Given below are two statements:
Statement $I$: In a vernier callipers,one vernier scale division is always smaller than one main scale division.
Statement $II$: The vernier constant is given by one main scale division multiplied by the number of vernier scale division.
In the light of the above statements,choose the correct answer from the options given below.

$A$ travelling microscope has $20$ divisions per $cm$ on the main scale while its Vernier scale has total $50$ divisions and $25$ Vernier scale divisions are equal to $24$ main scale divisions. What is the least count of the travelling microscope in $cm$?

In a screw gauge, when the circular scale is given five complete rotations, it moves linearly by $2.5 \text{ mm}$. If the circular scale has $100$ divisions, the least count of the screw gauge is . . . . . . $\text{mm}$.

One main scale division of a vernier callipers is $a \ cm$ and $n^{\text{th}}$ division of the vernier scale coincides with $(n-1)^{\text{th}}$ division of the main scale. The least count of the callipers in $mm$ is

In an experiment to find out the diameter of a wire using a screw gauge,the following observations were noted:
$(A)$ Screw moves $0.5 \ mm$ on the main scale in one complete rotation.
$(B)$ Total divisions on the circular scale $= 50$.
$(C)$ Main scale reading is $2.5 \ mm$.
$(D)$ $45^{\text{th}}$ division of the circular scale is in the reference line.
$(E)$ Instrument has $0.03 \ mm$ negative zero error.
Then the diameter of the wire is: (in $mm$)

Answer the following:
$(a)$ You are given a thread and a metre scale. How will you estimate the diameter of the thread?
$(b)$ $A$ screw gauge has a pitch of $1.0\; mm$ and $200$ divisions on the circular scale. Do you think it is possible to increase the accuracy of the screw gauge arbitrarily by increasing the number of divisions on the circular scale?
$(c)$ The mean diameter of a thin brass rod is to be measured by vernier callipers. Why is a set of $100$ measurements of the diameter expected to yield a more reliable estimate than a set of $5$ measurements only?