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JEE Main 2013Current Electricity Question with Solution

JEE Main 2013 (07 Apr)

Question

This question has Statement I and Statement II. Of the four choices given after the Statements, choose the one that best describes the two Statements.

Statement - I : Higher the range, greater is the resistance of ammeter.
Statement - II : To increase the range of ammeter, additional shunt needs to be used across it.

Choose an option

Show full solutionCorrect option: B
Correct answer
BStatement- I is false, Statement- II is true.

Step-by-step explanation

For higher range resistance should be less,so statement I is false.

To increase the range by n-times additional shunt should be placed S=Gn-1 where 'G' resistance of galvanometer

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