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AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

PHYSICS_CLASS XII
MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF CURRENT & MAGNETISM

Section A: Multiple Choice Qs

1. A circular coil of wire containing 100 turns each of radius 8 cm carries a current of 0.40
A. The magnitude of magnetic field at the centre of the coil is:
(a) 3.14 x 10-4T (b) 3.14 x 10-2T (c) 1.8 x 10-4T (d)
2.5 x 10 T
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2. In the Bohr Model of Hydrogen, An electron revolves around the Nucleus in a circular
orbit of radius 5.1x10-11m at a frequency of 6.8x1015 Hz. The magnitude of magnetic
field at the centre of the orbit is:
(a) Zero (b) 13.4T (c) 10T (d)
1.34T

3. At what distance from a long straight wire carrying a current of 12A will the magnetic
field be equal to 3T:
(a) 4cm (b) 2cm (c) 6cm (d) 8cm

4. A proton and an α particles enters in a uniform magnetic field with same velocity,
then ratio of the radii of path describe by them is:
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 1 (c) 2 : 1 (d) None of
these

5. If an electron is moving with velocity v produces a magnetic field B, then:

(a) the direction of field B will be same as the direction of velocity v.
(b) the direction of field B will be opposite to the direction of velocity v.
(c) the direction of field B will be perpendicular to the direction of velocity ν.
(d) the direction of field B does not depend upon the direction of velocity v.

6. The nature of parallel and anti-parallel currents are:

(a) parallel currents repel and antiparallel currents attract.
(b) parallel currents attract and antiparallel currents repel.
(c) both currents attract.
(d) both currents repel.

7. A galvanometer coil has a resistance of 15 Ω and the galvanometer shows full scale
deflection for a current of 4 mA. The value of shunt to convert galvanometer into an
ammeter of range 0 to 6 A is:
(a) 10 Ohm (b) 10milli Ohm (c) 1Ohm (d) 100 Ohm

8. A wire of length L is bent round in the form of a coil having N turns of same radius. If a
steady current I flows through it in a clockwise direction, the direction of the magnetic
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field at its centre is:

(a) out of the plane of coil.
(b) parallel to the plane of coil.
(c) into the plane of coil.
(d) none of these.

9. If in a circular coil of radius R, current I is flowing and in another coil B of radius 2R, a
current 2I is flowing, then the ratio of the magnetic fields produced by them at the
centre will be:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

10. A closely wound solenoid 80 cm long has 5 layers of windings of 400 turns each. The
diameter of the solenoid is 1.8 cm. If the current carried is 8.0 A, the magnitude of B
inside the solenoid near its centre is:
(a) 2.5 x 10-4T (b) 2.5 x 10-3T (c)2.5 T (d) 2.5 x 10-
2
T

11. A toroid has a core (non-ferromagnetic) of inner radius 25 cm and outer radius 26 cm,
around which 3500 turns of a wire are wound. If the current in the wire is 11 A, what is
the magnetic field outside the toroid:
(a) Zero (b) 3.5 x 10-3T (c) 3.12 x 10-2T (d) 2.5
x 10 T
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12. A strong magnetic field is applied on a stationary electron. Then the electron:
(a) moves in the direction of the field.
(b) remained stationary.
(c) moves perpendicular to the direction of the field.
(d) moves opposite to the direction of the field.

13. A charged particle is moving on circular path with velocity v in a uniform magnetic
field B, if the velocity of the charged particle is doubled and strength of magnetic field is
halved, then radius becomes:
(a) 8 times
(b) 2 times
(c) 4 times
(d) 16 times

14. If a particle is moving in a uniform magnetic field, then:

(a) its momentum changes but total energy remains same.
(b) both momentum and total energy remains the same.
(c) its total energy changes but momentum remains same.
(d) both momentum and total energy will change.
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15. A length of wire carries a steady current. It is bent first to form a circular plane coil of
one turn. The same length is now bent more sharply to give a double loop of smaller
radius. The magnetic field produced at the centre produced by same current is:
(a) unaltered.
(b) a half of its initial value.
(c) a quarter of its initial value.
(d) four times of its first value.

16. To convert a galvanometer into an ammeter, we connect:

(a) high resistance in series.
(b) high resistance in parallel.
(c) low resistance in parallel.
(d) low resistance in series.

17. Two similar conductors carrying same amount of current are placed as shown in the
figure given below. The plane on one conductor is along x-axis and other is along y-axis.
What is the ratio of resultant magnetic field at a common point to the individual
magnetic field?

