Electromagnetism 1

Subjective Problems

Level 1
1. Calculate the magnetic field due to circular coil of 500 turns and of diameter 0.1 m, carrying a current of
7 A (a) At a point on the axis of the coil distance 0.12 m. (b) At the centre of the coil. [2.5 mT, 0.044 T]
2. A 0.5 m long solenoid has 500 turns and has a flux density of 2.52 × 10 -3 T at its centre. Find the current
in the solenoid. Given, μ0 = 4π × 10-7 H/m. [2 A]
3. An electron revolves in a circular orbit of radius r with uniform angular speed ω. From the expression
for magnetic field due to a current carrying circular conductor, deduce the expression for magnetic field
at the centre of the electron orbit. [μ0eω/(4π r)]
4. In Bohr model of hydrogen atom, electron circulates around the nucleus in a path of radius 5.1 × 10 -11 m
at a frequency of 6.8 × 1015 Hz. What is the value of magnetic field at the centre of orbit? [13.4 T]
5. Two infinitely long, thin, insulated straight wires lie in the x - y plane along the x and y - axis
respectively. Each wire carries current I, respectively in the positive x – direction and the positive y -
direction. Find the locus of the point in this plane where the magnetic field is zero. [x = y]
6. A current of 1 ampere is flowing in the sides of an equilateral triangle of side 4.5 × 10 -2 m. Find the
magnetic field at the centroid of the triangle. [4 × 10-5 T]
7. An electron beam passes through a region of crossed electric and magnetic fields of intensities E and B
respectively. For what value of the electron speed will the beam remains undeflected.
8. A wire placed along north-south direction carries a current 10 A from south to north. Find the magnetic
field due to a 1 cm piece of wire at a point 200 cm north-east from the piece. [1.8 × 10-9 T]
9. Two long, straight wires, each carrying an electric current of 5 A, are kept parallel to each other at a
separation of 2.5 cm. find the magnitude of magnetic force experienced by 10 cm of a wire. [2 × 10-5 N]
10. A circular coil of radius 1.5 cm carries a current of 1.5 A. If the coil has 25 turns, find the magnetic field
at the centre. [1.57 × 10-3 T]
11. A long solenoid is formed by winding 20 turns/cm. What current is necessary to produce a magnetic
field of 20 mT inside the solenoid? [8 A]
12. A current of 2 A exists in a square loop of edge 10 m. Find the magnetic field at the centre of the square.
[5.66 × 10-6 T]
13. A circular coil of 20 turns and radius 10 cm is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 0.1 T normal to the
plane of the coil. If the current in the coil is 5.0 A, what is the (a) Total torque on the coil. (b) Total force
on the coil. (c) Average force on each electron in the coil due to the magnetic field. The coil is made of
the copper wire of cross-sectional area 10-5 m2 and the free electron density in the copper is given to be
about 1029 m-3. [zero, Zero, 5 × 10-25 N]
14. The magnetic field due to a current carrying circular loop of radius 12 cm at its centre is 0.50 × 10 -4 T.
Find the magnitude and direction of magnetic field due to this loop at a point on the axis at a distance
of 5 cm from the centre. [3.9 × 10-5 T, parallel to the axis of loop]
15. A long, straight wire carrying a current of 30 A is placed in an external, uniform magnetic field of 4.0 ×
10-4 T parallel to the current. Find the magnitude of resultant magnetic field at a point 2.00 cm away
from the wire. [5.0 × 10-4 T]
16. A transmission wire carries current of 100 A. What would be the magnetic field at a point on the rod if
the wire is 8 cm above the rod? [250 μT]
17. A coil of 200 turns has a cross-sectional area 900 mm2. It carries a current of 2 ampere. The plane of the
coil is perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field of 0.5 T. calculate
(a) The magnetic moment of the coil.
(b) The torque acting on the coil. [36 × 10-2 Am2, zero]
18. The vertical component of earth magnetic field at a place is 1/√3 times the horizontal components.
What is the value of angle of dip at this place? [30˚]
19. Calculate the work done in rotating a bar magnet of magnetic moment 3 J/T through an angle of 60 0
from its position along the magnetic field of strength 0.34 × 10-4 T. [5.1 × 10-5 J]

