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IIT-JAM PHYSICS
ASSIGMENT:- 1 MAGNETOSTATE

1. In terms of the basic units of mass (M), lenght (L), 3 0 I 0 I

time (T) and charge (Q), the dimensions of mag- (a) (b)
2 R 2 3 R
netic permeability of a vaccum ( 0 ) are
3 0 I 30 I
[JAM 2007] (c) (d)
R 2 R
(A) MLQ 1 (b) ML2T 1Q 2 5. A ring of radius R carries a linear charge density
(c) LTQ 1
(d) LT Q 1 1
 . It is rotating with angular speed  . The mag-
2. If the dimension of the mass, lenght, time and netic filed at its centre is [JAM 2014]
charge are M,L,T and C respectively, the dimen- 3 0  0 
 (a) (b)
sion of the magnetic induction filed B is ` 2 2
[JAM 2013]
0 
(a) ML2T 1C 1 (b) MT 1C 1 (c) (d) 0

(c) L2T 1C (d) L1T 1C 6. Two infinitely long wires carrying eual but oppo-
3. If E, B, M, Q represent electric field, magnetic site current, +1 and -1, are separated by a dis-
EM tance 2fd as
field, mass and charge then has dimension shown below :
QB 2
of +1
(a) Time (b) Lenght `
(c) Speed (d) None of these 2d P
4. A conducting wire is in the shape of a regular
hexagon, which is inscribed inside an imaginary
-1
circle of radius R, as shown. A current I flows
through the wire. The magnitude of the magnetic At the point P equidistant from the wires the
field at the centre of the circle is [JAM 2015] strenght of the magnetic field B is given by
0 I
(a) 0 ` (b)
2 d
q
0 I 0 I
R (c) (d) 2
d d
C
7. A segment of wire is bent into an arc of radius R
and subtended angle  , as shown in the figure
below. Point
P is at the centre of the circular segment. The wire
carries current I. What is the magnitude of the

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magnetic field at P? [B.H.U. 2012]
B

R
(b) X X’
I 
P

 0 I
d d
(a) 0 (b) 2 2 R
 
 0 I  0 I B
(c) (d)
4 R 4 R 2
8. A long straight wire along the z-axis carries a cur-
rent in the negative z-direction. The magnetic vec-

(c) X X’
tor field B at a point having coordinate (x,y) on
the z = 0 plane is

0i  yiˆ  xjˆ  0i  xiˆ  yjˆ 

d d
(a) 2 2
 x  y2  (b) 2 2
 x  y2 
0i  xjˆ  yiˆ  0i  xiˆ  yjˆ  B
(c) 2 2
 x  y2  (d) 2 2
 x  y2 
9. Three infinity long parallel wires separated by a
distance d from each other, carrying current I each
are kept in the same plane. The magnetic field is
(d) X X’
found to zero at a distance x on both sides of the
central wire. The values of x are:
(a)  d / 2 (b)  d / 2
d d
(c)  d / 3 (d)  d / 3
10. Two long parallel wires at a distance 2d apart. 11. A long insulated copper wire is closely wound as
They carry steady equal currents flowing out of a spiral of ‘N’ turns. The spiral has inner radius ‘a’
the plane of the and outer radius ‘b’. The spiral lies in the X-Y
paper as shown. The variation of the magnetic field plane and a steady current ‘I’ flows through the
B along the line XX’ is given by wire. The Z- component of the magnetic field at
the center of the spiral is
B
Y
(a) X X’
I a

b
X
d d

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0 NI b 0 NI ba
(a) 2 b  a In  a  (b) 2 b  a In  b  a 
        Z

0 NI b 0 NI  b  a 
(c) In   (d) In  
2b a 2b ba R
12. Shown in the figure is a conductor carrying a cur- O Y
rent i . The magnitude of magnetic field at the ori- I
gin is:

Y
X

I
r
0 I  I  I 
O X (a)
4 R
 
 k  0  i   0  i 
4R 4 R
0 I  I  I 
Z
(b)
4 R
 
 k  0   j   0  i 
4R 4 R
0i  1 ˆ 1 ˆ  0i  1 ˆ 1 ˆj 
(a)   i  k  (b)  i 0 I  0 I  I 
4r   2  4r   2  (c)
4 R
 
k 
4R
 j   0 i 
4 R
0i  1 ˆ 1 ˆ  0i  2 ˆ ˆ  0 I  0 I  I 
(c)  i  j
4r  2  
(d)  i  j
4r    (d)
4 R
 
k 
4R
 j   0 i 
4 R
13. Magnetic field intensity B at the center of the cir- 15. Two infinitely long straight wires lie in the x-y plane
cular loop is along x and y axes, respectively. Each wire car-
ries a current i , respectively, in the positive direc-
tion of x and y axes. The locus of points, where
the magnetic field is zero, is
O (a) y 2  x (b) x  y 2
R
 (c) x  y  0 (d) x  y  0
I
I 16. A wire loop carrying current I is placed in the x-y
plane. Magnetic induction at P is
y
0  2    I
(a) 0 (b)
4 R
 0 I  0 I I 120 p x
(c) (d)
4 R 4 R a
14. Find the magnetic field intensity at a point O. As-
sume linear parts to be long and curved part has
the radius R.
0 I  3 1  0 I  
1
(a) 2a    3   (b)   
  2a  3 3 

