Wheatstone Bridge
Wheatstone Bridge: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Wheatstone Bridge, Electrical Instruments, Unbalanced Wheatstone Bridge, Balanced Wheatstone Bridge and, Sensitivity of Wheatstone Bridge
Important Questions on Wheatstone Bridge
The current drawn from the battery in the given network is

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

The percentage error in measuring resistance with a meter bridge can be minimised by adjusting the balancing point close to

The equivalent resistance of the circuit shown below between points and is :

The equivalent resistance between the points and is:

Find (a) Equivalent resistance (b) and current in each resistance.

In the circuit shown, equivalent resistance between and is:

A battery of is connected to the circuit as shown below. The current drawn from the battery is

The current in the given circuit will be

Current measured by the ammeter in the reported circuit when no current flows through resistance, will be _____ .

In the circuit shown, calculate the reading on the ammeter.

B shaped circuit is made of equal resistances , the equivalent resistance across AC is

In the given figure, calculate the equivalent resistance between points A and B.

The four impedance of a.c. bridge shown below are . Determine the value of impedance , such that the bridge is balanced.

Equivalent resistance between point and is . Then value of is


In the following circuit, the effective resistance between the points and is

In comparing the resistance of coils and with a slide wire bridge, a balance point is obtained when the sliding contact is from the zero end of the wire. The resistances and are interchanged and the balance is obtained at from the same end. The length of the bridge wire is

A balanced Wheatstone bridge shown in the figure. If the positions of the cell C and the galvanometer G are now interchanged, G will show zero deflection.

Six equal resistances each 1Ω are joined to form a network as shown in the figure. Then the resistance between any two corners is
