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Which instrument is used to measure blood pressure in humans?

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Which of the following instruments is used to measure temperature?

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Which listed general-purpose instrument measures the density or relative density of liquids?

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Which physical quantity equals total distance travelled divided by elapsed time?

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Match each atmospheric quantity with its measurement instrument. Quantity | Instrument 1. Atmospheric pressure | A. Hygrometer 2. Wind speed | B. Barometer 3.…

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How do the physical quantities distance and displacement fundamentally differ?

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For a thin lens, optical power P is defined as1/f when focal length f is in metres. What is the conventional unit of P?

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Statement I: One calorie of heat energy is approximately equal to 4.2 joules of mechanical energy. Statement II: The calorie is a unit of…

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Statement I: Tera is larger than Giga in the metric system of units. Statement II: Hecto and Deca are larger than Tera.

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Which of the following is the physical quantity for the expression arc/radius?

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For an ideal gas, kB = PV/(NT), where N is the number of molecules. Which option gives the approximate value of the Boltzmann constant…

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Statement I: A spherometer is used to measure the radius of curvature of spherical surfaces like lenses and mirrors. Statement II: A spherometer typically…

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Which is the conventional commercial billing unit of electrical energy?

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Statement I: The Hubble constant is used to describe the rate of expansion of the universe. Statement II: Planck’s constant is used to measure…

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The unit of magnetic intensity in the CGS (centimetre - gram - second) system is _______.

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Match each instrument in List I with its use in List II. List I (Instrument) | List II (Use) 1. Sextant | a. Measures…

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The deprecated unit name nit refers to a unit of which photometric quantity?

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Assertion (A): Gravitational intensity is a vector quantity. Reason (R): Density is defined as mass per unit volume and is a vector quantity.

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Assertion (A): The stokes is a CGS unit of kinematic viscosity. Reason (R): The joule is an SI unit of energy equal to one…

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