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Q.1.

There is a uniform field B = B0 i in the region. Loop PQRS is having a radius

R and mass m and is circular in shape. The loop is constrained to rotate
along the y-axis. It rotates only due to the torque of the magnetic forces
acting on it. Calculate its angular speed when it has rotated through an angle
900. Initially, the loop was lying in the x-y plane. The loop is carrying a
current I as shown in the figure.

I
P

Q
X

X
R

Q.2.

Q.3.

Q.4.

A charged particle is projected in a magnetic field B = (3i + 4j) 10-2 T. The acceleration of the

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particle is found to be a ( i yj ) m/s2. Find the value of y.
3
A small square loop of wires of side is placed inside a large circular r wire of radius R (R >> ).
The loops are coplanar and their centres coincide. Find the mutual inductance of the system.

A circular loop of conducting wire of length 0.5 m lies in a magnetic

field of 1.0 tesla perpendicular to the plane of the loop. Calculate the
tension developed in the wire if the current flowing in the wire is /2
ampere. Also find the direction of current.

dF
dF

dF

dF

Q.5.

A particle of charge q and mass m is projected perpendicular to a magnetic field B and it is

observed to rotate w.r.t. an axis whose direction is given by the vector 2i 2j 3k , with an
angular speed of

magnetic field B .
Q.6.

Q.7.

17 rad/s. If the charge to mass ratio (q/m) of the particle is

3 C/kg, find the

A charged particle is projected in a magnetic field B = (3i + 4j) 10-2 T. The acceleration of the

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particle is found to be a ( i yj ) m/s2. Find the value of y.
3

The magnetic field intensity inside a long solenoid is 1 T. If the current per turn of the winding is 1 A,
Find the number of turns in one meter.

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Q.8.

A solenoid has an inductance of 10 H and a resistance of 2 . It is connected to a 10 V battery.

1
How long will it take for the magnetic energy to reach
of its maximum value?
4

Q.9.

Find the magnetic dipole moment of the rectangular loop shown

in the figure.
Sides, a = 3m, b = 4m and c = 2m
current in the loop I = 1 Amp

c
I
I

X
450
a

Q.10. Three quarters of loops lying in plane xy, yz and zx have radii R1, R2
& R3 respectively. A current I flows through them. Find the magnetic
field induced at the origin of coordinates.

I
I
R1

R2

X
R3
Z

Q.11. A charged particle is projected in a magnetic field B = (3i + 4j) 10-2 T. The acceleration of the

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particle is found to be a ( i yj ) m/s2. Find the value of y.
3

Q.12. A circular
loop of radius R = 20 cm is placed in a uniform magnetic

field B = 2T in x-y plane as shown in figure. The loop carries a current

i = 1.0 A in the direction shown in figure. Find the magnitude of the
torque acting on the loop.

B
B
0

45

Q.13. A charged particle is projected in a magnetic field B = (3i + 4j) 10-2 T. The acceleration of the

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particle is found to be a ( i yj ) m/s2. Find the value of y.
3
Q.14. Two circular coils A and B subtend same solid angle at point P
lying on the axis of the coils as shown in figure. Smaller coil B
is midway between A and P. Both of the coils have same
current in the same direction. Find the ratio of magnetic
induction at point P due to coils A and B.

A
B
I

d/2

Q.15. A current carrying wire carrying a current of 1 A, lies along

the z-axis which is out of the page, while another wire
carrying a current of 2 A lies parallel to the first, as shown in
the figure. Draw a loop linking both the wires such that the
integral:

B.dr

around this loop is (a) zero.

(b) 16 107 S.I. Units in magnitude

P
d/2

y
z

1A

2A

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Q.16. A current of i flow around a closed path in the circuit which is in the
horizontal plane as shown in the figure. The circuit consists of eight
alternating areas of radii r1 and r2. Each subtends the same angle at
the centre. Find magnetic field produced by this circuit at the centre.

r2

r1

Q.17. A circular loop of radius R = 20 cm is placed in a uniform

magnetic field B = 2T in x-y plane as shown in figure. The loop
carries a current i = 1.0 A in the direction shown in figure. Find
the magnitude of the torque acting on the loop.

