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Assertion: In a shunted galvanometer, only $10 \%$ current passes through the galvanometer. The resistance of the galvanometer is G. Then the resistance of the shunt is G9  .

Reason: If $\mathrm{S}$ is the resistance of the shunt, then voltage across S and G is same.

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Important Questions on Magnetic Effect of Electric Current

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A small cylindrical soft iron piece is kept in a galvanometer so that

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In a moving coil galvanometer, the deflection of the coil θ is related to the electrical current I by the relation.

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If in a moving coil galvanometer, a current I produces a deflection θ, then 

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The resistance of an ideal ammeter is 

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Assertion: Higher the range, greater is the resistance of ammeter.

Reason: To increase the range of ammeter, additional shunt needs to be used across it. 

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In an ammeter $0.2 \%$ of main current passes through the galvanometer. If resistance of galvanometer is $G,$ the resistance of ammeter will be 

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The resistance of a galvanometer is 90 ohm . If only 10% of the main current may flow through the galvanometer, in which way and of what value, a resistor is to be used? 

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Resistance of galvanometer is 500 Ω. The effective resistance of an ammeter with a shunt is 25 Ω. What is the value of a shunt?

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A galvanometer whose resistance is,120 Ω, gives full-scale deflection with a current of0.05 A so that it can read a maximum current of10 A . Shunt resistance is added in parallel with it. The resistance of the ammeter so formed iS