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20. A proton is projected with a speed of 3 × 10 6 m/s horizontally from east to west. A uniform magnetic
field of strength 2.0 × 10-3 T exists in vertically upward direction.
(a) Find the force on the proton just after it is projected.
(b) What is the acceleration produced? [9.6 × 10-16 N, 5.8 × 1011 m/s2]
21. An electron moving at right angles to the uniform magnetic field completes a circular orbit in 10-6 s.
Calculate the value of magnetic field. [3.534 × 10-5 T]

22. A proton and an alpha particle having the same kinetic energy are allowed to pass through a uniform
magnetic field perpendicular to their direction of motion. Compare the radii of the path of proton and
alpha particle. [1:1]
23. Two parallel wires carrying current in same direction attract each other while two similar charges
moving parallel to each other in the same direction repel each other. Can you resolve this apparent
contradiction?
24. A straight wire of length 30 cm and mass 60 mg lies in a direction 30 0 east of north. The earth’s
magnetic field at this site is horizontal and has a magnitude of 0.8 G. What current must be passed
through the wire so that it may float in air? (g = 10 m/s2) [50 A]
25. A vector needs three quantities for its specification. Name the three independent quantities
conventionally used to specify the Earth’s magnetic field.
26. A loop of flexible conducting wire of length 0.5 m lies in magnetic field of 0.1 tesla perpendiculars to
the plane of loop. Show that when a current is passed through the loop it open into a circle. Also
calculate the tension developed in the wire if the current flow in the wire is 1.57 A. [0.0125 N]
27. For a given length L of a wire carrying a current i, how many circular turns would produce the
maximum magnetic moment and of what value? [il2/(4π)]
28. A charge Q is spread uniformly over an insulated ring of radius R. What is the magnetic moment of the
ring if it rotated with an angular velocity ω with respect to the normal axis? Assume the thickness of the
wire is negligible. [QωR2/2]
29. When does a magnetic dipole possess minimum potential energy inside the magnetic field?
30. Two very long straight parallel wires A and B carry currents of 10 A and 20 A respectively, and are at a
distance 20 cm apart. If a third wire C (length 15 cm) having a current 10 A is placed between them,
how much force will be act on C? The direction of current in all three wires is same. [3.0 × 10-5 N,
towards B]
31. A particle having a charge of 100 μC and the mass of 10 mg is projected in a uniform magnetic field of
25 mT with a speed of 10 m/s. If the velocity is the perpendicular to the magnetic field, how long will it
take for the particle to come back to its original position for the first time after being projected? [25 s]
32. A wire is bent in form of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm and carries a current of 5.0 A. It is placed
in a magnetic field of magnitude 2.0 T directed perpendicularly to the plane of the loop. Find the net
force on the sides of triangle. [zero]
33. A singly charged magnesium (A = 24) ions are accelerated to kinetic energy 2 keV and projected
perpendicularly into a magnetic field of magnitude 0.6 T.
(a) Find the radius of the circle formed by the ions.
(b) If there are also singly charged ions of isotope magnesium - 26, what would be the radius for these
particles? [5.3 cm, 5.5 cm]
34. The magnitude of velocities of two α – particles A and B, entering a uniform magnetic field
perpendicularly, are in ratio 6:1. On entering the field, they move along the circular path. Find the ratio
of their radii. [6:1]
35. An electron move at right angles to a magnetic field of 100 gauss and exit with a velocity of 2 × 10 10
m/s. Find the radius of their circular path. [0.12 cm]
36. An electron after being accelerated through a potential difference of 100 V enters a uniform magnetic
field of 0.004 T perpendiculars to its direction of motion. Calculate the radius of the path described by
the electron. [8.43 mm]
37. A cyclotron has an oscillator frequency of 12 megahertz and does of radius 0.5 metre. Calculate the
magnetic induction accelerate deutron of mass 3.34 × 10 -27 kg and charge 1.6 × 10-19 coulomb. Also
calculate the energy acquired by deutron. [1.574 T, 14.835 MeV]
38. Why does not a charged particle moving at right angle to the direction of magnetic field undergo any
