ELECTRO MAGNETIC INDUCTION

1. Assertion (A): The mutual inductance between two coils is maximum when the coils are wound
on each other.
Reason (R): The flux linkage between two coils is maximum when they are wound on each other.
[2024]
2. The emf induced in a coil rotating in a magnetic field does not depend upon the following: [2024]
a. Area of the coil
b. Number of turns in the coil
c. Angular speed of rotation of the coil
d. Resistance of the coil
3. A conducting circular loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field B=50mT with its plane perpendicular to
the magnetic field. The radius of the loop is made to shrink at a constant rate of 1 mm s−1. At the instant
the radius of the loop is 4 cm , the induced emf in the loop is [2024]
4. Assertion (A): Lenz's law is a consequence of the law of conservation of energy.
Reason (R): There is no power loss in an ideal inductor.[2024]
5. Consider the arrangement of two coils P and Q shown in the figure. When current in coil P is
switched on or switched off, a current flows in coil Q.

1. Explain the phenomenon involved in it.

2. Mention two factors on which the current produced in coil Q depends.

Give the direction of current in coil Q when there is a current in the coil P and (i) R is increased,
and (ii) R is decreased. [2024]

3.

6. A 100-turn coil of radius 1.6 cm and resistance 5⋅0Ω is co-axial with a solenoid of 250 turns/cm
and radius 1.8 cm . The solenoid current drops from 1.5 A to zero in 25 ms. Calculate the current
induced in the coil in this duration. (Take π2=10) [2024]
7. A conducting loop is placed in a magnetic field, normal to its plane. The magnitude of the magnetic field
varies with time as shown in the figure. If ε1,ε2 and ε3 are magnitudes of induced emfs during
periods 0≤t≤T, T≤t≤2 T and 2 T≤t≤3 T, then: [2024]

8. A rectangular loop of sides 10 cm×20 cm is kept outside a region of uniform magnetic

field |B→|=5mT as shown in the figure. The loop is moved with the velocity of 5 cm/s till it goes
completely out of the magnetic field.

1. Plot a graph showing variation of the magnetic flux ϕ with x(0≤x≤100 cm).
2. Find the maximum value of magnetic flux linked with the loop.Will an external work be
required to be done to move the loop through the magnetic field? [2024]

9. Figure shows a rectangular conductor PSRQ in which movable arm PQ has a resistance r and
resistance of PSRQ is negligible. The magnitude of emf induced when PQ is moved with a
velocity v→ does not depend on: [2023]

a. velocity (V→)
b. magnetic field (B→)
c. length of PQ
d. resistance (r)

10. Consider an induced magnetic field due to changing electric field and an induced electric field due to
changing magnetic field. Which one is more easily observed? Justify your answer. [2023]
11.The direction of induced current in the loop abc is: [2023]

a. along abc if I increases

b. along acb if I increases
c. along abc if I decreases
d. along abc if I is constant

12. A square shaped coil of side 10 cm, having 100 turns is placed perpendicular to a magnetic field which
is increasing at 1 T/s. The induced emf in the coil is [2023]
13. State Lenz's law. Determine the direction of the induced current when a rectangular conducting loop
abcd in xy-plane is moved into a region of magnetic field which is directed along z-axis. [2023]
14. Two identical circular loops, one of copper and the other of aluminium are rotated about their diameters
with the same angular speed in a magnetic field directed perpendicular to their axes of rotation. Compare
(i) the emf induced, and (ii) the current in the two loops. Justify your answers. [2023]
15. A horizontal straight metallic rod of length 4 m is held at some height above the surface of
Earth, in east-west direction. If it is allowed to fall from rest, find the:

1. emf induced in the rod 2 s after it starts falling,

2. polarity of the emf induced, and
3. the end of the rod which is at the higher potential.

The horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field at the place is 0.3 × 10-4 Wb/m2 and take g
= 10 m/s2. [2023]
16. Answer the following, giving reasons:

1. Induced emf does not always produce induced current.

2. The motion of a copper plate is damped when it is allowed to oscillate between pole pieces
of a strong magnet.
3. No power is consumed in an ac circuit containing a pure inductor.

17. wo coils C1 and C2 are placed close to each other. The magnetic flux ϕ2 linked with the coil C2 varies
with the current I1 flowing in coil C1, as shown in the figure. Find [2023]

1. the mutual inductance of the arrangement, and

2. the rate of change of current (dI1dt) that will induce
of emf of 100 V in coil C2.

18. Two identical circular coaxial coils A and B, arranged in vertical planes parallel to each other, carry
currents in the same direction. If the distance between the coils is decreased at a constant rate, the current:
[2023]
a. increases in A and decreases in B.
b. decreases in both A and B..
c. increases in both A and B.
d. remains same in both A and B.
19.

