In railway stations __________ balances are used.
Platform
Triple beam
Compression
Roman Steelyard
A Vernier Callipers with 1MSD = 1cm has 5 divisions as the vernier. The least count is
0.8 mm
0.8 cm
0.5 cm
0.4 cm
To find the weight of a person ______________ balance is used.
Spring
Compression Spring
In an experiment the angles are required to be measured using an instrument.29 divisions of the main scale exactly coincide with the 30 divisions of the vernier scale.If the smallest division of the main scale is half - a - degree (=0.5°), then the least count of the instrument is
one minute
half minute
one degree
half degree
Which of the following is a more accurate measuring instrument?
Metre scale
Vernier calipers
Screw gauge
Both screw guage and vernier calipers
A physical balance is used in the laboratories, to find out the mass of a substance correct to a
Kilogram
Gram
Ton
Milligram
S.I unit of length is
metre
centimetre
millimetre
decimetre
The time period of a simple pendulum is directly proportional to the _________ of the length of the pendulum.
Square
Square root
Cube
Cube root
In a vernier calipers if the zero division of the vernier scale is to the right of the main scale and the vernier scale coincides with the 6th division of the main scale, what will be zero correction ?
+0.01 cm
-0.06 cm
+0.06 mm
-0.06 mm
The number of oscillations that the bob makes per second is called its
Amplitude
Frequency
Period of oscillation
Time period