B
B
450
x

Q.18. Find the magnitude and direction of magnetic dipole

moment of the loop shown in figure and the torque
acting on it , if there exists a uniform magnetic field
given by B 0.2i 0.5 j 3k T .

2A
z
40 cm
10 cm
y

25 cm

Q.19. (a) An electron gun G emits electrons of energy 2KeV travelling

in the positive x-direction. The electrons are required to hit the
spot S where GS = 0.1m, and the line GS makes an angle of
600 with
the x-axis, as shown in the figure. A uniform magnetic
field B parallel to GS exists in the region outside the electron
gun. Find the minimum value of B needed to make the
electrons hit S.

Q.20.

600
G

A particle with charge q is projected successively along the x and y axes with same speed v.
The force on the particle in these situations are qvB 3j 4k & qvB 3i respectively. Find the

unit vector in direction of B .

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Q.21. (a) In the adjoining figure there are shown two
current carrying wires 1 and 2. Find the magnitudes
and directions of the magnetic field B at the points
P, Q and R.

20 Amp

30 Amp

10 cm 10 cm
P

10 cm

Q
20 cm

R
Z

Q.22. A long straight wire AB carries a current I. A conductor of length

L is situated at a distance a (one end) from the wire and moving

with velocity v in the plane of the wire in the direction, as shown

in the figure. Find the induced emf in the conductor.

L
a

Q.23. The conductor ABCDEF carries a current of 4 A. Find the net

magnetic field at the centre O.
C

O
3 cm

/2
4A

6 cm

Q.24. A conductor of length 1m is lying along the y-axis carrying a current 1 Amp. along the +ve
Y-axis. A magnetic field ( i j k ) Tesla is existing in the region. Find the magnetic force acting on
the wire.
Q.25. A current carrying wire carries a current of 1 A, lies along the
z-axis which is out of the page, while another wire carrying a
current of 2 A lies parallel to the first, as shown in the figure.
Draw a loop linking both the wires such that the integral:

B.dr around this loop is (a) zero.

(b) 16107 S.I. Units in magnitude

y
z

1A

2A

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Q.26. A wire of length 5.0 cm carries a current of 3.0 A; kept in an external uniform magnetic field B of
-3
-2
magnitude
10 Wbm . Calculate the magnetic force exerted on the wire, if the wire is inclined at
30 with B .

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Q.27. A wire ABCDEF (with each side of length L) bent

as shown and carrying a current
I is placed in a

uniform magnetic induction B parallel to the +ve

y-direction. Find the magnitude and direction of
the force experienced by the wire.

Z
E

Q.28. A wire of length 5.0 cm carries a current of 3.0 A; kept in an external uniform magnetic field B of
-3
-2
magnitude
10 Wbm . Calculate the magnetic force exerted on the wire, if the wire is inclined at
30 with B .
i1

Q. 29. In the adjoining diagram, a current-carrying loop pqrs is placed with

its sides parallel to a long current-carrying wire. The currents i1 and
i2 in the wire and loop are 20 A and 16 A respectively.
If a = 15 cm, b = 6 cm and d = 4 cm, what will be the force on
current-loop pqrs? What will be the difference in the force, if the
current i2 in the loop is clockwise instead of anticlockwise?

i2

s
d

r
b

Q.30. A particle of specific charge is projected from origin with velocity v (v 0 i v 0k ) in a uniform

magnetic field B B0k . Determine the nature of path i.e. circle / helix / cycloid with reason.

Q.31. A coil of radius R in y-z plane is carrying a current I in

clockwise as seen from the right side. There is an infinite
wire at point B (R, 0, 0) carrying a current I along negative z.
Find net magnetic field at point P (R/2, 0, 0).

Q.32. A uniform magnetic field with a slit system as shown in figure is

to be used as a momentum filter for high-energy charged
particles. With a field B Tesla, it is found that the filter transmits
- particles each of energy 5.3MeV. The magnetic field is
increased to 2.3 B Tesla and deuterons are passed into the filter.
Find the energy of deuterons transmitted by the filter.

