Match the physical quantities with their correct SI units. List-I List-II (A) Planck's constant (I) kg m s - 2 (B) Torque (II) kg - 1 m 3 (C) Weight (III) m 2 kg s - 1 (D) Specific volume (IV) kg m 2 s - 2 The correct match is

A = III , B = IV , C = I , D = II

A = II , B = IV , C = I , D = III

A = IV , B = I , C = II , D = III

A = II , B = III , C = I , D = IV

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The CGS unit of mass is .

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If electronic charge

e

, electron mass

m

, speed of light in vacuum

c

and Planck's constant

h

are taken as fundamental quantities, the permeability of vacuum

μ_{0}

can be expressed in units of:

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The density of a material in

SI

units is

128 kg m^{- 3} .

In certain units in which the unit of length is

25 cm

and the unit of mass is

50 g,

the numerical value of density of the material is:

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Let $[\in_{0}]$ denote the dimensional formula of the permittivity of vacuum. If M = mass, L = length, T = time and A = electric current, then :

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Planck's constant

(h)

, speed of light in a vacuum

(c)

and Newton's gravitational constant

(G)

are three fundamental constants. Which of the following combinations of these has the dimension of length?

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Light year is a unit of

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If energy

(E)

, velocity

(V)

and time

(T)

are chosen as the fundamental quantities, the dimensional formula of surface tension will be___(For surface tension, Force=Surface tension

\times

length)

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Expression for time in terms of

G

(universal gravitational constant),

h

(Planck constant) and

c

(speed of light) is proportional to:

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In terms of potential difference

V

, electic current

I

, permittivity

ε_{0}

, permeability

μ_{0}

and speed of light

c

, the dimensionally correct equation(s) is (are)

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A length - scale

(l)

depends on the permittivity

(ε)

of a dielectric material, Boltzmann constant

k_{B}

, the absolute temperature T, the number per unit volume (n) of certain charged particles, and the charge (q) carried by each of the particles, Which of the following expressions (s) for

l

is (are) dimensionally correct?

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Let

L, R, C

and

V

represent inductance, resistance, capacitance and voltage, respectively. The dimension of

\frac{L}{R C V}

S I

units will be:

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Time

(T)

, velocity

(C)

and angular momentum

(h)

are chosen as fundamental quantities instead of mass, length and time. In terms of these, the dimensions of mass would be:

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The prefix atto means

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A physical quantity of the dimensions of length that can be formed out of

c, G

and

\frac{e^{2}}{4 π ε_{0}}

, where [

c

is velocity of light,

G

is universal constant of gravitation,

e

is charge &

ε_{0}

is permittivity of free space]:

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A beaker contains a fluid of density

ρ

\frac{k g}{m^{3}}

, specific heat

S \frac{J}{k g^{o} C}

and viscosity

η

. The beaker is filled up to height h. To estimate the rate of heat transfer per unit area

(\frac{\dot{Q}}{A})

by convection when beaker is put on a hot plate, a student proposes that it should depend on

η

(\frac{S Δ θ}{h})

and

(\frac{1}{ρ g})

when

Δ θ

(

{i n}^{o} C

) is the difference in the temperature between the bottom and top of the fluid. In that situation the correct option for

(\frac{\dot{Q}}{A})

is:

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Planck' constant

h

, speed of light

c

and gravitational constant

G

are used to form a unit of length

L

and a unit of mass

M

. Then the correct option(s) is (are)

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A, B, C

, and

D

are four different physical quantities having different dimensions. None of them is dimensionless. But we know that the equation

A D = C l n (B D)

holds true. Then which of the combination is not a meaningful quantity?

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In the following

I

refers to current and other symbols have their usual meaning. Choose the option that corresponds to the dimensions of electrical conductivity:

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The least count of the main scale of a screw gauge is

1 mm .

The minimum number of divisions on its circular scale required to measure

5 μm

diameter of a wire is:

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If $E$ and $H$ represents the intensity of electric field and magnetizing field respectively, then the unit of $\frac{E}{H}$ will be:

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Match the physical quantities with their correct $SI$ units.

	List-I		List-II
(A)	Planck's constant	(I)	$kg m s^{- 2}$
(B)	Torque	(II)	${kg}^{- 1} m^{3}$
(C)	Weight	(III)	$m^{2} kg s^{- 1}$
(D)	Specific volume	(IV)	$kg m^{2} s^{- 2}$

The correct match is

The CGS unit of mass is .

Important Questions on Units and Measurements

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