A galvanometer of resistance 36 Ω is changed into an ammeter by using a shunt of 4 Ω. The fraction f0 of total current passing through the galvanometer is :

  • 140

  • 14

  • 1140 

  • 110

A galvanometer, having a resistance of 50 Ω gives a full scale deflection for a current of 0.05 A. The length in meter of a resistance wire of area of cross-section 2.97× 10–2 cm2 that can be used to convert the galvanometer into an ammeter which can read a maximum of 5 A current is (Specific resistance of the wire = 5 × 10–7 Ωm

  • 9

  • 6

  • 3

  • 1.5

An ammeter reads up to 1 ampere. Its internal resistance is 0.81 ohm. To increase the range to 10 A the value of the required shunt is :

  • 0.09 Ω

  • 0.03 Ω

  • 0.3 Ω

  • 0.9 Ω

The current flowing in a coil of resistance 90 Ω is to be reduced by 90%. What value of resistance should be connected in parallel with it 

  • 9 Ω

  • 90 Ω

  • 1000 Ω

  • 10 Ω

A galvanometer of 50 ohm resistance has 25 divisions. A current of 4 × 10–4 ampere gives a deflection of one division. To convert this galvanometer into a voltmeter having a range of 25 volts, it should be connected with a resistance of :

  • 2500 Ω as a shunt

  • 2450 Ω as a shunt

  • 2550 Ω in series

  • 2450 Ω in series

A moving coil galvanometer of resistance 100Ω is used as an ammeter using a resistance 0.1Ω. The maximum deflection current in the galvanometer is 100 mA. Find the minimum current in the circuit so that the ammeter shows maximum deflection :

  • 100.1 A

  • 1000.1 mA

  • 10.01 mA

  • 1.01 mA

A moving coil galvanometer has 150 equal divisions. Its current sensitivity is 10 divisions per milliampere and voltage sensitivity is 2 divisions per millivolt. In order that each division reads 1 volt, the resistance in ohms needed to be connected in series with the coil will be 

  • 99995

  • 9995

  • 103

  • 105

The ammeter has range 1 ampere without shunt. the range can be varied by using different shunt resistances. The graph between shunt resistance and range will have the nature

  • P

  • Q

  • R

  • S

The electric charge in uniform motion produces :

  • An electric field only

  • A magnetic field only

  • Both electric and magnetic field

  • Neither electric nor magnetic field

An infinitely long straight conductor is bent into the shape as shown in the figure. It carries a current of i ampere and the radius of the circular loop is r meter. Then the magnetic induction at its centre will be:
          

  • μ04π2ir(π+1)
  • μ04π2ir(π-1)
  • Zero
  • Infinite

 A current i ampere flows in a circular arc of wire whose radius is R, which subtend an angle 3π2 radian at its centre. The magnetic induction B at the centre is :

  •  μ0iR

  •  μ0i2R

  • 2μ0iR

  •  3μ0i8R 

A straight section PQ of a circuit lies along the X-axis from x=-a2 to x= a2 and carries a steady current i. The magnetic field due to the section PQ at a point X = + a will be:

  • Proportional to a             
  • Proportional to a2
  • Proportional to 1a           
  • Zero

The magnetic induction at a point P which is distant 4 cm from a long current carrying wire is 10-8 Tesla . The field of induction at a distance 12 cm from the same current would be :

  • 3.33 x 10-9 Tesla                            

  • 1.11 x 10-4 Tesla

  • 3 x 10-3 Tesla

  •   9 x 10-2 Tesla

Two straight horizontal parallel wires are carrying the same current in the same direction, d is the distance between the wires. You are provided with a small freely suspended magnetic needle. At which of the following positions will the orientation of the needle be independent of the magnitude of the current in the wires:

  • At a distance d/2 from any of the wires in any plane

  • At a distance d/3 from any of the wires in the horizontal plane

  • Anywhere on the circumference of a vertical circle of radius d and centre halfway between the wires

  • At points halfway between the wires in the horizontal plane

A circular coil of radius R carries an electric current. The magnetic field due to the coil at a point on the axis of the coil located at a distance r from the centre of the coil, such that r >> R, varies as 

