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JEE Main 2026Current Electricity Question with Solution

JEE Main 2026 (24 January Shift 2)

Question

In a meter bridge experiment to determine the value of unknown resistance, first the resistances and are connected in the left and right gaps of the bridge and the null point is obtained at a distance from the left. Now when an unknown resistance is connected in parallel to resistance, the null point is shifted by 10 cm to the right of wire. The value of unknown resistance is .

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Correct answer
6

Step-by-step explanation

Meter bridge null point condition:
Initial: , , null at cm
gives , so cm
When connected in parallel with :
New null point at cm from left:

gives

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