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A short solenoid (length l and radius r with n turns per unit length) lies well inside and on the axis of a very long, coaxial solenoid (length L, radius R and N turns per unit length, with R>r). Current I follows in the short solenoid. Choose the correct statement.

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The value of aluminium susceptibility is 2.2×10-5. The percentage increase in the magnetic field if space within a current carrying toroid is filled with aluminium is n104. Then the value of n is
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Torque required to hold a small circular coil of 10 turns, 2×10-4 m2 area and carrying 0.5 A current is the middle of a long solenoid of 103 turns per meter carrying 3 A current, with its axis perpendicular to the axis of the solenoid is
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The space inside a straight current carrying solenoid is filled with a magnetic material having magnetic susceptibility equal to 1.2×10-5. What is fractional increase in the magnetic field inside solenoid with respect to air as medium inside the solenoid?
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A toroid has an iron core with an internal magnetic field of 10πmT, when the current in the winding of 1500 turns per meter is 10 A. Deternine the field due to magnetization μ0=4π×10-7Hm-1
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A toroidal coil of inner radius 15cm and an outer radius 16cm carries a current of 10 A in its turns. The maximum field within the torus is 160 G. The number of turns in the torus is
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Choose the correct statement in the following:

(a) The magnetic field inside the solenoid is greater than that of outside
(b) The magnetic field inside an ideal solenoid is not at all uniform
(c) The magnetic field at the centre, inside an ideal solenoid is almost twice that at the ends
(d) The magnetic field at the centre, inside an ideal solenoid is almost half of that at the ends

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The magnetic field inside a long straight current carrying solenoid :
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A solenoid of 1000 turns per metre has a core with relative permeability 500. Insulated windings of the solenoid carry an electric current of 5 A. The magnetic flux density produced by the solenoid is:

(Permeability of free space=4π×10-7 H m-1)

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Four identical long solenoids A, B, C and D are connected to each other as shown in the figure. If the magnetic field at the center of A is 3 T the field at the center of C would be : (Assume that the magnetic field is confined with in the volume of respective solenoid).

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A long solenoid of radius 1 mm has 100 turns per mm. If 1 A current flows in the solenoid, the magnetic field strength at the centre of the solenoid is:
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A long solenoid with 500 turns per unit length carries a current of 1.5 A. The magnetic induction at one of the ends of the solenoid on its axis is nearly
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Which of the following is most suitable for the core of electromagnets?
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A soft iron cylinder of diameter1 cm has a solenoid wound around it. The solenoid is 20 cm long and has 200 turns. A current of 2 A is passed through the solenoid such that the soft iron core is completely magnetized to saturation. The magnetic field at the centre of the solenoid is then found to be 1.5 Tesla. If the current in the coil is further increased to 4 A, then the change in the magnetic field ΔB at the centre will be
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Draw the pattern of magnetic field lines produced around a current carrying straight conductor passing perpendicularly through a horizontal cardboard. State and apply right-hand thumb rule to mark the direction of the field lines. How will the strength of the magnetic field change when the point where magnetic field is to be determined is moved away from the straight conductor? Give reason to justify your answer.
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The diagram below shows a magnetic needle kept just below the conductor AB which is kept in the North-South direction.

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i) In which direction will the needle deflect when the key is closed?

ii) Why is the deflection produced?

iii) What will be the change in the deflection if the magnetic needle is taken just above the conductor AB?

iv) Name one device which works on this principle.

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A long solenoid carrying a current produces a magnetic field B along its axis. If the current is doubled and the number of turns per cm is halved, the new value of magnetic field will be equal to
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A galvanometer coil has 500 turns and each turn has an average area of 3×10-4m2. If a torque of 1.5 Nm is required to keep this coil parallel to a magnetic field when a current of 0.5A is flowing through it, the strength of the field (in T) is _________ .
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A toroid has 500 turns per unit length. If it carries a current of 2 A, the magnetic energy density inside the toroid is