JEE MAIN - Physics (2016 - 10th April Morning Slot - No. 20)

A galvanometer has a 50 division scale. Battery has no internal resistance. It is found that there is deflection of 40 divisions when R = 2400 $$\Omega $$. Deflection becomes 20 divisions when resistance taken from resistance box is 4900 $$\Omega $$. Then we can conclude :

JEE Main 2016 (Online) 10th April Morning Slot Physics - Current Electricity Question 275 English
Resistance of galvanometer is 200 $$\Omega $$
Full scale deflection current is 2 mA.
Current sensitivity of galvanometer is 20 $$\mu $$A/division.
Resistance required on R.B. for a deflection of 10 divisions is 9800 $$\Omega $$.

Explanation

Let full scale deflection of current = I

In case 1, when R = 2400 $$\Omega $$ and deflection of 40 divisions present.

$$ \therefore $$   $${{40} \over {50}}{\rm I} = {V \over {G + R}}$$

$$ \Rightarrow $$   $${4 \over 5}{\rm I}$$ = $${2 \over {G + 2400}}$$          . . .(1)

Incase 2, when R = 4900 $$\Omega $$ and deflection of 20 divisions present

$$ \therefore $$   $${{20} \over {50}}{\rm I} = {V \over {G + R}}$$

$$ \Rightarrow $$   $${2 \over 5}{\rm I}$$ = $${2 \over {G + 4900}}$$          . . .(2)

From (1) and (2) we get,

$${4 \over 2} = {{G + 4900} \over {G + 2400}}$$

$$ \Rightarrow $$   2G + 4800 $$=$$ G + 4900

$$ \Rightarrow $$   G $$=$$ 100 $$\Omega $$

Putting value of G in equation (1), we get,

$${4 \over 5}{\rm I} = {2 \over {100 + 2400}}$$

$$ \Rightarrow $$   $${\rm I} = 1$$ mA

Current sensitivity $$=$$ $${{\rm I} \over {number\,\,of\,\,divisions}}$$

$$=$$ $${1 \over {50}}$$

$$=$$ 0.02 mA / division

$$=$$ 20 $$\mu $$A / division

Resistance required for deflection of 10 divisions

$${{10} \over {50}}{\rm I} = {V \over {G + R}}$$

$$ \Rightarrow $$   $${1 \over 5} \times 1 \times {10^{ - 3}} = {2 \over {100 + R}}$$

$$ \Rightarrow $$   R $$=$$ 9900 $$\Omega $$

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