ZIET BHUBANESWAR

Chapter–5: MAGNETISM AND MATTER

ASSERTION REASON TYPE QUESTIONS
ASSERTION REASON TYPE QUESTIONS

(a) If both Assertion and Reason are true and the reason is correct explanation of the
Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and reason are true, but Reason is not correct explanation of the
Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is true, but the Reason is false.
(d) If Assertion is false, but the Reason is true.
SL. Questions
No
1
Assertion : The poles of a magnet can never be separated.
Reason : Each molecule of a substance is itself a magnet

2
Assertion : The flux of magnetic field through any closed surface is always zero.
Reason : Magnetic monopoles do exist.

3
Assertion : Magnetic field lines always form closed loops.
Reason : Magnetic force is velocity dependent.

4
Assertion : At the magnetic poles ,a compass needle may point in any arbitrary direction while
the dip circle needle will stand vertically.
Reason : At poles ,angle of dip is 900 .

5
Assertion : At the neutral point ,a magnetic needle may point in any direction.
Reason : At the neutral point , the net magnetic field is zero

6 Assertion: We cannot think of a magnetic field configuration with three poles

Reason: A bar magnet does exert a torque on itself due to its own field.
7 Assertion: The true geographic north direction is found by using a compass needle.
Reason: The magnetic meridian of the earth is along the axis of rotation of the earth.
8 Assertion: Diamagnetic materials can exhibit magnetism.

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 Reason: Diamagnetic materials have permanent magnetic dipole moment.
9 Assertion: Ferro-magnetic substances become paramagnetic above Curie temp.
Reason: Domains are destroyed at high temperature.
10 Assertion: If a compass needle is kept at the magnetic north pole of the earth the compass needle
may stay in any direction.
Reason: Dip needle will stay vertical at the north pole of earth
11 Assertion: Basic difference between an electric line and magnetic line of force is that former is
discontinuous and the latter is continuous or endless
Reason: No electric lines of forces exist inside a charged conductor but magnetic lines do exist
inside a magnet

12 Assertion: According to Gauss’s law for magnetism, the net magnetic flux through any closed
surface is zero.
Reason: The number of magnetic field lines leaving the surface is balanced by the number of lines
entering it.

13 Assertion: The simplest source of electricity is a point charge which may be positive or negative
Reason: The simplest source of magnetism is a magnetic dipole having dipole moment which is a
vector.

14 Assertion: The magnetic moment of an electron revolving around the nucleus decreases with
increasing principle quantum number.
Reason: Magnetic moment (µ) of the revolving electron µ n.

15 Assertion: The angle of dip is maximum at the poles of the earth.

Reason : The magnetic field lines are parallel to the surface of the earth at the poles.
16 Assertion : Both Am2 and J T-1 are the units of magnetic dipole moment.
Reason : Both the units are equivalent to each other
17 Assertion: The true geographic north direction is found by using a compass needle.
Reason : The magnetic meridian of the earth is along the axis of rotation of the earth

18 Assertion: If a compass needle is kept at magnetic north pole of the earth, the compass needle may
stay in any direction.
Reason : Dip needle will stay vertical at the north pole of the earth
19 Assertion : When radius of a circular loop carrying current is doubled, its magnetic moment
becomes four times.
Reason : Magnetic moment depends on the area of the loop.
20 Assertion: The basic difference between magnetic lines of force and electric lines of force is

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 electric lines of force are discontinuous and magnetic lines of force are continuous.

Reason: Magnetic lines of force exist in a magnet but no electric lines of force exist in a charged
body.

21 Assertion: When a magnetic dipole is placed in a non-uniform magnetic field, only a torque acts on
the dipole.
Reason: Force would also acts on dipole if magnetic field were uniform.
22 Assertion: The earth’s magnetic field is due to iron present in its core.
Reason: At a high temperature magnet does not losses its magnetic property or magnetism.
23 Assertion: Gauss theorem is not applicable in magnetism.
Reason: Mono magnetic pole does not exist.
24 Assertion : We cannot think of a magnetic field configuration with three poles.
Reason : A bar magnet does exert a torque on itself due to its own field.
25 Assertion : According to Gauss law for magnetism, the net magnetic flux through any closed
surface is zero.
Reason : The number of magnetic field lines leaving the surface is balanced by the number of lines
entering it.
26 Assertion: The angle of dip is zero at magnetic equator.

Reason: The dip needle rest horizontally at magnetic equator.

27 Assertion: At magnetic equator, horizontal component of earth’s magnetic field is zero.

Reason: At magnetic equator, angled of dip is 90˚.

