Home Courses Contact About




6.(JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th January Morning Slot )

The density of a material in SI units is 128 kg m–3 . In certain units in which the unit of length is 25 cm and the unit of mass is 50 g, the numerical value of density of the material is -

(A) 40

(B) 640

(C) 16

(D) 410

Correct answer is (A)

Here given that

density of a material in SI units is 128 kg m–3

And a new unit system is introduced where 1 unit of length = 25 cm and 1 unit of mass = 50 g

You should know that, physical quantity is same in any unit system. And to calculate a physical quantity yo should know two things

(1) numerical value of the physical quantity (n)

(2) unit of the physical quantity (u)

And n × u = constant in any unit system.

Here in SI unit system,

n1 = 128

u1 = kg/m3

And in new unit system,

n2 = ?

u2 = 50gm/(25cm)3

As n1u1 = n2u2

128 × (kg/m3) = n2 × 50gm/(25cm)3

128 × 1000 g m ( 100 c m ) 3 = n2 × 50 g m ( 25 c m ) 3

n2 = 128 × 20 4 3 = 40

7.(AIEEE 2010 )

The respective number of significant figures for the numbers 23.023, 0.0003 and 2.1 × 10–3 are

(A) 5, 1, 2

(B) 5, 1, 5

(C) 5, 5, 2

(D) 4, 4, 2

Correct answer is (A)

23.023 has 5 significant figures.

0.0003 has 1 significant figure.

2.1 × 10–3 has 2 significant figures.

8.(AIEEE 2008 )

A body of mass m = 3.513 kg is moving along the x-axis with a speed of 5.00 ms−1. The magnitude of its momentum is recorded as

(A) 17.6 kg ms-1

(B) 17.565 kg ms-1

(C) 17.56 kg ms-1

(D) 17.57 kg ms-1

Correct answer is (A)

Momentum, p = m × v

= 3.513 × 5.00 = 17.565 kg m/s

17.6 kg m/s

Here number of significant digits in m is 4 and in v is 3, so, p must have minimum (which is 3) significant digit.

Note :

In this case, since we are calculating the magnitude of momentum, which is given by the absolute value of the product of mass and velocity, we should follow the rules for significant figures as if we were multiplying the two values together.

The least precise value in the calculation has three significant figures (the velocity), so we should round the answer to three significant figures as well.

Therefore, the correct answer with three significant figures is 17.6 kg m/s.