A galvanometer has a resistance of 25 ohm and a maximum of 0.01 A current can be passed through it. In order to change it into an ammeter of range 10 A, the shunt resistance required is 

(1) 5/999 ohm

(2) 10/999 ohm

(3) 20/999 ohm

(4) 25/999 ohm

Subtopic:  Conversion to Ammeter & Voltmeter |
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In the circuit shown, a meter bridge is in its balanced state. The meter bridge wire has a resistance 0.1 ohm/cm. The value of unknown resistance X and the current drawn from the battery of negligible resistance is 

(1) 6 Ω, 5 amp

(2) 10 Ω, 0.1 amp

(3) 4 Ω, 1.0 amp

(4) 12 Ω, 0.5 amp

Subtopic:  Meter Bridge & Potentiometer |
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A galvanometer has 30 divisions and a sensitivity 16μA/div. It can be converted into a voltmeter to read 3 V by connecting (approximately):

(1) Resistance nearly 6 k Ω in series

(2) 6 k Ω in parallel

(3) 500 Ω in series

(4) It cannot be converted

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A voltmeter has a range 0-V with a series resistance R. With a series resistance 2R, the range is 0-V'. The correct relation between V and V' is :

(1) V'=2V

(2) V'>2V

(3) V'>>2V

(4) V'<2V

Subtopic:  Conversion to Ammeter & Voltmeter |
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The measurement of the voltmeter in the following circuit is :

(1) 2.4 V

(2) 3.4 V

(3) 4.0 V

(4) 6.0 V

Subtopic:  Kirchoff's Voltage Law |
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If an ammeter is to be used in place of a voltmeter then we must connect with the ammeter a :

(1) Low resistance in parallel

(2) High resistance in parallel

(3) High resistance in series

(4) Low resistance in series

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The potential difference across the 100Ω resistance in the following circuit is measured by a voltmeter of 900 Ω resistance. The percentage error made in reading the potential difference is :

(1) 109

(2) 0.1

(3) 1.0

(4) 10.0

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A galvanometer with a resistance of \(36~\Omega\) is changed into an ammeter by using a shunt of \(4~\Omega\). The fraction \(f_0\) of total current passing through the galvanometer will be:
1. \(\dfrac{1}{40}\) 2. \(\dfrac{1}{4}\)
3. \(\dfrac{1}{140}\) 4. \(\dfrac{1}{10}\)
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If the ammeter in the given circuit reads 2 A, the resistance R is :

(1) 1 ohm

(2) 2 ohm

(3) 3 ohm

(4) 4 ohm

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Two resistances of 400 Ω and 800 Ω are connected in series with a 6-volt battery of negligible internal resistance. A voltmeter of resistance 10,000 Ω is used to measure the potential difference across 400 Ω. The error in the measurement of potential difference in volts approximately is :

(1) 0.01

(2) 0.02

(3) 0.03

(4) 0.05

Subtopic:  Kirchoff's Voltage Law |
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