change in kinetic energy?
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39. An electric charge moving in a direction making an angle α (but α is not equal to 900) with the direction
of magnetic field follows a helical path. Why?
40. An electron in an atom revolves around the nucleus in an orbit of radius 0.5 A 0. Calculate the
equivalent magnetic moment, if the frequency of revolution of electron is 10 10 MHz. [1.257 × 10-23 Am2]
41. What is the ratio of radii of the paths when an electron and a proton enter at right angles to a uniform
magnetic field with same
(a) Velocity.
(b) Momentum.
(c) Kinetic energy. (given mp/me = 1840) [1840:1, 1:1, 43:1]
42. A beam of electrons passes un-deflected through a region. What possible conclusion could be drowning
regarding the existence of electric and a magnetic field?
43. An α-particle is accelerated by a potential difference of 104 volt. Find the change in its direction of
motion if it enter normally in a region of thickness 0.1 m having transverse magnetic field 0.1 T. (mass
of α-particle is 6.4 × 10-27 kg) [300]
44. Magnetic field lines can be entirely confined with in the core of toroid, but not within the straight
solenoid why?
45. The region between x = 0 and x = L is filled with a uniform steady magnetic field B0ƙ. A particle of mass
m, positive charge q and velocity v0î travels along x-axis and enters the region of magnetic field.
Neglect the gravity throughout the question. Find
(a) The value of L if the particle emerges from the region of the magnetic field with its velocity at an
angle 300 to its initial velocity.
(b) The final velocity of the particle and the time spend by it in magnetic field, if the magnetic field
now extended up to 2.1 L. [mv0/(2qB), πm/(qB0)]
46. In what respect does magnetic force differ from electric force acting on a charge particle.
47. A small bar-magnet is placed in a horizontal plane with its axis in the magnetic meridian. Neutral
points are obtained on its equatorial line at 12.5 cm from the centre of the magnet. The earth’s magnetic
field at the place is 0.38 G and the angle of dip is zero. Find
(a) The total magnetic field on the axis of the magnet at 12.5 cm from the centre of the magnet.
(b) The neutral points when the magnet is turned around by 180 0. [1.14 G, 15.7 cm]
48. A charge particle enters a uniform magnetic field from a field free region. Can it complete a closed path
in the field?
49. What is the net force on a current loop in a uniform magnetic field, what types of field required to exert
a resultant force on a current loop?
50. A rectangular coil of area 5 × 10-4 m2 and 60 turns is pivoted about one of its vertical sides. The coil is in
a radial horizontal field of 90 G. What is the torsional constant of the hair spring connected to the coil, if
a current of 0.2 mA produce an angular deflection of 18 0? [3 × 10-9 N-m per degree]
51. The true angle of dip at a place is 450. If plane of dip needle rotated through 600 from the magnetic
meridian, what will be the apparent angle of dip in the in the new plane? [63.40 or tan-1(2)]
52. An electron moving with velocity 5.0 × 107 m/s enters a magnetic field of 1.0 N/A-m at an angle of 300
to the field. Calculate the force on the electron. [4.0 × 10-12 N]
53. The relative magnetic permeability of a magnetic material is 800. Identify the type of magnetic material
and state its property. [Ferromagnetic]
54. 30 turns circular coil of diameter 16 cm carries a current of 6.0 A. It is suspended vertically in a uniform
horizontal magnetic field of 1.0 tesla such that the field lines make an angle 30 0 with the plane of the
coil. Compute the magnitude of the counter torque requires to be applied to prevent the coil from
turning. Would your answer change if the coil were rectangular instead of circular, but of same area?
[3.13 N, No change]
55. Why does not a charged particle moving at right angle to the direction of an electric field follow a
circular path?
56. A moving coil galvanometer has its coil of 24 turns and 12 Ω resistances. By how much the number of
turns should be increased so that the current – sensitivity of the galvanometer increases by 25%. If, in
doing so, the resistance of the coil increases to 20 Ω, what will be the effect on the voltage sensitivity.
[turns must be increased from 24 to 30, voltage-sensitivity will fall by 25 %]

