Date: 17/07/ 25 Delhi Public School PYQ's & important
Marks: 25 Physics assignment Type: MCQ's
Errors of Measurement 7. A body travels uniformly a distance of (13.8
0.2) m in a time (4.0 0.3) s. The velocity of
1. The period of oscillation of a simple the body within error limits is
pendulum is given by T 2
l
where l is (a) (3.45 0.2) ms-1 (b) (3.45 0.3) ms-1
g (c) (3.45 0.4) ms-1 (d) (3.45 0.5) ms-1
about 100 cm and is known to have 1mm 8. The percentage error in the above problem
accuracy. The period is about 2s. The time of is
100 oscillations is measured by a stop watch (a) 7% (b) 5.95%
of least count 0.1 s. The percentage error in g (c) 8.95% (d) 9.85%
is 9. The unit of percentage error is
(a) 0.1% (b) 1% (a) Same as that of physical quantity
(c) 0.2% (d) 0.8% (b) Different from that of physical quantity
2. The percentage errors in the measurement of (c) Percentage error is unit less
mass and speed are 2% and 3% respectively. (d) Errors have got their own units which
How much will be the maximum error in are different from that of physical
the estimation of the kinetic energy obtained quantity measured
by measuring mass and speed 10. The decimal equivalent of 1/20 up to three
(a) 11% (b) 8% significant figures is
(c) 5% (d) 1% (a) 0.0500 (b) 0.05000
3. The random error in the arithmetic mean of (c) 0.0050 (d) 5.0 × 10-2
100 observations is x; then random error in 11. Accuracy of measurement is determined by
the arithmetic mean of 400 observations (a) Absolute error (b) Percentage
would be error
(a) 4x (b) 1
x (c) Both (d) None of these
4
12. The radius of a sphere is (5.3 0.1) cm. The
1
(c) 2x (d) x percentage error in its volume is
2
0 .1 0 .1
4. What is the number of significant figures in (a) 100 (b) 3 100
5 .3 5 .3
0.310×103
0 . 1 100 0 .1
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) (d) 3 100
3 . 53 5 .3
(c) 4 (d) 6 13. A thin copper wire of length l metre
5. Error in the measurement of radius of a increases in length by 2% when heated
sphere is 1%. The error in the calculated through 10ºC. What is the percentage
value of its volume is increase in area when a square copper sheet
(a) 1% (b) 3% of length l metre is heated through 10ºC
(c) 5% (d) 7% (a) 4% (b) 8%
6. The mean time period of second's pendulum (c) 16% (d) None of the
is 2.00s and mean absolute error in the time above
period is 0.05s. To express maximum 14. In the context of accuracy of measurement
estimate of error, the time period should be and significant figures in expressing results
written as of experiment, which of the following is/are
(a) (2.00 0.01) s (b) (2.00 +0.025) s correct
(c) (2.00 0.05) s (d) (2.00 0.10) s
(1) Out of the two measurements 50.14 cm (c) 0.01 s (d) 1.0 s
and 0.00025 ampere, the first one has 19. The length of a cylinder is measured with a
greater accuracy meter rod having least count 0.1 cm. Its
(2) If one travels 478 km by rail and 397 m. diameter is measured with vernier calipers
by road, the total distance travelled is having least count 0.01 cm. Given that length
478 km. is 5.0 cm. and radius is 2.0 cm. The
(a) Only (1) is correct (b) Only (2) is correct percentage error in the calculated value of
the volume will be
(c) Both are correct (d) None of them is
correct. (a) 1% (b) 2%
15. A physical parameter a can be determined (c) 3% (d) 4%
by measuring the parameters b, c, d and e 20. In an experiment, the following
using the relation a = b c / d e . If the observation's were recorded : L = 2.820 m, M
maximum errors in the measurement of b, = 3.00 kg, l = 0.087 cm, Diameter D=
c, d and e are b1 %, c 1 %, d 1 % and e1 %, 0.041 cm Taking g = 9.81 m /s using the formula
2
then the maximum error in the value of a , Y= 4 MgL , the maximum permissible error in
D l
2
determined by the experiment is
Y is
(a) ( b1 c1 d1 e 1 )%
(a) 7.96% (b) 4.56%
(b) ( b1 c1 d 1 e 1 )% (c) 6.50% (d) 8.42%
(c) ( b1 c1 d1 e 1 )% 21. According to Joule's law of heating, heat
produced H I 2 Rt, where I is current, R is
(d) ( b1 c1 d1 e 1 )%
resistance and t is time. If the errors in the
16. The relative density of material of a body is measurement of I, R and t are 3%, 4% and
found by weighing it first in air and then in 6% respectively then error in the
water. If the weight in air is (5.00 0.05 ) measurement of H is
Newton and weight in water is (4.00 0.05) (a) 17% (b) 16%
Newton. Then the relative density along with (c) 19% (d) 25%
the maximum permissible percentage error 22. If there is a positive error of 50% in the
is measurement of velocity of a body, then the
(a) 5.0 11% (b) 5.0 1% error in the measurement of kinetic energy
(c) 5.0 6% (d) 1.25 5% is
V (a) 25% (b) 50%
17. The resistance R = where V= 100 5 volts
i (c) 100% (d) 125%
and i = 10 0.2 amperes. What is the total 1
A3 B 2
error in R 23. A physical quantity P is given by P= 3
.
4
C D2
(a) 5% (b) 7%
The quantity which brings in the maximum
5
(c) 5.2% (d) % percentage error in P is
2
(a) A (b) B
18. The period of oscillation of a simple
(c) C (d) D
pendulum in the experiment is recorded as
24. If L 2.331 cm, B 2.1 cm , then L B
2.63 s, 2.56 s, 2.42 s, 2.71 s and 2.80 s
(a) 4.431 cm (b) 4.43 cm
respectively. The average absolute error is
(c) 4.4 cm (d) 4 cm
(a) 0.1 s (b) 0.11 s
25. The number of significant figures in all the
given numbers 25.12, 2009, 4.156 and
1.217 10 4 is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
26. If the length of rod A is 3.25 0.01 cm and
that of B is 4.19 0.01 cm then the rod B is
longer than rod A by
(a) 0.94 0.00 cm (b) 0.94 0.01 cm
(c) 0.94 0.02 cm (d) 0.94 0.005 cm
27. A physical quantity is given by X M a Lb T c .
The percentage error in measurement of
M, L and T are , and respectively. Then
maximum percentage error in the quantity X
is
(a) a b c (b) a b c
a b c
(c) (d) None of these
28. A physical quantity A is related to four
a 2b 3
observable a, b, c and d as follows, A ,
c d
the percentage errors of measurement in
a, b, c and d are 1%,3%,2% and 2%
respectively. What is the percentage error in
the quantity A
(a) 12% (b) 7%
(c) 5% (d) 14%
Errors of Measurement
1 c 2 b 3 b 4 b 5 b
6 c 7 b 8 c 9 c 10 a
11 b 12 b 13 a 14 c 15 d
16 a 17 b 18 b 19 c 20 c
21 b 22 d 23 c 24 c 25 d
26 c 27 a 28 d