0 I  1
3 0 I  3 1 
(c) a  3   
  (d) 2a    3  
   

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17. Same current I flows in two parallel conductors
F
distant 2d as shown. The strenght of magnetic field a
at a point P equidistant from both the conductors I
is A I B O I
D
E
I I
a C
a

2d  0 I
(a) zero (b)
4 a

a 0 I 0 I
(c) (d)
 2 a 2 2 a
I 21. A constant current I flows along the straight line y
= mx + c. Magnetic field at the origin is
0 Id 0 Id
(a) (b) 0 I 0 I
4 a 2 a
(a) (b)
0 Id 0 Id 2 c 2 c m 2  1
(c) (d)
4 a 2
 a2 0 I m 2  1 0 I
18. In the figure shown what is magnetic field at P take (c) (d)
2 c 4 c
  60 22. Two long wires carrying equal current I in same
direction are parallel to z axis and pass through x-
I y planes at (-d,0) and (d,0). What is magnetic field
at (0,d,0).
0 I 0 I
P (a) (b)
 4 d 2 d
d
 0 I 0 I
(c) (d)
I 2 2 d 2 d
0 I  0 I  23. A thin long metallic strip of width 2 a carries a cur-
(a) cos (b) sin rent I uniformly distributed across its width as
2 d 2 2 d 2
shown in figure. Magnetic field at a distance d from
0 I  0 I  central line of strip is. The point where field is to
(c) tan (d) cot
2 d 2 2 d 2 be calculated lies in the plane of the strip.
19. A long wire carrying current I lies along straight
0 I
line y   x   . If magnetic field at origin is
 I
then the value of  is
(a) 4 (b) 3
d
(c) 2 (d) 1
20. Two long thin wire ABC and DEF are arranged
as shown. They carry currents I as shown. The 2a
magnitude of the magnetic field at O is

0 I  d  0 I  d  a 
(a) In   (b) In  
2 a  a  2 a  d  a 

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0 I  d  a  0 I  d   1 1 1 
(c) In   (d) In   (c)  , ,  (d) (-1,0,0)
4 a  d  a  4 a  a   3 3 3
24. A short solenoid with n turns per unit lenght has 26. The strenght of magnetic field at the centre of a
diameter D and lenght L = 8D/15, as shown in the regular hexagon with sides of lenght a carrying a
figure, and it carries a constant current I. The mag- steady current I is : [JEST 2016]
netic field B at a point P on the axis of the solenoid
at a distance H = 2D/3 from its near end (see fig- 0 I 6 0 I
(a) (b)
ure) is [TIFR 2014] 3 a a
[use  dx 1  x 2   x 1  x 2 
3/ 2 1/ 2
] 30 I 3 0 I
(c) (d)
a a
P 27. A system of two circular co-axial coils carrying
equal currents I along same direction having equial
radius R and separated by a distance R (as shown
H=2/3D in figure below). The magnetic field at the mid-
point P is given by [JEST 2014]

i Y i
L=8/15D

X
P
D R

R
4 4
(a) 0 nI (b) 0 nI
65 13 0 I 40 I
(a) (b)
24 112 2 2R 5 5R
(c) 0 nI (d) 0 nI
15 54 80 I
25. In the following figure, ABC and CDA are two (c) (d) 0
5 5R
semicircular conducting wires of radius ‘a’ with
the origin as their common centre. The arc ABC 28. Two large parallel plates move with a constant
lies on the xy- plane whereas CDA lies on the xz- speed v in the positive y-direction as shown in the
plane. They are joined as shown. This loop car- figure. If both the plates have a surface charge den-
ries current in the direction indicated in thye figure sity  > 0, the magnetic field at the point P just
below. Which of the following unit vectors denotes above the top plate will have :
the direction of the resulting magnetic field vector
P V
at the origin? [JNU 2009] Z

z y
(0,0,a)
D (-a,0,0) X
C
B(0,a,0) (a) Larger magnitude than the field at the mid-point
y
between the plates and point towards  x̂ .
A
(b) Smaller magnitude than the field at the mid-
(a,0,0)
x point between the plates and point towards  x̂ .
(c) Larger magnitude than the field at the mid-point
 1 1  between the plates and point towards  x̂ .
(a) (1,0,0) (b)  0, ,  (d) Samller magnitude than the field at the mid-
 2 2

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point between the plates and point towards  x̂ . (a) B = 0

