SINGLE ANSWER TYPE

1. Two thick wires and two thin wires, all of the same materials and same length, form a square in three
different ways P, Q and R as shown in figure. With correct connections shown, the magnetic field at
the centre of the square is zero in case of

A) P only B) P and Q only C) Q and R only D) P and R only

2. A long straight wire along the z-axis carries a current I in the

negaitve z-direction. The mangetic vector field B at a point
having coordinates ( x, y ) in the z = 0 plane is

       
0 I ( yi  xj ) 0 I ( xi  yj ) 0 I ( xj  yi ) 0 I ( xj  yi )
A) B) C) D)
2 ( x 2  y 2 ) 2 ( x 2  y 2 ) 2 ( x 2  y 2 ) 2 ( x 2  y 2 )
3. A given length of wire carreis a steady current. It is bent first to form a circular plane coil of one turn.
If a loop of same length is now bent more sharply to give a double loop of smaller radius, the magnetic
field at the centre caused by the same current is
A) a quarter of its first value B) twice of its first value
C) four times of its first value D) half of its first value
4. The magnetic field at a P due to the arrangement shown in figure is

0 i  1  2 0i 0i i  1 
A) 1   B)  C)  D) 0  1  
2 d  2 2 d 2 d 2 d  2
5. If a long hollow copper pipe carries a direct current, the magnetic field associated with the current will
be
A) only inside the pipe B) only outside the pipe
C) both inside and outside the pipe D) neither inside nor outside the pipe
6. A wire has been put in the shape of the curve 
a I P
r as shown in the figure. The wire is
cos  1  sin 2    r
infinite in length and carries current I. The magnitude of O
magnetic field induction at origin is given by
2 I I  I
(A) 0 (B) 0 (C) 0 (D) zero.
3 a 2 a 2a
7. Magnetic field induction at point O if the wire carrying a z
current I take the shape as shown in the figure is –

R
y
I

I
45º
x
I I I I
(A) 0
4 R
 
2  1 iˆ  0 kˆ
4 R
(B) 0
4 R
 
2  1 iˆ  0 kˆ
4 R
I I I I
(C) 0
4 R
 
2  1 iˆ  0 kˆ
4 R
(D) 0
4 R
 
2  1 iˆ  0 kˆ
4 R
8. Two circular coils X and Y have equal number of turns and carry equal currents in the same sense and
subtend same solid angle at point O. If the smaller coil X is midway between O and Y, then if we
represent the magnetic induction due to bigger coil Y at O as BY and that due to smaller coil X at O as
BX , then

BY BY B 1 B 1
A) 1 B) 2 C) Y  D) Y 
BX BX BX 2 BX 4
MULTIPLE ANSWER TYPE
9. Two coaxial solenoids 1 and 2 of same length are set so that one is inside the other. The numbers of
turns per unit length are n1 and n2 . The currents i1 and i2 are flowing in opposite directions. The
magnetic field inside the inner coil is zero. This is possible when
A) i1  i2 and n1  n2 B) i1  i2 and n1  n2 C) i1  i2 and n1  n2 D) i1n1  i2 n2
10. Which of the following statements are correct?
A) Field inside an infinitely long solenoid depends on the dimenstion of solenoid.
B) Field inside a long cylindrical conductor carrying uniformly distributed current , parallel to the axis
is proportional to r (radial distance)
C) Field inside a long pipe carrying current parallel to its length, is zero.
D) Field out side a long current carrying wire is proportional to 1 2 .
r
11. A long straight conductor, carrying a current I, is bent to form an almost complete circular loop of
radius r on it. The magnetic field at the centre of the loop:

A) is directed into the paper B) is directed out of the paper

 I 1  I 1
C) has magnitude 0 1   D) has magnitude 0 1  
2r    2r   
12. L is a circular loop carrying a current. P is a point on its axis OX. dL is an element of
length on the loop at a point A on it. The magnetic field at P.:
 L

