Question

Sphygmomanometer is used to measure 
1. Earth Quake
2. Heart Beat
3. Flow of Current
4. Blood Pressure
5. None of the above/More than one of the above.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Blood Pressure

The correct answer is Blood Pressure.

• A sphygmomanometer, also known as a blood pressure monitor, or blood pressure gauge, is a device used to measure blood pressure.
• A sphygmomanometer consists of an inflatable cuff, a measuring unit (the mercury manometer, or aneroid gauge), and a mechanism for inflation which may be a manually operated bulb and valve or a pump operated electrically.
• The sphygmomanometer was invented by Samuel Siegfried Karl Ritter von Basch in the year 1881.

Ammeter	Electric current
Glucometer	Blood glucose (diabetes)
Lactometer	The specific gravity of milk
Mercury Barometer	Atmospheric pressure
Odometer	Distance traveled
Pyrometer	High temperatures
Thermometer	Temperature
Zymometer	Fermentation.
Voltmeter	Electric potential, Voltage
Seismograph	Earthquake