BODHIX ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

Std: Science (12th) Subject: Physics

MAGNETIC FIELDS DUE TO ELECTRIC CURRENT

Q.1 Select and write the most appropriate answers from given alternatives: 4
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1 The forces existing between two parallel current carrying conductors is F. If the current in each
) conductor is doubled, then the value of force will be
(A) 2F (B) 4F (C) 5F (D) 2/F

2 A current carrying conductor is held vertical direction. In order to produce a clockwise magnetic
) field around the conductor, the current should be passed in the conductor:
(A) From top to bottom (B) From left to right (C) From bottom to top (D) From right to left

3 The nature of magnetic field line passing through the centre of current carrying circular loop is
) (A) circular (B) ellipse (C) parabolic (D) straight line

4 The strength of magnetic field around a current carrying conductor is

) (A) inversely proportional to the current but directly proportional to the square of the distance from
wire.
(B) directly proportional to the current and inversely proportional to the distance from wire.
(C) directly proportional to the distance and inversely proportional to the current
(D) directly proportional to the current but inversely proportional the square of the distance

5 A charged particle moves in a uniform mag. field. The velocity of the particle at some instant
) makes an acute angle with the mag. field. The path of the particle will be
(A) A straight line (B) A circle
(C) A helix with uniform pitch (D) A helix with non-uniform pitch

6 Direction of rotation of a coil in electric motor is determined by

) (A) Fleming’s right hand rule (B) Fleming’s left hand rule
(C) faraday law of electromagnetic inductors (D) None of above

7 According to the Right hand thumb rule, direction of what is indicated by the thumb?
) (A) Electric current (B) Magnetic field (C) Magnetic force (D) Motion of conductor

8 The shape of the magnetic field lines produced by a current carrying conductor are:
) (A) Straight lines (B) Concentric circles (C) Concentric ellipse (D) Concentric parabolas

9 A solenoid of length 1.5 m and 4 cm in diameter possesses 10 turns per metre. A current of 5 A is
) flowing through it. The magnetic induction at a point inside the solenoid along the axis is
(A) π x 10ˉ⁵ T (B) 2 π x 10ˉ⁵ T (C) 3 π x 10ˉ⁵ T (D) 4 π x 10ˉ⁵ T

1 A soft iron bar is inserted inside a current-carrying solenoid. The magnetic field inside the
0 solenoid:
) (A) Will decrease (B) Will increase (C) Will become zero (D) Will remain the same

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(A) remain uncharged.

(B) get reduced.
(C) increase.
(D) be reduced to zero.

1 Who was the first to observe the magnetic effect of electric current?
2 (A) Faraday (B) Oersted (C) Volta (D) Ampere
)

1 Cyclotron can not accelerate __________.

3 (a) protons (b) neutrons (c) α–particles (d) deuterons
)

1 Which of the following has magnetic field like that of a bar magnet?
4 (A) Current carrying wire (B) Current carrying ring
) (C) Current carrying solenoid (D) Current carrying rectangular loop

1 Which is the direction of magnetic force acting on a current carrying wire placed in a magnetic
5 field?
) (A) along magnetic field (B) along the electric current
(C) perpendicular to magnetic field (D) opposite to magnetic field

1 What is the type of field line of a magnetic field passing through the centre of current carrying
6 circular ring?
) (A) Circular (B) Straight line (C) Ellipse (D) Magnetic field is zero at centre.

1 In a moving coil galvanometer the deflection (Φ) on the scale by a pointer attached to the spring is
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1 The nature of parallel and anti-parallel currents are

8 (A) parallel currents repel and ant parallel currents attract.
) (B) Parallel currents attract and anti-parallel cur-rents repel.
(C) both currents attract.
(D) both currents repel.

