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A current carrying rectangular loop PQRS is made of uniform wire. The length PR=QS=5 cm and PQ=RS=100 cm. If ammeter current reading changes from I to 2I, the ratio of magnetic forces per unit length on the wire PQ due to wire RS in the two cases respectively fPQI : fPQ2I is:

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Important Questions on Magnetic Fields due to Electric Current

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Two parallel very long straight wires carrying current of 5 A each are kept at a separation of 1 m. If the currents are in the same direction, the force per unit length between them is _____ N m-1. μ0=4π×10-7 SI

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Two long straight parallel wires, carrying (adjustable) currents I1 and I2 , are kept at a distance d apart. If the force F between the two wires is taken as 'positive' when the wires repel each other and 'negative' when the wires attract each other, the graph showing the dependence of F, on the product I1I2 , would be:

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Two long conductors, separated by a distance d carry currents I1  and I2 in the same direction. They exert a force F on each other. Now the current in one of them is increased to two times and its direction is reversed. The distance is also increased to 3d. The new value of force between them is

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Consider two parallel current carrying conductors separated by a distance. Which one of the following statements is true ?
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Two wires A &  B are carrying currents I1 and I2 as shown in the figure. The separation between them is  d . A third wire C carrying a current I is to be kept parallel to them at a distance x from A such that the net force acting on it is zero. The possible values of x are:
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Two infinitely long parallel wires carry the same current in opposite directions. If both these currents are doubled and the separation between the wires is also doubled, the force per unit length on each wire
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Write an expression for force per unit length between two long current-carrying wires, kept parallel to each other, in a vacuum and hence define an ampere, the SI unit of current.

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A galvanometer of resistance G is converted into a voltameter of range 0-1 V by connecting a resistance R in series with it. The additional resistance that should be connected in series with R1 to increase the range of the voltmeter to 0-2V will be :
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An electrical power line, having a total resistance of 2Ω, delivers 1 kW at 220 V. The efficiency of the transmission line is approximately :
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Which of the following is true with respect to Roget's spiral experiment?
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Consider two straight parallel conductors A and B separated by a distance x and carrying individual currents iA and iB respectively. If the two conductors attract each other, it indicates that

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 A long horizontal wire P carries a current of  50 A. It is rigidly fixed. Another wire Q is placed directly above and parallel to P as shown in Figure 1 below. The weight per unit length of the wire Q is  0.025 N m-1 and it carries a current of 25 A. Find the distance r of the wire Q from the wire P so that the wire Q remains at rest.

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A long horizontal wire, rigidly supported, carries a current of 65 A. A fine wire carrying a current of 10 A and weighing 0.048 N m-1 is placed parallel and directly above the first wire. The necessary distance between the two wires to support the second wire by only magnetic repulsion will be μ0=4π×10-7 SI unit
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Calculate force per unit length acting on the wire B due to the current flowing in the wire A. (See figure 2 below):

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Calculate the force per unit length between two parallel long straight wires 2 cm apart in air, each carrying a current of 4 A.
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Two parallel wires carrying current in the same direction attract each other while two beams of electrons travelling in the same direction repel each other. Explain why.
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A galvanometer is used in laboratory for detecting the null point in electrical experiments. If, on passing a current of 6mA it produces a deflection of 2°, its figure of merit is close to :
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A rigid square loop of side a and carrying current I2 is lying on a horizontal surface near a long current I1 carrying wire in the same plane as shown in figure. The net force on the loop due to the wire will be:
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An arrangement of three parallel straight wires placed perpendicular to plane of paper carrying same current I along the same direction is shown in Figure. Magnitude of force per unit length on the middle wire B is given by

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