CHAPTER 4: MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETIC FIELDS

VERY SHORT ANSWERS(1 Mark)

1. An electron is moving in the anticlockwise sense in a horizontal circular orbit. What is the direction
of the magnetic field at the centre of orbit?

2. Which are of the following will describe the smallest circle when projected with the same velocity v
perpendicular to the magnetic field B (i) α particle and (ii) β particle?

3. An electron and a proton moving with same speed enter the same magnetic field region at right
angles to the direction of the field. For which of the two particles will the radius of the circular path be
smaller?

4. What is the nature of magnetic field in a moving coil galvanometer?

5. Force is given by F=q*(V*B) of these name the pairs of vector which are always at right angles to
each other.

6. A charged particle moving with velocity ‘v’ as shown in figure experiences an upward force. What
force. What is the charge sign on the particle?

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7. A velocity selector is to be designed for particles of velocity 10m/s. What magnetic field should be
employed if the electric field in it is 100 N/C.

8. An electron moving with through a magnetic field does not experience any force. Under what
conditions is this possible?

SHORT ANSWERS (2 marks)

9. An electron an a proton, having equal momenta, enter a uniform magnetic field at right angles to the
field lines. What will be the ratio of the radii of curvature of their trajectories?

10. A galvanometer coil has a resistance of 15 ohm and shows a full scale deflection for a current of
4mA. Calculate the value of resistance required to convert in to an ammeter of range 0 to 6A.

11. Two long parallel straight wires X and Y separated by a distance of 5 cm in air carry currents of 10
A and 5A respectively in opposite direction. Calculate the magnitude and the direction of force on a 20
cm length of the wireY.
12. A neutron, an electron and an alpha particle moving with equal velocities, enter a uniform
magnetic field going into the plane of the paper as shown. Trace their paths in the field and justify
your answer.

13. A straight wire carries a current of 3A from south to north. Calculate the magnitude of the
magnetic field at a point 10cm away from the wire. Draw diagram to show the direction of the
magnetic field.

14. A charged particle having a charge of 2 nC moving in a magnetic field B with a velocity ⃗v =105 i^
m/s experiences a magnetic force ⃗ −5
F=2 ×10 ¿ )N. Find the direction and magnitude of the magnetic
field.

15. A square loop of side 20 cm carrying current of 1A is kept near an infinite long straight wire
carrying a current of 2A in the same plane as shown in the figure.

Calculate the magnitude and direction of the net force exerted on the loop due to the
current carrying conductor.

16. A square shaped plane coil of area 100 cm2 of 200 turns carries a steady current of 5A. It is placed
in a uniform magnetic field of 0.2 T acting perpendicular to the plane of the coil. Calculate the torque
on the coil when its plane makes an angle of 60° with the direction of the field. In which orientation
will the coil be in stable equilibrium ?

17. A closely wound solenoid of 2000 turns and cross sectional area 1.6 × 10–4m2 carrying a current
of 4.0 A is suspended through its centre allowing it to turn in a horizontal plane. Find (i) the magnetic
moment associated with the solenoid, (ii) magnitude and direction of the torque on the solenoid if a
horizontal magnetic field of 7.5 × 10–2 T is set up at an angle of 30° with the axis of the solenoid.

18. Why is the magnetic field radial in a moving coil galvanometer ? Explain how it
is achieved.
(b) A galvanometer of resistance ‘G’ can be converted into a voltmeter of range (0-V) volts by
connecting a resistance ‘R’ in series with it. How much resistance will be required to change its range
from 0 to V/2 ?
19. Find the magnitude of the force on each segment of the wire shown below, if a magnetic field of
0.30T is apllied parallel to AB and DE. Take the value of the current, flowing in the wire as 1amp.

SHORT ANSWERS (3 Marks)

20. A charged particle moves along the positive X-axis in a uniform magnetic ‘B’ which is directed
parallel to the positive Y-axis.
(i) In which direction would the Lorentz force act for an electron?
(ii) What will be the path of the charged particle?
(iii) Draw the path of the charged particle if it has a velocity component along ‘B’.

