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The number of circular divisions on the shown screw gauge is . It moves on the main scale for one complete rotation. The main scale reading is . The diameter of the ball is,




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Important Questions on Units and Measurement
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The density of a solid ball to be determined in an experiment. The diameter of the ball is measured with a screw gauge, whose pitch is and there are divisions on the circular scale. The reading on the main scale is and that on the circular scale is divisions. If the measured mass of the ball has a relative error of , the relative percentage error in the density is,

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The diameter of a cylinder is measured using a vernier caliper with no zero error. It is found that the zero of the vernier scale lies between and of the main scale. The vernier scale have divisions equivalent to . The division of the vernier scale exactly coincides with one of the main scale divisions. The diameter of the cylinder is,

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The main scale of a vernier caliper reads in and its vernier is divided into divisions which coincides with divisions of the main scale. The reading for the shown situation is found to be . Find the value of .

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The circular scale of a micrometre has divisions and a pitch of . Find the measured value of the thickness of a thin sheet.

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A travelling microscope has a main scale graduated in . vernier divisions coincide with main scale divisions. What will be the reading if the main scale reads and the division of the vernier coincides with the main scale division?

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In a screw gauge, five complete rotations of a circular scale gives reading on linear scale. The circular scale have divisions. The least count of the screw gauge is,

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A screw gauge has a screw having threads in . The circular scale have divisions. Find the diameter of wire if the main scale shows division and the vernier reads .

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A vernier caliper have divisions on the vernier scale which coincide with divisions on the main scale. The least count of the instrument is . The main scale divisions are of
