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Light year is a unit of

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Important Questions on Measurements

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In SI units, kg m2 s-2 is equivalent to which of the following?
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Velocity v and acceleration a in two systems of units 1 and 2 are related as v2=nm2v1 and a2=a1mn respectively. Here m and n are constants. The relations for distance and time in two systems respectively are
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The dimension of light year
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If E and H represents the intensity of electric field and magnetizing field respectively, then the unit of EH will be:

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Match List I with List II

  List I   List II
A Torque I kg m1 s2
B Energy density II kg m s1
C Pressure gradient III kg m2 s2
D Impulse IV kg m2 s2

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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A huge circular arc of length 4.4 ly subtends an angle 4s at the centre of the circle. How long it would take for a body to complete 4 revolution if its speed is 8 AU per second?
Given : 1 ly=9.46×1015 m

1 AU=1.5×1011 m

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Which of the following is not a unit of time?
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The angular speed of a fly-wheel making 180 rpm is ________
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The distance of the Sun from earth is 1.5×1011 m and its angular diameter is 2000'' when observed from the earth. The diameter of the Sun will be
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The nearest star to our solar system is 4.3 light years away. The distance of this star in Parsec is (Mean distance between the earth and the sun =1.5×1011 m and one light year =9.46×1015 m
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Match the physical quantities with their correct SI units.

  List-I   List-II
(A) Planck's constant (I) kg m s-2
(B) Torque (II) kg-1 m3
(C) Weight (III) m2 kg s-1
(D) Specific volume (IV) kg m2 s-2

The correct match is

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A spherometer has 20 threads per cm. Its circular scale has 100 divisions. The least count of the sphere is
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Plane angle and solid angle have:
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The angle of 1' (minute of arc) in radian is nearly equal to
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If the unit of force is 1 kN, the length is 1 km and time is 100 s, what will be the unit of mass?
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If the acceleration due to gravity is 10 ms-2 and the units of length and time are changed in kilometre and hour, respectively, the numerical value of acceleration is
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If 1 g cm s-1=x newton-second, then the number x is equal to
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Farad is not equivalent to