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A galvanometer having 30 divisions has a current sensitivity of division. It has a resistance of . How will you convert it into an ammeter measuring upto 1 ampere? How will you convert this ammeter into voltmeter reading upto 1 volt?
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it provides the correct shunt resistance for the ammeter and series resistance for the voltmeter conversion.
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At what distance from a long straight wire carrying a current of will the magnetic field be equal to ?
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the distance calculated using the formula for the magnetic field around a long straight wire.
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Before using the tangent galvanometer, its coil
is set up in
is set up in
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Correct option: A
magnetic meridian
Option A (magnetic meridian) is correct because the coil of a tangent galvanometer must be aligned with the magnetic meridian to accurately measure the horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field.
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A straight wire of mass and length carries a current of . It is suspended in midair by a uniform horizontal magnetic field . The magnitude of (in tesla) is (assume )
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Correct option: D
0.65
Option D (0.65) is correct because it is calculated by equating the magnetic force on the wire to its weight and solving for the magnetic field.
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A closely wound flat circular coil of 25 turns of wire has diameter of which carries current of , the flux density at the centre of a coil will be
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is calculated using the formula for the magnetic field at the center of a circular coil.
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Magnetic induction at the centre of a current carrying circular loop of area square metre is 0.2 Tesla. The magnetic moment of the loop is is the permeability of air)
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is derived from the relationship between magnetic field at the center of a loop and its magnetic moment.
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The resistance of an ideal voltmeter is
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Correct option: D
Infinite
Option D (Infinite) is correct because an ideal voltmeter should have infinite resistance to avoid drawing any current from the circuit being measured.
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The cyclotron assembly is filled with
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Correct option: D
Vacuum.
Option D (Vacuum) is correct because a cyclotron needs a vacuum to allow charged particles to move freely without collisions with air molecules.
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The dominant force experienced by an electron
moving in a wire is
moving in a wire is
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Correct option: B
Electromagnetic
Option B (Electromagnetic) is correct because electrons moving in a wire are primarily influenced by electric and magnetic fields.
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Force experienced by a charger moving with a velocity in an electric field of strength and a magnetic field of strength is:
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the Lorentz force, which is the sum of the electric and magnetic forces on a charge.
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A proton is revolving in a circular path with constant speed. Angle between angular momentum and magnetic dipole moment associated with it is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the magnetic dipole moment and angular momentum of a positively charged particle are in the same direction.
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A charged particle moves along a circle under the action of possible constant electric and magnetic fields. Which of the following are possible?
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because a charged particle can move in a circle only under the influence of a magnetic field.
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A proton and an particle enter a uniform magnetic field perpendicularly with the same speed. If proton takes second to make 5 revolutions, then the time period for the particle would be
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the time period for the alpha particle is calculated based on its mass and charge relative to the proton.
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A charge is fired through a magnetic field. The force acting on it is maximum when the direction of motion of the charge and magnetic field is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the magnetic force is maximum when the angle between the velocity and magnetic field is 90 degrees.
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The magnetic dipole moment of a current loop
is independent of :
is independent of :
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Correct option: A
magnetic field in which it is lying
Option A is correct because the magnetic dipole moment depends on the current, area, and number of turns, but not on the external magnetic field.
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The sensitivity of a tangent galvanometer is increased if
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Correct option: B
Number of turn increases
Option B (Number of turn increases) is correct because the sensitivity of a tangent galvanometer is directly proportional to the number of turns in the coil.
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A cyclotron is used to accelerate protons deuterons and -particles . While exiting under similar conditions, the minimum is gained by :
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Correct option: C
deuterons
Option C (deuterons) is correct because the kinetic energy gained in a cyclotron is proportional to q²/m, and deuterons have the smallest q²/m ratio among the given particles.
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The magnetic field is absent in which one of the
following physical situation?
following physical situation?
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Correct option: C
Human nerve fiber
Option C (Human nerve fiber) is correct because the magnetic field is negligible in human nerve fibers compared to the other options.
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If the acceleration and velocity of a charged particle moving in a constant magnetic region is given by . and are constants], then choose the wrong statement.
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Correct option: C
Magnetic field is along axis
Option C (Magnetic field is along axis) is the wrong statement because the magnetic force must be perpendicular to both velocity and acceleration, implying the magnetic field cannot be along the x-axis.
