Assignment on Error Analysis

1. The period of oscillation of a simple 8. The percentage error in the above

problem is
l
pendulum is given by T  2 (a) 7% (b) 5.95%
g (c) 8.95% (d) 9.85%
where l is about 100 cm and is known to 9. The unit of percentage error is
have 1mm accuracy. The period is about (a) Same as that of physical quantity
2s. The time of 100 oscillations is (b) Different from that of physical
measured by a stop watch of least count quantity
0.1 s. The percentage error in g is (c) Percentage error is unit less
(a) 0.1% (b) 1% (d) Errors have got their own units
(c) 0.2% (d) 0.8% which are different from that of
2. The percentage errors in the physical quantity measured
measurement of mass and speed are 2% 10. The decimal equivalent of 1/20 upto
and 3% respectively. How much will be three significant figures is
the maximum error in the estimation of (a) 0.0500 (b)0.05000
the kinetic energy obtained by (c) 0.0050 (d)5.0 × 10-2
measuring mass and speed 11. Accuracy of measurement is determined
(a) 11% (b) 8% by
(c) 5% (d) 1% (a) Absolute error
3. The random error in the arithmetic (b)Percentage error
mean of 100 observations is x; then (c) Both (d) None of
random error in the arithmetic mean of these
400 observations would be 12. The radius of a sphere is (5.3  0.1) cm.
1 The percentage error in its volume is
(a) 4x (b) x
4 0 .1 0.1
(a)  100 (b) 3  100
1 5 .3 5.3
(c) 2x (d) x
2 0 .1  100 0 .1
(c) (d) 3   100
4. What is the number of significant 3 .53 5 .3
figures in 0.310×103 13. A thin copper wire of length l metre
(a) 2 (b) 3 increases in length by 2% when heated
(c) 4 (d) 6 through 10ºC. What is the percentage
5. Error in the measurement of radius of a increase in area when a square copper
sphere is 1%. The error in the sheet of length l metre is heated through
calculated value of its volume is 10ºC
(a) 1% (b) 3% (a) 4% (b) 8%
(c) 5% (d) 7% (c) 16% (d) None of
6. The mean time period of second's the above
pendulum is 2.00s and mean absolute 14. In the context of accuracy of
error in the time period is 0.05s. To measurement and significant figures in
express maximum estimate of error, the expressing results of experiment, which
time period should be written as of the following is/are correct
(a) (2.00  0.01) s (b) (2.00 (1) Out of the two measurements 50.14
+0.025) s cm and 0.00025 ampere, the first
(c) (2.00  0.05) s (d) (2.00  one has greater accuracy
0.10) s
(2) If one travels 478 km by rail and
7. A body travels uniformly a distance of 397 m. by road, the total distance
(13.8 0.2) m in a time (4.0  0.3) s. The travelled is 478 km.
velocity of the body within error limits
(a) Only (1) is correct (b) Only (2) is
is
correct
(a) (3.45  0.2) ms-1 (b) (3.45 
0.3) ms-1 (c) Both are correct (d) None of
(c) (3.45  0.4) ms-1 (d) (3.45  them is correct.
0.5) ms-1 15. A physical parameter a can be
determined by measuring the
parameters b, c, d and e using the
Assignment on Error Analysis
relation a = b  c  / d  e  . If the the formula , Y=
4 MgL
, the maximum
maximum errors in the measuremen t D 2 l
of b, c, d and e are b 1 %, c 1 %, d 1 % permissible error in Y is
(a) 7.96% (b) 4.56%
and e 1 %, then the maximum error in
(c) 6.50% (d) 8.42%
the value of a determined by the 21. According to Joule's law of heating, heat
experiment is
produced H  I 2 Rt, where I is current,
(a) ( b1  c1  d1  e 1 )% R is resistance and t is time. If the
(b) ( b1  c1  d 1  e 1 )% errors in the measurement of I, R and t
are 3%, 4% and 6% respectively then
(c) ( b1  c1  d1  e 1 )% error in the measurement of H is
(d) ( b1  c1  d1  e 1 )% (a)  17% (b)  16%
(c)  19% (d)  25%
16. The relative density of material of a
22. If there is a positive error of 50% in the
body is found by weighing it first in air measurement of velocity of a body, then
and then in water. If the weight in air is
the error in the measurement of kinetic
(5.00 0.05 ) Newton and weight in energy is
water is (4.00  0.05) Newton. Then the (a) 25% (b) 50%
relative density along with the
(c) 100% (d) 125%
maximum permissible percentage error
23. A physical quantity P is given by P=
is 1

(a) 5.0  11% (b) 5.0  1% A3 B 2

3
. The quantity which brings in
(c) 5.0  6% (d) 1.25  5% C 4
D2
V the maximum percentage error in P is
17. The resistance R = where V= 100 
i (a) A (b) B
5 volts and i = 10  0.2 amperes. What (c) C (d) D
is the total error in R 24. If L  2.331 cm, B  2.1 cm , then L  B 
(a) 5% (b) 7% (a) 4.431 cm (b) 4.43 cm
5 (c) 4.4 cm (d) 4 cm
(c) 5.2% (d) % 25. The number of significant figures in all
2
the given numbers 25.12, 2009, 4.156
18. The period of oscillation of a simple
and 1.217  10 4 is
pendulum in the experiment is recorded
as 2.63 s, 2.56 s, 2.42 s, 2.71 s and 2.80 (a) 1 (b) 2
s respectively. The average absolute (c) 3 (d) 4
error is 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
(a) 0.1 s (b) 0.11 s
rod B is longer than rod A by
(c) 0.01 s (d) 1.0 s (a) 0.94  0.00 cm (b) 0.94 
19. The length of a cylinder is measured 0.01 cm
with a meter rod having least count 0.1 (c) 0.94  0.02 cm (d) 0.94 
cm. Its diameter is measured with 0.005 cm
vernier calipers having least count 0.01 27. A physical quantity is given by
cm. Given that length is 5.0 cm. and X  M a Lb T c . The percentage error in
radius is 2.0 cm. The percentage error measurement of M, L and T are  ,  and
in the calculated value of the volume
 respectively. Then maximum
will be
percentage error in the quantity X is
(a) 1% (b) 2% (a) a  b   c
(c) 3% (d) 4% (b) a  b   c
20. In an experiment, the following a b c
observation's were recorded : L = 2.820 (c)   (d) None of
  
m, M = 3.00 kg, l = 0.087 cm, Diameter
these
D = 0.041 cm Taking g = 9.81 m /s 2 using
28. A physical quantity A is related to four
observable a, b, c and d as follows,
Assignment on Error Analysis
a 2b 3
A , the percentage errors of
c d
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%
29. A wire has a mass 0.3  0.003 g , radius
0.5  0.005 mm and length 6  0.06 cm .
The maximum percentage error in the
measurement of its density is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
30. If 97.52 is divided by 2.54, the correct
result in terms of significant figures is
(a) 38.4 (b)38.3937
(c)38.394 (d)38.39
Choose any one of the following four
responses :
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and
the reason is the correct explanation of
the assertion.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true but
reason is not the correct explanation of
the assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If the assertion and reason both are
false.
(e) If assertion is false but reason is true.
31. Assertion : Number of significant
figures in 0.005 is one and that in 0.500
is three.
Reason : This is because zeros are
not significant.
32. Assertion : Out of three measurements
l = 0.7 m; l = 0.70
m and l = 0.700 m, the last
one is most accurate.
Reason : In every measurement,
only the last significant
digit is not accurately
known.