Units of Measurement - Length and Mass

Learn about units of measurement including SI and non-SI units, conversions between different units, and standard units for length and mass. Covers metric system, unit conversions, and practical measurement concepts suitable for Class VI students.

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

From the following, the biggest unit of energy is?

  1. Joule
  2. Kilowatt hour
  3. Erg
  4. Electron volt
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not unit of length?

  1. angstrom
  2. fermi
  3. barn
  4. parsec
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the smallest unit?

  1. millimetre
  2. angstrom
  3. fermi
  4. metre
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following system of units is not based on unit of mass, length and time?

  1. CGS
  2. FPS
  3. MKS
  4. SI
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the Column I with Column II.

Column I Column II
(A) Distance between earth and sun (p) Micron
(B) Interatomic distance in a solid (q) Fermi
(C) Size of a nucleus (r) Light year
(D) Wavelength of infrared laser (s) Angstrom
  1. A - p, B - q, C - r, D - s
  2. A - r, B - s, C - q, D - p
  3. A - q, B - p, C - s, D - r
  4. A - s. B - r, C - p, D - q
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the Column I with Column II

Column I(Physical quantity) Column II(Name of unit)
(A) Conductance (p) gray
(B) Magnetic induction (q) lumen
(C) Absorbed dose (r) tesla
(D) Luminous flux (s) siemens
  1. A - s, B - r, C - p, D - q.
  2. A - p, B - q, C - r, D - s.
  3. A - q, B - p, C - s, D - r.
  4. A - r, B - s, C - p, D - q.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the value of $1 \ m $ in $\mu$ (micron)?

  1. <span>$10^5$</span>
  2. <span>$10^6$</span>
  3. <span>$10^9$</span>
  4. <span>$10^{12}$</span>
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$5800 \mathring A$ in nm will be?

  1. 58
  2. 5.8
  3. 580
  4. 0.58
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $1$ $ \displaystyle g/cm^{3} $ to $\displaystyle kg/m^{3} $

  1. 1000
  2. 100
  3. 0.1
  4. 10
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

One centimetre is equal to

  1. 5 mm
  2. 10 mm
  3. 15 mm
  4. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a unit of mass?

  1. Slug
  2. Kilogram
  3. Ton
  4. Newton
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many quintals are there in one metric ton?

  1. 10
  2. 100
  3. 1000
  4. none of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many kilograms are there in one metric ton?

  1. 10
  2. 100
  3. 1000
  4. 10000
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Slug is a unit of

  1. weight
  2. mass
  3. length
  4. area
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ratio of mass of a body in moon and earth is

  1. $1$
  2. $1/6$
  3. $1/12$
  4. $1/2$
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A particle has weight 1 grams. It's weight in milligrams will be

  1. $10mg$
  2. $100mg$
  3. $1000mg$
  4. $10000mg$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A body has weight 10000 kg. It's weight in quintal will be

  1. $10$
  2. $100$
  3. $1000$
  4. $0.01$
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the base unit for measuring distance in the metric system?

  1. Gram
  2. Liter
  3. Meter
  4. Seconds
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the  non-metric unit of length?

  1. millimeters
  2. centimeters
  3. meters
  4. inches
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is non-metric unit of length?

  1. feet
  2. yards
  3. miles
  4. all of the above
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which scale is best for measuring the length of a ladybug?

  1. Millimeters
  2. Centimeters
  3. Meters
  4. Kilometers
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The least value measured with metre-scale is (if the metre scale is divided into 1000) ....................... .

  1. 1 mm
  2. 1 m&nbsp;
  3. 1 cm
  4. 1 nm
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the above instrument while measuring an internal diameter. $ID$ is set of $321 mm$ with no zero error . if cap end is after ${17^{th}}$ division and ${17^{th}}$ division of main scale coincides with the reference line, the $ID$ is:-

  1. $321.717 mm$
  2. $321.87 mm$
  3. $328.17 mm$
  4. $324.67 mm$
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The unit of the quantity $g/G$ in SI will be

  1. $kg$ ${m}^{-2}$
  2. $mk$ ${g}^{-2}$
  3. ${m}^{2}$ ${kg}^{-1}$
  4. ${kg}^{2}$ ${m}^{-1}$
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Light year is the unit of following physical quantity

  1. Time
  2. Distance
  3. Mass
  4. None
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the advantage of choosing the wavelength of light as a standard of length?

