The horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field at a place is 3×10-4 T and the dip is tan-143. A metal rod of length 0.25 m placed in the north-south position and is moved at a constant speed of 10cm/s towards the east. The emf induced across the length of the rod will be

  • Zero

  • μV

  • μV

  • 10 μV

A: Magnetic dip at the pole is 0.

R: Magnetic field at the pole is directed horizontally.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

  • If Assertion is a true statement but Reason is false.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false statements.

A: B.ds=0 because magnetic monopoles do not exist.

R: B.ds=0 means the magnetic field is zero.

 

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

  • If Assertion is a true statement but Reason is false.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false statements.

An iron rod of susceptibility 599 is subjected to a magnetising field of 1200 A m-1. The permeability of the material of the rod is:

(μ0=4π×10-7 T m A-1)

  •  8.0×10-5 T m A-1

  •  2.4π×10-5 T m A-1

  •  2.4π×10-7 T m A-1

  •  2.4π×10-4 T m A-1

A short bar magnet placed with its axis at 30° with a uniform external magnetic field of 0.25 T experiences a torque of magnitude equal to 4.5×10-2 J. What is the magnitude of the magnetic moment of the magnet?

  • 0.36 J/T

  • 0.21 J/T

  • 0.01 J/T

  • 0.12 J/T

A bar magnet of magnetic moment 1.5 J/T lies aligned with the direction of a uniform magnetic field of 0.22 T. What is the amount of work required by an external torque to turn the magnet so as to align its magnetic moment normal to the field direction.

  • 0.66 J

  • 0.33 J

  • 0

  • 0.44 J

A circular coil of 16 turns and a radius of 10 cm carrying a current of 0.75 A rests with its plane normal to an external field of magnitude 5.0×10-2 T . The coil is free to turn about an axis in its plane perpendicular to the field direction. When the coil is turned slightly and released, it oscillates about its stable equilibrium with a frequency of 2.0s-1.The moment of inertia of the coil about its axis of rotation is:

1 1.39×10-4 kg m22 2.19×10-4 kg m23 2.39×10-4 kg m24 1.19×10-4 kg m2

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  • 3
  • 4

A magnetic needle free to rotate in a vertical plane parallel to the magnetic meridian has its north tip pointing down at 22° with the horizontal. The horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field at the place is known to be 0.35 G. The magnitude of the earth’s magnetic field at the place is:

  • 0.377 G

  • 0.278 G

  • 0.027 G

  • 0.101 G

A closely wound solenoid of 800 turns and area of cross-section 2.5×10-4 m2 carries a current of 3.0 A, is free to turn about the vertical direction and a uniform horizontal magnetic field of 0.25 T is applied, what is the magnitude of the torque on the solenoid when its axis makes an angle of 300 with the direction of applied field?
 

1 7.5×10-2 J2 6.7×10-3 J3 7.5×10-3 J4 6.7×10-2 J

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A short bar magnet of magnetic moment 5.25×10-2 J T-1 is placed with its axis perpendicular to the earth’s field direction. At what distance from the center of the magnet, the resultant field is inclined at 45º with the earth’s field on its normal bisector.

(Magnitude of the earth’s field at the place is given to be 0.42 G. Ignore the length of the magnet in comparison to the distances involved.)

  • 5.6 cm

  • 6.3 cm

  • 5.0 cm

  • 6.5 cm

A short bar magnet placed in a horizontal plane has its axis aligned along the magnetic north-south direction. Null points are found on the axis of the magnet at 14 cm from the centre of the magnet. The earth’s magnetic field at the place is 0.36 G and the angle of dip is zero. What is the total magnetic field on the normal bisector of the magnet at the same distance as the null–point (i.e., 14 cm) from the centre of the magnet?

  •  0.54 G in the direction of the earth's magnetic field.

  •  0.44 G in the opposite direction of the earth's magnetic field.

  •  0.54 G in the opposite direction of the earth's magnetic field.

  •  0.44 G in the direction of the earth's magnetic field.

A short bar magnet has a magnetic moment of 0.48 J T-1. The direction and magnitude of the magnetic field produced by the magnet at a distance of 10 cm from the centre of the magnet on the equatorial lines (normal bisector) of the magnet is:

  • 0.38 G along the N-S direction.

  • 0.48 G along the N-S direction.

  • 0.38 G along the S-N direction.

  • 0.48 G along the S-N direction.

At a certain location in Africa, a compass points 12° west of the geographic north. The north tip of the magnetic needle of a dip circle placed in the plane of magnetic meridian points 60° above the horizontal. The horizontal component of the earth’s field is measured to be 0.16 G. The magnitude of the earth’s field at the location is:

  • 0.16 G

  • 0.48 G

  • 0.32 G

  • 0.30 G

A Rowland ring of mean radius 15 cm has 3500 turns of wire wound on a ferromagnetic core of relative permeability 800. What is the magnetic field in the core for a magnetizing current of 1.2 A?

  • 3.27 T

  • 2.56 T

  • 1.05 T

  • 4.48 T

A sample of paramagnetic salt contains 2.0×1024 atomic dipoles each of dipole moment 1.5×10-23 J T-1. The sample is placed under a homogeneous magnetic field of 0.64 T and cooled to a temperature of 4.2 K. The degree of magnetic saturation achieved is equal to 15%. What is the total dipole moment of the sample for a magnetic field of 0.98 T and a temperature of 2.8 K?

