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In a moving coil galvanometer, a. why...

In a moving coil galvanometer,
a. why is horse-shoe magnet used?
b. why is phosphor bronze fibre used?
c. why is a soft iron cylinder used?

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a. To produce a cylindrical field with radial lines
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