1 If ‘R’ is the radius of does and ‘B’ be the magnetic field of induction in which positive charge (q)
9 of mass (m) escapes from the cyclotron, then its maximum speed (Vmax ) is ___________.
)
2 Speed of an electron passing undeviated through a region of cross electric and magnetic field of
0 magnitude 4 × 10⁵ V/m and 0.02 Wb/m² respectively in metre per second is _________.
) (a) 2 × 10⁶ (b) 8 × 10⁶ (c) 2 × 10⁷ (d) 8 × 10⁷

2 At the centre of which of the following four circular rings the magnetic field is the strongest for
1 equal magnitude of current?
)

(A) Figure A (B) Figure B (C) Figure C (D) Figure D

2 If the strength of the magnetic field produced at 10 cm away from an infinitely long straight
2 conductor is 10ˉ⁵ tesla. The value of the current flowing in the conductor will be...............Ampere.
) (A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 500 (D) 1000

2 The mag. field due to a current carrying circular Loop of radius 3 cm at a point on the axis at a
3 distance of 4 cm from the centre is 54µT what will be its value at the centre of the LOOP.
) (A) 250µT (B) 150 µT (C) 125µT (D) 75µT

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2 A proton enters a perpendicular uniform magnetic field B at origin along the positive x axis with a
5 velocity v as shown in the figure. Then it will follow the following path. [The magnetic field is
) directed into the paper].

(A) It will continue to move along positive x axis.

(B) It will move along a curved path, bending towards positive x axis.
(C) It will move along a curved path, bending towards negative y axis.
(D) It will move along a sinusoidal path along the positive x axis.

2 A conducting thick copper rod of length 1 m carries a current of 15 A and is located on the Earth's
6 equator. There the magnetic flux lines of the Earth's magnetic field are horizontal, with the field of
) 1.3 × 10ˉ⁴ T, south to north. The magnitude and direction of the force on the rod, when it is
oriented so that current flows from west to east, are
(A) 14 × 10ˉ⁴ N, downward.
(B) 20 × 10ˉ⁴ N, downward.
(C) 14 × 10ˉ⁴N, upward.
(D) 20 × 10ˉ⁴N, upward.

2 A positive charge is moving upwards in a magnetic field directed towards north. The particle will
7 be deflected towards
) (A) west (B) north (C) south (D) east

2 A circular coil of radius 4 cm and of 20 turns carries a current of 3 amperes. It is placed in a

8 magnetic field of intensity of 0.5 weber/m². The magnetic dipole moment of the coil is
) (A) 0.15 ampere m² (B) 0.3 ampere m² (C) 0.45 ampere m² (D) 0.6 ampere m²

2 A charged particle is moving on circular path with velocity v in a uniform magnetic eld B, if the
9 velocity of the charged particle is doubled and strength of magnetic eld is halved, then radius
) becomes
(A) 8 times (B) 4 times (C) 2 times (D) 16 times

3 Two a-particles have the ratio of their velocities as 3 : 2 on entering the eld. If they move in
0 different circular paths, then the ratio of the radii of their paths is
) (A) 2 : 3 (B) 3 : 2 (C) 9 : 4 (D) 4 : 9

3 Three long, straight parallel wires, carrying current are arranged as shown in the figure. The force
1 experienced by a 25 cm length of wire C is
)

(A) 10 N (B) 2.5 × 10 N (C) zero (D) 1.5 × N

3 Two wires of same length are shaped into a square and a circle. If they carry same current, ratio of
2 the magnetic moment is
) (A) 2 : π (B) π : 2 (C) π : 4 (D) 4 : π

3 What is that instrument which can detect the presence of electric current in a circuit?
3 (A) galvanometer (B) motor (C) generator (D) none of above
)

3 A solenoid of 1.5 m length and 4.0 cm in diameter possess 10 turns per metre. A current of 5 A is
4 flowing through it. The magnetic induction at a point inside the solenoid along the axis is (μ₀ = 4π
) × 10¯⁷ Wb/ Am)
(a) π × 10¯ ⁵ T (b) 2π × 10¯⁵ T (c) 3π × 10¯⁵ T (d) 4π × 10¯⁵ T

3 Magnetic lines of force inside current carrying solenoid are

5 (A) perpendicular to axis.
) (B) along the axis and are parallel to each other.
 (C) parallel inside the solenoid and circular at the ends.
(D) circular

