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Which of the following is the most precise device for measuring length :
(a) a vernier callipers with 20 divisions on the sliding scale
(b) a screw gauge of pitch 1 mm and 100 divisions on the circular scale.
`("c")` an optical instrument that can measure length to within a wavelength of light ?

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