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Important Questions on Magnetic Effect of Current

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A rectangular loop of sides 10 cm and 5 cm, carrying a current I of 12 A, is placed in different orientations as shown in the figure below.
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If there is a uniform magnetic field of 0.3 T in the positive z direction, in which orientations the loop would be in (i) stable equilibrium and (ii) unstable equilibrium?

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A small circular loop of conducting wire has radius a and carries current I. It is placed in a uniform magnetic field B perpendicular to its plane such that when rotated slightly about its diameter and released, it starts performing simple harmonic motion of time period T. The mass of the loop is m then:
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A circular current loop of magnetic moment M is in an arbitrary orientation in an external uniform magnetic field B . The work done to rotate the loop by 30° about an axis perpendicular to its plane is
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A magnet of total magnetic moment 10-2 i^ A m2 is placed in a time varying magnetic field, Bi^cosωt where B=1 Tesla and ω=0.125 rad s-1. The work done for reversing the direction of the magnetic moment at t=1 second, is:
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Two infinitely long straight wires lie in the xy - plane along the lines x=±R. The wire located at x = +R carries a constant current I1 and the wire located at x =-R carries a constant current I2. A circular loop of radius R is suspended with its centre at 0, 03R and in a plane parallel to the xy - plane. This loop carries a constant current I in the clockwise direction as seen from above the loop. The current in the wire is taken to be positive if it is in the +j^ direction. Which of the following statements regarding the magnetic field B is (are) true?
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A coil in the shape of an equilateral triangle of side l is suspended between the pole pieces of a permanent magnet such that B is in plane of the coil. If due to a current i in the triangle, a torque τ rests on it, the side l of the triangle is
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A magnetic needle has a magnetic moment of 5×10-2 Am2 and moment of inertia 8×10-6 kgm2. It has a period of oscillation of 2 s in a magnetic field B. The magnitude of magnetic field is approximately;
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In a uniform magnetic field, the magnetic needle has a magnetic moment 9.85×10-2 A m-2 and moment of inertia 5×10-6 kg m2. If it performs 10 complete oscillations in 5 seconds then the magnitude of the magnetic field is ____mT  [Take π2 as 9.85
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A magnetic dipole in a uniform magnetic field has: (Take zero potential energy when magnetic dipole is perpendicular to magnetic field)
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A magnetic dipole is acted upon by two magnetic fields which are inclined to each other at an angle of 75o. One of the fields has a magnitude of 15 mT. The dipole attains stable equilibrium at an angle of 30o with this field. The magnitude of the other field (in mT) is close to
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A bar magnet of magnetic moment 5 A m2 is placed in a uniform magnetic induction 3×10-5 T. If each pole of a magnet experiences a force of 2.5×10-4 N then the magnetic length of the magnet is
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A rectangular coil of length 0.12 m and width 0.1 m having 50 turns of wire is suspended vertically in a uniform magnetic field of strength 0.2 Weber/m2 . The coil carries a current of 2A . If the plane of the coil is inclined at an angle of 30o with the direction of the field, the torque required to keep coil in stable equilibrium will be:
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A magnetic dipole of moment m is placed in the magnetic field B. It is free to rotate about an axis about which its moment of inertia is I. It is displaced by a small angle θ0θ0<<1 at time t=0 s and released. The dipole undergoes simple harmonic motion with angular frequency ω. Its potential energy at time t is : (Assume sinαα, cosα1-α22 if α<<1)
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A circular coil has moment of inertia 0.8 kg m2 around any diameter and is carrying current to produce a magnetic moment of  20 A m2. The coil is kept initially in a vertical position and it can rotate freely around a horizontal diameter. When a uniform magnetic field of 4 T is applied along the vertical, it starts rotating around its horizontal diameter. The angular speed the coil acquires after rotating by 60o will be :
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A bar magnet is held perpendicular to uniform magnetic field. The torque acting on the magnet is to be made half by rotating it. It should be rotated through an angle sin30°=0.5,sin90°=1
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Two short magnetic dipoles m1 and m2 each having magnetic moment of 1 A m2 are placed at point O and P respectively. The distance between OP is 1 m. The torque experienced by the magnetic dipole m2 due to the presence of m1 is ________×10-7N m.

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Work done in displacing a Magnetic Dipole of magnetic moment M, (Bar Magnet) in Uniform Magnetic Field B from an angle θ1 to θ2 is
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A fighter plane of length 20 m, wing span (distance from tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing) of 15 m and height 5 m is flying towards east over Delhi. Its speed is 240 ms-1. The earth's magnetic field over Delhi is 5×10-5T with the declination angle ~0o and dip of θ such that sinθ=23. If the voltage developed is VB between the lower and upper side of the plane and VW between the tips of the wings then VB and VW are close to :
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A particle of mass M and positive charge Q, moving with a constant velocity u1=4i^ m s-1, enters a region of uniform static magnetic field normal to the x-y plane. The region of the magnetic field extends from x=0 to x=L for all values of y. After passing through this region, the particle emerges on the other side after 10 milliseconds with a velocity u2=23i^+j^ m s-1. The correct statement (s) is (are)
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A bar magnet is hung by a thin cotton thread in a uniform horizontal magnetic field and is in equilibrium state. The energy required to rotate it by 60o is W. Now, the torque required to keep the magnet in this new position is