KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA VIZIANAGARAM

PHYSICS WORK SHEET

MOVING CHARGES & MAGNETISM
1. What is the magnitude of the force experienced by a stationary charge in a uniform magnetic field?
2. A moving neutron enters a uniform magnetic field perpendicularly. What is the force on the neutron
due to the magnetic field?
3. An electron beam is moving vertically upwards. It passes through a magnetic field directed from south
to north in a horizontal plane. In which direction the beam will be deflected?
4. Does a current carrying coil produce a uniform magnetic field?
5. There are two identical galvanometers. One is converted into an ammeter and the other into a
milliammeter. Which of the shunts will be larger resistance?
6. A body is suspended from the lower end of a vertical spring. A direct current is passed through the
spring. What will happen?
7. A charge of 3C is moving with a velocity 𝑣 = (4𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂)𝑚𝑠−1in a magnetic field
⃗ = (4𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂)𝑇. What is the force acting on the charge?
𝐵
8. An 𝛼 particle and a 𝛽 particle are projected with the same velocity perpendicular to a magnetic field.
Which one will experience more force?
9. An electron travelling west to east enters a chamber having a uniform electrostatic field in a north to
south direction. Specify the direction in which a uniform magnetic field should be set up to prevent
the electron from its straight line path.
10. A solenoid 1.5cm long and 0.4cm in diameter possesses 10 turns per cm of length. A current of 5A
flows through it. Find the magnetic field at the axis inside the solenoid.

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11. An electric current passes through a long straight wire. At a distance 10 cm from the wire , the
magnetic field is 8T. Find the magnetic field at 80cm from the wire.
12. A current of 4A is passing through a long wire which has a semi-
circular loop of radius 10cm as shown in figure. Find the magnetic field
produced at the centre of the loop.

13. A closely wound helix made of stiff wire is mounted vertically with its lower end just
touching a dish of mercury, as shown in fig. When a current from a battery is started
in the coil through the mercury, the wire executes oscillatory motion with the lower
end jumping out of and into the mercury. Give reason.
14. In figure the straight wire AB is fixed while the loop PQRS is free to move
under the influence of the electric currents flowing in them. In which
direction does the loop begin to move? Give reason for your answer.

15. Why is the magnetic field radial in a moving coil galvanometer? Explain how it is achieved.
16. A straight wire of length ‘L’ carrying a current ‘I’ stays suspended horizontally in mid-air in a region
where there is a uniform magnetic f ie ld 𝐵⃗ . The linear mass density of the wire is 𝜆. Obtain the
magnitude and direction of the magnetic field.
17. A galvanometer of resistance 25Ω is shunted by a 2.5Ω wire. Find the part of total current that flows
through the galvanometer .
18. The scale of a galvanometer of resistance 100Ω contains 25 divisions. It gives a deflection of one
division on passing a current of 4 × 10−4𝐴. Find the resistance required to convert it into a
voltmeter of range 2.5𝑉.
19. A galvanometer coil has a resistance of 10Ω and the metre shows full scale deflection for a current
of 1𝑚𝐴.Find the shunt resistance required to convert the galvanometer into an ammeter of range 0-
100mA.
20. Which one of the following will describe the smallest circle when projected with the same velocity 𝑣
perpendicular to the magnetic field 𝐵 : (i) 𝛼 particle, and (ii) 𝛽 particle?

3 Marks
21. A long wire with a small current element of 6mm is placed at the origin and carries a current of 2A
along the X-axis. Find the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field due the element on the Y
axis at a distance 0.2m from it.
22. A circular coil, having 100 turns of wire, of radius 20cm each, lies in the XY plane with its centre at
the origin of co-ordinates. Find the magnetic field, at the point (𝑜, 𝑜, 20√3 𝑐𝑚), when the coil
2
carries a current of ( ) 𝐴.
𝜋
23. Two coaxial circular loops 𝐿1 and 𝐿2 of radii 3cm and 4cm are placed as
shown. What should be the magnitude and direction of the current in
the loop 𝐿2 so that the net magnetic field at the point O be zero?

24. The wire shown in figure carries a current of 10A. Determine the magnitude of the
magnetic field at the centre O. Given the radius of the bent coil is 3cm.

25. The horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field at a certain place is 5× 10−5𝑇 and the
direction of the field from the geographic south to north. A very long straight conductor is carrying a
steady current of 2A. What is the force per unit length on it when it is placed on a horizontal table
and the direction of the current is (a) east to west (b) south to north?
26. What is the magnitude of the force on a wire of length 0.05m paced inside a solenoid near its centre,
making an angle of 30𝑜 with its axis? The wire carries a current of 8A and the magnetic field due to
the solenoid is of magnitude 0.50T.
27.
A rectangular loop of wire of size 2𝑐𝑚 × 5𝑐𝑚 carries a steady current of 1A. A straight
long wire carrying 4A current is kept near the loop as shown in figure. If the loop and the
wire are coplanar, find (i) the torque acting on the loop and (ii) the magnitude and
direction of the force on the loop due to the current carrying wire.

28. A moving coil galvanometer has the following particulars: Number of turns, 𝑁 = 24; Area of the coil,
𝐴 = 20 × 10−3𝑚2; magnetic field strength, 𝐵 = 0.20𝑇 ; Resistance of the coil, 𝑅 = 14Ω.
(i) Indicate a simple way to increase the current sensitivity of the meter by 25%. (It is not east
to change A or B).
(ii) If in doing so, the resistance of the coil increases to 21Ω , is the voltage sensitivity of the
modified meter greater or less than the original meter?
29. To increase the current sensitivity of a moving coil galvanometer by 50%, its resistance is increased
so that the new resistance becomes twice its initial resistance. By what factor does its voltage
sensitivity change?
30. A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter of certain range by connecting a resistance of
980Ω in series with it. When the resistance is 470Ω connected in series, the range is halved. Find the
resistance of the galvanometer.

