. The velocity of a particle depends upon as
23. Density of wood is in the CGS system ; if the velocity is in , the unit
of units. The corresponding value in MKS units is of will be

(a) 500 (b) 5


(c) 0.5 (d) 5000 (a) (b)
24. Unit of energy is (c) (b)
(a) (b)
36. One million electron volt is equal to
(c) (d)
25. Which is the correct unit for measuring nuclear
(a) (b)
radii
(a) Micron (b) Millimetre (c) (d)
(c) Angstrom (d) Fermi 37. can be the unit of measure for
26. One Mach number is equal to
(a) Force (b) Momentum
(a) Velocity of light
(c) Power (d) Acceleration
(b) Velocity of sound
38. The unit of potential energy is
(c)
(a) (b)
(d)
27. The unit for nuclear dose given to a patient is (c) (d)
(a) Fermi (b) Rutherford 39. Which of the following represents a volt
(c) Curie (d) Roentgen
28. Volt/metre is the unit of (a) Joule/second (b) Watt/Ampere
(a) Potential (b) Work (c) Watt/Coulomb (d) Coulomb/Joule
(c) Force (d) Electric intensity 40. is a unit of
29. is the unit of (a) Electrical charge (b) Energy
(c) Power (d) Force
(a) Energy (b) Momentum 41. What is the SI unit of permeability
(c) Force (d) Pressure [CBSE PMT 1993]
30. The unit of surface tension in SI system is (a) Henry per metre
(b) Tesla metre per ampere
(a) (b) (c) Weber per ampere metre
(c) (d) (d) All the above units are correct
31. The unit of reduction factor of tangent 42. In which of the following systems of unit, is
galvanometer is the unit of magnetic flux

(a) Ampere (b) Gauss (a) CGS (b) MKS


(c) Radian (d) None of these (c) SI (d) None of these
32. The unit of self inductance of a coil is 43. Tesla is a unit for measuring

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Units, Dimensions and Measurement

(a) Magnetic moment (b) Magnetic induction (a) (b)


(c) Magnetic intensity (d) Magnetic pole
(c) (d)
strength
44. If the unit of length and force be increased four 55. Unit of moment of inertia in MKS system
times, then the unit of energy is (a) (b)
(c) (d)
(a) Increased 4 times (b) Increased 8 times
(c) Increased 16 times (d) Decreased 16 times 56. Unit of stress is [MP PMT 1984]

45. Oersted is a unit of (a) (b)


(a) Dip (b) Magnetic intensity (c) (d)
(c) Magnetic moment (d) Pole strength 57. Unit of Stefan's constant is
46. is a unit of [MP PMT 1989]
(a) (b)
(a) Quantity of electricity
(c) (d)
(b) Strength of electric current
58. Unit of magnetic moment is [MP PET 1989]
(c) Power
(d) Energy (a) (b)
47. The unit of specific resistance is (c) (c)
59. Curie is a unit of [CBSE PMT 1992; CPMT 1992]
(a) (b) (a) Energy of -rays (b) Half life
(c) (d) (c) Radioactivity (d) Intensity of -rays
48. The binding energy of a nucleon in a nucleus is of 60. Hertz is the unit for
the order of a few [MNR 1983; SCRA 1983; RPMT 1999]
(a) Frequency (b) Force
(a) (b)
(c) Electric charge (d) Magnetic flux
(c) (d)
61. One pico Farad is equal to
49. is a unit of
(a) (b)
(a) Distance (b) Velocity
(c) (d)
(c) Time (d) Angle
62. In SI, Henry is the unit of
50. If and are the units selected in two systems
[MP PET 1984; CBSE PMT 1993; DPMT 1984]
of measurement and and their numerical (a) Self inductance (b) Mutual inductance
values, then (c) (a) and (b) both (d) None of the above
63. The unit of is [CPMT 1986; AFMC 1986]
(a) (b) (a) Joule (b) Joule-Coulomb
(c) (d) (c) Volt–Coulomb (d) Joule/Coulomb
64. Which of the following is not the unit of time
51. is [CPMT 1991; NCERT 1990; DPMT 1987; AFMC 1996]
(a) Same as one joule (b) (a) Micro second (b) Leap year
(c) (d) (c) Lunar months (d) Parallactic second
(e) Solar day
52.
65. Unit of self inductance is [MP PET 1982]
(a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
53. Universal time is based on
(a) Rotation of the earth on its axis
(b) Earth's orbital motion around the earth
(c) Vibrations of cesium atom (c) (d)
(d) Oscillations of quartz crystal
54. The nuclear cross-section is measured in barn, it is
equal to