(a) 3 : 2 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 1 : √2 (d) √2 : 1

18. A cell is connected across two points A and C of a uniform circular conductor as shown
in the figure given below. What is the value of magnetic field at the centre of the
circular conductor? (given radius of conductor is r)

(a) 0 (b) I/2r (c) Ir/2 (d) None of

these

19. 50 cm long solenoid has a radius of 1 cm and is made up of 500 turns. If it carries a
current of 5 A then, find the magnitude of magnetic field inside the solenoid.
(a) 6.023 × 10‒23 T (b) 1.6 × 10‒19 T (c) 9 × 10‒9 T (d) 6.28 × 10‒9 T
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20. Two Long parallel wires are at a distance of 1m. Both of them carry one ampere of
current. The force of attraction per unit length between the two wires:
(a)2.5 x 10-2N/m (b) 2x 10-7 T (c) 5 x 10-2T (d) zero

21. A straight wire of length 0.5m and carrying a current of 1.2 ampere is placed in
uniform magnetic field of 2tesla. The magnetic field is perpendicular to the length of the
wire. The force on the wire is:
(a) 2.4N (b) 1.2N (c ) 3.0 N (d) 2.0N
22. Ionized hydrogen atom and alpha particle with same momenta enters perpendicular to
a constant magnetic field. The ratio of radii of hydrogen to alpha particle is:
(a) 1:4 (b) 1:1 (c) 2:1 (d) 4:1

23. If along hollow copper pipe carries a current, then magnetic field will be:
(a) Both inside and outside the pipe.
(b) Outside the pipe only.
(c) Inside the pipe only.
(d) Neither inside nor outside the pipe.

24. A particle of mass m, charge Q and kinetic energy T enters in a transverse uniform
magnetic field B. After 3seconds the kinetic energy of the particle will be:
(a) T (b) 2T (c) 4T
(d) 3T

25. A coil of one turn is made of a wire of certain length and then from the same length a
coil of two turns is made. If the same current is passed in both the cases, then the ratio
of the magnetic induction at their centres will be:
(a) 4:1 (b) 1:2 (c) 2:1
(d) 1:4

Section B: Assertion Reasoning Qs

Directions: In the following questions, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of

reason (R). Mark the correct choice as:
(a) If both assertion & reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) If both assertion & reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) If both assertion and reason are false.

1. Assertion : Free electrons are in continuous motion in a conductor even then no

magnetic force acts on them in magnetic field unless a current is passed through the
conductor.
Reason: The average velocity of free electrons is zero.
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2. Assertion: To convert a galvanometer into an ammeter a small resistance is connected

in parallel with it.
Reason: The small resistance increases the combined resistance of the combination.

3. Assertion: In a shunted galvanometer only 10% of the current passes through the
galvanometer. If G is the resistance of the galvanometer, resistance of shunt is G/9.
Reason: If S is the resistance of the shunt, voltage across S and G are the same.

4. Assertion: In electric circuits, wires carrying currents in opposite directions are often
twisted together
Reason: If the wires are not twisted together, the combination of the wires forms a
current loop, the magnetic field generated by the loop might affect adjacent circuits or
components.

5. Assertion: If the speed v of a charged particle carrying a charge q entering

perpendicular to the direction of a uniform magnetic field B is increased, its time period
of revolution will remain unaffected.
Reason: work done by force due to magnetic field is zero.

6. Assertion: The force acting on moving electron in magnetic field in direction parallel to
magnetic field causes the electron to move in a circular path in magnetic field.
Reason: the force acting in direction of motion provides the necessary centripetal force.

7. Assertion: Two particles having equal charges and masses m1 and m2, after being
accelerated by the same potential difference (V), enter a region of uniform magnetic
field and describe circular paths of radii r1 and r2 respectively. Then m1/ m2 = ( r1 /r2 )1/2
Reason: Gain in kinetic energy = work done to accelerate the charged particle through
potential difference V.
8. Assertion: When two long parallel wires, hanging freely are connected in parallel to a
battery, they come closer to each other.
Reason: Wires carrying current in opposite direction repel each other.

Section C: Case Study Qs

(Attempt any 4 parts for each case study question)

Case 1
Moving coil galvanometer operates on Permanent Magnet Moving Coll (PMMC) mechanism
and was designed by the scientist Darsonval.
Moving coil galvanometers are of two types:
1. Suspended coil.
2. Pivoted coil type or tangent galvanometer.
Its working is based on the fact that when a current carrying coil is placed in a magnetic field,
it experiences a torque. This torque tends to rotate the coil about its axis of suspension in such
a way that the magnetic flux passing through the coil is maximum.
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I. A moving coil galvanometer is an instrument which:

(a) is used to measure emf
(b) is used to measure potential difference
(c) is used to measure resistance
(d) is a deflection instrument which gives a deflection when a current flows through its
coil.

