Physics Quiz: Quantities and Units

Which of the following is a fundamental quantity?

• Force

• Pressure

• Mass

• Work

The SI unit of luminous intensity is...

• Watt

• Candela

• Lux

• Lumen

The pair that is not a derived quantity is...

• Speed and acceleration

• Force and pressure

• Mass and time

• Energy and power

The dimension of work (energy) is...

• [M][L][T]⁻²

• [M][L]²[T]⁻²

• [M][L]²[T]

• [M][L][T]

The following are quantities that have the same dimension, except...

• Force

• Weight

• Mass

• Pressure

The unit of pressure in SI is...

• Pascal

• Newton

• Joule

• Watt

A quantity that has magnitude only and no direction is called...

• Vector

• Scalar

• Resultant

• Dimension

An object moves at a speed of 10 m/s for 5 seconds. The units involved are...

• m and s

• kg and s

• m/s and kg

• N and m

The derived quantity that has the unit kg·m/s² is...

• Work

• Pressure

• Force

• Power

From the following quantities, which one is a vector quantity?

• Temperature

• Mass

• Velocity

• Time