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A vernier callipers has 1 mm marks on the main scale. It has 20 equal divisions on the Vernier scale which match with 16 main scale divisions. For this vernier callipers, the least count is

A

`0.02 mm`

B

`0.05 mm`

C

`0.1 mm`

D

`0.2 mm`

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