29. Two infinitely long parallel wires separated by 40 (b) B  0 Kkˆ / z
cm carry currents of 10A and 20 A in the same
direction. The magnitude of the magnetic filed mid- (c) B  0 Kiˆ / 2
way between them is [IISc. 20008]
(d) B  0 K ˆj /  x 2  z 2 
0.5
(a) 10 T
5 (b) 2 105 T
(c)   10 5 T (d) 105 T 35. The x and y plane carries a uniform surface cur-

30. A circular ring of inner and outer radii a and b re- rent of density K  50iˆ A / m . The magnetic field
spectively has a charge ‘Q’ uniformly distributed at the point z = -0.5 m is : [GATE 2001]
on it. If the ring is rotated with uniform angular
speed  about its axis. Magnetic field at centre (a) 10 10 6 Wb (b) 1 10 6 Wb
will be (c)  10 6 Wb / m 2 (d)10 106 Wb / m2
0Q 0Q
(a)  b  a (b)   b 2  a 2  36. A uniform surface current is flowing in the positive
  y-direction over an infinite sheet lying in x-y plane.
The direction of the magnetic field is :
0Q 0Q
(c) 2  b 2  a 2  (d) 2 b  a [GATE 2011]
 
31. A long cylinder of radius R ang having uniform (a) Along iˆ for z > 0 and along iˆ for z < 0.
surface charge density  is rotated about its axis (b) Along k̂ for z > 0 and along  k̂ for z < 0
with uniform angular velocity  . Magnetic field
inside the cylider near its middle is (c) Along iˆ for z > 0 and along iˆ for z < 0.
0 r (d) Along  k̂ for z > 0 and along k̂ for z < 0
(a) (b) 0 r 37. A straight beam of ultrarelativistic electrons, con-
R
fined within a very long cylindrical region of radius
0 Rr 0 R
(c) (d) less than 1mm, carries a current 0.01  A . The
2 2
strength of the electric field at a point 2 cm away
32. A particle of charge q of moves in a circular path
from the beam axis will be nearest to
of radius r with constant angular velocity  . what
[Hint : Calculate the charge per unit length from
is magnetic field at the centre of circle.
the given information].
0 q 0 q (a) 6 105 V m (b) 1 10 4 V m
(a) (b)
2 r 4 r
(c) 3  105 V m (d) 2  10 3 V m
0 q 0 q
(c) (d) (e) 8  104 V m
2r 4r
33. A current I flows in the anticlockwise direction 38. A set N concentric circular loops of wire, each
through a square loop of side a lying in the x-y carrying a steady current I in the same direction, is
plane with its center at the origin. The magnetic arranged in a plane. The radius of the first loop is
induction at the center of the square loop is : r1 = a and the radius of the nth loop is given by rn
[GATE 2001] = n rn-1. The magnitude B of the magnetic field at
the centre of the circles in the limit N   is
2 20 I 2 2 0 I
(a) eˆx (b) eˆz [NET June 2017]
a a
0 I (e 2  1) 0 I (e  1)
2 2 0 I 2 20 I (a) (b)
(c) eˆz (d) eˆ 4 a a
a 2
 a2 x
34. An infinite conducting sheet in the x-y plane car- 0 I (e 2  1) 0 I (e  1)
(c) (d)
ries a surface current density K along the y-axis. 8a 2a
The magnetic field B for z > 0 is : [GATE 2003]

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39. A constant current I is flowing in a piece of wire
that is bent into a loop as shown in the figure. The   0 I     z  d  ˆj  ykˆ  z  d  ˆj  ykˆ 
(b)  2   2  2 2 
  y   z  d  y   z  d  
2
magnitude of the magnetic field at the point O is 
[NET June 2017]
  0 I     z  d  ˆj  ykˆ  z  d  ˆj  ykˆ 
(c)  2   2  2 2 
y   y   z  d  y   z  d  
2

2b
  0 I   yjˆ   z  d  kˆ  yjˆ  z  d  kˆ 
(d)  2   2  2 2
  y   z  d  y   z  d  
2

2b
2b
a a
2a 2a ANSWER KEY
O x 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b)
b b 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (c)
7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (c)
10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (a)
0 I a 0 I  1 1  13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (c)
(a) ln   (b)    16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (d)
4 5  b  4 5  a b 
19. (b) 20. (c) 21. (c)
0 I  1  0 I  1  22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (a)
(c)   (d)   25. (b) 26. (d) 27. (c)
4 5  a  4 5  b 
28. (c) 29. (c) 30. (d)
40. An infinetly long wire parallel to the x-axis is kept 31. (b) 32. (b) 33. (b)
at z  d and carries a current I in the positive x 34. (c) 35. (d) 36. (a)
diffraction above a superconductor felling the re- 37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (b)
 40. (a)
gion z  0 (see figure). The magnetic field B in-
side the superconductor is zero so that the field
just outside the superconductor is parallel to its
surface. The magnetic field due to this point
 x, y, z  0  is [GATE 2019]

d
x

Superconductor

  0 I    z  d  ˆj  ykˆ
(a)  2   y 2   z  d  2 
 

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