Potentiometer measures the potential difference more accurately than a voltmeter because

  • A
    it has a wire of high resistance
  • B
    it has a wire of low resistance
  • C
    it does not draw current from external circuit
  • D
    it draws a heavy current from external circuit

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As shown in the figure,a potentiometer wire of resistance $20\,\Omega$ and length $300\,cm$ is connected with a resistance box ($R$.$B$.) and a standard cell of emf $4\,V$. For a resistance '$R$' of the resistance box introduced into the circuit,the null point for a cell of $20\,mV$ is found to be $60\,cm$. The value of '$R$' is $.....\Omega$

To compare the $EMF$ of two cells using a potentiometer, the balancing lengths obtained are $200 \ cm$ and $150 \ cm$. The least count of the scale is $1 \ cm$. The percentage error in the ratio of the EMFs is . . . . . . .

In the experiment to determine the internal resistance $(r)$ of a cell $(E_1)$ using a potentiometer,the resistance drawn from the resistance box is $R$. The potential difference across the balancing length of the wire is equal to the terminal potential difference $(V)$ of the cell. The value of the internal resistance $(r)$ of the cell is:

$A$ resistance of $4\,\Omega$ and a wire of length $5\,m$ and resistance $5\,\Omega$ are joined in series and connected to a cell of $e.m.f.$ $10\,V$ and internal resistance $1\,\Omega$. $A$ parallel combination of two identical cells is balanced across $300\,cm$ of the wire. The $e.m.f.$ $E$ of each cell is ........... $V$.

With a potentiometer,null points were obtained at $140 \, cm$ and $180 \, cm$ with cells of $emf$ $1.1 \, V$ and one unknown $X \, V$. The unknown $emf$ is .............. $V$.

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