MAGN1ETIC EFFECT OF CURRENT

1 mark questions
1. Write the dimension formula of 𝜇0
2. What is the effect of number of turn on magnetic field in circular coil?
3. Why electron cannot be used to accelerate in cyclotron?
4. State the rules that used for finding direction of current due to straight conductor.
5. Write the expression for the magnetic field produced by an infinitely long straight conductor carrying current. [3]
6. Show the magnetic lines of force around a straight current carrying conductor.
7. What is the nature of the magnetic field associated with the current carrying conductor?
8. Where is the magnetic field due to current through circular loop uniform?
9. Where is the magnetic field of a current element (i) minimum (ii) maximum?
10. Which physical quantity has the unit Wb m-2 ? Is it vector or scalar quantity?
11. How the current carrying coil does behave like bar magnet?
12. How much is the flux density B at the centre of a long solenoid?
13. A particle of charge q moves with a velocity v at an angle θ to magnetic field B. What is the force experienced by
the charge particle?
14. What is the force experienced by a stationary charge in a magnetic field?
15. Is voltmeter a high resistance instrument?
16. Write an expression for the magnetic induction at the centre of circular current loop?
17. Write the S.I unit of magnetic flux.
18. Why ammeter is connected in series?
19. Why voltmeter is connected in parallel?
20. Two parallel conductors carrying currents in the same direction. What is the nature of force between them?
21. Define magnetic flux.
22. Write the CGS unit of magnetic flux.
23. Write the relation between Weber and tesla.
24. Write the relation between Maxwell and gauss.
25. What is the resistance of an ideal ammeter?
26. What is the resistance of an ideal voltmeter
2 mark Questions
1. State and explain Ampere’s circuital law.
2. Mention the expression for angular for deflection produced in Moving Coil Galvanometer?
3. Mention the expression for Lorentz’s force.
4. An electron moving with speed v enters right angle in inside the magnetic field B . Write the expression for the
radius of the path it follows.
5. What is the force conductor dl , carrying a current I experiences when placed in a magnetic field B .what is the
direction of force?
6. A current carrying conductor does not tend to deflect in a magnetic field. What condition can be drawn from it?
7. State principle of moving coil galvanometer.
8. State current sensitive and voltage of a galvanometer.
9. State the various ways to increase the current sensitivity and voltage sensitivity of a galvanometer.
10. What is the resistance of an ideal ammeter?
11. What is the resistance of an ideal voltmeter?
12. In what respect does a wire carrying a current differ from a wire carrying no current?
13. Is the source of magnetic field an analogue to source of electric field?
14. What is the basic difference between electric and magnetic field?
15. Why does the current carrying conductor experience a force in a magnetic field?
16. Why does the solenoid contract when a current is passed through it?
17. What is the function of soft iron core between the poles of a galvanometer?
18. Why are pole pieces of galvanometer made concave?
19. What is the dead beat galvanometer?
20. Write the relation between Weber and Maxwell.
21. What is the angle between the magnetic induction and the normal to the plane of a coil in the moving coil
galvanometer?
22. An 𝛼-particle is moving parallel to a magnetic field. How much force acts on the particle?
23. An electron is moving vertically downward, at a certain place. What is the direction of force on it due to horizontal
component of earth’s magnetic field?
24. What is the work done by magnetic field on a moving charge?
25. Write the expression for Lorentz force on a charged particle.
26. What is the force on a charge moving along the direction of magnetic field?
27. State Fleming’s left hand rule.
28. What will be the path of a charged particle moving perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field?
29. What will be the path traced by a charged particle in magnetic field at any arbitrary angle?
30. Under what condition electron moving in a magnetic field experience maximum force?
31. Mention two limitations of a cyclotron.
32. What is the function of soft iron cylinder in a moving coil galvanometer?
3-mark Questions
1. Obtain the expression for radius of circular path traversed by a charge in a magnetic field.
2. Derive the expression for magnetic force in a current carrying conductor. F=i(l × B
3. Using ampere circuital law, obtain an expression for magnetic field due to infinitely long straight current carry wire
4. Show that current loop as a magnetic dipole?
5. Explain how do you convert moving coil galvanometer into an ammeter and voltmeter.
6. How galvanometer can be converted into an ammeter?
7. Is the magnetic field at the center of a current carrying circular coil parallel to the plane of the circular coil.
8. What is ammeter? How it is connected in an electric circuit?
9. To start with an electron is kept at rest in a uniform magnetic field. What trajectory will it follow thereafter?
10. State the expression for magnetic induction (B) at a distance (S) from a long straight conductor carrying current ‘I’
11. How can you place a current carrying straight conductor in a uniform magnetic field so that it experiences minimum
deflecting force?
12. Write the expression for the torque acting on a rectangular current carrying coil a uniform magnetic field.
13. What is voltmeter? How it is connected in electric circuit?
14. Write an expression for the force acting on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field.
15. Write an expression for current sensitivity of a galvanometer.
16. What will be the type of force between two parallel wires carrying currents in the opposite direction?
17. Why concave shaped magnet is used in moving coil galvanometer?
18. What happens when a current carrying conductor is placed in a magnetic field?
19. Why galvanometers are termed as dead beat?
20. How galvanometer can be converted into voltmeter?
21. Find an expression for the force acting on charge ‘q’ moving with velocity 𝑣⃗ at an angle 𝜃 with magnetic induction𝐵 ⃗⃗.
Numerical

