Student’s Name: Physics Test Series - Test 1

Class XI
Units and Measurements
Instructor: Yawer Shah

Instructions
• This test consists of 10 multiple-choice questions.
• Each question has four options (1, 2, 3, 4). Only one option is correct. Choose the correct one.

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• Time: 60 minutes.

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Q1. Candela is the luminous intensity, in a given 1. 4 %
direction, of a source that emits a monochromatic

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radiation of frequency ’f’ and that has a radiant in- 2. 0.03846 %
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tensity in that direction of 683 watt per steradian. 3. 0.0042 %
The value of f is:
4. 3%
1. 640 ×1012 Hz
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2. 730 ×1012 Hz Q5. A physical quantity P is related to four observ-
3 2
3. 540 ×10 12
Hz ables a, b, c, and d as P = a√cd b
. The percentage
error in a, b, c, and d are 1 %, 3%, 4 %, and 2%, re-
4. 440 ×1012 Hz spectively. The percentage error in P is: (NCERT)
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1. 14%
Q2. Which of the following sets can not enter into
the list of fundamental quantities in any system of 2. 15%
units? (HCV)
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3. 14.5%
1. Length, mass and velocity
4. 15.6 %
2. Length, time and velocity
3. Mass, time, and velocity Q6. Expression for time in terms of G (universal
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gravitational constant), h (Plank’s constant) and c

4. Length, time and mass (speed of light) is proportional to: (JEE Mains,
2019)
Q3. A unit-less quantity (HCV) Given: a) The Force between two masses m1 and
m2 is given by F = Gmr12m2 , where G is the universal
1. never has a nonzero dimension. gravitational constant.
b) The Energy E of a photon is given by E = hν
2. always has a nonzero dimension. where h is the Plank’s constant and ν is the frequency.
3. may have a nonzero dimension. q
hc5
1. G
4. does not exist. q
c3
2. Gh

Q4. We measure the period of oscillation of a simple q

Gh
pendulum. In successive measurements, the readings 3. c5
turn out to be 2.63 s, 2.56 s, 2.42 s, 2.71 s, and 2.80 q
Gh
s. The fractional error is: (NCERT) 4. c3

1
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Q7. A quantity f is given by f = hc5 Q12. The number of significant figures in 0.2370
G where c
is speed of light, G universal gravitational constant, is:(JK Board 2025)
and h is Planck’s constant. Dimension of f is that of: 1. 1
(JEE Mains 2020)
2. 3
1. volume
3. 4
2. energy
4. 5
3. momentum

4. area
Q13. Planck’s constant has the same dimensions as
that of: (JK Board 2025)

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1. Energy
Q8. The number of significant figures in 6.032 Nm−2
is: (JK Board 2025) 2. Momentum

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1. 6 3. Frequency

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2. 3 4. Angular Momentum
3. 2

4. 4 Q14. A force F is given by F = at + bt2 where t is

the time. What are the dimensions of a and b? (JK
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Board 2024, NEET 2024)
Q9. The correct relationship between Calorie and
1. [M 1 L1 T −3 ] and [M 1 L2 T −4 ]
Joule is: (JK Board 2025)
2. [M 1 L1 T −3 ] and [M 1 L1 T −4 ]
1. 1 Calorie = 4.2 Joule
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3. [M 1 L1 T −1 ] and [M 1 L1 T 0 ]
2. 1 Calorie = 1/4.2 Joule
4. [M 1 L1 T −4 ] and [M 1 L1 T −1 ]
3. 0.24 Calorie = 1 Joule
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4. Both 1 and 3.
Q15. In Vanderwaal’s equation: P + Va2 (V − b) =

RT what are the dimensions of a and b? (JK Board

Q10. The numbers 2.745 and 2.735, on rounding off 2024)
to 3 S.F., will give: (JK Board 2025) (Given:) P is the Pressure = FArea
orce
, V is the volume,
R is the gas constant, and T is the temperature in
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1. 2.75 and 2.74 Kelvin.