21. An α-particle and a proton are released from the centre of the cyclotron and made to accelerate.
(i) Can both the particles be accelerated at the same frequency? Give reason to justify your answer.
(ii) When they are accelerated in turn, which of the two coils will have higher velocity at the exit slit
of the dees? Explain.

22. An electron is moving at 106m/s in a direction parallel to a current of 5 A, flowing through an

infinitely long straight wire, separated by a perpendicular distance of 10 cm in air. Calculate the
magnitude of the force experienced by the electrons. (3 marks)

23. State Biot savart law .use it to derive an expression for the magnetic field due to a current carrying
circular loop of N turns and radius R, at a point distance x from its centre on the axis of the loop.

24. If the current sensitivity of a moving coil – galvanometer is increased by 20%, its resistance also
increase by 1.5 times, How will the voltage sensitivity of the galvanometer be affected.

25. A long straight wire carries a current of 4A. A proton P travels as 4X106 m/s, parallel to the wire,
0.2m from it and in a direction opposite to the current. Calculate the force which the magnetic field of
current exerts on the proton. Also specify the direction of the force.

26. A uniform magnetic field B is set-up along the positive X-axis. A particle of charge ‘q’ and mass
‘m’ moving with velocity v enters the field at the origin in X-Y plane such that it has velocity
components both along and perpendicular to the magnetic B. Trace, giving reason, the trajectory
followed by the particle. Find out the expression for the distance moved by the particle along the
magnetic field in one rotation.
27. State the principle of working of a galvanometer.
A galvanometer of resistance G is converted into a voltmeter to measure upto V volts by connecting a
resistance R1 in series with the coil. If a resistance R2 is connected in series with it, then it can measure
upto V/2 volts. Find the resistance, in terms of R1 and R2, required to be connected to convert it into a
voltmeter that can read upto 2 V. Also find the resistance G of the galvanometer in terms of R1 and R2.

LONG ANSWERS (5 Marks)

28. A straight thick long wire of uniform cross section of radius ‘a’ is carrying a steady current I. Use
Ampere’s circuital law to obtain a relation showing the variation of the magnetic field inside and
outside the wire with distance r, (r  a) and (r > a) of the field point from the centre of its cross section.
Plot the graph showing the nature of this variation.
Calculate the ratio of magnetic field at a point a/2 above the surface of the wire to that at a point a/2
below its surface. What is the maximum value of the field of this wire? 5

29. Draw the labeled diagram of a moving coil galvanometer.

(i)Which one of the two – an ammeter or a milli-ammeter, has greater resistance, when made from
identical galvanometers? Explain.
(ii) Define its current and voltage sensitivity and explain how they can be increased.
(iii) What is the function of :
(a) Uniform radial field (b) Soft iron core on such a device.
(iv) A galvanometer with a coil resistance of 5 ohm can tolerate a maximum current of 10mA. Explain
how this can be converted into an ammeter of range 1A.  

30. Draw a schematic diagram of cyclotron. Explain its underlying principle and working, stating
clearly the function of the electric and magnetic fields applied on a charged particle..

31. Depict the magnetic field lines due to two straight, long, parallel conductors carrying currents I1
and I2 in same direction. Hence deduce an expression for the force acting per unit length on one
conductor due to the other. Is this force attractive or repulsive? Hence define One ampere.
OR
Two long straight parallel conductors carry steady current I1 and I2 separated by a
distance d. If the currents are flowing in the same direction, show how the magnetic
field set up in one produces an attractive force on the other. Obtain the expression for
this force. Hence define one ampere.

32. (i) Derive, with the help of a suitable diagram, the expression (in vector form) for the torque acting
on a rectangular loop of area A carrying current I, placed in a uniform magnetic field B.
(ii) Mention the conditions under which (i) the above expression for the torque is applied in moving
coil galvanometer; (ii) the sensitivity of the moving coil galvanometer is increased.