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Worksheet - 58 (Lecture-1) Topic : U & D and Error in Measurements

1. An experiment measures quantities a, b and c, and X is calculated from X = ab2/c3. If the percentage
error in a, b and c are 1%, 3% and 2% respectively, the percentage error in X will be –
(1) 13% (2) 7% (3) 4% (4) 1%

2. A quantity is represented by X = Ma Lb Tc. The percentage error in measurement of M, L and T are

%, % and % respectively. The percentage error in X would be
(1) ( a + b + c) % (2) ( a – b + c) %
(3) ( a – b– c) % (4) None of these

3. The percentage errors in the measurement of mass and speed are 2% and 3% respectively. How much
will be the maximum error in the estimate of kinetic energy obtained by measuring mass and speed?
(1) 11 % (2) 8 % (3) 5 % (4) 1 %

4. The heat generated in a circuit is dependent upon the resistance, current and time for which the current
is flown. If the error in measuring the above are as 1%, 2% and 1% the maximum error in measuring
heat will be
(1) 2% (2) 3% (3) 6% (4) 1%

5. The resistance R of a wire is given by the relation R = . Percentage error in the measurement of
r2

, and r is 1%, 2 % and 3 % respectively. Then the percentage error in the measurement of R is
(1) 6% (2) 9% (3) 8% (4) 10%

2k 3 2

6. A physical quantity X is given by X = The percentage error in the measurements of k, , m and

m n

n are 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% respectively. The value of X is uncertain by

(1) 8 % (2) 10 % (3) 12 % (4) None

7. Percentage error in measuring the radius and mass of a solid sphere are 2% & 1% respectively. Then
error in measurement of moment of inertia about to its diameter is :-
(1) 3 % (2) 6 % (3) 5 % (4) 4 %

8. The error in measuring the side of a cube is ±1%. The error in the calculation of the volume of the
cube will be about
(1) ± 0.001 % (2) ± 1 % (3) ± 6 % (4) ± 3 %

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Worksheet - 58 (Lecture-1) Topic : U & D and Error in Measurements

9. Two resistors A and B have values (3.0 0.1)k and (9.0 0.3)k respectively. If they are connected
in parallel, the precentage error in the equivalent resistance is :-
(1) 8.33 % (2) 9.16 % (3) 6.66 % (4) 3.33 %

10. In an experiment four quantities a, b, c and d are measured with percentage errors 1%, 2%, 3% and

a3 b2
4% respectively. Quantity P is calculated as follows P = , percentage error in P is :-
cd
(1) 4% (2) 14% (3) 10% (4) 7%

11. In an experiment, the percentage of error occurred in the measurment of physical quantities A, B, C
and D are 1%, 2%, 3% and 4% respectively. Then the maximum percentage of error in the measurement

A 2 B1/2
X, where X , will be :
C1/3 D 3

3
(1) 13 % (2) 16% (3) –10% (4) 10%

12. The original length of wire is (153.7 0.6) cm. It is stretched to (155.3 0.2) cm. Calculate the
elongation in the wire with error limits.
(1) (1.6 ± 0.4) cm (2) (309 ± 0.4) cm (3) (1.6 ± 0.8) cm (4) (309 ± 0.8) cm

13. The resistance of a metal is given by R = V/I, where V is potential difference and I is the
current. In a circuit the potential difference across resistance is V =(10 0.5)V and current in resistance,
I = (2 0.2)A. The value of resistance in with percentage error is :-
(1) 5 (2) 5 15% (3) 5 20% (4) 5 25%

14. If a = 8 ± 0.08 and b = 6 ± 0.06, Let x = a + b, y = a – b, z = a ×b. The correct order of % error in
x,y and z
(1) x = y < z (2) x = y > z (3) x < z < y (4) x > z < y

15. The percentage error in measurement of a physical quantity [m given by m = tan is minimum
when
(1) = 45° (2) = 90° (3) = 60° (4) = 30°
(Assume that error in remain constant)

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16. The Young modulus (Y) of a material is given by Y . If the percentage error in W, L, r and
r2
are 0.5%, 1% , 3% and 4% respectively then maximum percentage error in Y is -
(1) 7.5 % (2) 9 % (3) 11.5 % (4) 13 %

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Q3 R 3
17. A physical quantity P is given by P 3 . Assuming error in measurement of Q, R, S and T is same,
S 5T 2

the quantity that brings in the maximum percentage error in P is :-

(1) Q (2) R (3) S (4) T

18. The distance covered by a body in time (4.0 ± 0.5)s is (24.0 ± 0.6)m. The speed of body with error
limits is :-
(1) 6.0 ± 0.3 m/s (2) 6.0 ± 0.9 m/s (3) 6.0 ± 0.5 m/s (4) 6.0 ± 0.6 m/s

19. A wire has a mass (0.4 ± 0.004) g, radius (0.6 + 0.006) mm and length (7 ± 0.07) cm. The maximum
percentage error in the measurement of its density is :-
(1) 4 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 1

20. If the length of rod A is 3.25 ± 0.02 cm, and that of B is 4.19 ± 0.03 cm, then the rod B is longer
than rod A by :-
(1) 0.94 ± 0.00 cm (2) 0.94 ± 0.01 cm (3) 0.94 ± 0.02 cm (4) 0.94 ± 0.05 cm

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ANSWER KEY
PHYSICS : WORKSHEET - 58 [ LECTURE # 01 ]
Topic : U & D and Error in Measurements
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