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Q1.

The density $\rho$ of a uniform cylinder is determined by measuring its mass $m$, length $l$ and diameter $d$. The measured values of $m$, $l$ and $d$ are $97.42 \pm 0.02$ g, $8.35 \pm 0.05$ mm and $20.20 \pm 0.02$ mm, respectively. Calculated percentage fractional error in $\rho$ is _______.

(A)
$0.63\%$
(B)
$0.82\%$
(C)
$0.72\%$
(D)
$0.25\%$
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Q2.

Four persons measure the length of a rod as $20.00 \mathrm{~cm}, 19.75 \mathrm{~cm}, 17.01 \mathrm{~cm}$ and 18.25 cm. The relative error in the measurement of average length of the rod is :

(A)
0.08
(B)
0.06
(C)
0.18
(D)
0.24
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