UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS

MODULE-1

TOPICS: 7. Temperature can be expressed as a derived

quantity in terms of which of the following?
1) Introduction
(1) Length and mass (2) Mass and time
2) The international System of Units
(3) Length, mass and time (4) None of these
Descriptive questions :
8. Density of wood is 0.5 gm/cc in CGS system of
1. Pick out the fundamental unit of the following units. The corresponding value in MKS units is:-
Second, m/s, newton, joule (1) 500 (2) 5
2. A physical quantity having both magnitude and (3) 0.5 (4) 5000
direction is a vector and if it has only magnitude
it is a scalar. Arrange the following physical
quantities into scalars and vectors
a) force b)angular momentum
c) time d)work
3. Pick the odd one among the following forces
a) Gravitational force
b) Viscous force
c) Weak nuclear force
d) Electromagnetic force

Objective Questions

1. The base quantity among the following is

1) Speed 2) Weight 3) Length 4) Area
2. Which of the following is not a unit of time?
1) second 2) minute 3) hour 4) light
year
3. Ampere second is a unit of
1) Current 2) Charge
3) Energy 4) Power
4. Which of the following is a unit that of force?
1) N m 2) mN 3) nm 4) N s
5. Which of the following system of units is not
based on units of mass, length and time alone?
(1) SI (2) MKS
(3) FPS (4) CGS
6. Which of the following quantity is unitless?
(1) Velocity gradient (2) Pressure gradient
(3) Displacement gradient (4) Force gradient

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