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57. An electron after being accelerated through a potential difference 10 4 volt enters a uniform magnetic
field of 0.04 T perpendiculars to its direction of motion. Calculate the radius of curvature of its
trajectory. [8.43 mm]
58. A proton, with kinetic energy 10 eV, moves on a circular path in a uniform magnetic field. What shall
be the kinetic energies of an α-particle and a deuteron, moving on the same circular path in the same
magnetic field. [10.0 eV, 5.0 eV]
59. A long wire carrying a current I is bent to form a plane angle α. Find the magnetic field B at a point on
the bisector of this angle situated at a distance x from the vertex. [{µ0i cot(α/4)}/(2πx)]

N.C.E.R.T. Questions

4.1 A circular coil of wire consisting of 100 turns, each of radius 8.0 cm carries a current of 0.04 A. What is
the magnitude of magnetic field B at the centre of coil? [3.1 × 10-5 T]
4.2 A long straight wire carries a current of 35 A. What is the magnitude of the field B at a point 20 cm from
the wire? [3.5 × 10-5 T]
4.3 A long straight wire in the horizontal plane carries a current of 50 A in north to south direction. Give the
magnitude and direction of B at a point 2.5 m east of wire. [4.0 × 10-6 T, vertical up]
4.4 A horizontal overhead power line carries a current of 90 A in east to west direction. What is the
magnitude and direction of the magnetic field due to current 1.5 m bellow the line? [1.2 × 10-5 T,
towards south]
4.5 What is the magnitude of magnetic force per unit length on a wire carrying a current of 8A and making
an angle of 300 with the direction of uniform magnetic field of 0.15 T? [0.6 N/m]
4.6 A 3.0 cm wire carrying a current of 10 A is placed inside a solenoid perpendicular to its axis. The
magnetic field inside the solenoid is given to be 0.27 T. What is the force on the wire? [8.1 × 10-2 N,
direction of force given by Fleming’s left-hand rule]
4.7 Two long and parallel straight wires A and B carrying currents of 8.0 A and 5.0 A in the same direction
are separated by a distance of 4.0 cm. Estimate the force on a 10 cm section of wire A. [2.0 × 10-2 N,
attractive force normal to A towards B]
4.8 A closely wound solenoid 80 cm long has 5 layers of winding of 400 turns each. The diameter of the
solenoid is 1.8 cm. If the current carried is 8.0 A, estimate the magnitude of B inside the solenoid near its
centre. [8π × 10-3 T]
4.9 A square coil of side 10 cm consists of 20 turns and carries a current of 12 A. The coil is suspended
vertically and normal to the plane of the coil makes an angle of 300 with the direction of a uniform
horizontal magnetic field of magnitude 0.80 T. What is the magnitude of torque experienced by the coil?
[0.96 Nm]
4.10 Two moving coil meters M1 and M2 have the following particulars: R1 = 10Ω, N1 = 30, A1 = 3.6 × 10-3 m2,
B1 = 0.25 T, R2 = 14 Ω, N2 = 42, A2 = 1.8 × 10-3 m2, B2 = 0.50 T, (the spring constant are identical for the
new meters). Determine the ratio of current sensitivity and voltage sensitivity of M 2 and M1. [1.4, 1]
4.11 In a chamber, a uniform magnetic field of 6.5 G (1G = 10 -4 T) is maintained. An electron is shot into the
field with a speed of 4.8 × 106 m/s normal to the field. Explain why the path of the electron is circle.
Determine the radius of the circular orbit. (e= 1.6 × 10 -19 C, me = 9.1 × 10-31 kg) [4.2 cm]
4.12 In exercise 4.11 obtain the frequency of revolution of the electron in its circular orbit. Does the answer
depend on the speed of the electron? Explain. [18 MHz]
4.13 (a) A circular coil of 30 turns and radius 8.0 cm carrying a current of 6.0 A is suspended vertically in
uniform horizontal magnetic field of magnitude 1.0 T. The field lines make an angle of 600 with the
normal to the coil. Calculate the magnitude of the counter torque that must be applied to prevent the coil
from turning.
(b) Would your answer change, if the circular coil in (a) were replaced by a planar coil of some irregular
that encloses the same area? (All other particulars are also unaltered.) [3.1 Nm, no]

