BIRLA VIDYA NIKETAN

Practice Assignment Physics

1. Two particles, having same charges but different velocities, are moving in a uniform magnetic field. The
particles’ velocity vector, drawn to scale is shown in the figure. Which particle experiences greater
magnetic Lorentz force? Justify your answer.

2. A proton and an alpha particle are free to move in a magnetic field with the same velocity. Which one
will have greater acceleration and why?
3. Free electrons are always moving in a conductor. Then why a magnetic force does not act on them
unless current is flowing in the conductor?
4. The figure below shows the path of two charged particles entering a uniform magnetic field in a
direction perpendicular to magnetic field as shown. Identify which one is positively charged and why?

5. A proton and an alpha particle enter a uniform magnetic field perpendicular to it with same velocity.
Find the ratio of time period of revolution of alpha particle and proton. [ 2:1]
6. A stream of electrons travelling with speed ‘v’ at right angles to uniform magnetic field ‘B’ is deflected
in a circular path of radius ‘r’. Find the specific charge of electron.
7. A charged particle moves perpendicular to the magnetic field. How its energy and momentum are
affected?
8. A charge particle moving in a perpendicular magnetic field penetrates a layer of lead and thereby loses
half of its kinetic energy. How will the radius of curvature of its path change?

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9. A proton and an α-particle enter a uniform magnetic field perpendicularly with the same speed. How
many times is the time period of α-particle than that of the proton? Deduce an expression for the ratio
of radii of the circular paths for the two particles.
10. A long straight conductor carries a steady current ‘I’. The current is distributed uniformly across its
cross section of radius ‘a’. Calculate the magnetic field in the region (i) r <a (ii) r > a.
11. A long straight conductor carries a steady current ‘I’. The current is distributed uniformly across its
cross section of radius ‘a’. Plot a graph showing the variation of magnetic field ‘B’ produced by the
conductor with distance ‘r’ from the axis of the conductor in the region (i) r < a (ii) r > a.
12. Two identical circular coils of radius 0.1 m, each having 20 turns are mounted co-axially 0.1 m apart. A
current of 0.5 A is passed through both of them (i) in the same direction and (ii) the opposite
directions. Find the magnetic field at the centre of each coil. [8.50 x 10-5 T, 4.06 x 10-5 T]
13. Two parallel wires carrying current in same direction attract each other. What about two beams of
electrons travelling parallel, and in same direction, to each other?
14. A straight wire of length π/2 m, is bent into a circular shape. If the wire were to carry a current of 5 A,
calculate the magnetic field due to it before bending, at a point distant 4 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. [10-6 T, 12.56 x 10-6 T]
15. A circular segment of radius 10 cm subtends an angle of 600 at its center. A current of 9 A is flowing
through it. Find the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field produced at the center.
[9.42 x 10-6 T]
16. A rectangular loop of metallic wire is of length 4 cm and breadth 3 cm and carries a current of 3 A. Find
the magnitude of the magnetic field at the centre of the loop. [10-4 T]
17. A closely wound solenoid 80 cm long has 5 layers of windings of 400 turns each. The diameter of the
solenoid is 1.8 cm. if the current carried is 8 A; find the magnitude of magnetic field inside the solenoid
near its center. [ 2.5 x 10-2 T]
18. The magnetic induction at a point P which is at a distance of 4 cm from a long current carrying wire is
10-3 T. What is the magnetic field at a distance 12 cm from this current carrying wire? [3.33 x 10 -4 T]
19. The figure shows a rectangular current carrying loop, carrying current in the anticlockwise direction,
placed 2 cm away from a long, straight, current carrying conductor. What is the direction and
magnitude of the net force acting on the loop? [7.8 x 10-4 N, attractive]

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20. Two identical circular wires P and Q each of radius R and carrying current ‘I’ are kept in perpendicular
planes such that they have a common centre as shown in the figure. Find the magnitude and direction
of the net magnetic field at the common centre of the two coils.

21. A rectangular coil having each turn of length 5 cm and breadth 2 cm is suspended freely in a radial
magnetic field of induction 2.5 x 10-5 T, torsional constant of the suspension wire is 1.5 x 10-8 Nm/rad.
The coil deflects through an angle of 0.2 radian when a current of 2 mA is passed through it. Find the
number of turns of the coil. [60]
22. A metallic rod of mass 0.3 kg/m is not allowed to roll on a smooth inclined plane of 30˚ (with horizontal)
by passing a current in the rod. A magnetic field of 0.15 T is acting in vertical direction. Calculate the
current required. [11.32 A]
23. A circular coil of 100 turns, radius 10 cm carries a current of 5 A. It is suspended vertically in a uniform
horizontal magnetic field of 0.5 T, the field lines making an angle of 60° with the plane of the coil.
Calculate the magnitude of the torque that must be applied on it to prevent it from turning. [3.9 N-m]
24. Calculate the value of the resistance needed to convert a galvanometer of resistance 120  which
gives a full scale deflection for a current of 5mA, into a voltmeter of range 0-50V.
25. When a galvanometer having 30 division scale and 100 Ω resistances is connected in series to a battery
of emf 3 volt through a resistance of 200 Ω, shows a full scale deflection. Find the figure of merit of the
galvanometer in microampere. [ 333.3 μA/ division]

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