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66. To determine the Young's modulus of a wire, the (a)

formula is where = length, (b)


(c)
area of cross-section of the wire, change in
(d)
length of the wire when stretched with a force .
The conversion factor to change it from CGS to 74. Which relation is wrong [RPMT 1997]
MKS system is [MP PET 1983] (a) 1 Calorie = 4.18 Joules
(a) 1 (b) 10 (b)
(c) 0.1 (d) 0.01
(c)
67. Young's modulus of a material has the same units
as (d)
[MP PMT 1994] 75. If , where is the distance travelled by
(a) Pressure (b) Strain
the body in kilometres while is the time in
(c) Compressibility (d) Force
seconds, then the units of b are
68. One yard in SI units is equal [CBSE PMT 1993]
[MP PMT 1995]
(a) (b)
(a) 1.9144 (b) 0.9144
(c) (d)
(c) 0.09144 (d) 1.0936
69. Which of the following is smallest unit [AFMC
1996]
76. The equation constant. The units
(a) Millimetre (b) Angstrom
of are
(c) Fermi (d) Metre
[MNR 1995; AFMC 1995]
70. Which one of the following pairs of quantities and
their units is a proper match (a) (b)

(a) Electric field – (c) (d)


(b) Magnetic flux – 77. Which of the following quantity is expressed as
(c) Power – Farad force per unit area [AFMC 1995]

(d) Capacitance – Henry (a) Work (b) Pressure


71. The units of modulus of rigidity are [MP PMT (c) Volume (d) Area
1997] 78. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct
(a) (b) answer by using the codes given below the lists
[NDA 1995]
(c) (d)
List-I List-II
72. The unit of absolute permittivity is
(a) Distance between earth and stars 1. Microns
[CMEET Bihar 1995]
(b) Inter-atomic distance in a solid 2. Angstroms
(a) (Farad-meter) (b) (Farad/meter)
(c) Size of the nucleus 3. Light years
(c) (Farad/ )(d) (Farad) (d) Wavelength of infrared laser 4. Fermi
(e) None of these 5. Kilometres
73. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct Codes
answer using the codes given below the lists
a b c d a b c d
[SCRA 1994]
(a) 5 4 2 1 (b) 3 2 4 1
List-I List-II
(c) 5 2 4 3 (d) 3 4 1 2
I. Joule A. Henry Amp/sec
79. Unit of impulse is [CPMT 1997]
II. Watt B. Farad Volt
(a) Newton (b)
III. Volt C. Coulomb Volt
(c) (d) Joule
IV. Coulomb D. Oersted cm
80. Which is not a unit of electric field
E. Amp Gauss [UPSEAT 1999]
F. Ohm (a) (b)
Codes:
(c) (d)

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81. The correct value of on the Kelvin scale is (a) Phase difference (b) Mechanical
equivalent
[UPSEAT 2000]
(c) Loudness of sound (d) Poisson's ratio
(a) (b)
93. Length cannot be measured by
(c) (d) [AIIMS 2002]

82. 'Torr' is the unit of [RPMT 1999, 2000] (a) Fermi (b) Debye
(a) Pressure (b) Volume (c) Micron (d) Light year
94. The value of Planck's constant is
(c) Density (d) Flux
[CBSE PMT 2002]
83. Which of the following is a derived unit [BHU 2000]
(a) (b)
(a) Unit of mass (b) Unit of length
(c) Unit of time (d) Unit of volume (c) (d)
84. 2
Dyne/cm is not a unit of [RPET 2000] 95. A physical quantity is measured and its value is
(a) Pressure (b) Stress found to be where numerical value and
(c) Strain (d) Young's modulus unit. Then which of the following relations is
85. The units of angular momentum are [MP PMT true [RPET 2003]
2000] (a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) (d)
86. Which of the following is not the unit of energy 96. Faraday is the unit of [AFMC 2003]

