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Given below are two statements : Statement (I) : When currents vary with time, Newton's third law is valid only if momentum carried by the electromagnetic field is taken into account Statement (II) : Ampere's circuital law does not depend on Biot-Savart's law. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer: D
A square loop of edge length carrying current of is placed with its edges parallel to the - axis. A magnetic field is passing through the - plane and expressed as , where . The net magnetic force experienced by the loop is ______ .
Answer: 160
A proton and a deuteron () having same kinetic energies enter a region of uniform magnetic field , moving perpendicular to . The ratio of the radius of deuteron path to the radius of the proton path is:
Answer: C

Answer: A
A straight magnetic strip has a magnetic moment of . If the strip is bent in a semicircular shape, its magnetic moment will be ____ . (given )
Answer: 28
Paramagnetic substances: A. align themselves along the directions of external magnetic field. B. attract strongly towards external magnetic field. C. has susceptibility little more than zero. D. move from a region of strong magnetic field to weak magnetic field. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer: B
A long straight wire of radius carries a steady current . The current is uniformly distributed across its cross section. The ratio of the magnetic field at and from axis of the wire is :
Answer: C
The coercivity of a magnet is . The amount of current required to be passed in a solenoid of length and the number of turns , so that the magnet gets demagnetised when inside the solenoid is ____ .
Answer: 10

Answer: B
A coil having 100 turns, area of , carrying current of is placed in uniform magnetic field of such a way that plane of coil is perpendicular to the magnetic field. The work done in turning the coil through is ________ .
Answer: 100
A solenoid of length has a radius of and is made up of '' number of turns. It carries a current of . If the magnitude of the magnetic field inside the solenoid is then the value of is ____.
Answer: 500
An electron is projected with uniform velocity along the axis inside a current carrying long solenoid. Then :
Answer: D

Answer: 50
The magnetic moment of a bar magnet is . It is suspended in a uniform magnetic field of . The work done in rotating it from its most stable to most unstable position is:
Answer: C

Answer: 5
A regular polygon of 6 sides is formed by bending a wire of length meter. If an electric current of A is flowing through the sides of the polygon, the magnetic field at the centre of the polygon would be . The value of is ____.
Answer: 72
If frequency of electromagnetic wave is and it travels in air along direction then the corresponding electric and magnetic field vectors will be mutually perpendicular to each other and the wavelength of the wave (in ) is :
Answer: B
A moving coil galvanometer has 100 turns and each turn has an area of . The magnetic field produced by the magnet is and the deflection in the coil is when a current of is passed through it. The torsional constant of the suspension wire is . The value of is ________ .
Answer: 4
A coil of 200 turns and area is rotated at half a revolution per second and is placed in uniform magnetic field of perpendicular to axis of rotation of the coil. The maximum voltage generated in the coil is . The value of is ________ .
Answer: 5

Answer: B
A coil is placed perpendicular to a magnetic field of . When the field is changed to in , an induced emf of is produced in the coil. If the diameter of the coil is , then the number of turns in the coil is:
Answer: B
An electron moves through a uniform magnetic field . At a particular instant of time, the velocity of electron is . If the magnetic force acting on electron is , where is the charge of electron, then the value of is ____ .
Answer: 5
Given below are two statements: Statement I: Electromagnetic waves carry energy as they travel through space and this energy is equally shared by the electric and magnetic fields. Statement II: When electromagnetic waves strike a surface, a pressure is exerted on the surface. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer: B
Two circular coils and of 100 turns each have same radius of . The currents in and are and respectively. and are placed with their planes mutually perpendicular with their centers coincide. The resultant magnetic field induction at the center of the coils is , where ____. [Use ]
Answer: 20
The horizontal component of earth's magnetic field at a place is . A very long straight conductor carrying current of in the direction from South east to North West is placed. The force per unit length experienced by the conductor is _________ .
Answer: 35