Current Electricity 4 Question 26

26. A microammeter has a resistance of 100Ω and full scale range of 50μA. It can be used as a voltmeter or as a higher range ammeter provided a resistance is added to it. Pick the correct range and resistance combination (s)

(1991, 2M)

(a) 50V range with 10kΩ resistance in series

(b) 10V range with 200kΩ resistance in series

(c) 5mA range with 1Ω resistance in parallel

(d) 10mA range with 1Ω resistance in parallel

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Solution:

  1. To increase the range of ammeter a parallel resistance (called shunt) is required which is given by

S=igiigG

For option (c)

S=50×1065×10350×106(100)1Ω

To change it in voltmeter, a high resistance R is put in series, where, R is given by R=VigG

For option (b), R=1050×106100

200kΩ

Therefore, options (b) and (c) are correct.



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