Magnetism 9

1. A compass needle whose magnetic moment is 60 6. The area of hysteresis loop of a material is
amp × m2 pointing geographical north at a certain equivalent to 250 joule. When 10 kg material is
place, where the horizontal component of earth's magnetised by an alternating field of 50 Hz then
magnetic field is 40  Wb/m2, experiences a torque energy lost in one hour will be if the density of

1.2  103 N  m. What is the declination at this material is 7.5 gm/ cm3
place [EAMCET (Engg.)
(a) 6 104 J (b) 6 104 erg
1996]
(a) 30° (b) 45°
(c) 3 102 J (d) 3 102 erg
(c) 60° (d) 25°
7. A magnetised wire of moment M is bent into an
2. The distance between the poles of a horse shoe
arc of a circle subtending an angle of 60° at the
magnet is 0.1 m and its pole strength is 0.01 amp-
centre; then the new magnetic moment is
m. The induction of magnetic field at a point
midway between the poles will be (a) (2M /  )
(a) 2  105 T S N (b) (M /  )
(b) 4  106 T
(c) (3 3M /  )
(c) 8  107 T
(d) (3M /  )
(d) Zero
8. A tangent galvanometer shows a deflection 45°
3. Due to a small magnet intensity at a distance x in
when 10 mA current pass through it. If the
the end on position is 9 Gauss. What will be the
horizontal component of the earth’s field is
x 3.6  105 T and radius of the coil is 10 cm. The
intensity at a distance on broad side on
2 number of turns in the coil is
position
(a) 5700 turns (b) 57 turns
(a) 9 Gauss (b) 4 Gauss
(c) 570 turns (d) 5.7 turns
(c) 36 Gauss (d) 4.5 Gauss
9. A magnet is parallel to a uniform magnetic field. If
4. The magnetic moment produced in a substance of
it is rotated by 60°, the work done is 0.8 J. How
1gm is 6  107 ampere metre
2
. If its density much work is done in moving it 30° further
is 5 gm/ cm3, then the intensity of (a) 0.8  107 ergs (b) 0.4 J
magnetisation in A/m will be
(c) 8 J (d) 0.8 ergs
(a) 8.3  106 (b) 3.0
10. Susceptibility of Mg at 300 K is 1.2  105 . The
(c) 1.2  107 (d) 3  106 temperature at which susceptibility will be
5. The needle of a deflection galvanometer shows a
1.8  105 is [Roorkee 1999]
deflection of 60° due to a short bar magnet at a
(a) 450 K (b) 200 K
certain distance in tanA position. If the distance
is doubled, the deflection is (c) 375 K (d) None of these

 3  3 11. Three identical bar magnets each of magnetic

(a) sin   (b) cos  
1 1
  moment M are placed in the form of an equilateral
 8   8  triangle as shown. The net magnetic moment of
 3  3 the system is
(c) tan1  (d) cot1 
  (a) Zero
 8   8 
(b) 2 M S S

N N

S N
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(c) M 3 T
(b)
2
3M
(d) T
2 (c)
2
12. A magnetic needle is placed on a cork floating in a
still lake in the northern hemisphere. Does the (d) T 2
needle together with the cork move towards the 16. Two short magnets of magnetic moment 1000
north of the lake Am2 are placed as shown at the corn ers of a
(a) Yes square of side 10 cm. The net magnetic induction
(b) No at P is

(c) May be or may not be move N S

(d) Nothing can be said
13. The magnet of vibration magnetometer is heated
so as to reduce its magnetic moment by 36%. By
doing this the periodic time of the magnetometer N S
P
will
(a) Increases by 36% (b) Increases by 25%
(c) Decreases by 25% (d) Decreases by 64% (a) 0.1 T (b) 0.2 T
14. The ratio of magnetic moments of two bar magnet (c) 0.3 T (d) 0.4 T
is 13 : 5. These magnets are held together in a
vibration magnetometer are allowed to oscillate in 17. The length of a magnet is large compared to it's
earth’s magnetic field with like poles together 15 width and breadth. The time period of its
oscillation per minute are made. What will be the oscillation in a vibration magnetometer is T. The
frequency of oscillation of system if unlike poles magnet is cut along it’s length into six parts and
are together
these parts are then placed together as shown in
(a) 10 oscillations/min (b) 15 oscillations/min the figure. The time period of this combination will
75 be
(c) 12 oscillations/min (d) oscillations/min
13 (a) T
N S
15. A magnet is suspended horizontally in the T
(b) N S
earth's magnetic field. When it is displaced and
3 S N
then released it oscillates in a horizontal plane
S N
with a period T. If a place of wood of the same T
(c) S N
moment of inertia (about the axis of rotation)
as the magnet is attached to the magnet what 2 3 S N
would the new period of oscillation of the (d) Zero
system become
T
(a)
3
BH

