Wheatstone Bridge

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Wheatstone Bridge: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Electrical Instruments, Wheatstone Bridge, Balanced Wheatstone Bridge, Unbalanced Wheatstone Bridge, and Sensitivity of Wheatstone Bridge.

Important Questions on Wheatstone Bridge

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The magnitude of resistance X  in the circuit shown in the given figure, when no current flows through the  Ω  resistor is

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The voltage sensitivity of a galvanometer is given by-

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Sensitivity is expressed in 

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Amount of deflection of the galvanometer depends on _____.

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When the bridge is balanced, what is the current flowing through the galvanometer?

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Figure shows an unbalanced Wheatstone bridge. What is the direction of conventional current between B and D?

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The figure given below shows a network of eight resistors, each equal to 2 Ω, connected to a 3 V battery of negligible internal resistance. The current I in the circuit is 

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Find the equivalent resistance between X and Y.

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The current I drawn from the 5 V source will be

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AB and CD are two uniform resistance wire of lengths 100 cm and 80 cm respectively. The connections are shown in the figure. The cell of emf 5 V is ideal while the other cell of emf E has internal resistance 2 Ω. A length of 20 cm of wire CD is balanced by 40 cm of wire AB. Find emf in volt, if the reading of the ideal ammeter is 2 A. The other connecting wires have negligible resistance.

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The effective resistance between A and B is

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As shown in the figure below, a cube is formed with ten identical resistance R (thick lines) and two shorting wires (dotted lines) along the arms AC and BD.
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The resistance between points A and B is

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Figure a below shows a Wheatstone bridge in which P,Q,R,S are fixed resistances, G is a galvanometer and B is a battery. For this particular case, the galvanometer shows zero deflection. Now, only the positions of B and G are interchanged, as shown in figure b. The new deflection of the galvanometer-
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Find the equivalent resistance between X and Y.

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The effective resistance between points P and Q of the electrical circuit as shown in the figure is

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Five equal resistors, each of 5 Ω are connected in a network as shown in the following figure, then equivalent resistance between P and Q is 

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Five equal resistances each of resistance R are connected as shown in the Figure. A battery of voltage V is connected between A and B. The current flowing in AFCEB will be

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Resistivity of wire AB is given by ρ=ρ01-x where (AB=) and x is measured from end B.. If balancing length is 23 from end A, find x.

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In a Wheatstone's bridge all the four arms have equal resistance R. If the resistance of the galvanometer arm is also R, the equivalent resistance of the combination as seen by the battery is

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In the arrangement of resistances shown below, the effective resistance between points A and B is

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