Fundamental and derived quantities - class-XI

fundamental and derived quantities

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following units is a unit of power?

  1. Kilowatt hour
  2. Watt
  3. Erg
  4. Calorie
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Spot out the odd one.

  1. calorie
  2. kilowatt hour
  3. joule
  4. watt
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The unit of power is:

  1. $Kilowatt$
  2. $kWhv$
  3. $dyne$
  4. $joule$
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The velocity of a particle is given as $v = a + b t + c t ^ { 2 }$ .the velocity is measured in $\mathrm { ms } ^ { - 1 }$ , then units of a and c are

  1. $m s ^ { - 1 } \text { and } m s ^ { - 3 }$
  2. $m s ^ { - 2 } \text { and } m s$
  3. $m ^ { 2 } s \text { and } m s ^ { 2 }$
  4. $m s \text { and } m s ^ { - 1 }$
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Three of these quantities have the same unit. Which quantity has a different unit ?

  1. $\dfrac{distance}{energy}$
  2. $force$
  3. $power\times time$
  4. rate of change of momentum
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pascal is a unit of 

  1. Pressure
  2. Force
  3. Linear momentum
  4. Energy
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The unit of $\dfrac{d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}$ is [where y is energy and x is distance]

  1. $\dfrac{J^{2}}{m^{2}}$
  2. $\dfrac{J^{2}}{m}$
  3. $\dfrac{J}{m}$
  4. $\dfrac{J}{m^{2}}$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Curie is the unit of 

  1. decay constant
  2. radio-activity
  3. half-life
  4. average life
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The magnetic moment of electron is :

  1. $ 9.27\times 10^{-24} $ Joule/Tesla
  2. $ 9.27\times 10^{-24} $ Tesla/Joule
  3. $ 9.27\times 10^{-23} $ Joule/Tesla
  4. $ 9.27\times 10^{-23} $ Tesla/Joule
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The kilowatt hour is a unit of energy.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Unit of gravitational potential energy is ______.

  1. $J/s$
  2. $Js$
  3. $Nm$
  4. $N/m$
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The $SI$ unit of specific heat capacity is $J\ kg^{-1}K^{-1}$.
What is the unit of specific heat capacity expressed in $SI$ base units?

  1. $ms^{-2}K^{-1}$
  2. $kgms^{-2}K^{-1}$
  3. $m^{2}s^{-2}K^{-1}$
  4. $kg m^{2}s^{-2}K^{-1}$
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a derived physical quantity?

  1. Mass
  2. Velocity
  3. Length
  4. Time
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Temperature can be expressed as derived quantity in terms of the following

  1. Length and mass
  2. Mass and time
  3. Length, mass and time
  4. None of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is C.G.S unit of density?

  1. $g cm^{-3}$
  2. $g m^{-3}$
  3. $g cm^{-2}$
  4. $kg m^{-3}$
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Newton is the unit of which quantity.

  1. Acceleration
  2. Force
  3. Mass
  4. Gravity
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

One horse power is equal to

  1. $1000 W$
  2. $500 W$
  3. $764 W$
  4. $746 W$
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is derived units of work?

  1. kg m$^2$ s$^{-2}$
  2. kg m$^2$ s$^{2}$
  3. kg m$^2$ s$^{-3}$
  4. kg m$^2$ s$^{-1}$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Write the derived S.I units of force.

  1. $Newton$
  2. $Pascal$
  3. $Mass$
  4. $Dyne$
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How is the following derived unit related to the fundamental units?

1) joule

  1. $N m$$ s^{-1}$
  2. $Nm$
  3. $kg m$$^2 s^{-1}$
  4. $kg m$$^2 s^{-2}$
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Newton is written in fundamental units as $kg\ m/s^{x}$. Value of $x$ is:

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 1
  4. -2
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If pascal is written in fundamental units as kg m$^{-x} s^{-2}$,then $x$ is:

  1. $1$
  2. $2$
  3. $-1$
  4. $3$
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the physical quantities related to joule.

  1. mass
  2. energy
  3. pressure
  4. intensity
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Write the derived unit of pressure.

  1. kg m$^{-1} s^{-2}$
  2. kg m$^{-2} s^{-2}$
  3. kg m$^{-1} s^{-1}$
  4. kg$^2$ m$^{-1} s^{-2}$
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the physical quantities which are measured in the $ns$.