[MP PET 2000] (a) Charge (b) emf


(a) Calorie (b) Joule (c) Mass (d) Energy
(c) Electron volt (d) Watt 97. Candela is the unit of [UPSEAT 1999; CPMT
2003]
87. Which of the following is not a unit of time
(a) Electric intensity (b) Luminous intensity
[UPSEAT 2001]
(c) Sound intensity (d) None of these
(a) Leap year (b) Micro second
98. The unit of reactance is [MP PET 2003]
(c) Lunar month (d) Light year
(a) Ohm (b) Volt
88. The S.I. unit of gravitational potential is [AFMC
2001] (c) Mho (d) Newton
99. The unit of Planck's constant is
(a) (b)
[RPMT 1999; MP PET 2003; Pb. PMT 2004]
(c) (d) (a) Joule (b) Joule/s
89. Which one of the following is not a unit of young's (c) Joule/m (d) Joule-s
modulus 100. Number of base SI units is
[KCET 2005] [MP PET 2003]
(a) (b) (a) 4 (b) 7
(c) 3 (d) 5
(c) (d) Mega Pascal
101. SI unit of permittivity is [KCET 2004]
90. In C.G.S. system the magnitutde of the force is
100 dynes. In another system where the (a) (b)
fundamental physical quantities are kilogram, (c) (d)
metre and minute, the magnitude of the force is
102. Which does not has the same unit as others
[EAMCET 2001]
[Orissa PMT 2004]
(a) 0.036 (b) 0.36
(a) Watt-sec (b) Kilowatt-hour
(c) 3.6 (d) 36
(c) eV (d) J-sec
91. The unit of is (where = inductance and
103. Unit of surface tension is [Orissa PMT 2004]
= resistance) [Orissa JEE 2002]
(a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) Volt (d) Ampere (c) (d)
92. Which is different from others by units [Orissa JEE 104. Which of the following system of units is not based
2002] on units of mass, length and time alone
[Kerala PMT 2004]

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Units, Dimensions and Measurement

(a) SI (b) MKS


(c) (d)
(c) FPS (d) CGS
105. The unit of the coefficient of viscosity in S.I. 5. Whose dimensions is
system is [CPMT 1989]
[J & K CET 2004] (a) Torque (b) Angular momentum
(a) (b) (c) Power (d) Work

(c) (d) 6. If and are respectively the inductance and

106. The unit of Young’s modulus is resistance, then the dimensions of will be
[Pb. PET 2001]
(a) (b) [CPMT 1986; CBSE PMT 1988; Roorkee
1995; MP PET/PMT 1998; DCE 2002]
(c) Nm (d)
(a)
107. One femtometer is equivalent to
[DCE 2004] (b)
(a) (b) (c)
(c) (d) (d) Cannot be represented in terms of and
108. How many wavelength of are there in one T
metre 7. Which pair has the same dimensions
[MNR 1985; UPSEAT 2000; Pb. PET 2004] [EAMCET 1982; CPMT 1984, 85;
(a) 1553164.13 (b) 1650763.73 Pb. PET 2002; MP PET 1985]

(c) 652189.63 (d) 2348123.73 (a) Work and power


109. Which of the following pairs is wrong [AFMC 2003] (b) Density and relative density
(a) Pressure-Baromter (c) Momentum and impulse
(b) Relative density-Pyrometer (d) Stress and strain
(c) Temperature-Thermometer 8. If and represent capacitance and resistance
(d) Earthquake-Seismograph respectively, then the dimensions of are
[CPMT 1981, 85; CBSE PMT 1992, 95; Pb. PMT 1999]
Dimensions
(a) (b)
1. Select the pair whose dimensions are same
(c) (d) None of the above
(a) Pressure and stress
9. Dimensions of one or more pairs are same.
(b) Stress and strain
Identify the pairs [IIT 1986]
(c) Pressure and force
(a) Torque and work
(d) Power and force
(b) Angular momentum and work
2. Dimensional formula does not
(c) Energy and Young's modulus
represent the physical quantity
[Manipal MEE 1995] (d) Light year and wavelength
(a) Young's modulus of elasticity 10. Dimensional formula for latent heat is
(b) Stress [MNR 1987; CPMT 1978, 86; IIT 1983, 89; RPET 2002]

