Previous Year’s Board Questions

Magnetic Effects of Electric current

CLASS: X SUBJECT: PHYSICS

1. State Fleming’s left hand rule.

2. Draw a diagram to show the uniform magnetic field in a given region.
3. Under what conditions permanent electromagnet is obtained if a current
carrying solenoid is used? Support your answer with the help of a labelled
circuit diagram.
4. AB is a current carrying conductor in the plane of the paper as shown in
Figure 13.7. What are the directions of magnetic fields produced by it at
points P and Q? Given r1 > r2, where will the strength of the magnetic field
be larger?

5. A magnetic compass shows a deflection when placed near a current carrying

wire. How will the deflection of the compass get affected if the current in
the wire is increased? Support your answer with a reason.
6. It is established that an electric current through a metallic conductor
produces a magnetic field around it. Is there a similar magnetic field
produced around a thin beam of moving
(i) alpha particles,
(ii) Neutrons? Justify your answer.
7. What does the direction of thumb indicate in the right-hand thumb rule? In
what way this rule is different from Fleming’s left-hand rule?
8. Meena draws magnetic field lines of field close to the axis of a current
carrying circular loop. As she moves away from the centre of the circular
loop she observes that the lines keep on diverging. How will you explain
her observation?

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 9. What does the divergence of magnetic field lines near the ends of a current
carrying straight solenoid indicate?
10.Why does a magnetic compass needle pointing North and South in the
absence of a nearby magnet get deflected when a bar magnet or a current
carrying loop is brought near it. Describe some salient features of magnetic
lines of field concept.
11.With the help of a labelled circuit diagram illustrate the pattern of field lines
of the magnetic field around a current carrying straight long conducting
wire. How is the right hand thumb rule useful to find direction of magnetic
field associated with a current carrying conductor?
12.Explain with the help of a labelled diagram the distribution of magnetic field
due to a current through a circular loop. Why is it that if a current carrying
coil has n turns the field produced at any point is n times as large as that
produced by a single turn?
13.Describe the activity that shows that a current-carrying conductor
experiences a force perpendicular to its length and the external magnetic
field. How does Fleming’s left-hand rule help us to find the direction of the
force acting on the current carrying conductor?
14.Describe an activity to show that the magnetic field lines produced when
current is passed through the circular coil.
15.What is meant by solenoid? How does a current carrying solenoid behave?
Give its main use.
16.For the current carrying solenoid as shown below, draw magnetic field lines
and giving reason explain that out of the three points A, B and C at which
point the field strength is maximum and at which point it is minimum.

17.What are magnetic field lines? Justify the following statements

(a) Two magnetic field lines never intersect each other.
(b) Magnetic field lines are closed curves.
18.Why and when does a current carrying conductor kept in a magnetic field
experience force? List the factors on which direction of this force depends?
19.How is the strength of magnetic field near a straight current-conductor
(i) related to the strength of current in the conductor?
(ii) Is affected by changing the direction of flow of current in the conductor?
20.State the direction of magnetic field in the following case.

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 21.Name the physical quantities which are indicated by the direction of thumb
and forefinger in the Fleming’s right hand rule?
22.The given magnet is divided into three parts A, B, and C.

Name the parts where the strength of the magnetic field is: (i) maximum (ii)
minimum. How will the density of magnetic field lines differ at these parts?
23.A compass needle is placed near a current-carrying wire. State your
observation for the following cases, and give reason for the same in each
case.
(a) Magnitude of electric current in the wire is increased.
(b) The compass needle is displaced away from the wire.
24.Two magnets are lying side by side as shown below.
(a) Draw magnetic field line between poles P and Q.

(b) What does the degree of closeness of magnetic field lines near the
poles signify?
25.Magnetic field lines of two magnets are shown in fig. A and fig. B.

Select the figure that represents the correct pattern of field lines. Give
reasons for your answer. Also name the poles of the magnets facing each
other.
26.Write one application of each of the following:
(a) Right-hand thumb rule (b) Fleming’s left hand rule

27.Observe the figure given below and answer the following questions:
(a) Write the special name given to the coil AB which has many circular
turns of insulated copper wire.

(b) State the nature of magnetic field inside AB when a current is passed
through it.
(c) Redraw the diagram and sketch the pattern of magnetic field lines

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 through and around AB.
(d) List two factors on which the strength of the magnetic field produced
by AB depends.
(e) What is the effect of placing an iron core in the coil AB?
28.The magnetic field associated with a current-carrying straight conductor is
in anticlockwise direction. If the conductor was held along the east-west
direction, what will be the direction of current through it? Name and state
the rule applied to determine the direction of current.
29.How will the magnetic field produced at a point due to a current-carrying
circular coil change if we:
(i) increase the current flowing through the coil?
(ii) reverse direction of current through the coil?
(iii) increase the number of turns in the coil?
30.(a) Mention the factors on which the direction of force experienced by a
current-carrying conductor placed in a magnetic field depend.
(b) Under what condition is the force experienced by a current-carrying
conductor placed in a magnetic field maximum?
(c) A proton beam is moving along the direction of a magnetic field. What
force is acting on proton beam?
31.State the rule to determine the direction of a
(a) magnetic field produced around a straight conductor carrying current,
(b) force experienced by a current-carrying straight conductor placed in a
magnetic field which is perpendicular to it.
32.Write the frequency of alternating current (AC) in India. How many times
per second it changes its direction? (Board Term I, 2015)
33.How is the type of current that we receive in domestic circuit different
from the one that runs a clock? (Board Term I, 2014)
34.Define alternating current and direct current.
35. Alternating current has a frequency of 50 Hz. What is meant by this
statement? How many times does it change its direction in one second?
Give reason for your answer.
(ii) Mention the frequency of D.C that is given by a cell. (Board Term I,
2013)
36.Mention and explain the function of an earth wire. Why it is necessary to
earth metallic appliances? (Board Term I, 2013)
37.The burnt out fuse should be replaced by another fuse of identical rating.
(1/3, 2020)
38.Give reasons for the following:
(a) It is dangerous to touch the live wire of the main supply rather than
neutral wire.
(b) In household circuit, parallel combination of resistances is used.

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 (c) Using fuse in a household electric circuit is important. (Board Term I,
2017)
39.(a) Fuse acts like a watchman in an electric circuit. Justify this statement.
(b) Mention the usual current rating of the fuse wire in the line to (i) lights
and fans (ii) appliance of 2 kW or more power. (Board Term I, 2014)
40.(a) Draw a schematic diagram of a common domestic circuit showing
provision of
(i) Earth wire, (ii) Main fuse
(iii) Electricity meter and
(iv) Distribution box.
(b) Distinguish between short circuiting and overloading. (Board Term I,
2015)

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