Navin Physics

CLASS XI
Question 1.
A moving coil meter has the following particulars: Number of turns,
N = 24; Area of the coil, A = 20 x 10‒3 m2; Magnetic field strength, B
= 0.20 T; Resistance of the coil, R = 14 Ω.
1) Indicate a simple way to increase the current sensitivity of
the meter by 25%. (It is not easy to change A or B)
2) If in doing so, the resistance of the coil increases to 21 Ω, is
the voltage sensitivity of the modified meter greater or less
than the original meter?
[NCERT]
Question 2.
• To increase the current sensitivity of a moving coil
galvanometer by 50%, its resistance is increased so that
the new resistance becomes twice its initial resistance.
By what factor does its voltage sensitivity change ?

[CBSE OD 01]
Question 3.
• A galvanometer needs 50 mV for a full scale
deflection of 50 divisions. Find its voltage
sensitivity. What must be its resistance if its
current sensitivity is 1 division/ µA?
Question 4.
• A galvanometer with a coil of resistance 12.0Ω
shows full scale deflection for a current 2.5 mA.
How will you convert the meter into:
1) an ammeter of range 0 to 7.5 A,
ii) a voltmeter of range 0 to 10.0 V ?
Question 5.
• A galvanometer with a scale divided into 100 qual
divisions has a current sensitivity of 10 divisions
per mA and a voltage sensitivity of 2 divisions per
mV. What adoptions are required to read (i) 5 A
for full scale and (ii) 1 division per volt ? [IIT]
Question 6.
• A galvanometer of resistance ‘G’ can be
converted into a voltmeter of range (0-V) volts by
connecting a resistance ‘R’ in series with it. How
much resistance will be required to change its
range from 0 to V/2?
[CBSE OD 15C]
Question 7.
• A voltmeter reads 5.0 V at full scale deflection and is
graded according to its resistance per volt at full scale
deflection as 5000 Ω V‒1. How will you convert it into a
voltmeter that reads 20 V at full scale deflection ? Will it
still be graded as 5000 Ω V‒1 ? Will you prefer this voltmeter
to one that is graded as 2000 Ω V‒1?
[NCERT ; CBSE D 01C]
Question 8.
• A d.c. supply of 120 V is connected to a Large
resistance X. A voltmeter of resistance 10 k Ω placed
in series in the circuit reads 4 V. What is the value of
X ? What do you think is the purpose in using a
voltmeter, instead of an ammeter, to determine the
large resistance X ? [NCERT]