(c) Strain (a) (b)


(d) Pressure
(c) (d)
3. Dimensional formula represents
11. Dimensional formula for volume elasticity is
[EAMCET 1981; MP PMT 1996, 2001] [MP PMT 1991, 2002; CPMT 1991; MNR 1986]
(a) Force (b) Power
(a) (b)
(c) Energy (d) Work
(c) (d)
4. The dimensions of calorie are
[CPMT 1985] 12. The dimensions of universal gravitational constant
are
(a) (b)

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Units, Dimensions and Measurement

(a) (b) (d) Impulse and momentum


22. The dimensional formula for impulse is same as
(c) (d) the dimensional formula for
13. The dimensional formula of angular velocity is [CPMT 1982, 83; CBSE PMT 1993; UPSEAT 2001]
[JIPMER 1993; AFMC 1996; AIIMS 1998] (a) Momentum
(b) Force
(a) (b)
(c) Rate of change of momentum
(c) (d) (d) Torque
23. Which of the following is dimensionally correct
14. The dimensions of power are
(a) Pressure = Energy per unit area
[CPMT 1974, 75; SCRA 1989]
(b) Pressure = Energy per unit volume
(a) (b) (c) Pressure = Force per unit volume
(c) (d) (d) Pressure = Momentum per unit volume per
unit time
15. The dimensions of couple are [CPMT 1972; JIPMER 24. Planck's constant has the dimensions (unit) of
1993]
[CPMT 1983, 84, 85, 90, 91; AIIMS 1985; MP PMT 1987;
(a) (b) EAMCET 1990; RPMT 1999; CBSE PMT 2001;
MP PET 2002; KCET 2004]
(c) (d) (a) Energy (b) Linear momentum
16. Dimensional formula for angular momentum is (c) Work (d) Angular momentum
25. The equation of state of some gases can be

(a) (b)
expressed as . Here is
(c) (d)
the pressure, is the volume, is the absolute
17. The dimensional formula for impulse is
temperature and are constants. The
[EAMCET 1981; CBSE PMT 1991; CPMT 1978;
AFMC 1998; BCECE 2003]
dimensions of are
[CBSE PMT 1991, 96; NCERT 1984; MP PET 1992;
(a) (b)
CPMT 1974, 79, 87, 97; MP PMT 1992, 94;
(c) (d) MNR 1995; AFMC 1995]

18. The dimensional formula for the modulus of (a) (b)


rigidity is (c) (d)
[MNR 1984; IIT 1982; MP PET 2000]
26. If denotes the potential difference across the
(a) (b) plates of a capacitor of capacitance , the
(c) (d) dimensions of are

19. The dimensional formula for (root mean [CPMT 1982]

square) velocity is (a) Not expressible in (b)

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(c) (d) 27. If denotes the inductance of an inductor through


which a current is flowing, the dimensions of
20. The dimensional formula for Planck's constant
are
is
[CPMT 1982, 85, 87]
[DPMT 1987; MP PMT 1983, 96; IIT 1985; MP PET 1995;
(a) (b) Not expressible in
AFMC 2003; RPMT 1999; Kerala PMT 2002]

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) (d)
28. Of the following quantities, which one has
21. Out of the following, the only pair that does not dimensions different from the remaining three
have identical dimensions is [MP PET/PMT 1998; [AIIMS 1987; CBSE PMT 1993]
BHU 1997]
(a) Energy per unit volume
(a) Angular momentum and Planck's constant
(b) Force per unit area
(b) Moment of inertia and moment of a force
(c) Product of voltage and charge per unit volume
(c) Work and torque

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(d) Angular momentum per unit mass 35. The equation of a wave is given by
29. A spherical body of mass and radius is
allowed to fall in a medium of viscosity . The
time in which the velocity of the body increases
where is the angular velocity and is the linear
from zero to 0.63 times the terminal velocity
velocity. The dimension of is
is called time constant . Dimensionally can
[MP PMT 1993]
be represented by [AIIMS 1987]
(a) (b)

(a) (b) (c) (d)


