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The SI unit of the potential gradient is ______  

विकल्प

  • V/cm

  • V-m

  • V/m

  • V-cm

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उत्तर

The SI unit of the potential gradient is V/m.

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Write two factors by which current sensitivity of a potentiometer can be increased.


(i) State the principle on which a potentiometer works. How can a given potentiometer be made more sensitive?

(ii) In the graph shown below for two potentiometers, state with reason which of the two potentiometers, A or B, is more sensitive.

Write two possible causes for one sided deflection in a potentiometer experiment.


In the figure a long uniform potentiometer wire AB is having a constant potential gradient along its length. The null points for the two primary cells of emfs ε1 and ε2 connected in the manner shown are obtained at a distance of 120 cm and 300 cm from the end A. Find (i) ε1/ ε2 and (ii) position of null point for the cell ε1.

How is the sensitivity of a potentiometer increased?


Write the principle of working of a potentiometer. Describe briefly, with the help of a circuit diagram, how a potentiometer is used to determine the internal resistance of a given cell.


Would you prefer a voltmeter or a potentiometer to measure the emf of a battery?


Draw a labelled circuit diagram of a potentiometer to compare emfs of two cells. Write the working formula (Derivation not required).


A student uses the circuit diagram of a potentiometer as shown in the figure
(a) for a steady current I passing through the potentiometer wire, he gets a null point for the cell ε1. and not for ε2. Give the reason for this observation and suggest how this difficulty can be resolved.

(b) What is the function of resistance R used in the circuit? How will the change in its value affect the null point?

(c) How can the sensitivity of the potentiometer be increased?


How is potential gradient measured? Explain.


State the uses of a potentiometer.


What are the disadvantages of a potentiometer?


Describe how a potentiometer is used to compare the EMFs of two cells by connecting the cells individually.


Describe with the help of a neat circuit diagram how you will determine the internal resistance of a cell by using a potentiometer. Derive the necessary formula.


A potential drop per unit length along a wire is 5 × 10−3 V/m. If the emf of a cell balances against length 216 cm of this potentiometer wire, find the emf of the cell.


Find the equivalent resistance between the terminals of A and B in the network shown in the figure below given that the resistance of each resistor is 10 ohm.


What will be the effect on the position of zero deflection if only the current flowing through the potentiometer wire is decreased?


Why is a potentiometer preferred over a voltmeter for measuring emf?


If the potential gradient of a wire decreases, then its length ______  


What is the SI unit of potential gradient?


A 10 m long wire of resistance 20 Q is connected in series with a battery of emf 3 V and a resistance of 10 Ω. The potential gradient along the wire in V/m is ________.


In a potentiometer experiment, when the galvanometer shows no deflection, then no current flows through ____________.


The potentiometer is more sensitive, when ______.


Select the WRONG statement:


Two cells when connected in series are balanced on 8 m on a potentiometer. If the cells are connected with polarities of one of the cell reversed, they balance on 2 m. The ratio of e.m.f's of the two cells is ____________.


To determine the internal resistance of a cell by using potentiometer, the null point is at 1 m when cell is shunted by 3 Ω resistance and at a length 1.5 m when cell is shunted by 6 Ω resistance. The internal resistance of the cell is ______.


A potentiometer wire of length 100 cm has a resistance of 10 `Omega.` It is connected in series with a resistance and an accumulator of e.m.f 2 V and of negligible internal resistance. A source of e.m.f 10 mV is balanced against a 40 cm length of the potentiometer wire. The value of the external resistance is ____________.


A potentiometer is used to measure the potential difference between A and B, the null point is obtained at 0.9 m. Now the potential difference between A and C is measured, the null point is obtained at 0.3 m. The ratio `E_2/E_1` is (E1 > E2) ______

 


A potentiometer wire has a length of 4m and resistance of 5Ω. It is connected in series with 495 Ω resistance and a cell of e.m.f. 4V. The potential gradient along the wire is ______


If the length of potentiometer wire is increased, then the length of the previously obtained balance point will ______.


Two students X and Y perform potentiometer experiment separately and null point was obtained as shown in diagram. During the experiment, ______.

  1. X increases the value of R (resistance)
  2. Y decreases the value of S (resistance)

The position of null point obtained by students X and Y respectively.


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Potentiometer measures the potential difference more accurately than a voltmeter, because ______.


It is observed in a potentiometer experiment that no current passes through the galvanometer when the terminals of the cell are connected across a certain length of the potentiometer wire. On shunting the cell by a 2 Ω resistance, the balancing length is reduced to half. The internal resistance of the cell is ______.


A battery is connected with a potentiometer wire. The internal resistance of the battery is negligible. If the length of the potentiometer wire of the same material and radius is doubled then ______.


A potentiometer is an accurate and versatile device to make electrical measurements of E.M.F. because the method involves ______.


A potentiometer wire is 100 cm long and a constant potential difference is maintained across it. Two cells are connected in series first to support one another and then in opposite direction. The balance points are obtained at 50 cm and 10 cm from the positive end of the wire in the two cases. The ratio of emf's is ______.


In potentiometer a balance point is obtained, when ______.

In a potentiometer of 10 wires, the balance point is obtained on the 7th wire. To shift the balance point to 9th wire, we should ______.


AB is a wire of potentiometer with the increase in the value of resistance R, the shift in the balance point J will be ______.


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1°C rise in temperature is observed in a conductor by passing a certain current. If the current is double then the rise in temperature is approximately.


The instrument among the following which measures the e.m.f of a cell most accurately is ______


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What will a voltmeter of resistance 200 Ω read when connected across a cell of emf 2 V and internal resistance 2 Ω?


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  1. The current Ip flowing in the potentiometer wire AB when the jockey (J) does not touch the wire AB.
  2. emf of the cell X if the balancing length AC is 4.5 m.

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