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MAGNETIC EFFECT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT

Class 12 - Physics
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 144

Section A
1. A current I is flowing in an infinitely long conductor bent into the shape shown in Fig. If the radius of the curved [2]
part is R, find the magnetic field at the centre O.

2. A horizontal overhead power line carries a current of 90 A in east to west direction. What is the magnitude and [2]
direction of the magnetic field due to the current 1.5 m below the line?
3. Two identical coils Pand Q each of radius R are lying in perpendicular planes such that they have a common [2]
centre. Find the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at the common centre of the two coils, if they
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carry currents equal to I and √3I respectively.

4. A wire of length L is bent round in the form of a coil having N turns of same radius. If a steady current I flows [2]
through it in a clockwise direction, find the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field produced at its centre.
5. A long wire is bent as shown in the given figure. Find the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at the [2]
centre O of the circular part, if a current I is passed through the wire.

6. A long straight wire in the horizontal plane carries a current of 50 A in the north to south direction. Give the [2]
magnitude and direction of B
⃗
at a point 2.5 m east of the wire.
7. State Biot-Savart law and express this law in vector form. [2]
8. Write any two important points of similarities and differences each between Coulomb's law for the electrostatic [2]
field and Biot-Savart's law for the magnetic field.
9. An electron of 45 eV energy is revolving in a circular path in a magnetic field of intensity 9 × 10 −5 −2
Wb m . [2]
Determine (i) the speed of the electron (ii) radius of the circular path.
10. Two insulating infinitely long conductors carrying currents I1 and I2 lie mutually perpendicular to each other in [2]

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 the same plane, as shown in given figure. Find the magnetic field at point P(a, b).

11. Derive an expression for the potential energy of a bar magnet when placed in a uniform magnetic field. [2]
12. Two identical circular loops, P and Q, ucK of radius r and carrying currents I and 21 respectively are lying in [2]
parallel planes such that they have a common axis. The direction of current in both the loops is clockwise as
seen from O which is equidistant from the both loops. Find the magnitude of the net magnetic field at point O.

13. Two identical circular wires P and Q, each of radius r and carrying current I are kept in perpendicular planes, [2]
such that they have a common centre as shown in figure. Find the magnitude and direction of the net magnetic
field at the common centre of the two coils.

14. A long wire bent as shown in the given figure. What will be the magnitude and direction of the field at the centre [2]
O of the circular portion, if a current I is passed through the wire? Assume that the various portions of the wire
do not touch at point P.

15. Two identical circular loops P and Q, each of radius r and carrying equal currents are kept in the parallel planes [2]
having a common axis passing through O. The direction of current in P is clockwise and in Q is anti-clockwise
as seen from O which is equidistant from the loops P and Q. Find the magnitude of the net magnetic field at O.

16. A circular loop carrying a current 5 A, produces a magnetic field of π mT, at its centre. Find the value of the [2]
magnetic moment of the loop.
17. A metallic wire is bent into the shape shown in given figure and carries a current I. If O is the common centre of [2]

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 all the three circular arcs of radii r, 2r and 3r, find the magnetic field at the point O.

18. A straight wire carrying a current of 12 A is bent into a semicircular arc of radius 2.0 cm as shown in the given [2]
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 given figure (b).

19. Figure shows a current loop having two circular segments and joined by two radial lines. Find the magnetic field [2]
at the centre O.

20. A straight wire, of length π

2
metre, is bent into a circular shape. If the wire were to carry a current of 5 A, [2]
calculate the magnetic field, due to it, before bending, at a point distant 0.01 times the radius of the circle formed
from it. Also calculate the magnetic field, at the centre of the circular loop formed, for the same value of current.
21. Two circular loops A and B, each of radius 3 m, are placed coaxially at a distance of 4 m. They carry currents of [2]
3 A and 2 A in opposite directions respectively. Find the net magnetic field at the centre of loop A.
22. A charge 2Q is spread uniformly over an insulated ring of radius R/2. What is the magnetic moment of the ring [2]
if it is rotated with an angular velocity ω with respect to normal axis?
23. Using Biot-Savart's law, derive the expression for the magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre of a circular [2]
loop of radius r carrying a steady current I. Draw the field lines due to the current loop.
24. A moving coil galvanometer of resistance G gives a full scale deflection for a current I Use he suitable circuit [2]
diagram to convert it into an 4 mmeter of range 0 to I(I > Ig) Deduce the expression for the shunt required for
this conversion. Hence write the expression for the resistance of the ammeter thus obtained.
25. A circular coil, having 100 turns of wire, of the radius (nearly) 20 cm each, lies in the XY plane with its centre at [2]
–
the origin of coordinates. Find the magnetic field at the point (0, 0, 20√3 cm) when this coil carries a current of
(
2

π
) A.
26. A square loop of side a carrying a current 12 is kept at distance x from an infinitely long straight wire carrying a [2]
current I1 as shown in the figure. Obtain the expression for the resultant force acting on the loop.

