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The difference between the indicated value and true value of a quantity is known as :

  • A.Gross error
  • B.Absolute error
  • C.Dynamic error
  • D.Relative error

Answer: B

The difference between the indicated and true value is the absolute error.

\[ \delta A = A_{m} - A_{t} \]

where \(A_{m}\) is the measured (indicated) value and \(A_{t}\) the true value. The relative error is this difference divided by the true value, \(\delta A/A_{t}\), often expressed as a percentage.

Gross errors are human blunders, such as misreading a scale or recording the wrong figure. Dynamic error is the difference between the true and indicated value of a quantity that is changing with time, caused by the instrument's slow response, rather than the general definition asked for here.

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