Moving Charges and Magnetism

1. A charge q is moving with a velocity v parallel to a magnetic field is

a) q v B
b) q B / v
c) zero
d) B v / q
2. The work done by a magnetic field, on a moving charge is
a) Zero because F acts parallel to v
b) Positive because F acts perpendicular to v
c) Zero because F acts perpendicular to v
d) Negative because F acts parallel to v
3. Lorentz force is
a) Electrostatic force acting on a charged particle.
b) Magnetic force acting on a moving charged particle.
c) The vector sum of electrostatic and magnetic force acting on a moving charged particle.
d) The vector sum of gravitational and magnetic force acting on a moving charged particle.
4. An electric charge +q moves with velocity v  3iˆ  4ˆj  kˆ in an electromagnetic field given by
E  3iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and B  ˆi  ˆj  3kˆ . The y-component of the force experienced by +q is:
a) 11 q
b) 5 q
c) 3 q
d) 2 q
5. If a particle of charge 10–12 coulomb moving along the x̂ -direction with velocity 105 m/s
experiences a force 10–10 newton in ŷ -direction due to magnetic field, then the minimum magnetic
field is
a) 6.25 × 103 Tesla ẑ -direction
b) 10–15 Tesla in ẑ -direction
c) 6.25 × 10–3 Tesla in ẑ -direction
d) 10–3 Tesla in ẑ -direction
6. A certain region has an electric field E  (2iˆ  3j)N ˆ / C and a uniform magnetic field

B  (5iˆ  3jˆ  4k)T.

ˆ The force experienced by a charge 1C moving with velocity (iˆ  2ˆj) ms–1 is
a) (10iˆ  7ˆj  7k)
ˆ

b) (10iˆ  7ˆj  7k)

ˆ

c) (10iˆ  7ˆj  7k)

ˆ

d) (10iˆ  7ˆj  7k)

ˆ

7. The magnetic force F on a current carrying conductor of length l in an external magnetic field B
is given by
IB
a)
I
IB
b)
I
c) I(I  B)
d) I 2 I  B
8. A conducting circular loop of radius r carries a constant current i. It is placed in a uniform magnetic
field B such that B is perpendicular to the plane of the loop. The magnetic force acting on the loop
is
a) i r B
b) 2 π r i B
c) Zero
d) π r i B
9. A current of 10 A is flowing in a wire of length 1.5 m. A force of 15 N acts on it when it is placed
in a uniform magnetic field of 2 T. The angle between the magnetic field and the direction of the
current is
a) 30°
b) 45°
c) 60°
d) 90°
10. A particle of mass m and charge q enters a magnetic field B perpendicularly with a velocity v. The
radius of the circular path described by it will be
a) Bq / mv
b) mq / Bv
c) mB / qv
d) mv / Bq
11. 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q 2 B
a)
m
2mq
b)
B
2m
c)
qB
2qB
d)
m
12. A proton and an alpha particle of the same velocity enter in a uniform magnetic field which is
acting perpendicular to their direction of motion. The ratio of the circular paths described by the
alpha particle and proton is:
a) 1 : 4
b) 4 : 1
c) 2 : 1
d) 1 : 2
13. An electron with energy 0.1 keV moves at right angle to the earth’s magnetic field 1 × 10–4 Wbm–
2
. The frequency of revolution of the electron will be
a) 1.6 × 105 Hz
b) 5.6 × 105 Hz
c) 2.8 × 106 Hz
d) 1.8 × 106 Hz
14. A charged particle enters into a magnetic field with a velocity vector making an angle of 30° with
respect to the direction of magnetic field. The path of the particle is
a) Circular
b) Helical
c) Elliptical
d) Straight line
15. If an electron describes half a revolution in a circle of radius r in a magnetic field B, the energy
acquired by it is
a) Zero
1 2
b) mv
2
1 2
c) mv
4
d) r  Bev
16. An electron (mass = 9 × 10–31 kg, charge 1.6 × 10–19 C) moving with a velocity of 106 m/s enters
a magnetic field. If it describes a circle of radius 0.1 m, then strength of magnetic field must be
a) 4.5 × 10–5 T
b) 1.4 × 10–5 T
c) 5.5 × 10–5 T
d) 2.6 × 10–5 T
17. A proton and a deuterium nucleus having certain kinetic energies enter in a uniform magnetic field
with same component of velocity in the direction of magnetic field. Which of the following is
correct?
a) Proton has greater pitch of helical motion.
b) Deuterium nucleus has greater pitch of helical motion.
c) Both particles have same pitch of helical motion.
d) Which particle has greater pitch depends on the fact that which particle has greater
component of velocity perpendicular to magnetic field.
18. Cyclotron is used to accelerate
a) Electrons
b) Neutrons
c) α–particles
d) Negative ions
19. A beam of electron is moving with constant velocity in a region having simultaneous perpendicular
electric and magnetic field of strength 20 Vm–1 and 0.5 T respectively at right angles to the direction
of motion of the electrons. Then the velocity of electrons must be
a) 8 m/s
b) 20 m/s
c) 40 m/s
1
d) m/s
40
20. A proton moving with a constant velocity passes through a region without any change in its
velocity. If E and B represent the electric and magnetic fields respectively, this region of space
may not have
a) E = 0, B = 0
b) E = 0, B ≠ 0
c) E ≠ 0, B = 0
d) E ≠ 0, B ≠ 0
21. A velocity selector consists of electric field E  Ekˆ and magnetic field B  Bjˆ with B = 12 mT.
The value E the positive x-axis to pass undeflected is:
Given, mass of electron = 9.1 × 10–31 kg)
a) 192 kVm–1
b) 192 mVm–1
c) 9600 kVm–1
d) 16 kVm–1
22. A charged particle with charge q enters a region of constant, uniform and mutually orthogonal field
E and B with a velocity v perpendicular to both E and B , and comes out without any change
in magnitude of direction of v . Then
a) v  B  E / E2
b) v  E  B / B2
c) v  B  E / B2
d) v  E  B / E 2
23. Biot-Savart law indicates that the moving electron 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 electron and point of observation
24. Magnetic field at the centre of a circular coil of radius r, through which a current I flows is
a) Directly proportional to r
b) Inversely proportional to I
c) Directly proportional to I
d) Directly proportional to I2
25. Which one of the following is the correct expression for magnetic field on the axis of a circular
current loop with x-axis as its axis?
µ0 IR 2  ˆi
a) B 
2(x 2  R 2 ) 2
µ0 IR 2 ˆi
b) B 
2(x 2  R 2 )3/ 2
µ0 IR ˆi
c) B
2(x 2  R 2 )3/2
µ0 IR 3/2 ˆ
d) B  i
2(x 2  R 2 )2
26. A current of I ampere flows in a wire forming a circular arc of radius r metres subtending and angle
θ at the centre as shown. The magnetic field at the centre O is tesla is

