BRIKS ACADEMY PHYSICS KCET TEST MOVING CHARGES and MAGNETISM

Time 30min Marks: 30

1. What is the space around a current-carrying conductor, in which its magnetic effect can be experienced
called?
a) Electric field b) Magnetic pole c) Magnetic field d) Charge distribution
2. What is the force exerted by a stationary charge when it is placed in a magnetic field?
a) Zero b) Maximum c) Minimum d) Depends on the strength of the magnetic
field
3. What is the work done by the magnetic field on a moving charged particle?
a) Maximum b) Minimum c) Depends on the strength of the magnetic field d) Zero
4. The north pole of a magnet is brought near a stationary negatively charged conductor. What is the force
experienced by it at the poles?
a) Maximum b) Minimum c) Zero d) Depend on the nature of the conductor
5. Identify the condition under which the force acting on a charge moving through a uniform magnetic
field is minimum.
a) θ = 90o b) θ = 180o c) θ = 270o d) θ = 340o
6. Identify the condition under which the force acting on a charge moving through a uniform magnetic
field is maximum.
a) θ = 90o b) θ = 180o c) θ = 0o d) θ = 360o
7. A positive charge is moving vertically upwards. When it enters a region of magnetic field directed
towards north, what is the direction of the force on the charge?
a) Up b) Down c) Left d) Right
8. An electron moving with a velocity of 15 ms-1 enters a uniform magnetic field of 0.2 T, along a direction
parallel to the field. What would be its trajectory in this field?
a) Elliptical b) Straight path c) Helical d) Circular
9. In a certain arrangement, a proton does not get deflected while moving through a magnetic field region.
Under what condition is it possible?
a) F = 0 b) F = 180 N c) F = -180 N d) F = 3600 N
10. Which of the following will experience a maximum force, when projected with the same velocity
perpendicular to the magnetic field : (i) α-particle, and (ii) β-particle?
a) Both α-particle and β-particle b) electron c) β-particle d) α-particle
11. A proton enters a magnetic field of flux density 5 T with a velocity of 5 × 10 7 ms-1 at an angle of 30o with
the field. Find the force on the proton.
a) 0.2 × 10-11 N b) 2 × 10-11 N c) 20 × 10-11 N d) 200 × 10-11 N
12. Calculate the speed of an electron if it travels in a circular path of radius 50 cm in a magnetic field of 5
× 10-3 T.
a) 440 × 107 m/s b) 4 × 107 m/s c) 44 × 107 m/s d) 0.4 × 107 m/s
13. A chamber is maintained at a uniform magnetic field of 5 × 10-3 T. An electron with a speed of 5 × 107
ms-1 enters the chamber in a direction normal to the field. Calculate the radius of the path.
a) 15.7 cm b) 5.7 cm c) 25.7 cm d) 75.7 cm
14. What should be the minimum magnitude of the magnetic field that must be produced at the equator of
earth so that a proton may go round the earth with a speed of 1 × 10 7 ms-1? Earth’s radius is 6.4 × 106
m.
a) 16.63 × 10-8 T b) 91.63 × 10-8 T c) 1.63 × 10-8 T d) 761.63 × 10-8 T
15. Give the SI unit of magnetic permeability of free space.
a) T A m-2 b) T A-2 m c) T A-1 m d) T A m2
16. State the rule that is used to find the direction of field acting at a point near a current-carrying straight
conductor.
a) Cork rule b) The right-hand thumb rule c) Swimming rule d) Flemings rule
17. Give the dimensional formula for magnetic permeability of free space.
a) [M L T-2 A-2] b) [M2 L T-2 A-2] c) [M L2 T-2 A-2] d) [M-1 L T-2 A-2]
18. A wire placed along the north-south direction carries a current of 8 A from south to north. Find the
magnetic field due to a 1 cm piece of wire at a point 200 cm north-east from the piece.
a) 14 × 10-9 T b) 1004 × 10-9 T c) 204.4 × 10-9 T d) 1.4 × 10-9 T
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19. Which of the following is not a point of similarity between Biot-Savart law and Coulomb’s law.
a) Both fields depend inversely on the square of the distance from the source to the point of observation
b) They are not a universal law
c) The principle of superposition does not apply to both d) Both are long-range fields
20. Pick out the expression for magnetic field strength at any point at the center of a circular loop from the
following?
𝝁𝒐𝑰 𝟐𝝅𝒓 𝜇𝑜𝐼 2𝜋𝑟
a) 𝑩 = [ ] ∫𝟎 𝒅𝒍 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝟗𝟎 b) 𝐵 = [ ] ∫0 𝑑𝑙 𝑠𝑖𝑛45
𝟒𝝅𝒓 4𝜋𝑟
𝜇𝑜𝐼 2𝜋𝑟 2𝜋𝑟
c) 𝐵 = [ ] ∫0 𝑑𝑙 𝑠𝑖𝑛30 d) 𝐵 = [𝜇0 × 4𝜋𝑟] ∫0 𝑑𝑙 𝑠𝑖𝑛90
4𝜋𝑟
21. Identify the expression for the magnetic field on the axis of circular loop.
𝜇0 𝐼𝑟 𝜇0 𝐼𝑟
a) 𝐵 = 1 × 2𝜋𝑟 b) 𝐵 = 3
4𝜋[(𝑟 2 +𝑥 2 )2 ] 4𝜋[(𝑟 2 +𝑥 2 )2 ]

