Meter Bridge MCQ - NEET Practice Questions with Answers

Meter bridge

- It is used to find the resistance of a given wire using a meter bridge and hence determine the specific resistance of its materials.
- It works on the principle of Wheatstone's bridge
- The meter bridge arrangment is shown in the above figure. The wire connected between $A$ and $C$ is of 1 merer length and have uniform crossection. A constant current is passed through the wire AC so that potential of the wire is proportional to the length of the wire. R is the known resistance which is selected from the resistance box. S is the unknown resistance whose value can be measured. The arrangment also has a galvanometer with a jokey
- We will slide the galvanometer through wire AC so as to obtain null deflection in the galvanometer. Let $B$ is the point on $AC$ where null deflection is obtained and length $AB=l$. Pand $Q$ resistance of the portion $AB$ and $BC$ respectively then then by principle of Wheatstone's bridge

$$\frac{P}{Q}=\frac{R}{S}\Rightarrow S=\frac{(100-l)}{l}R$$