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Magnetism 2024 5.

A student lines up some permanent magnets with soft iron nails in between
as shown in the diagram below.
Choose one correct answer!

1. Which of the lists of metals below contains only metals which are non-
ferromagnetic?
A. iron, steel, nickel
B. iron, tin, aluminium What would the magnetic poles of locations X and Y be due to the induction?
C. cobalt, copper, steel X Y
D. aluminium, brass, copper A. south north
B. south south
2. Which of the following choices of metal would be suitable for use as
C. north north
permanent magnet and use as the core of electromagnet?
D. north south
Use as a permanent Use as the core of
magnet electromagnets
6. A student has a collection of metal bars that keep sticking to each other. She
A. steel iron suspects that they might be magnets, so she runs a test.
B. iron steel She holds end V of rod 1, near to each end of the two other rods. The ends
C. iron iron are shown in the diagram below.
D. steel steel

3. Which statement about a permanent bar magnet is incorrect?


A. It cannot repel a non-magnetic material.
B. The S-pole repels the S-pole of another magnet.
C. The S-pole attracts the N-pole of another magnet.
D. It is made from a soft magnetic material (such as soft iron) Her results are as follows:
End V:
4. End X of a metal rod attracts the north pole of a compass needle.  Repels end W
Which statement about the rod is correct?  Attracts end X
A. It is made of copper that is not initially magnetised.
 Attracts end Y
B. It is made of copper with a south pole at X.
 Attracts end Z
C. It is made of steel that is not initially magnetised.
D. It is made of steel with a north pole at X.
Based on the results, which of the metal rods is a magnet?
A. 1 only C. 1 and 2
B. 2 only D. 2 and 3
7. Consider the magnetic field around two bar magnets below. 9. Point X is 10cm from a current-carrying wire as shown.

The correct poles of X and Y are…


Pole X Pole Y
A. north south
B. north north
C. south south The current flow inside the wire is 0.5A. If the permeability of air is 4π x 10 -7
D. south north Wb/A.m, the magnetic field strength at point X is...
A. 1 x 10-5 T
8. A conductor wire that flows a huge electric current passes a cardboard at a B. 1 x 10-6 T
right angle (vertically). A plotting compass is placed on the card near the wire C. 2 x 10-5 T
as shown. D. 5 x 10-6 T

10. Jarvis is stroking a metal bar using a magnet below.

Which diagram shows the correct direction in which the needle of a plotting If the bar is made from iron, then the correct statement is...
compass points? A. The bar will be a temporary magnet and X will be south pole.
B. The bar will be a temporary magnet and X will be north pole.
C. The bar will be a permanent magnet and X will be north pole.
D. The bar will be a permanent magnet and X will be south pole.
11. Daven wants to conduct an electromagnetic experiment. He winds copper 14. A strong electromagnet is used to attract pins.
wire to a metal nail as shown.

He wants to make the metal nail a permanent magnet. What must be the
material for the nail and what must power source must be connected to the What happens when the current in the coil is doubled?
ends of the copper wire to achieve that? A. More pins are attracted.
material of the nail power source type B. The same number of pins is attracted.
A. iron d.c. supply C. No pins are attracted.
B. iron a.c. supply D. Some pins are attracted, but not as many.
C. steel d.c. supply
D. steel a.c. supply 15. This electromagnetic arm is used to lift car wreckages and pile them up in a
junkyard.
12. A permanent bar magnet is broken into three pieces as shown.

The correct statement about the magnetic poles at X and Y is…


X Y
A. south south
B. north north What is the best material used for the electromagnet and why?
C. south north A. Silver, because it is the best conductor of electricity.
D. no magnetic pole south B. Iron, because it can be easily magnetized and demagnetized.
C. Steel, because it can be easily magnetized and demagnetized.
13. Ian wants to demagnetize a permanent magnet. Which method will not work? D. Iron, because it can be easily magnetized and will be permanent magnet.
A. freezing the magnet
B. heating the magnet
C. flowing a.c. current to the magnet
D. hitting the magnet with hammer
16. The diagram shows the shape of the magnetic field lines near a current- 19. The diagram shows a simple d.c. motor.
carrying conductor.

The direction of the force acting on the wire is…

The switch is closed, and the coil rotates.


What change makes the coil rotate in the opposite direction and at a slower
rate?
17. The application of electromagnetic in daily life is, except... A. reverse both the magnetic field and the current in the coil
A. junkyard crane B. reverse the magnetic field and increase the current in the coil
B. electric bell C. reverse the magnetic field and decrease the current in the coil
C. telephone D. increase the current in the coil and increase the number of turns in the
D. compass coil

18. An armature is placed between the poles of a magnet. A current pass 20. Determine a magnetic field strength that causes 6N of Lorentz force that
through the armature, as shown. acting on a conductor wire with 3m length with 10A current flowing inside of it.
Assume the electric current is perpendicular to the magnetic field lines.
A. 0.20 T
B. 0.50 T
C. 1.80 T
D. 20.0 T

What happens to the armature?


A. it rotates anticlockwise
B. it moves downwards
C. it moves upwards
D. it rotates clockwise

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