Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 256

Question: A voltmeter has resistance of 2000 ohms and it can measure upto 2V. If we want to increase its range to 10 V, then the required resistance in series will be

[CPMT 1997, SCRA 1994]

Options:

A) $ 2000,\Omega $

B) $ 4000,\Omega $

C) $ 6000,\Omega $

D) $ 8000,\Omega $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

Here $ n=\frac{10}{2}=5 $ \ $ R=(n-1)G $

$ =(5-1)2000=8000,\Omega $