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Find magnetic field at point O in each fig.

1. 2. 3.
i
i
a a r
O
O O

4. 5. 6.

r i
i1 i2
O /2 r
O
i /2
r1 r2
O

7. 8. 9. i1
i

O r r

r O O
i

i2

10. 11. 12.

i i
i
r
90o i O
O
O r  
a
2a

13. 14. 15.

i 2R i

/2
r
2R O
r b
a O O
i i
R

16. 17. 18.

i
b
r i
O
a


a O

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19. 20. 21.

i i
i

r
r i
O r O
 =/2 (0,0)
 (a, 0) i (2a,0) (3a,0)
r
O

22. 23. 24.

A F O Z

i l O i
i i r i X
D
E l i
a O
B C
2a Y

25. 26. 27.

A Z

R
i a
X 

O O

B C i  = /n
AB = BC = CA = a Y

Objective Problems

Level 1 Part I

1. A length L of wire carries a steady current I. It is bent first to form a circular plane coil of one turn. The
same length is now bent more sharply to give a double loop of smaller radius. The magnetic field at the
centre caused by the same current is
(a) A quarter of its first value (b) Unaltered
(c) Four times of its first value (d)A half of its first value
2. A vertical straight conductor carries a current vertically upwards. A point P lies to the east of it at a small
distance and another point Q lies to the west at the same distance. The magnetic field at P is
(a) Greater than at Q
(b) Same as at Q
(c) Less than at Q
(d) Greater or less than at Q depending upon the strength of the current
3. If a copper rod carries a direct current, the magnetic field associated with the current will be
(a) Only inside the rod (b) Only outside the rod
(c) Both inside and outside the rod (d) Neither inside nor outside the rod
4. If a long hollow copper pipe carries a direct current, the magnetic field associated with the current will be
(a) Only inside the pipe (b) Only outside the pipe
(c) Neither inside nor outside the pipe (d) Both inside and outside the pipe
5. The magnetic field d B due to a small current element d l at a distance r and element carrying current i
is,
or
Vector form of Biot-Savart law is

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  dl  r    dl  r    dl  r  0  dl  r 
(a) d B  0 i   (b) d B  0 i 2   (c) d B  0 i2  2  (d) d B  i 
4  r  4  r  4  r  4  r3 
       
6. A charge q coulomb moves in a circle at n revolutions per second and the radius of the circle is r metre.
Then magnetic field at the centre of the circle is
2q 2q 2nq 2q
(a)  10 7 N/amp/metre (b)  10 7 N/amp/metre (c)  10 7 N/amp/metre (d) N/amp/metre
nr r r r