1. The figure shows the variation of induced emf as a function of rate of change of current
for two identical solenoids X and Y. One is air cored and the other is iron cored. Which
one of them is iron cored? Why?

2. Obtain an expression for self-inductance of a long solenoid of length L and cross-sectional

area A having N turns. [2023]
20. State the basic principle behind the working of an ac generator. Briefly describe its working and obtain
the expression for the instantaneous value of emf induced. [2023]
21. A planar loop is rotated in a magnetic field about an axis perpendicular to the field. The polarity of
induced emf changes once in each: [2023]
22. A long solenoid of radius r consists of n turns per unit length. A current I = I 0 sin ωt flows in the
solenoid. A coil of N turns is wound tightly around it near its centre. What is: [2023]

1. the induced emf in the coil?

2. the mutual inductance between the solenoid and the coil?

23.

1. Define coefficient of self-induction. Obtain an expression for self-inductance of a long

solenoid of length l, area of cross-section A having N turns.
2. Calculate the self-inductance of a coil using the following data obtained when an AC source
of frequency (200π) Hz and a DC source is applied across the coil.

AC Source
S. No. V (Volts) I (A)
1 3.0 0.5
2 6.0 1.0
3 9.0 1.5
DC Source
S. No. V (Volts) I (A)
1 4.0 1.0
2 6.0 1.5
3 8.0 2.0
24. What is meant by the term mutual inductance of a pair of coils? Obtain an expression for the
mutual inductance of two long coaxial solenoids, each of length l but having different number of
turns N1 and N2 and radii r1 and r2 (r2 > r1).[2023]
25. A rectangular loop of sides 25 cm and 20 cm is lying in x-y plane. It is subjected to a magnetic
field B→ = (5t2 + 2t + 10) k^, where B is in Tesla and t is in seconds. If the resistance of the loop is
4 Ω, find the emf induced and the induced current in the loop at t = 5 s. [2023]
26.

1. Two coplanar concentric circular loops of radii R and r (<< R) are arranged coaxially. Obtain
the expression for their mutual inductance.
2. A square loop of side 20 cm starts moving at t = 0 with a velocity of 5 cm/s towards a region
of uniform magnetic field as shown in the figure. Specify the time interval(s) during which
induced emf is produced in the loop.

27. A rectangular conductor MNPQ with a movable arm MN (resistance r) is kept in a uniform magnetic
field as shown in the figure. Resistance of arms MQ, QP and PN are negligible. Obtain the expression for
the: [2023]

1. current induced in the loop specifying its direction, and

 2. power required to move the arm.

28. A circular coil of radius 8.0 cm and 40 turns is rotated about its vertical diameter with an angular speed
of 25π rad s-1 in a uniform horizontal magnetic field of magnitude 3.0 × 10-2 T. The maximum emf induced in
the coil is: [2023]
29. The self-inductance of a solenoid of 600 turns is 108 mH. The self-inductance of a coil having 500 turns
with the same length, the same radius and the same medium will be [2022]
30. The current in the primary coil of a pair of coils changes from 7 A to 3 A in 0.4 s. The mutual inductance
between the two coils is 0.5 H. The induced emf in the secondary coil is [2022]
31. A coil of area 100 cm2 is kept at an angle of 30o with a magnetic field of 10-1 T. The magnetic field is
reduced to zero in 10-4 s. The induced emf in the coal is[2022]
32. Two identical circular discs, one of copper and another of aluminium, are rotated about their
geometrical axes with same angular speed in the same magnetic field acting perpendicular to their
planes. Compare the

1. induced emf, and

2. induced current produced in discs between its centre and edge.

Justify your answers. [2021]

33. Two concentric circular coils X and Y of radii r 1 and r2 (r1 > r2) having N1 and N2 turns respectively are
placed coaxially with centres coinciding. Obtain an expression for [2021]

1. the mutual inductance for the arrangement, and

2. the magnetic flux linked with coil Y when current I flows through coil X.

34.

1. With the help of a labelled diagram, explain the working of a step-up transformer. Give
reasons to explain the following :
1. The core of the transformer is laminated.
2. Thick copper wire is used in windings.
2. A conducting rod PQ of length 20 cm and resistance 0.1Ω rests on two smooth parallel rails
of negligible resistance AA' and CC'. It can slide on the rails and the arrangement is
positioned between the poles of a permanent magnet producing uniform magnetic field B =
0.4 T. The rails, the rod and the magnetic field are in three mutually perpendicular
directions as shown in the figure. If the ends A and C of the rails are short-circuited, find the

1. external force required to move the rod with uniform velocity v = 10 cm/s, and
2. power required to do so.