Physics past questions on measurement and units

1. Which of the following readings cannot be determined with a meter rule?

2. What are the internationally agreed system of units (SI) for physical measurements?

3. Which of the following is NOT a fundamental S.I unit?

4. For which of the underlisted quantities is the derived unit ML²T² correct?

5. An aircraft travelled from Calabar to Kano as follows: it flew first to Ilorin covering a distance of 300km, 30° west of North, and then flew 400km, 60° East of North to Kano. What is the total distance travelled?

6. What is the SI unit of force?

7. Which instrument is used to measure length?

8. Which of the following is a derived SI unit?

9. What does the unit Pascal measure?

10. What is the derived unit for velocity?

11. Which SI unit is used for temperature measurement?

12. The unit of acceleration is?

13. What is the SI unit for energy?

14. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

15. In which of the following units is pressure measured?

16. Which measurement cannot be accurately performed with a meter rule?

17. The formula for calculating work done is?

18. Which of the following represents the correct precision if the length of a piece of wire is measured with a meter rule?

19. Which of the following units is equivalent to kgms-1?

20. Which of the following are the correct SI units of the quantities indicated? i.N(Force) II. Mn-1 (Torque) iii. watt(Power) iv. kgms-2