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#201

Unit of power in terms of base units

A) watt

B) J/s

C) $kgm^{2}s^{-3}$

D) $kgm^{2}s^{-2}$

Answer:   C
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#202

The physical quantity which can be written in terms of just two different SI base units

A) Velocity

B) Area

C) Angular acceleration

D) All

Answer:   A
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#203

Which of the following pairs have not the same units?

A) Torque and angular momentum

B) Young’s modulus and pressure

C) Torque and work

D) Work and energy

Answer:   A
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#204

A precise measurement is one which has

A) High precision

B) Low precision

C) Maximum percentage uncertainty

D) Both B and C

Answer:   A
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#205

A student takes 100 observations in an experiment. Second time he takes 500 observations in the same experiment. By doing so the possible error becomes

A) 5 times greater

B) 1/5 times lesser

C) 10 times greater

D) 1/10 times lesser

Answer:   B
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#206

Density of a liquid is 13.6 g $cm^{-3}$. Its value in SI units is

A) 136.0 kg $m^{-3}$

B) 13600 kg $m^{-3}$

C) 13.6 kg $m^{-3}$

D) 1.36 kg $m^{-3}$

Answer:   B
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#207

The density of a cube is measured by measuring its mass and the length of its side. If the maximum errors in the measurement of mass and length are 3% and 2%, respectively, then maximum error in the measurement of density is

A) 1 %

B) 5 %

C) 7 %

D) 9 %

Answer:   D
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#208

While measuring 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. The percentage error in the measurement of g is

A) 2 %

B) 4 %

C) 7 %

D) 10 %

Answer:   C
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