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Important Questions on Magnetism and Matter

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Magnetic materials used for making permanent magnets P and magnets in a transformer T have different properties of the following, which property best matches for the type of magnet required?

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A paramagnetic material has 1028 atoms m-3. Its magnetic susceptibility at temperature 350 K is 2.8×10-4. Its susceptibility at 300 K is
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Coercivity of a magnet where the ferromagnet gets completely demagnetized is 3×103Am-1. The minimum current required to be passed in a solenoid having 1000 turns per metre, so that the magnet gets completely demagnetized when placed inside the solenoid is
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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A : Electromagnets are made of soft iron.
Reason R : Soft iron has high permeability and low retentivity.
In the light of above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

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The meniscus of a liquid contained in one of the limbs of a narrow U -tube is placed between the poles of an electromagnet with the meniscus in a line with the field. The liquid is seen to rise to the line. This indicate that the liquid is ___ .
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An example of a perfect diamagnet is a superconductor. This implies that when a superconductor is put in a magnetic field of intensity B, the magnetic field Bs inside the superconductor will be such that
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In a ferroelectric material, as the applied field is gradually reduced to zero, the polarization still left is known as
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If Mz= magnetization of a paramagnetic sample, B= external magnetic field, T= absolute temperature, C= curie constant then according to Curie's law in magnetism, the correct relation is
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The B-H curve for a ferromagnet is shown in the figure. The ferromagnet is placed inside a long solenoid with 1000 turns cm-1. The current that should be passed in the solenoid to demagnetize the ferromagnet completely is, 
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The magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance at -173 °C is 1.5×10-2. To have the susceptibility 0.5×10-2, the change in temperature in °C is
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Substances, when placed in a magnetic field acquire feeble magnetisation in the direction opposite to that of the applied field are called
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A perfectly diamagnetic sphere has a small spherical cavity at its centre, which is filled with a paramagnetic substance. The whole system is placed in a uniform magnetic field B. Then the field inside the paramagnetic substance is:

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Needles N1,N2 and N3 are made of a ferromagnetic, a paramagnetic and a diamagnetic substance respectively. A magnet, when brought close to them, will
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The soft-iron is a suitable material for making an electromagnet. This is because soft-iron has
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Electromagnets are made of soft iron because, soft iron has