Q. A galvanometer with a full-scale current of 10 mA has a resistance of 1000 Ω. The multiplying power of a 100 Ω shunt with this galvanometer is?

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Q. Resistance is measured by the voltmeter-ammeter method employing DC excitation and a voltmeter is connected directly across the unknown resistance. If the voltmeter and ammeter readings are subject to maximum possible errors of ±2.4 % and ±1% respectively, then the magnitude of the maximum possible percentage error in the value of resistance deduced from the measurement is?

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Q. A 100 μA ammeter has an internal resistance of 100 Ω. The range is to be extended to 500 μA. The shunt required is of resistance __________

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Q. A DC ammeter has a resistance of 0.1 Ω and its current range is 0-100 A. If the range is to be extended to 0-500 A, the meter requires which of the following shunt resistance?

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Q. A DC ammeter is rated for 15 A, 250 V. The meter constant is 14.4 A-s/rev. The meter constant at rated voltage may be expressed as __________

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Q. A 35 V DC supply is connected across a resistance in series with an unknown resistance R. a voltmeter having a resistance of 1.2 kΩ is connected across 600 Ω resistance and reads 5 V. The value of the known resistance is 600 Ω. The value of resistance R will be?

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Q. A setup is used to measure resistance R. The ammeter and voltmeter resistance are 0.01 Ω and 2000 Ω respectively. Their readings are 2 A and 180 V respectively, giving a measured resistance of 90 Ω. The percentage error in the measurement is?

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Q. Ra and Rd are the opposite arms of a Wheatstone bridge as are Rc and Rb. The source voltage is applied across Ra and Rc. Then when the bridge is balanced which one of the following is true?

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Q. A 500 A, 50 Hz current transformer has a bar primary. The secondary burden is a pure resistance of 1 Ω and it draws a current of 5 A. If the magnetic core requires 250 Ampere-turn for magnetization, the percentage ratio error is __________

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Q. A voltmeter has a sensitivity of 1000 Ω/V reads 200 V on its 300 V scale. When connected across an unknown resistor in series with a millimeter. When the milliammeter reads 10 mA. The error due to the loading effect of the voltmeter is ________

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Q. A voltmeter has a sensitivity of 1000 Ω/V reads 200 V on its 300 V scale. When connected across an unknown resistor in series with a millimeter. When the milliammeter reads 10 mA. The actual resistance of the unknown resistor will be?

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Q. A voltmeter has a sensitivity of 1000 Ω/V reads 200 V on its 300 V scale. When connected across an unknown resistor in series with a millimeter. When the milliammeter reads 10 mA. The apparent resistance of the unknown resistor will be?

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Q. Resistances R₁ and R₂ have respectively, nominal values of 10Ω and 5Ω and limiting error of ± 5% and ± 10%. The percentage limiting error for the series combination of R₁ and R₂ is?

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Q. Two resistances 100 ± 5Ω and 150 ± 15Ω are connected in series. If the error is specified as standard deviations, the resultant error will be _________

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Q. A resistor of 10 kΩ with the tolerance of 5% is connected in series with 5 kΩ resistors of 10% tolerance. What is the tolerance limit for a series network?

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Q. The current flowing in a resistor of 1Ω is measured to be 25 A. But it was discovered that ammeter reading was low by 1% and resistance was marked high by 0.5%. Find true power as a percentage of the original power.

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Q. A 0-400V voltmeter has a guaranteed accuracy of 1% of full scale reading. The voltage measured by this instrument is 250 V. Calculate the limiting error in percentage.

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Q. A resistor of 10 kΩ with the tolerance of 5% is connected in parallel with 5 kΩ resistors of 10% tolerance. What is the tolerance limit for a parallel network?

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Q. Which of the following method is used for the measurement of Medium Resistance?

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Q. A slide wire potentiometer has 10 wires of 2 m each. With the help of a standard voltage source of 1.045 V, it is standardized by keeping the jockey at 104.5 cm. If the resistance of potentiometer wires is 2000 Ω, then the value of working current is?

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