Two clocks are being tested against a standard clock located in a national laboratory. At 12:00:00 noon by the standard clock, the readings of the two clocks are:

Days	Clock 1	Clock 2
Monday	12:00:05	10:15:06
Tuesday	12:01:15	10:14:59
Wednesday	11:59:08	10:15:18
Thursday	12:01:50	10:15:07
Friday	11:59:15	10:14:53
Saturday	12:01:30	10:15:24
Sunday	12:01:19	10:15:11

If you are doing an experiment that requires precision time interval measurements, which of the two clocks will you prefer?

1.	clock 1
2.	clock 2
3.	neither clock 1 nor clock 2
4.	both clock 1 and clock 2

We measure the period of oscillation of a simple pendulum. In successive measurements, the readings turn out to be 2.63 s, 2.56 s, 2.42 s, 2.71 s, and 2.80 s. The average absolute error and percentage error, respectively, are:

1.  0.22 s and 4%

2.  0.11 s and 4%

3.  4 s and 0.11%

4.  5 s and 0.22%

The temperatures of two bodies measured by a thermometer are \(t_1=20^\circ \text{C}\pm0.5^\circ \text{C}\) and \(t_2=50^\circ \text{C}\pm0.5^\circ \text{C}.\) The temperature difference with permissible error is:
1. \(31^\circ \text{C}\pm0.5^\circ \text{C}\)
2. \(30^\circ \text{C}\pm1.0^\circ \text{C}\)
3. \(30^\circ \text{C}\pm0.0^\circ \text{C}\)
4. \(30^\circ \text{C}\pm1.5^\circ \text{C}\)

The resistance \(R=\frac{V}{I}\) where \(V=(100 \pm 5) ~V\) and \(I=(10 \pm 0.2)~ A\). The percentage error in \(R\) is:
1. \(5\%\)
2. \(2\%\)
3. \(7\%\)
4. \(3\%\)

Two resistors of resistances ${\mathrm{R}}_1 = \left(100 \pm 3\right)$ ohm and $R_2 = \left(200 \pm 4\right)$ ohm are connected in series, the equivalent resistance of the series combination is:

1.  (300 ± 7) ohm

2.  (300 ± 1) ohm

3.  (300 ± 0) ohm

4.  (100 ± 1) ohm

Two resistors of resistances ${\mathrm{R}}_1 = \left(100 \pm 3\right)$ ohm and ${\mathrm{R}}_2 = \left(200 \pm 4\right)$ ohm are connected in parallel. The equivalent resistance of the parallel combination is:

1.  (300 ± 7) ohm

2.  (66.7 ± 7) ohm

3.  (66.7 ± 1.8) ohm

4.  (100 ± 1) ohm

The relative error in \(Z,\) if \(Z=\frac{A^{4}B^{1/3}}{CD^{3/2}}\) is:
1. \(\frac{\Delta A}{A}+\frac{\Delta B}{B}+\frac{\Delta C}{C}+\frac{\Delta D}{D}\)

2. \(4\frac{\Delta A}{A}+\frac{1}{3}\frac{\Delta B}{B}-\frac{\Delta C}{C}- \frac{3}{2}\frac{\Delta D}{D}\)

3. \(4\frac{\Delta A}{A}+\frac{1}{3}\frac{\Delta B}{B}+\frac{\Delta C}{C}+\frac{2}{3}\frac{\Delta D}{D}\)

4. \(4\frac{\Delta A}{A}+\frac{1}{3}\frac{\Delta B}{B}+\frac{\Delta C}{C}+\frac{3}{2}\frac{\Delta D}{D}\)

The period of oscillation of a simple pendulum is $\mathrm{T} =2\mathrm{\pi }\sqrt{\frac{\mathrm{L}}{\mathrm{g}}}$. Measured value of L is 20.0 cm known to 1 mm accuracy and time for 100 oscillations of the pendulum is found to be 90 s using a wrist watch of 1 s resolution. The percentage error in g is:

1.  $2\%$

2.  $3\%$

3.  $5\%$

4.  $0\%$

Each side of a cube is measured to be \(7.203~\text{m}\). What are the total surface area and the volume respectively of the cube to appropriate significant figures? 

\(5.74\) g of a substance occupies \(1.2~\text{cm}^3\). Its density by keeping the significant figures in view is:
1. \(4.7333~\text{g/cm}^3\)
2. \(3.8~\text{g/cm}^3\)
3. \(4.8~\text{g/cm}^3\)
4. \(3.7833~\text{g/cm}^3\)