3 If two streams of protons move parallel to each other in the same direction, then they
6 (A) Do not exert any force on each other (B) Repel each other
) (C) Attract each other (D) Get rotated to be perpendicular to each other

3 The force exerted on a current carrying wire placed in a magnetic field is zero when the angle
7 between wire and the direction of magnetic field is:
) (A) 45° (B) 60° (C) 90° (D) 180°

3 A conductor has 3 segments; two straight and of length L each and a semi-circular with radius R.
8 It carries a current I. What is the magnetic field B at point P?
)

3 The radius of the circular path followed by a charge q moving inside a uniform magnetic field B
9 with a velocity v is
)

4 Due to 10 Amp of current flowing in a circular coil of 10 cm radius, the mag. field produced at its
0 centre is π x 10ˉ³ Tesla. The number of turns in the coil will be
) (A) 5000 (B) 100 (C) 50 (D) 25

4 Which one of the following particles cannot be accelerated by a cyclotron ?

1 (a) electrons (b) protons (c) deuterons (d) α – particles
)

4 The strength of magnetic field inside a long current carrying straight solenoid is
2 (A) more at the ends than at the centre (B) minimum in the middle
) (C) same at all points (D) found to increase from one end to the other

4 When a certain length of wire is turned into one circular Loop, the magnetic induction at the centre
3 of coil due to some current flowing is B. If the same wire is turned into three Loops to make a
) circular coil, the magnetic induction at the centre of this coil for the
(A) B (B) 9 B (C) 3 B (D) 27 B

4 The factors on which one magnetic field strength produced by current carrying solenoids depends
4 are
) (A) Magnitude of current (B) Number of turns (C) Nature of core material (D) All of the above

4 The unit Wbm ¯² is equal to __________.

 5 (a) henry (b) watt (c) dyne (d) tesla
)

4 An electric motor is a device which forms

6 (A) Mechanical energy into electrical energy (B) Electrical energy into mechanical energy
) (C) Kinetic energy into potential energy (D) Electrical energy into Potential energy

4 Which one of the following particles cannot be accelerated by cyclotron?

7 (A) Electrons (B) Protons (C) α-particles (D) Deuterons
)

4 The magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre of a circular current carrying coil varies
8 _________.
) (a) inversely with the square of the radius of the coil.
(b) directly with the radius of the coil
(c) inversely with the radius of the coil
(d) directly with the square of the radius of the coil

Q.2 Answer the following very short questions: 1

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1 Can a magnetic field change the velocity of a charged particle?

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2 A long straight wire carries a current of 35A. What is the field B at a point 20cm from the wire?
)

3 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 magnetic field at the centre of the coil?

4 What is the use of a Moving coil galvanometer?

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5 Why is it necessary to introduce a cylindrical soft iron core inside the coil of a galvanometer?
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6 Define Lorentz Force.

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7 What is a toroid?
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8 Find the magnetic moment of a coil of area 10sq cm having a current of 2amp.
)

9 Does the period of a positive ion in cyclotron depend on radius of Dees?

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1 What is the nature of the force between two parallel currents?

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1 Can a charged particle move in a magnetic field, without experiencing any force?
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1 What is the importance of a radial magnetic in moving coil galvanometer?

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1 Two straight wires A and B of lengths 10 m and 16 m and carrying currents 4.0 and 5.0 A
3 respectively in opposite directions, lie parallel to each other 4.0 cm apart. Compute the force per
) unit length on each wire.

1 How is radial magnetic field produced in a moving coil galvanometer?

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1 What is the value of force on a closed circuit in a magnetic field?

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1 What is the magnetic force per unit length of a wire carrying a current of 8A and making an angle
6 of 300 with the direction of a uniform magnetic field of 0.15 T?
)

1 Write the formula for torque acting on rotating current carrying coil in term of magnetic dipole
7 moment, in vector form.
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Q.3 Answer the following: 4

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1 Why an ammeter must have a very low resistance?

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2 Draw a neat labelled diagram of construction of cyclotron.

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3 State the factors on which the torque on a current carrying loop depends when placed in a uniform
) magnetic field.

