Magnetic Effect of Current

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE. ONLY ONE CHOICE IS CORRECT. HOWEVER, QUESTIONS MARKED ‘*’ MAY
HAVE MORE THAN ONE CORRECT OPTION.
1. Two charged particles traverse identical helical paths in a completely opposite sense in a uniform magnetic field
B  B kˆ . v and v are velocity components of the two particles parallel to magnetic field.
0 1 2
(A) They have equal z-components of momenta
(B) They must have equal charges
(C) They necessarily represent a particle-antiparticle pair
m1V1 m2V2
(D) The charge to mass ratio satisfy :  0
q1 q2
2. A wire carrying current I is tied between points P and Q and is in the shape of a circular
arc of radius R due to a uniform magnetic field B (perpendicular to the plane of the paper,
shown by XXX) in the vicinity of the wire. If the wire subtends an angle 20 at the
centre of the circle (of which it forms an arc) then the tension in the wire is :
IBR IBR IBR0
(A) IBR (B) (C) (D)
sin  0 2 sin  2 sin 0
 
3. A charged particle with charge q enters a region of constant, uniform and mutually orthogonal fields E and B with a
   
velocity v perpendicular to both E and B, and comes out without any change in magnitude or direction of v. Then :
   
  B   E   B   E
(A) v  E (B) v  B (C) v  E (D) v  B
B2 B2 E2 E2
 
4. Biot-Savart law indicates that the moving electrons (velocity v ) produce a magnetic field B such that
 
(A) B v
 
(B) B || v
(C) it obeys inverse cube law
(D) it is along the line joining the electron and point of observation

5. Two long straight parallel wires, carrying (adjustable) current I1 and I2, are kept at a distance d apart. If the force F
between the two wires is taken as positive when the wires repel each other and negative when the wires attract each
other, the graph showing the dependence of F, on the product I1, I2, would be :

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

6. Two long conductors, separated by a distance d carry currents I1 and I2 and in the same direction. They exert a force F
on each other. Now the current in one of them is increased to two times and its direction is reversed. The distance is also
increased to 3d. The new value of the force between them is :
2F F F
(A) 2F (B)  (C) (D) 
3 3 3
7. A current carrying circular loop of radius R is placed in the x-y plane with centre at the origin. Half of the loop with
x > 0 is now bent so that it now lies in the y-z plane.
(A) The magnitude of magnetic moment now diminishes
(B) The magnetic moment does not change (C) The magnitude of B at (0, 0, .z), z >> R increases
(D) The magnitude of B at (0, 0, z), z >> R is unchanged

8. A magnetic needle lying parallel to a magnetic field requires W unit of work to turn it through 60. The torque needed
to maintain the needle in this position will be :
 3
(A)  W (B) 3W (C) W (D) 2W
 2 
 
9. A conductor lies along the z-axis at 1.5  z  1.5 m and carries a fixed current
of 10.0A in az direction (see figure). For a field B  3.0  10  4 e  0.2 x a y T ,
find the power required to move the conductor at constant speed to
x  2.0m, y   0 in 5  103 s. Assume parallel motion along the x-axis.
(A) 1.57 W
(B) 2.97 W
(C) 14.85 W
(D) 29.7 W

10. Wire 1 and 2 carrying currents I1 and I2 respectively are inclined at an angle  to each
other. What is the force on a small element dl of wire 2 at a distance r from wire
1 (as shown in figure) due to the magnetic field of wire 1?
0 0
(A) I1 I 2 dl tan  (B) I1 I 2 dl sin 
2 r 2 r
0 0
(C) I 2 I 2 dl cos  (D) I1 I 2 dl sin 
2 r 4 r
11. An electron is projected with velocity 0 in a uniform electric field E perpendicular to the field. Again it is projected
with velocity 0 perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field B. If r1 is initial radius of curvature just after entering in the
electric field and r2 is initial radius of curvature just after entering in magnetic field then the ratio r1/r2 is equal to :
Bv02 B Ev0 Bv0
(A) (B) (C) (D)
E E B E
12. An electron is projected with uniform velocity along the axis of a current carrying long solenoid. Which of the
following is true?
(A) The electron will be accelerated along the axis
(B) The electron path will be circular about the axis
(C) The electron will experience a force at 45 to the axis and hence execute a helical path
(D) The electron will continue to move with uniform velocity along the axis of the solenoid
13. A proton (mass m) accelerated by a potential difference V flies through a
uniform transverse magnetic field occupies a region of space by width d. If 
be the angle of deviation of proton from initial direction of motion (see figure),
the value of sin  will be :
B q B q q Bd
(A) (B) (C) Bd (D) qV
2 mV d 2mV 2mV 2m
14. A rectangular loop of sides 10 cm and 5 cm carrying a current I of 12 A is placed in different orientations as shown in
the figure blow :

If there is a uniform magnetic field of 0.3 T in the positive z direction, in which orientations the loop would be in
(i) stable equilibrium and (ii) unstable equilibrium.
(A) (2) and (4), respectively (B) (2) and (3), respectively
(C) (1) and (2), respectively (D) (1) and (3), respectively

