What is parallax error? How can it be avoided?

Important Questions on Physical Quantities and Measurement-1

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FRANK NEW CERTIFICATE - Physics>Chapter 2 - Physical Quantities and Measurement-1>EVALUATION>Q 5

What do you understand by area?  Give its standard unit in the SI system.

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FRANK NEW CERTIFICATE - Physics>Chapter 2 - Physical Quantities and Measurement-1>EVALUATION>Q 6

Name the instruments used to measure mass.

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FRANK NEW CERTIFICATE - Physics>Chapter 2 - Physical Quantities and Measurement-1>EVALUATION>Q 1

What are the precautions that are needed to be taken while measuring the length of a wooden block using a metre scale? 

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FRANK NEW CERTIFICATE - Physics>Chapter 2 - Physical Quantities and Measurement-1>EVALUATION>Q 2

Write a short note on beam balance. 

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FRANK NEW CERTIFICATE - Physics>Chapter 2 - Physical Quantities and Measurement-1>EVALUATION>Q 3

Explain how the department of weights and measures, Government of India, is helping people so that they would not get cheated by the shopkeepers. 

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FRANK NEW CERTIFICATE - Physics>Chapter 2 - Physical Quantities and Measurement-1>EVALUATION>Q 1

Suppose a ruler is broken and its zero mark is not visible. The first visible mark on it is $3 \mathrm{cm}$. Find the length of a piece of cardboard if the marking on the ruler at the other end of the object is $10 \mathrm{cm}$. Give suitable reasons for your answer.