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The instrument used to detect and measure small electric currents is the:

Answer: galvanometer.

  • A galvanometer
  • B voltmeter
  • C ammeter
  • D dry battery

Correct answer: A. galvanometer

Explanation: A galvanometer detects and measures very small currents.

Magnetic Field Lines Around a Straight WireIfield forms concentric circles around the wire (right-hand rule)

The magnetic field around a long straight current-carrying wire forms concentric circles, with direction given by the right-hand rule (point thumb along I, fingers curl in the direction of B).

Concept context

Magnetic force on moving charges and currents, the Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, and the cyclotron - how electric currents create and respond to magnetic fields.

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