15. OABC is a current carrying square loop. An electron is projected from the centre of loop along its diagonal AC as
shown. Unit vector in the direction of initial acceleration will be :
 ˆi  ˆj 
(A) k̂ (B)  
 2 
 
ˆi  ˆj
(C) k̂ (D)
2

16. If in a circular coil A of radius R, current I is flowing and in another coil B of radius 2R a current 2I is flowing, then the
ratio of the magnetic fields, BA and BB produced by them will be :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 1/2 (D) 4

17. A long wire carries a steady current. It is bent into a circle of one turn and the magnetic field at the centre of the coil is
B. It is then bent into a circular loop of n turns. The magnetic field at the centre of the coil will be :
(A) nB (B) n2B (C) 2nB (D) 2n2 B

18. Magnetic field at the centre of a circular loop of area A is B. Then magnetic moment of the loop will be :
BA2 BA BA A 2BA A
(A) (B) A (C) (D)
0 0  0 0 

19. In a cyclotron, a charged particle

(A) Undergoes acceleration all the time
(B) Speeds up between the dees because of the magnetic field
(C) Speeds up in a dee
(D) Slows down within a dee and speeds up between dees
20. A magnetic needle is kept in a non-uniform magnetic field. It may experience :
(A) A torque but not a force (B) Neither a force nor a torque
(C) A force and a torque (D) A force but not a torque
21. A helium ion and a Hydrogen ion are accelerated from rest through a potential difference of V to velocities of UHe and
UH respectively. What will be the ratio of UHe to UH :
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/ 2 (C) 2 (D) 2
22. A long straight wire of radius a carries a steady current I. The current is uniformly distributed across its cross-section.
a
The ratio of the magnetic field at distances and a from the axis is :
2
(A) 1/4 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) ½

23. Two long current carrying thin wires, both with current I in opposite direction, are held by
insulating threads of length L and are in equilibrium as shown in the figure, with threads
making an angle  with the vertical. If wire have mass  per unit length then the value of I
is : (g = gravitational acceleration)
 gL  gL  gL  gL
(A) 2 tan  (B) tan  (C) sin  (D) 2sin 
0 0 0 cos  0 cos 

24. A particle of mass M and charge Q moving with velocity v describes a circular path of radius R when subjected to a
uniform transverse magnetic field of induction B. The work done by the field when the particle completes one full
circle is :
 Mv 2 
(A)   2πR (B) Zero (C) BQ 2πR (D) BQv2πR
 R 
 
25. A circular current loop of magnetic moment M is in an arbitrary orientation in an external magnetic field B.
The work done to rotate the loop by 30 about an axis perpendicular to its plane is :
MB MB
(A) MB (B) 3 (C) (D) zero
2 2
26. A galvanometer has a 50 division scale. Battery has no internal resistance. It is found that
there is deflection of 40 divisions when R  2400 . Deflection becomes 20 divisions when
resistance taken from resistance box is 4900 . Then we can conclude.
(A) Current sensitivity of galvanometer is 20A / division
(B) Resistance of galvanometer is 200.
(C) Resistance required on R.B for a deflection of 10 divisions is 9800.
(D) Full scale deflection current is 2mA

27. A 50  resistance is connected to a battery of 5V. A galvanometer of resistance 100 is to be used as an ammeter to
measure current through the resistance, for this resistance rs is connected to the galvanometer. Which of the following
connections should be employed if the measured current is within 1% of the current without the ammeter in the circuit?
(A) rs  0.5 in series with the galvanometer (B) rs  1 in series with galvanometer
(C) rs  1 in parallel with it galvanometer (D) rs  0.5 in parallel with the galvanometer
28. At a specific instant emission of radioactive compound is deflected in a magnetic field. The compound can emit :
I. Electrons II. Protons III. He 2 IV. Neutrons
The emission at the instant can be :
(A) I, II, III (B) I, II, III, IV (C) IV (D) II, III
29. A magnetic dipole is acted upon by two magnetic fields which are inclined to each other at an angle of 75 . One of the
fields has a magnitude of 15 mT. The dipole attains stable equilibrium at an angle of 30 with this field. The magnitude
of the other field (in mT) is close to :
(A) 1 (B) 11 (C) 36 (D) 1060
*30. A cubical region of space is filled with some uniform electric and magnetic fields. An electron enters the cube across
one of its faces with velocity v and a positron enters via opposite face with velocity v . At this instant.
(A) The electric forces on both the particles cause identical accelerations
(B) The magnetic forces on both the particles cause equal accelerations in magnitude
(C) Both particles gain or loose energy at the same rate
(D) The motion of the centre of mass (CM) is determined by B alone
*31. A charged particle would continue to move with a constant velocity in a region wherein,
(A) E  0, B  0 (B) E  0, B  0 (C) E  0, B  0 (D) E  0, B  0