31. a) State Biot – Savart law. Using this law, find expression for the magnetic field at a point on the
axis of a circular current carrying coil.
b) From the above result obtain an equation for magnetic field at the centre of the coil.
c) Schematically represent the direction of the magnetic field lines through a coil carrying
current. Also mention the law used to find the direction.
32. a) Using Ampere’s circuital law obtain an equation for magnetic field due to straight current
carrying conductor.
b) Derive an equation for magnetic field well inside a solenoid using the above law.
33. a) Show that the path of a charged particle moving inside a uniform electric field with initial
velocity perpendicular to the field is parabolic.
b) An 𝛼 particle is describing a circle of radius 0.45m in a magnetic field of strength 1.2T. Find
its speed and frequency. (Use the known values of mass and charge of 𝛼 particle).
34. a) Describe the principle, construction and working of a moving coil galvanometer.
b) ‘Increasing the current sensitivity may not necessarily increase the voltage sensitivity.’ Justify
the statement.
35. a) Derive an expression for torque acting on a rectangular current carrying loop placed in a
uniform magnetic field.
b) What is magnetic dipole moment? Write its SI unit and dimensions.
36. a) How can a galvanometer be converted into a voltmeter of required range?
b) How can a galvanometer be converted into an ammeter of required range?
37. a) Obtain an equation for current sensitivity of a moving coil galvanometer.
b) Obtain an equation for voltage sensitivity of a moving coil galvanometer.
c) Write any 3 methods to improve the sensitivity of a galvanometer.
38. a) Find an expression for force per unit length between two parallel current carrying conductors.
b) Define ampere using the above expression.
39. a) Write an equation for force acting on a moving charge inside a uniform magnetic field.
b) Using the concept derive an equation for force acting on a current carrying conductor kept
inside a magnetic field.
40. Show that a current carrying loop behaves as a magnetic dipole. Hence write an expression for its
magnetic dipole moment.

41. A straight wire carrying a current of 12A is bent into a

semicircular arc of radius 2cm as shown in fig. The
magnitude of magnetic field at the center O of the arc is

𝑎) 1.89 × 10−4 𝑇 𝑏) 1.72 × 10−3𝑇 𝑐) 4.25 × 10−6 𝑇 𝑑) 2.1 × 10−5 𝑇

42. A and B are two concentric coils of centre O and carry currents 𝐼1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼2 as shown in
fig. If the ratio of their radii is 1:2 and ratio of the flux densities at O due to A and B is
𝐼1
1:3, then value of is
𝐼2
𝑎) 1 /4 𝑏) 1 /3 𝑐)1 /6 𝑑)1 /2
43. A current carrying coil is subjected to a uniform magnetic field. The coil will orient so
that its plane becomes
a) Inclined at 45𝑜 to the magnetic field.
b) Inclined at 30𝑜 to the magnetic field.
c) Parallel to the magnetic field.
d) Perpendicular to the magnetic field.
44. To make the magnetic field radial in a moving coil galvanometer
a) Poles are cylindrically cut.
b) The number of turns in the coil is increased.
c) Coil is wound on aluminium frame.
d) Phosphor bronze spring is used.
45. A neutron, a proton, an 𝛼 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 and an electron enter a
region of constant magnetic field with equal velocities. The
magnetic field is along the inward normal to the plane of
the paper. The tracks of the particles are labelled in figure.
The electron follows track…. and the alpha particle follows
track….

𝑎) 𝐴, 𝐶 𝑏) 𝐶, 𝐴 𝑐) 𝐵, 𝐷 𝑑) 𝐷, 𝐵

46. To convert a galvanometer into an ammeter of given range, a resistance is

connected in with the galvanometer.
𝑎) 𝑙𝑜𝑤, 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑏) 𝑙𝑜𝑤, 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑙 𝑐) ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ , 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑑) ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ , 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑙
47. A certain electric motor wire that carries a current of 4A is perpendicular to a
magnetic field of 0.8T. What is the force on each cm of the wire?
𝑎) 0.08𝑁 𝑏) 0.06𝑁 𝑐) 0.03𝑁 𝑑) 0.01𝑁
48. Two parallel wires of 9m each are separated by a distance of 0.15m. If they carry
equal currents in the same direction and exert a total force of 30 × 10−7𝑁 on each
other, then the value of current must be
𝑎) 2.5𝐴 𝑏) 3.5𝐴 𝑐) 1.5𝐴 𝑑) 0.5𝐴
49. In a certain region of space, the electric field 𝐸⃗ and magnetic field 𝐵 are
⃗
perpendicular to each other. An electron enters perpendicularly to both the fields
and moves undeflected. The velocity of the electron is
𝑎) (𝐸 )/𝐵 𝑏) (𝐵 )/𝐸 ⃗
𝑐) 𝐸⃗ × 𝐵 𝑑) ⃗𝐸⃗⃗⃗. 𝐵
⃗
50. An electron is moving in a region of electric field and magnetic field, it will gain
energy from,
𝑎) 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑏) 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑐) 𝑏𝑜𝑡ℎ 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑑) 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