1.

In meter bridge or Wheatstone bridge for measurement of

(d)
40 Ω
resistance, the known and the unknown resistances are
interchanged. The error so removed is 7. In the circuit shown, a meter bridge is in its balanced state.
(a) End correction (b) Index error (c) Due to The meter bridge wire has a resistance 0.1 ohm/cm. The
temperature effect (d) Random error value of unknown resistance X and the current drawn
from the battery of negligible resistance is
X 6
2. A galvanometer can be converted into an ammeter by
connecting (a) 6 , 5 amp G
(a) Low resistance in series (b)High resistance in parallel 40 cm 60 cm
(b) 10 , 0.1 amp A B
(c) Low resistance in parallel (d)High resistance in series
(c) 4 , 1.0 amp
3. A galvanometer of 100 Ω resistance gives full scale
5V
deflection when 10 mA of current is passed. To convert it (d) 12 , 0.5 amp
into 10 A range ammeter, the resistance of the shunt
8. There are three voltmeters of the same range but of
required will be
resistances 10000 Ω , 8000 Ω and 4000 Ω respectively. The best
(a) −10 Ω (b) 1 Ω (c) 0.1 Ω (d) voltmeter among these is the one whose resistance is
0.01 Ω
4. An ammeter gives full scale deflection when current of 1.0 (a)10000  (b) 8000  (c)4000  (d) All
A is passed in it. To convert it into 10 A range ammeter, are equally good
the ratio of its resistance and the shunt resistance will be 9. If an ammeter is to be used in place of a voltmeter then
(a) 1 : 9 (b) 1 : 10 (c)1 : 11 (d) 9 : we must connect with the ammeter a
1 (a) Low resistance in parallel (b) High
resistance in parallel
5. In order to pass 10% of main current through a moving
(c) High resistance in series (d)Low resistance in series
coil galvanometer of 99 ohm, the resistance of the
required shunt is
10. I-V characteristic of a copper wire of length L and area of
(a) 9.9 Ω (b) 10 Ω (c) 11 Ω (d) 9Ω
cross-section A is shown in figure. The slope of the curve becomes
6. AB is a wire of uniform resistance. The galvanometer G (a) More if the experiment is performed at higher temperat
shows no current when the length AC = 20cm and CB = 80
(b) More if a wire of steel of same dimension is used
cm. The resistance R is equal to
(c) More if the length of the wire is increased
(a)
2Ω
R 80 (d) Less if the length of the wire is increased
(b) 8 Ω 11. The V-i graph for a conductor at temperature
T1
and
T2
are
(c)
20 Ω G (T 2−T 1 ) V
T2

A B
as shown in the figure. is proportional to
C T1

i
(a) cos 2 θ (b) sin θ (c) cot 2 θ
(d) tan θ