Unit Test

Std: Science (12th) Subject: Physics Time: 1Hrs

Date : 01-Sep-2023 MAGNETIC QB Max Marks: 127

Q.1 Select and write the most appropriate answers from given alternatives: 25
1) Intensity of magnetic field of the earth at the point inside a hollow iron box is.
(A) less than that outside
(B) more than that outside
(C) same as that outside
(D) zero
2) Soft iron is used to make the core of transformer because of its
(A) low coercivity and low retentivity
(B) low coercivity and high retentivity
(C) high coercivity and high retentivity
(D) high coercivity and low retentivity
3) Which of the following statements is correct for diamagnetic materials?
(A) µr < 1
(B) χ is negative and low
(C) χ does not depend on temperature
(D) All of above
4) A rectangular magnet suspended freely has a period of oscillation equal to T. Now it is broken into
two equal halves (each having half of the original length) and one piece is made to oscillate freely. Its
period of oscillation is T′, the ratio of T′ / T is.
(A) 1/2√2
(B) 1 / 2
(C) 2
(D) 1/4
5) A magnetising field of 360 Amˉ¹ produces a magnetic flux density (B) = 0.6 T in a ferromagnetic
material. What is its permeability in Tm Aˉ¹ ?
(A) 1/300 (B) 300 (C) 1/600 (D) 600
6) Which is the correct form for torque acting on a rectangular current carrying coil,

7) Below 769°C, iron is

(A) Paramagnetic (B) Ferromagnetic (C) Strong magnet (D) Diamagnetic
8) Curie temperature is maximum for
(A) Iron (B) Metallic iron (C) Metallic cobalt (D) Steel
9) Retentivity is maximum for
(A) Iron (B) Steel (C) Brass (D) Nickel
10) Curie temperature is the temperature at which –
(A) A paramagnetic material becomes a diamagnetic
(B) A paramagnetic material becomes a ferromagnetic
(C) A diamagnetic material becomes a paramagnetic
(D) A ferromagnetic material becomes a paramagnetic
11) If a magnetic material is kept in a non-uniform magnetic field. It experiences,
(A) A force and a torque
(B) A force but not torque
(C) A torque but not force
(D) Neither force nor torque
12) The magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetism is,
 (A) big and positive (B) small and positive (C) big and negative (D) small and negative
13) The magnetic lines of force inside a bar magnet is,
(A) Depend upon the area of cross-section of the bar magnet
(B) Are from north pole to south pole of the magnet
(C) Are from south pole to north pole of the magnet
(D) Do not exist
14) When all the molecules in a magnet arrange themselves in the direction of the magnetic field lines,
the condition is called,
(A) Saturation (B) Reluctance (C) Retentivity (D) Permeability
15) The susceptibility of a diamagnetic substance is,
(A) Zero
(B) Less than zero
(C) Slightly more than zero
(D) Much more than zero
16) The property of high retentivity of a material is useful in the construction of transformer,
(A) Electromagnets (B) Permanent magnets (C) Transformer (D) All of the above
17) The dimensionless quantity, out of the following is,

18) Magnetic susceptibility χ of a paramagnetic material changes with absolute temperature T as

(A) χ ∝ T¯¹ (B) χ = constant (C) χ ∝ eT (D) χ ∝ T
19) The correct relation between B, H and I is,