Source

Detector

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Q.33. (a) Find the net magnetic field at point P.
2r
r

+
P
I
-

Q.34. The circular and the straight parts of the wire are made of same
material but have different diameters. Find the ratio of their
diameters if the magnetic field at the centre is zero.
All the wires are in the same plane.

120

Q.35. There exists a long conductor along z-axis carrying current of 5A along
+ve direction. Find the total torque on the loop in xy-plane as shown in
the diagram. Resistance per unit length of the wire forming loop equals
2 /m. Potential difference VBA = 28 volt. Radii a = 0.6 m & b = 0.9
m. as shown.

A
/3 /3

/6

a
B

Q.36. A charged particle carrying charge q = 10 C moves with velocity v1 = 106 m/s at angle 450 with yaxis in the xy plane & experiences a force F1 = 5 2 mN along the negative z-axis. When the same
particle moves with velocity v2 =106 m/s along the z-axis it experiences a
force F2 in y direction. Find
(a) magnitude and direction of the magnetic field
(b) the magnitude of the force F2

Q.37. A uniformly charged disc whose total charge has magnitude q and
whose radius is r rotates with constant angular velocity of magnitude .
What is the magnetic dipole moment?

dR

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Q.38. Two long parallel wires carry a current I of equal magnitude
but flowing in opposite directions.
These wires are
suspended by four chords of same length as shown in
the figure. If the mass per unit length of wire is find the
value of .

Q.39. (a)Infinite length of wire carrying current I is bended as

shown in figure. Find magnetic field intensity at P.
P

90

Q.40. A particle with charge q is projected successively along the x and y axis with same speed v. The
force on the particle in these situations are qvB [(-1/2)j + (3/2)k] and qvB (1/2)i respectively. Find
the unit vector in direction of B.
Q.41. A circular loop of radius R is bent along a diameter and given a
shape as shown in the figure. One of the semi circles (KNM) lies in
the x-z plane and the other one (KLM) in the y-z plane with their
centres at the origin. Current 1 amp. is flowing through each of the
semicircles as shown in figure. Find
(a) the magnetic moment of the loop
(b)
torque
on
the
loop
due
to
the
external
magnetic field B 3i + 6j - 3k about x-axis.

L
M

N
y
I

x
z

Q.42.

B= 1 Tesla

A conductor AB & U shaped conducting path with resistor R

shown is placed in a uniform vertical field of strength 1 tesla.
Initially conductor is at rest. The system is released at t = 0.
Find the velocity of the rod of mass m as a function of time.
Neglect
friction.
Take
m = 1 kg.

R=1
m

= 1m.

3m

Q.43. ABCDA is a square wire frame of mass 4m free to rotate about an

axis BC, through which a current I2 flows. Current I1 flows through a
straight infinite fixed wire as shown. The wire frame and the straight
wire are in the same plane. Find
(i) the force on AD &AB due to I1.
(ii) the net torque acting on wire frame about BC due to I1.If the wire
frame is initially at rest in the position shown , find the time for the
frame to rotate by 450.

B
I2
I1
D

a
2a

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Q.44. Three infinitely long straight conductors
are arranged as shown in the figure. Find
the intensity of a magnetic field at points A
and B.

Y
2I
I

Q.45.

X
Z
P

A particle with charge q is projected successively along the x and y axes with same speed v. The
force on the particle in these situations are

1
3
qvB j
k & qvB 1 / 2i respectively. Find the unit vector in direction of B .
2
2

Q.46. A pair of co-axial coils of radius 10 cm, each consisting 100 turns of
wire carrying a current 5 ampier in the same direction, are placed at a
distance 10 cm apart as shown in the figure.
(a) find the magnetic field at the centre X on the axis of the two coils,
where
AX = BX = 5 cm
(b) If a particle of charge q moves with velocity 106 m/s at an angle of
600 with respect to AB at the point X, find the magnetic force on the
particle.

