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Chapter 4-MAGNETIC EFFECT OF CURRENT-1

This document contains practice questions and numerical problems related to derivations in electromagnetism. It includes questions on Biot-Savart's law, magnetic fields due to current loops and wires, forces and torques on current carrying conductors, and motion of charged particles in magnetic fields.

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Chapter 4-MAGNETIC EFFECT OF CURRENT-1

This document contains practice questions and numerical problems related to derivations in electromagnetism. It includes questions on Biot-Savart's law, magnetic fields due to current loops and wires, forces and torques on current carrying conductors, and motion of charged particles in magnetic fields.

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS- CHAPTER 4

DERIVATIONS

1. State and explain Biot-Savart’s law for the magnetic field produced by a current
element. Define the SI unit of magnetic field from this law.
2. Apply Biot-Savart’s law to derive an expression for the magnetic field at the centre of
a current carrying circular loop.
3. Apply Biot-Savart’s law to find the magnetic field due to a circular current carrying
loop at a point on the axis of the loop. State the rules used to find the direction of this
magnetic field.
4. Discuss the motion of a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field with initial
velocity (i) parallel to the field, (ii) perpendicular to the magnetic field and (iii) at an
arbitrary angle with the field direction.
5. Derive an expression for the force per unit length between two infinitely long straight
parallel current carrying wires. Hence define one ampere. Also define coulomb in
terms of ampere.
6. Derive an expression for the torque acting on a current carrying loop suspended in a
uniform magnetic field.
7. Describe the principle, construction and working of a pivoted-type moving coil
galvanometer. Define its figure of merit.
8. Explain how can we convert a galvanometer into an ammeter of given range.
9. Explain how can we convert a galvanometer into a voltmeter of given range.

NUMERICALS

1. An element 𝛥𝑙⃗ = 𝛥𝑥𝑖̂ is placed at the origin and carries a large current I =10 A
What is the magnetic field on the y-axis at a distance of 0.5 m. 𝛥𝑥 =1 cm
2. A long wire having a semi-circular loop of radius r carries a current I, as shown in
Figure. Find the magnetic field due to entire wire at the point O.

3. A straight wire carrying a current of 12 A is bent into a semicircular arc of radius


2.0 cm as shown in Figure (a). What is the direction and magnitude of B at the
centre of the arc? Would your answer change if the wire were bent into a
semicircular arc of the same radius but in the opposite way as shown in Figure
(b)?

4. Two identical coils P and Q each of radius R are lying in perpendicular planes such
that they have a common centre. Find the magnitude and direction of the magnetic
field at the common centre of the two coils, if they carry currents equal to I and √3𝐼
respectively.
5. (i) A straight thick long wire of uniform cross- section of radius 'a' is carrying a
steady current I. Use Ampere's circuital law to obtain a relation showing the
variation of the magnetic field (B) inside and outside the wire with distance r, (r <
a) and (r > a) of the field point from the centre of its cross-section. Plot a graph
showing the variation of field B with distance r.
(ii) Calculate the ratio of magnetic field at a point a/2 above the surface of the wire to that
at a point a/2 below its surface. What is the maximum value of the field of this wire?

6. A 5.0 MeV proton is falling vertically downward through a region of magnetic field
1.5 T acting horizontally from south to north. Find the magnitude and the direction
of the magnetic force exerted on the proton. Take mass of the proton as 1.6 × 10-
27
kg.
7. In a chamber a uniform magnetic field of 8.0 G (1 G = 10-4 T) is maintained. An
electron with a speed of 4.0× 10 6 ms-1 enters the chamber in a direction normal to
the field.
(i) Describe the path of the electron.
(ii) What is the frequency of revolution of the electron?
(iii) What happens to the path of the electron if it progressively loses its energy due to collisions
with the atoms or molecules of the environment?
8. A straight wire of mass 200 g and length 1.5m carries a current of 2 A. It is
suspended in mid-air by a uniform horizontal magnetic field B. What is the
magnitude of the magnetic field?
9. A short conductor of length 5.0 cm is placed parallel to a long conductor of length
1.5 m near its centre. The conductors carry currents 4.0 A and 3.0 A respectively
in the same direction. What is the total force experienced by the long conductor
when they are 3.0 cm apart?
10. A current of 5.0 A flows through each of two parallel long wires. The wires are 2.5
cm apart. Calculate the force acting per unit length of each wire. Use the standard
value of constant required. What will be the nature of the force, if both currents flow
in the same direction?
11. A rectangular loop of sides 25 cm and 10 cm carrying a current of 15 A is placed
with its longer side parallel to a long straight conductor 2.0 cm apart carrying a
current of 25 A. What is the net force on the loop?
12. A rectangular coil of sides 8 cm and 6 cm having 2000 turns and carrying a
current of 200 mA is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 0.2 T directed along the
+ ve X-axis.
(i) What is the maximum torque the coil can experience? In which orientation does it
experience the maximum torque?
(ii) For which orientations of the coil is the torque zero?
When is this equilibrium stable and when is it unstable?
13. A 100-turns coil kept in a magnetic field B =0.05 Wb m, carries a current of 1 A,
as shown in Fig. 4.91. Find the torque acting on the coil.

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