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Questions : Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(a) Nautical miles - Unit of naval distance

(b) Decibel - Unit of sound intensity

(c) Horsepower - Unit of power

(d) Celsius - Unit of heat

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

Celsius - Unit of Temperature.

Some more examples,

  SI Unit Other Units
Temperature Kelvin (K) Celsius (°C), Fahrenheit (°F)
Heat Joule (J) Calorie, British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Sound Decibel (dB)  
Distance Meter (m) Yard, Kilometer, Nautical mile, Mile
Power Watt (W) or Joule per sec Ergs/sec, Horsepower (hp)

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Question : 1

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.

List I (Physical quantities) List-II (Units)
A. Acceleration 1. Joule
B. Force 2. Newton second
C. Work done 3. Newton
D. Impulse 4. Metre/second2
Code: (A) (B) (C) (D)

a) 2 3 4 1

b) 1 2 3 4

c) 3 4 1 2

d) 4 3 1 2

Answer: (d)

List I (Physical quantities) List-II (Units)
A. Acceleration 4. Metre/second2
B. Force 3. Newton
C. Work done 1. Joule
D. Impulse 2. Newton second

Question : 2

A passenger in a moving train tosses a five rupee coin. If the coin falls behind him, then the train must be moving with a uniform

a) speed

b) acceleration

c) deceleration

d) velocity

Answer: (b)

Acceleration is the correct answer.

Acceleration Definition:

the act or process of moving faster or happening more quickly: the act or process of accelerating or ability to accelerate

  • It is the time rate of change of velocity of a body.
  • It is a vector quantity.
  • Its SI unit is m/s2.

The correct explanation for the problem:

When the coin toss, it also has the same velocity as the velocity of the train but during the time, the coin is in the air, the velocity of the train keeps on increasing, and hence it falls behind the passenger.

Definition for other options,

Speed :

Speed is defined as the rate of change of position of an object in any direction. It is measured as the ratio of distance to the time in which the distance was covered. It is a scalar quantity as it has only direction and no magnitude

Deceleration :

A decrease in speed as the body moves away from the starting point is defined as Deceleration. Deceleration is the opposite of acceleration. Deceleration also is known as negative acceleration.

Velocity :

Velocity is the directional speed of an object in motion as an indication of its rate of change in position as observed from a particular frame of reference and as measured by a particular standard of time. Velocity is a fundamental concept in kinematics, the branch of classical mechanics that describes the motion of bodies.

Question : 3

The unit of the force is

a) Newton

b) Faraday

c) Fermi

d) Rutherford

Answer: (a)

The SI unit of force is the newton, symbol N.

Newton :

Newton, an absolute unit of force in the International System of Units (SI units), abbreviated N. It is defined as that force necessary to provide a mass of one kilogram with an acceleration of one metre per second per second.

Faraday : 

A faraday is a dimensionless unit of electric charge quantity, equal to approximately 6.02 x 1023 electric charge carriers.

Fermi :

Fermi ('unit of measurement') is an SI unit of length equal to 1015 metres, which means a quadrillionth of one metre. This distance is sometimes called a fermi and was so named in honour of Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi, as it is a typical length-scale of nuclear physics.

Rutherford : 

The rutherford (symbol Rd) is a non-SI unit of radioactive decay. It is defined as the activity of a quantity of radioactive material in which one million nuclei decay per second. It is therefore equivalent to one megabecquerel, and one becquerel equals one microrutherford.

Question : 4

A stone is thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity u from the top of a tower of height g ${12u^2}/g$ . With what velocity does the stone reach the ground ?

a) 5u

b) u

c) 4u

d) 2$√{6}$u

Answer: (a)

As already We know that, when a particle is thrown vertically upward with a velocity u from a point A, the particle returns the point A with the same velocity u.

Now, using the fact $v^2=u^2+2gh$, we obtain $v^2=u^2+2g × {12u^2}/{g} ⇒ v^2 = u^2+24u^2$
⇒ v = 5u

Question : 5

Assertion :
Density is a derived physical quantity.
Reason :
Density cannot be derived from the fundamental physical quantities.

a) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.

b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.

c) If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.

d) If Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.

Answer: (a)

Question : 6

Which of the following is not a fundamental unit?

a) metre

b) newton

c) kilogram

d) second

Answer: (b)

Fundamental unit:

The SI unit of a fundamental quantity is called a fundamental unit.

There are 7 fundamental quantities and their fundamental units.
The fundamental quantities are Length, Mass, Time, Electric Current, Thermodynamic Temperature, Luminous Intensity, etc.

Fundamental Quantities
Quantities S.I unit
Mass Kilogram (kg)
Length meter (m)
Time second (s)
Amount of Substance Mole (mol)
Temperature Kelvin (K)
Electric Current Ampere (A)
Luminous intensity Candela (cd)

Also know,

Fundamental Quantity:

An independent physical quantity that cannot be expressed in terms of other physical quantities is called fundamental quantity.
They are conventionally chosen. It is used as a base to get other derived quantities by combining them.

Supplementary units:

The units that are used along with base units to form derived units in the International System are called supplementary units.

Supplementary Quantities
Plane angle radian (rad)
Solid angle steradian (Sr)
Derived Quantities
Force Newton (N)
Work Joule (J), calorie
Pressure Pascal (Pa)
Power Watt (W)

Explanation for the question:

meter (m), kilogram (Kg) and second (s) are the fundamental units of fundamental quantities Length, Mass and Time respectively.

Where Newton (N) is a Derived Quantities.

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