I
v0

Q.47. In the figure shown, resistance per unit length of a square

loop of side a is . Find the current in the loop as a
function of time if x varies as x = vt, where v is aconstant.
I

v
x

Q.48. A loop is formed by two parallel conductors connected by a solenoid

with inductance L and a conducting rod of mass m which can freely
(without friction) slide over the conductors. The conductors are
located in a horizontal plane in uniform vertical magnetic field B. The
distance between the conductors is . At the moment t = 0, the rod is
imparted an initial velocity v0 directed to the right.
(a) Show that rod will oscillate simple harmonically.
(b) Find angular frequency of simple harmonic motion.
Q.49. The current in the inner coil is I = 2t2. Find the heat developed in the
outer coil between t = 0 and t seconds. The resistance of the inner
coil is R and take b >> a.

v0
m

b
a

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Q.50. A rectangular wire frame of dimensions (0.25m 2.0 m)
and mass 0.5 kg falls from a height 5m above a region
occupied by uniform magnetic field of magnetic induction 1
1
T. The resistance of the wire frame is . Find the time
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taken by the wire frame when it just starts coming out of the
magnetic field.

0.25m
d

2m

5m

Q.51. It is required to separate isotopes of U236 and U239. They are

singly ionised and energised to 3200 eV before entering the
magnetic field in a mass spectrograph. In mass spectrograph
they are collected separately after completing semicircular path.
If they are to be collected in two pouches separated by a
distance of 8 cm, calculate the magnetic flux density needed.

17 m

236

239

Q.52. A long copper rod 8 cm in diameter has an off-centre cylindrical hole,

as shown in the diagram. This conductor carries a current of 900
amps flowing in the direction into the paper. Find
(a) the magnitude and direction of magnetic field at the point P.
(b) find the expression for magnetic field at any point inside the
cavity.

C1
R

r1

C2
r2

Q.53. A particle of mass 1 10-26 kg and charge 1.6 10-19 coulomb travelling
with a velocity
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10 m/s in + x direction enters a region in which a uniform magnetic field B and electric field

E are present such that Ex = Ey = 0, Ez = - 102.4 kv/m and Bx = Bz = 0,

By = 8 10-2 wb/m2. The particle enters this region at the origin at time t = 0. Determine the location
(x, y and z co-ordinates) of the particle at t = 5 10-6 sec.
Q.54. A non-conducting thin disc of radius R charged uniformly over one side with surface density
rotates about its axis with an angular velocity . Find:
(i) the magnetic induction at the centre of the disc;
(ii) the magnetic moment of the disc.
Q.55. The region between x = 0 and x = L is filled with uniform, steady magnetic field B0 k . A particle of
mass m, positive charge q and velocity v 0 i travels along x-axis and enters the region of magnetic
field. Neglect gravity throughout the question.

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(a) Find the value of L if the particle emerges from the region of magnetic field with its final velocity
at an angle 30 to the initial velocity.
(b) Find the final velocity of the particle and the time spent by it in the magnetic field, if the field now
extents up to x = 2.1L.
Q.56. For an infinitely long conductor of circular area of cross-section of radius R, current density varies
as J = 0 (r/R) where r is distance from centre. Parallel to this conductor another thin infinitely long
current carrying wire is placed such that the distance between the axis of two conductor is d (d > R)
. If on the line joining the axis of these two conductors at a point at distance a from axis of Ist
conductor a < R, magnetic field is zero. Find the current in wire.
Q.57. Two semi circular loops A and B are joined in such a
manner that their planes are at right angles to each other.
Their common axis PQ lies along y-axis. Plane of loop A
makes an angle of 450 with the y-z plane. Number of
turns in both the loops equals to 10. Current in the loops
= 5A. Radius or each loop = 1m

-x

(a) find the vector dipole moment of the system.

(b) find torque acting on the system if an external uniform magnetic field B = ( i j k ) Tesla is
present at the site.
Q.58. A ring of radius R0 is placed parallel to x-y plane with its centre
coinciding with z-axis, at a distance z from the origin of

coordinates. A uniform magnetic field B acts also along the zaxis. A charged particle of charge q and mass m is projected with
velocity v making an angle with the z-axis in the y-z plane from
the origin of the coordinates. Find the minimum value of z
coordinate for which the charge particle will move just from outside
of the ring. (Assuming v to be sufficient for this to happen).

q
m

R0