JEE Main 2016 — Current Electricity Question with Solution
JEE Main 2016 (09 Apr Online)
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Step-by-step explanation
Let resistance is connected with galvanometer of resistance , than

Now, as shown below figure a shunt is connected in parallel with the galvanometer for half deflection in it, that is , than

As, shunt and galvanometer are in parallel then
On, substituting the values of and in above equation
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