28 Assertion: When the interior of a solenoid is filled with a magnetic filled with a magnetic material,
the field inside the solenoid becomes greater than magnetizing field.

Reason: The total magnetic field inside is the sum of the external magnetizing field and the
additional magnetic field produced due to magnetization of the material.

29 Assertion: When the frequency of an electron revolving in a circular orbit is doubled, its magnetic
moment is also doubled.

Reason: The associated current does not get affected when the frequency of an electron revolving
in a circular orbit is changed.

30 Assertion: The effect of spin and magnetic moment of proton is neglected in magnetism of
materials even though a proton has spin and magnetic moment just like an electron.

Reason: The mass of proton is much greater than that of electron.

31 Assertion: The ends of a magnet suspended freely point out always along north south direction.

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 Reason: Earth behaves as a huge magnet.

32 Assertion: The magnetic field produced by a current carrying solenoid is independent of its cross-
sectional area.
Reason: The magnetic field inside the solenoid is uniform.

33 Assertion: When current passing through a circular loop carrying is doubled, its magnetic moment
becomes two times.
Reason: Magnetic moment depends current passing through loop.

34 Assertion: The ferromagnetic substance obeys Curie-Weiss law.

Reason: The magnetic susceptibility of a ferromagnetic substance varies inversely as the absolute
temperature.

35 Assertion: Magnetic moment of an atom is due to both, the orbital motion and spin motion of every
electron.
Reason: A charged particle at rest produces a magnetic field.
36 Assertion: earth’s magnetic field does not affect the working of a moving coil galvanometer.
Reason: The earth’s magnetic field is quite weak as compared to magnetic field produced in the
moving coil galvanometer

37 Assertion(A): Angle of dip is greater in Britain than in India.

Reason(R) : Britain is closer to north pole .

38 Assertion: Poles of a magnet can never be separated.

Reason: Since each atom of a magnetic material is a magnet in itself.

39 Assertion: When a magnetic dipole is placed in a non-uniform magnetic field , only a torque acts
on the dipole.
Reason: force would not act on dipole if magnetic field were uniform.

40 Assertion: An atom of a magnetic material behaves as a dipole because of positive charge on the
nucleus.
Reason: current is responsible for dipole moment.

41 Assertion: if a charged particle is moving on a circular path in a perpendicular magnetic field ,the
momentum of a particle is changing.
Reason: velocity of particle is not changing in magnetic field.

42 Assertion : The angle of dip is maximum at the poles of the earth.

Reason : The magnetic field lines are parallel to the surface of the earth at the poles.
43 Assertion: Gauss’s law of magnetism is different from Gauss’s law of electrostatics.
Reason: Isolated electric charge can exist but isolated magnetic pole cannot exist

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44 Assertion: Materials with negative value of electric susceptibility are diamagnetic.
Reason: Since there can be no magnetisation in vacuum therefore its electric susceptibility is zero.
45 Assertion: Para magnetism and ferromagnetism are associated with orbital motion of electrons.
Reason : In ferromagnetic, the magnetic effect is increased due to formation of domains.
46 Assertion: Poles of a magnet can never be separated.

Reason: Since each atom of a magnetic material is a magnet in itself.

47 Assertion: Magnetic moment is vector quantity, whose direction inside the magnet is, from south
to north.

Reason: Magnetic lines of force emanate from N-pole and enter into the S-pole

48 Assertion: To protect any instrument from external magnetic field, it is put inside an iron box.

Reason: Iron is a magnetic substance.

49 Assertion: When a magnetic dipole is placed in a non uniform magnetic field, only torque acts on
the dipole.

Reason: Force on dipole in uniform magnetic field is zero

50 Assertion: The magnetic poles of earth do not coincide with the geographic poles.

Reason: The discrepancy between the orientation of a compass and true north-south direction is
known as magnetic declination.

Answer Keys:-
Q No Ans Q No Ans Q No Ans Q No Ans Q No Ans
1 A 13 b 25 a 37 a 49 d
2 C 14 d 26 a 38 a 50 a
3 A 15 c 27 d 39 d
4 B 16 a 28 a 40 d
5 a 17 d 29 c 41 c
6 D 18 b 30 a 42 c
7 D 19 a 31 a 43 a
8 C 20 a 32 b 44 b
9 A 21 d 33 a 45 d

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10 b 22 d 34 c 46 a
11 b 23 a 35 c 47 a
12 a 24 d 36 a 48 b

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