µ0 I
a)
4r
µ0 I
b)
2r
µ0 I
c)
2r
µ0 I
d)
4r
27. An element of 0.05iˆ m is placed at the origin as shown in figure which carries a large current of
10 A. Distance of 1 m in perpendicular direction. The value of magnetic field is
 a) 4.5 × 10–8 T
b) 5.5 × 10–8 T
c) 5.0 × 10–8 T
d) 7.5 × 10–8 T
28. The magnetic field due to a current carrying circular loop of radius 3 cm at a point on the axis at a
distance of 4 cm from the centre is 54 µT. What will be its value at the centre of loop?
a) 125 µT
b) 150 µT
c) 250 µT
d) 75 µT
29. A coil of one turn is made of a wire of certain length and then from the same length a coil of two
turns is made. If the same current is passed in both the cases, then the ratio of the magnetic
inductions at their centres will be
a) 2 : 1
b) 1 : 4
c) 4 : 1
d) 1 : 2
30. A circular coil of wire consisting of 100 turns each of radius 9 cm carries a current of 0.4 A. The
magnitude of magnetic field at the centre of the coil is
a) 2.4 × 10–4 T
b) 3.5 × 10–4 T
c) 2.79 × 10–4 T
d) 3 × 10–4 T
31. BX and BY are the magnetic field at the centre of two coils X and Y respectively each carrying
equal current. If coil X has 200 turns and 20 cm radius and coil Y has 400 turns and 20 cm radius,
the ratio of BX and BY is:
a) 1 : 1
b) 1 : 2
c) 2 : 1
d) 4 : 1
32. Charge q is uniformly spread on a thin ring rotates about its axis with a uniform frequency f Hz.
The magnitude of magnetic induction at the centre of the ring is
µ0 qf
a)
2R
µ0 q
b)
2f R
µ0 q
c)
2f R
µ0 qf
d)
2R
33. Ampere’s circuital law states that
 a) The surface integral of magnetic field over the open surface is equal to µ 0 times the total
current passing through the surface.
b) The surface integral of magnetic field over the open surface is equal to µ 0 times the total
current passing near the surface.
c) The line integral of magnetic field along the boundary of the open surface is equal to µ 0
times the total current passing near the surface.
d) The line integral of magnetic field along the boundary of the open surface is equal to µ 0
times the total current passing through the surface.
34. The magnetic field around a long straight current carrying wire is
a) Spherical symmetry
b) Cylindrical symmetry
c) Cubical symmetry
d) Unsymmetrical
35. If a copper rod carries a direct current, the magnetic field associated with the current will be
a) Only inside the rod
b) Only outside the rod
c) Both inside and outside the rod
d) Neither inside nor outside the rod
36. If a long hollow copper pipe carries a direct current, the magnetic field associated with the current
will be
a) Only inside the pipe
b) Only outside the pipe
c) Neither inside nor outside the pipe
d) Both inside and outside the pipe
37. An infinitely long hollow conducting cylinder with radius R carries a uniform current along its
surface. Choose the correct representation of magnetic field (B) as a function of radial distance (r)
from the axis of cylinder.