[2]

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27. a. i. A circular loop of area A⃗, carrying a current I is placed in a uniform magnetic field B⃗ . Write the
expression for the torque τ ⃗ 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.
28. Two infinitely long straight wires A1 and A2 carrying currents I and 2I flowing in the same direction are kept d [2]

distance apart. Where should a third straight wire A3 carrying current 1.5 I be placed between A1 and A2 so that

it experiences no net force due to A1 and A2? Does the net force acting on A3 depend on the current flowing
through it?
29. Two very long, straight, parallel wires A and B carry currents of 10 A and 20 A respectively and are at a distance [2]
20 cm apart, as shown in Fig. If a third wire C (length 15 cm) having a current of 10 A is placed between them,
how much force will act on C ? The direction of current in all the three wires is same.

30. Explain, why two wires carrying currents in opposite directions repel each other. [2]
31. a. State Ampere's circuital law. Use this law to obtain the expression for the magnetic field inside an air cored [2]
toroid of average radius 'r', having 'n' turns per unit length and carrying a steady current I. Show that the
magnetic field in the open space inside and exterior to the toroid is zero.
b. An observer to the left of a solenoid of N turns each of cross-section area 'A' observes that a steady current I
in it flows in the clockwise direction. Depict the magnetic field lines due to the solenoid specifying its
polarity and show that it acts as a bar magnet of magnetic ll moment m = NIA.

32. A magnetic field of 100 G (1G = 10-4T) is required which is uniform in a region of linear dimension about 10 [2]

cm and area of cross section about 10-3m2. The maximum current carrying capacity of a given coil of wire is 15

A and the number of turns per unit length that can be wound round a core is at most 1000 turns m-1. Suggest
some appropriate design particulars of a solenoid for the required purpose. Assume the core is not ferromagnetic.
33. In Fig. the straight wire AB is fixed while the loop PQRS is free to move under the influence of the electric [2]
currents flowing in them. In which direction does the loop begin to move? Give reason for your answer.

34. A long solenoid is made by closely winding a wire of radius 0.5 mm over a cylindrical non-magnetic frame so [2]
that successive turns nearly touch each other. What will be the magnetic field at the centre of the solenoid if a

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 current of 5 A flows through it?
35. A solenoid is 1.0 m long and 3.0 cm in diameter. It has five layers of windings of 850 turns each and carries a [2]
current of 5.0 A.
i. What is B at its centre?
ii. What is the magnetic flux ϕ for a cross-section of the solenoid at the centre?
B

36. Answer the following: [2]

a. Magnetic field lines can be entirely confined within the core of a toroid, but not within a straight solenoid.
Why?
b. Does a bar magnet exert a torque on itself due to its own field? Justify your answer.
c. When an electron revolves around a nucleus, obtain the expression for the magnetic moment associated with
it.
37. What is the force on a wire of length 4.0 cm inside a solenoid near its centre, making an angle of 60° with its [2]
axis? The wire carries a current of 12 A and the magnetic field due to the solenoid has a magnitude of 0.25T.
Section B
38. A fine pencil of β -particles, moving with a speed v, enters a region (region 1), where a uniform electric and a [3]
uniform magnetic field are both present. These P -particles then move into region II where only the magnetic
field (out of the two fields present in region I), exists. The path of the β -particles, in the two regions, is shown
in Fig.

i. State the direction of the magnetic field.

ii. State the relation between 'E' and 'B' in the region I.
iii. Drive the expression for the radius of the circular path of the β -particle in region II.
If the magnitude of the magnetic field, in region II, is changed to n times its earlier value, (without changing the
magnetic field in the region I) find the factor by which the radius of this circular path would change.
39. A current of 1.0 A is flowing in the sides of an equilateral triangle of side 4.5 × 10-2 m. Find the magnetic field [3]

at the centroid of the triangle.

40. A current I = 5.0 A flows along a thin wire shaped as shown in the given figure. The radius of the curved part of [3]

the wire is equal to R = 120 mm, the angle 2ϕ = 90o. Find the magnetic induction of the field at point O.

41. A straight wire carrying a current of 12 A is bent into a semi-circular arc of radius 2.0 cm as shown in Fig. (a). [3]
Consider the magnetic field B at the centre of the arc.
a. What is the magnetic field due to the straight segments?
b. In what way the contribution to B from the semicircle differs from that of a circular loop and in what way
does it resemble?

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 c. Would your answer be different if the wire were bent into a semi-circular arc of the same radius but in the
opposite way as shown in Fig. (b)?