A) due to L is along X - axis B) due to dL is directed along OX

C) due to dL is perpendicular to OX D) due to dL is perpendicular to AP
PASSAGE-1
A solid cylindrical conductor of radius R1 is kept inside a hollow cylindrical conductor of inner radius R2
and outer radius R3 ( R1  R2  R3 ) in a co–axial manner, as shown. The solid cylinder carries a current I1 and
the hollow conductor carries current I 2 in the opposite directions. The two conductors are kept insulated
from each other and current through each is distributed uniformly over the cross–section. Let r be any radial
distance from the axis.
R3
R2
R1

Cross-sectional view

13. Magnitude of magnetic induction B at points inside the solid conductor, so that r  R1 , can be
expressed as
0 I1 0 I1 0 I1
(A) r (B) r (C) r (D) zero.
2 R1 2 R12 R12
14. Magnitude of magnetic induction B at points outside the solid conductor such that R1  r  R2 will be
 I  I   I  I   I I
(A) 0 1 2 (B) 0 1 2 (C) 0 12 r2 (D) 0 1 .
2 r 2 r 2 R1 2 r
15. For R2  r  R3 , magnitude of B can be expressed as
0  I 2  r 2  R22   0  I 2  r 2  R22   0  I1 I2 
(A)  I1   (B)  I1   (C)   2 2 
(D) zero.
2 r 
  R 2
3  R2
2
 

2 r 
  R 2
3  R2
2
  2  r r  R2 
PASSAGE-2
A uniformly charged disc of radius r1 and having surface charge density  is placed co–axially with a
current carrying circular coil of radius r2 and having current i. The distance between their centres is x. The
disc starts rotating with angular speed  as shown in the figure.
from right view for the coil
Direction of current is

x x  r2
r1 xrx1
xxx
x x
x

16. Magnetic field induction at the centre of the disc due to its own rotation is –
  r   r   r
(A) 0 1 B) 0 1 (C) 0 1 (D)zero.
2 4 2 2
17. For what magnitude and direction of  net field at the centre of disc may be zero. (specify direction
from the right view)
ir22 ir22
(A) 3/ 2
clock wise (B) 3/ 2
antic–clockwise
 r1  r22  x 2   r1  r22  x 2 
  ir22
(C) 3/ 2
clockwise (D) none of these.
 r1  r22  x 2 

INTEGER TYPE
18. An infinitely long wire of uniform cross section of radius R carries a current whose current density
7
10
varies as J=br, b  SI units , and r the distance from axis.(SI units, 0<r<R) The magnitude

n2
magnetic induction at r = 0.25m is given by 102 Tesla. Find n.
3
MATCHING TYPE
19. A very long straight conductor has a circular cross-section of radius R . Inside the conductor there is a
cylindrical hole of radius ‘a’ whose axis is parallel to the axis of the conductor and at a distance ‘b’
from it, as shown in the diagram .The conductor with hole carries current i. Let the z-axis be the axis
of conductor and the axis of the hole at x  b , Match the following column.

Column – I Column – II
a) Magnitude of magnetic field at point P(2R, 0) p) Zero
b) X-component of magnetic field
 0i  a 2 
at point P(0, 0) q)  
2b  R 2  a 2 
 0i  a2 R
c) Magnitude of magnetic field at point P(0, 0) r) 2 2 
 
2(R  a )  2R  b 2 
 0ib
d) Magnitude of magnetic field at point P(b, 0) s)
2(R 2  a 2 )
20. Column II gives four situations is which three or four semi infinite current carrying wires are placed
on xy plane as shown. The magnitude of the direction of current is shown in each fig. Column I gives
statements regarding the x and z components of magnetic field at a point p whose co-ordinates are
(0,0,d)
Match the statements of column I with the corresponding figures in column II
COLUMN – I COLUMN – II
The x - component of magnetic P
field of point p is zero in
A

The z – component of magnetic Q

field of point p is zero in

B
 The magnitude of magnetic field at R
i
point p is o in
4 d
C

The magnitude of magnetic field at S

i
point p is greater than o in
4 d
D

KEY
1 D 2 A 3 C 4 A 5 B 6 A 7 A 8 C
9 BD 10 BC 11 BC 12 AD 13 B 14 D 15 B 16 A
17 A 18 5 19 A-R,B-P,C-Q,D-S 20 A-PQR,B-PQRS,C-R,D-PQS