CLASS: X Physics

Ch. 2 !Magne c E ects of electric current

Very Short Answer Type Questions

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1. Why does a compass needle get de ected when brought near a bar magnet? [NCERT]

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2. Draw magne c eld lines around a bar magnet. [NCERT,CBSE 2016]

3. The magne c eld in a given region is uniform. Draw a diagram to represent it. [NCERT]

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4. What is meant by magne c eld? [CBSE 2016]

5. How is the direc on of magne c eld at a point determined? [CBSE 2012]

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6. State the conclusions that can be drawn from the observa on that a current carrying wire
de ects a magne c needle placed near it. [CBSE 2012]

7. Iden fy the region, where the magne c eld around a current carrying solenoid is
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uniform.

8. List two methods of producing magne c eld. [NCERT]

9. What is the purpose of so iron core used in making an electromagnet?

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10. What is a solenoid?

11. Why is so iron not used for making a permanent magnet?

12. State two ways by which the strength of an electromagnet can be increased.
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13. When is the forced experienced by a current-carrying conductor placed in a magne c

eld is largest? [NCERT]

14. Name some sources of direct current. [NCERT]

15. Which source produce alterna ng current? [NCERT]

16. What type of current is used in house-hold supply?

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17. Name two safety measures commonly used in electric circuits and appliances. [NCERT]

18. What precau ons should be taken to avoid the overloading of domes c electric circuits?
[NCERT]

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19. When does an electric short-circuit occur? [NCERT]

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20. In household circuits, is a fuse wire connected in series or in parallel?

21. Explain why a copper wire cannot be used as a fuse-wire?

22. State two serious hazards of electricity.

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23. Which is the most important safety method used for protec ng home appliances from
short circui ng or overloading? [NCERT Exemplar]

24. In a domes c electric circuit, men on the poten al di erence between live wire and
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neutral wire and frequency of AC? [CBSE 2013]

25. An alterna ng current has frequency of 50 Hz. How many mes does it change its
direc on in one second?
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26. How is the type of current that we receive in domes c circuit di erent from one that
runs a clock?
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❖ Short Answer type Ques ons

1. List the proper es of magne c eld lines of force. [NCERT]
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2. Why don’t two magne c eld lines of force intersect each other? [NCERT]

3. Name and state the rule used to nd the direc on of magne c eld due to a straight
current-carrying conductor.

4. What Is the di erence between a permanent magnet and an electromagnet?

5. State Fleming’s Le -hand rule. [NCERT]

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6. A current through a horizontal power line ows in east to west direc on. What is the
direc on of magne c eld at a point directly below it and at a point directly above it?
[NCERT]

7. (i) Name the poles P, Q, R and S of the magnets in the following gures ‘a’ and b’ :

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(ii) State the inference drawn about the direc on of the magne c eld lines on the basis
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of these diagrams. [CBSE TERM-2 Exam 2021-22]

8. When is the force experienced by a current carrying straight conductor placed in a uniform
magne c eld. (i) maximum ; (ii) Minimum ? [CBSE TERM-2 Exam 2021-22]
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9. Imagine that you are si ng in a chamber with your back to one wall. An electron beam,
moving horizontally from back wall towards the front wall, is de ected by a strong magne c
eld to your right side. What is the direc on of magne c eld? [NCERT] [Ans: Downwards]
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10.What are the advantages and disadvantages of AC over DC?

11. An electric oven of a 2 kW power ra ng is operated in a domes c circuit (220V) that has a
current ra ng of 5 A. What result do you expect? Explain. [NCERT]

12.What is the func on of an earth wire? Why is it necessary to earth metallic appliances?
[NCERT]

13.What should be done in case if a person comes in contact with a live wire?

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14. What is the role of each of the three pins in a power plug?

15. Why is it safe for birds to sit on naked power lines xed on tall electric poles?

16. List two dis nguishing features between overloading and short circui ng. [CBSE 2014]

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17.What is an electric fuse? What is its role in electric circuits? Should it be placed on neutral

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wire or on live wire? Jus fy your answer. [CBSE 2015]

18. Explain, why electric power transmi ed at high voltage

and low current to distant places? [CBSE 2016]

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19. AB is a current carrying conductor in the plane of the
paper as shown in Figure. What are the direc ons of
magne c elds produced by it at points P and Q? Given
r1 > r2, where will the strength of the magne c eld be
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larger? [NCERT Exemplar]

20. A magne c compass shows a de ec on when placed near

a current carrying wire. How will the de ec on of the
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compass get a ected if the current in the wire is

increased? Support your answer with a reason.
[NCERT Exemplar]

21. It is established that an electric current through a metallic conductor produces a magne c
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eld around it. Is there a similar magne c eld produced around a thin beam of moving (i)
alpha par cles, (ii) neutrons? Jus fy your answer. [NCERT Exemplar] [CBSE 2019]

