Q.

1 Write steps performed to ensure that the tip of screw is just touching the
plane of glass plate
Ans: Place the spherometer on glass
Rotate the screw in such a way that it touches tip of screw to plane
Take a piece of paper and try to pass it under screw.
If paper does not pass, then tip of screw is touched the surface of glass

Q.2 Write the effect of changing the pitch from 1mm to 2mm on accuracy of
measurement
Ans: The accuracy of measurement will be decreased. Because the LC of
spherometer changes.

Q.3 Give reasons for main scale marked on both sides of zero.
Ans: Because we are using concave and convex surface. So screw will move up
and down