4 Obtain an expression for the radius of curve followed by a charged particle projected with uniform
) velocity at right angle to a uniform magnetic field.

5 Write vector and scalar form of Boisvert’s law.

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6 State the principle of cyclotron.

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7 Define magnetic moment of a current loop. Write the expression for it write its unit in system.
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8 What is the SI unit of magnetic field. Define it.

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 9 Write the Applications of cyclotron.
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1 State the expression of magnetic force acting on a straight conductor carrying current I placed in a
0 uniform magnetic field. What is its maximum and minimum value?
)

1 How can you increase the magnetic field of a solenoid?

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1 Explain Biot-Savart law.

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1 Explain why a voltmeter must have a very large resistance?

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1 Write an expression for the magnetic field near a straight conductor. How the direction of
4 magnetic field is found?
)

1 State Ampere’s law and write its mathematical expression.

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1 A circular coil of closely wound N turns and radius r carries a current I. Write the expression for
6 the following:
) i) the magnetic field at the centre of the coil.
ii) the magnetic moment of the coil.

1 What is a solenoid? Write an expression the magnetic field at a point inside the solenoid on its
7 axis.
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1 Define one ampere based on the force between two current carrying conductors.
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1 Draw a neat labelled diagram of M.C.G.

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2 State Fleming’s left hand rule.

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Q.4 Solve the following: 4

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1 Magnetic field at a distance 2.4 cm from a long straight wire is 16 µT. What must be current
) through the wire?

2 A very long straight wire carries a current 5.2 A. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field at a
) distance 3.1 cm from the wire? [µ0 = 4π × 10ˉ⁷ T.m/A]

3 A circular coil of 300 turns and average area 5 × 10ˉ³ m² carries a curent of 15 A. Calculate the
) magnitude of magnetic moment associated with the coil.

4 A solenoid 3.142 m long and 5.0 cm in diameter has two layers of windings of 500 turns each and
) carries a current of 5 A. Calculate the magnetic induction at its centre along the axis.

5 Consider a closely wound 1000 turn coil, having radius of 1m. If a current of 10A passes through
) the coil, what will be the magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre?

6 A solenoid of length 25 cm has inner radius of 1 cm and is made up of 250 turns of copper wire.
) For a current of 3A in it, what will be the magnitude of the magnetic field inside the solenoid?

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8 A circular coil of conducting wire has 500 turns and an area 1.26 × 10ˉ⁴ m² is enclosed by the coil.
) A current 100 µA is passed through the coil. Calculate the magnetic moment of the coil.

9 A circular coil of wire is made up of 100 turns, each of radius 8.0 cm. If a current of 0.40 A passes
) through it, what be the magnetic field at the centre of the coil?

1 Two wires shown in the figure are connected in a series circuit and the same amount of current of
0 10 A passes through both, but in opposite directions. Separation between the two wires is 8 mm.
) The length AB is S = 22 cm. Obtain the direction and magnitude of the magnetic field due to
current in wire 2 on the section AB of wire 1. Also obtain the magnitude and direction of the force
on wire 1. [µ₀ = 4π × 10ˉ⁷ T.m/A]

1 For proton acceleration, a cyclotron is used in which a magnetic field of 1.4 Wb/m² is applied.
1 Find the time period for reversing the electric field between the two Ds.
)

1 Calculate the value of magnetic field at a distance of 2 cm from a very long straight wire carrying
2 a current of 5 A (Given: µ₀ = 4π × 10ˉ⁷ Wb/Am).
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1 An alpha particle (the nucleus of helium atom) (with charge +2) is accelerated and moves in a
3 vacuum tube with kinetic energy = 10 MeV. It passes through a uniform magnetic field of 1.88 T,
) and traces a circular path of radius 24.6 cm. Obtain the mass of the alpha particle. [l eV = 1.6 ×
10ˉ¹⁹ J, charge of electron = 1.6 × 10ˉ¹⁹ C]

1 Figure shows a cylindrical wire of diameter a, carrying a current I. The current density which is in
4 the direction of the central axis of the wire varies linearly with radial distance r from the axis
) according to the relation J = J₀ r/a, what will be the magnetic field B inside the wire at a distance r
from its centre, if the current density J is uniform across the cross section of the wire?