  • 9.219 J/T

  •  11.105 J/T

  • 10.336 J/T

  • 8.287 J/T

A compass needle free to turn in a horizontal plane is placed at the centre of a circular coil of 30 turns and a radius of 12 cm. The coil is in a vertical plane making an angle of 45° with the magnetic meridian. When the current in the coil is 0.35 A, the needle points west to east. The horizontal component of the earth’s magnetic field at the location is:

  • 0.299 G

  • 0.497 G

  • 0.388 G

  • 0.535 G

A long straight horizontal cable carries a current of 2.5 A in the direction 100 south of west to 100 north of east. The magnetic meridian of the place happens to be 10° west of the geographic meridian. The earth’s magnetic field at the location is 0.33 G, and the angle of dip is zero. The neutral points lie on (ignore the thickness of the cable)? 

  • (1) a line parallel to the cable at a perpendicular distance of  above the plane of the paper.

  • (2) a line parallel to the cable at a perpendicular distance of  above the plane of the paper.

  • (3) a line parallel to the cable at a perpendicular distance of 0 above the plane of the paper.

  • (4) none of these.

A negative charge is given to a non-conducting loop and the loop is rotated in the plane of paper about its centre as shown in the figure. The magnetic field produced by the ring affects a small magnet placed above the ring in the same plane such that

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  • the magnet does not rotate

  • the magnet rotates clockwise as seen from below

  • the magnet rotates anticlockwise as seen from below

  • no effect on the magnet is there

Figure shows a bar magnet and a long straight wire W, carrying current into the plane of paper. Point P is the point of intersection of axis of magnet and the line of shortest distance between magnet and the wire. If P is the mid-point of the magnet, then which of the following statements is correct?

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  • magnet experiences a torque in the clockwise direction

  • magnet experiences a torque in anticlockwise direction

  • magnet experiences a force, normal to the line of shortest distance

  • magnet experiences a force along the line of shortest distance

A toroid of n turns, mean radius R, and cross-sectional radius a carries a current I. It is placed on a horizontal table taken as XY-plane. Its magnetic moment m

  • is non-zero and points in the z-direction by symmetry
  • points along the axis of the toroid (m = mϕ^)
  • is zero, otherwise, there would be a field falling as 1r3 at Lange distances outside the toroid
  • is pointing radially outwards

The magnetic field of the earth can be modelled by that of a point dipole placed at the center of the earth. The dipole axis makes an angle of 11.3° with the axis of the earth. At Mumbai, declination is nearly zero. Then,

  • the declination varies between 11.3° W to 11.3° E

  • the least declination is 0°

  • the plane defined by the dipole axis and the earth axis passes through Greenwich

  • declination averaged over the earth must be always negative

In a permanent magnet at room temperature,

  • the magnetic moment of each molecule is zero.

  • the individual molecules have a non-zero magnetic moment which is all perfectly aligned.

  • domains are partially aligned.

  • domains are all perfectly aligned.

Consider the two idealized systems (i) a parallel plate capacitor with large plates and small separation and (ii) a long solenoid of length L>>R, the radius of the cross-section. In (i) E is ideally treated as a constant between plates and zero outside. In (ii) the magnetic field is constant inside the solenoid and zero outside. These idealized assumptions, however, contradict fundamental laws as below:

  • case (i) contradicts Gauss' law for electrostatic fields

  • case (ii) contradicts Gauss' law for magnetic fields

  • case (i) agrees with E.dl=0

  • case (ii) contradicts HdI=Ien

A paramagnetic sample shows a net magnetization of 8 Am-1 when placed in an external magnetic field of 0.6 T at a temperature of 4 K. When the same sample is placed in an external magnetic field of 0.2 T at a temperature of 16 K, the magnetization will be:

  • 32/3 Am-1

  • 2/3 Am-1

  • Am-1

  • 2.4 Am-1

A long solenoid has 1000 turns per meter and carries a current of 1 A. It has a soft iron core of μr=1000. The core is heated beyond the Curie temperature, TC.

(a) The H field in the solenoid is (nearly) unchanged but the B field decreases drastically.
(b) The H and B fields in the solenoid are nearly unchanged.
(c) The magnetization in the core reverses the direction.
(d) The magnetization in the core diminishes by a factor of about 108.

  • (a, c)

  • (a, d)

  • (b, c)

  • (c, d)

Essential difference between electrostatic shielding by a conducting
shell and magnetostatic shielding is due to

(a) electrostatic field lines can end on charges and conductors have free charges
(b) lines of B can also end but conductors cannot end them
(c) lines of B cannot end on any material and perfect shielding is not possible
(d) shells of high permeability materials can be used to divert lines of B from the interior region

  • (a, b, c)

  • (a, c, d)

  • (b, c, d)

  • (c, d)

Let the magnetic field on the earth be modelled by that of a point magnetic dipole at the center of the earth. The angle of dip at a point on the geographical equator:
(a) is always zero
(b) can be zero at specific points
(c) can be positive or negative
(d) is bounded

  • (a, b, c)

  • (a, c, d)

  • (b, c, d)

  • (c, d)

The primary origin (s) of magnetism lies in:
a. Atomic Current
b. Pauli exclusion principle
c. polar nature of molecules
d. intrinsic spin of the electron

  • (a, d)

  • (c, d)

  • (b, d)

  • (b, c)

Which of the following statement is incorrect?

  • If a bar magnet is cut into two pieces transverse to its length and along its length, in either case, one gets two magnets, each with a north and south pole.

  • A magnetized needle in a uniform magnetic field experiences a torque but no net force. An iron nail near a bar magnet, however, experiences a force of attraction in addition to torque.

  • Every magnetic configuration must have a north pole and a south pole.

  •  In a bar magnet, the intensity of the magnetic field is the strongest at the two ends (poles) and weakest at the central region.

In the figure, the magnetic needle has a magnetic moment of 6.7 × 10–2 Am2 and a moment of inertia I = 7.5 × 10–6 kg m2. It performs 10 complete oscillations in 6.70 s in a magnetic field. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field?

  • 0.02 T

  • 0.01 T

  • 003 T

  • 0.001 T

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