A screw gauge has a pitch of 1 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?

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Yes, I think it is possible to increase the accuracy of the screw gauge by increasing the number of divisions on the circular scale and hence decreasing the least count.
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