1 A toroid of narrow radius of 10 cm has 1000 turns of wire. For a magnetic field of 5 × 10ˉ² T
5 along its axis, how much current is required to be passed through the wire?
)

1 Calculate the value of magnetic field at a distance of 3 cm from a very long, straight wire carrying
6 a current of 6 A.
)

1 A moving coil galvanometer (M.C.G.) has 10 turns each of length 12 cm and breadth 8 cm. The
7 coil of M.C.G. carries a curremt of 125 μA and is kept perpendicular to the uniform magnetic field
) of induction 10ˉ² T. The twist constant of phosphor bronze fibre is 12 × 10ˉ ⁹ Nm/degree. Calculate
the deflection produced.

1 A solenoid of length π m and 5 cm in diameter has winding of 1000 turns and carries a current of 5
8 A. Calculate the magnetic field at its centre along the axis.
)

1 A piece of straight wire has mass 20 g and length 1m. It is to be levitated using a current of 1 A
9 flowing through it and a perpendicular magnetic field B in a horizontal direction. What must be the
) magnetic of B?

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 2 Calculate the current flowing through two long parallel wires carrying equal currents and
1 separated by a distance of 1.35 cm experiencing a force per unit length of 4.76 × 10ˉ² N/m.
)

Q.5 Answer the following: 3

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1 What is an cyclotron .Explain its construction?

)

2 Show that the current flowing through a galvanometer is directly proportional to the angle of
) deflection.

3 Write the principle and construction of a moving coil galvanometer.

)

4 State amperes’ circuital law. Derive an expression for the magnetic field near a straight current
) carrying conductor buy using ampere’s circuital law.

5 A circular coil of wire is made up of 200 turns, each of radius 10 cm. If a current of 0.5 A passes
) through it, what will be the magnetic field at the centre of the coil?

6 Using Biot-Savart law find an expression for the magnetic field at the centre of a circular coil.
)

7 Derive an expression for the force per unit length between two long straight parallel conductors.
)

8 Obtain an expression for magnetic field along the axis of a toroid.

)

9 State biowaiver’s law. Write its vector and scalar form.

)

1 A current carrying torrid winding is internally filled with lithium having susceptibility χ = 2.1 ×
0 10¯⁵. What is the percentage increases in the magnetic field in the presence of lithium over that
) without it?

Q.6 Solve the following: 5

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1 A coil has 'n' turns, each of cross-sectional area 1.6 cm². The axis of the coil is kept inclined at 30°
) with the direction of uniform magnetic field of induction 2 N/Am. The torque of 0.02 Nm is
experienced by the coil, when a current of 1.25 A flows through each turn. Calculate n.

2 A closely wound solenoid of 1000 turns and area of cross-section 2 × 10ˉ⁴ m² carries a current of 1
) A. It is placed in a horizontal plane with its axis making an agle of 30° with the direction of
uniform magnetic field of 0.16 T. Calculate the torque acting on the solenoid.

3 A cyclotron is used to accelerate protons to a kinetic energy of 5 MeV. If the strength of magnetic
) field in the cyclotron is 2 T, find the radius and the frequency needed for the applied alternating
voltage of the cyclotron. (Given: Velocity of proton = 3 × 10⁷ m/s)

4 Current of equal magnitude flows through two long parallel wires having separation of 1.35 cm. If
) the force per unit length on each of the wires in 4.76 × 10ˉ² N, what must be I ?

5 The magnetic field at the centre of a circular current carrying loop of radius 12.3 cm is 6.4 × 10ˉ⁶
) T. What will be the magnetic moment of the loop?

6 An electron is moving with a speed of 3 × 10ˉ⁷ m/s in a magnetic field of 6 × 10ˉ⁴ T perpendicular
) to its path. What will be the radium of the path? What will be frequency and the energy in keV ?
[Given: mass of electron = 9 ×10ˉ³¹ kg, charge e = 1.6 × 10ˉ¹⁹ C, 1 eV = 1.6 × 10ˉ¹⁹ J]

7 A wire has 2 straight sections and one arc as shown in the figure. Determine the direction and
) magnitude of the magnetic field produced at the centre O of the semicircle by the three sections
individually and the total.

