In a potentiometer experiment the balancing with a cell is at length $240\,cm$ . On shunting the cell with a resistance of $2\,\Omega $ , the balancing length becomes $120\, cm$ . The internal resistance of the cell is ................... $\Omega$
  • A$4$
  • B$2$
  • C$1$
  • D$0.5$
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