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CHAPTER Moving Charges and Magnetism
Multiple Choice Questions
Choose the correct option(s) in the following questions :-
1. If a conducting wire carries a direct current through it, the magnetic field associated with the current will be
___________ .
(a) both inside and outside the conductor (b) neither inside nor outside the conductor
(c) only outside the conductor (d) only inside the conductor
2. A compass needle is placed above a straight conducting wire. If current passes through the conducting wire
from South to North. Then the deflection of the compass ________ .
(a) is towards West (b) is towards East
(c) keeps oscillating in East-West direction (d) no deflection
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3. When a charged particle moving with velocity v is subjected to a magnetic field of induction B , the force on it
is non-zero. This implies that
(a) angle between is either zero or 180o
(b) angle between is necessarily 90o
(c) angle between can have any value other than 90o
(d) angle between can have any value other than zero and 180o
4. Consider the following two statements about the Oersted’s experiment.
Statement P: The magnetic field due to a straight current carrying conductor is in the form of circular loops
around it.
Statement Q: The magnetic field due to a current carrying conductor is weak at near points from the conductor,
compared to the far points.
(a) Both P and Q are true (b) Both P and Q are false
(c) P is true, but Q is false (d) P is false, but Q is true
5. Consider the following statements about the representation of the magnetic field
Statement P: The magnetic field emerging out of the plane of the paper is denoted by a dot () .
Statement Q: The magnetic field going into the plane of the paper is denoted by a cross () .
(a) Bothe P and Q are true (b) P is true, but Q is false
(c) P is false, but Q is true (d) Both P and Q are false
6. A region has a uniform magnetic field in it. A proton enters into the region with velocity making an angle of 45o
with the direction of the magnetic field. In this region the proton will move on a path having the shape of a
(a) straight line (b) circle (c) spiral (d) helix
7. Two charged particles traverse identical helical paths in a completely opposite sense in a uniform magnetic field
B = B0k.
(a) They have equal z-components of momenta
(b) They must have equal charges
(c) They necessarily represent a particle, anti-particle pair

e e
(d) The charge to mass ratio satisfy:      0
 m 1  m  2
8. A current I flows through a long straight conductor which is bent into circular loop of radius R in the middle as
shown in the figure.

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The magnitude of the net magnetic field at point O will be

0 I 0 I 0 I  1 
(a) zero (b) (1  ) (c) (d) 1  
2R 4R 2R   
9. Biot-Savart law indicates that the moving electrons (velocity v) produce a magnetic field B such that
(a) B is perpendicular to v
(b) B is parallel to v
(c) it obeys inverse cube law
(d) it is along the line joining the electron and point of observation
10. An electron is projected with uniform velocity along the axis of a current carrying long solenoid. Which of the
following is true?
(a) The electron will be accelerated along the axis
(b) The electron path will be circular about the axis
(c) The electron will experience a force at 45o to the axis and hence execute a helical path
(d) The electron will continue to move with uniform velocity along the axis of the solenoid
11. A micro-ammeter has a resistance of 100  and a full scale range of 50  A. It can be used as a higher range
ammeter or voltmeter provided resistance is added to it. Pick the correct range and resistance combinations.
(a) 50 V range and 10 k  resistance in series
(b) 10 V range and 200 k  resistance in series
(c) 5 mA range with 1  resistance in parallel
(d) 10 mA range with 1  resistance in parallel
12. A current carrying circular loop of radius R is placed in the x-y plane with centre at the origin. Half of the loop
with x > 0 is now bent so that it now lies in the y-z plane.
(a) The magnitude of magnetic moment now diminishes.
(b) The magnetic moment does not change.
(c) The magnitude of B at (0, 0, z), z >>R increases.
(d) The magnitude of B at (0, 0, z) z >>R is unchanged
13. A circular current loop of magnetic moment M is in an arbitrary orientation in an external magnetic field B. The
work done to rotate the loop by 30o about an axis perpendicular to its plane is
MB MB
(a) MB (b) 3 (c) (d) zero
2 2
14. A current carrying loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field. The torque acting on it does not depend upon the
(a) shape of the loop (b) area of the loop (c) value of current (d) magnetic field
15. A circular coil of 50 turns and radius 7 cm is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 4 T normal to the plane of the
coil. If the current in the coil is 6 A then total torque acting on the coil is
(a) 14.78 Nm (b) 0 Nm (c) 7.39 Nm (d) 3.69 Nm
16. The sensitivity of a moving coil galvanometer increases with the decrease in:
(a) number of turns (b) area of coil (c) magnetic field (d) torsional rigidity
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17. A voltmeter of range 2V and resistance 300  cannot be converted to an ammeter of range:
(a) 5 mA (b) 8 mA (c) 1 A (d) 10 A
18. In an ammeter 4% of the mains current is passing through galvanometer. If the galvanometer is shunted with a
5  resistance, then resistance of galvanometer will be
(a) 116  (b) 117  (c) 118  (d) 120 
19. A rectangular coil of length 0.12 m and width 0.1 m having 50 turns of wire is suspended vertically in a uniform
magnetic field of strength 0.2 Weber/m2. The coil carries a current of 2 A. If the plane of the coil is inclined at
an angle of 30o with the direction of the field, the torque required to keep the coil in stable equilibrium will be
(a) 0.24 Nm (b) 0.12 Nm (c) 0.15 Nm (d) 0.20 Nm
20. An electron is released from rest in a region of uniform electric and magnetic fields acting parallel to each other.
The electron will
(a) move in a straight line. (b) move in a circle
(c) remain stationary (d) move in a helical path
21. A straight current carrying conductor is placed inside a uniform magnetic field. The force per unit length acting
on the conductor is
(a) maximum when the conductor is perpendicular to the direction of magnetic field.
(b) maximum when the conductor is along the direction of manetic field.
(c) minimum when the conductor is perpendicular to the direction of magnetic field.
(d) minimum when the conductor makes an angle of 45o with the direction of magnetic field.
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22. An isosceles right angled current carrying loop PQR is placed in a uniform magnetic field B pointing along PR.
If the magnetic force acting on the arm PQ is F, then the magnetic force which acts on the arm QR will be

