Explain the construction of meter bridge.

A meter bridge has a straight and uniform wire of materials such as Manganin.

The wire is of one-meter length and is stretched along the side of a meter scale AC.
The ends of the wire are attached to thick copper strips of L shape with negligible resistance at A and C.
The L-shaped copper stripes and the wire are mounted on a wooden base horizontally.
Between the two L-shaped copper strips, another thick copper strip D having negligible resistance is fixed in a way that two gaps are formed.

Meter Bridge

In the AD gap, a resistance R is connected whose value is to be measured. In the CD gap, a resistance box S is connected. To complete the Wheatstone bridge, resistances P and Q are formed by dividing the meter bridge wire into parts using a jockey which changes P and Q continuously.

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Assertion (A) : All atoms have a net magnetic moment. Reason (R) : A current loop does not always behave as a magnetic dipole.

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3.Assertion (A) : The mass of a nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of the constituent nucleons. Reason (R) : Energy is absorbed when the nucleons are bound together to form a nucleus.

4.Assertion (A) : All atoms have a net magnetic moment. Reason (R) : A current loop does not always behave as a magnetic dipole.

5.Two heaters rated as \((P_1,V)\) and \((P_2,V)\) are connected in series across a dc source of \(V/2\) volt. The power consumed by the combination will be –

6.Two small identical metallic balls having charges \( q \) and \( -2q \) are kept far at a separation \( r \). They are brought in contact and then separated at distance \( \frac{r}{2} \). Compared to the initial force \( F \), they will now:

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3.
Assertion (A) : The mass of a nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of the constituent nucleons. Reason (R) : Energy is absorbed when the nucleons are bound together to form a nucleus.

4.
Assertion (A) : All atoms have a net magnetic moment. Reason (R) : A current loop does not always behave as a magnetic dipole.

5.
Two heaters rated as \((P_1,V)\) and \((P_2,V)\) are connected in series across a dc source of \(V/2\) volt. The power consumed by the combination will be –

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Two small identical metallic balls having charges \( q \) and \( -2q \) are kept far at a separation \( r \). They are brought in contact and then separated at distance \( \frac{r}{2} \). Compared to the initial force \( F \), they will now: