3/19/24, 2:07 PM Question Paper

Paper Id : 4889 (Set-1)

ASSIGNMENT-ELECTRO MAGNETISM
Class: Senior Inter Date: 22-03-2024
Time: 30 Minutes Max marks: 120

Exam Instructions :
Answer all the questions
PHYSICS
1. A circular loop of radius R carries a current I . Another circular loop of radius
r(≪ R) carries a current i and is placed at the centre of the larger loop. The planes

of the two circles are at right angle to each other. Find the torque acting on the
smaller loop.
1) 2μ π r
0
2
2) μ iIr
0

R 2πR

3) μ
0
I π i r
2
4) μ iIr
0

2R 2πR

2. A square loop is carrying a steady current I and the magnitude of its magnetic dipole
moment is m. If this square loop is changed to a circular loop and it carries the same
current, the magnitude of the magnetic dipole moment of circular loop will be
1) m

π
2) 3 m

3) 4m
4) 2 m

π π

3. A particle of charge − q and mass m moves in a circle of radius r around an infinitely

long line charge of linear charge density +λ . Then time period will be
4
(where k = )
4πε 0

−−−
−
1) T = 2πr√
m 2) T
2
=
4π
2
m
r
3

2kλq 2kλq

−−−
− −−−
−
3) 1
√
2kλq 4) T =
1
√
m
T = 2πr 2kλq
2πr m

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4. 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 currents flow in the same direction. The force acting on the wire Y is

1) 1.2 × 10
−5
N directed towards wire X .

2) 1.2 × 10
−4
N directed away from wire X .

3) 1.2 × 10
−4
N directed towards wire X .

4) 2.4 × 10
−5
N directed towards wire X .

5. A current carrying wire of length ' ℓ ' is bent to form a circular coil of one turn. After
that it is again bent to form a circular coil of two turns. Find ratio of magnetic
moment of coils respectively.
1) 1: 4 2) 1: 2 3) 2:1 4) 4 : 1

6. A proton, a deuteron and an α - particle with same kinetic energy enter into a
uniform magnetic field at right angle to magnetic field. The ratio of the radii of their
respective circular paths is
– – – – –
1) 1 : √2 : √2 2) 1 : 1 : √2 3) √2 : 1 : 1 4) 1 : √2 : 1

7. A wire of length λ is bent in the form of a circular coil of some turns. A current 'i'
flow through the coil. The coil is placed in a uniform magnetic field B. The maximum
torque on the coil can be
1) iBℓ
2
2) iBℓ
2
3) iBℓ
2
4) 2iBℓ
2

4π π 2π π

8. A solid cylindrical wire of radius ′ ′

R carries a current ′ ′
I . The magnetic field is 5μT at
a point, which is 2 R distance away from the axis of wire. Magnetic field at a point
′ ′

which is distance inside from the surface of the wire is

2R

1) 10

3
μT 2) 20

3
μT 3) 5

3
μT 4) 40
μT
3

9. A conducting ring of radius r having charge q is rotating with angular velocity

wabout its axes. Find the magnetic field at the center of the ring

1) μ ωq
0
2) μ ωq
0
3) 2μ ωq
0 4) 3μ ωq
0
4πr πr πr 2πr

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10. A circular current carrying coil has a radius R . The distance from the centre of the
coil on the axis where the magnetic induction will be (1/8)th of its value at the
centre of the coil, is
– – – –
1) R/√3 2) R√ 3 3) 2R√3 4) (2√3)R

–
11. As shown in the figure, a current of 2A flowing in an equilateral triangle of side 4√3
cm. The magnetic field at the centroid O of the triangle is (Neglect the effect of
earth's magnetic field.)

– – – –
1) 4√3 × 10
−4
T 2) 4√3 × 10
−5
T 3) √3 × 10
−4
T 4) 3√3 × 10
−5
T

12. A circular loop of radius r is carrying current I A. The ratio of magnetic field at the
center of circular loop and at a distance r from the center of the loop on its axis is
– – – –
1) 2√ 2 : 1 2) 1 : 3√ 2 3) 3√ 2 : 2 4) 1 : √2

13. Find the magnetic field at the point P in figure. The curved proton is a semicircle
connected to two long straight wires.

1) μ i
0
(1 +
1
)
2) μ i
0
(1 +
2
)
3) μ i
0
(
1
+
1
)
4) μ i
0
(
1
+
1
)
2r π 2r π 2r 2 2π 2r 2 π

14. As shown in the figure, two infinitely long, identical wires are bent by 90 and ∘

placed in such a way that the segments LP and QM are along the x-axis, while
segments PS and QN are parallel to the y-axis. If OP = OQ = 4 cm, and the
magnitude of the magnetic field at O is 10 T, and the two wires carry equal
−4

current (see figure), the magnitude of the current in each wire and the direction of
the magnetic field at will be −7 −2
O (μ0 = 4π × 10 NA )

1) 20 A , perpendicular out of the page 2) 40 A , perpendicular out of the page

3) 20 A , perpendicular into the page 4) 40 A , perpendicular into the page

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15. Two identical coaxial circular loops carry a current i each circulating in the same
direction. If the loops approach each other
1) the current in each will decrease

2) the current in each will increase

3) the current in each will remain the same

4) the current in one will increase and in other will decrease

16. A long thick solid conductor has a cylindrical cavity of radius 1 m parallel to its axis
at a distance of 2 m cylinder with cavity has a surface current density
6
⃗
J =
10

π
Am . A charged particle of mass 0.1 kg and charge π coulomb is projected
−2 ^
k

with velocity v at an angle of 60 as shown in figure. For what maximum v , particle

∘

is able to strike point B ?