II. To make the field radial in a moving coil galvanometer.

(a) number of turns of coil is kept small.
(b) magnet is taken in the form of horse-shoe.
(c) poles are of very strong magnets.
(d) poles are cylindrically cut.

III. The deflection in a moving coil galvanometer is:

(a) directly proportional to torsional constant of spring.
(b) directly proportional to the number of turns in the coil.
(c) inversely proportional to the area of the coil.
(d) inversely proportional to the current in the coil.

IV. In a moving coil galvanometer, having a coil of N-turns of area A and carrying current I
is placed in a radial field of strength B. The torque acting on the coil is:
(a) NA2B2I
(b) NABI2
(C) ABIN2
(d) NABI

V. To increase the current sensitivity of a moving coil galvanometer, we should decrease:

(a) strength of magnet
(b) torsional constant of spring
(c) number of turns in coil
(d) area of coil

Case 2
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
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approximately negligible.

I. Which of the following material can be used to make loops around the cylinder?
(a) Plastic (b) Glass (c) Quartz
(d) copper

II. 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.

III. 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

IV. How does 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
V. Direction of magnetic field due to a 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

Case 3
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
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inversely proportional to the distance of the point from the wire.

I. Who was the first to discover the relation between electric and magnetic field?
(a) Hans Christian Oersted
(b) Charles William Oersted
(c) Charles Maxwell
(d) Andre Marie Ampere

II. If magnitude of the current in the wire increases, strength of magnetic field:
(a) Increases (b) Decreases (c) remains unchanged (d) none of these

III. 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.

IV. 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.

V. Charges at rest can produces:

(a) Static electric field
(b) Magnetic field
(c) Induced current
(d) Conventional current
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Case 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.

I. 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

II. 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.

III. 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
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IV. 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

V. 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

Case 5
Moving coil galvanometer operates on Permanent Magnet Moving Coil (PMMC) mechanism
and was designed by the scientist D’arsonval. Moving coil galvanometers are of two types:
Suspended coil & Pivoted coil type or tangent galvanometer.
Its working is based on the tact that when a current carrying coil Is placed in a magnetic field,
it experiences a torque this torque tends to rotate the coil about its axis of suspension in such a
way that the magnetic flux passing through the coil is maximum.

I. A moving coil galvanometer is an instrument which:

(a) Is used to measure emf.
(b) is used to measure potential difference.
(c) is used to measure resistance.
(d) is a deflection instrument which gives a deflection when a current flows through its
coil.

II. To make the field radial in a moving coil galvanometer:

(a) number of turns of coil is kept small.
(b) magnet is taken in the form of horseshoe.
(c) poles are of very strong magnets.
(d) poles are cylindrically cut.
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III. The deflection in a moving coil galvanometer Is:

(a) directly proportional to torsional constant of spring.
(b) directly proportional to the number of turns in the coil.
(c) inversely proportional to the area of the coil.
(d) inversely proportional to the current in the coil.

IV. In a moving coil galvanometer, having a coil of N-turns of area A and carrying current
I is placed in a radial field of strength B. The torque acting on the coil Is:
(a) NA2B2I
(b) NABI2
(c) N2ABI
(d) NABI

V. To Increase the current sensitivity of a moving coil galvanometer, we should decrease:

(a) strength of magnet
(b) torsional constant of spring
(c) number of turns in coil
(d) area of coil

Case 6
The field of a hollow wire with constant current is homogeneous.
Curves in the graph shown give, as functions of radius distance r, the magnitude B of the
magnetic field inside and outside four long wires a, b, c and d, carrying currents that are
uniformly distributed across the cross sections of the wires. Overlapping portions of the plots
are indicated by double labels.

I. Which wire has the greatest magnitude of the magnetic field on the surface?
(a) a
(b) b
(c) c
(d) d

II. The current density in a wire a is:

(a) greater than in wire c.
(b) less than in wire c.
(c) equal to that in wire c.
(d) not comparable to that of in wire c due to lack of information.

III. Which wire has the greatest radius?

(a) a
(b) b
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(c) c
(d) d

IV. A direct current I flows along the length of an infinitely long straight thin-walled pipe,
then the magnetic field It:
(a) uniform throughout the pipe but not zero.
b) zero only along the axis of the pipe.
(c) zero at any point inside the pipe.
(d) maximum at the centre and minimum at the edges.