F
(a) F (b) (c) 2F (d) -F
2
23. A current of 10 A flowing from east to west in a long straight wire kept on a horizontal table. The magnetic field
developed at a distance of 10 cm due north on the table is :
(a) 2  10-5 T, acting downwards (b) 2  10-5 T, acting upwards
(c) 4  10-5 T, acting downwards (d) 4  10-5 T, acting upwards
24. An electron and a proton are moving along the same direction with the same kinetic energy. The enter a uniform
magnetic field acting perpendicular to their velocities. The dependence of radius of their paths on their masses
is:

1 1
(a) r  m (b) r  m (c) r  (d) r 
m m
Answer : 1-c, 2-b, 3-d, 4-c, 5-a, 6-d, 7-d, 8-d, 9-a, 10-d, 11-b,c, 12-a, 13-d, 14-a, 15-b, 16-d, 17-a, 18-d, 19-d, 20-a,
21-a, 22-d, 23-a, 24-b

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Very Short Answer Questins

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1. Write the expression, in a vector form, for the Lorentz magnetic force F due to a charge moving with velocity
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v in a magnetic field B . What is the direction of the magnetic force?
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2. When a charged particle moving with velocity v is subjected to magnetic field B , the force acting on it is non-
zero. Would the particle gain any energy?
3. A long straight wire carries a steady current I along the positive Y-axis in a coordinate system. A particle of
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charge +Q is moving with a velocity v along the X-axis. In which direction will the particle experience a force?
4. What can be the cause of helical motion of a changed particle?
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5. In a certain region of space, electric field E and magnetic field B are perpendicular to each other. An electron
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enters in the region perpendicular to the directions of both B and E and moves undeflected. Find the velocity
of the electron.
6. A narrow beam of protons and deutrons, each having the same momentum, enters a region of uniform magnetic
field directed perpendicular to their direction of momentum. What would be the ratio of the circular paths
described by them?
OR
A proton and a deuteron having equal moments enter in a region of uniform magnetic field at right angle to the
direction of the field. Find the ratio of the radii of curvature of the path of the particle.
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7. An electron moves along +x direction. It enters into a region of uniform magnetic field B directed along -z
directon as shown in fig. Draw the shape of trajectory followed by the electron after entering the field.

8. An electron does not suffer any deflection while passing through a region of uniform magnetic field. What is the
direction of the magnetic field?
9. A beam of  particles projected along + x-axis, experience a force due to a magnetic field along the + y-axis.
What is the direction of the magnetic field?
10. Why should an ammeter have a low resistance?
11. Why should a voltmeter have high resistance?
12. What is the value of magnetic field at point O due to current flowing in the wires?
13. What is the magnetic field at point O due to current carrying wires shown in figure?

14. An electron, passing through a region is not deflected. Are you sure that there is no magnetic field in that
region?
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15. A proton and an electron travelling along parallel paths enter a reion of uniform magnetic field, acting perpen-
dicular to their paths. Which of them will move in a circular path with higher frequency?
Short Answer Questions-I
1. A particle of charge q is moving with velocity v in the presence of crossed Electric field E and Magnetic field B
as shown. Write the condition under which the particle will continue moving along x-axis. How would the
trajectory of the particle be affected if the electric field is switched off?

2. (i) Write the expression for the magnetic force acting on a charged particle moving with velocity v in the pres-
ence of magnetic field B.
(ii) A neutron, an electron and an alpha article moving with equal velocities, enter a uniform magnetic field going
into the plane of the paper as shown. Trace their paths in the field and justify your answer.