36. The dimensions of coefficient of thermal
conductivity is
(c) (d) None of the above [MP PMT 1993]
(a) (b)
30. The frequency of vibration of a mass
suspended from a spring of spring constant is (c) (d)

given by a relation of this type ; 37. Dimensional formula of stress is


where is a dimensionless quantity. The value of (a) (b)
and are [CBSE PMT 1990] (c) (d)
38. Dimensional formula of velocity of sound is
(a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) (d)
39. Dimensional formula of capacitance is
[CPMT 1978; MP PMT 1979; IIT 1983]
31. The quantities and are related by the
relation, , where is the linear density (a) (b)
and is the force. The dimensions of are of (c) (d)
(a) Pressure (b) Work 40. represents the dimensional formula of
(c) Latent heat (d) None of the above [CPMT 1975]
32. The velocity of water waves may depend upon (a) Power (b) Momentum
their wavelength , the density of water and (c) Force (d) Couple
the acceleration due to gravity . The method of 41. Dimensional formula of heat energy is
dimensions gives the relation between these [CPMT 1976, 81, 86, 91]
quantities as (a) (b)
[NCERT 1979; CET 1992; MP PET 2001; UPSEAT 2000]
(c) (d) None of these
(a) (b)
42. If and denote capacitance and inductance
(c) (d) respectively, then the dimensions of are
33. The dimensions of Farad are [CPMT 1981; MP PET 1997]
[MP PET 1993] (a) (b)
(a) (b) (c) (d)

(c) (d) 43. Which of the following quantities has the same
dimensions as that of energy [AFMC 1991; CPMT
34. The dimensions of resistivity in terms of 1976; DPMT 2001]
and where stands for the dimensions of (a) Power (b) Force
charge, is (c) Momentum (d) Work
[MP PET 1993]
44. The dimensions of "time constant" during
(a) (b)
growth and decay of current in all inductive circuit
(c) (d) is same as that of
[MP PET 1993; EAMCET 1994]

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(a) Constant (b) Resistance


(c) Current (d) Time (a) (b)
45. The period of a body under SHM i.e. presented by
; where is pressure, is density (c) (d)
and is surface tension. The value of and
are [CPMT 1981]
52. The quantity : is the permittivity of
(a) (b)
free space, is length, is potential difference
and is time. The dimensions of are same as
(c) (d) that of [IIT 2001]

46. Which of the following pairs of physical quantities (a) Resistance (b) Charge
has the same dimensions [CPMT 1978; NCERT (c) Voltage (d) Current
1987]
53. and denote the permeability and
(a) Work and power (b) Momentum and
energy permittivity of free space, the dimensions of
(c) Force and power (d) Work and energy are
47. The velocity of a freely falling body changes as (a) (b)
where g is acceleration due to gravity and
(c) (d)
is the height. The values of and are [NCERT
1983; EAMCET 1994] 54. The expression represents [JIPMER
1993, 97]
(a) (b) (a) Pressure (b) Kinetic energy
(c) Momentum (d) Power
(c) (d) 55. The dimensions of physical quantity in the

48. Which one of the following does not have the equation Force is given by
same dimensions [CPMT 1985]
[DCE 1993]
(a) Work and energy
(a) (b)
(b) Angle and strain
(c) Relative density and refractive index (c) (d)
(d) Planck constant and energy 56. The dimensions of matches with the
49. Dimensions of frequency are dimensions of
[CPMT 1988] [DCE 1993]
(a) (b) (a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) (d)
50. Which one has the dimensions different from the
remaining three [CBSE PMT 1988]
57. The Martians use force , acceleration
(a) Power (b) Work
and time as their fundamental physical
(c) Torque (d) Energy quantities. The dimensions of length on Martians
51. A small steel ball of radius is allowed to fall system are [DCE 1993]
under gravity through a column of a viscous liquid (a) (b)
of coefficient of viscosity . After some time the
velocity of the ball attains a constant value known (c) (d)

as terminal velocity . The terminal velocity


58. The dimension of is that of [SCRA 1986]
depends on (i) the mass of the ball , (ii) , (iii)
and (iv) acceleration due to gravity . Which of (a) Velocity (b) Time
the following relations is dimensionally correct (c) Capacitance (d) Distance
[CPMT 1992; CBSE PMT 1992;
NCERT 1983; MP PMT 2001]