a)

b)

c)

d)

38. The figure shows a closely wound coil on a square core of inside edge length l. The no. of turns
per unit length of the coil is n. Each turn carries current i into the plane of paper and out of the
 plane of papers. ABCD is an Amperian loop enclosing an open surface in the plane of the paper.
The current enclosed by the loop is

a) 4 ni
b) 4 nli
c) 8 nli
d) Zero
39. A current I flows along the length of an infinitely long, straight, thin walled pipe. Then
a) The magnetic field at all points inside the pipe is the same, but not zero
b) The magnetic field is zero only on the axis of the pipe
c) The magnetic field is different points inside the pipe
d) The magnetic field at any point inside the pipe is zero
40. A long straight wire in the horizontal plane carries a current of 75 A in north of south direction,
magnitude and direction of field B at a point 3 m east of the wire is
a) 4 × 10–6 T, vertical up
b) 5 × 10–6 T, vertical down
c) 5 × 10–6 T, vertical up
d) 4 × 10–6 T, vertical down
41. The figure shows n (n being an even number) wires placed along the surface of a cylinder of radius
r. Each wire carries current i in the same direction. The net magnetic field on the axis of the cylinder
is

a) µ0ni
µ0 ni
b)
2R
c) Zero
µ0 ni
d)
4R
42. A current I ampere flows along an infinitely long straight thin walled tube, then the magnetic field
at any point inside the tube is
µ0 2i
a)  tesla
4 r
b) Zero
c) Infinite
2i
d) tesla
r
43. A solenoid of length 1.5 m and 4 cm diameter possesses 10 turns per cm. A current of 5 A is
flowing through it, the magnetic induction at axis inside the solenoid is
 (µ0 = 4π × 10–7 weber amp–1 m–1)
a) 4π × 10–5 gauss
b) 2 π × 10–5 gauss
c) 4π × 10–5 tesla
d) 2π × 10–5 tesla
44. A long solenoid is formed by winding 20 turns/cm. The current necessary to produce a magnetic
field of 20 militesla inside the solenoid will be approximately
 µ0 7 
 4  10 tsla  metre / ampere 
 
a) 8.0 A
b) 4.0 A
c) 2.0 A
d) 1.0 A
45. A solenoid of length 0.6 m has a radius of 2 cm and is made up of 600 turns, if it carries a current
of 4 A, then the magnitude of the magnetic field inside the solenoid is
a) 6.024 × 10–3 T
b) 8.024 × 10–3 T
c) 5.024 × 10–3 T
d) 7.024 × 10–3 T
46. A long solenoid carrying a current produces a magnetic field B along its axis. If the current is
double and the number of turns per cm is halved, the new value of the magnetic field is
a) 4 B
b) B / 2
c) B
d) 2 B
47. A wire X of length 50 cm carrying a current of 2 A is placed parallel to a long wire Y of length 5
m. The wire Y carries a current of 3 A. The distance between two wires is 5 cm and current flow
in the same direction. The force acting on the wire Y is:

a) 1.2 × 10–5 N directed towards wire X.

b) 1.2 × 10–4 N directed away from wire X.
c) 1.2 × 10–4 N directed towards wire X.
d) 2.4 × 10–5 N directed towards wire X.
48. Two straight long conductors AOB and COD are perpendicular to each other and carry currents I1
and I2. The magnitude of the magnetic induction at a point P at a distance a from the point O in a
direction perpendicular to the plane ABCD is
µ0
a) (I1  I2 )
2a
µ0
b) (I1  I2 )
2a
µ0 2 2 12
c) (I1  I 2 )
2a
 µ0 I1I2
d)
2a I1  I2
49. Two thin, long, parallel wires, separated by a distance ‘d’ carry a current of ‘i’ A in the same
direction. They will
a) Repel each other with a force of µ0i2 / (2πd)
b) Attract each other with a force of µ0i2 / (2πd)
c) Repel each other with a force of µ0i2 / (2πd2)
d) Attract each other with a force of µ0i2 / (2πd2)
50. A triangular shaped wire carrying 10 A current is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 0.5 T, as
shown in figure. The magnetic force on segment CD is (Given BC = CD = BD = 5 cm.)
a) 0.126 N
b) 0.312 N
c) 0.216 N
d) 0.245 N
51. Three wires are situated at the same distance. A current of 1A, 2A, 3A flows through these wires
in the same direction. What is ratio of F1 / F2, where F1 is force on 1 and F2 on 2?

