Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 219

Question: A moving coil galvanometer has a resistance of $ 50,\Omega $ and gives full scale deflection for 10 mA. How could it be converted into an ammeter with a full scale deflection for 1A

[MP PMT 1996]

Options:

A) $ 50/99,\Omega $ in series

B) $ 50/99,\Omega $ in parallel

C) $ 0.01,\Omega $ in series

D) $ 0.01,\Omega $ in parallel

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

$ S=\frac{i _{g}\times G}{i-i _{g}}=\frac{10\times {{10}^{-3}}\times 50}{1-{{10}^{-3}}\times 10}=\frac{50}{99}\Omega $ in parallel.