Measurement

While finding your height, buying milk for your family, timing the race completed by your friend and so on, you need to make _________.
1. Assumptions.
2. Measurements.
3. Explainations.
4. All of the above
Measurement is defined as the determination of the ________ of a quantity
1. size
2. magnitude
3. quality
4. both A and B
Measurement is about assigning a number to a _________ of an object or event which can be compared with other objects or events.
1. location
2. memory
3. characteristic
4. none
Physical quantities can be classified into ____________ and ____________.
1. Low quantity an high quantity
2. Basic quantities and advanced quantities
3. Fundamental quantities and derived quantities
4. Large quantities and small quantities
Quantities which cannot be expressed in terms of any other physical quantities are called __________ quantities.
1. Derived
2. Fundamental
3. Basic
4. Both b and c
Quantities which can be expressed in terms of fundamental quantities are called ___________ quantities.
1. Advanced
2. Fundamental
3. Derived
4. both A and C
Physical quantities have a ___________- and a _______________.
1. numerical value, quality
2. measurement, quality
3. numerical value, unit of measurement
4. both b and c
A ___________ is a standard quantity with which the unknown quantities are compared
1. Measurement
2. Quantity
3. Numeric value
4. Unit
_________ system of units is the modernised and improved form of the previous system of units.
1. CGS
2. International system of units
3. SI
4. MKS
5. both b and c
SI (International System of Units) system of units was developed and recommended by _____________________ at __________ for international usage.
1. General Common Weights and Measures, Paris in 1961
2. General Conference on Weights and Measures, Paris in 1960
3. General Conference on Weights and Measurements, Tokyo in 1960
4. Generic Conference on Weights and Measures, Paris in 1965
There are _______ fundamental units in the SI system of units.
1. six
2. four
3. seven
4. five
The fundamental units in the SI system of units are also known as _______ units
1. basical
2. base
3. advanced
4. both a and b
One metre is the distance travelled by light through vacuum in ____________.
1. Seconds
2. Milli seconds
3. 1/millionth seconds
4. None
In order to measure very large distance (distance of astronomical objects) we use the following units:
1. Astronomical unit
2. Light year
3. Parsec
4. All of the above
The units specified in the following figure are :
1. Astrological unit
2. Astronomical unit
3. Agricultural unit
4. both a and b
1 Parsec = ____ light year
1. 2.56
2. 1.26
3. 4.26
4. 3.26
To measure small distances we use _________ of ten. These quantities are measured in __________unit.
1. submultiples, Astronomical
2. positive powers, Angstrom
3. submultiples, Angstrom
4. positive powers, Astronomical
______ is the quantity of matter contained in a body.
1. Mass
2. Meter
3. Kilogram
4. All of the above
The SI unit of mass is ________.
1. gram
2. kilogram
3. meter
4. kilometer
One kilogram is the mass of a particular international prototype cylinder made of _______________ alloy.
1. alluminium-iridium
2. platinum-iridium
3. platinum-iodine
4. alluminium-iodine
One kilogram is the mass of a particular international prototype cylinder made of platinum-iridium alloy, kept at the ____________ , _________
1. Indian Bureau of Weights and Measures at Sevres, France.
2. International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Sevres, Tokyo.
3. International Bureau of Weights and Measurements at Sevres, Paris.
4. International Bureau of Weights and Measures at Sevres, France.
Quintal and metric tonne are _________ of ten (× 10) of the unit kg.
1. multiples
2. sub-multiples
3. powers
4. both b and c
Mass of a proton, neutron and electron can be determined using ___________________.
1. astronomical mass unit
2. atomic mass unit
3. atomic measurement unit
4. astronomical measurement unit
1 amu = _____ of the mass of C12 atom.
1. (1/16)th
2. (1/12)th
3. 12th
4. 16th
Mass of the liquids vary with their __________.
1. volume
2. density
3. area
4. both a and b
________ is a measure of duration of events and the intervals between them.
1. Seconds
2. Minutes
3. hours
4. Time
One second is also defined as 1/86, _______ part of a mean solar day.
1. 100th
2. 500th
3. 400th
4. 300th
Larger units for measuring time are day, month, year and ________ etc.
1 __________ = 3.16 × 10^9 s.
1. millenium ,month
2. millenium , millenium
3. year, millenium
4. second, day
____________ is the measure of hotness or coldness of a body.
1. Heat
2. Warmth
3. both a and b
4. Temperature
SI unit of temperature is ________(__).
1. Celcius, C
2. Kelvin, K
3. Farhenhite, F
4. All of the above
_____ kelvin is commonly known as absolute zero.
1. 25
2. 100
3. 0
4. -25
____________ are the symbols placed before the symbol of a unit to specify the order of magnitude of the quantity.
1. Unit measurements
2. Unit prefixes
3. Both a and b
4. None
_____________ is the unit prefix in the unit, kilometer.
1. (m) meter
2. k
3. k (kilo)
4. m
A unit prefix stands for a specific positive or negative power of ______.
