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    This document is a test paper for Chapter 2 on Units and Measurements from the CBSE syllabus. It includes multiple-choice questions, short answer questions, and problems related to significant digits, SI units, kinetic energy, parallax, and fundamental constants. The paper assesses students' understanding of measurement concepts and their applications in physics.

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    CBSE Test Paper 01

    Chapter 2 Units and Measurements

    1. The number of significant digits in 6.320 J is 1

    a. 6
    b. 4
    c. 3
    d. 5

    2. Newton is the SI unit of 1

    a. acceleration
    b. work
    c. power
    d. force

    3. The dimensions of Kinetic energy is same as that of 1

    a. Pressure
    b. Work
    c. Momentum
    d. Force

    4. A new unit of length is chosen such that the speed of light in vacuum is unity. What is
    the distance between the Sun and the Earth in terms of the new unit if light takes 8
    min and 20 s to cover this distance? 1

    a. 500
    b. 450
    c. 600
    d. 550

    5. The number of significant digits in 0.0006032 is 1

    a. 4

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    b. 6
    c. 5
    d. 3

    6. Define S.I. unit of solid angle? 1

    7. How many light years make 1 parsec? 1

    8. Is it Possible to have length and velocity both as fundamental quantities? Why? 1

    9. The principle of 'parallax' in section 2.3.1 is used in the determination of distances of


    very distant stars. The baseline AB is the line joining the Earth's two locations six
    months apart in its orbit around the Sun. That is, the baseline is about the diameter of
    the Earth's orbit = . However, even the nearest stars are so distant that
    with such a long baseline, they show parallax only of the order of 1" (second) of arc or
    so. A parsec is a convenient unit of length on the astronomical scale. It is the distance
    of an object that will show a parallax of 1" (second) of arc from opposite ends of a
    baseline equal to the distance from the Earth to the Sun. How much is a parsec in
    terms of meters? 2

    10. The resistance R is the ratio of potential difference V and current I. What is the
    percentage error in R if V is (100 ± 5) V and I is (10 ± 2) A? 2

    11. The Sun's angular diameter is measured to be 1920". The distance r of the sun from

    the earth is 1.496 1011 m. What is the diameter of the Sun? 2

    12. A great physicist of this century (P.A.M. Dirac) loved playing with numerical values of
    Fundamental constants of nature. This led him to an interesting observation. Dirac
    found that from the basic constants of atomic physics (c, e, mass of electron, mass of
    proton) and the gravitational constant G, he could arrive at a number with the
    dimension of time. Further, it was a very large number, its magnitude being close to
    the present estimate on the age of the universe (15 billion years). From the table of
    fundamental constants in this book, try to see if you too can construct this number (or
    any other interesting number you can think of). If its coincidence with the age of the
    universe were significant, what would this imply for the constancy of fundamental
    constants? 3

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    13. The farthest objects in our Universe discovered by modern astronomers are so distant
    that light emitted by them takes billions of years to reach the Earth. These objects
    (known as quasars) have many puzzling features, which have not yet been
    satisfactorily explained. What is the distance in km of a quasar from which light takes
    3.0 billion years to reach us? 3

    14. A book with many printing errors contains four different formulas for the
    displacement y of a particle undergoing a certain periodic motion:
    (a = maximum displacement of the particle, v = speed of the particle. T = time-period
    of motion). Rule out the wrong formulas on dimensional grounds. 3

    i.
    ii. y = a sin vt
    iii.
    iv.

    15. The diameter of a wire as measured by a screw found to be 1.328,1.330,1.325,


    1.326,1.334 and 1.336 cm. Calculate 5

    i. mean value of diameter


    ii. absolute error in each measurement
    iii. mean absolute error
    iv. fractional error
    v. percentage error
    vi. diameter of wire.

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