22. Meena draws magne c eld lines of eld close to the axis of a current carrying circular
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loop. As she moves away from the centre of the circular loop she observes that the lines
keep on diverging. How will you explain her observa on. [NCERT Exemplar]

23. Draw an appropriate schema c diagram showing common domes c circuits and discuss
the importance of fuse. Why is it that a burnt out fuse should be replaced by another fuse of
iden cal ra ng? [NCERT Exemplar]

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24. Magne c eld lines are shown in the given diagram. A student makes a statement that
magne c eld at A is stronger than at B. Jus fy this statement. Also redraw the diagram and
mark the direc on of magne c eld lines. [CBSE 2020]

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25. What is a solenoid? Draw the pa ern of magne c led lines of (i) a current carrying
solenoid and (ii) a bar magnet. List two dis nguishing features between the two elds.
[CBSE 2019]

26. The following diagram shows two parallel straight

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conductors carrying the same current. Copy the diagram and
draw the pa ern of the magne c axes around them showing
their direc ons. What is the magnitude of the magne c eld
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at point X which is equidistant from the conductors? Give

jus ca on for your answer.

[CBSE 2019]
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27. A student xes a white sheet of paper on a drawing board. He places a bar magnet in the
centre and sprinkles some iron lings uniformly around the bar magnet. Then he taps gently
and observes that iron lings arrange themselves in a certain pa ern.
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(a) Why do iron lings arrange themselves in a par cular pa ern?

(b) Which physical quan ty is indicated by the pa ern of eld lines around the bar
magnet?

(c) State any two proper es of magne c eld lines. [CBSE SQP 2022-23]

28. A compass needle is placed near a current carrying wire. State your observa ons for the
following cases and give reasons for the same in each case-

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(a) Magnitude of electric current in wire is increased.

(b) The compass needle is displaced away from the wire. [CBSE SQP 2022-23]

29. What does the direc on of thumb indicate in the right-hand thumb rule. In what way this

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rule is di erent from Fleming’s le -hand rule? [NCERT Exemplar]

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❖ Long answer type ques ons
1. (i) What is an electromagnet? List any two uses.

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(ii) Draw a labelled diagram to show how an electromagnet is made.

(iii) State the purpose of so iron core used in making an electromagnet.

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(iv) List two ways of increasing the strength of an electromagnet if the material of the
electromagnet is xed. [CBSE 2020]

2. (i) Explain with the help of the pa ern of magne c eld lines, the distribu on of magne c
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eld due to a current carrying circular loop.

(ii) Why is it that the magne c led of a current carrying coil having ’n’ turns, is ’n’ mes as
large as that produced by a single turn (loop)? [CBSE 2020]
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Ans: (ii) In a current carrying coil, the current in each circular turn has the same direc on and
the eld due to each turn just adds up. Therefore, Magne c eld becomes ’n’ mes as
large as produced by a single turn.

3. (i) State Fleming’s Le hand rule.

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(ii) List three characteris c features of the electric current used in our homes.

(iii) What is a fuse? Why is it called a safety device?

(iv) Why is it necessary to earth metallic electric appliances? [CBSE 2020]

Ans : (ii) 3 characteris c features:

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—> Reverses direc on periodically

—> Frequency of 50 Hz

—> p.d. between the live wire and neutral wire is about 220 V

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(iii) —> Fuse is a safety device used in a circuit to prevent damage due to overloading or

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short-circui ng.

—> It protects the appliance by stopping the ow of any large current through the
circuit. At high current, fuse wire melts & breaks the circuit.

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(iv) It provides a low resistance conduc ng path for the current and protects the user
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❖ Mul ple Choice Ques ons(MCQs)
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1. The magne c eld inside a long straight solenoid-carrying current

(a) is zero.

(b) decreases as we move towards its end.

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(c) increases as we move towards its end.

(d) is the same at all points.

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2. An electron enters a magne c eld at right angles to it,

as shown in Fig. The direc on of force ac ng on the
electron will be

(a) to the right. (b) to the le .

(c) out of the page. (d) into the page

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3. A posi vely-charged par cle (alpha-par cle) projected towards west is de ected towards
north by a magne c eld. The direc on of magne c eld is

(a) towards south (b) towards east

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(c) downward (d) upward

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4. Which of the following correctly describes the magne c eld near a long straight wire?

(a) The eld consists of straight lines perpendicular to the wire.

(b) The eld consists of straight lines parallel to the wire.

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(c) The eld consists of radial lines origina ng from the wire.

(d) The eld consists of concentric circles centred on the wire.

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5. At the me of short circuit, the current in the circuit

(a) reduces substan ally (b) does not change

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(c) increases heavily (d) vary con nuously.

