The Wheatstone bridge shown in the figure below is balanced when the uniform slide wire \(AB\) is divided as shown. Value of the resistance \(X\) is:
1. \(3~\Omega\)
2. \(4~\Omega\)
3. \(2~\Omega\)
4. \(7~\Omega\)
A cell can be balanced against 100 cm and 110 cm of potentiometer wire, respectively with and without being short-circuited through a resistance of 10 Ω. Its internal resistance is:
1. 1.0 Ω
2. 0.5 Ω
3. 2.0 Ω
4. zero
A potentiometer wire of length \(L\) and a resistance \(r\) are connected in series with a battery of EMF \(E_{0 }\) and resistance \(r_{1}\). An unknown EMF is balanced at a length l of the potentiometer wire. The EMF \(E\) will be given by:
1. \(\frac{L E_{0} r}{l r_{1}}\)
2. \(\frac{E_{0} r}{\left(\right. r + r_{1} \left.\right)} \cdot \frac{l}{L}\)
3. \(\frac{E_{0} l}{L}\)
4. \(\frac{L E_{0} r}{\left(\right. r + r_{1} \left.\right) l}\)
The figure given below shows a circuit when resistances in the two arms of the meter bridge are \(5~\Omega\) and \(R\), respectively. When the resistance \(R\) is shunted with equal resistance, the new balance point is at \(1.6l_1\). The resistance \(R\) is:
1. \(10~\Omega\)
2. \(15~\Omega\)
3. \(20~\Omega\)
4. \(25~\Omega\)
The potentiometer wire AB is 600 cm long. At what distance from A should the jockey J touch the wire to get zero deflection in the galvanometer?
1. 320 cm
2. 120 cm
3. 20 cm
4. 450 cm
A resistance of 4 Ω and a wire of length 5 metres and resistance 5 Ω are joined in series and connected to a cell of e.m.f. 10 V and internal resistance 1 Ω. A parallel combination of two identical cells is balanced across 300 cm of the wire. The e.m.f. E of each cell is:
1. 1.5 V
2. 3.0 V
3. 0.67 V
4. 1.33 V
A potentiometer circuit has been set up for finding the internal resistance of a given cell. The main battery, used across the potentiometer wire, has an emf of \(2.0~\text{V}\) and negligible internal resistance. The potentiometer wire itself is \(4~\text{m}\) long. When the resistance, \(R\), connected across the given cell, has values of (i) infinity (ii) \(9.5\), the 'balancing lengths, on the potentiometer wire, are found to be \(3~\text{m}\) and \(2.85~\text{m}\), respectively. The value of the internal resistance of the cell is (in ohm):
1. \(0.25\)
2. \(0.95\)
3. \(0.5\)
4. \(0.75\)
A potentiometer circuit is set up as shown in the figure below. The potential gradient across the potentiometer wire is k volt/cm. Ammeter present in the circuit reads 1.0 A when the two-way key is switched off. The balance points, when the key between the terminals (i) 1 and 2 (ii) 1 and 3, is plugged in, are found to be at lengths and respectively. The magnitudes of the resistors R and X in ohm, are then, respectively, equal to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
A potentiometer wire has a length 4 m and resistance 8 Ω. The resistance that must be connected in series with the wire and an energy source of emf 2 V, so as to get a potential gradient 1 mV per cm of the wire is:
1. 32 Ω
2. 40 Ω
3. 44 Ω
4. 48 Ω