Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 312

Question: In a potentiometer experiment the balancing with a cell is at length 240 cm. On shunting the cell with a resistance of 2 W, the balancing length becomes 120 cm. The internal resistance of the cell is

[DCE 2002; AIEEE 2005]

Options:

A) 4 W

B) 2 W

C) 1 W

D) 0.5 W

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

$ r=R,( \frac{l _{1}}{l _{2}}-1 ) $

$ =2,( \frac{240}{120}-1 ) $

$ =2,\Omega $