  • 1r                                          

  • 1r3/2

  • 1r2                                          

  • 1r3 

The magnetic induction due to an infinitely long straight wire carrying a current i at a distance r from the wire is given by

  •   B=μ04π2ir                                                
  •  B=μ04πr2i
  •   B=4πμ02ir                                                
  •   B=4πμ0r2i

The magnetic induction at the centre O in the figure shown is:                                                   

  •   μ0i41R1-1R2                                   2. μ0i41R1+1R2                                                         

  •  3. μ0i 4R1-R2                                      4. μ0i4R1+R2       

  •                         

  •  

In the figure shown, the magnetic induction at the centre of the arc due to the current in portion AB will be

(a) μ0ir                       (c)  μ0i4r

(b) μ0i2r                        (d) Zero

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Two concentric circular coils of ten turns each are situated in the same plane. Their radii are 20 and 40 cm and they carry respectively 0.2 and 0.3 ampere current in opposite direction. The magnetic field in weber/m2 at the centre is :
(a) 354μ0                              (b) μ080
(c)  780μ0                              (d) 54μ0

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

 In the figure shown there are two semicircles of radii r1 and r2 in which a current i is flowing. The magnetic induction at the centre O will be :

  •   μ0irr1+r2                           

  •   μ0i4r1+r2r1r2

  •   μ0i4(r1-r2)                             

  • μ0i4r2-r1r1r2  

The direction of magnetic lines of forces close to a straight conductor carrying current will be:

  • along the length of the conductor.

  • radially outward.

  • circular in a plane perpendicular to the conductor.

  • helical.

A vertical wire kept in Z-X plane carries a current from Q to P (see figure). The magnetic field due to current-carrying wire will have the direction at the origin O along :

 


                                                                           

  • OX

  • OX'

  •  OY

  •  OY'

(a)  2μ0niπl                               (b)  2μ0ni2πl

(c)  2μ0ni4πl                                (d)  2μ0niπl


 The magnetic field at the centre of a coil of n turns, bent in the form of a square of side 2 l, carrying current i, is :

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

A circular coil 'A'  has a radius R and the current flowing through it is I. Another circular coil ‘B’ has a radius 2R and if 2I is the current flowing through it, then the magnetic fields at the centre of the circular coil are in the ratio of (i.e. BA to BB):

  • 4 : 1                             

  • 2 : 1

  • 3 : 1                             

  • 1 : 1

A straight wire of diameter 0.5 mm carrying a current of 1 A is replaced by another wire of 1 mm diameter carrying the same current. The strength of the magnetic field far away is :

  • Twice the earlier value

  • Half of the earlier value

  • Quarter of its earlier value

  • Unchanged

A wire carrying current i is shaped as shown. Section AB is a quarter circle of radius r. The magnetic field is directed :

                                                      
(a) At an angle π/4 to the plane of the paper

(b) Perpendicular to the plane of the paper and directed in to the paper

(c) Along the bisector of the angle ACB towards AB

(d) Along the bisector of the angle ACB away from AB

 

 

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Two long straight wires are set parallel to each other. Each carries a current i in the same direction and the separation between them is 2r. The intensity of the magnetic field midway between them is- 

     

  •  μ0i/4r

  •  μ0i/r                            

  • Zero
  •  4μ0i/r                             

An electron moves with a constant speed v along a circle of radius r. Its magnetic moment will be (e is the electron's charge)

  • evr                       

  • 12evr 

  • πr2ev                    

  • 2πrev 

The earth’s magnetic field at a given point is 0.5×10-5Wb-m-2. This field is to be annulled by magnetic induction at the center of a circular conducting loop of radius 5.0cm. The current required to be flown in the loop is nearly :

  • 0.2 A                  

  • 0.4A

  • 4A                      

  • 40A

A part of a long wire carrying a current i is bent into a circle of radius r as shown in the figure. The net magnetic field at the centre O of the circular loop is

                         

  •  μ0i4r                                

  •  μ0i2πrπ+1

  •  μ0i2r                                

  •  μ0i2πrπ-1

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