PHYSICS

DPP - 3
TOPIC:VERNIER CALIPER
CLASS -XI

1. The vernier scale of a travelling microscope has 50 divisions which coincide with 49 main scale divisions. If each main
scale division is 0.5 mm , then least count of the microscope is
(A) 0.01 cm
(B) 0.5 mm
(C) 0.01 mm
(D) 0.5 cm

2. In an experiment, the period of oscillation of a simple pendulum was observed to be

2.63 s,2.56 s,2.42 s,2.71 s and 2.80 s . The mean absolute error is
(A) 0.11 s
(B) 0.12 s
(C) 0.13 s
(D) 0.14 s

3. If P,Q,R are physical quantities, having different dimensions, which of the following combinations can never be a
meaningful quantity?
P −Q
(A) R
(B) PQ − R
PQ
(C) R
PR − Q 2
(D) R

4. Dimensional formula of Q , heat supplied to the system is

2 −2
(A) [ ML T ]
−2
(B) [ MLT ]
2 −1
(C) [ ML T ]
1
(D) [ MLT ]

1/ 2 2 3 −4
5. A physical quantity P is described by the relation P = a b c d . If the relative errors in the measurement of
a,b,c and d respectively, are 2%,1%,3% and 5% , then the percentage error in P is:
(A) 24%
(B) 32%
(C) 20%
(D) 28%
6. The main scale of a vernier calipers has n divisions/cm . n divisions of the vernier scale coincide with ( n − 1) divisions
of main scale. The least count of the vernier calipers is
1
cm
(A) ( n + 1)( n − 1)
 1
cm
(B) n
1
2
cm
(C) n
1
cm
(D) n( n + 1)

7. If x = at + bt , where x is the distance travelled by the body in kilometres while t is the time in seconds, then the units
2

of b is
(A) km / s
(B) km s
2
(C) km / s
2
(D) km s

8. If the energy, E = G h c , where G is the universal gravitational constant, h is Planck’s constant and c is the velocity
p q r

of light, then the values of p,q and r are, respectively

−1 1 5
, and
(A) 2 2 2
1 −1 −5
, and
(B) 2 2 2
−1 1 3
, and
(C) 2 2 2
1 −1 −3
, and
(D) 2 2 2

Answer Key:

Q1: (c)

Q2: (a)
Q3: (a)

Q4: (a)

Q5: (b)

Q6: (c)

Q7: (c)

Q8: (a)

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