In a Wheatstone bridge, if the battery voltage is 12V and the bridge is balanced

Practice Questions

Q1
In a Wheatstone bridge, if the battery voltage is 12V and the bridge is balanced, what is the current through the galvanometer?
  1. 0A
  2. 1A
  3. 2A
  4. 12A

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

In a Wheatstone bridge, if the battery voltage is 12V and the bridge is balanced, what is the current through the galvanometer?
Correct Answer: 0 A
  • Step 1: Understand what a Wheatstone bridge is. It is a circuit used to measure unknown resistances by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit.
  • Step 2: Know that a balanced Wheatstone bridge means that the ratio of the resistances in one leg is equal to the ratio in the other leg.
  • Step 3: Recognize that when the bridge is balanced, there is no potential difference across the galvanometer.
  • Step 4: Since there is no potential difference, the current through the galvanometer is zero.
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