Scholars’ School and College

Class: IX and X
Physics (Chapter-1)
Formative assessment
MCQ (10×1=10)
1. The other name of the screw gauge is –
a) Micrometer screw gauge b) Millimeter screw gauge
c) Centimeter screw gauge d) Nanometer screw gauge

2. The unit which is derived from the fundamental unit is called—

a) Derived unit b) Change unit c) Mega unit d) fundamental unit

3. 1 femtometer = ?
a) 105m b)1010m c) 1015m d) 1020m

4. If the zero of the vernier scale is to the right of the zero of the main scale is called –
a) Negative error b) Positive error c) Zero error d) Backlash error

5. In vernier scale we measure the length of the scale by the following formula—
a) L=M+V×VC- (±e) b) L= M-V×VC-(±e)
c) L= M+V×VC+(±e) d) L= M+V+VC+(±e)

6. The displacement is not the same when the screw is rotated in both direction called—
a) Negative error b) Positive error c) Backlash error d) Zero error

7. If there is 50 division in the vernier scale, what will the vernier constant?
a) 0.02 mm b) 0.01 mm c) 0.05 mm d) 0.005 mm

8. After placing a rod in the slide calipers, the obtained readings are: main scale reading is 2 cm, vernier
scale reading is 3 and this vernier scale has 20 division. What is the length of the rod?
a) 2.015 cm b) 2.150 cm c) 2.120 cm d) 2.220 cm

9. The dimension of Force is—

a) MLT-1 b) MLT-2 c) ML-1T-1 d) ML-2T

10. The amount of atoms of 0.012gm Carbon-12 is known as—

a) Mole b) Molecule c) Candela d) gram
Creative question (10×3=30)

1. Mr.Saif, a physics teacher has given a ruler and a box to the student in physics class and told them
to determine the volume of the box. The students observe the ruler can be used to measure up to
cm only. They determine the length, breadth, and height of the box as 20 cm, 15 cm, and 10 cm
respectively.
a) What is dimension? 1
b) Why weight and mass are not the same type of quantity? 2
c) Determine the percentage of relative error in measurement of the volume of the box. 3
d) This ruler is appropriate for measuring the area of the book but not suitable for measuring the
area of house- Analyze the statement. 4

2. The Vernier constant of a slide calipers is 0.01 cm. diameter of a sphere is measured using this slide
calipers. Here the main scale reading is 12.2 cm, Vernier coincidence is 5. There is no instrumental
error in this slide calipers. The mass of the given sphere is 1 kg.
a) What is called least count? 1
b) Force is derived quantity- Explain. 2
c) Determine the radius of the given sphere. 3
d) The sphere will weather will sink or float in water- Explain with mathematical logic. 4

3. To measure the diameter of a wire, Samia took a screw gauge and found that the circular scale zero
is 3 division over the linear scale zero. However, she took the reading of the linear scale was 8.2
mm and the circular scale reading was 40.

a) What do you mean by relative error? 1

b) Determine the dimension of Energy. 2
c) Calculate diameter of the wire. 3
d) Determine the area of the wire and state why personal error is more harmful than mechanical
error. 4