Short Questions
- The energy of a photon is given by E = hf. Find the dimension and unit of Plankโs constant h, where f is the frequency of radiation.
(2076 โBโ) - What is the difference between accurate and precise measurements?
(2076 โCโ, 2075 โAโ, 2074 โBโ, 2067) - In one of the printed documents the unit of universal gravitational constant is given as Nmkg-2. Check its correctness from dimensional analysis.
(2075 โBโ) - Is dimensionally correct equation necessarily be a correct physical relation? What about dimensionally wrong equation?
(2074 โSโ, 2066 โOldโ, 2063) - A student writes an expression for the momentum (p) of a body of mass (m) with total energy (E) and considering the duration of time (t) as p =[latex]\frac{2mE}{t}[/latex] . Check its correctness on dimensional analysis.
(2073 โSโ) - Check dimensionally the correctness of the Stokeโs formula, F = 6 where symbols have their usual meanings. (2073 โCโ)
- Check the correctness of the formula, PV = RT. (2072 โSโ)
- The diameter of a steel rod is given as 56.47 0.02 mm. What does it mean? (2072 โCโ)
- The length of rod is exactly 1 cm. An observer records the readings as 1.0 cm, 1.00 cm and 1.000 cm, which is the most accurate measurement? (2072 โDโ)
- What do you mean by significant figure? (2071 โSโ)
- A student writes an expression for the force causing a body of mass (m) to move in a circular motion with a velocity (v) as F = mv2. Use the dimensional method to check its correctness. (2071 โDโ)
- Check the correctness of the relation h = where symbols have usual meaning. (2070 โSโ โ โBโ)
- Name any two physical quantities which have the same dimensions. Can a quantity have unit but no dimension? Explain. (2070 โCโ)
- If y = a + bt + ct2, where y is the distance and t is the time. What is the dimension and unit of c? (2070 โDโ)
- Find the dimensions of Planckโs constant โhโ from the given equation: where is wavelength and p is the momentum of photon. (2069 โSโ)
- What are the limitations of dimensional analysis? (2069 โAโ)
- Check the correctness of the formula t = using dimensional analysis, t is the time period of simple pendulum, l is the length of simple pendulum and g is the acceleration due to gravity. (2069 โBโ)
- The force F is given in terms of time โtโ and displacement โxโ by the equation F = AsinBx + CsinDt. What is the dimension of D/B? (2069 โOldโ โ โBโ)
- Write dimensional formula of gravitational constant and latent heat. (2069 โOldโ, 2067 โSโ, 2056)
- Check the correctness of formula t = where t be the time period, m is the mass and k is the force per unit displacement. (2064)
- Derive the dimensional equation of Power. (2063 โSโ)
- A student writes for escape velocity. Check the correctness of the formula by using dimensional analysis. (2062)
- Convert 10 ergs in joules. (2061)
- Check the correctness of the formula v2 = u2 + 2as using dimensional analysis.
- Taking force, length and time to be fundamental quantities, find the dimensional formula for the density.
- The escape velocity of a body is v = . Check the correctness of the formula using dimension.
- The density of gold is 19.3 g/cc. Express its value in SI unit.
- Obtain dimensions of specific heat capacity and gravitational constant.
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