7. An infinitely long straight conductor is bent into the shape as shown in

the figure. It carries a current of i ampere and the radius of the circular r
loop is r metre. Then the magnetic induction at its centre will be
 0 2i  0 2i
(a) (  1) (b) (  1) i
O
4 r 4 r
(c) Zero (d) Infinite
8. A current i ampere flows in a circular arc of wire whose
radius is R, which subtend an angle 3 / 2 radian at its
R
centre. The magnetic induction B at the centre is i /2
0 i 0 i O
(a) (b)
R 2R
2 0 i 3 0 i
(c) (d)
R 8R
9. A current i ampere flows along the inner conductor of a coaxial cable and returns along the outer
conductor of the cable, then the magnetic induction at any point outside the conductor at a distance r
metre from the axis is
 0 2i 0 2 i
(a)  (b) Zero (c) (d)
4 r 4 r
a a
10. A straight section PQ of a circuit lies along the X-axis from x   to x  and carries a steady current i.
2 2
The magnetic field due to the section PQ at a point X = + a will be
(a) Proportional to a (b) Proportional to a 2 (c) Proportional to 1 / a (d) Zero
11. A helium nucleus makes a full rotation in a circle of radius 0.8 metre in two seconds. The value of the
magnetic field B at the centre of the circle will be
10 19 2  10 10
(a) (b) 10 19 0 (c) 2  10 10 0 (d)
0 0
12. A solenoid of 1.5 metre length and 4.0 cm diameter posses 10 turn per cm. A current of 5 ampere is flowing
through it. The magnetic induction at axis inside the solenoid is
(a) 2  10 3 Tesla (b) 2  10 5 Tesla (c) 4  10 2 Gauss (d) 2  10 5 Gauss
13. The magnetic induction at a point P which is distant 4 cm from a long current carrying wire is 10 8 Tesla .
The field of induction at a distance 12 cm from the same current would be
(a) 3.33  10 9 Tesla (b) 1.11  10 4 Tesla (c) 3  10 3 Tesla (d) 9  10 2 Tesla
14. The strength of the magnetic field at a point r near a long straight current carrying wire is B. The field at a
r
distance will be
2
(a) B/2 (b) B/4 (c) 2B (d) 4B
15. Field at the centre of a circular coil of radius r, through which a current I flows is
(a) Directly proportional to r (b) Inversely proportional to I
(c) Directly proportional to I (d) Directly proportional to I 2
16. A current of 0.1 A circulates around a coil of 100 turns and having a radius equal to 5 cm. The magnetic
field set up at the centre of the coil is (0  4  10 7 weber / ampere  metre)
(a) 4  10 5 tesla (b) 8  10 5 tesla (c) 4  10 5 tesla (d) 2  10 5 tesla
17. The magnetic field B with in the solenoid having n turns per metre length and carrying a current of i
ampere is given by
0 ni
(a) (b) 0 ni (c) 40 ni (d) ni
e

18. The magnetic induction at the centre O in the figure shown is

 i 1 1 
(a) 0   
4  R1 R2 

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0 i  1 1 
(b)    R2
4  R1 R2 

i R1
(c) 0 (R1  R2 )
4 O
0 i
(d) (R1  R2 )
4
19. Field inside a solenoid is
(a) Directly proportional to its length (b) Directly proportional to current
(c) Inversely proportional to total number of turns (d) Inversely proportional to current
20. In the figure, shown the magnetic induction
at the centre of there arc due to the current in
r
portion AB will be
0 i 0 i
(a) (b) A B O C D
r 2r
0 i
(c) (d) Zero
4r
21. In the above question, the magnetic induction at O due to the whole length of the conductor is
0 i 0 i 0 i
(a) (b) (c) (d) Zero
r 2r 4r
22. In the figure shown there are two semicircles of radii r1 and r2 in which a current i is flowing. The
magnetic induction at the centre O will be
0 i
(a) (r1  r2 )
r
0 i
(b) (r1  r2 )
r1
4
0 i  r1  r2 
(c)   O
4  r1r2  r2