𝝁𝟎 𝑰𝒓 𝜇0 𝐼𝑟
c) 𝑩 = 𝟑 × 𝟐𝝅𝒓 d) 𝐵 = 1 × 4𝜋𝑟
𝟒𝝅[(𝒓𝟐 +𝒙𝟐 )𝟐 ] 4𝜋[(𝑟 2 +𝑥 2 )2 ]

22. The magnetic field due to a current carrying circular loop of radius 4 cm at a point on the axis at a
distance of 7 cm from the center is 48 μT. What will be the value at the center of the loop?
a) 390 μT b) 393 μT c) 395 μT d) 397 μT
23. A horizontal overhead power line carries a current of 100A in east to west direction. What is the
magnitude and direction of the magnetic field due to the current, 2 m below the line?
a) 3 x 10-5 T b) 2 x 10-5 T c) 1 x 10-5 T d) 4 x 10-5 T
24. A long straight wire of radius x carries a steady current I. The current is uniformly distributed across
its cross section. Calculate the ratio of the magnetic field at x4 and 8x.
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1
25. Find the true statement.
a) The force between two parallel current carrying wires is independent of the radii of the wires
b) The force between two parallel current carrying wires is independent of the length of the wires
c) The force between two parallel current carrying wires is independent of the magnitude of currents
d) The force between two parallel current carrying wires is independent of their distance of separation
26. Two concentric coils of 20 turns each are situated in the same plane. Their radii are 60 cm and 80 cm
and they carry currents 0.4 A and 0.5 A respectively in opposite directions. Calculate the magnetic field
at the center.
5𝜇0 𝟓𝝁𝟎 5𝜇0 5𝜇0
a) b) c) d)
4 𝟔 8 10
27. A long solenoid has 500 turns per cm and carries a current I. The magnetic field at its center is 7.54 ×
10-2 Wb m-2. Another long solenoid has 300 turns per cm and it carries a current I3. What is the value
of magnetic field at the center?
a) 1.50 × 10-3 Wb/m2 b) 1.50 × 10-5 Wb/m2 c) 1.05 × 10-3 Wb/m2 d) 1.50 × 10-2 Wb/m2
28. There are two conductors X and Y carrying a current I and moving in the same direction. p and q are
two electron beams also moving in the same direction. Will there be attraction or repulsion between the
2 conductors and between the two electron beams separately?
a) The electron beams will repel each other and conductors attract each other
b) The electron beams will attract each other and the conductors also attract each other
c) The electron beams will attract each other and the conductors repel each other
d) The electron beams will repel each other and the conductors also repel each other
29. Two long conductors, separated by a distance r carry current I 1 and I2 in the same direction. They exert
a force F on each other. Now, the current in one them is increased to 3 times and the direction is
reversed. The distance is also increased to 5r. What is the new value of the force between them?
3𝐹 𝟑𝑭 5𝐹 5𝐹
a) b) − c) d) −
5 𝟓 3 3
30. Find the true statement.
a) Ammeter is an instrument used to measure potential difference across any element in a circuit
b) Voltmeter is an instrument used to measure current in a circuit
c) Galvanometer constant is dimensionless
d) Current sensitivity is expressed as the exact reverse of the galvanometer constant