20) The permeability of the ferromagnetic substance is,

(A) negative (B) less than 1 (C) small but more than 1 (D) very large
21) If the relative permeability of a material is 0.9999 then its nature will be,
(A) ferromagnetic (B) non-magnetic (C) diamagnetic (D) paramagnetic
22) The work done in deflecting a small magnet of magnetic moment 10 Am² through 180° from a
uniform magnetic field of strength 0.4 x 10¯⁴ T is –
(A) 8 x 10¯⁴ T (B) Zero (C) 4 x 10¯⁴ T (D) None of these
23) A compass needle whose magnetic moment is 60 Am² pointing geographical north at a certain place
where the horizontal component of earth’s magnetic field is 40µT, experiences a torque of 1.2 x 10ˉ³
Nm. The declination of the place is-
(A) 60° (B) 45° (C) 30° (D) 15°
24) The magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is 3 x 10ˉ⁴. It is placed in magnetizing field
of 4 x 10³ Amˉ¹. The intensity of magnetization will be
(A) 1.2 Amˉ¹ (B) 24 Amˉ¹ (C) 3 x 10⁸ Amˉ¹ (D) 12 x 10⁸ Amˉ¹
25) A magnetizing field of 5000 A/m produces a magnetic field flux of 5 x 10ˉ⁵ Wb in an iron rod. If the
area of cross-section of the rod is 0.4 cm² then the magnetic susceptibility of the rod will be,
(A) 343.6 (B) 295.3 (C) 199.0 (D) 397
Q.2 Answer the following very short questions: 10
1) Which property of soft iron makes it useful for preparing electromagnet?
2) What should be retentivity and coercivity of permanent magnet?
3) Name an application where superconducting magnets are used.
4) Name at least one application of electromagnets.
5) Which material is used to prepare permanent magnets?
6) What do you mean by Curie temperature?
7) What is the behavior of ferromagnetic material when placed in an external magnetic field?
8) Which orbit of an atom do not contribute to the total magnetic moment?
 9) What kind of energy takes place when the electric dipole is kept in the electric field?
10) How magnetic moment and magnetic field are align to each other to form a torque?
Q.3 Answer the following: 20
1) What happens to a ferromagnetic material when its temperature increases above curie temperature?
2) What does the hysteresis loop represents?
3) Explain one application of electromagnet.
4) What do you mean by Magnetization?
5) Derive the relation for angular acceleration which is analogues to S.H.M equation.
6) Explain in brief the Curie temperature of the material.
7) Describe the domain theory.
8) Discuss the Curie temperature with respect to susceptibility for Ferromagnetic and Paramagnetic
material.
9) Explain Bohr Magneton.
10) Derive an expression for the time period of angular oscillation bar magnet.
Q.4 Solve the following: 20
1) When a plate of magnetic material of size 10 cm × 0.5 cm × 0.2 cm (length, breadth and thickness
respectively) is located in magnetising field of 0.5 × 10⁴ Amˉ¹ then a magnetic moment of 5 Am² is
induced in it. Find out magnetic induction in rod.
2) The work done for rotating a magnet with magnetic dipole moment m, through 90° from its magnetic
meridian is n times the work done to rotate it through 60°. Find the value of n.
3) An electron in an atom is revolving round the nucleus in a circular orbit of radius 5.3 × 10ˉ¹¹m, with
a speed of 2 × 10⁶ msˉ¹. Find the resultant orbital magnetic moment and angular momentum of
electron. (charge on electron e = 1.6 × 10ˉ¹⁹ C, mass of electron m = 9.1 × 10ˉ³¹ kg.)
4) A paramagnetic gas has 2.0 × 10²⁶ atoms/m with atomic magnetic dipole moment of 1.5 × 10ˉ²³ A m²
each. The gas is at 27°C. (a) Find the maximum magnetization intensity of this sample. (b) If the gas
in this problem is kept in a uniform magnetic field of 3 T, is it possible to achieve saturation
magnetization? Why?
5) A magnetic needle placed in uniform magnetic field has magnetic moment of 2 × 10ˉ² A m², and
moment of inertia of 7.2 × 10ˉ⁷ kg m². It performs 10 complete oscillations in 6 s. What is the
magnitude of the magnetic field ?
6) A magnetic needle is suspended freely so that it can rotate freely in the magnetic meridian. In order
to keep it in the horizontal position, a weight of 0.2 g is kept on one end of the needle. If the pole
strength of this needle is 20 Am, find the value of the vertical component of the earth's magnetic
field. (g = 9.8 m sˉ²)
7) The susceptibility of a paramagnetic material is χ at 27° C. At what temperature its susceptibility be
χ/3 ?
8) Calculate the gyromagnetic ratio of electron (given e = 1.6 x 10ˉ¹⁹ C, me = 9.1 x 10ˉ³¹ kg)
9) A bar magnet of moment of inertia of 500 g cm₂ makes 10 oscillations per minute in a horizontal
plane. What is its magnetic moment, if the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field is 0.36
gauss?
Given: Moment of Inertia I = 500 g cm₂ Frequency n = 10 oscillation per minute = 10/60 oscillations
per second
Time period T = 6 sec
BH = 0.36 gauss
10) The magnetic dipole moment of a coil is 5.4 x 10ˉ⁶ J/T and it is lined up with an external magnetic
field whose strength is 0.80 T. Then what is the work done in rotating the coil when these quantities
are anti-parallel to each other?
Q.5 Answer the following: 24
1) Discuss the Curie law for paramagnetic material.
 2) What do you mean by magnetic shielding?
3) Explain in brief when a paramagnetic material is placed in an external magnetic field.
4) Why net magnetic dipole moment is opposite to the direction of applied external magnetic field in
case of diamagnetism?
5) How diamagnetic material behaves when placed in an external magnetic field and non-uniform
magnetic field?
6) Explain why ferromagnetic material is used for preparing permanent magnets.
7) Explain the current I associated with this orbiting electron of charge e.
8) Discuss the property coercivity and retentivity.
Q.6 Solve the following: 12
1) A rod of magnetic material of cross section 0.25 cm² is located in 4000 Amˉ¹ magnetising field.
Magnetic flux passing through the rod is 25 × 10ˉ⁶ Wb. Find out (a) relative permeability (b)
magnetic susceptibility and (c) magnetisation of the rod
2) A short bar magnet is placed in an external magnetic field of 700 guass. When its axis makes an
angle of 30° with the external magnetic field, it experiences a torque of 0.014 Nm. Find the magnetic
moment of the magnet, and the work done in moving it from its most stable to most unstable position.
3) The region inside a current carrying toroid winding is filled with Aluminium having susceptibility χ
= 2.3 × 10ˉ⁵. What is the percentage increase in the magnetic field in the presence of Aluminium over
that without it?
4) A domain in ferromagnetic iron is in the form of cube of side 1 µm. Estimate the number of iron
atoms in the domain, maximum possible dipole moment and magnetisation of the domain. The
molecular mass of iron is 55 g/mole and density is 7.9 g/cm³. Assume that each iron atom has a
dipole moment of 9.27 × 10ˉ²⁴ Am².
Q.7 Answer the following: 16
1) Obtain and expression for orbital magnetic moment of an electron rotating about the nucleus in an
atom.
2) Discuss the difference between diamagnetism, paramagnetic and ferromagnetism.
3) Write a short note on magnetic shielding and how it is used in space ships.
4) Difference between Soft magnetic materials and Hard magnetic materials.
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