Multiple choice

Which of the following errors is there, if the temperature graduations of a thermometer read 104 °C at the boiling point of water at STP?

  1. Imperfection in procedure

  2. Instrumental error

  3. Least count error

  4. Personal errors

  5. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Yes, the temperature graduations of a thermometer may be inadequately calibrated, which is an instrumental error.

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