The performance of a high-voltage pulse measuring system based on the Kerr effect is investigated with benzoyl chloride, o-nitrotoluene, acetophenone, acetonitrile, benzaldehyde and ethyl methyl ketone for the first time along with nitrobenzene and acetone that are well known. These investigations have been carried out using high-voltage pulse fields ranging from 4*105 V m-1 to 107 V m-1. The experimentally determined electric field from the Kerr signal and the applied field show good agreement.