0 i  r2  r1 
(d)  
4  r1r2 
23. The magnetic moment of a current carrying loop is 2.1  10 25 amp  m 2 . The magnetic field at a point on its
axis at a distance of 1 Å is
(a) 4.2  10 2 weber / m 2 (b) 4.2  10 3 weber / m 2 (c) 4.2  10 4 weber / m 2 (d) 4.2  10 5 weber / m 2
24. Two straight horizontal parallel wires are carrying the same current in the same direction, d is the
distance between the wires. You are provided with a small freely suspended magnetic needle. At which of
the following positions will the orientation of the needle be independent of the magnitude of the current
in the wires
(a) At a distance d / 2 from any of the wires
(b) At a distance d / 2 from any of the wires in the horizontal plane
(c) Anywhere on the circumference of a vertical circle of radius d and centre halfway between the wires
(d) At points halfway between the wires in the horizontal plane
25. A particle carrying a charge equal to 100 times the charge on an electron is rotating per second in a
circular path of radius 0.8 metre. The value of the magnetic field produced at the centre will be (0 
permeability for vacuum)
10 7
(a) (b) 10 17 0 (c) 10 6 0 (d) 10 7 0
0
26. A circular coil of radius R carries an electric current. The magnetic field due to the coil at a point on the
axis of the coil located at a distance r from the centre of the coil, such that r >> R, varies as
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
r r3 / 2 r2 r3
27. In hydrogen atom, an electron is revolving in the orbit of radius 0.53 Å with 6.6  1015 rotations/second.
Magnetic field produced at the centre of the orbit is
(a) 0.125 wb / m 2 (b) 1.25 wb / m 2 (c) 12.5 wb / m 2 (d) 125 wb / m 2
28. The magnetic induction due to an infinitely long straight wire carrying a current i at a distance r from
wire is given by
   2i   r  4   2i  4  r
(a) | B |   0  (b) | B |   0  (c) | B |    (d) | B |   
 4   r  4   2 i 
 0 r   0  2i

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29. Magnetic effect of current was discovered by
(a) Faraday (b) Oersted (c) Ampere (d) Bohr
30. Two concentric circular coils of ten turns each are situated in the same plane. Their radii are 20 and 40 cm
and they carry respectively 0.2 and 0.3 ampere current in opposite direction. The magnetic field in
weber / m 2 at the centre is
35 0 7 5
(a) 0 (b) (c) 0 (d) 0
4 80 80 4
31. A long solenoid has a radius a and number of turns per unit length is n. If it carries a current i, then the
magnetic field on its axis is directly proportional to
(a) ani (b) ni (c) ni/a (d) n 2i
32. A cell is connected between two points of a uniformly thick circular conductor. The magnetic field at the
centre of the loop will be
0 0 0
(a) Zero (b) (i1  i2 ) (c) (i1  i2 ) (d) (i1  i2 )
2a 2a a
(Here i1 and i2 are the currents flowing in the two parts of the circular conductor of radius ‘a’ and 0 has the
usual meaning)
33. A long solenoid is formed by winding 20 turns/cm. The current necessary to produce a magnetic field of 20
0
millitesla inside the solenoid will be approximately (  10 7 tesla metre / ampere)
4
(a) 8.0 A (b) 4.0 A (c) 2.0 A (d) 1.0 A
34. A battery is connected between two points A and B on the circumference of a uniform conducting ring of
radius r and resistance R. One of the arcs AB of the ring subtends an angle  at the centre. The value of
the magnetic induction at the centre due to the current in the ring is
(a) Proportional to 2 (180   ) (b) Inversely proportional to r
(c) Zero, only if   180 (d) Zero for all values of 
35. A current of 1 ampere is passed through a straight wire of length 2.0 metres. The magnetic field at a point in
air at a distance of 3 metres from either end of wire and lying on the axis of wire will be
0 0 0
(a) (b) (c) (d) Zero
2 4 8
36. A long copper tube of inner radius R carries a current i. The magnetic field B inside the tube is
0 i 0 i 0 i
(a) (b) (c) (d) Zero
2R 4 R 2R
37. A straight wire of length ( 2 ) metre is carrying a current of 2A and the magnetic field due to it is measured
at a point distant 1 cm from it. If the wire is to be bent into a circle and is to carry the same current as
before, the ratio of the magnetic field at its centre to that obtained in the first case would be
(a) 50 : 1 (b) 1 : 50 (c) 100 : 1 (d) 1 : 100
38. The direction of magnetic lines of forces close to a straight conductor carrying current will be
(a) Along the length of the conductor (b) Radially outward
(c) Circular in a plane perpendicular to the conductor (d) Helical
39. If the strength of the magnetic field produced 10cm away from a infinitely long straight conductor is
10 5 W eber / m 2 , the value of the current flowing in the conductor will be
(a) 5 ampere (b) 10 ampere (c) 500 ampere (d) 1000 ampere
40. Due to 10 ampere of current flowing in a circular coil of 10 cm radius, the magnetic field produced at its
centre is 3.14  10 3 W eber / m 2 . The number of turns in the coil will be
(a) 5000 (b) 100 (c) 50 (d) 25
41. There are 50 turns of a wire in every cm length of a long solenoid. If 4 ampere current is flowing in the
solenoid, the approximate value of magnetic field along its axis at an internal point and at one end will be
respectively
(a) 12.6  10 3 W eber / m 2 , 6.3  10 3 W eber / m 2 (b) 12.6  10 3 W eber / m 2 , 25.1  10 3 W eber / m 2
(c) 25.1  10 3 W eber / m 2 , 12.6  10 3 W eber / m 2 (d) 25.1  10 5 W eber / m 2 , 12.6  10 5 W eber / m 2
42. A solenoid is 1.0 metre long and it has 4250 turns. If a current of 5.0 ampere is flowing through it, what is
the magnetic field at its centre [0  4  10 7 weber / amp  m]
(a) 5.4  10 2 weber / m 2 (b) 2.7  10 2 weber / m 2
2
(c) 1.35  10 weber / m 2
(d) 0.675  10 2 weber / m 2

