Test- EMI [PNS] Time : 1.5 hrs Max.

Marks 100
Attempt all the problems.

1.Two long parallel conducting horizontal rails are

connected by a conducting wire at one end. A
uniform magnetic field B (directly vertically F
B
downwards) exists in the region of space. A light
uniform ring of diameter d which is practically
equal to separation between the rails, is placed over
the rails as shown in figure. If resistance of ring be
per unit length, calculate force required to pull
the ring with uniform velocity .

2.A rod of length 2a is free to rotate in a vertical I

plane, about a horizontal axis O passing through its

mid point. A long straight, horizontal wire is in the
same plane and is carrying a constant current I as b

shown in figure. At initial moment of time, the rod

is horizontal and starts to rotate with constant
angular velocity , calculate emf induced in the 2a
rod as a function of time.
3.A long straight conductor carries a current I 0 . At B

distances a and (a+b) from it, there are two identical

wires, each having resistance per unit length, which R
V
are inter-connected by a resistance R as shown in figure. b

A conducting rod AB of length b can slide along the

wires without friction. At t=0, the rod is in extreme left
A
position and starts to move to the right with constant
velocity . Calculate force F required to maintain a

velocity of the rod constant as function of time t. I0

Neglect self induction of the circuit.

4. Two long parallel conducting rails are fixed at a fixed

at a distance I apart in a horizontal plane. A rod of mass
m and resistance R can slide along the rails. A uniform - B
E F l
magnetic field of induction B exists along vertically +
downward direction and coefficient of friction between
rails and rod is . If a battery of emf E and negligible
internal resistance is connected between the rails at left
end, as shown in figure, calculate minimum value, Fmin
of force required to be applied horizontally rightwards
on the rod to move it to the right. If F=2 Fmin , calculate
(a) Steady state velocity of the rod,
(b) Power required to keep the rod moving
with that steady velocity, and
(c) Thermal power generated in the rod.

5.A rod of mass m and having resistance R can rotate freely about a + -

horizontal O, sliding along a metallic circular ring of radius a as E

shown in figure. The ring is fixed in a vertical plane with axis

coinciding with the axis of rotation of the rod. A uniform magnetic t
field of induction B exists in the space parallel to the axis of rotation.
B
A voltage source is connected across the ring and the axis. Neglecting
self inductance of the circuit, calculate the law according to which
emf of the source must vary so that rod rotates with constant angular
velocity .
6.A Wire loop in the form of a sector of X

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a circle of radius a = 20 cm is located n X X X X X X X X X X X X

boundary of a uniform magnetic field X X X X X X X X B X X

of strength B=1 tesla as shown in X X X X X X X X X X X X

X X X X X X X X X X X X
figure. Angle of sector is 450 and
resistance of the loop is R 20 . The a

loop is rotated about axis O which is

parallel to the magnetic field and lies
on its boundary, with a constant
angular velocity . If rate of heat
generation in the loop is
3.14mJ/revolution, calculate
(a) Angular velocity and
(b) Average thermal power.

7. A conducting rod of mass m and length l is

free to oscillate in a vertical plane about a O

horizontal axis passing through one of its

ends. Lower end of the rod slides along a R
metallic strip CD bent along circular arc of B
I

radius I as shown in figure.

A uniform magnetic field of induction B S C D
exists in the space. Direction of magnetic field
is parallel to the axis of rotation.

(a) Neglecting friction, calculate frequency of its oscillations for small angular
amplitude 0 .
(b) If a resistance R is connected between axis of rotation and the strip CD by
closing switch S, calculate moment t required to be applied on the rod
to keep its oscillations as before.
Neglect inductance of the circuit and assume that at t = 0, the rod was in its
rightmost position.

8.A copper rod is bent into a semi-

circle of radius a and at ends straight a

parts are bent along diameter of the O O’

semi-circle and are passed through

fixed, smooth and conducting rings B

O and O’ as shown in figure. A D

capacitor having capacitance C is C

connected to the rings. The system

 is located in a uniform magnetic
field of induction B such that axis of
rotation OO” is perpendicular to the
field direction. At initial moment of
time (t = 0), plane of semi-circle
was normal to the field direction
and the semi-circle is set in rotation
with constant angular velocity .
Neglecting resistance and
inductance of the circuit, calculate
current I flowing through the circuit
at time t and instantaneous power
required to rotate the semi-circle

9. Two long rails are horizontal and parallel to each other.

On one end, the rails are connected by a resistance R and R

on the other end a capacitor of capacitance C is

connected as shown in figure. A connector of mass m m
and length l can slide o the rails with friction. Vertical
B
component of earth’s magnetic induction is B F

(downwards). A constant horizontal force F starts active

on the connector. C
(a) Calculate steady state velocity of the connector
and steady charge on capacitor.
(b) If at t = 0, the connector was at rest, calculate its
velocity as a function of time t.

10. A small, electrically charged bead of mass m and charge q

can slide on a circular, frictionless, insulating string of radius
r. An electric dipole having the dipole moment vector p is
fixed at the center of the circle with the dipole's axis lying in
the plane of the circle. Initially the bead is on the plane of
symmetry of the dipole, as shown in the figure. Find the
speed of the charge bead when the angle between p and
position vector of bead relative to the dipole moment vector
is . Also find the normal force exerted by the string
2
on the bead at this position. Ignore the effect of gravity,
assuming that the electric forces are much greater than the
gravitational ones. Bead is released when .
2
11. Consider the system of three coaxial conducting
cylindrical shells depicted in Figure. The shell radii are a, b
and c, where a < b < c. The shells are all of equal length L,
which is much longer than c (i.e., L >> c > b > a), and the
electric field lines and current flow are cylindrically
symmetric. The region between the shells of radii b and c is
filled with a medium of specific conductivity (r) = b/r,
where b < r < c. An electric charge – Q is deposited on the
internal shell, and charge + Q is applied to the middle shell.
At t = 0, the inner and outer shells are connected (the switch S
shown in Figure is shut at t = 0). Draw the equivalent RC
circuit and find the time constant.

12. A voltage source is connected between points A and B. Graph is showing the
variation of potential difference across resistor R. Draw VC (voltage across capacitor
plate) as a function of time.