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What is the full form of MKS unit system? Is it same as the CGS system?

Important Questions on Units and Measurements

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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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In SI units, kg m2 s-2 is equivalent to which of the following?
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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 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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The angle of 1' (minute of arc) in radian is nearly equal to
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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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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 units nanometer and picometer are related as,
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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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A new unit of length is chosen such that the speed of light in vacuum is unity. What is the distance between the sun and the earth in terms of this new unit, if light takes 8 min and 20 sec to cover this distance?
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What is the SI system of units? Name two other systems of units.
 
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The surface tension of mercury is 32 dyne cm-1. Its value in SI  is
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Why do we need standard units of measurement?