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Before using tangent galvanometer for the measurement of current, why is the plane of coil of tangent galvanometer set in the magnetic meridian?

A

Magnetic meridian (or vertically north south)

B

Perpendicular to magnetic meridian

C

At angle of 45o to magnetic meridian

D

It does not require any setting

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