CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS-

NO. OF QUESTIONS – 5 (EACH HAVING 5 QUESTIONS

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Q1. As shown in figure a solenoid where the wire is coiled around a cylinder, each wire loop in this
coil acts as if it was a separate circular wire carrying the same current I, the current in the coiled wire
and the dense enough array of such loops may be approximated by a cylindrical current sheet with the
current density K = I × (N/L) = I × L(loops) /solenoid length.

For simplicity, let’s assume a long solenoid (length ≫ diameter) which we approximate as infinitely
long. For a long solenoid (compared to its diameter), the magnetic field inside the solenoid is
approximately uniform and approximately parallel to the axis, except near the ends of the solenoid.
Outside the solenoid, the magnetic field looks like the field of a physical dipole, with the North pole at
one end of the solenoid and the South pole at the other end and is approximately negligible.

1. Which of the following material can be used to make loops around the cylinder?

(a) Plastic (b) Glass

(c) Quartz (d) copper Ans- d

2. The magnetic field inside the solenoid is

(a) Non-Uniform and parallel to the axis

(b) Uniform and parallel to the axis

(c) Non-uniform and perpendicular to the axis

(d) Uniform and perpendicular to the axis Ans- B

3. A proton is moving from left to right direction and outside the solenoid, then what is the direction of
force on the proton?
(a) upwards (b) downwards

(c) proton will not deflect (d) inwards Ans- C

4. How the magnetic field inside the solenoid depends upon the number of turns?

(a) inversely proportional (b) directly proportional

(c) proportional to the number of turns (d) none of these Ans – B

5. Direction of magnetic field due to ma solenoid can be determined by

(a) Ohm’s Law (b) Fleming’s left-hand rule

(c) Ampere’s Right-hand rule (d) Biot-savart’s Law Ans- C

Q2. In 1820, a Danish physicist, Hans Christian Oersted, discovered that there was a relationship
between electricity and magnetism. By setting up a compass through a wire carrying an electric current,
Oersted showed that moving electrons can create a magnetic field. Oersted found that, for a straight wire
carrying a steady (DC) current: The magnetic field lines encircle the current-carrying wire. The magnetic field
lines lie in a plane perpendicular to the wire. If the direction of the current is reversed, the direction of the
magnetic force reverses. The strength of the field is directly proportional to the magnitude of the current. The
strength of the field at any point is inversely proportional to the distance of the point from the wire.

1. First who discovered the relation between electric and magnetic field is-
(a) Hans Christian Oersted (b) Charles William Oersted
(c) Charles Maxwell (d) Andre Marie Ampere
2. If magnitude of the current in the wire increases, strength of magnetic field-
(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) remains unchanged (d) none of these Ans- A
3. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) There is no relationship between electricity and magnetism.
(b) An electrical current produces a magnetic field.
(c) A compass is not affected by electricity.
(d) A compass is not affected by a magnet.
4. A compass needle is placed below a straight conducting wire. If current is passing through the
conducting wire from North to South. Then the deflection of the compass is ____.
(a) Towards West. (b) Towards East.

(c) keeps oscillating in East-West direction (d) No deflection Ans- B

5. Charges at rest can produces-

(a) Static electric field (b) Magnetic field

(c) Induced current (d) Conventional current Ans- A

Q3. The earth’s magnetic field extends millions of kilometres into outer space and looks very much like
a bar magnet. The earth’s south magnetic pole is actually near the North Pole and the magnetic north
pole is in Antarctica! This is why a compass magnet’s north pole actually points north (north and south
poles attract). The Earth’s magnetic field extends far and wide but is very weak in terms of field
strength.

There are three components that are responsible for the magnitude as well as the direction of the earth’s
magnetic field:
Magnetic Declination- The magnetic declination is defined as the angle between the true north and the
magnetic north. On the horizontal plane, the true north is never at a constant position and keeps varying
depending upon the position on the earth’s surface and time.

Magnetic Inclination- The magnetic inclination is also known as the angle of dip. It is the angle made
the horizontal plane on the earth’s surface. At the magnetic equator, the angle of dip is 0° and at
the magnetic poles, the angle of dip is 90°.

Horizontal Component of the Earth’s Magnetic Field- There are two components to explain the intensity of the
earth’s magnetic field: Horizontal component (H) and vertical component (v)

tanδ= Bv / BH

1. The vertical component of the earth’s magnetic field is at a place is √3 times the horizontal
component. What is the value of angle of dip at this place?

(a) 600 (b) 450 (c) 900 (d) 300 Ans- A

2. A bar magnet is placed with its north pole pointing earth’s north. The points of zero magnetic field
will be in which direction from the centre of the magnet?

