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Assertion: A tangent galvanometer is used for measuring current. 

Reason: As it is direct reading.

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Important Questions on Matter and Magnetism

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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 30 cm from the magnet on the East-West line, drawn through the middle point of the magnet. The magnetic moment of the magnet in Am2 is close to:

(Given μ04π=10-7 in SI units and BH= Horizontal component of earth's magnetic field =3.6×10-5 Tesla.)

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At some location  the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field is 18×10-6 T. At this location, magnetic needle of length 0.12 m and pole strength 1.8 Am is suspended from its mid-point using a thread, it makes 45° angles with horizontal in equilibrium. To keep this needle horizontal, the vertical force that should be applied at one of its ends is:
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A bar magnet is oscillating in Earth's magnetic field with the time period T. If a similar magnet with the same mass and dimensions has magnetic dipole moment 4 times that of this magnet, then the periodic time will be______.

 

 

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A magnetic dipole is placed in a uniform magnetic field of intensity B, oriented along the direction of the field. If the magnetic dipole moment is M, then the maximum work an external agent can perform in rotating the dipole will be
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The mid points of two small magnetic dipoles of length d in end-on positions, are separated by a distance xxd. The magnitude of force between them is proportional to xn where n is :

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In a tangent galvanometer, a current of 0.2 A produces a deflection of 30°. The current required to produce a deflection of 60° is
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The equation (tanθ=B2/B1), where B1 and B2 are magnetic fields perpendicular to each other represents
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A bar magnet is held perpendicular to uniform magnetic field. The torque acting on the magnet is to be made half by rotating it. It should be rotated through an angle sin30°=0.5,sin90°=1
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A rectangular coil (Dimension 5 cm × 2.5 cm ) with 100 turns, carrying a current of  3 A in the clock-wise direction, is kept centered at the origin and in the X-Z plane. A magnetic field of 1 T is applied along X-axis . If the coil is tilted through 45° about Z-axis , then the torque on the coil is:
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A magnetic needle kept in a non-uniform magnetic field, can experiences
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A rectangular coil of length 0.12 m and width 0.1 m having 50 turns of wire is suspended vertically in a uniform magnetic field of strength 0.2 Weber/m2 . The coil carries a current of 2A . If the plane of the coil is inclined at an angle of 30o with the direction of the field, the torque required to keep coil in stable equilibrium will be:
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A uniform magnetic field B of 0.3T is along the positive Z -direction. A rectangular loop (abcd) of sides 10 cm×5 cm carries a current I of 12 A. Out of the following different orientations which one corresponds to stable equilibrium?
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A coil in the shape of an equilateral triangle of side l is suspended between the pole pieces of a permanent magnet such that B is in plane of the coil. If due to a current i in the triangle, a torque τ rests on it, the side l of the triangle is
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A square loop of dimensions 0.4 m×0.3 m consists of 100 closely wrapped turns. The loop is hinged along the y-axis. A uniform magnetic field of 0.75 T is directed along the x-axis.

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How much current should flow in the loop so that the maximum torque exerted on the loop is 18 N-m?

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The length l of a magnet is large compared to its width and breadth. The time period of its oscillation in a vibration magnetometer is 2 s. The magnet is cut into three equal parts of length l3 each. If these parts are placed on each other with their like poles together, then the time period of this combination is
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A compass needle of oscillation magnetometer oscillates 20 times per minute at a place P of dip 30°. The number of oscillations per minute become 10 at another place Q of 60° dip. The ratio of the total magnetic field at the two places BQ:BP is:
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The rectangular coil of area A is in a field B. Find the torque about the Z-axis when the coil lies in the position shown and carries a current I.

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The deflections produced by a Tangent Galvanometer at two different places when the same current is passed through it are 45° and 60° respectively. The ratio of the values of BH at two places is
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A 250-Turn rectangular coil of length 2.1 cm and width 1.25 cm carries a current of 85 μA and subjected to a magnetic field of strength 0.85 T. Work done for rotating the coil by 180° against the torque is:
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A magnetic needle of magnetic moment 6.7×10-2 A m2 and moment of inertia 7.5×10-6 kg m2 is performing simple harmonic oscillations in a magnetic field of 0.01 T. Time taken for 10 complete oscillations is: