Meter Bridge

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In a meter bridge experiment, the one meter long wire used must possess

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Shown in the figure below is a meter-bridge set up with null deflection in the galvanometer.

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The value of the unknown resistor R is:

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In the given circuit, no current is passing through the galvanometer. If the cross-sectional diameter of the wire AB is doubled, then for null point of galvanometer, the value of AC would be:

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In the shown arrangement of the experiment of the meter bridge if the length AC corresponding to null deflection of galvanometer is x, what would be its value if the radius of the wire AB is doubled?

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Meter bridge is used to find resistance of a wire using a standard resistance 20 Ω with 0.5% tolerance. The unknown resistance is placed in left gap of the meter bridge. The null point is obtained at 60.0 cm from left end. The maximum permissible error in this measurement is 0.1 cm. Find the maximum error in measurement of the resistance.

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A metre bridge is set up as shown, to determine an unknown resistance X using a standard 10 Ω resistor. The galvanometer shows null point when the tapping key is at 52 cm mark. The end-corrections are 1 cm and 2 cm respectively for the ends A and B. The determined value of X is 

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ABis a wire of uniform resistance. The galvanometer G shows no current when the length AC=20 cm and CB=80 cm. The resistance R is equal to

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In the shown arrangement of the experiment of the metre bridge, if length AC corresponding to null deflection of galvanometer is x, what would be its value if the radius of the wire AB is doubled? 

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On interchanging the resistances, the balance point of a meter bridge shifts to the left by 10 cm. The resistance of their series combination is 1 . How much was the resistance on the left slot before interchanging the resistances?

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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 where 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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The resistances in the two arms of the metre bridge are 5 Ω and R Ω respectively. When the resistance R is shunted with equal resistance, the new balance point is at 1.6l1 The resistance R, is

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Two unknown resistances are connected in two gaps of a meter-bridge. The null point is obtained at 40 cm from left end. A 30 Ω resistance is connected in series with the smaller of the two resistances, the null point shifts by 20 cm to the right end. The value of smaller resistance in Ω is 

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An unknown resistance R1 is connected in series with a resistance of 10 Ω. This combination is connected to one gap of a metre bridge, while a resistance R2 is connected in the other gap. The balance point is at 50 cm. Now, when the 10 Ω resistance is removed the balance point shifts to 40 cm. The value of R1 is (in Ω

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The resistances in the left and right gap of a meter bridge are 20 Ω and 30 Ω respectively. When the resistance in the left gap is reduced to half its value, the balance point shifts by 

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Resistances in the two gaps of a metre bridge are 10 ohm and 30 ohm respectively. If the resistances are interchanged, the balance point (in cm) shifts by

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In metre bridge experiment, with a standard resistance in the right gap and a resistance coil dipped in water (in a beaker) in the left gap, the balancing length obtained is 1. If the temperature of water is increased, the new balancing 

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In a metrebridge, the balancing length from the left end (standard resistance of one Ω is in the right gap) is found to be 20 cm. The value of the unknown resistance is 

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In a Wheatstone's metrebridge, the null point is obtained at the middle point of the wire. If in one gap the resistance is 10 Ω, then the value of resistance in the other gap is 

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Assertion: A slide wire bridge is also called a metre bridge.

Reason: It is because the length of wire in a slide wire bridge is one metre.

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Assertion: In a metre bridge, the length of the wire is 1 m.

Reason: Greater the length of the wire, the better is the accuracy.