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Dr. G.S Kalyanasundaram Memorial School

Patteswaram Road, Chozhan Maligai, Kumbakonam
Class: XII DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
CHAPTER-4-WORK SHEET

1.A proton, a deutron and alpha particle whose kinetic energies are same,
enter perpendicularly a uniform magnetic field. Compare the radii of their
circular paths.

2. A straight wire of mass 200 mg and length 1.5 m carries a current of 2 A. It is

suspended in mid-air by a uniform horizontal magnetic field B. What is the
magnitude of the magnetic field?

3. The electron in a hydrogen atom is moving with a speed of 2.3X106 m/s in an

0
orbit of radius 0.53 A . Calculate the magnetic moment of revolving electron.

4. Two equal-length wires are bent into two loop shapes. One of the loops is
circular, while the other is square in shape. The same current flows through
them while they are hung in a constant magnetic field. Which loop will be
subject to more torque? Explain.

5. What would a charged particle travelling in the direction of a constant

magnetic field take?

6. A long, straight solenoid carrying current I, on an axis along which an

electron is travelling at velocity v. What will the magnetic field of the
solenoid’s magnetic field be doing to the electron?

7. Would your response alter if the circular coil in (a) were swapped out for a
planar coil that encloses the same space but has a different shape? (All other
information remains the same).

8. Derive an expression for the force acting on a current carrying conductor

placed in a uniform magnetic field Name the rule which gives the direction of
the force. Write the condition for which this force will have (1) maximum (2)
minimum value?

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9. A straight wire carries a current of 10 A .An electron moving at 10 7 m/s is at

a distance 2.0 cm from the wire. Find the force acting on the electron if its
velocity is directed towards the wire.

10. What is radial magnetic field? How it is obtained in moving coil

galvanometer?

11. A circular coil of wire consisting of 100 turns, each of radius 8.0 cm carries a
current of 0.40 A. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field B at the centre
of the coil?

12. 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?

13. Answer the following questions:

(a) A magnetic field that varies in magnitude from point to point but has a
constant direction (east to west) is set up in a chamber. A charged particle
enters the chamber and travels un deflected along a straight path with
constant speed. What can you say about the initial velocity of the particle?

(b) A charged particle enters an environment of a strong and non-uniform

magnetic field varying from point to point both in magnitude and direction,
and comes out of it following a complicated trajectory. Would its final speed
equal the initial speed if it suffered no collisions with the environment?

(c) An electron travelling west to east enters a chamber having a uniform

electrostatic field in north to south direction. Specify the direction in which a
uniform magnetic field should be set up to prevent the electron from
deflecting from its straight line path.

14.A circular coil of 20 turns and radius 10 cm is placed in a uniform magnetic

field of 0.10 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?

15. Galvanometer coil has a resistance of 12 and the metre shows full scale
deflection for a current of 3 mA. How will you convert the metre into a
voltmeter of range 0 to 18 V?

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16. A galvanometer coil has a resistance of 15 and the metre shows full scale
deflection for a current of 4 mA. How will you convert the metre into an
ammeter of range 0 to 6 A?

17. A steady current flows in the network

shown in the figure. What will be the
magnetic field at the centre of the
network?

18. An - particle and a proton are moving

in the plane of paper in a region where
there is uniform magnetic field B directed normal to the plane of paper. If two
particles have equal linear momenta, what will be the ratio of the radii of their
trajectories in the field?.

19. An electron of kinetic energy 25KeV moves perpendicular to the direction

of a uniform magnetic field of 0.2 milli tesla calculate the time period of
rotation of the electron in the magnetic field?

20. What will be the path of a charged particle moving along the direction of a
uniform magnetic field?

21. State two properties of the material of the wire used for suspension of the
coil in a moving coil galvanometer?

22. What are the units of magnetic permeability?

23. Under what conditions is the force acting on a charge moving through a
uniform magnetic field minimum?

24. 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? 9. Write SI unit of magnetic field .

25. Two long parallel straight wires X and Y separated by a distance of 5 cm in

air carry currents of 10 A and 5 A respectively in opposite directions.Calculate
the magnitude and direction of the force on a 20 cm length of the wire Y.

26. An electron is moving along +ve x-axis in the presence of uniform magnetic
field along +ve y-axis. What is the direction of force acting on it?

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27. Define current sensitivity and voltage sensitivity of a galvanometer.

Increasing the current sensitivity may not necessarily increase the voltage
sensitivity of galvanometer. Justify.

28. If a piece of metal has a charge + 0.1 micro coulomb and is placed inside a
hollow metal sphere of radius 20 cm (without touching it), what is the
potential of the sphere? What will the potential of the sphere become, if a)the
sphere is temporarily earthed and then left insulated, b)the metal
subsequently touched the inside of the sphere?

29. The pole pieces of magnet are cut concave in a galvanometer. Why?

30. What happens if an ammeter is connected in parallel to the circuit? What is

the resistance of an ideal ammeter? Why an ammeter is connected in series in
an electric field?

