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Shunt resistance and the fraction of the main current through a galvanometer

This type of question, asked 12 times: 9 May 2023 S1, 10 May 2023 S2, 15 May 2023 S1, 9 May 2024 S1, 10 May 2024 S1, 13 May 2024 S2, 19 Apr 2025 S1, 25 Apr 2025 S1, 15 Apr 2026 S1, 17 Apr 2026 S2, 12 May 2026 S1, 12 May 2026 S2. All 12 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    9 May 2023 S1

    11
    In an ammeter, 4% of the main current is passing through the galvanometer. If shunt resistance is 5 Ω5\,\Omega, then resistance of galvanometer will be

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  2. Question 2

    10 May 2023 S2

    48
    In an ammeter, 0.25% of main current passes through the galvanometer. If the resistance of the galvanometer is 'G', the resistance of ammeter will be

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  3. Question 3

    15 May 2023 S1

    10
    A galvanometer has resistance 80 Ω80\,\Omega and it is shunted with resistance 20 Ω20\,\Omega. If 20% of the main current flows through galvanometer, then what is the value of main current?

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  4. Question 4

    9 May 2024 S1

    12
    A galvanometer of resistance GG is shunted with a resistance of 10%10\% of GG. The part of the total current that flows through the galvanometer is

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  5. Question 5

    10 May 2024 S1

    15
    If only 1% of total current is passed through a galvanometer of resistance 'G', the shunt resistance is

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  6. Question 6

    13 May 2024 S2

    17
    Only 4% of the total current in the circuit passes through a galvanometer. If the resistance of the galvanometer is G, then the shunt resistance connected to the galvanometer is

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  7. Question 7

    19 Apr 2025 S1

    4
    If only 5%5\% of the total current is to be passed through galvanometer of resistance GG, then the resistance of the shunt will be

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  8. Question 8

    25 Apr 2025 S1

    46
    The value of the shunt resistance that allows 10%10\% of the main current through the galvanometer of 99Ω99\Omega is

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  9. Question 9

    15 Apr 2026 S1

    130
    If a galvanometer is shunted by (1n−1)th\left(\dfrac{1}{n - 1}\right)^{th} of the value of its resistance, then the fraction of the total current passing through the galvanometer is

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  10. Question 10

    17 Apr 2026 S2

    130
    The current passing through the galvanometer is 4 % of the total current in the curcuit. If the resistance of the galvanometer is 'G', the shunt resistance 'S' connected across the galvanometer is

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  11. Question 11

    12 May 2026 S1

    130
    The value of shunt resistance that allows 5 %5\ \% of the main current through the galvanometer of 100 Ω100\,\Omega is nearly

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  12. Question 12

    12 May 2026 S2

    129
    When current II is passed through galvanometer coil, it is deflected through 16∘16^\circ. But when it is shunted by a resistance of 8 Ω8\,\Omega, the same current produces a deflection of 4∘4^\circ. The resistance of the galvanometer is

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