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59. An athletic coach told his team that muscle times (c) (d)
speed equals power. What dimensions does he
68. Dimensions of strain are[MP PET 1984; SCRA 1986]
view for muscle
(a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) (d)
69. Dimensions of time in power are
60. The foundations of dimensional analysis were laid
[EAMCET 1982]
down by
(a) Gallileo (b) Newton (a) (b)
(c) Fourier (d) Joule (c) (d)
61. The dimensional formula of wave number is 70. Dimensions of kinetic energy are
(a) (b) [Bihar PET 1983; DPET 1993; AFMC 1991]

(c) (d) (a) (b)

62. The dimensions of stress are equal to [MP PET (c) (d)
1991, 2003]
71. Dimensional formula for torque is
(a) Force (b) Pressure [DPMT 1984; IIT 1983; CBSE PMT 1990; MNR 1988;
AIIMS 2002; BHU 1995, 2001; RPMT 1999;
(c) Work (d) RPET 2003; DCE 1999, 2000; DCE 2004]

63. The dimensions of pressure are (a) (b)


[CPMT 1977; MP PMT 1994] (c) (d)
(a) (b) 72. Dimensions of coefficient of viscosity are
[AIIMS 1993; CPMT 1992; Bihar PET 1984;
(c) (d)
MP PMT 1987, 89, 91; AFMC 1986;
64. Dimensions of permeability are CBSE PMT 1992; KCET 1994;
[CBSE PMT 1991; AIIMS 2003] DCE 1999; AIEEE 2004;
(a) (b) DPMT 2004]

(c) (d) (a) (b)

65. Dimensional formula of magnetic flux is (c) (d)


[DCE 1993; IIT 1982; CBSE PMT 1989, 99;
73. The dimension of quantity is [Roorkee
DPMT 2001; Kerala PMT 2005]
1994]
(a) (b) (a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) (d) None of these
66. If represents radiation pressure, represents 74. The dimension of the ratio of angular to linear
speed of light and represents radiation energy momentum is [MNR 1994]
striking a unit area per second, then non-zero (a) (b)
integers and such that is
(c) (d)
dimensionless, are
[AFMC 1991; CBSE PMT 1992; 75. The pair having the same dimensions is
CPMT 1981, 92; MP PMT 1992] [MP PET 1994; CPMT 1996]
(a) Angular momentum, work
(a)
(b) Work, torque
(b) (c) Potential energy, linear momentum
(c) (d) Kinetic energy, velocity
(d) 76. The dimensions of surface tension are
[MP PMT 1994, 99; UPSEAT 1999]
67. Inductance can be dimensionally represented as
(a) (b)

[CBSE PMT 1989, 92; IIT 1983; CPMT 1992; (c) (d)
DPMT 1999; KCET 2004; J&K CET 2005] 77. In the following list, the only pair which have
(a) (b) different dimensions, is [Manipal MEE 1995]

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(a) Linear momentum and moment of a force (c) Time period (d) Current
(b) Planck's constant and angular momentum 85. The physical quantity that has no dimensions
(c) Pressure and modulus of elasticity [EAMCET (Engg.) 1995]
(d) Torque and potential energy
(a) Angular Velocity (b) Linear momentum
78. If and represent respectively resistance and
(c) Angular momentum (d) Strain
self inductance, which of the following
combinations has the dimensions of frequency 86. represents
[MP PMT 1996, 2000, 02; MP PET 1999]
[EAMCET (Med.) 1995; Pb. PMT 2001]
(a) (b) (a) Stress
(b) Young's Modulus
(c) (d) (c) Pressure
(d) All the above three quantities
79. If velocity , acceleration and force are
87. Dimensions of magnetic field intensity is
chosen as fundamental quantities, then the
dimensional formula of angular momentum in [RPMT 1997; EAMCET (Med.) 2000; MP PET 2003]

terms of and would be (a) (b)


(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) (d)
88. The force on a sphere of radius moving in a
80. The dimensions of permittivity are medium with velocity is given by .
[MP PET 1997; AIIMS-2004; DCE-2003] The dimensions of are [CBSE PMT 1997;
(a) (b) DPMT 2000]

(c) (d) (a) (b)