31. What will be the resultant magnetic field intensity

of point O as shown in the figure?

32. The frequency of a cyclotron oscillator is 10 MHz. What should be the

magnetic field required to accelerate a proton (e = 1.6 x 10-19C, m =1.67 x 10-
27
kg)

33. A particle having 100 times charge of an electron is revolving in a circle of

radius 0-8 metre in each second. Calculate the intensity of magnetic field.

34. Two very small identical circular loops, (1) and (2), carrying equal currents I
are placed vertically (with respect to the plane of the paper) with their
geometrical axis perpendicular to each other as shown in the figure. Find the
magnitude and direction of the net magnetic field produced at the point O.

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35. Two identical circular loops, P and Q each of radius r and carrying currents I
and 2I respectively are lying in parallel planes such that they have a common
axis. Their centres are distance 2 r apart. The direction of current in both the
loops is clockwise as seen from O which is equidistant from both the loops.
Find the magnitude of the net magnetic field at point O.

36.Two identical circular wires P and Q each of radius R and carrying current I
are kept in perpendicular planes such that they have a common centre as
shown in the figure. Find the magnitude and direction of the net magnetic field
at the common centre of the two coils.

37. A wire of uniform cross-section is bent into s circular loop of radius R.

Consider two points A and B on the loop, such that
<AOB=θ as shown. If now a battery is connected
between A and B, show that the magnetic field at the
centre of the loop will be zero irrespective of angle .

38. A neutron, an electron and an alpha particle moving with equal velocities,
enter a uniform magnetic field going into the plane of the paper as shown.
Trace their paths in the field and justify your statement.

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39. A charged particle q moving in a straight line is accelerated by a potential

difference V. It enters a uniform magnetic field B perpendicular to its path.
Deduce in terms of V an expression for the radius of the circular path in which
it travels.

40. Following figure shows the path of an electron that passes through two
regions, containing uniform magnetic fields of magnitudes and . Its path in
each region is a half circle .i) Which field is stronger ii) What are the directions
of two fields? iii) Is the time period by the electron in the B1 region greater
than less than or the same as the time spent in B 2 region?

41. An electron travels in a circular path of radius 20 cm in a magnetic field 2 ×

10 -3T. (i) Calculate the speed of the electron (ii) What is the potential
difference through which the electron must be accelerated to acquire this
speed? Charge of electron = 1 ⋅ 6 × 10-19 C. Mass of electron = 9 × 10-31 kg

42. Each of the eight conductors in the figure carries 2A of current into or out
of the page. Two paths are indicated for the line integral . What is

the value of the integral for (a) path 1 and (b) path 2?

43. Two particles A and B of masses m and 2m have charges q and 2q,
respectively. They are moving with velocities v1 and v2, respectively, in the same
direction, enters the same magnetic field, B acting normally to their direction of
motion. If the two forces FA and F B acting on them are in the ratio of 1:2, find the
ratio of their velocities.

44. An α-particle and a proton moving with the same speed enter the same
magnetic field region at right angles to the direction of the field. Show the
trajectories followed by the two particles in the region of the magnetic field.
Find the ratio of the radii of the circular paths which the two particles may
describe.

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45.Why is it necessary to introduce a cylindrical soft iron core inside the coil of
a galvanometer?

ii) State Biot-Savart's law. A current I flows in a conductor

placed perpendicular to the plane of the paper. Indicate the
direction of the magnetic field due to a small element dl at
a point situated at a distance r from the element as shown
in figure O .

46.The wire shown in figure carries a current of 10 A. Determine the

magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre O. Given radius of the bent coil
is 3 cm.

47.A closed circuit is in the form of a regular hexagon of side r. If the circuit
carries current I. What is the magnetic field induction at the centre of the
hexagon?

48.Three wires each of length 2.0 m are bent into

different rectangular loops and then suspended in a
magnetic field. If the current in each of them be the
same ,which loop shall be acted upon by largest
torque? If any of the wires be bent into circular
loop,then?

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49.A rectangular current carrying loop PQRS

is kept in a uniform magnetic field as shown
in figure.

a)What is the direction of magnetic moment

of the current loop?
b)When is the torque acting on the loop i)maximum ii)Zero?

50.Show that the kinetic energy of the particle moving in a magnetic field
remains constant.

51.Why is phosphor bronze alloy preferred for the suspension wire of a

moving coil galvanometer?

52.The current sensitivity of a moving coil galvanometer is 10 div/mA and

voltage sensitivity is 20 div/V. Find the resistance of the galvanometer.

53.A current I is flowing in a conductor shaped as

shown n figure. The radius of the curved part is r
and length of straight portion is very large. Find
the magnetic field induction at the centre O.

54.A square loop of side a carrying a current I 2 is kept at

a distance x from an infinitely long straight wire carrying
a current I 1 as shown in figure. Obtain the expression for
the resultant force acting on the loop.

55. Find an expression for the magnetic field induction at

the centre of a coil bent in the form of a square of side 2 a , carrying current I.

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