Numerical:

1. A potentiometer wire is 10 m long and a P.D. of 6 V is maintained between its ends. Find the
potential drop per centimeter of the wire. Also, find the e.m.f. of a cell that balances against a
length of 180 cm of the wire. Ans: Potential drop = 0.006 V cm-1 and e.m.f. of cell = 1.08 V

2. A potentiometer wire has a length of 4 m and a resistance of 10 Ω. It is connected in series with

a cell of e.m.f. 4 V and internal resistance 2 Ω. Find the potential gradient on the wire. Find also
where a cell of e.m.f. 1.5 Vs will balance on the wire. Ans: 0.8333 V m-1, 1.8 m
3. A potentiometer wire of length 8 m has a resistance of 8 Ω. A resistance box is connected in
series with it. An accumulator of e.m.f. 2 V so as to get a potential drop of 1µ V mm -1. What
resistance must be the value of the resistance in the resistance box? Ans: 1992 Ω

4. A steady P.D. is maintained between the ends of the potentiometer wire. A cell of e.m.f. 1.02 V
is on an open circuit when its terminals are in contact with two points on the wire distant 150 cm.
When the cell is shunted by a resistance of 4 Ω, this distance reduces to 120 cm. Find the internal
resistance of the cell. Ans: 1 Ω

5. A moving coil galvanometer of resistance 100Ω is used as an ammeter using a resistance 0.1Ω.
The maximum deflection current in the galvanometer is 100μA. Find the current in the circuit, so
that the ammeter shows maximum deflection. Ans: 100.1mA

6. To convert a galvanometer into an ammeter, a shunt of 0.01 Ω is used. The resistance of the
galvanometer coil is 50Ω and its maximum deflection current is 20 mA. Find the Range of the
ammeter. Ans: (0-100) A
7. Consider a charge to move in the north direction with a speed of 3 × 106 m/s. A magnitude of
4.0T will act in the west direction. Now calculate the magnitude of the force on moving charge in
the magnetic field. [The charge moving inside the magnetic field is the proton]. Ans: 1.92 x 10-12
N

8. An 8cm wire with a current of 2A is oriented 36∘ from parallel to a magnetic field with a
strength of 6T. What is the force on the wire? Ans: 0.564N

9. What is the force experienced by a 15μC charge moving at 6.2×107m/s through a magnetic field
with strength 7T at 48o from perpendicular to the field? Ans: 4838N

10. A proton moves with a speed of 2×106m/s at an angle of 30∘ with the direction of a magnetic
field of 0.2T in the negative y-direction.
(a) What is the magnitude and direction of the magnetic force on the proton?
(b) What acceleration does undergo by the proton? Ans: 4.8 × 10-14 N, 2.87 × 1013 m/s2
11. A proton traveling with a speed of 2.4×106m/s through a uniform magnetic field of
strength 2.5T experiences a force of magnitude 4.8×10−13N. At what angle does the electron enter
the field? Ans: 30∘

12. Find the magnitude of the force per meter exerted on a straight wire carrying a current
of 3.5A through a magnetic field of 0.85T when
(a) It is placed perpendicular to the B.
(b) It makes an angle of 37∘ with the field. Ans: 2.97 N, 1,78 N

13. An electron moving with a velocity of 15 ms-1 enters a uniform magnetic field of 0.2 T, along
a direction parallel to the field. What would be its trajectory in this field?
a) Elliptical
b) Straight path
c) Helical
d) Circular
14. An electron with the charge-to-mass ratio of 1.8 × 1011 C kg-1 is traveling at right angles to a
uniform magnetic field of flux density 6.2mT. The speed of the electron is 3.0 × 106 ms-1. Calculate
the radius of the circle path of the electron. Ans: 2.7 mm
15. Find the torque on a 100-turn rectangular coil of size 40cm×20cm, carrying a current of 10 A and placed
at an angle of 300 with a magnetic field of 5.0 T. Ans: 520Nm

16. A wire of length l is bent to form a circular coil of some turns. A current I is then established in the coil
and it is placed in a uniform magnetic field B. Find The maximum torque that acts on the coil.
Ans: I l2 B/4π