ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION

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1 (a) Predict the polarity of the capacitor in the situation describes below:

(b) Predict the directions of induced currents in metal rings 1 and 2 lying in the same plane where current I in
the wire is increasing steadily?

2 (a) What is the direction of induced current in coil PQ and CD?

(b) The electric current flowing in a wire in the direction from B to A is decreasing. Find out the direction of the
induced current in the metallic loop kept above the wire as shown.

3 When an AC source is connected to an ideal capacitor, show that the average power supplied by the source over a
complete cycle is zero.
4 A bulb is connected in series with a variable capacitor and an A.C.
source as shown. What happens to the brightness of the bulb when
the key is plugged in and capacitance of the capacitor is gradually
reduced.

5 A horizontal conducting rod 10 m long extending from east to west is falling with a speed 5.0 m/s at right angles
to the horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field, 0.3 × 10 –4 Wb m–2. Find the instantaneous value of the
emf induced in the rod.
6 Define self-inductance of a coil. Write its SI units. Obtain the expression for the energy stored in an inductor
connected across a source of emf.
7 Define mutual inductance between a pair of coils. Derive an expression for the mutual inductance of two long
coaxial solenoids of same length wound one over the other.
8 How does the mutual inductance of a pair of coils change when:
(a) distance between the coils is increased and
(b) number of turns in the coils is increased?
9 The motion of copper plate is damped when it is allowed to oscillate between the two poles of a magnet. What is
the cause of this damping?
10 A light metal disc on the top of an electromagnet is thrown up as the current is switched on. Why? Give reason.
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1 Sketch the change in flux, emf and force when a
conducting rod PQ of resistance R and length l moves
freely to and fro between A and C with speed υ on a
rectangular conductor placed in uniform magnetic field
as shown in the figure.

2 Use the expression for Lorentz force acting on the charge carriers of a conductor to obtain the expression for the
induced emf across the conductor of length l moving with velocity v through a magnetic field B acting
perpendicular to its length.
3 A rectangular conductor LMNO is placed in a uniform magnetic field of 0.5 T. The field is directed perpendicular
to the plane of the conductor. When the arm MN of length of 20 cm is moved towards left with a velocity of 10
m/s, calculate the emf induced in the arm. Given the resistance of the
arm to be 5 W (assuming that other arms are of negligible resistance)
find the value of the current in the arm.

4 A horizontal straight wire of length L extending from east to west is falling with speed v at right angles to the
horizontal component of Earth’s magnetic field B.
(a) Write the expression for the instantaneous value of the e.m.f. induced in the wire.
(b) What is the direction of the e.m.f.?
(c) Which end of the wire is at the higher potential?
5 (a) A rod of length l is moved horizontally with a uniform velocity ‘v’ in a direction perpendicular to its length
through a region in which a uniform magnetic field is acting vertically downward. Derive the expression for
the emf induced across the ends of the rod.
(b) How does one understand this motional emf by invoking the Lorentz force acting on the free charge carriers
of the conductor? Explain.
ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION

2 MARKS
1 (a) When a bar magnet is pushed towards (or away) from the coil connected to a galvanometer, the pointer in the
galvanometer deflects. Identify the phenomenon causing this deflection and write the factors on which the
amount and direction of the deflection depends.
(b) State the laws describing this phenomenon.
2 A planar loop of rectangular shape is moved within the region of a uniform magnetic field acting perpendicular
to its plane. What is the direction and magnitude of the current induced in it?
3 (a) State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.
(b) Explain, with the help of a suitable example, how we can show that Lenz’s law is a consequence of the
principle of conservation of energy.
4 Two identical loops, one of copper and the other of aluminium, are rotated with the same angular speed in the
same magnetic field. Compare:
(a) the induced emf and
(b) the current produced in the two coils. Justify your answer.
5 Define the term self-inductance of a solenoid. Obtain the expression for the magnetic energy stored in an inductor
of self-inductance L to build up a current I through it.
6 (a) Define the term ‘mutual inductance’ between the two coils.
(b) Obtain the expression for mutual inductance of a pair of long coaxial solenoids each of length l and radii r 1
and r2 (r2 >> r1). Total number of turns in the two solenoids are N1 and N2 respectively.
7 A wheel with 8 metallic spokes each 50 cm long is rotated with a speed of 120 rev/min in a plane normal to the
horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field. The Earth’s magnetic field at the plane is 0.4 G and the angle
of dip is 60°.
(a) Calculate the emf induced between the axle and the rim of the wheel.
(b) How will the value of emf be affected if the number of spokes were increased?
8 A rectangular loop and a circular loop are moving out of a
uniform magnetic field to a field-free region with a constant
velocity ‘v’ as shown in the figure. Explain in which loop do you
expect the induced emf to be constant during the passage out of
the field region. The magnetic field is normal to the loops.
9 (a) State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.
(b) State the law that gives the polarity of the induced emf.
10 Sunita and her friends visited an exhibition. The policeman asked them to pass through a metal detector. Sunita’s
friends were initially scared of it. Sunita, however, explained to them the purpose and working of the metal
detector. Answer the following questions:
(a) On what principle does a metal detector work?
(b) Why does the detector emit sound when a person carrying any metallic object walks through it?
3 MARKS
1 (a) A rod of length l is moved horizontally with a uniform velocity ‘v’ in a direction perpendicular to its length
through a region in which a uniform magnetic field is acting vertically downward. Derive the expression for
the emf induced across the ends of the rod.
(b) How does one understand this motional emf by invoking the Lorentz force acting on the free charge carriers
of the conductor? Explain.
2 State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction. Figure shows a
rectangular conductor PQRS in which the conductor PQ is free to move
in a uniform magnetic field B perpendicular to the plane of the paper. The
field extends from x = 0 to x = b and is zero for x > b. Assume that only
the arm PQ possesses resistance r. When the arm PQ is pulled outward
from x = 0 to x = 2b and is then moved backward to x = 0 with constant
speed v, obtain the expressions for the flux and the induced emf. Sketch
the variations of these quantities with distance 0 ≤ x ≥2b.

3 Figure shows a rectangular conducting loop PQRS in which arm RS of

length ' l' is movable. The loop is kept in a uniform magnetic field ‘B’
directed downward perpendicular to the plane of the loop. The arm RS
is moved with a uniform speed ‘v’. Deduce an expression for:
(a) the emf induced across the arm ‘RS’,
(b) the external force required to move the arm, and
(c) the power dissipated as heat.

4 (a) State Lenz’s law.

(b) Give one example to illustrate this law.
(c) “The Lenz’s law is a consequence of the principle of conservation of energy.” Justify this statement.
5 Deduce an expression for the mutual inductance of two long co-axial solenoids but having different radii and
different number of turns.