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Question:

Two identical moving coil galvanometers have 10Ω resistance and full scale deflection at 2µA current. One of them is converted into a voltmeter of 100mV full scale reading and the other into an ammeter of 1mA full scale current using appropriate resistors. These are then used to measure the voltage and current in the Ohm's law experiment with R = 1000Ω resistor by using an ideal cell. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

The resistance of the Voltmeter will be 100kΩ

The resistance of the Ammeter will be 0.02Ω (round off to 2nd decimal place)

The measured value of R will be 978Ω < R < 982Ω

If the ideal cell is replaced by a cell having internal resistance of 5Ω then the measured value of R will be more than 1000Ω

Solution:

Correct option is D. The measured value of R will be 978Ω < R < 982Ω
v = 100 × 10⁻³ V [Ref. image 1]
v = Ig(Rg + Rv) 10⁻¹; 2 × 10⁻⁶ = Rg + Rv 5 × 10⁴ Ω ≈ Rv (Rv < 10⁵ Ω [Ref. image 2]
IgRg = (I − Ig)S
S = 2 × 10⁻⁶; × 10¹⁰⁻³ − 2 × 10⁻⁶ [Ref. image 3]
S = 2 × 10⁻⁵ × 10³ ⇒ 2 × 10⁻²; ⇒ 20mΩ
RA = 20 × 10⁻³ × 10¹⁰ = 20 × 10⁻³ Ω
i = ε(1000 × 50 × 10³)/51 × 10³ = 51ε/5 × 10⁴ (≈ RA → 0)
r = i(Rv/51 × 10³) = ε/1000
measured resistance ∴ Rm = I × 1000
I = ε/51ε × 5 × 10⁴ = 5 × 10⁴/51 = 980.4 Ω.