3. Two long straight parallel wires A and B separated by a distance d, carry equal current I flowing in same
direction as shown in the figure.

(a) Find the magnetic field at a point P situated between them at a distance x from one wire.
(b) Show graphically the variation of the magnetic field with distance x for 0 < x < d.
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4. Write the expression for Lorentz magnetic force on a particle of charge ‘q’ moving with velocity v in a mag-
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netic field B . Show that no work is done by this force on the charged particle.
Ans. W = 0
5. A charged particle enters perpendicularly a region having either (i) magnetic field or (ii) an electric field. How
can the trajectory followed by the charged particle help us to know whether the region has an electric field or a
magnetic field? Explain briefly.
6. A long straight wire AB carries a current of 4 A. A proton P travels at 4  106 ms-1 parallel to the wire 0.2 m
from it and in a direction opposite to the current as shown in the figure. Calculate the force which the magnetic
field due to the current carrying wire exerts on the proton. Also specify its direction.

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Ans. 2.56  10-18 N

7. Two long and parallel straight wires carrying currents of 2 A and 5 A in the opposite directions are separated by
a distance of 1 cm. Find the nature and magnitude of the magnetic force between them.
Ans. 20  10-5 N(Repulsive)
8. A short bar magnet of magnetic moment 0.9 J/T is placed with its axis at 30o to a uniform magnetic field. It
experiences a torque of 0.063 J.
(i) Calculate the magnitude of the magnetic field.
(ii) In which orientation will the bar magnet be in stable equilibrium in the magnetic field?
9. A magnetised needle of magnetic moment 4.8  10-2 J T-1 is placed at 30o with the direction of uniform mag-
netic field of magnitude 3  10-2 T. Calculate the torque acting on the needle.
Ans. 7.2  10-4 Nm
10. State two reasons why a galvanometer can not be used as such to measure current in a given circuit.
OR
Can a galvanometer as such by used for measuring the current? Explain.
11. An  -particle and a proton are moving in the plane of paper in a region where there is a uniform magnetic field
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B directed normal to the plane of the paper. If the particles have equal linear momenta, what would be the ratio
of the radii of their trajectories in the field?
Ans. 1 : 2.
Short Answer Questions-II
1. Write any two important points of similarities and differences each between Coulomb’s law for the electrostatic
field and Biot-Savart’s law for the magnetic field.
2. A proton, a deuteron and an alpha particle, are accelerated through the same potential difference and then
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subjected to a uniform magnetic field B , perpendicular to the direcion of their motions. Compare (i) their kinetic
energies, and (ii) if the radius of the circular path described by proton is 5 cm, determine the radii of the paths
described by deuteron and alpha particle.
Ans. (i) 1 : 1 : 2, (ii) 5 2 cm
3. An electron and a proton enter a region of uniform magnetic field B with uniform speed v in a perpendicular
direction (fig.).
(i) Show the trajectories followed by two particles.
(ii) What is the ratio of the radii of the circular paths of electron to proton?

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Ans.
1840
4. (i) A point charge q moving with speed v enters a uniform magnetic field B that is acting into the plane of the
paper as shown. What is the path followed by the charge q and in which plane does it moves?
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(ii) How does the path followed by the charge get affected if its velocity has a component parallel to B ?
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(iii) If an electric field E is also applied such that the particle continues moving along the original straight line
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path, what should be the magnitude and direction of the electric field E ?

5. A rectangular loop which was initially inside the region of uniform and time - independent magnetic field, is
pulled out with constant velocity v as shown in the figure.
(a) Sketch the variation of magnetic flux, the induced current, and power dissipated as Joule heat as function of
time.
(b) If instead of rectangular loop, circular loop is pulled out; do you expect the same value of induced current?
Sketch the variation of flux in this case with time. Justify your answer.

6. A circular coil of ‘N’ turns and diameter ‘d’ carries a current ‘I’. It is unwound and rewound to make another
coil of diameter ‘2d’, current ‘I’ remaining the same. Calculate the ratio of the magnetic moments of the new
coil and the original coil.
Ans. 2 : 1
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7. An  -particle and a proton of the same kinetic energy are in turn allowed to pass through a magnetic field B ,
acting normal to the direction of motion of the particles. Calculate the ratio of radii of the circular paths de-
scribed by them.
Ans. 1 : 1
8. Two small identical circular loops, marked (1) and (2), carrying equal currents, are placed with the geometrical
axes perpendicular to each other as shown in the figure. Find the magnitude and direction of the net magnetic
field producd at the point O.