1. A long straight solid conductor of radius 5 cm carries a current of 2 A which is uniformly distributed over its circular
cross section. Find the magnetic field induction at a distance of 3cm from the axis of the conductor.
2. A long solenoid of length 1 m has 1000 turns of wire closely wound on it. If the current in the winding is 3 A, calculate
the magnetic field at the centre of solenoid.
3. A solenoid of length 0.5m has radius of 1 cm and is made up of 500 turns. If carries a current of 5A. What is the
magnitude of the magnetic field inside the solenoid?
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
5A. Calculate the magnetic induction at its centre along the axis.
5. A rectangular coil in a moving coil galvanometer has 50 turns, each of length 5 cm and breadth 3 cm, which is
suspended in a radial magnetic field of 0.050 Wb/m2 . The twist constant of suspension is 1.5×10-9 Nm/degree.
Calculate the current through the coil which will deflect it through 300.
6. A rectangular coil of wire of 50 turns , each of area 8 cm2 , is suspended freely in a radial magnetic field of induction
2 × 10-2 Wb/m2 . When a current of 5 mA is passed through the coil. It deflects through 600. Find the torsional constant
of the suspension fibre.
7. A rectangular coil of 100 turns, each of area 10 cm2, hangs freely in a radial magnetic field. The coil deflects through
300 when a current 5 µA is passed through it. If the torsional constant is 25×10-9 Nm/radian, find the magnetic field.
8. A galvanometer with a full deflection for a current of 5µA. How will you convert it into an ammeter of range 0-5 A?
9. 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 the magnetic field B at the centre of the coil?
10. A long straight wire carries a current of 35 A. What is the magnitude of the field B at a point 20 cm from the wire?
11. A long straight wire in the horizontal plane carries a current of 50 A in north to south direction. Give the magnitude
and direction of B at a point 2.5 m east of the wire.
12. A horizontal overhead power line carries a current of 90 A in east to west direction. What is the magnitude and
direction of the magnetic field due to the current 1.5 m below the line?
13. What is the magnitude of magnetic force per unit length on a wire carrying a current of 8 A and making an angle of
30º with the direction of a uniform magnetic field of 0.15 T?
14. A 3.0 cm wire carrying a current of 10 A is placed inside a solenoid perpendicular to its axis. The magnetic field inside
the solenoid is given to be 0.27 T. What is the magnetic force on the wire?
15. Two long and parallel straight wires A and B carrying currents of 8.0 A and 5.0 A in the same direction are separated
by a distance of 4.0 cm. Estimate the force on a 10 cm section of wire A.
16. A closely wound solenoid 80 cm long has 5 layers of windings of 400 turns each. The diameter of the solenoid is 1.8
cm. If the current carried is 8.0 A, estimate the magnitude of B inside the solenoid near its centre.
17. A square coil of side 10 cm consists of 20 turns and carries a current of 12 A. The coil is suspended vertically and the
normal to the plane of the coil makes an angle of 30º with the direction of a uniform horizontal magnetic field of
magnitude 0.80 T. What is the magnitude of torque experienced by the coil?
18. In a chamber, a uniform magnetic field of 6.5 G (1 G = 10–4 T) is maintained. An electron is shot into the field with a
speed of 4.8 × 106 m s–1 normal to the field. Explain why the path of the electron is a circle. Determine the radius of the
circular orbit. (e = 1.6 × 10–19 C, me = 9.1×10–31 kg)
19. A wire is placed along the north and south direction carries a current of 8 A from south to North .Find the magnetic
field due to a a cm piece of wire at a point 200 cm north-east from the piece.
20. The magnetic field due to a current -carrying circular loop of radius 12cm at its centre is 0.50 × 10-4 Find the magnetic
field due to this loop at a point on the axis at a distance of 5.0 cm from the centre.
21. A solenoid coil of 300 turns/ m is carrying a current of 5A.. the length of solenoid is 0.5 m and has a radius of 1cm.Find
the magnitude of the magnetic field in side the solenoid.
Long Questions

1. State and explain Biot- Savart’s law. Obtain an expression for the magnetic field intensity at the center of circular coil
carrying current by using Biot- Savart’s law.
2. Obtain an expression for the magnetic field intensity at the axial point of circular coil carrying current by using Biot-
Savart’s law.
3. Obtain an expression for the magnetic field intensity at any point due to long straight conductor carrying current by
using Biot- Savart’s law.
4. Obtain an expression for the torque acting on a rectangular coil carrying current in a uniform magnetic field or derive
an expression for motor equation.
5. Obtain expression for the force experienced by each conductor when two parallel straight conductor carrying current
in the same direction. Also prove that the force equal but opposite. hence find the definition of ampere from this.
6. Describe the construction, working principle and theory of a moving coil galvanometer/ Dead beat galvanometer.
7. Convert the Galvanometer into Ammeter and Voltmeter with neat sketch. Also differentiate difference between
ammeter and voltmeter.
8. Draw a schematic sketch of a cyclotron, explain its working principal and deduce then expression for the kinetic energy
of the ions accelerated. What are the limitations.
9. State Ampere’s circuital law and explain. Using Ampere’s circuital law find the magnetic field in the center solenoid.
10. State Ampere’s circuital law and explain. Using Ampere’s circuital law find the magnetic field in the center Toroid.
11. A charged particle moves in a plane perpendicular to uniform magnetic field .Show that the path of the particle is a
circle . obtain an expression for the radius of the orbit and the time period of revolution of the particle.