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1. The respective number of significant figures for the numbers 23.023, 0.0003
and 2.1 × 10–3 are
(A) 5, 1, 2 (B) 5, 1, 5 (C) 5, 5, 2 (D) 4, 4, 2
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2. A student measured the length of a rod and wrote it as 3.50 cm. Which
instrument did he use to measure it?
(A) A meter scale.
(B) A vernier calliper where the 10 divisions in vernier scale matches with 9
division in main scale and main scale has 10 divisions in 1 cm.
(C) A screw gauge having 100 divisions in the circular scale and pitch as 1 mm.
(D) A screw gauge having 50 divisions in the circular scale and pitch as 1 mm.
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3. A student measures the time period of 100 oscillations of a simple pendulum

four times. That data set is 90 s, 91 s, 95 s and 92 s. If the minimum division
in the measuring clock is 1 s, then the reported mean time should be
(A) 92 ± 5.0 s (B) 92 ± 1.8 s (C) 92 ± 3 s (D) 92 ± 2 s
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4. The relative errors in the determination of the surface area of a sphere is α. Then
the relative error in the determination of its volume is
(A) 3/2 a (B) a (C) 5/2 a (D) 2/3 a
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5. The percentage errors in quantities 𝑃, 𝑄, 𝑅 and S are 0.5%, 1%, 3% and 1.5%
𝑃3 𝑄2
respectively in the measurement of a physical quantity 𝐴 = . The maximum
√𝑅𝑆
percentage error in the value of A will be
(A) 6.5% (B) 8.5% (C) 6.0% (D) 7.5%
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6. In the density measurement of a cube, the mass and edge length are measured
as (10.00 ± 0.10) kg and (0.10 ± 0.01) m, respectively. The error in the
measurement of density is:
(A) 0.31 (B) 0.07 (C) 0.01 (D) 0.10
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7. The diameter and height of a cylinder are measured by a meter scale to be 12.6
± 0.1 cm and 34.2 ± 0.1 cm, respectively. What will be the value of its volume in
appropriate significant figures?
(A) 4260 ± 80 cm3 (B) 4300 ± 80 cm3
(C) 4264.4 ± 81.0 cm3 (D) 4264 ± 81 cm3
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8. The pitch and the number of divisions, on the circular scale, for a given screw
gauge are 0.5 mm and 100 respectively. When the screw gauge is fully tightened
without any object, the zero of its circular scale lies 3 divisions below the mean
line. The readings of the main scale and the circular scale, for a thin sheet, are
5.5 mm and 48 respectively, the thickness of this sheet is:
(A) 5.755 m (B) 5.725 mm (C) 5.740 m (D) 5.950 mm
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9. If the screw on a screw–gauge is given six rotations, it moves by 3mm on the

main scale. If there are 50 divisions on the circular scale the least count of the
screw gauge is :
(A) 0.01 cm (B) 0.02 mm (C) 0.001 mm (D) 0.001 cm
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10. A simple pendulum is being used to determine the value of gravitational

acceleration g at a certain place. The length of the pendulum is 25.0 cm and a
stop watch with 1s resolution measures the time taken for 40 oscillations to be
50 s. The accuracy in g is:
(A) 4.40 % (B) 3.40% (C) 2.40% (D) 5.40%
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11. In a Vernier Calipers. 10 divisions of Vernier scale is equal to the 9 divisions of

main scale. When both jaws of Vernier calipers touch each other, the zero of the
Vernier scale is shifted to the left of zero of the main scale and 4th Vernier scale
division exactly coincides with the main scale reading. One main scale division
is equal to 1 mm. While measuring diameter of a spherical body, the body is
held between two jaws. It is now observed that zero of the Vernier scale lies
between 30 and 31 divisions of main scale reading and 6th Vernier scale division
exactly. coincides with the main scale reading. The diameter of the spherical
body will be :
(A) 3.02 cm (B) 3.06 cm (C) 3.10 cm (D) 3.20 cm
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12. The one division of main scale of vernier callipers reads 1 mm and 10 divisions
of Vernier scale is equal to the 9 divisions on main scale. When the two jaws of
the instrument touch each other the zero of the Vernier lies to the right of zero
of the main scale and its fourth division coincides with a main scale division.
When a spherical bob is tightly placed between the two jaws, the zero of the
Vernier scale lies in between 4.1 cm and 4.2 cm and 6th Vernier division
coincides with a main scale division. The diameter of the bob will be 10−2 cm
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13. The vernier constant of Vernier callipers is 0.1 mm and it has zero error of
(−0.05)cm. While measuring diameter of a sphere, the main scale reading is 1.7
cm and coinciding vernier division is 5. The corrected diameter will be _____ ×
10−2 cm.
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14. In a vernier callipers, each cm on the main scale is divided into 20 equal parts.
If tenth vernier scale division coincides with nineth main scale division. Then
the value of vernier constant will be _____ × 10−2 mm.
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15. A screw gauge of pitch 0.5 mm is used to measure the diameter of uniform wire
of length 6.8 cm, the main scale reading is 1.5 mm and circular scale reading is
7. The calculated curved surface area of wire to appropriate significant figures
is : [Screw gauge has 50 divisions on the circular scale]
(A) 6.8 cm2 (B) 3.4 cm2 (C) 3.9 cm2 (D) 2.4 cm2
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16. A student in the laboratory measures thickness of a wire using screw gauge.
The readings are 1.22 mm,1.23 mm,1.19 mm and 1.20 mm. The percentage
error is x/121 % . The value of x is _____ .
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17. In an experiment to find out the diameter of wire using screw gauge, the
following observation were noted:

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 (a) Screw moves 0.5 mm on main scale in one complete rotation
(b) Total divisions on circular scale = 50
(c) Main scale reading is 2.5 mm
(d) 45th division of circular scale is in the pitch line
(e) Instrument has 0.03 mm negative error Then the diameter of wire is :
(A) 2.92 mm (B) 2.54 mm (C) 2.98 mm (D) 3.45 mm
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18. The maximum error in the measurement of resistance, current and time for
which current flows in an electrical circuit are 1%, 2% and 3% respectively. The
maximum percentage error in the detection of the dissipated heat will be:
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8
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19. In an experiment of determine the Young's modulus of wire of a length exactly

1 m, the extension in the length of the wire is measured as 0.4 mm with an
uncertainty of ±0.02 mm when a load of 1 kg is applied. The diameter of the wire
is measured as 0.4 mm with an uncertainty of ±0.01 mm The error in the
measurement of Young's modulus (ΔY) is found to be x × 10 10 Nm−2. The value
of x is _____ [Take g = 10 m/s2]
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20. A torque meter is calibrated to reference standards of mass, length and time
each with 5% accuracy. After calibration, the measured torque with this torque
meter will have net accuracy of:
(A) 15% (B) 25% (C) 75% (D) 5%
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21. In an experiment to find acceleration due to gravity (g) using simple pendulum,
time period of 0.5 s is measured from time of 100 oscillation with a watch of 1s
resolution. If measured value of length is 10 cm known to 1 mm accuracy. The
accuracy in the determination of g is found to be x%. The value of x is
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22. A sliver wire has mass (0.6±0.006)g, radius (0.5±0.005)mm and length
(4±0.04)cm. The maximum percentage error in the measurement of its density
will be :
(A) 4% (B) 3% (C) 6% (D) 7%
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23. Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other
is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): In Vernier calliper if positive zero error exists, then while taking
measurements, the reading taken will be more than the actual reading.
Reason (R): The zero error in Vernier Calliper might have happened due to
manufacturing defect or due to rough handling.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options
given below:
(A) (A) is true but (R) is false
(B) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(C) (A) is false but (R) is true
(D) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
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24. If 50 Vernier divisions are equal to 49 main scale divisions of a traveling

microscope and one smallest reading of main scale is 0.5 mm, the Vernier
constant of traveling microscope is
(A) 0.01 cm (B) 0.1 cm (C) 0.1 mm (D) 0.01 mm
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List- I List-II
25. Match List - I with List - II.
(Number) (Significant figure)
Choose the correct answer from the
options given below : A 1001 I 3
(A) (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)
B 010.1 II 4
(B) (A)-(I), (B)-(II), (C)-(III), (D)-(IV)
(C) (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II) C 100.100 III 5
(D) (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)
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26. If the percentage errors in measuring the length and the diameter of a wire are
0.1% each. The percentage error in measuring its resistance will be:
(A) 0.144% (B) 0.3% (C) 0.2% (D) 0.1%
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27. The measured value of the length of a simple pendulum is 20 cm with 2 mm

accuracy. The time for 50 oscillations was measured to be 40 seconds with 1
second resolution. From these measurements, the accuracy in the measurement
of acceleration due to gravity is N%. The value of N is:
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 5
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28. The resistance 𝑅 = where 𝑉 = (200 ± 5)𝑉 and 𝐼 = (20 ± 0.2)𝐴 , the percentage
𝐼
error in the measurement of 𝑅 is :
(A) 5.5% (B) 7% (C) 3% (D) 3.5%
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29. A physical quantity Q is found to depend on quantities 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 by the relation 𝑄 =

𝑎4 𝑏3
𝑐2
. The percentage error in 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are 3%, 4% and 5% respectively. Then, the
percentage error in 𝑄 is :
(A) 66% (B) 14% (C) 34% (D) 43%
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30. The radius (𝑟), length (𝑙) and resistance (𝑅) of a metal wire was measured in
the laboratory as 𝑟 = (0.35 ± 0.05)𝑐𝑚𝑅 = (100 ± 10) 𝑜ℎ𝑚 𝑙 = (15 ± 0.2)𝑐𝑚
The percentage error in resistivity of the material of the wire is :
(A) 25.6% (B) 39.9% (C) 35.6% (D) 37.3%
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ANSWER KEY
Ques Ans Ques Ans Ques Ans Ques Ans Ques Ans Ques Ans Ques Ans
1 A 2 B 3 D 4 A 5 A 6 A 7 A
8 B 9 D 10 A 11 C 12 412 13 180 14 5
15 B 16 150 17 C 18 D 19 2 20 B 21 5
22 A 23 D 24 D 25 D 26 B 27 A 28 D
29 C 30 B

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