NEET Physics Mathematical Tools, Units & Dimensions Question Bank Dimensions

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    Of the following quantities, which one has dimensions different from the remaining three [AIIMS 1987; CBSE PMT 1993]

    A)             Energy per unit volume           

    B)             Force per unit area

    C)             Product of voltage and charge per unit volume

    D)             Angular momentum per unit mass

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                    Energy per unit volume = \[\frac{[M{{L}^{2}}{{T}^{-2}}]}{[{{L}^{3}}]}=[M{{L}^{-1}}{{T}^{-2}}]\] Force per unit area = \[\frac{[ML{{T}^{-2}}]}{[{{L}^{2}}]}=[M{{L}^{-1}}{{T}^{-2}}]\]             Product of voltage and charge per unit volume \[=\frac{V\times Q}{\text{Volume}}=\frac{VIt}{\text{Volume}}=\frac{\text{Power}\times \text{Time}}{\text{Volume}}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[\frac{[M{{L}^{2}}{{T}^{-3}}]\,[T]}{[{{L}^{3}}]}=[M{{L}^{-1}}{{T}^{-2}}]\] Angular momentum per unit mass = \[\frac{[M{{L}^{2}}{{T}^{-1}}]}{[M]}=[{{L}^{2}}{{T}^{-1}}]\]                         So angular momentum per unit mass has different dimension.


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