  1. Time
  2. Mass
  3. Length
  4. Temperature
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$Js$ is the unit of

  1. Energy
  2. Angular Momentum
  3. Momentum
  4. Power
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The SI unit of magnetic permeability is:

  1. ${ Am }^{ -1 }$
  2. ${ Am }^{ -2 }$
  3. ${ Hm }^{ -2 }$
  4. ${ Hm }^{ -1 }$
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is not the unit of Force:

  1. Poundal
  2. Dyne
  3. Joule
  4. Newton
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is different from others ?

  1. Mass
  2. Length
  3. Time
  4. Density
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Density is a ________ physical quantity.

  1. fundamental
  2. derived
  3. semi-derived
  4. semi-fundamental
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The effect of an impulse force on the body is measured only in terms of its

  1. Force
  2. Moment of momentum
  3. Impulse
  4. None of these
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Energy cannot be measured in

  1. $Js$
  2. $Ws$
  3. $kWh$
  4. $erg$
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$ \dfrac{kg}{m^3} $ is an  S.I unit of density.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

SI unit of momentum is

  1. $dyne \cdot sec$
  2. $g\cdot cms^{-1}$
  3. $Ns$
  4. $gm\cdot s$
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Any unit which can be obtained by the combination of one or more fundamental units is called

  1. Fundamental unit
  2. Scale
  3. Derived unit
  4. Standard unit
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Unit of relative density is $kg\ m^{-3}$.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Derived units can be defined in terms of one or multiple fundamental units.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An atmosphere

  1. is a unit of pressure
  2. is a unit of force
  3. gives us an idea of composition of air
  4. is the height above which there is no air
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following has derived dimension?

  1. Velocity
  2. Acceleration
  3. Density
  4. All of the above
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following physical quantities has neither dimensions nor unit?

  1. angle
  2. Luminous intensity
  3. Coefficient of friction
  4. Current
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Kilowatt hour (kWh) represents the unit of 

  1. Power
  2. Impulse
  3. Momemtum
  4. Energy
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

SI unit of $g$ i.e. the acceleration due to gravity is 

  1. $m^2/s$
  2. $m/s^2$
  3. $s/m^2$
  4. $m/s$
Question 43 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pressure depends on distance as, $P=\dfrac{\alpha}{\beta}exp\left(-\dfrac{\alpha z}{k\theta}\right)$, where $\alpha, \beta$ are constants, z is distance, k is Boltzmann's constant and $\theta$ is temperature. The dimension of $\beta$ are.

  1. $M^0L^0T^0$
  2. $M^{-1}L^{-1}T^{-1}$
  3. $M^0L^2T^0$
  4. $M^{-1}L^1T^2$
Question 44 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not the unit of mobility?

  1. $\frac { }{ V s } $
  2. $\frac { }{ ohm C } $
  3. ${ }{ V C } $
  4. $\frac {Cs }{ kg } $
Question 45 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The unit of Stefans constant $\sigma$ is:

  1. $\dfrac{{watt}^{4}}{m{K}^{4}}$
  2. $\dfrac{calorie}{{m}^{2}{K}^{4}}$
  3. $\dfrac{watt}{{m}^{2}{K}^{4}}$
  4. $\dfrac{joule}{{m}^{2}{K}^{4}}$
Question 46 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $ \overline { A }  $ and $ \overline { B }  $ two different physical quantities, Which of the following mathematical operations is/are valid.

  1. $ \overline { A } $ + $ \overline { B } $
  2. $ \overline { A } .\overline { B } $
  3. $ \overline { A } \times \overline { B } $
  4. Both and (b) and (c)
Question 47 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

SI unit of modulus of elasticity is

  1. $pascal$
  2. $k g \cdot m / s ^ { 2 }$
  3. $N / m ^ { 2 }$
  4. $k g , m$
Question 48 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The SI unit of permeability of free space is

  1. $\cfrac { \text { weber } } { \text { ampere } }$
  2. $\cfrac { \text { henry } } { \text { ampere } }$
  3. $\cfrac { \text { tesla } } { \text { ampere-meter } }$
  4. $\cfrac { \text { weber } } { \text { ampere-meter } }$
Question 49 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The value of Faraday number in SI unit is:

  1. $ 9.65 coulomb/kg-equivalent $
  2. $ 9.65\times 10^7 coulomb/kg-equivalent $
  3. $ 9.65\times 10^{-7} coulomb/kg-equivalent $
  4. $ 9.65 \ coulomb/g -equivalent $
Question 50 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

SI unit of heat capacity is

  1. joule
  2. joule/kilogram
  3. joule/(kilogram x kelvin)
  4. joule/kelvin
Question 51 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The unit of power is

  1. Newton
  2. Joule
  3. Watt
  4. Newton meter
Question 52 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Joule -second is the unit of

  1. Work
  2. Momentum
  3. Pressure
  4. Angular Momentum
Question 53 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A physical quantity u is given by the relation $u=\dfrac{B^2}{2\mu _0}$
Here, $B=$ magnetic field strength
$\mu _o=$ magnetic permeability of vacuum
The name of physical quantity u is?

  1. Energy
  2. Energy density
  3. Pressure
  4. None of these
Question 54 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the columns :

I II
1. Mass a. $m/s^2$
2. Weight b. kilogram
3. Gravitational acceleration c. $Nm^2,,kg^{-2}$
4. Gravitational constant d. Newton 

 

  1. 1-a ,2-b ,3-c ,4-d
  2. 1-b ,2-a ,3-d ,4-c
  3. 1-b ,2-d ,3-c ,4-a
  4. 1-b ,2-d ,3-a ,4-c
Question 55 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The SI units of mass and weight are ______

  1. kg and kg
  2. N and kg
  3. kg and N
  4. N and N
Question 56 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the physical quantities related to the following units km$^2$

  1. Mass
  2. Volume
  3. Length
  4. Area
Question 57 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How watt is related to the fundamental units?

  1. kg m$^2 s^{-3}$
  2. kg m$^2 s^{-2}$
  3. Nm $s^{-1}$
  4. Nm
Question 58 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which pair of following quantities has dimensions different from each other. 

  1. Impulse and linear momentum
  2. Planck's constant and angular momentum
  3. Moment of inertia and moment to force
  4. Young's modulus and pressure
Question 59 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$\displaystyle { g\ cm\ s }^{ -2 }$ is also known as 

  1. newton
  2. erg
  3. pascal
  4. dyne
Question 60 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the SI system, the unit of P.E. is

  1. Erg
  2. Dyne-cm
  3. J
  4. Watt
Question 61 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Identify the uncommon quantity

Weight, spring balance, newton, kilogram 

  1. kilogram
  2. Weight
  3. spring balance
  4. newton
Question 62 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Identify the common unit used to measure energy?

  1. Newtons
  2. Joules
  3. Grams
  4. Meters
  5. Liters
Question 63 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Volume is a derived quantity of length. True or false

  1. True
  2. False
Question 64 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Identify the derived quantities among the following.

  1. Gravitational constant
  2. Frequency
  3. Electric charge
  4. Electric current
Question 65 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Using dimensional analysis the resistivity in terms of fundamental constants $h, m _e, c, e, \varepsilon _o$ can be expressed as.

  1. $\displaystyle\frac{h}{\varepsilon _0m _ece^2}$
  2. $\displaystyle\frac{\varepsilon _0m _ece^2}{h}$
  3. $\displaystyle\frac{h^2}{m _ece^2}$
  4. $\displaystyle\frac{m _e\varepsilon _0}{ce^2}$
Question 66 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

1 kg f cm$^{-2}$ .................. Nm$^{-2}$ .

  1. $10^{3}$
  2. $10^{5}$
  3. $10^{4}$
  4. $10^{6}$
Question 67 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following quantities has its unit as newton second?

  1. Energy
  2. Torque
  3. Momentum
  4. Angular momentum
Question 68 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The SI unit of power is ....................... .

  1. Watt
  2. Horsepower
  3. joules
  4. Kilowatt
Question 69 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

m$^3$ is the MKS unit of ....................... .

  1. Length
  2. Area
  3. Volume
  4. mass
Question 70 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Symbol for steradian is ....................... .

  1. St
  2. Sa
  3. Sr
  4. Sn
Question 71 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Among the following identify derived quantities?

  1. Speed
  2. Temperature
  3. Volume
  4. Mass
Question 72 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is larger unit of density ?

  1. $gm^{-3}$
  2. $gkm^{-3}$
  3. $kgm^{-3}$
  4. $gcm^{3}$