N S
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(SET -22)

1. (a) As the compass needle is free to rotate in a M 8M

horizontal plane and points along the magnetic Bequaterial 3

meridian,  x x3 .....(ii)
 
so when it is B  2
m H
pointing along the Magnetic From equation (i) and (ii) Bequaterial 36
meridian
geographic  Gauss.
meridian, it will M M
(b) I  
M
experience a 4. ,
V mass/densi
ty
torque due to the
B given mass = 1gm = 103 kg ,
horizontal m H
and density
component of earth's magnetic field i.e.
5  103 kg
  MBH sin  5gm/ cm3   5  103 kg/ m3
(10 2 )3 m3
where  = angle between geographical
6  107  5  103
Hence I  3
and magnetic meridians called angle of
declination
103
5. (c) For short bar magnet in tan A-position
3
1.2 10 1 0 2M
So, sin      30o
60 40 106
2  H tan …..(i)
4 d3
2. (c) Net magnetic field at mid point P, B  BN  BS When distance is doubled, then new deflection
  is given by
where BN  magnetic field due to N- pole 0 2M
 H tan 
BS  magnetic field due to S- pole 4 (2d)3
…..(ii)
 m 0.1
B N  BS  0 2 mP tan  1
4 r S B B N   
N s
tan 8
0.01
 107  2
 4  107 T
 0.1  tan tan60 3
  tan    
 2  8 8 8

 Bnet  8  107 T.  3
    tan  
1

2M  8 
3. (c) In C.G.S. Baxial  9  .....(i)
x3
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m 11. (b) The resultant magnetic moment can be
6. (a) E  nAVt  nA t calculated as follows.
d
S S S S
50 250 10 3600 
 Mnet =
 3
 6  104 J  M+
7.5  10 N N N N  2M
M
7. (d) From figure S N S N
r
 x r = l
sin  A x x B 12. (b) Magnetic needle is a dipole which is in earth’s
2 r
 /2  /2 uniform magnetic field and as a dipole in a
 uniform field does not experience any net
 x  r sin
2 O force but may experience a couple as shown in
figure, so the needle together with the cork
Hence new magnetic moment
will not translate i.e. move towards the north
 of the lake, but will rotate and set itself parallel
M '  m(2x)  m.2r sin
2 to the field with it’s north pole pointing north.

2l  2ml sin / 2
 m. sin  N
 2  W mBH N
E mBH
2M sin( / 6) 3M S

  S
 /3 
2rBH
8. (c) K  I 1 T1 M2
 0n 13. (b) T  2  T  
MBH M T2 M1
2rBH 2 0.1 3.6  105
or n  If M 1  100 then M 2  (100 36)  64
 0K 4  107  10 10 3
T1 64 8
1.8  103 So   
  570 T2 100 10
3.14
10
9. (a) W  MB(cos 1  cos 2 ) T2  T1  1.25T1
8
When the magnet is rotated from 0° to 60°,
then work done is 0.8 J So % increase in time period = 25%

MB M 1  s2   d2 13 (15)2   d2
0.8  MB(cos0  cos60)  14. (a)  2  
2 M 2  s   d2 5 (15)2   d2
 MB  1.6 N  m
  d  10 oscillations/min
In order to rotate the magnet through an angle
of 30°, i.e., from 60° to 90°, the work done is

1 
W  MB(cos60  cos90)  MB  0
2 


MB 1.6
  0.8 J  0.8  107 ergs ***
2 2
1
10. (b)  
T
  1T1   2T2

1.2  105  300

Hence T2   200K
1.8  105
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15. (d) Due to wood moment of inertia of the system

becomes twice but there is no change in
magnetic moment of the system.
Hence by using

I
T  2 T I  T ' 2T
MBH

16. (a) Point P lies on equatorial line of magnet (1)

and axial line of magnet (2) as shown
(1)
N S

B2 B1
N S
P
(2)

0 M 1000
B1   3  107   0.1 T
4 d (0.1)3
 0 2M 2  1000
B2   3  107   0.2 T
4 d (0.1)3
 Bnet  B2  B1  0.1T

I I
17. (c) T  2 ; MI of each part  3
MH 6
M
and magnetic moment of each part 
6
I I
so net MI of system  3
6
6 62
and net magnetic moment

4M 2M M
  
6 6 3
 time period of the system

I / 36 1 I
T   2  2
(M / 3)H 2 3 MH

T

2 3