The mean length of an object is \(5~\text{cm}\). Which of the following measurements is the most accurate?
1. | \(4.9~\text{cm}\) | 2. | \(4.805~\text{cm}\) |
3. | \(5.25~\text{cm}\) | 4. | \(5.4~\text{cm}\) |
1. | Random errors |
2. | Instrumental errors |
3. | Personal errors |
4. | Least count errors |
The periods of oscillation of a simple pendulum in an experiment are recorded as 2.63 s, 2.56 s, 2.42 s, 2.71 s, and 2.80 s respectively. The average absolute error will be:
1. 0.1 s
2. 0.11 s
3. 0.01 s
4. 1.0 s
The length and breadth of a rectangular sheet are \(16.2\) cm and \(10.1\) cm, respectively. The area of the sheet in appropriate significant figures and error would be, respectively,
1. | \(164\pm3~\text{cm}^2\) | 2. | \(163.62\pm2.6~\text{cm}^2\) |
3. | \(163.6\pm2.6~\text{cm}^2\) | 4. | \(163.62\pm3~\text{cm}^2\) |
A wire has a mass of \((0.3\pm0.003)\) grams, a radius of \((0.5\pm 0.005)\) mm, and a length of \((0.6\pm0.006)\) cm. The maximum percentage error in the measurement of its density will be:
1. \(1\)
2. \(2\)
3. \(3\)
4. \(4\)
The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum is given by \(T = 2\pi \sqrt{\frac{L}{g}}\) where \(L\) is about \(100~\text{cm}\) and is known to have \(1~\text{mm}\) accuracy. The period is about \(2~\text{s}\). The time of \(100\) oscillations is measured by a stopwatch of least count \(0.1~\text{s}\). The percentage error in \(g\) is:
1. \(0.1\%\)
2. \(1\%\)
3. \(0.2\%\)
4. \(0.8\%\)
The percentage errors in the measurement of mass and speed are \(2\%\) and \(3\%\) respectively. How much will be the maximum error in the estimation of the kinetic energy obtained by measuring mass and speed:
1. | \(11\%\) | 2. | \(8\%\) |
3. | \(5\%\) | 4. | \(1\%\) |
A physical quantity \(P\) is given by \(P=\dfrac{A^3 B^{1/2}}{C^{-4}D^{3/2}}.\) The quantity which contributes the maximum percentage error in \(P\) is:
1. | \(A\) | 2. | \(B\) |
3. | \(C\) | 4. | \(D\) |
In an experiment, the percentage errors that 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 of \(X,\) where \(X=\frac{A^2 B^{\frac{1}{2}}}{C^{\frac{1}{3}} D^3}\), will be:
1. \(10\%\)
2. \(\frac{3}{13}\%\)
3. \(16\%\)
4. \(-10\%\)
Two resistors \(R_1 = (3.0\pm0.3)~\Omega\) and \(R_2 = (5.0 \pm0.1)~\Omega\) are connected in parallel. The equivalent resistance, \(R_{eq}\), will be:
Hint: \({1 \over R_{eq}} = {1 \over R_{1}} + {1 \over R_{2}} \)
1. | \(1.9\pm0.07~\Omega\) | 2. | \(1.9\pm0.1~\Omega\) |
3. | \(2.9\pm0.2~\Omega\) | 4. | \(2.9\pm0.3~\Omega\) |