42. Two parallel wires P and Q placed at a separation of r = 6 cm carry electric currents I1 = 5A and I2 = 2A in [3]

opposite directions as shown in the given figure. Find the point on the line PQ where the resultant magnetic field
is zero.

43. A uniform conducting wire of length 12a and resistance R is wound up as a current-carrying coil in the shape of [3]
a. an equilateral triangle of side a,
b. a square of sides a and,
c. a regular hexagon of sides a.
The coil is connected to a voltage source V0. Find the magnetic moment of the coils in each case.
44. A straight horizontal conducting rod of length 0.45 m and mass 60 g is suspended by two vertical wires at its [3]
ends. A current of 5.0 A is set up in the rod through the wires.
a. What magnetic field should be set up normal to the conductor in order that the tension in the wires is zero?
b. What will be the total tension in the wires if the direction of current is reversed, keeping the magnetic field
same as before? (Ignore the mass of the wires) g = 9.8 ms-2.
45. Figure shows a long straight wire of a circular cross-section (radius a) carrying steady current I. The current I is [3]
uniformly distributed across this cross-section. Calculate the magnetic field in the region r < a and r > a.

46. The figure given below shows a right-angled isosceles △PQR having its base equal to a. A current of I ampere [3]
is passing downwards along a thin straight wire cutting the plane of paper normally as shown at Q. Likewise a
similar wire carries an equal current passing normally upwards at R. Find the magnitude and direction of the
magnetic induction B at P. Assume the wires to be infinitely long.

47. The current-loop PQRSTP formed by two circular segments of radii R1 and R2 carries a current of I ampere. [3]

Find the magnetic field at the common centre O. What will be the field if angle α = 90o?

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48. a. A capacitor is connected in series to an ammeter across a d.c. source. Why does the ammeter show a [3]
momentary deflection during the charging of the capacitor? What would be the deflection when it is fully
charged?
b. How is the generalized form of Ampere's critical law obtained to include the term due to displacement
current?

49. i. State Ampere's circuital law. Use this law to obtain the expression for the magnetic field inside an air-cored [3]
toroid of average radius 'r', having 'n' turns per unit length and carrying a steady current I.
ii. An observer to the left of a solenoid of N turns each of cross-section area 'A' observes that a steady current I
in it flows in the clockwise direction. Depict the magnetic field lines due to the solenoid specifying its
polarity and show that it acts as a bar magnet of magnetic moment m = NIA.

50. A long straight wire of a circular cross-section·of radius a carries steady current I. The current is uniformly [3]
distributed across the cross-section. Apply Ampere's circuital law to calculate the magnetic field B(r) at a point
in the region for (i) r < a and (ii) r > a. Draw a graph showing the dependence of B(r) on r.
51. a. Derive with the help of a diagram the expression for the magnetic field inside a very long solenoid having n [3]
turns per unit length carrying a current I.
b. How is a toroid different from a solenoid?
52. An iron core is inserted into a solenoid 0.5 m long with 400 turns per unit length. The area of cross section of the [3]

solenoid is 0.01 m2.

a. Find the permeability of the core when a current of 5 A flows through the solenoid winding. Under these
conditions, the magnetic flux through the cross section of the solenoid is 1.6 × 10 −3
Wb.
b. Find the inductance of the solenoid under these conditions.
Section C
53. a. Derive the expression for the magnetic field due to a current carrying coil of radius R at a distance x from the [5]
centre along the X-axis.
b. A straight wire carrying a current of 5 A is bent into a semicircular arc of radius 2 cm as shown in the figure.
Find the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at the centre of the arc.

54. State Biot-Savart law expressing it in vector form. Use it to obtain the magnetic field, at an axial point, distant r [5]
from the centre of a circular coil of radius a carrying a current I. Hence, compare the magnitudes of the magnetic
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field of this coil at the centre and at an axial point for which r = √3a

55. i. Derive an expression for the magnetic field at a point on the axis of a current-carrying circular loop. [5]
ii. A coil of 100 turns (tightly bound) and radius 10 cm, carries a current of 1 A. What is the magnitude of the
magnetic field at the entre of the coil.

56. i. Using Biot-Savart's law, deduce an expression for the magnetic field on the axis of a circular current carrying [5]
loop.
ii. Draw the magnetic field lines due to a current carrying loop.

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 iii. A straight wire carrying a current of 12 A is bent into a semi-circular arc of radius 2.0 cm as shown in the
figure. What is the magnetic field B at O due to

57. i. An electron in the ground state of Hydrogen atom is revolving in a circular orbit of radius R. Obtain the [5]
expression for the orbital magnetic moment of the electron in terms of fundamental constants.
ii. Draw the magnetic field lines for a current carrying solenoid when a rod made of
a. copper,
b. aluminium and
c. iron, is inserted within the solenoid as shown.

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