CHAPTER-4

CLASS- XII
WORKSHEET (NUMERICALS)
TOPIC- MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM

LEVEL - I

1.The vertical component of Earth's magnetic field at a place is √3 times the horizontal component. What is
the value of angle of dip at this place? {Hint: Tan(Dip angle)=Bv/BH }

2. A short bar magnet placed with its axis at 30o to a uniform magnetic field of 0.2 T experiences a torque
of 0.06 Nm. (i) Calculate the magnetic moment of the magnet. (ii) Find out what orientation of the magnet
corresponds to its stable equilibrium in the magnetic field. (Ans: 0.6 Am2 )

3. A solenoid has a core of a material with relative permeability 400. The winding of the solenoid are
insulated from the core and carry a current of 2 A. If the number of turns is 1000 per meter, calculate (i)
H,
(ii) M and (iii) B. (Ans: 2000 A/m,1T, 8×105 A/m)

4. In the Bohr model of hydrogen atom, an electron revolves around the nucleus in a circular orbit of radius
5.11 x 10-11 m at a frequency of 6.8 x 1015 Hz. What is the magnetic field at the Centre of the orbit?
(Ans: 13.4T )
5. Two long parallel wires carrying currents 8 A and 5 A in the same direction are separated by a distance
of 4 cm. Estimate the force on 10 cm length of one wire due to the other wire.
(Ans: 2 ×10-5 N)
6. A solenoid of 500 turns per meter is carrying a current of 3 A. Its core is made of iron of relative
permeability 5000. Determine the magnitudes of magnetic intensity and magnetic field inside the core.
(Ans:1500A/m, 9.4T)
7. A long straight wire carries a current of 35 A. What is the magnitude of magnetic field at a point 20 cm
from the wire? (Ans: 3.5 ×10-5 T)

8. A circular coil of wire consisting of 100 turns, each of radius 8 cm carries a current of 0.4 A. What is the
magnitude of magnetic field at its centre? (Ans: 3.14 ×10-4 T)

9. A closely wound solenoid 80 cm long has 5 layers of winding of 400 turns each. If the current carried is 8
A, estimate the magnetic field inside the solenoid near its centre.
(Ans: 2 ×10-2 T)
10. A galvanometer of coil resistance 50 Ω shows full scale deflection for a current of 5 mA. How can it
be converted into a voltmeter of range 0 to 15 V?
(Ans: 2950 Ω)
 CHAPTER-4
CLASS- XII
WORKSHEET (NUMERICALS)
TOPIC- MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM
LEVEL-II
Q. 1. Two identical magnetic dipoles of magnetic moment 1Am2 each are placed at a separation of 2 m
with their axes perpendicular to each other. What is the resultant magnetic field at a point mid-way
between the dipoles? (Ans: tanϴ=0.5)

Q. 2. A magnetic dipole is under the influence of two magnetic fields. The angle between the field direction
is 60o and one of the field has a magnitude of 1.2 x 10-2 T. If the dipole comes to stable equilibrium at an
angle of 15° with this field, what is the magnitude of the other field? (Ans: 4.4×10-3 T)

Q. 3. The wire shown below carries a current I. Determine magnetic field at the centre. Radius of circular
section is R. (Ans: 3𝜇₀𝐼/8R)

Q. 4. To increase the current sensitivity of a moving coil galvanometer by 50%, its resistance is increased so
that the new resistance becomes twice its initial resistance. By what factor does its voltage sensitivity
change? (Ans: decreases by 25% or ¾ Vs)

Q. 5. A voltmeter V of resistance 400 Ω is used to measure the potential difference across a 100 Ω resistor
as shown. What will be the reading of the voltmeter? Also find the potential difference across the resistor
before the voltmeter is connected. (Ans: 24V, 28 V)

Q.6. A compass needle of magnetic moment 60 Am2 pointing geographical north at a place where the
horizontal component of earth’s magnetic field is 40 μWb/m2, experiences a torque of 1.2x10-3 Nm. What
is the declination of the place? (Ans: 30°)

