The current-voltage relation of the diode is given by \(I=(e^{1000V/T}-1)~\text{mA}\), where the applied voltage \(V\) is in volts and the temperature \(T\) is in degree Kelvin. If a student makes an error measuring \(\pm ~0.01~\text{V}\) while measuring the current of \(5~\text{mA}\) at \(300~\text{K}\), what will be the error in the value of current in \(\text{mA}\)?
1. \(0.02~\text{mA}\)
2. \(0.5~\text{mA}\)
3. \(0.05~\text{mA}\)
4. \(0.2~\text{mA}\)

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The period of oscillation on a simple pendulum is \(T=2\pi\sqrt{\frac{L}{g}}\). The measured value of \(L\) is \(20.0~\text{cm}\) known to have \(1~\text{mm}\) accuracy and the time for \(100\) oscillations of the pendulum is found to be \(90~\text{s}\) using a wristwatch of \(1~\text{s}\) resolution. The accuracy in the determination of \(g\) is:
1. \(2\%\)
2. \(3\%\)
3. \(1\%\)
4. \(5\%\)

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The diameter of a steel ball is measured using vernier calipers which have divisions of \(0.1~\text{cm}\) on its main scale (MS) and \(10\) divisions of its vernier scale (VS) match \(9\) divisions on the main scale. Three such measurements for a ball are given as:
S.No MS \(\text{(cm)}\) VS divisions
1 0.5 8
2 0.5 4
3 0.5 6
If the zero error is \(– 0.03~\text{cm},\) then the mean corrected diameter is :
1. \(0.53~\text{cm}\)
2. \(0.56~\text{cm}\)
3. \(0.59~\text{cm}\)
4. \(0.52~\text{cm}\)
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The following observations were taken to determine the surface tension \(T\) of water by the capillary method:
diameter of the capillary, \(D=1.25 \times 10^{-2} ~\text{m}\)
rise of water, \(h=1.45\times 10^{-2}~\text{m}\)
Using \(g= 9.80~\text{m/s}^2\) and the simplified relation, the possible error in surface tension is closest to: 
1. \(0.15\%\)
2. \(1.5\%\)
3. \(2.4\%\)
4. \(10\%\)

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A physical quantity \(P\) is described by the relation \({P}={a}^\frac{1}{2}{b}^2{c}^3{d}^{-4}.\) If the relative errors in the measurement of \({a, b, c}\) and \({d}\) respectively are \(2\%,1\%,3\%\) and \(5\%,\) then the relative error in \(P\) will be:
1. \(25\%\)
2. \(12\%\)
3. \(8\%\)
4. \(32\%\)
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The density of a material in the shape of a cube is determined by measuring three sides of the cube and its mass. If the relative errors in measuring the mass and length are respectively \(1.5\%\) and \(1\%\), the maximum error in determining the density is:
1. \(2.5\%\)
2. \(3.5\%\)
3. \(4.5\%\)
4. \(6\%\)

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The relative error in the determination of the surface area of a sphere is \(\alpha.\) Then the relative error in the determination of its volume is:
1. \(\dfrac{3}{2}\alpha\)

2. \(\dfrac{2}{3}\alpha\)

3. \(\alpha\)

4. \(\dfrac{5}{2}\alpha\)
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The percentage errors in quantities \(P, Q, R\) and \(S\) are \(0.5\%,\) \(1\%,\) \(3\%\) and \(1.5\%\) respectively in the measurement of a physical quantity \(A = \frac{P^3Q^2}{\sqrt {R}S}.\) The maximum percentage error in the value of \(A\) will be:
1. \(6.5\%\)
2. \(7.5\%\)
3. \(6.0\%\)
4. \(8.5\%\)
 
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In a simple pendulum experiment for determination of acceleration due to gravity (\(g\)), time taken for \(20\) oscillations is measured by using a watch of \(1\) second least count. The mean value of time taken comes out to be \(30~\text{s}\). The length of pendulum is measured by using a meter scale of least count \(1~\text{mm}\) and the value obtained is \(55.0~\text{cm}\). The percentage error in the determination of \(g\) is close to:
1. \(0.7\%\)
2. \(6.8\%\)
3. \(0.2\%\)
4. \(3.5\%\)

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A copper wire is stretched to make it \(0.5\%\) longer. The percentage change in its electric resistance, if its volume remains unchanged, is:
1. \(2.0 \%\)
2. \(2.5 \%\)
3. \(1.0 \%\)
4. \(0.5 \%\)
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