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43. A vertical wire kept in Z-X plane carries a current from Y
Q to P (see figure). The magnetic field due to current
will have the direction at the origin O along O i
X X
(a) OX
(b) OX '
Y Q
(c) OY Z'
(d) OY '
44. One metre length of wire carries a constant current. The wire is bent to form a circular loop. The magnetic
field at the centre of this loop is B. The same is now bent to form a circular loop of smaller radius to have
four turns in the loop. The magnetic field at the centre of this new loop is
(a) 4 B (b) 16 B (c) B / 2 (d) B / 4
45. In a hydrogen atom, an electron moves in a circular orbit of radius 5.2  10 11 m and produces a magnetic
induction of 12.56 T at its nucleus. The current produced by the motion of the electron will be (Given
 0  4  10 7 W b / A  m)
(a) 6.53  10 3 ampere (b) 13.25  10 10 ampere (c) 9.6  10 6 ampere (d) 1.04  10 3 ampere


46. An arc of a circle of radius R subtends an angle at the centre. It carries a current i. The magnetic field at
2
the centre will be
0 i 0 i 0 i 2 0 i
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2R 8R 4R 5R

47. At a distance of 10 cm from a long straight wire carrying current, the magnetic field is 0.04 T. At the
distance of 40 cm, the magnetic field will be
(a) 0.01 T (b) 0.02 T (c) 0.08 T (d) 0.16 T
48. A uniform wire is bent in the form of a circle of radius R. A current I enters B
at A and leaves at C as shown in the figure : If the length ABC is half of the C
length ADC, the magnetic field at the centre O will be A
0 I
(a) Zero (b) O
2R
0 I 0 I
(c) (d)
4R 6R D

49. The magnetic induction at any point due to a long straight wire carrying a current is
(a) Proportional to the distance from the wire
(b) Inversely proportional to the distance from wire
(c) Inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the wire
(d) Does not depend on distance
50. The expression for magnetic induction inside a solenoid of length L carrying a current I and having N
number of turns is
0 N 0 N
(a) (b)  0 NI (c) NLI (d)  0 I
4 LI 4 L

51. In a current carrying long solenoid, the field produced does not depend upon
(a) Number of turns per unit length (b) Current flowing
(c) Radius of the solenoid (d) All of the above three

52. The earth's magnetic induction at a certain point is 7  10 5 W b / m 2 . This is to be annulled by the magnetic
induction at the centre of a circular conducting loop of radius 5 cm. The required current in the loop is
(a) 0.56 A (b) 5.6 A (c) 0.28 A (d) 2.8 A

Answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20
c b c b d c b d b d b a a c c a b a b d
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40
c c a d b d c a b d b a a d d d b c a c
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52.
c b d b d b a a b d c b

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