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Earn 100

How can you measure the diameter of a cylindrical object precisely?

Important Questions on Motion and Measurement of Distance

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A spherometer has 20 threads per cm. Its circular scale has 100 divisions. The least count of the sphere is
MEDIUM
Name the instrument you would use to measure the diameter of a sphere?
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Choose the best apparatus from the options given below to measure each of the following distances.

  • 15 cm ruler marked in millimetres
  • Metre rule marked in millimetres
  • 10 m measuring tape marked in centimetres
  • 100 m measuring tape marked in centimetres

How far you can walk in 2 s.

HARD
The thin metallic strip of vernier calipers moves downward from top to bottom in such a way that it just touches the surface of beaker. Main scale reading of caliper is 6.4 cm whereas its vernier constant is 0.1 mm. The 4th of vernier scale division is coinciding with main scale division. The actual depth of beaker in mm is (when zero of vernier coincides with zero of main scale),
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The Earth-Moon distance is about 60 Earth Radius. What will be the approximate diameter of the Earth (in degree) as seen from the Moon?
MEDIUM
Describe the method you would use to find the thickness of a sheet of paper of your science book.
EASY

Choose the best apparatus from the options given below to measure each of the following distances.

  • 15 cm ruler marked in millimetres
  • Metre rule marked in millimetres
  • 10 m measuring tape marked in centimetres
  • 100 m measuring tape marked in centimetres

How far you can run in 10 s?

MEDIUM

Represent the union of two sets by Venn diagram for each of the following.

X={x | x is a prime number between 80 and 100}

Y={y | y is an odd number between 90 and 100}

MEDIUM
Give two types of motion associated with the micrometer screw.
HARD
The jaws of a vernier calipers touch the inner wall of calorimeter without any undue pressure. The position of zero of vernier scale on the main scale reads 3.48. The  6th of vernier scale division is coinciding with any main scale division. Vernier constant of calipers is 0.01 cm. Find actual internal diameter of calorimeter, when it is observed that the vernier scale has a zero error of -0.03 cm.
 
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You have been given a long wire, a metre scale and a bangle. How will you find the diameter (thickness) of the bangle?
HARD

When the planet Jupiter is at a distance of 824.7 million kilometres from the earth, its angular diameter is measured to be 35.72" of arc. The diameter of Jupiter is y×104 km. The value of number y to the nearest integer is

(Take π=3.14)

EASY
What is maximum possible error in a measurements?
HARD
It is a well known fact that during a total solar eclipse the disk of the moon almost completely covers the disk of the sun. Then the approximate diameter of the moon is:
[Assume Distance of moon from earth (rME) = 3.84 × 108 m, Distance of sun from earth (rSE) = 1.496 × 1011 m, Diameter of sun (D) = 1.39 × 109 m]
 
HARD
Two full turns of the circular scale of a screw gauge having 50 divisions cover a distance of 1 mm. Further, it is found that the screw gauge has a zero error of -0.02 mm. While measuring the diameter of a thin wire, a student notes the main scale reading of 4 mm and the number of circular scale divisions in line with the main scale as 37. The diameter of the wire is,
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The farthest objects in our universe discovered by modern astronomers are so distant that light emitted by them takes billions of years to reach the earth. These objects (known as quasars) have many puzzling features which have not yet been satisfactorily explained. What is the distance in km of quasar from which light takes 3.0 billion years to reach us ?
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You are given a thread and a metre scale. How will you estimate the diameter of the thread? 
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Torch cell is placed between two rectangular blocks. The readings of the two blocks touching the spherical surface of the cell on the scale are 2 cm and 5.2 cm. Find the diameter of the cell in cm.