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A galvanometer has a resistance of 100 Ω. A difference of potential of 1.0 V between its terminals gives a full-scale deflection. Calculate the shunt resistance which will enable the instrument to read up to 2 A.

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A resistance of 900 Ω is connected in series with a galvanometer of resistance 100 Ω. A potential difference of 1 V produces a deflection of 100 divisions in the galvanometer. Find the figure of merit of the galvanometer.
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A galvanometer has a sensitivity of 60 divisions per ampere. When a shunt is used, its sensitivity becomes 10 divisions per ampere. What is the value of the shunt used if the resistance of the galvanometer is 20 Ω?
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A shunt of 6 Ω is connected across a galvanometer of resistance 294 Ω. Find the fraction of the total current passing through the galvanometer.
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It is required to pass only one‐tenth of the main current through a galvanometer having a resistance of 27 Ω. Calculate the length of the wire of specific resistance 48×10-6 Ω cm and area of cross‐section 0.2 nm2 required to make a shunt for this purpose.
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A galvanometer gives a full-scale deflection with a current of 1 A. It is converted into ammeter of range 10 A. Find the ratio of the resistance of the ammeter to the resistance of the shunt used.
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A galvanometer has a resistance of 8 Ω. It gives a full-scale deflection for a current of 10 mA. It is to be converted into an ammeter of range 5 A. The only shunt resistance available is of 0.02 Ω, which is not suitable for this conversion. Find the value of resistance R that must be connected in series with the galvanometer (Figure) to get ammeter of desired range.

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The circuit shown in Figure is used to measure the resistance R. The ammeter reads 0.13 A and the voltmeter reads 117 V. The resistance of the ammeter is 0.015 Ω and that of the voltmeter is 9000 Ω. Find the value of R.

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The scale of a galvanometer is divided into 150 equal divisions. The galvanometer has the current sensitivity of 10 divisions per mA and the voltage sensitivity of 2 divisions per mV. How the galvano‐ meter can be designed to read (i) 6 A division-1 and (ii) 1 V division-1?