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The document contains a series of problems related to electrical circuits, including calculations of current in various configurations, analysis of Wheatstone bridges, and applications of potentiometers. It covers concepts such as Kirchhoff's laws, balance points in meter bridges, and potential gradients. Additionally, it poses questions regarding the effects of changing resistances and configurations on circuit behavior.

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Electrical-circuit-assignment

The document contains a series of problems related to electrical circuits, including calculations of current in various configurations, analysis of Wheatstone bridges, and applications of potentiometers. It covers concepts such as Kirchhoff's laws, balance points in meter bridges, and potential gradients. Additionally, it poses questions regarding the effects of changing resistances and configurations on circuit behavior.

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Electrical circuit:

1. Determine the current in each branch.

2. In the Wheatstone's bridge (shown in


figure) X=Y and A>B. The direction of the current between ab will be?

3. Calculate the current that flows in the 1 Ω resistor in the given circuit using
Kirchhoff’s laws.

4.

5. In a meter bridge, the balance point is found to be at 39.5 cm from the end A, when the
resistor Y is of 12.5 Ω. Determine the resistance
of X.
a. Why are the connections between resistors in a
Wheatstone or meter bridge made of thick
copper strips?
b. Determine the balance point of the bridge
above if X and Y are interchanged.
c. What happens if the galvanometer and cell are
interchanged at the balance point of the
bridge? Would the galvanometer show any current?
d. If 10 Ω resistance is connected in series with Y, what will be the new balancing length?
6. In a meter bridge, null point is 20cm, when the known resistance R is shunted by 10 𝛺 resistance,
null point is found to be shifted by 10cm. Find the unknown resistance X? Ans: 50 𝛺

PHY[NP]
7. In case of a meter bridge a resistance of 4Ω is used in left gap with the unknown resistance in
right gap, a balance point is obtained with a certain length, on interchanging the positions of
two resistors the balancing point shifts by 0.14m. Calculate the unknown resistance. [3.017]
8. A potentiometer is 10 m long. It has a resistance of 20 𝛺. It is connected in series with a driving
battery of 3V and a resistance of 10 𝛺. What is the potential gradient along with wire?
9. A simple potentiometer circuit is setup as in
figure, using a uniform wire AB, 1 m long, which
has a resistance of 2 𝛺. The resistance of the 4 V
battery is negligible. If the variable resistor R were
given a value of 2.4 𝛺, what would be the length
AC for zero galvanometer deflection?
10. The driving cell of a potentiometer has and emf of
2 V and negligible internal resistance .The
potentiometer wire has a resistance of 3 ohm.
Calculate the resistance needed in series with the wire if a p.d 5 mV is required across the whole
wire. The wire is 100 cm long and the balanced length of 60 cm is obtained for a thermocouple
of emf E. What is the value of E?
11. A potentiometer wire carries a current. The p.d. across 70cm of it balances the p.d. across 2 Ω coil
supplied by a cell of emf 2 volts. When a 1Ω coil is placed in parallel with the 2 Ω coil, a length
equal to 50cm of the potentiometer wire is required to balance the p.d. across the parallel
combination. What is the internal resistance of the 2V cell? Ans: 0.5 Ω
12. Total length of the wire of potentiometer is 10 m. A potential gradient of 0.0015 V/cm is obtained
when a steady current is passed through this wire. Calculate
a. The distance of null point on connection standard cell of 1.018 V.
b. The unknown p.d if the null point is obtained at a distance of 940 cm, and
c. The maximum p.d which can be measured by this instrument.
13. Conclude with the reason, where the balance point will be shifted towards
A or B when
i. Resistance R is increased, keeping all the parameters remains
constant.
ii. Resistance S is decreased, keeping R constant.

PHY[NP]

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