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A metal rod of mass 10 gm and length 25 cm is suspended on two springs as shown in the figure. The springs are extended by 4 cm. When a 20 ampere current passes through the rod it rises by 1 cm. Determine the magnetic field assuming acceleration due to gravity to be 10 m s-2.

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Important Questions on Moving Charges and Magnetism

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A galvanometer of resistance G is converted into a voltameter of range 0-1 V by connecting a resistance R in series with it. The additional resistance that should be connected in series with R1 to increase the range of the voltmeter to 0-2V will be :
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Two wires A &  B are carrying currents I1 and I2 as shown in the figure. The separation between them is  d . A third wire C carrying a current I is to be kept parallel to them at a distance x from A such that the net force acting on it is zero. The possible values of x are:
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A metallic rod of mass per unit length 0.5 kg m-1 is lying horizontally on a smooth inclined plane which makes an angle of 30° with the horizontal. The rod is not allowed to slide down by flowing a current through it when a magnetic field of induction 0.25 T is acting on it in the vertical direction. The current flowing in the rod to keep it stationary is
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A conducting circular loop of radius r carries a constant current i. It is placed in a uniform magnetic field B0 such that B0 is perpendicular to the plane of the loop. The magnetic force acting on the loop is
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In an experiment, setup A consists of two parallel wires which carry currents in opposite directions as shown in the figure. A second setup B is identical to setup A, except that there is a metal plate between the wires.

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Let FA and FB be the magnitude of the force between the two wires in setup A and setup B, respectively.

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A square loop of side 2a, and carrying current I is kept in XZ plane with its centre at origin. A long wire carrying the same current I is placed parallel to the z-axis and passing through the point (0, b, 0),(b>> a). The magnitude of the torque on the loop about z-axis is given by.
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A rigid square loop of side a and carrying current I2 is lying on a horizontal surface near a long current I1 carrying wire in the same plane as shown in figure. The net force on the loop due to the wire will be:
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When two parallel wires carry currents in the same direction,
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An arrangement of three parallel straight wires placed perpendicular to plane of paper carrying same current I along the same direction is shown in Figure. Magnitude of force per unit length on the middle wire B is given by

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Consider two straight parallel conductors A and B separated by a distance x and carrying individual currents iA and iB respectively. If the two conductors attract each other, it indicates that

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A galvanometer is used in laboratory for detecting the null point in electrical experiments. If, on passing a current of 6mA it produces a deflection of 2°, its figure of merit is close to :
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A square loop ABCD carrying a current i , is placed near and coplanar with a long straight conductor XY carrying a current I , the net force on the loop will be:

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A copper rod of mass m slides under gravity on two smooth parallel rails l distance apart and set an angle θ to the horizontal. At the bottom, the rails are joined by a resistance R in figure. There is a uniform magnetic field B perpendicular to the plane of the rails. The terminal velocity of rod is

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An electrical power line, having a total resistance of 2Ω, delivers 1 kW at 220 V. The efficiency of the transmission line is approximately :
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The magnitude and direction of a force vector acting on a unit length of thin wire carrying a current I at point O, if the wire has a semicircular shape of radius R as shown in the figure.

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A wire of length L carries current I along x axis. A magnetic field B=B0(ı^-ȷ^-k^)T acts on the wire. The magnitude of magnetic force acting on the wire is
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Two long conductors, separated by a distance d carry currents I1  and I2 in the same direction. They exert a force F on each other. Now the current in one of them is increased to two times and its direction is reversed. The distance is also increased to 3d. The new value of force between them is

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A conductor lies along the z-axis at - 1.5 z <1.5 m  and carries a fixed current of 10.0 A in - a ^ z  direction (see figure). For a field B = 3.0 × 1 0 - 4  e - 0.2x  a ^ y  T, find the power required to move the conductor at constant speed to x = 2.0 m, y = 0 m in 5 × 1 0 - 3  s . Assume parallel motion along the x-axis.

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Two long straight parallel wires, carrying (adjustable) currents I1 and I2 , are kept at a distance d apart. If the force F between the two wires is taken as 'positive' when the wires repel each other and 'negative' when the wires attract each other, the graph showing the dependence of F, on the product I1I2 , would be:

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Two long currents carrying thin wires, both with current I, are held by insulating threads of length L and are in equilibrium as shown in the figure, with threads making an angle ' θ ' with the vertical. If wires have a mass λ per unit length then the value of I is:
(g= gravitational acceleration)