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A person measures the depth of a well by measuring the time interval between dropping a stone and receiving the sound of impact with the bottom of the well. The error in his measurement of time is and he measures the depth of the well to be meters. Take the acceleration due to gravity and the velocity of sound is . Then the fractional error in the measurement, is closest to
(a)0.2%
(b)5%
(c)3%
(d)1%

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Important Questions on Physical World and Measurement
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In an experiment to determine the acceleration due to gravity , the formula used for the time period of a periodic motion is The values of and are measured to be respectively. In five successive measurements, the time period is found to be , , , and . The least count of the watch used for the measurement of time period is . Which of the following statements (s) is (are) true?

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In terms of potential difference , electic current , permittivity , permeability and speed of light , the dimensionally correct equation(s) is (are)

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Sometimes it is convenient to construct a system of units so that all quantities can be expressed in terms of only one physical quantity. In one such system, dimensions of different quantities are given in terms of a quantity as follows: ; ;; . Then

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Let us consider a system of units in which mass and angular momentum are dimensionless. If the length has a dimension of which of the following statement (s) is/are correct?

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A length - scale depends on the permittivity of a dielectric material, Boltzmann constant , the absolute temperature T, the number per unit volume (n) of certain charged particles, and the charge (q) carried by each of the particles, Which of the following expressions (s) for is (are) dimensionally correct?

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Planck' constant , speed of light and gravitational constant are used to form a unit of length and a unit of mass . Then the correct option(s) is (are)