a) 7 / 8
b) 1
c) 9 / 8
d) None of these
52. Three infinitely long parallel straight current carrying wires A, B and C are kept at equal distance
form each other as shown in the figure. The wire C experiences net force F. The net force on wire
C, when the current in wire A is reversed will be

a) Zero
b) F / 2
c) F
d) 2 F
53. Two concentric circular loops of radii r1 = 30 cm and r2 = 50 cm are placed in X-Y plane as shown
in the figure. A current I = 7 A is flowing through them in the direction as shown in the figure. The
net magnetic moment of this system of two circular loops is approximately:
 7
a) k̂Am2
2
7
b)  k̂Am2
2
c) 7kAm2ˆ
d) 7kAm ˆ 2

54. The magnetic moment of a circular coil carrying current is

a) Directly proportional to the length of the wire in the coil
b) Inversely proportional to the length of the wire in the coil
c) Directly proportional to the square of the length of the wire in the coil
d) Inversely proportional to the square of the length of the wire in the coil
55. Two wires of the same length are shaped into a square of side ‘a’ and a circle with radius ‘r’. If
they carry same current, the ratio of their magnetic moment is
a) 2 : π
b) π : 2
c) π : 4
d) 4 : π
56. A circular loop of area 0.02 m2 carrying a current of 10 A, is held with its plane perpendicular to a
magnetic field induction 0.2 T. The torque acting on the loop is
a) 0.01 Nm
b) 0.001 Nm
c) Zero
d) 0.8 Nm
57. The deflection in a moving coil galvanometer is
a) Directly proportional to the torsional constant
b) Directly proportional to the number of turns in the coil
c) Inversely proportional to the area of the coil
d) Inversely proportional to the current flowing
58. The coil of a moving coil galvanometer is wound over a metal frame in order to
a) Reduce hysteresis
b) Increase sensitivity
c) Increase moment of inertia
d) Provide electromagnetic damping
59. A 72 Ω galvanometer is shunted by a resistance of 8 Ω. The percentage of the total current which
passes through the galvanometer is:
a) 0.1%
b) 10%
c) 25%
d) 0.25%
60. A moving coil galvanometer has a resistance of 900 Ω. In order to send only 10% of the main
current through this galvanometer, the resistance of the required shunt is
a) 0.9 Ω
b) 100 Ω
c) 405 Ω
d) 90 Ω
61. In an ammeter 0.2% of main current passes through the galvanometer. If resistance of galvanometer
is G, the resistance of ammeter will be:
1
a) G
499
 499
b) G
500
1
c) G
500
500
d) G
499
62. A galvanometer of resistance G is shunted by a resistance S ohm. To keep the main current in the
circuit unchanged, the resistance to be put in series with the galvanometer is
S2
a)
(S  G)
SG
b)
(S  G)
G2
c)
(S  G)
G
d)
(S  G)
63. A microammeter has a resistance of 100 Ω and full scale range of 50µA. It can be used as a
voltmeter or as a higher range ammeter provided a resistance is added to it. Pick the correct range
and resistance combination
a) 50 V range with 10 kΩ resistance in series
b) 10 V range with 200 kΩ resistance in series
c) 10 mA range with 1 kΩ resistance in parallel
d) 10 mA range with 0.1 kΩ resistance in parallel
64. A galvanometer having a coil resistance of 60 Ω shows full scale deflection when a current of 1.0
amp passes through it. It can be converted into an ammeter to read currents upto 5.0 amp by
a) Putting in series a resistance of 15 Ω
b) Putting in series a resistance of 240 Ω
c) Putting in parallel a resistance of 15 Ω
d) Putting in parallel a resistance of 240 Ω
65. The resistance of an ammeter is 13 Ω and its scale is graduated for a current upto 100 amps. After
an additional shunt has been connected to this ammter it becomes possible to measure currents upto
750 ampere by this meter. The value of shunt-resistance is
a) 2 Ω
b) 0.2 Ω
c) 2 kΩ
d) 20 Ω
66. A milli voltmeter of 25 mili volt range is to be converted into ammeter of 25ampere range. The
value (in ohm) of necessary shunt will be
a) 0.001
b) 0.01
c) 1
d) 0.05
67. A galvanometer of resistance 5 ohms gives a full scale deflection for a potential difference of 10
mV. To convert the galvanometer into a voltmeter giving a full scale deflection for a potential
difference of 1 V, the size of the resistance that must be attached to the voltmeter is
a) 0.495 ohm
b) 49.5 ohm
c) 495 ohm
 d) 4950 ohm
68. If n represents the actual number of deflections in a converted galvanometer of resistance G and
shunt resistance S. Then the total current I when its figure of merit is K will be:
KS
a)
(S  G)
(G  S)
b)
nKS
nKS
c)
(G  S)
nK(G  S)
d)
S