Magnetics Practice Test TOAS1

1. Figure shows a square current carrying loop ABCD of side 10 cm and current

i = 10A. The magnetic moment M of the loop is
 
(A) (0.05) î  3k̂ A  m 2 (B) (0.05) ˆj  k̂ A  m 2  
(C) (0.05)  3î  k̂ A  m 2
 
(D) î  k̂ A  m 2

2. A charge Q is spread uniformly over an insulated ring of radius R. The magnetic moment of the ring if it rotated
with an angular velocity  with respect to the normal axis will be
1 1
(A) QR2 (B) QR2 (C) QR2 (D) 2QR2
4 2

3. A straight segment OC (of length L meter) of a circuit carrying a current  amp is placed along the x-axis. Two
infinitely ling straight wires A and B,each extending form z =   to + , are fixed at y = a metre and y = +a
metre respectively, as shown in the figure. If the wires A and B each carry a current  amp into plane of the paper.

(i) The expression for the force acting on the segment OC will be

   
 0  2   L2 a 2   0  2   L2 a 2 
 
(A)  2    a 2 
n k̂ (B) zero
(C) n 
     a 2  k̂
 (D) None of these
   
(ii) If current in the wire B is reversed then the expression for the force acting on the segment OC will be

k̂  k̂ 
 0  2   L2 a 2   0  2   L2 a 2 
 
(A)  2   n  a 2  (B) zero (C)     n  a 2  (D) None of these
   

4. A stationary, circular wall clock has a face with a radius of 15cm. Six turns of wire are wound around its perimeter,
the wire carries a current 2.0 A in the clockwise direction. The clock is located, where there is a constant, uniform
external magnetic field of 70 mT (but the clock still keeps perfect time) at exactly 1:00 pm, the hour hand of the
clock points in the direction of the external magnetic field.
(i) Time after which minute hand point in the direction of the torque on the winding due to the magnetic field will be
(A) 10 min (B) 20 min (C) 30 min (D) 40 min
(ii) The magnitude of this torque will be
(A) 5.94 x 10-2 Nm (B) 5.94 x 10-2 Nm (C) 5.94 x 10-2 Nm (D) 5.94 x 10-2 Nm

5. A length L of wire carries a current i. If the wire is formed into a circular coil the maximum torque in a given magnetic
field is developed
(i) When the coil has number of turns is
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C)  (D) None of these
(ii) The maximum torque has the value
1 2 1 2 2 2
(A)  = L iB (B)  = L2 iB (C)  = L iB (D)  = L iB
2 4 
6. The fig. shows one quarter of a single circular loop of wire carrying a current of 14 A. Its radius, a = 5 cm. A uniform
magnetic field; B = 300 G is directed in the +x direction. The torque on the entire loop will be [1G = 10 4 Tesla]
(A)  = 2.9  10 3 Nm (B)  = 1.45  10 3 Nm (C)  = 5.8  10 3 Nm (D)  = 11.6  10 3 Nm
7. A circular coil of 100 turns has an effective radius 0.05 m and carries a current of 0.1 amp. The plane of the coil
is initially perpendicular to the magnetic field. Work is required to turn it in an external magnetic field of 1.5 wb/
m2 through 1800 about an axis perpendicular to the magnetic field will be
(A) 0.13 J (B) 0.2355 J (C) 0.5 J (D) 0.3 J
8. A solenoid of length 0.4m and having 500 turns of wire carries a current of 3amp. The torque required to hold
the coil in the middle of the solenoid with its axis perpendicular to the axis of the solenoid will be
(A) 7.2  10 6 Nm (B) 5.92  10 6 Nm (C) 3.2  10 6 Nm (D) 5.6  10 6 Nm
9. A wire loop carrying current  is placed in the X-Y plane as shown in the figure
(i) If a particle with charge +Q and mass m is placed at the centre p and given a velocity along NP (fig). its in-
stantaneous acceleration will be

QV  0I  3 3  QV  0I  3 3  Q V  0 I  3  QV  0I  3 3 
(A) m 6a   1 (B) m 2a   1 (C) m 6a  
1
 (D) m 3a   1
      
(ii) If an external uniform magnetic induction field

B = B î is applied, the torque acting on the loop due to the field will be

  3  2   3 2   3 2   3  2
    
(A)   2B   3  4 a ĵ (B)   B   3  4  a ĵ (C)   B   3  2 a ĵ (D)   B    4 a ĵ
       
10. An electron in the ground state of hydrogen atom is revolving in anti-clock-wise direction in a circular orbit of radius R.

(i) Expression for the orbital magnetic dipole moment of the electron will be
eh eh 4eh eh
(A)  = (B)  = m (C)  = 4m (D)  = 2m
4m

(ii) In previous question the atom is placed in a uniform magnetic induction B such that the plane normal of the
electron orbit makes an angle of 30° with the magnetic induction. The torque experienced by the orbiting electron will be
 ehB  ehB  ehB  ehB
(A)   4m (B)   (C)   2m (D)   m
8m
11. Relation for a Galvanometer having number of turns N, area of cross section A and moment of inertia  is given as :
 = Ki where K is a positive constant and ‘ i ’ is current in the coil placed in the magnetic field B.
(i) K in terms of B, N and A will be
(A) NAB (B) NAB/2 (C) 2NAB (D) None of these

(ii) Torsional constant of spring if a current 0 produces a deflection of will be
2
2NAB 0 4NAB  0 NAB  0 NAB  0
(A) (B) (C) (D)
   2
(iii) If an instant charge Q is flown through the galvanometer, the maximum deflection in the coil will be
NABQ 2NABQ NABQ
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
  2 
12. When a current-carrying coil is situated in a uniform magnetic field with its magnetic moment antiparallel to the field:
(A) Torque on it is maximum (B) Torque on it is minimum
(C) Potential energy of the loop is maximum (D) Potential energy of the loop is minimum
13. A steady current 'l' flows in a small square loop of wire of side L in a horizontal plane. The loop is now folded about its
 
middle such that half of it lies in a vertical plane. Let 1 and  2 respectively denote the magnetic moments due to the
current loop before and after folding then:
 
   1 1 1
(A)  2 = 0 (B) 1 and  2 are in the same direction (C)   2 (D)  
2 2 2
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iR iR iR iR

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0 I 0  0  0 I
k 2R k 2R ĵ ĵ
4R 4R
j
i i i i

5   10 4 5  10 4 5  10 4
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 3  3
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 2  2

 3  3
   
 2  2

3 3
   
2 4

3 3
   
2 4

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