6. Choose the incorrect statement from the following regarding magne c lines of eld

(a) The direc on of magne c eld at a point is taken to be the direc on in which the
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north pole of a magne c compass needle points

(b) Magne c eld lines are closed curves

(c) If magne c eld lines are parallel and equidistant, they represent zero eld strength
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(d) Rela ve strength of magne c eld is shown by the degree of closeness of the eld
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7. For a current in a long straight solenoid N- and S-poles are created at the two ends.
Among the following statements, the incorrect statement is

(a) The eld lines inside the solenoid are in the form of straight lines which indicates that
the magne c eld is the same at all points inside the solenoid

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(b) The strong magne c eld produced inside the solenoid can be used to magne se a
piece of magne c material like so iron, when placed inside the coil

(c) The pa ern of the magne c eld associated with the solenoid is di erent from the
pa ern of the magne c eld around a bar magnet

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(d) The N- and S-poles exchange posi on when the direc on of current through the

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solenoid is reversed

8. A uniform magne c eld exists in the plane of paper poin ng from le to right as shown
in Figure. In the eld an electron and a

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proton move as shown. The electron and
the proton experience

(a) forces both poin ng into the plane of

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(b) forces both poin ng out of the plane of
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(c) forces poin ng into the plane of paper

and out of the plane of paper, respec vely

(d) force poin ng opposite and along the

direc on of the uniform magne c eld respec vely
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9. Choose the incorrect statement

(a) Fleming’s right-hand rule is a simple rule to know the direc on of induced current
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(b) The right-hand thumb rule is used to nd the direc on of magne c elds due to
current carrying conductors

(c) The di erence between the direct and alterna ng currents is that the direct current
always ows in one direc on, whereas the alterna ng current reverses its direc on
periodically

(d) In India, the AC changes direc on a er every 1/50 second

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10. The most important safety method used for protec ng home appliances from short
circui ng or overloading is

(a) earthing (b) use of fuse

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(c) use of stabilizers (d) use of electric meter

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❖ Case Based Ques ons

1. A student was asked to perform an experiment to study the force on a current carrying
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conductor in a magne c eld. He took a small aluminium rod AB, a strong horse shoe
magnet, some connec ng wires, a ba ery and a switch and connected them as shown. He
observed that on passing current, the rod gets displaced. On reversing the direc on of
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current, the direc on of displacement also gets reversed. On the basis of your
understanding of this phenomenon, answer the following ques ons:

(a) Why does the rod get displaced on passing

current through it?
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(b) State the rule that determines the direc on

of the force on conductor AB.
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current is passed through the rod, it gets
displaced towards the le . What will
happen to the displacement if the polarity
of the magnet and the direc on of current
both are reversed?

(ii) Name any two devices that use current

carrying conductors and magne c eld. [CBSE TERM-2 Exam (2021-22)]

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2. A solenoid is a long helical coil of wire through which a current is run in order to create
a magne c eld. The magne c eld of the solenoid is the superposi on of the elds
due to the current through each coil. It is nearly uniform inside the solenoid and close
to zero outside and is similar to the
eld of a bar magnet having a north

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pole at one end and a south pole at

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the other depending upon the
direc on of current ow. The
magne c eld produced in the
solenoid is dependent on a few

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factors such as, the current in the
coil, number of turns per unit length
etc.
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The following graph is obtained by a
researcher while doing an
experiment to see the varia on of the
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magne c eld with respect to the current in the solenoid.

The unit of magne c eld as given in the graph a ached is in milli-Tesla (mT) and the
current is given in Ampere. [CBSE SQP 2020-21]
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1. What type of energy conversion is observed in a linear solenoid?

a. Mechanical to Magne c b. Electrical to Magne c

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c. Electrical to Mechanical d. Magne c to Mechanical

2 What will happen if a so iron bar is placed inside the solenoid?

a). The bar will be electrocuted resul ng in short-circuit.

b). The bar will be magne sed as long as there is current in the circuit.

c). The bar will be magne sed permanently.

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d). The bar will not be a ected by any means.

3. The magne c eld lines produced inside the solenoid are similar to that of ...

a) a bar magnet b) a straight current carrying conductor

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c) circular current carrying loop. d) electromagnet of any shape

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4. A er analysing the graph a student writes the following statements.

I. The magne c eld produced by the solenoid is inversely propor onal to the current.

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II. The magne c eld produced by the solenoid is directly propor onal to the current.

III. The magne c eld produced by the solenoid is directly propor onal to square of
the current.
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IV. The magne c eld produced by the solenoid is independent of the current.

Choose from the following which of the following would be the correct statement(s).
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a) Only IV b) I and III and IV c) I and II d) Only II

5. From the graph deduce which of the following statements is correct.

a. For a current of 0.8A the magne c eld is 13 mT

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b. For larger currents, the magne c eld increases non-linearly.

c. For a current of 0.8A the magne c eld is 1.3 mT

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d. There is not enough informa on to nd the magne c eld corresponding to 0.8A

current.

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