Dear Students, As SSC CGL Tier-I 2017 is going to be conducted in the month of June/July. For GA Part will are providing all types of topics and notes. Today, in this post we are providing to you “Various Important Units of Measurement” for SSC CGL Exam. Sometimes questions are asked from this topic as well, So memorise all these names and score better in the exam.
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Name of the unit
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Use to measure
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Ampere
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Electric current
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Angstrom
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Wavelength of light
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Bar
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Atmospheric pressure
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Joule
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heat
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Candela
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Luminous intensity
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Celsius (Centigrade)
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Temperature
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Coulomb
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Electric charge
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Decibel
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Sound level
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Dyne
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Force
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Erg
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Work
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Fahrenheit
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Temperature (commonly used by doctors to measure body temperature)
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Fathom
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Depth of water
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Faraday
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Electric charge (used in electrolysis) = 96,500 coulomb
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Gauss
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Magnetic induction/Magnetic flux density
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Henry
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Inductance
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Hertz
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Frequency
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Horsepower
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Power
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Joule
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Work or energy
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Kelvin
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Temperature (SI unit)
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Light year
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Distance, (Distance light travels in one year at a speed of 2,97,600 km)
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Newton
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Force (SI unit)
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Ohm
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Electrical resistance
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Pascal
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Pressure
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Poise
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Viscosity
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Volt
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Electrical potential
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Watt
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Power
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