NCERT Class 11 Physics Chapter 2

UNITS AND MEASUREMENT (NCERT)

PART 1 [Page No 16 – 22]

2.1 INTRODUCTION [Units, Fundamental Units or Base Units, Derived Units]
2.2 THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS [CGS system, FPS system, MKS system, SI system]
2.3 MEASUREMENT OF LENGTH
2.3.1 Measurement of Large Distances [parallax method]
2.3.2 Estimation of Very Small Distances: Size of a Molecule
2.3.3 Range of Lengths
2.4 MEASUREMENT OF MASS
2.4.1 Range of Masses
2.5 MEASUREMENT OF TIME

PART 2 [Page No 22 – 31]

2.6 ACCURACY, PRECISION OF INSTRUMENTS AND ERRORS IN MEASUREMENT
[Systematic errors, Random errors, Least count error]
2.6.1 Absolute Error, Relative Error and Percentage Error
2.6.2 Combination of Errors
(a) Error of a sum or a difference
(b) Error of a product or a quotient
(c) Error in case of a measured quantity raised to a power
2.7 SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
2.7.1 Rules for Arithmetic Operations with Significant Figures
2.7.2 Rounding off the Uncertain Digits
2.7.3 Rules for Determining the Uncertainty in the Results of Arithmatic Calculations

PART 3 [Page No 31 – 34]

2.8 DIMENSIONS OF PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
2.9 DIMENSIONAL FORMULAE AND DIMENSIONAL EQUATIONS
2.10 DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
2.10.1 Checking the Dimensional Consistency of Equations
2.10.2 Deducing Relation among the Physical Quantities

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