
Assertion: A tangent galvanometer is used for measuring current.
Reason: As it is direct reading.

Important Questions on Matter and Magnetism
A short bar magnet is placed in the magnetic meridian of the earth with North Pole pointing north. Neutral points are found at a distance of from the magnet on the East-West line, drawn through the middle point of the magnet. The magnetic moment of the magnet in is close to:
(Given in SI units and Horizontal component of earth's magnetic field Tesla.)


A bar magnet is oscillating in Earth's magnetic field with the time period . If a similar magnet with the same mass and dimensions has magnetic dipole moment times that of this magnet, then the periodic time will be______.












A square loop of dimensions consists of closely wrapped turns. The loop is hinged along the -axis. A uniform magnetic field of is directed along the -axis.
How much current should flow in the loop so that the maximum torque exerted on the loop is



The rectangular coil of area is in a field Find the torque about the -axis when the coil lies in the position shown and carries a current




