Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 262

Question: In the given figure, battery E is balanced on 55 cm length of potentiometer wire but when a resistance of 10 W is connected in parallel with the battery then it balances on 50 cm length of the potentiometer wire then internal resistance r of the battery is

[DCE 2000; RPET 2000]

Options:

A) 1 W

B) 3 W

C) 10 W

D) 5 W

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

$ r=( \frac{l _{1}-l _{2}}{l _{2}} )\times R’ $
$ \Rightarrow r=( \frac{55-50}{50} )\times 10=1\Omega $ .