1. In the laboratory, a micrometer screw gauge was used to measure the diameter of a thin wire.

(a) Name the parts that are labelled as A, B and F.

A -………………………………………………………………..........
B -………………………………………………………………..........
F -………………………………………………………………..........
(b) What are the functions performed by the parts named C & F?
(c) The main scale of this micrometer screw gauge consists of ½ mm divisions while the circular
scale is divided into 50 equal divisions.
(i)Find the least count of the instrument
(ii) What is the minimum value that can be measured accurately using this instrument
(d) What is the experimental step to be done before using this instrument?
(e) How do you make sure that the wire is in contact between the anvil and the spindle?
(f) A measurement, taken by a micrometer screw gauge which has no zero error, is 4.76 mm
(i) Indicate this reading roughly on the magnified sketch given below.

(g) When A and B are made to in contact the scale is as shown in diagram (i). Calculate its zero error.
When taking a reading using this instrument, its scale is as shown in figure (2).

(i)What is the reading shown on the scale given in figure (2)?

(ii)What is the correct value of it?

(h) The table given below shows a few readings taken by a student using the above micrometer
screw gauge. Calculate the diameter of the wire.
(i) How to avoid the error occurred due to the wire is not uniform along its length?
(j) How to avoid the error occurred due to the cross section of the wire is not evenly circular?
(k) Can this screw gauge be used to measure the diameter of a small rubber tube? Give reasons
for your answer.
2. The diagram given below is a travelling microscope which is used in school laboratory.
(i) Name the parts labelled on the diagram.

(b) 49 parts of 0.5mm on main scale of a travelling microscope coincides with 50 divisions on
Vernier. What is the least count of the instrument?

(c) A student intends to find the internal diameter of a capillary tube using this instrument.

In order to find internal diameter of capillary tube draw, how it should be kept in front of the
microscope and how the observer’s eye should be kept, on the diagram given below.
(d)The image shows the capillary hole being observed with the naked eye. P and Q are two
points on its circumference. Draw a diagram of how the view of the above P and Q points on
the cross wires when taking the reading for the diameter of the capillary hole.
(e) When a clear image of the cross section of the glass tube is being viewed horizontal
measurements and vertical measurements obtained are 43.63 mm, 45.12 mm and 8.97 mm ,
10.47 cm respectively
(i) The shape of the cross section of the glass tube is shown on the right side. Write the
measurements y 1 and x 1.

(ii) What is mean diameter of the glass tube?

(ii) Write the fractional error of the value obtained for diameter (d).
(f)
A student states that the zero error of a travelling microscope is not important. Do
you agree with that statement? Give reasons for your answer.
(g) Another student tries to find the internal diameter by inserting a mercury column into the
capillary tube and measuring its length. Its location is shown in the figure.

(i) Write an expression for the diameter (d) in terms of length of the mercury column(l),
mass of mercury(m) and density of mercury(ρ).
(ii) What is the most suitable measuring instrument that can be used by him in order to
find the mass of the mercury trapped?
(iii) Write the advantage in this method over the earlier method in finding the diameter.

(h) Write down two other examples where measurements can be obtained by the travelling
microscope.