(a) north and south (b) east and west

(c) north-east and south-west (d) north-west and south-east Ans- B

3. Which of the following statements is true about magnetic lines of force?

(a) Magnetic lines of force are always closed.

(b) Magnetic lines of force always intersect each other.

(c) Magnetic lines of force tend to crowd far away from the poles of the magnet

(d) Magnetic lines of force do not pass through the vacuum. Ans- A

4. A long magnet is cut into two parts such that the ratio of their lengths is 2:1. What is the ratio pole
strength of both the section?

(a) 1:2 (b) 2:1 (c) 4:1 (d) Equal Ans- D

5. If a man is in Antarctica, then what is the angle of dip for the man is

(a) 600 (b) 450 (c) 900 (d) 300 Ans- C

Q.4 Bubble Chamber: Trails of bubbles are produced by high-energy charged particles moving
through the superheated liquid hydrogen in this artist’s rendition of a bubble chamber. There is a strong
magnetic field perpendicular to the page that causes the curved paths of the particles. The radius of the
path can be used to find the mass, charge, and energy of the particle.

Magnetic forces can cause charged particles to move in circular or spiral paths. Particle accelerators
keep protons following circular paths with magnetic force. Cosmic rays will follow spiral paths when
encountering the magnetic field of astrophysical objects or planets (one example being Earth’s
magnetic field). The bubble chamber photograph in the figure below shows charged particles moving in
such curved paths. The curved paths of charged particles in magnetic fields are the basis of a number of
phenomena and can even be used analytically, such as in a mass spectrometer. shows the path traced by
particles in a bubble chamber.

1. When a charged particle moves perpendicular to a uniform electric field, it follows-

(a) circular path (b) parabolic path

(c) translational path (d) helical path Ans- B

2. A charged particle moving with velocity v in X direction is subjected to a magnetic field B in

negative X direction. As a result, the charge will

(a) retard along X-axis

(b) start moving in a circular path in YZ plane

(c) remains unaffected

(d) move in a helical path around X-axis Ans- C

3. An α- particle and proton having same momentum enter into a region of uniform magnetic field and
move in a circular path. The ratio of the radii of curvature of their paths

(a) 1 (b) ¼ (c) ½ (d) 4 Ans- C

4. A neutron, a proton, an electron and an α- particle enter in a region of uniform magnetic field with
equal velocities. The magnetic field is perpendicular and directed into the paper. The tracks of the
particles are shown in figure. The electron will follow the track-

(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D Ans- D

5. If magnetic force experienced by the charged particle is perpendicular to the velocity of the particle,
then work done is-

(a) zero (b) maximum (c) minimum (d) none of these Ans- A

Q5. Current loop behaves likes a magnetic dipole and has a magnetic field. They behave just like a
magnet. Interesting part is, it depends upon the direction of current in loop which decides whether
magnetic field line is in outward or inward direction. With the help of this outward and inward
direction of magnetic field, North and South poles get decided.
Anticlockwise direction of current creates north pole (outward direction magnetic field) and clockwise
direction of current creates a south pole (inward direction magnetic field). Magnetic dipole moment M
with the circular current loop carrying a current I and of area A. The magnitude of m is given by

∣m∣=I x A

Current in the circular coil produces magnetic field and amperes found out that magnetic field created
due to circular coil is similar to the magnetic field due to a bar magnet. Wood screw head sign shows
that direction of screw is inward because we are not able to see pointed part of screw and so direction is
inward. This inward direction of screw denotes the direction of the magnetic field.

1. A thin circular wire carrying a current I, has a magnetic moment M. The shape of a wire is changed
to a square and it carries the same current. It will have a magnetic moment-

(a) 4M/π2 (b) M (c) 4π x M (d) 4M/π Ans- C

2. A current carrying loop is placed in a uniform magnetic field in four different orientations as shown
in figure. Arrange them in the decreasing order of potential energy.

(a) 4, 2, 3,1 (b) 1, 4, 2, 3

(c) 4, 3, 2,1 (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 Ans- B

3. Point out the correct direction of magnetic field in the given figures.

Ans- D
4. Two identical bar magnets are fixed with their centres at a distance d apart. A stationary charge Q is
placed at P in between the gap of the two magnets at a distance D from the centre O as shown in the
figure. The force on the charge Q is

(a) zero
(b) directed along OP
(c) directed along PO
(d) directed perpendicular to the plane of paper Ans- A

5. In a bar magnet, magnetic lines of force-

(a) are produced only at north pole like rays of light from a bulb
(b) starts from north pole and ends at the south pole
(c) emerge in circular paths from the middle of the bar
(d) run continuously through the bar and outside Ans- B

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