Question

Which of the following scale gives more accurate reading?
A. One metre inn a scale is divided into 1000 equal parts.
B. One cm in a scale is divided into 100 equal parts.
C. One mm in a scale is divided into 2 equal parts.
D. One mm in a scale is divided into 5 equal parts.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - B
The scale which is having the smallest least count is more accurate.
In the second scale, 1 cm is divided into 100 parts.
`thereforeL.C.=(10mm)/(100)=0.1mm`