  1. Travels fast
  2. Speed independent of location and temperature
  3. No medium to travel
  4. No advantage
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not the unit of length 

  1. micron
  2. light year
  3. angstrom
  4. radian
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The SI unit of length is the:

  1. Millimetre
  2. Centimetre
  3. Metre
  4. Kilometre
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

Choose the correct answer from the following

  1. An area of one square centimetre is $10^4$ times greater than one square metre
  2. $1 hour\ 18 min$ is equal to $3618$ seconds.
  3. SI unit of volume is cubic metres.
  4. Metre is the standard unit to measure length
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A length is measured as $7.60$m. This is the same as

  1. $760$mm
  2. $0.0076$mm
  3. $760$cm
  4. $0.76dm$
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the value of $1 \ mg$ in $kg$?

  1. <span>$10^{6}$</span>
  2. <span>$10^{-6}$</span>
  3. <span>$10^{-3}$</span>
  4. <span>$10^{3}$</span>
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the physical quantity(s) which is(are) measured in the $nm$.

  1. Length
  2. Density
  3. Volume
  4. Mass
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the value of $1  \ gm$ in $kg$?

  1. <span>$10^{-6}$</span>
  2. <span>$10^{6}$</span>
  3. <span>$10^{-3}$</span>
  4. <span>$10^{3}$</span>
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The measure of amount of matter contained inside a body is called its ___________.

  1. Weight
  2. Mass
  3. Area
  4. None of the above
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the physical quantities which are measured in '$u$'.

  1. Mass
  2. Energy
  3. Volume
  4. Length
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

State whether the following statement is True or False. 

Kg is the unit of mass in the M.K.S. system.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the S.I. base unit of mass ?

  1. pound
  2. kg
  3. g
  4. none of these
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The total mass of two objects of mass $1050 \ kg$ and $12 \ tonnes$ is

  1. $22.5\ quintals$
  2. $130.5\ quintals$
  3. $11.2\ tonnes$
  4. $12\times 10^3kg$
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

SI unit of mass is

  1. kg
  2. g
  3. Newton
  4. All of these
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

It has long been an objective in metrology to define the kilogram in terms of a fundamental constant, in the same way that the ____________________ is now defined in terms of the speed of light. 

  1. centimetre
  2. metre
  3. decimetre
  4. none of the above
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

100 kg of Silver has volume $10{ m }^{ 3 }.$ The density of silver in C.G.S is

  1. $10{ g/cm }^{ 3 }$
  2. $0.05{ g/cm }^{ 3 }$
  3. $0.01{ g/cm }^{ 3 }$
  4. None of these
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following defines 1 kg of mass correctly?

  1. When a force of 1N produced an acceleration of $\displaystyle 1{ m }/{ { s }^{ 2 } }$ in a body, then the mass is said to be 1 kg
  2. When a force of 10N produced an acceleration of $\displaystyle 10{ m }/{ { s }^{ 2 } }$ in a body, then the mass of body is said to be 1 kg
  3. When a force of 100N produced an acceleration of $\displaystyle 1{ m }/{ { s }^{ 2 } }$ in a body, then the mass of body is said to be 1 kg
  4. All
Question 43 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The kilogram, originally defined as the mass of ___________________at the temperature of maximum density, was known as the Kilogram of the Archives.

  1. one cubic decimeter of gasoline
  2. one cubic decimeter of water
  3. one cubic decameter of water
  4. one square decameter of water
Question 44 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The kilogram is the SI base unit of mass and is equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram , a ___________standard that is kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) .

  1. platinum-iridium
  2. platinum
  3. iridium
  4. all of the above
Question 45 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

______________________ is/are linked through its/their definitions to the mass of the platinum-iridium cylinder stored in a vault near Paris.

  1. ampere
  2. mole
  3. candela
  4. all of the above
Question 46 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$10^{-3}$ gram is called the

  1. kilogram
  2. milligram
  3. decigram
  4. microgram