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Vernier Calipers & Screw Gauge: JEE Questions & Solutions
11 previous-year JEE Physics questions on Vernier Calipers & Screw Gauge, each with a worked step-by-step solution.
Previous-year questions
- 01In a screw gauge, the zero of the circular scale lies 3 divisions above the horizontal pitch line when their metallic studs are brought in…MCQEasyJEE 2026
- 02In a vernier callipers, 50 vernier scale divisions are equal to 48 main scale divisions. If one main scale division = 0.05 mm, then the…MCQEasyJEE 2026
- 03When both jaws of a vernier calipers touch each other, zero mark of the vernier scale is right to the zero mark of main scale. 4th mark on…MCQEasyJEE 2026
- 04Given below are two statements: Statement I: In a vernier callipers, one vernier scale division is always smaller than one main scale…MCQEasyJEE 2025
- 05The least count of a screw gauge is 0.01 mm. If the pitch is increased by 75% and the number of divisions on the circular scale is reduced…NVAEasyJEE 2025
- 06For the determination of refractive index of glass slab, a travelling microscope is used whose main scale contains 300 equal divisions…MCQEasyJEE 2025
- 07A spherometer has a circular base of radius 3.5 cm. The central screw moves 2 mm for every complete rotation. How many rotations should be…MCQEasyJEE 2024
- 08Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): In Vernier…MCQEasyJEE 2024
- 09If 50 Vernier divisions are equal to 49 main scale divisions of a traveling microscope and one smallest reading of the main scale is 0.5…NVAEasyJEE 2024
- 10In a screw gauge, there are 100 divisions on the circular scale and the main scale moves by 0.5 mm on a complete rotation of the circular…NVAMediumJEE 2023
- 11In an experiment with vernier calipers of least count 0.1 mm, when two jaws are joined together the zero of the vernier scale lies right to…MCQEasyJEE 2023
Frequently asked questions
Our bank has 11 previous-year JEE Physics questions tagged to Vernier Calipers & Screw Gauge, drawn from JEE papers between 2023 and 2026, including 3 from 2026 alone. Each comes with a full step-by-step solution.
Vernier Calipers & Screw Gauge is rated Basic overall for JEE Physics. The PYQs on this page break down as 10 easy, 1 medium.
Of the 11 previous-year questions on Vernier Calipers & Screw Gauge, 8 are multiple-choice (MCQ) and 3 are numerical-value (NVA) questions.
Based on recent paper analysis, Vernier Calipers & Screw Gauge is worth about 1 mark in JEE Main. It sits in Experimental Skills, a Class 11 Physics chapter.
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