Worksheet for volume -1

1. Answer the following: (a) Name the EM waves which are used for the treatment of
certain forms of cancer.(i) suitable for radar systems used in aircraft navigation. (ii) used
to treat muscular strain. (iii) used as a diagnostic tool in medicine. Write their frequency
range.
(b) Thin ozone layer on top of stratosphere is crucial for human survival. Why? (c) Why
is the amount of the momentum transferred by the em waves incident on the surface so
small?
2. Write the expression for the generalised form of Ampere’s circuital law. Discuss its
significance and describe briefly how the concept of displacement current is explained
through charging/ discharging of a capacitor in an electric circuit.
3. Sketch a schematic diagram depicting oscillating electric and magnetic fields of an em
wave propagating along + z-direction.
4. Suppose that the electric field amplitude of an electromagnetic wave is E0 = 120 N/C
and that its frequency ν = 50.0 MHz. (a) Determine B0, w, k and λ (b) Find expressions
for E and B.
5. A series LCR circuit with L = 4.0 H, C = 100 µF and R = 60 Ω is connected to a variable
frequency 240 V source as shown in figure.

Calculate:
(i) The angular frequency of the source which drives the circuit at resonance; (ii) The
current at the resonating frequency; (iii) The rms potential drop across the inductor at
resonance.
6. Draw a labelled diagram of a step-up transformer. Obtain the ratio of secondary to
primary voltage in terms of number of turns and currents in the two coils.
7. A power transmission line feeds input power at 2200 V to a step-down transformer with
its primary windings having 3000 turns. Find the number of turns in the secondary to get
the power output at 220 V.
8. A series LCR circuit is connected to an ac source having voltage V = V0 sin ωt . Derive
expression for the impedance, instantaneous current and its phase relationship to the
applied voltage. Find the expression for resonant frequency.
9. The power factor of an ac circuit is 0.5. What is the phase difference between voltage
and current in this circuit?
10. A circuit containing a 80 mH inductor, a 60 µF capacitor and a 15 Ω resistor are
connected to a 230 V, 50 Hz supply. Obtain the average power transferred to each
element of the circuit and total power absorbed.
11. A rectangular coil rotates in a uniform magnetic field. Obtain an expression for induced
emf and current at any instant. Also find their peak values. Show the variation of induced
emf versus angle of rotation (wt) on a graph.
12. Obtain the expression for the mutual inductance of a pair of coaxial circular coils of radii
r and R (R > r) placed with their centres coinciding.
13. State Lenz’s law. Illustrate, by giving an example, how this law helps in predicting the
direction of the current in a loop in the presence of a changing magnetic flux.
14. In a given coil of self-inductance of 5 mH, current changes from 4 A to 1 A in 30 ms.
Calculate the emf induced in the coil.
15. A bar magnet is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow between two coils PQ and
CD. Predict the directions of induced current in each coil.

16. Write three points of differences between para-, dia- and ferro- magnetic materials,
giving one example for each.
17. Show that the time period (T) of oscillations of a freely suspended magnetic dipole of
magnetic moment (m) in a uniform magnetic field (B) is given by T= 2 𝛑√I/MB
Where I is a moment of inertia of the magnetic dipole
18. Derive an expression for the force experienced by a current carrying straight conductor
placed in a magnetic field. Under what condition is this force maximum?
19. State and explain Biot-Savart law. Use it to derive an expression for the magnetic field
produced at a point near a long current carrying wire.
20. A rectangular loop of wire of size 2.5 cm × 4 cm carries a steady current of 1 A. A
straight wire carrying 2 A current is kept near the loop as shown. If the loop and the wire
are coplanar, find the (i) torque acting on the loop and (ii) the magnitude and direction of
the force on the loop due to the current carrying wire

21. An electron, after being accelerated through a potential difference of 104 V, enter a
uniform magnetic field of 0.04 T, perpendicular to its direction of motion. Calculate the
radius of curvature of its trajectory.
22. A proton, a deuteron and an alpha particle, are accelerated through the same potential
difference and then subjected to a uniform magnetic field B , perpendicular to the
 direction of their motions. Compare (i) their kinetic energies, and (ii) if the radius of the
circular path described by proton is 5 cm, determine the radii of the paths described by
deuteron and alpha particle.
23. A square coil of side 10 cm consists of 20 turns and carries a current of 12 A. The coil is
suspended vertically and normal to the plane of the coil makes an angle of 30° with the
direction of uniform horizontal magnetic field of magnitude 0.80 T. What is the magnitude
of the torque experienced by the coil?
24. Prove that the current density of a metallic conductor is directly proportional to the drift
speed of electrons.
25. Using the concept of free electrons in a conductor, derive the expression for the
conductivity of a wire in terms of number density and relaxation time. Hence obtain the
relation between current density and the applied electric field E.
26.