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Structured Essay

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You are given a straight wire of length about 20 cm to find the density of the wire
material.

(a) What is the mass measuring instrument to measure the mass of the wire with high
accuracy.
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(b) Following figure gives the micrometer screw gauge that is use in school lab.
(i) Name A, B, C, D, E of the figure.

B
E D

A. ……………………………… B. ………………………………
C. ……………………………… D. ………………………………
E. ………………………………
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(ii) Circular scale consist with 50 divisions and instrument is having the least count
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0.01 mm. What is the pitch of the instrument.
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(iii) What is the main reason to use the part of A to shift D towards E.
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(c) Following two readings are measured through the above instrument.

0 45
0

20

(i) Write the readings of above configurations.

(ii) If D and E are contacted with each other zeroth divisions are a seen as follows.

400

(a) What is the zeroth error of the instrument.

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(b) If the above C (i) are measured by the above instrument, write the
correct readings.
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(d) Now 6 readings are (1)

x
measured at the (2)
different points along (1)
y
the string.
(2)

(1)
z Figure (2)
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(i) What is the main reason to take perpendicular readings for the diameter in this
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of the wire at each point.
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(ii) What is the reason to take the diameters at 3 points along the string.
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Following readings are given for the 3 points.

x y z
(1) point 2.02 mm 2.03 mm 2.01 mm
(2) point 2.01mm 2.02 mm 2.02 mm

What is the mean value of the diameter of the wire.

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(02) Following figure gives the arrangement of spherometer having a linear scale
of least count 0.5 mm and circular scale of 100 divisions.

C
A x

(a) (i) What is the least count of the instrument.

(ii) If there is no error of the spherometer, draw the observation of both the
zeroth divisions of the scales on the following figure.
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(b) You are asked to calculate the radius of a convex mirror.

(i) What is the first reading that you would take through the spherometer.
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(ii) What is the next measurement that you would measure through the
spherometer to take the above radius.
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(iii) Write the equation that is used to find the radius of the convex mirror.
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(c) Before start to measure the reading through the spherometer, it should be kept
on a plane glass block.
(i) Explain how you would obtain the horizontal level of the spherometer
using the glass block.
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(ii) It is not suitable to use plane mirror to take the horizontal level of
spherometer. explain why?
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(d) Following two readings are given the readings of (b) (i) and (b) (ii). in this
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0
40
0

85

(A) (B)
(i) What is the error of the spherometer.
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(ii) What is the reading of the figure (B).

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(iii) What is the correct reading.

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