UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT

1. *1cm = 10mm
2. 1mitre = 100cm
3. 1Km = 1000mitres
4. 1kg = 1000grams
5. 1gram= 1000milligram(mg)
6. 1Quintal = 100Kg
7. 1Metric ton = 1000Kg
8. 1Pound = 454gm
9. 1litre = 1000ml
10. 1kilo litre=1000litres
11. 1Gallon = 3.79litres
12. 1Barrel oil= 163.65litres
13. 1cusec = 1 cubic feet of water flows through a point in one second( this measure used only for flowing water)
14. 1TMC = 100 crore cubic feet water(this measure used only for reserved water)
15. 1 inch = 2.54cm1 feet =12 inch= 30.48cm
16. 1Yard(????)= 3feet
17. 1mile = 1.609 km
18. 1Natical mile=1.852km
19. 1 cent= 435.6 sq feet
20. 1acre = 100 cents
21. 1Hectare = 2.471 acres
22. 1kilo byte(KB)=1024bytes
23. 1Megabyte(MB)=1024KB
24. 1Gigabyte(GB)=1024MB
25. 1Terabyte(TB)=1024GB
26. 1Million=10 Lakhs
27. 1Billion=1000 Million= 100 crore
28. 1 Trillion= 1000 Billion=
29. 1Lakh crore
30. 1 Karat = 4.16 '/. gold
31. 24 karat gold=99.5 '/. gold(pure gold)
32. 22 karat gold= 91.6 '/. gold + 8.4 '/. other metal Normally this
33. 22 Karat gold is called as 916, KDM, HALL MARK
34. 18 Karat gold=75 '/. gold+25 '/. other metal
35. 12 karat gold = 50 '/. gold+ 50 '/. other metal
36. 1 Ream = 500 papers
37. 1gross = 12 dozens = 144 articles
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39. 1 Gunta = 121 Sq yards.
40. 1 Gunta = 101.171 Sq Meter.
41. 1 Gaj = 1 Yard
42. 1 Yard = 36 inch
43. 1 Yard = 3 feet
44. 1 Yard = 0.9144 meter =1 mtr.
45. • 1 horse power is equal to 745.7 watts
46. • 1 horse power = work equal to lifting 550 lbs of weight to one foot for one second
47. • 1 calorie is equal to 4.2 Joules
48. • 1 barrel is equal to 159 liters
49. • 6 feet = 1 fathom
50. • 1 kwh = 3.6 x 10 power 6 joules
51. • A 100 watt bulb lights for 1 hour uses 100 watt hour of electricity
52. • -273 degree centigrade is called absolute zero temperature.
53. • Standard pressure is 760 mm or 14.7 lb/in2
54. • Gross is equal to 12 dozens
55. • Mach 2 = 500 miles per hour
56. • 1 nautical mile = 1825 meters
57. • Unit of pressure is Pascal
58. • Force is measured in Newton (SI), Dyne (CGS)
59. • At -40 deg F Fahrenheit scale is equal to centigrade scale
60. • Hertz and Angstrom are units of frequency
61. • Units of work and energy are Joule and Erg (CGS)
62. • Diopter is unit of power of lens
63. • Unit is density is kg/m3 
64. • Unit of power is watt, BTU (Board of Trade Unit)
65. • Unit of electric charge is Coulomb
66. • Unit of voltage is volt
67. • Unit of electric resistance is ohm
68. • Unit of capacitance is Farad
69. • Unit of magnetic flux is Weber, Tesla
70. • Unit of radio activity is Becquere
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