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The plane of the coild of tangent galvanometer is parallel to the magnetic meridian

A

to avoid the influence of earth's magnetic field.

B

to increase the magnetic field due to the current in the coil.

C

to make earth's magnetic field perpendicular to that due to the current in the coil.

D

for some other reason.

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The correct Answer is:
C
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