1) 8 ms
−1
2) 6 ms
−1
3) 4 ms
−1
4) None

17. A loop carrying current I lies in the x − y plane as shown in figure. The unit vector
^
k is coming out of the plane of the paper. The magnetic moment of the current loop
is

1) 2 ^
a Ik 2) (
π 2 ^
+ 1) a I k 3) −(
π 2 ^
+ 1) a I k 4) 2 ^
(2π + 1) a I k
2 2

18. A circular coil of 16 turns and radius 10 cm carrying a current of 0.75 A rests with
its plane normal to a external field of magnitude 5.0 × 10 T. The coil is free to −2

turn about an axis along diameter. When the coil is turned slightly and released, it
oscillates about its stable equilibrium with frequency of 2.0 s . What is the moment −1

of inertia of the coil about its axis of rotation?

1) 1.19 × 10
−4
kgm
2
2) 1.5 × 10
−5
kgm
2

3) 2 × 10
−5
kgm
2
4) 3.9 × 10
−4
kgm
2

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19. A positively charged particle having charge q and mass m enters in isosceles right
angle triangular region having uniform magnetic field B as shown in gravity free
space. The maximum value of v so that particle must comes out through the region
from side PQ is

1) BqL
2) (√2 −1)BqL
3) BqL
4) (√2 −1)BqL

√2 m m 2√2 m 2 m

20. Two parallel, long wires are kept 0.20 m apart in vacuum, each carrying current of
x A in the same direction. If the force of attraction per meter of each wire is

N, then the value of x is approximately

−6
2 × 10

1) 1 2) 2.4 3) 1.4 4) 2

21. A particle of charge ' q ' and mass ' m ' enters a uniform magnetic field region
⃗
B = −Bk̇ at origin ' O ' with a velocity v⃗ = 6i m/s and after some time it exits the
0
–
magnetic field region with a velocity v⃗ = (3i + 3√3j)m/s as shown. The time interval
for which the particle has moved in the magnetic field region is

1) πm

qB
2) πm

2qB
3) πm

3qB
4) πm

4qB

22. A small circular loop of conducting wire has radius a and carries current i. It is
placed in a uniform magnetic field B perpendicular to its plane such that when
rotated slightly about its diameter and released, it starts performing simple
harmonic motion of time period T, If the mass of the loop is m, then
−−
− −−
− −
−−− −−
−
1) T = √
πm
2) T = √
2 m 3) T = √
2πm 4) T = √
πm

iB 2iB
iB iB

23. An electron is projected at an angle θ with a uniform magnetic field. If the pitch of
the helical path is equal to its radius, then angle of projection is
1) tan
−1
π 2) tan
−1
2π 3) cot
−1
π 4) cot
−1
2π

24. Three long straight wires are connected parallel to each other across a battery of
negligible internal resistance. The ratio of their resistances are 3 : 4 : 5. What is the
ratio of distances of middle wire from the others if the net force experienced by it is
zero
1) 5 : 3 2) 4 : 3 3) 2 : 3 4) 1 : 3

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25. A uniform electric field E = (8 m/e)V/m is created between two parallel plates of
length 1 m as shown in figure, (where m = mass of electron and e = charge of
electron). An electron enters the field symmetrically between the plates with a speed
of 2 m/s. The angle of the deviation (θ) of the path of the electron as it comes out of
the field will be

1) tan
−1
(4) 2) tan
−1
(2)

3) tan
−1
(
1

3
) 4) tan
−1
(3)

26. Charge ' q ' is uniformly distributed along the length of a non-conducting circular
ring of mass ' m ' and radius ' a '. The ring is placed concentrically on a rough
horizontal circular surface of radius ' R '. A time varying magnetic field
B = kt (where k is constant) is existing perpendicular to the plane of circular region

of radius ' R ' as shown. The minimum coefficient of friction between the ring and
the surface required to keep the ring stationary is

1) 2kqa
2) kqa

mg mg

3) kqa
4) kqa

2mg 4mg

27. A current of 1 ampere is flowing on the sides of a square shaped wire frame of side
–
16√2 cm. The magnetic field at the centre of the square will be

1) 5 × 10
−6
Wb/m
2
2) 5 × 10
−5
Wb/m
2

3) 2.5 × 10
−5
Wb/m
2
4) 2.5 × 10
−6
Wb/m
2

28. A proton of mass 1.67 × 10 kg and charge 1.67 × 10

−27
C is projected with a speed
−19

of 2 × 10 ms at an angle of 60 to the X-axis. If a uniform magnetic field of 0.10 T

6 −1 0

is applied along Y-axis, the path of proton is

1) a circle of radius 0.2 m and time period π × 10
−7
s

2) a circle of radius 0.1 m and time period 2π × 10

−7
s

3) a helix of radius 0.1 m and time period 2π × 10

−7
s

4) a helix of radius 0.2 m and time period 4π × 10

−7
s

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29. Two ions of masses 4 amu and 16 amu have charges +2e and +3e respectively.
These ions pass through the region of constant perpendicular magnetic field. The
kinetic energy of both ions is same. Then
1) lighter ion will be deflected less than heavier ion

2) lighter ion will be deflected more than heavier ion

3) both ions will be deflected equally

4) no ion will be deflected.

30. A current-carrying wire of certain length is bent to form an arc that subtends an
angle θ at the centre due to this wire. The correct graph between B and q is
1) 2)

3) 4)

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