2. 2.74 and 2.73 1. [M L5 T −2 ] and [L3 ]
3. 2.75 and 2.73 2. [M LT −2 ] and [L]
4. 2.74 and 2.74 3. [M L2 T −2 ] and [L3 ]

4. [M L4 T −2 ] and [L3 ]
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Q11. The number of significant figures in 2.64 × 10
is: (JK Board 2025)
Q16. Which of the following combinations has the
1. 1 dimension of electrical resistance (ϵ0 is the permittiv-
2. 3 ity of vacuum and µ0 is the permeability of vacuum)?
(2019 Main, 12 April II)
3. 4 r
µ0
1.
4. 5 ϵ0

2
 √
2. µ0 ϵ0 2. 6.8%

ϵ0 3. 3.5%
r
3.
µ0
4. 0.2%
√
4. ϵ0 µ0

Q21. A vernier calipers has 1 mm marks on the main

r
ϵ0 scale. It has 20 equal divisions on the vernier scale
Q17. In SI units, the dimensions of is (2019 which match with 16 main scale divisions. For this
µ0
Main, 11 April I) vernier calipers, the least count is (ADV 2010)

1. [A2 T 3 M L−1 ] 1. 0.02 mm

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2. [AT 2 M −1 L−1 ] 2. 0.05 mm
3. 0.1 mm
3. [AT −3 M L3/2 ]

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4. 0.2 mm
4. [A2 T 3 M −1 L−2 ]

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Q22. In an experiment, four quantities a, b, c and d
Q18. The area of a square is 5.29 cm2 . The area
are measured with percentage error 1%, 2%, 3% and
of 7 such squares taking into account the significant
4%, respectively. Quantity P is calculated as follows
figures is (2019 Main, 9 April II) 3 2
P = acdb , % error in P is [NEET 2013]
1. 37.030 cm2
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1. 14%
2
2. 37.0 cm
2. 10%
3. 37.03 cm2 3. 7%
2
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4. 37 cm 4. 4%

Q19. In the density measurement of a cube, the mass Q23. Planck’s constant (h), speed of light in vac-
and edge length are measured as (10.00 ± 0.10) kg
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uum (c) and Newton’s gravitational constant (G) are

and (0.10 ± 0.01) m, respectively. The error in the three fundamental constants. Which of the following
measurement of density is (2019 Main, 9 April I) combinations of these has the dimensions of length?
1. 0.01 kg/m3 [NEET 2016]
r
2. 0.10 kg/m3 hG
1.
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c3/2
3. 0.07 kg/m3 r
hG
2.
4. 0.31 kg/m3 c5/2
r
hc
3.
Q20. In a simple pendulum, experiment for determi- G
nation of acceleration due to gravity (g), time taken r
for 20 oscillations is measured by using a watch of Gc
4.
1 second least count. The mean value of time taken h3/2
comes out to be 30 s. The length of pendulum is
measured by using a meter scale of least count 1 mm Q24. Which of the following measurement is most
and the value obtained 55.0 cm. The percentage er- precise? [NCERT Exemplar]
ror in the determination of g is close to (2019 Main,
8 April II) 1. 5.00 mm
1. 0.7% 2. 5.00 cm

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 3. 5.00 m 1. [M L0 T −2 ]
4. 5.00 km 2. [M L−1 T −2 ]
3. [M LT −2 ]
Q25. The mean length of an object is 5 cm. Which
4. [M L2 T −2 ]
of the following measurements is most accurate?
[NCERT Exemplar]
1. 4.9 cm Q30. Taking into account of the significant figures,
what is the value of 9.99 m − 0.0099 m? [NEET
2. 4.805 cm (Sep.) 2020]
3. 5.25 cm 1. 9.9 m

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4. 5.4 cm 2. 9.9801 m
3. 9.98 m

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Q26. Amount of solar energy received on the earth’s
surface per unit area per unit time is defined as solar 4. 9.980 m
constant. Dimensional formula of solar constant is

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[JEE Main 2020]
1. [M LT −2 ]
2. [M L0 T −3 ]
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3. [M 0 LT −1 ]
4. [M L2 T −2 ]
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Q27. If E and G respectively denote energy and

gravitational constant, then E
G has the dimensions of
[NEET 2021]
1. [M 2 L−1 T 0 ]
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2. [M L−1 T −1 ]
3. [M L0 T 0 ]
4. [M 2 L−2 T −1 ]
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Q28. If force [F ], acceleration [a] and time [T ] are

chosen as the fundamental physical quantities. Find
the dimensions of energy. [NEET 2021]
1. [F aT ]
2. [F aT 2 ]
3. [F aT −1 ]
4. [F aT −2 ]

Q29. Dimensions of stress are [NEET (Sep.)

2020]