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What is maximum possible error in a measurements?

Important Questions on Measurement and Physics

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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART I : CLASS 11>Chapter 1 - Measurement and Physics>EXERCISE>Q 37
Why scientific notation is used to express experimental result?
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART I : CLASS 11>Chapter 1 - Measurement and Physics>EXERCISE>Q 1
What are accuracy and precision ? Write down their difference. Discuss how you can improve the accuracy and the precision of measurement.
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART I : CLASS 11>Chapter 1 - Measurement and Physics>EXERCISE>Q 2
What are significant digits in the result of a measurement ? State the rules for determining the significant figures.
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART I : CLASS 11>Chapter 1 - Measurement and Physics>EXERCISE>Q 3
State and explain the rules for deciding the number of significant figures in the result of addition and subtraction.
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART I : CLASS 11>Chapter 1 - Measurement and Physics>EXERCISE>Q 3
State and explain the rules for deciding the number of significant figures in the result of multiplication and division.
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART I : CLASS 11>Chapter 1 - Measurement and Physics>EXERCISE>Q 4
What are absolute and relative errors? What are their units? Why the latter is more significant?
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART I : CLASS 11>Chapter 1 - Measurement and Physics>EXERCISE>Q 5
What are systematic errors ? Why are they so called ? Name and give examples of different types of systematic errors.
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A Text Book of PHYSICS PART I : CLASS 11>Chapter 1 - Measurement and Physics>EXERCISE>Q 6
How systematic errors are to be taken care of ?