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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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D
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