While measuring the acceleration due to gravity by a simple pendulum, a student makes a positive error of 1% in the length of the pendulum and a negative error of 3% in the value of time period. His percentage error in the measurement of g by the relation will be
(1) 2%
(2) 4%
(3) 7%
(4) 10%
If the unit of force and length each be increased by four times, then the unit of energy is increased by
(1) 16 times
(2) 8 times
(3) 2 times
(4) 4 times
If energy (\(E\)), velocity (\(v\)) and time (\(T\)) are chosen as the fundamental quantities, the dimensional formula of surface tension will be:
1. \( {\left[E v^{-2} T^{-1}\right]} \)
2. \( {\left[E v^{-1} T^{-2}\right]} \)
3. \( {\left[E v^{-2} T^{-2}\right]} \)
4. \({\left[E^{-2} v^{-1} T^{-3}\right]}\)
If dimensions of critical velocity vc of a liquid flowing through a tube are expressed as [xρyrz] , where , ρ and r are the coefficent of viscocity of liquid, density of liquid and radius of the tube respectively, then the values of x,y and z are given by
1. 1,-1,-1
2. -1,-1,1
3. -1,-1,-1
4. 1,1,1
If force (F), velocity (v) and time (T) are taken as fundamental units, then the dimensions of mass are:
(a) [FvT-1]
(b) [FvT-2]
(c) [Fv-1T-1]
(d) [Fv-1T]
In an experiment four quantities a, b, c and d are measured with percentage error 1%,2%,3% and 4% respectively. Quantity P is calculated as follows P=a3b2/cd %, Error in P is
1. 14%
2. 10%
3. 7%
4. 4%
The density of material in CGS system of units is In a system of units in which unit of length is 10cm and unit of mass is 100g, then the value of density of material in this system will be-
(1)0.4
(2)40
(3)400
(4)0.04
A student measures the distance traversed in free fall of a body, initially at rest in a given time. He uses this data to estimate g, the acceleration due to gravity. If the maximum percentage errors in measurement of the distance and the time are and respectively, the percentage error in the estimation of g is:
1. 2.
3. 4.
1. | pressure if \(a=1, ~b=-1,~c=-2\) |
2. | velocity if \(a=1,~b=0,~c=-1\) |
3. | acceleration if \(a=1,~b=1,~c=-2\) |
4. | force if \(a=0, ~b= -1,~c=-2\) |