EASY
Earn 100

Define true value of measurement. The true value is 252.14 mm and the measured value is 249.02 mm. Find the absolute error.

Important Questions on Measurement

HARD
Students A,B and C measure the length of a room using 25 m long measuring tape of least count LC 0.5 cm, meter-scale of LC 0.1 cm and a foot-scale of LC 0.05 cm, respectively. If the specified length of the room is 9.5 m, then which of the following students will report the lowest relative error in the measured length? 1 foot=30.48 cm
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A physical quantity, X=a2b2c. if % error in a,b and c are 1%, 2% and 4% respectively, then the % error in X is
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The least count of a screw gauge is 0.005 cm. The diameter of a wire is 0.020 cm as measured by it. The percentage error in measurement is
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The difference between the true value and measured value is called
HARD
The solution of 2x-3<x+2 is
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In the expression A =x y3z2 the percentage error is given by
HARD
A student performed the experiment of determination of focal length of a concave mirror by u-v method using an optical bench of 1.5m. The focal length of the mirror used is 24cm. The maximum error in the location of the image can be 0.2cm. The five sets of u,v values recorded by the student in (cm) are 42,56, 48,48, 60,40, 66,33, 78,39. The data set(s) that cannot come from experiments and is (are) incorrectly recorded, is(are)
MEDIUM
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 kinetic energy obtained by measuring mass and speed?
HARD
The equation 2ax-3+ax+1+5-ax=12 possesses
MEDIUM
The error in the measurement of the sides of a rectangle is 1%. The error in the measurement of its area is 
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The formula for percentage error is
MEDIUM
The error in the measurement of the radius of a sphere is 0.1%. The error in the measurement of its volume is
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The thickness of a paper measured by micrometer screw gauge of least count 0.01 mm is 1.03 mm. The percentage error in the measurement of thickness of paper is,
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What is the area of a circle (with due regards for significant figures) is the radius of the circle is 2.12m2
HARD
If f1(x)=||x|-2| and fn(x)=fn-1(x)-2 for all n2,nN, then number of solution of the equation f2015(x)=2 is
HARD
If x2-2x-8+x2+x-2=3|x+2|, then the set of all real values of x is
MEDIUM
The uncertainty in measurement is called as _____.
EASY
A time interval of 3.1 s is recorded by a stop-watch whose least count is 0.1 s. The limits between which the interval lies is.
MEDIUM
The density of a cube is measured by measuring its mass and the length of its side. If the maximum errors in the measurement of mass and length are 4% and 3%, respectively, then the maximum error in the measurement of the density is