List of Important Questions on Measuring Units

In exams like SSC, Banking, Railways, and others, we find many questions from the General Science Physics section. This section is considered very important. We will provide topic-wise practice questions so that students can be able to practice more and more and get most of the questions correct in this section. In this article, we will provide a Practice set from the different units of measurement.

List of Important Questions on Measuring Units

Que 1. Which is the standard unit of Power?
(a) Protons
(b) Watt
(c) Volts
(d) Hertz

Ans. (b) Watt
Explanation: Watt is the standard unit of power, it is equal to joule/sec.

Que 2. Which of the following given options represents Distance?
(a) Ohm
(b) Joule
(c) Light year
(d) Faraday

Ans. Light year
Explanation: Distance can be measured in Light years. i.e the distance that light covers in one year.

Que 3. Ampere is the unit of 
(a) Electric Current
(b) Capacitance
(c) Electric Potential
(d) Resistance

Ans. (a) Electric Current
Explanation: Electric current can be measured in Ampere.

Que 4. Standard unit in which Capacitance can be measured?
(a) Newton
(b) Fermi
(c) Hertz
(d) Farad

Ans. (d) Farad
Explanation: Farad is the unit of Capacitance.

Que 5. Force can be measured in 
(a) Rutherford
(b) Dyne
(c) Newton
(d) Ohm

Ans. (c) Newton
Explanation: Newton is the S.I unit of Force.

Que 6. What does Nautical Mile refer to
(a) It is a measuring unit of wavelength of light
(b) It is the unit of distance travelled through the water
(c) It is a measurement of the speed of Submarines
(d) It is a unit for time

Ans. (b) It is the unit of distance travelled through the water
Explanation: Nautical miles are used to measure the distance travelled through the water.

Que 7. What is the unit for measuring Heat?
(a) Joule
(b) Ampere
(c) Calorie
(d) Watt

Ans. (c) Calorie
Explanation: Calorie is the unit for measuring Heat.

Que 8. Which of the following is not correct of the given options?
(a) Pressure – Pascal
(b) Force – Newton
(c) Work – Joule
(d) Heat – Ampere

Ans. (d) Heat – Ampere
Explanation: The unit for measuring Heat is calories, while current can be measured in Ampere.

Que 9. Which of the following is used for measuring the speed of a ship?
(a) Nautical Mile
(b) Knot
(c) Light year
(d) Calorie

Ans. (b) Knot
Explanation: A knot is a unit for measuring the speed of the ship.

Que 10. Wavelength can be measured in the
(a) Angstrom
(b) Calorie
(c) Pascal
(d) Mach

Ans. (a) Angstrom
Explanation: Wavelength can be measured in Angstrom.

Que 11. What the Bar is the measuring unit for 
(a) Mass
(b) Density
(c) Pressure
(d) Heat

Ans. (c) Pressure
Explanation: Atmospheric pressure can be measured in Bars.

Que 12. Which of the following given options are used for measuring Earthquakes?
(a) Bar
(b) Byte
(c) Cusec
(d) Richter scale

Ans. (d) Richter scale
Explanation: Richter scale is used for measuring Earthquakes.

Que 13. find the odd one out.
(a) Kelvin
(b) Joule
(c) Celsius
(d) Fahrenheit

Ans. (b) Joule
Explanation: Joule is the unit of work, the rest are units of temperature

Que 14. Which of the following given options is used to measure the rate of flowing water?
(a) Dobson
(b) Poise
(c) Maxwell
(d) Cusec

Ans. (d) Cusec
Explanation: Cusec is used to measure flowing water.

Que 15. The pyrometer can be used for 
(a) Work 
(b) High Temperature
(c) Density
(d) Heat

Ans. (b) High Temperature
Explanation: A pyrometer is a type of thermometer which can be used for measuring high temperatures.

Que 16. Dobson is the unit to measure?
(a) Ozone layer
(b) Diamond
(c) Stars
(d) Depth of sea

Ans. (a) Ozone layer
Explanation: Dobson is the unit used for measuring the thickness of the Ozone layer.

Que 17. Mach is related to 
(a)  High Speed
(b) Low Speed
(c) High Temperature
(d) Low Temperature

Ans. (a) High Speed
Explanation: Mach is the unit for measuring high speed. for example Aircraft, Missiles, Spaceships, etc

Que 18. Which one of the following is not the unit for measuring length?
(a) Micron
(b) Nanometer
(c) millimetre
(d) Joule

Ans. (d) Joule
Explanation: Joule is the unit for measuring Work, the rest are used to measure length.

Que 19. A megawatt is related to
(a) Saving of Power
(b) Consumption of power
(c) Generation of power
(d) Loss of power

Ans. (c) Generation of power
Explanation: The generation of power in power plants can be called Megawatt.

Que 20. Which one of the following given options can best describe “Light year”?
(a) It is a speed of sound
(b) It is a distance covered by the sound
(c) It is a distance covered by light
(d) It is the speed of light

Ans. (c) It is a distance covered by light
Explanation: Light year is the distance travelled by light in 1 year.