Kirchhoff's Laws & Measuring Instruments
A moving coil galvanometer allows a full scale current of 10–4 A. A series resistance of 2 M is required to convert the above galvanometer into a voltmeter of range 0-5 V. Therefore the value of shunt resistance required to convert the above galvanometer into an ammeter of range 0-10 mA is:
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Answer: (d)
- For the voltmeter: .
- With this gives , which is impossible.
- So the data is inconsistent and no option fits: the answer is (d) None of the options are correct.