JEE Main 2017 — Current Electricity Question with Solution
JEE Main 2017 (02 Apr)
Question
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Step-by-step explanation
Let us assume is connected balanced wheat stone bridge, such that as shown below,
If galvanometer and cell is exchanged, then circuit becomes as shown in below figure,

The circuit is redrawn and can be visualised as below figure,

In this case, if it is balanced, then there must be,
Equation realises that, both equations are same, which means null point is not affected.
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