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In meter bridge or Wheatstone bridge for measurement of resistance, the known and the unknown resistances are interchanged. The error so removed is

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Important Questions on Electrical Measuring Instruments

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In Wheatstone's bridge P=9 Ω, Q=11 Ω, R=4 Ω and S=6 Ω. How much resistance must be put in parallel to the resistance S to balance the bridge?
 
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In the Wheatstone bridge (shown in the figure) X=Y and A>B. The direction of the current between ab will be

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The figure shows a circuit diagram of a Wheatstone bridge to measure the resistance G of the galvanometer. The relation PQ=RG will be satisfied only when

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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-1. The value of an unknown resistance X and the current drawn from the battery of negligible resistance is

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In a metre bridge experiment, null point is obtained at 20 cm from one end of the wire when resistance X is balanced against another resistance Y. If X<Y, then there will be the new position of the null point from the same end, if one decides to balance a resistance of 4X against Y
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Two resistances are connected in two gaps of a metre bridge. The balance point is 20 cm from the zero end. A resistance of 15 Ω is connected in series with the smaller of the two. The null point shifts to 40 cm. The value of the smaller resistance in Ω is:
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In a practical Wheatstone bridge circuit as shown, when one more resistance of 100 Ω is connected in parallel with an unknown resistance x, then ratio l1/l2 become 2. l1 is balance length and AB is a uniform wire. Then value of x must be:

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A resistance R is to be measured using a meter bridge, the student chooses the standard resistance S to be 100 Ω. He finds the null point at I1=2.9 cm. He is told to attempt to improve the accuracy. Which of the following is a useful way?