V. In a coaxial, straight cable, the central conductor and the outer conductor carry equal
currents in opposite direction. The magnetic field is zero:
(a) outside the cable.
(b) inside the inner conductor.
(c) inside the outer conductor.
(d) in between the two conductor.

Case 7
The path of a charged particle in magnetic field depends upon angle between velocity and
magnetic field.
If velocity v is at angle ϴ to component B velocity parallel to magnetic field (v cosϴ) remains
constant and component of velocity perpendicular to magnetic field (v sinϴ) is responsible for
circular motion. thus the charge particle moves in a helical path.
The plane of the circle is perpendicular to the magnetic field and the axis of the helix is parallel
to the magnetic field the charged particle moves along helical path touching the line parallel to
the magnetic field passing through the starting point after each rotation.
Radius of circular path is r = (mvsinϴ/qB)
Hence the resultant path of the charged particle will be a helix, with its axis along the direction
of B as shown in figure.

I. When a positively charged particle enters into a uniform magnetic field with uniform
velocity. Its trajectory can be a: (i) a straight line (ii) a circle (iii) a helix.
(a) (i) only
(b) (i) and (ii)
(c) (i) or (iii)
(d) any one of (I). (ii) and (iii)

II. Two charged particles A and B having the same charge, mass and speed enter into a
magnetic field in such a way that the initial path of A makes an angle 300 and that of B
makes an angle 900 with the field. Then the trajectory of:
(a) B will have smaller radius of curvature than that of A
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(b) both will have the same curvature

(c) A will have smaller radius of curvature than that of B
(d) both will move along the direction of their original velocities.

III. An electron having momentum 2.4 x 10-23kg m/s enters a region of uniform magnetic
field 0.15 T. The field vector makes an angle of 300 with the initial velocity vector of the
electron. The radius of the helical path of the electron in the field shall be:
(a) 2 mm
(b) 1mm
(c) .866 mm
(d) 0.5 mm

IV. The magnetic field in a certain region of space is given by B=8.35x10-2T . A proton is
shot into the field with velocity v= (2 x 105i + 4x105j) m/s. The proton follows a helical
path in the field. The distance moved by proton in the x direction during the period of
one revolution in the yz plane will be (Mass of proton ss 1.67 x 10-27kg):
(a) 0.053 m
(b) 0.136 m
(c) 0.157 m
(d) 0.236 m
V.
The frequency of revolution of the particle is
(a) m/qB
(b) qB/2mπ
(c) 2πR/vcosϴ
(d) 2πR/vsinϴ

Case 8

Stationery charge when kept in a region of space inhabited by both electric field and magnetic
field experiences electric force only whereas a moving charge passing through the same region
experiences both electric and magnetic force. This property is used extensively in filtering out
desired charge particles in microscopes and spectrometers.

I. The schematic shown in figure above is of:

(a) Spectrometer
(b) Microscope
(c) Accelerometer
(d) Velocity selector

II. Electric force on a charge particle acts:

(a) In the plane of electric field even when charge is stationary.
(b) Perpendicular to the plane of electric field.
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(c) In the plane of electric field when charge is in motion.

(d) None of the above.

III. The numeric value of ratio of electric field and magnetic field (E/B) equals the numeric
value of velocity of charge particles:
(a) That are passed through the above device undeflected/ filtered out.
(b) That are only particles that are deflected.
(c) These charge particles accelerate while passing through device.
(d) None of the above.

IV. Charge particle entering the magnetic field with its velocity perpendicular to field will:
(a) Pass through the region undeflected.
(b) Will start performing circular motion.
(c) Will start performing helical motion.
(d) Will come to rest.

V. Lorentz force is:

(a) Magnetic force acting on moving charge.
(b) Electric force acting on stationary charge.
(c) Sum of electric force and magnetic force acting on stationary charge.
(d) None of the above.

ANSWERS
Section A: Multiple Choice Qs

1. (a)
2. (b)
3. (d)
4. (a)
5. (c)
6. (b)
7. (b)
8. (c)
9. (a)
10. (d)
11. (a)
12. (b)
13. (c)
14. (a)
15. (d)
16. (c)
17. (d)
18. (a)
19. (d)
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20. (b)
21. (b)
22. (c)
23. (b)
24. (a)
25. (d)
Section B: Assertion Reason Qs

1. (a)
2. (c)
3. (a)
4. (a)
5. (b)
6. ?
7. (d)
8. ?

Section C: Case Study Qs

Case Study (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

Case 1 d d b d b
Case 2 d b c b c
Case 3 a a b b a
Case 4 b c c d a
Case 5
Case 6
Case 7 d a d c b
Case 8