1. 20
2. 10
3. 5
4. 1
The units named after scientists ______ written with a capital initial letter.
1. are
2. are not
3. may be
4. none
The symbols of the units named after scientists should be written by the initial _______ letter.
1. small
2. Any
3. capital
4. number
___________ letters are used as symbols for units not derived from a proper noun.
1. apital
2. Small
3. Any
4. None
The ________ of the units are not expressed in plural form.
1. symbols
2. numbers
3. names
4. All of the above
When temperature is expressed in kelvin, the degree sign is __________..
If expressed in celsius scale, degree sign should be ________.
1. included, omitted
2. omitted, included
3. omitte, omitted
4. included ,included
Use of ________ is recommended for indicating a division of one unit symbol by another unit symbol.
1. minus
2. division
3. solidus
4. modulo
The number and units should be separated by a _____.
1. number
2. units
3. solidus
4. space
The smallest length which can be measured by metre scale is called ___________.
1. less count
2. more count
3. least count
4. most count
Usually the least count of a scale is _____.
1. 1 m
2. 1 cm
3. 10 mm
4. 1 mm
By using vernier caliper we can have an accuracy of ___ mm and with screw gauge we can have an accuracy of ____mm.
1. 0.1, 0.01
2. 0.1, 0.1
3. 0.01 , 0.1
4. 0.01 , 0.01
To the left end of the main scale an upper and a lower jaw are fixed perpendicular to the bar. These are named as _____ jaws. To the right of the fixed jaws, a slider with an upper and a lower _______ jaw is fixed
1. moveable, moveable
2. fixed , fixed
3. moveable , fixed
4. fixed , moveable
The slider can be moved or fixed to any position using a ____.
1. jaws
2. screw
3. scale
4. All of the above
The thin bar attached to the right side of the Vernier scale is used to measure the depth of _______ objects.
1. all
2. hollow
3. shallow
4. None of the above
Least count of the instrument (L.C) = (_______) / (__________)
1. Value of two smallest main scale divisions , Total number of vernier scale division
2. Value of one smallest main scale division ,Any number of vernier scale division
3. Total number of vernier scale division, Value of one smallest main scale division
4. Value of one smallest main scale division , Total number of vernier scale division
Check whether the zero marking of the main scale coincides with that of the zero of the vernier scale. If they coincide then there is no _______.
1. ten error
2. zero scale
3. zero error
4. ten scale
Guess what the following figure describes:
1. Negative zero error of vernier calipers
2. Positive zero error of vernier calipers
3. Positive zero error of screw gauge
4. Negative zero scale of screw gauge
Guess what the following figure describes:
1. Negative zero error, of vernier calipers
2. Positive zero error, of vernier calipers
3. Positive zero error of screw gauge
4. Negative zero error of screw gauge
On the cylinder parallel to the axis of the screw there is a scale which is graduated in millimetre. It is called ________.
1. Screw gauge
2. Pitch Scale
3. Vernier scale
4. None of the above
Pitch of the screw = ( __________ ) / ( ___________ )
1. No. of rotations by Head scale , Distance moved by the Pitch
2. Distance moved by the Pitch , No. of rotations by Head scale
3. Distance moved by the scale , No. of rotations by scale
4. No. of rotations by scale , Distance moved by the scale
Least count of the screw gauge (L.C.) = ( __________ ) / ( ___________ )
1. Value of one smallest pitch scale reading, Total number of Head scale division
2. Value of one largest pitch scale reading, Total number of Head scale division
3. Value of two smallest pitch scale reading, Total number of Head scale division
4. Value of two largest pitch scale reading, Total number of Head scale division
Guess what the following figure describes:
1. Negative zero error of vernier calipers
2. Positive zero error of vernier calipers
3. Positive zero error of screw gauge
4. Negative zero error of screw gauge
Guess what the following figure describes:
1. Negative zero error of vernier calipers
2. Positive zero error of vernier calipers
3. Positive zero error of screw gauge
4. Negative zero error of screw gauge
Guess what the following figure describes:
1. Common beam balance
2. Physical balance
3. Digital balance
4. Spring balance
Guess what the following figure describes:
1. Common beam balance
2. Physical balance
3. Digital balance
4. Spring balance
Guess what the following figure describes:
1. Common beam balance
2. Physical balance
3. Digital balance
4. Spring balance
Guess what the following figure describes:
1. Common beam balance
2. Physical balance
3. Digital balance
4. Spring balance
_________ is the normal force (N) exerted by the surface on the body to balance against gravitational pull on the object.
1. Mass
2. Weight
3. Measurement
4. Both a and b

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