Practice Units and MeasurementRRB PYQ questions from Railway examinations, including RRB NTPC PYQ, RRB Group D PYQ, RRB JE PYQ, RRB ALP PYQ and RRB Technician PYQ. This topic-wise Physics question set covers important concepts related to Units and Measurement, helping you revise essential Physics concepts and understand the types of questions asked in RRB examinations.
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Unit used for measuring the sound is
RRB NTPC; RRB NTPC
2016; 2016
✓ Answer:ADecibel
The decibel is a commonly used unit for sound intensity or sound level.
22
Which of the following quantities is measured using the unit 'Quintal'?
RRB RPF Constable
2025
✓ Answer:CMass
A quintal is a mass unit equal to 100 kg.
23
Newton is the unit to measure
RRB NTPC
2021
✓ Answer:BForce
Newton is the SI derived unit of force, equal to kg·m·s^-2.
24
Which of the following units is used to measure the intensity of sound?
RRB NTPC
2021
✓ Answer:CDecibel
The decibel is used to express sound intensity level.
25
Which unit of electrical power is commonly used to measure household energy consumption?
RRB JE (Stage-I); RRB Group D
2024; 2018
✓ Answer:CKilowatt-hour
Electricity consumption is billed in kilowatt-hours (kWh), a unit of energy.
26
The SI unit of sound wave frequency was named in honour of which physicist?
RRB NTPC
2021
✓ Answer:BHeinrich Rudolf Hertz
The unit hertz (Hz) was named in honour of German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
27
Which of the following units is used for measuring the amount of a substance?
RRB NTPC
2020
✓ Answer:BMole
Mole is the SI base unit for amount of substance.
28
The SI unit for measuring very large distance, such as astronomical distances, is
A light-year is the distance light travels in one year and is commonly used for very large astronomical distances.
29
The work done by a force acting on an object is equal to the amount of force multiplied by the distance travelled in the direction of the force. Which of the following is NOT a unit of work?
RRB NTPC
2021
✓ Answer:Akg m/s^2
kg·m/s² is a newton, the unit of force. Work is N·m or J, equivalent to kg·m²/s².
30
What is the SI unit of amount of substances?
RPF Constable
2019
✓ Answer:BMole
The mole is the SI base unit for amount of substance.
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