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Magnetic Field Due to Straight Current Carrying Wire

Question 11: difficult

The magnetic field at center O of the arc in figure is :

1. \[\frac{\mu_{0}I}{4\pi\times r}\left[ \sqrt{2} +\pi \right]\]
2. \[\frac{\mu I}{2\pi r}\left[\frac{\pi}{4}+ \left( \sqrt{2}- 1 \right)\right]\]
3. \[\frac{\mu_{0}}{2\pi }\times \frac{I}{r}[\sqrt{2}-\pi ]\]
4. \[\frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi }\times \frac{I}{r}[\sqrt{2}+\frac{\pi}{4} ]\]
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Question 12: difficult

A straight section PQ of a circuit lies along the X-axis form x = –a/2 to x = a/2 and carries a steady current i. The magnetic field due to the section PQ at a point X = +a will be :

1. Proportional to a
2. Proportional to a²
3. Proportional to 1/a
4. Zero
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Question 13: difficult

A long straight wire carrying a current of 30A is placed in an external uniform magnetic field
of induction \[4\times 10^{-4} T\]. The magnetic field is acting parallel to the direction of current. The magnitude of the resultant magnetic induction in tesla at a point 2.0 cm away from the wire is
\[\left( \mu_{0}=4\pi\times 10^{-7}H/m \right)\]:

1. \[10^{-4}\]
2. \[3\times 10^{-4}\]
3. \[5\times 10^{-4}\]
4. \[6\times 10^{-4}\]
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Question 14: moderate

Two parallel long wires carry currents i1 and i2 with i1 > i2. When the currents are in the same
direction, the magnetic field midway between the wires is 10μT. When the direction of i2 is reversed, it becomes 40μT. the ratio i1/i2 is :

1. 3 : 4
2. 11 : 7
3. 7 : 11
4. 5 : 3
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Question 15: moderate

The magnetic field at the centre of an equilateral triangular loop of side 2L and carrying a current i is :

1. \[\frac{9\mu_{0}i}{4\pi L}\]
2. \[\frac{3\sqrt{3}\mu_{0}i}{4\pi L}\]
3. \[\frac{2\sqrt{3}\mu_{0}i}{\pi L}\]
4. \[\frac{3\mu_{0}i}{4\pi L}\]
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Question 16: moderate

Two wires AO and OC carry equal currents i as shown in figure. One end of both the wire extends to infinity. Angle AOC is α. The magnitude of magnetic field at a point P on the bisector of these two wires at a distance r from point O is :

1. \[\frac{\mu_{0}i}{2\pi r}cot\left( \frac{\alpha}{4} \right)\]
2. \[\frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi }\frac{i}{r}cot\left( \frac{\alpha}{2} \right)\]
3. \[\frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi }\frac{i}{r}\frac{\left(1-cos \frac{\alpha}{2} \right)}{sin\left( \frac{\alpha}{2} \right)}\]
4. \[\frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi }\frac{i}{r}\left( \frac{\alpha}{2} \right)\]
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Question 17: moderate

In the above figure magnetic field at point C will be:

1. \[\frac{\mu_{0}i}{2\pi r}\left[ \left( 1+\pi \right)\hat{k}+\hat{i} \right]\]
2. \[\frac{\mu_{0}i}{4\pi r}\left[ \left( 1+\pi \right)\hat{k}-\hat{i} \right]\]
3. \[\frac{\mu_{0}i}{2\pi r}\left[ \left( 1+\pi \right)\hat{k}-\hat{i} \right]\]
4. \[\frac{\mu_{0}i}{4\pi r}\left[ \left( 1-\pi \right)\hat{k}+\hat{i} \right]\]
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Question 18: easy

A ring of radius r is carrying a current I. The magnetic field B is always perpendicular to the ring as shown in Fig. The force on the ring is :

1. 2 I r B
2. I r B
3. zero
4. 2 π r IB
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Question 19: moderate

A wire carrying a current i is placed in a uniform magnetic field in the form of the curve
y =a sin (πx/L), 0 ≤ x ≤ 2L. The force acting on the wire is :

1. iBL/π
2. iBLπ
3. 2iBL
4. zero
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Question 20: moderate

Two thick wires and two thin wires, all of the same materials and same length form a square in
the three different ways P, Q and R as shown in fig with current connection shown, the magnetic field at the centre of the square is zero in cases:

1. In P only
2. In P and Q only
3. In Q and R only
4. P and R only
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