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CHAPTER: ERROR & MEASUREMENT

TOPIC: ERRORS BASICS, SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

1. The measurement 8.987652 km is rounded to 4 significant figures. The value of measurement will be written as
(A) 8.9876 (B) 8.9877 (C) 8.987 (D) 8.988

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2. The volume of one sphere is 1.76 cm . What is the volume of 25 such spheres (according to the idea of significant
figures)?
3 3 3 3
(A) 44.000 cm (B) 44.00 cm (C) 44.0 cm (D) 44 cm

3. The value of resistance is 10.845 and the value of current is 3.23 A. The potential difference is 35.02935 V. Its value in
significant number would be
(A) 35 V (B) 35.0 V (C) 35.03 V (D) 35.029 V

4. If y = a+b, the maximum percentage error in the measurement of y will be

a b a b
(A) a + b 100% (B) a b 100%

a b a b
(C) a + b + a + b 100% (D) a + b a + b 100%

5. The length, breadth and thickness of a block is measured to be 50 cm, 2.0 cm and 1.00 cm. What is the percentage error in
the measurement of volume?
(A) 8% (B) 0.8% (C) 10% (D) 12.5%

6. The density of a material of a cube is calculated by measurement its mass and a side. What is the maximum percentage
error in the density if the errors in the measurement of a side and mass are 3% and 4% respectively?
(A) 15% (B) 13% (C) 7% (D) 5%

7. Two resistances are expressed as R1 =( 4 0.5 ) and R2 =(12 0.5 ) What is the net resistance when they are
connected (i) in series and (ii) in parallel, with percentage error?
(A) 16 23%, 3 6.25% (B) 16 2.3%, 3 6.25%
(C) 3 23%, 16 6.25% (D) 16 6.25%, 3 23%

8. The error in the measurement of radius of the sphere is 0.3%. What is the permissible error in its surface area?
(A) 0.6 % (B) 1.2 % (C) 1.8 % (D) 2.4 %

9. While measuring the acceleration due to gravity by a simple pendulum, a student makes a positive error of 1% in the length
(l) of the pendulum and an error of 3% in the value of time period (T). His percentage error in the measurement of g will be
(A) 2% (B) 4% (C) 7% (D) 10%

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10. The relative density of a material may be found by weighing it first in air and then in water. If its weight in air is
( 5.00 0.05 ) N and weight in water is ( 4.00 0.05 ) N. Then the relative density along with maximum permissible error will
be quoted as
(A) 5.0 11% (B) 5.0 6% (C) 5.0 1% (D) 1.25 5% .

11. If y = ab, the maximum percentage error in the measurement of y will be

a
a 100% a b
100% 100% .
(A) (B)
b a b
b 100%

a b a b
(C) + 100% (D) 100% .
a b a b

12. The radius of a disc is 1.2 cm. Its area according to idea of significant figures, will be given by
(A) 4.5216 cm 2 (B) 4.521cm 2 (C) 4.52 cm 2 (D) 4.5 cm 2

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13. The resistance of a metal is given by R = , where V is potential difference and I is the current. In a circuit the potential
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difference across resistance is V= ( 8 0.5 )V and current in resistance.=I ( 2 0.2) A . What is the value of resistance with
its percentage error?
(A) 4 16.25% (B) ( 4 0.7 ) (C) 4 0.7% (D) 4 7% .

14. The heat generated in a circuit is given by H = I 2Rt joule where I is current, R is resistance and t is time. If the percentage
errors is measuring I, R and t are 2%, 1% and 1% respectively. The maximum error in measuring heat will be
(A) 2% (B) 3% (C) 4% (D) 6%

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ANSWER KEY
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