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Statement (I): A uniform electric field and a
uniform magnetic field are pointed in the same
direction. If an electron is projected in the same
direction the electron velocity will decrease in
magnitude.
Statement (II): Two infinite long parallel wires
are carrying current in the same direction. The
magnetic field at a point midway between the wires
is zero.
Statement (III): No net force acts on a rectangular
coil carrying a steady current when suspended in
a uniform magnetic field.
Which of the following is correct?
uniform magnetic field are pointed in the same
direction. If an electron is projected in the same
direction the electron velocity will decrease in
magnitude.
Statement (II): Two infinite long parallel wires
are carrying current in the same direction. The
magnetic field at a point midway between the wires
is zero.
Statement (III): No net force acts on a rectangular
coil carrying a steady current when suspended in
a uniform magnetic field.
Which of the following is correct?
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Correct option: A
Statement I, II and III are true
Option A (Statement I, II and III are true) is correct because all three statements accurately describe physical phenomena related to electric and magnetic fields.
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The magnitude of the magnetic field inside a
long solenoid is increased by
long solenoid is increased by
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Correct option: D
introducing a medium of higher permeability
Option D (introducing a medium of higher permeability) is correct because the magnetic field inside a solenoid is directly proportional to the permeability of the medium.
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Assertion: A charge, whether stationary or in
motion produces a magnetic field around it
Reason: Moving charges produce only electric
field in the surrounding space.
motion produces a magnetic field around it
Reason: Moving charges produce only electric
field in the surrounding space.
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Correct option: D
If both the Assertion and Reason are
incorrect.
incorrect.
Option D is correct because both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect. A stationary charge produces only an electric field, and a moving charge produces both electric and magnetic fields.
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The instantaneous acceleration of an electron in a magnetic field is . The magnitude of acceleration is
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Correct option: B
1.5 units
The correct answer is B (1.5 units) because the acceleration is perpendicular to the magnetic field, allowing us to solve for x and then find the magnitude of the acceleration.
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When a charge particle moving with velocity is subjected to a magnetic field of induction , the force on it is non-zero. This implies that
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Correct option: C
Angle between and can have any value other than and
The correct answer is C (Angle between and can have any value other than and ) because the magnetic force is proportional to , where is the angle between and .
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Assertion (A): If a point charge is placed in front of a infinite ground conducting plane surface, the point charge will experience a force.
Reason (R): This force is due to the induced charge on the conducting surface which is at zero potential.
Reason (R): This force is due to the induced charge on the conducting surface which is at zero potential.
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Correct option: A
Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
Option A (Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion) is correct because the induced charge on the conducting surface creates a force on the point charge.
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A current carrying coil placed in a magnetic field experiences a torque . If is the angle between the normal to the plane of the coil and field and is the flux linked with the coil, then
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Correct option: D
is zero and is maximum for
Option D ( is zero and is maximum for ) is correct because when the normal to the coil is aligned with the magnetic field, the torque is zero and the flux is maximum.
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A solenoid is long and in diameter. It has five layers of windings of 850 turns each and carries a current of . What is at its centre ?
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the magnetic field calculated at the center of the solenoid using the formula .
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A moving coil galvanometer A has 200 turns and resistance . Another meter B has 100 turns and resistance . All the other quantities are same in both the cases. The current sensitivity of the galvanometer is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the current sensitivity of a galvanometer is directly proportional to the number of turns.
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Assertion: An electron and proton enters a magnetic field with equal velocities, then, the force experienced by the proton will be more than electron.
Reason: The mass of proton is 1837 times more than electron.
Reason: The mass of proton is 1837 times more than electron.
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Correct option: C
(A) is true, (R) is false
Option C ((A) is true, (R) is false) is correct because the force on a charged particle in a magnetic field depends on charge, velocity, and magnetic field, not mass.
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A vertical rectangular coil of sides has 10 turns and carries a current of . The torque (couple) on the coil when it is placed in a uniform horizontal magnetic field of with its plane perpendicular to the field is
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Correct option: B
Zero
Option B (Zero) is correct because the torque on the coil is zero when the plane of the coil is perpendicular to the magnetic field, meaning the normal vector is parallel to the field, so and .
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