Q44 / 110 · NTA Abhyas (NEET) 2020 · Physics · Units and Dimensions

The least count of a stopwatch is 0.2 s. The time of 20 oscillations of a pendulum is measured to be 25 s. The percentage error in the measurement of the time period will be

  • A
    8%
  • B
    1.8%
  • Correct answer
    C
    0.8%
  • D
    0.1%

Solution

percentage error = least countTotal time×100

0.225×100=0.8%

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'C'.

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