Physics : XI-CH02 – Units and Measurements – PYQ

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A screw gauge has least count of 0.01 mm and there are 50 divisions in its circular scale. The pitch of the screw gauge is

0.01 mm

0.25 mm

0.5 mm

1.0 mm

2 / 10

The density of a cube is measured by measuring its mass and length of its sides. If the maximum error in the measurement of mass and lengths are 3% and 2% respectively, the maximum error in the measurement of density would be

12%

14%

7%

9%

3 / 10

A student measured the diameter of a small steel ball using a screw gauge of least count 0.001 cm. The main scale reading is 5 mm and zero of circular scale division coincides with 25 divisions above the reference level. If screw gauge has a zero error of –0.004 cm, the correct diameter of the ball is

0.521 cm

0.525 cm

0.053 cm

0.529 cm

4 / 10

Percentage errors in the measurement of mass and speed are 2% and 3% respectively. The error in the estimate of kinetic energy obtained by measuring mass and speed will be

8%

2%

12%

10%

5 / 10

The unit of thermal conductivity is

W m^-1 K^-1

J m K^-1

J m^-1 K^-1

W m K^-1

6 / 10

The main scale of a vernier callipers has n divisions/cm. n divisions of the vernier scale coincide with (n – 1) divisions of main scale. The least count of the vernier callipers is

1/ (n + 1) (n − 1) cm

1/n cm

1/n2² cm

1/ n(n + 1) cm

7 / 10

In an experiment, four quantities a, b, c and d are measured with percentage error 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% respectively. Quantity P is calculated as follows P = a³b²/ cd , % error in P is

7%

4%

14%

10%

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In an experiment, the percentage of error occurred in the measurement of physical quantities A, B, C and D are 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% respectively. Then the maximum percentage of error in the measurement X, where X = A²B^1/2 / C^1/3D³ will be

10%

(3/13)%

16%

–10%

9 / 10

The damping force on an oscillator is directly proportional to the velocity. The units of the constant of proportionality are

kg m s^-1

kg m s^-2

kg s^-1

kg s

10 / 10

If the error in the measurement of radius of a sphere is 2%, then the error in the determination of volume of the sphere will be

8%

2%

4%

6%

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