If there is a positive error of \(50\%\) in the measurement of the velocity of a body, then the error in the measurement of kinetic energy is:
1. \(25\%\)
2. \(50\%\)
3. \(100\%\)
4. \(125\%\)
A physical quantity \(P\) is given by \(P=\dfrac{A^3 B^{1/2}}{C^{-4}D^{3/2}}.\) The quantity which contributes the maximum percentage error in \(P\) is:
| 1. | \(A\) | 2. | \(B\) |
| 3. | \(C\) | 4. | \(D\) |
If L = 2.331 cm, B = 2.1 cm, then L + B =?
1. 4.431 cm
2. 4.43 cm
3. 4.4 cm
4. 4 cm
If the length of rod A is 3.25 ± 0.01 cm and that of B is 4.19 ± 0.01 cm then the rod B is longer than rod A by
1. 0.94 ± 0.00 cm
2. 0.94 ± 0.01 cm
3. 0.94 ± 0.02 cm
4. 0.94 ± 0.005 cm
A physical quantity is given by \(X=[M^aL^bT^c]\). The percentage error in measurement of \(M, L\) and \(T\) are \(𝛼 , 𝛽\) and \(𝛾\) respectively. Then maximum percentage error in the quantity \(X\) is:
1. \(\alpha\alpha+\beta\beta+c\gamma\)
2. \(\alpha\alpha+\beta\beta-c\gamma\)
3. \(\frac{\alpha}{\alpha}+\frac{\beta}{\beta}+\frac{c}{\gamma}\)
4. None of these
A physical quantity \(A\) is related to four observable quantities \(a\), \(b\), \(c\) and \(d\) as follows, \(A= \frac{a^2b^3}{c\sqrt{d}},\) the percentage errors of measurement in \(a\), \(b\), \(c\) and \(d\) are \(1\%\), \(3\%\), \(2\%\) and \(2\%\) respectively. The percentage error in quantity \(A\) will be:
1. \(12\%\)
2. \(7\%\)
3. \(5\%\)
4. \(14\%\)
If the acceleration due to gravity is \(10\ \text{m/s}^{–2}\) and the units of length and time are changed in kilometer and hour respectively, the numerical value of the acceleration is:
1. \(360000\)
2. \(72,000\)
3. \(36,000\)
4. \(129600\)
If L, C and R represent inductance, capacitance and resistance respectively, then which of the following does not represent dimensions of frequency? [This question includes concepts from the 12th syllabus]
1.
2.
3.
4.
The number of particles crossing a unit area perpendicular to the \(x\)-axis in unit time is given by \(n= -D\dfrac{n_2-n_1}{x_2-x_1}\)
1. \(\left[M^0LT^{2}\right]\)
2. \(\left[M^0L^2T^{-4}\right]\)
3. \(\left[M^0LT^{-3}\right]\)
4. \(\left[M^0L^2T^{-1}\right]\)
With the usual notations, the following equation is
1. Only numerically correct
2. Only dimensionally correct
3. Both numerically and dimensionally correct
4. Neither numerically nor dimensionally correct