8 A coaxial cable consists of a central conducting core wire of radius a and a coaxial cylindrical
) outer conductor of radius b (see figure). The two conductors carry an equal current I in opposite
directions in and out of the plane of the paper. What will be the magnitude of the magnetic field B
for (i) a < r < b and (ii) b< r? What will be its direction?

9 A wire loop of the form shown in the figure carries a current I. Obtain the magnitude and direction
) of the magnetic field at P.

1 Two long parallel wires going into the plane of the paper are separated by a distance R, and carry a
0 current I each in the same direction. Show that the magnitude of the magnetic field at a point P
) equidistant from the wires and subtending angle θ from the plane containing the wires, is B =
1 In a cyclotron protons are to be accelerated. Radius of its D is 60 cm. and its oscillator frequency
1 is 10 MHz. What will be the kinetic energy of the proton thus accelerated?
) (Proton mass = 1.67 × 10ˉ²⁷ kg, e = 1.60 × 10ˉ¹⁹ C, eV = 1.6 × 10ˉ¹⁹ J)

1 In a cyclotron, magnetic field of 1.4 Wb/m² is used. To accelerate protons, how rapidly should the
2 electric field between the dees be reversed? (π = 3.124, Mp = 1.67 × 10ˉ²⁷ kg, e = 1.6 × 10ˉ¹⁹ C)
)

1 A circular coil of 250 turns and diameter 18 cm carries a current of 12 A. What is the magnitude
3 of magnetic moment associated with the coil?
)

1 In a cyclotron, magnetic field of 3.5 Wb/m² is used to accelerate protons. What should be the time
4 interval in which the electric field between the dees be reversed?
) [Mass of proton = 1.67 × 10¯²⁷ kg, Charge on proton = 1.6 × 10¯¹⁹ C].

1 A moving coil galvanometer has been fitted with a rectangular coil having 50 turns and
5 dimensions 5 cm × 3 cm. The radial magnetic field in which the coil is suspended is of 0.05
) Wb/m². The torsional constant of the spring is 1.5 × 10ˉ⁹ Nm/degree. Obtain the current required to
be passed through the galvanometer so as to produce a deflection of 30°.

1 Figure shows a cylindrical wire of diameter a, carrying a current I. The current density which is in
6 the direction of the central axis of the wire varies linearly with radial distance r from the axis
) according to the relation J = J₀ r/a. Obtain the magnetic field B inside the wire at a distance r from
its centre.

1 A circular loop of radius 9.7 cm carries a current 2.3 A. Obtain the magnitude of the magnetic
7 field (a) at the centre of the loop and (b) at a distance of 9.7 cm from the centre of the loop but on
) the axis.

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 1 A current of equal magnitude flows through two long parallel wires separated by 2 cm. If force per
9 unt length of 4 × 10ˉ² N/m acts on both the wires respectively, calculate the current through each
) wire.

Q.7 Answer the following: 3

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1 Using Biot-Savart law find an expression for the magnetic field at any point on the axis of a
) circular coil.

2 Draw a neat and labelled diagram of suspended coil type moving coil galvanometer.
)

3 Derive an expression for the torque on a rectangular current carrying loop placed in a uniform
) magnetic field.

4 Define Lorentz force. Find an expression for the force acting on a straight current carrying
) conductor placed in a uniform magnetic field.

5 Find the magnetic field inside a point on the axis of a current carrying solenoid.
)

6 Using Biot-Savart law find an expression fir the magnetic Field Produced by a Current in a
) Circular Arc of a Wire.

7 Derive an expression for the magnetic field produced at a point near a long current carrying
) conductor.

8 Derive an expression for

) i) radius of the circular path
ii) time period of revolution
iii) kinetic energy
of a charged particle projected at right angle to a uniform magnetic field.

9 Obtain an expression for magnetic induction of a toroid of 'N' turns about an axis passing through
) its centre and perpendicular to its plane.

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