32. A particle of charge 16  1018 C moving with velocity 10 ms 1 along the x-axis entres a region where a magnetic
field of induction B is along the y-axis and an electric field of magnitude 104 Vm 1 is along the negative z-axis.
If the charged particle continues moving along the x-axis, the magnitude of B is :
(A) 103Wb / m2 (B) 105Wb / m2 (C) 1016 Wb / m2 (D) 103Wb / m 2
33. Two identical wires A and B, each of length ‘l’ carry the same current I. Wire A is bent into a circle of radius R and wire
B a bent to from a square of side ‘a’. If B A and BB are the values of magnetic field at the centres of the circle and
BA
square respectively, then the ratio is :
BB

2 2 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 16 2 16 8 2
34. A galvanometer having a coil resistance of 100  gives a full scale deflection, when a current of 1 mA is passed
through it. The value of the resistance, which can convert this galvanometer into ammeter giving a full scale deflection
for a current of 10 A, is :
(A) 0.01 (B) 2 (C) 0.1 (D) 3
35. A charged particle of mass m and charge q travels on a circular path of radius r that is perpendicular to a magnetic field
B. The time taken by the particle to complete one revolution is :
2 mq 2 q 2 B 2 qB 2 m
(A) (B) (C) (D)
B m m qB
36. To know the resistance G of a galvanometer by half deflection method, a battery of emf VE and resistance R is used to
deflect the galvanometer by angle . If a shunt of resistance S is needed to get half deflection then G, R and S are
related by the equation.
(A) S  R  G   RG (B) 2S  R  G   RG
(C) 2G  S (D) 2S  G
37. Two concentric coils each of radius equal to 2 cm are placed at right angles to each other. 3A and 4A are the currents
flowing in each coil respectively. The magnetic induction in Wb/m2 at the centre of the coils will be

 0  4 107 Wb / Am 
(A) 12 105 (B) 105 (C) 5 105 (D) 7 105

INTEGER ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

The Answers to the following questions are positive integers of 1/2/3 digits or zero.
38. The maximum current a 2.0 mm diameter wire can carry if the magnetic field is not to exceed 0.08 T at its surface is
________ A.
39. The magnitude of the Earth’s magnetic field at the pole is approximately 7  10 5 T .
Assuming that this field is produced by a current loop around the equator, the current that would generate such a field is
2  10 n A. The value of n is_____. Take radius of the earth as 6.4  106 m .

40. A solenoid of radius R is made of a long piece of wire of radius r, length L( R ) and resistively  . The magnetic field
0 Er 2
at the axis of the solenoid if the wire is connected to a battery of emf E is given by . The value of k is ____.
k LR
41. In a hydrogen atom, the electron moves in an orbit of radius 0.5Å making 1016 rev / s . The magnetic moment of the
electron is given by 12.56  10 n Am2 .

42. A ring of mass 40 g radius 2cm and carrying a current of 10A floats in the magnetic field of a bar magnet when placed
co-axially with the magnet. The magnitude of the magnetic field is _____ a b × 10–2 T. (g = 10 m/s2)

43. A large number of infinitely long thin wires, each carrying the same current, are kept along z-axis. The value of
magnetic field ‘B’ at a point P a distance x from the origin varies as Bx  . The value of  is_____.

2
44. A circular loop of radius m is placed in a uniform magnetic field of

magnitude 100 T as shown in the figure. The loop carries a current of
1A. The magnetic of the torque acting on the loop is _____ Nm.

45. A steady current I gives through a wire loop PQR having shape of a right-angled triangle with PQ  3 x, PR  4 x and
7 0 I
QR  5 x . If the magnetic field at P due to this loop is , the value of k is:
k x
46. A potential difference of 600V is applied across the plates of a parallel plate capacitor. The separation between the
plates is 3 mm. An electron projected parallel to the plates with a speed of 2  10 4 m / s passes undeviated. The
magnitude of magnetic field within the plates is given by 10x T . The value of x is:
47. A charge Q is distributed uniformly on a rod of length L. The rod rotates about an axis passing through one its ends and
QL2
perpendicular to the rod. In this case, the magnetic moment of the rod is given by . Find the value of  .

48. A horizontal long wire carries a current of 200 A. Another wire of linear density 20  10 3 kg m1 hangs below the long
wire a distance of 2cm from it. Take g  10 m / s 2 and find the current in the second wire.

49. In a galvanometer, 5% of the total current passes through it. If the resistance of the galvanometer is G, the shunt
G
resistance is . The value of k is ______.
k
50. A long straight wire of radius a carries a current which is uniformly distributed over its cross-section. The ratio of
a
magnetic fields at distances and 2a from the centre of the wire is 1:  . Find  .
2
51. An  -particle (mass  6.4  10 27 kg ) , having been accelerated by a potential difference of 104 V , enters normally a
region of thickness 0.1 m having a transverse magnetic field of 0.1T. In the field, it deviates by an angle   . Find the
value of  .

52. Two concentric circular coils A and B have radii 25 cm and 15 cm and carry currents 10A and 15A respectively in
opposite directions A has 24 turns and B has 18 turns. The magnetic field at the centre is a b c 0 T. The sum a + b + c
is k. Find k.

MAGNETIC EFFECT OF CURRENT

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D A A A D B A B B C D D C A B
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A B D A C B C D B D A D A B BCD
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ABD D D A D A C 400 9 2 24 10 0 400 48
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1 6 98 19 1 30 6