Q. 7. A straight wire carrying a currant of 12 A is bent into a semi circular arc of radius 2 cm as shown
below. What is the magnitude and direction of magnetic field at the centre of the arc? Would the answer
change if it bent in the opposite way as shown in another figure? (Ans: 1.9×10-4 T)
Q.8. A straight wire of mass 200 g and length 1.5 m carries a current of 2 A. It is suspended in mid air by a
uniform horizontal magnetic field. What is the magnitude of the field? (Ans: 0.65T)

Q. 9. Two magnets of magnetic moments M and M√3 are joined to form a cross. The combination is
suspended in a uniform magnetic field B. The magnetic moment M now makes an angle θ with the field
direction. Find the value of θ. (Ans: 60 ° )

Q. 10. The following figure shows the variation of intensity of magnetization versus the applied magnetic
field intensity for two magnetic materials A and B.
(i) Identify the materials.
(ii) For the material B, plot the variation of intensity of magnetization versus temperature.

CHAPTER-4
CLASS- XII
WORKSHEET (NUMERICALS)
 TOPIC- MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM
LEVEL-III

Q. 1. A wire carrying a steady current is first bent in form of a circular coil of one turn and then in form of a
circular coil of two turns. Fine the ratio of magnetic fields at the centers of the two coils.
(Ans: B1 : B2 = 4 : 1) Q.
2. A galvanometer gives deflection of 10 division per mA. The resistance of galvanometer is 60 Ω. If a
shunt of 2.5 Ω is
connected to the galvanometer and there are 50 divisions on the galvanometer scale, what maximum
current can this galvanometer read?
(Ans: 125mA)
Q. 3. A source of 120 V is connected to a large resistance X. A voltmeter of resistance 10 k Ω placed in
series reads 4 V. What is the value of X? Why is voltmeter used instead of an ammeter?
(Ans: X=29×104)

Q.4. Show that the magnetic field on the axis of a current carrying circular coil of radius r at a distance x
from the centre of the coil is smaller by the fraction 3x2/2r2 than the field at the centre of the coil.

Q. 5. A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter to measure upto (i)

V volt by connecting a resistance R1 in series with coil.
(ii) V/2 volt by connecting a resistance R2 in series with its coil.
Find the resistance in terms of R1 and R2 required to convert it into a voltmeter that can read upto ‘2V’
volt. (Ans: R1-2R2, 3R1-2R2)

Q. 6. A coil in the shape of an equilateral triangle of side 0.02 m is suspended from a vertex such that it is
hanging in a vertical plane between the pole pieces of permanent magnet producing a horizontal magnetic
field 5x10-2 T. Find the couple acting on the coil when a current of 0.1 A is passed through it and the
magnetic field is parallel to its plane.

(Ans: 5√3 ×10-7)

Q. 7. A metal wire of mass m slides without friction on two horizontal rails spaced at distance d apart as
shown. The rails are situated in a uniform magnetic field B, directed vertically upwards and a battery is
sending a current I through them. Find the velocity of the wire as a function of time assuming it to be at
rest initially.
 (Ans: IBdt/m)
Q. 8. A hollow cylindrical conductor of radii a and b carries a current I uniformly spread over its cross
section. Find the magnetic field B for points inside the body of the conductor at a distance r from the axis.
𝜇₀𝐼(𝑟²−𝑎²)
(Ans: 2 𝜋𝑟 (𝑏2−𝑎2))

Q. 9. A straight horizontal conducting rod of length 0.6 m and mass 60 g is suspended by two vertical wires
at its ends. A current of 5 A is set up in the rod through its wires. What magnetic field should be set up
normal to the conductor in order that the tension in the wires is zero? What will be total tension in the
wires if the direction of current is reversed?
(Ans:0.4T)
Q. 10. A beam of proton passes undeflected through a region of mutually perpendicular electric and
magnetic fields of magnitudes 50 kVm-1 and 100 mT respectively. Calculate the velocity of the beam. If this
beam of current I strikes a screen with n protons per second, Find the force on the screen.
(Ans: mvI/ne)