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Can we increase or decrease the range of a given voltmeter?

Important Questions on Torque on a Current-Loop : Moving-Coil Galvanometer

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Out of the two identical galvanometers, one is to be converted into an ammeter and the other into a milliammeter. Which of the shunts will be of larger resistance?
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Which of the resistances of a voltmeter and a millivoltmeter is smaller?
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A current-carrying wire of high resistance has an ammeter in series and a voltmeter in parallel. After some time the wire becomes hot but the ammeter and the voltmeter do not. Give reason.
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A moving-coil galvanometer consists of a rectangular coil of N turns, each of area A, suspended in a radial magnetic field of flux density B. Derive the expression for the torque on the coil when current I passes through it. Draw suitable labelled diagram.
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Obtain the formula I=Kϕ for a moving-coil galvano-meter. Given : the deflecting torque 𝜏= m × B, where m is the magnetic dipole moment of the coil placed in the magnetic field B, I is the current in the galvanometer and ϕ is the deflection. 
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Explain the principle and construction of a moving-coil galvanometer. Prove that in a radial field the current in the coil is directly proportional to the deflection of the coil.
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Describe the Working of a moving-coil galvanometer. How can its sensitivity be increased?
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Why is it that a shunt is required to be connected in parallel with a moving-coil galvanometer to measure the current of a circuit?

Establish the equation Ig=SS+GI.