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Ans.
4
9. 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 magnetic field at the common centre of the two coils, if they carry
currents equal to I and 3 I respectively..
0 I
Ans. , 30o
R
10. Two identical circular loops, P and Q, each of radius r and carrying currents I and 2I respectively are lying in
parallel planes such that they have a common axis. The direction of current in both the loops is clockwise as
seen from O whch is equidistant from the both loops. Find the magnitude of the net magnetic field at point O.

0 I
Ans.
4 2r
11. (a) An electron moving horizontally with a velocity of 4  104 m/s enters a region of uniform magnetic field of
10-5 T acting vertically upward as shown in the figure. Draw its trajectory and find out the time it takes to come
out of the region of magnetic field.
(b) A straight wire of mass 200 g and length 1.5 m carries a current of 2A. It is suspended in mid air by a
uniform magnetic field B. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field?

Ans. (a) 1.78  10-6 s, (b) 0.67 T

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12. A unifrom magnetic field B is set up along the positive x-axis. A particle of charge ‘q’ and mass ‘m’ moving
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with a velocity v enters the field at the origin in X-Y plane such that it has velocity components both along and
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perpendicular to the magnetic field B . Trace, giving reason, the trajectory followed by the particle. Find out the
expression for the distance moved by the particle along the magnetic field in one rotation.

2m
Ans.
qB
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13. (a) (i) A circular loop of area A , carrying a current I is placed in a uniform magnetic field B . Write the expres-
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sion for the torque  acting on it in a vector form.
(ii) If the loop is free to turn, what would be its orientation of stable equilibrium? Show that in this orientation, the
flux of net field (external field + the field produced by the loop) is maximum.
(b) Find out the expression for the magnetic field due to a long solenoid carrying a current I and having n
number of turns per unit length.
14. The figure shows three infinitely long straight parallel current carrying conductors. Find the
(i) magnitude and direction of the net magnetic field at point A lying on conductor 1,
(ii) magnetic force on conductor 2.

 0 10 I 3 0 I 2
Ans. (i) , (ii) 
4 3r 2 r
15. (a) State the condition under which a charged particle moving with velocity v goes undeflected in a magnetic
field B.
(b) An electron, after being accelerated through a potential difference of 104 V, enter a uniform magnetic field
of 0.04 T, perpendicular to its direction of motion. Calculate the radius of curvature of its trajectory.
Ans. (a) sin   0 , (b) 8.4  10-3 m
16. A wire AB is carrying a steady current of 12 A and is lying on the table. Another wire CD carrying 5 A is held
directly above AB at a height of 1 mm. Find the mass per unit length of the wire CD so that it remains sus-
pended at its position when left free. Give the direction of the current flowing in CD with respect to that in AB.
[Take the value of g = 10 ms-2] Ans. 1.2  10-3 kg/m
17. A rectangular loop of wire of size 2.5 cm  4 cm carries a steady current of 1 A. A straight wire carrying 2 A
current is kept near the loop as shown. If the loop and the wire are coplanar, find the (i) torque acting on the
loop and (ii) the magnitude and direction of the force on the loop due to the current carrying wire.

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Ans. 4.44  10-7 N

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18. Write the expression for the magnetic moment ( M ) due to a planar square loop of side ‘l’ carrying a steady
current I in a vector form. In the given figure this loop is placed in a horizontal plane near a long straight conduc-
tor carrying a steady current I1 at a distance l as shown. Give reasons to explain that the loop will experience a
net force but no torque. Write the expression for this force acting on the loop.

0 II1 
Ans. j
4
19. The magnitude F of the force between two straight parallel current carrying conductors kept at a distance d
apart in air is given by
 0 I1 I 2
F
2d
where I1 and I2 are the currents flowing through the two wires.
Use this expressions, and the sign convention that the:
“Force of attraction is assigned a negative sign and force of repulsion is assigned a positive sign”.
Draw graphs showing dependence of F on
(i) I1 I2 when d is kept constant
(ii) d when the product I1 I2 is maintained at a constant positive value.
(iii) d when the product I1 I2 is maintained at a constant negative value.
20. (a) Briefly explain how a galvanometer is converted into an ammeter.
(b) A galvanometer coil has a resistance of 15  and it shows full scale deflection for a current of 4 mA.
Convert it into an ammeter of range 0 to 6 A.
21. (a) Briefly explain how a galvanometer is converted into a voltmeter.
(b) A voltmeter of a certain range is constructed by connecting a resistance of 980  in series with a galvanom-
eter. When the resistance of 470  is connected in series, the range gets halved. Find the resistance of the
galvanometer.
Ans. 40 
22. A multirange voltmeter can be constructed by using a galvanometer circuit as shown in the figure. We want to
construct a voltmeter that can measure 2 V, 20 V and 200 V using a galvanometer of resistance 10  and that
produces maximum deflection for current of 1 mA. Find the value of R1, R2 and R3 that have to be used.

Ans. case (i) 2 k  , case (ii) 18 k  , case (iii) 180 k 

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