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The right-hand thumb rule is used to find the direction of magnetic field around a current carrying a straight conductor.

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Important Questions on Magnetic Effects of Electric Current

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An electron is moving in a circular path under the influence of a transverse magnetic field of 3.57×10-2 T. If, the value of em is 1.76×1011 C kg-1, the frequency of revolution of the electron is
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A proton and an alpha particle both enter a region of uniform magnetic field B, moving at right angles to the field B. if the radius of circular orbits for both the particles is equal and the kinetic energy acquired by proton is 1 MeV, the energy acquired by the alpha particle will be:
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A rectangular region of dimensions w×Iw<<I has a constant magnetic field into the plane of the paper as shown. On one side the region is bounded by a screen. On the other side positive ions of mass m and charge q are accelerated from rest and towards the screen by a parallel plate capacitor at constant potential difference V<0, and come out through a small hole in the upper plate. Which one of the following statements is correct regarding the charge on the ions that hit the screen? 

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An electron is moving with a velocity 2×106m/s along positive x -direction in the uniform electric field of 8×107V/m applied along positive y -direction. The magnitude and direction of a uniform magnetic field (in tesla) that will cause the electrons to move undeviated along its original path is
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In a thin rectangular metallic strip a constant current I flows along the positive x - direction, as shown in the figure. The length, width and thickness of the strip are l, w and d, respectively. A uniform magnetic field B  is applied on the strip along positive y - direction. Due to this the charge carries experience a net deflection along the z-direction. This results in accumulation of charge carriers on the surface PQRS and appearance of equal opposite charges on the face opposite to PQRS. A potential difference along the z - direction is thus developed. Charge accumulation continues until the magnetic force is balanced by the electric force. The current is assumed to be uniformly distributed on the cross section of the strip and carried by electrons.

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Consider two different metallic strips (1 and 2) of same dimensions (length l , width w and thickness d ) with carrier densities n1 and n2 , respectively. Strip 1 is placed in magnetic field B1 and strip 2 is placed in magnetic field B2 , both along positive y -directions. Then V1 and V2 are the potential differences developed between K and M in strips 1 and 2 respectively. Assuming that the current I is the same for both strips, the correct option(s) is (are)

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A particle of charge Q moves with a velocity v=ai^ in a magnetic field B=bj^+ck^ where a, b and c are constants. The magnitude of the force experienced by the particle is
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If one were to apply the Bohr model to a particle of mass 'm' and charge 'q' moving in a plane under the influence of a magnetic field 'B', the energy of the charged particle in the nth level will be:
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An electron enters a chamber in which a uniform magnetic field is present as shown. Ignore gravity
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During its motion inside the chamber
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A Conductor (shown in the figure) carrying constant current I is kept in the x - y plane in a uniform magnetic field B . If F is the magnitude of the total magnetic force acting on the conductor, then the correct statement(s) is (are)


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A square loop ABCD carrying a current i , is placed near and coplanar with a long straight conductor XY carrying a current I , the net force on the loop will be:

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In an experiment, setup A consists of two parallel wires which carry currents in opposite directions as shown in the figure. A second setup B is identical to setup A, except that there is a metal plate between the wires.

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Let FA and FB be the magnitude of the force between the two wires in setup A and setup B, respectively.

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In a thin rectangular metallic strip a constant current I flows along the positive x - direction, as shown in the figure. The length, width and thickness of the strip are l, w and d, respectively. A uniform magnetic field B  is applied on the strip along positive y - direction. Due to this the charge carries experience a net deflection along the z-direction. This results in accumulation of charge carriers on the surface PQRS and appearance of equal opposite charges on the face opposite to PQRS. A potential difference along the z - direction is thus developed. Charge accumulation continues until the magnetic force is balanced by the electric force. The current is assumed to be uniformly distributed on the cross section of the strip and carried by electrons.

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Consider two different metallic strips (1 and 2) of the same material. Their lengths are the same, widths are w1 and w2 and thicknesses are d1 and d2 , respectively. Two points K and M are symmetrically located on the opposite faces parallel to the x - y plane (see figure). V1 and V2 are the potential differences between K and M in strips 1 and 2 respectively. Then, for a given current I flowing through them in a given magnetic field strength B , the correct statement(s) is (are)

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In a certain region static electric and magnetic fields exist. The magnetic field is given by B=B0i^+2j^-4k^. If a test charge moving with a velocity v=v03i^-j^+2k^ experiences no force in that region, then the electric field in the region, in SI units, is:
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An electron enters a chamber in which a uniform magnetic field is present as shown. 
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An electric field of appropriate magnitude is also applied so that the electron travels un-deviated without any change in its speed through the chamber. We are ignoring gravity. Then, the direction of the electric field is,
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A negative test charge is moving near a long straight wire carrying a current. The force acting on the test charge is parallel to the direction of the current. The motion of the charge is:
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An electron, a proton and an alpha particle having the same kinetic energy are moving in circular orbits of radii re, rp, rα respectively in a uniform magnetic field B. The relation between re, rp, rα is:
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A conductor lies along the z-axis at - 1.5 z <1.5 m  and carries a fixed current of 10.0 A in - a ^ z  direction (see figure). For a field B = 3.0 × 1 0 - 4  e - 0.2x  a ^ y  T, find the power required to move the conductor at constant speed to x = 2.0 m, y = 0 m in 5 × 1 0 - 3  s . Assume parallel motion along the x-axis.

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A proton and an α- particle (with their masses in the ratio of 1:4 and charges in the ratio of 1:2 ) are accelerated from rest through a potential difference V. If a uniform magnetic field B is set up perpendicular to their velocities, the ratio of the radii rp:rα of the circular paths described by them will be:
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A charged particle moves with constant velocity in a region, where no effect of gravity is felt but an electrostatic field E together with a magnetic field B may be present. Then, which of the following cases are possible?
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A uniform magnetic field B exists in the region between x=0 and x=3R2 (region 2 in the figure) pointing normally into the plane of the paper. A particle with charge +Q and momentum  p directed along x -axis enters region 2 from region 1 at point P1y=-R. Which of the following option(s) is/are correct?

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