81. Dimensions of the following three quantities are
(c) (d)
the same
[MP PET 1997] 89. Which physical quantities have the same
(a) Work, energy, force dimension
(b) Velocity, momentum, impulse [CPMT 1997]
(c) Potential energy, kinetic energy, momentum (a) Couple of force and work
(d) Pressure, stress, coefficient of elasticity
(b) Force and power
82. The dimensions of Planck's constant and angular
momentum are respectively [CPMT 1999; BCECE (c) Latent heat and specific heat
2004] (d) Work and power
(a) and (b) and 90. Two quantities A and B have different dimensions.
Which mathematical operation given below is
physically meaningful [CPMT 1997]
(c) and (d) and
(a) (b)

(c) (d) None


83. Let denotes the dimensional formula of the
91. Given that is speed, is the radius and is the
permittivity of the vacuum and that of the
acceleration due to gravity. Which of the following
permeability of the vacuum. If , is dimensionless [CET 1998]
, and ,
(a) (b)
then [IIT 1998]

(a) (b) (c) (d)


92. The physical quantity which has the dimensional
(c) (d)
formula is [CET 1998]
84. Dimensions of are those of
(a) Surface tension (b) Solar constant
[EAMCET (Engg.) 1995; AIIMS 1999]
(c) Density (d) Compressibility
(a) Frequency (b) Energy

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93. A force is given by , where is time. 101. The physical quantity which has dimensional
What are the dimensions of and formula as that of is
[AFMC 2001; BHU 1998, 2005]
[EAMCET (Eng.) 2000]
(a) and (b) and
(a) Force (b) Power
(c) Pressure (d) Acceleration
(c) and (d) and 102. If energy , velocity and force be
94. The dimensions of inter atomic force constant are taken as fundamental quantity, then what are the
[UPSEAT 1999] dimensions of mass
(a) (b) [AMU 2000]
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(c) (d)
95. If the speed of light , acceleration due to
103. Dimensions of luminous flux are
gravity and pressure are taken as the
[UPSEAT 2001]
fundamental quantities, then the dimension of
gravitational constant is (a) (b)
[AMU (Med.) 1999]
(c) (d)
(a) (b)
104. A physcial quantity depends on quantities
(c) (d) and as follows: , where
96. If the time period of vibration of a liquid drop and are constants. Which of the following do
depends on surface tension , radius of the not have the same dimensions
[AMU (Engg.) 2001]
drop and density of the liquid, then the
expression of is (a) and (b) and
[AMU (Med.) 2000] (c) and (d) and
(a) (b) 105. Which of the following pair does not have similar
dimensions [AIIMS 2001]
(c) (d) None of these
(a) Stress and pressure
97. is dimension of (b) Angle and strain
[RPET 2000] (c) Tension and surface tension
(a) Resistivity (b) Conductivity (d) Planck's constant and angular momentum
(c) Resistance (d) None of these 106. Out of the following which pair of quantities do not
98. Dimension of electric current is have same dimensions [RPET 2001]
[CBSE PMT 2000]
(a) Planck's constant and angular momentum
(a) (b) (b) Work and energy
(c) (d) (c) Pressure and Young's modulus
99. The fundamental physical quantities that have (d) Torque & moment of inertia
same dimensions in the dimensional formulae of 107. Identify the pair which has different dimensions
torque and angular momentum are [KCET 2001]
[EAMCET (Eng.) 2000]
(a) Planck's constant and angular momentum
(a) Mass, time (b) Time, length
(b) Impulse and linear momentum
(c) Mass, length (d) Time, mole
(c) Angular momentum and frequency
100. If pressure , velocity and time are taken
(d) Pressure and Young's modulus
as fundamental physical quantities, the
dimensional formula of force is 108. The dimensional formula stands for
[EAMCET (Eng.) 2000] [KCET 2001]
(a) (b) (a) Torque
(b) Angular momentum
(c) (d)
(c) Latent heat
(d) Coefficient of thermal conductivity

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109. Which of the following represents the dimensions


of Farad
[AMU (Med.) 2002]

(a) (b)

(c) (d)
110. If and denote the inductance,
capacitance and resistance respectively, the
dimensional formula for is
[UPSEAT 2002]

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

111. If the velocity of light , gravitational constant


and Planck's constant are chosen as
fundamental units, then the dimensions of mass in
new system is [UPSEAT 2002]

(a) (b)
(c) (d)

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