Chapter 1: Electrostatics

1. For what intensity of an electric field will an electron experience a force equal to its weight?
The mass of electron is s = 9.1 × 10⁻³¹ kg and charge of an electron is = 1.6 × 10⁻¹⁹ C. Ans:
5.57 × 10⁻¹¹ NC⁻¹
2. A small sphere charged with 1.6 x 10⁻⁹ C charge is placed in the air. Find the electric
intensity at a point 0.15 m away from the centre. Ans: 640 NC⁻¹
3. Two charges 20 x 10⁻⁹ C and -10 x 10⁻⁹ C are at a distance of 20 cm. Find the electric
intensity at the middle of the line connecting them. Ans: 2700 NC⁻¹; towards the -10 × 10⁻⁹ C
charge.
4. Two charges 1.5 × 10⁻⁶ C and 2.5 x 10⁻⁶ C are at a distance of 10 cm. Find a point on their
connecting line where the electric intensity will be zero. Ans: 4.37 cm away from the charge
1.5 × 10⁻⁶ C towards 2.5 × 10⁻⁶ C.
5. The potential difference between two points 50 cm apart in a uniform electric field is 200 V.
Determine the intensity of the electric field. Ans: 400 Vm⁻¹
6. If 10 C charge is placed on the surface of a sphere of 10 cm radius, what is the electric
potential at its surface? Ans: 9 × 10¹¹ V
7. A spherical conductor of radius 0.5 m is charged with 10 C charge. Find the electric
potentials at distances 1 m and 0.1 m from its centre. Ans: 9 × 10¹⁰ V; 1.8 × 10¹¹ V
8. A square surface measures 5.5 mm on each side. It is immersed in a uniform electric field of
intensity 500 NC⁻¹. The electric lines of force make an angle of 40° with the outward
pointing normal of the field. Calculate the flux through the surface. Ans: 0.012 Nm²C⁻¹
9. A point charge of 3 nC is confined at the centre of a cube of side 0.5 m. What will be the flux
through each face of the cube due to symmetry. Ans: 56.47 Nm²C⁻¹
10.The length of a thin rod is 3 m. The rod is uniformly charged with 6 nC charge. Find the
electric intensity 0.5 m away from the centre of the rod. Ans: 71.94 NC⁻¹
Chapter 2: Electrodynamics
1. 10A electric current is flowing through a conductor of 1mm2 uniform cross section. Find the
drift velocity of electron if the number of free electron is 1028 per cubic meter of the
conductor. Ans: 6.25 ×10-3 ms-1
2. The filament of a motor car carries 5 A electric current. The potential difference of its two
ends is 6 V. Find the resistance of the filament. Ans: 1.2Ω
3. A bronze wire of 15 Ω resistance is elongated in such a way that it becomes four times in
length and its area of cross section becomes one fourth. Find the resistance of the elongated
wire. Ans: 240Ω
4. The resistances of two resistors of same material are equal. If the ratio of their lengths are is
4:19 then what is the ratio of their diameters? Ans: 2:3
5. The electromotive force of a cell is 1.5 V. When 4A current a passed through it, its potential
difference becomes 1.4 V. What is the internal resistance of the cell? Ans: 0.025 Ω
6. Two resistances of 4 Ω and 6 Ω are connected in a series connection and a cell of
electromotive force (e.m.f.) 2.2 V and of 1 Ω internal resistance is connected with it. Find the
potential difference of two ends of each resistance. Ans: 0.8V, 1.2 V
7. Three resistors of resistances 3 Ω, 4 Ω and 5 Ω are connected in parallel with the terminals of
a cell. If the electromotive force of the cell is 1.5 V and the internal resistance is 0.5 Ω then
find the potential difference across each resistor. Ans: 1.0752 V
8. A cell of e.m.f. 2 V and internal resistance 2 ohm is in parallel connection with two resistors
with resistances of 5 Ω and 10 Ω. Applying Kirchhoff's law find the amount of the electric
current that is sent by the cell and also find the amount of electric current in each resistors.
Ans: 0.375 A, 0.25A and 0.125A
9. There are 16 Ω, 18 Ω, 10Ω and 60 Ω resistances in four arms of a Wheatstone bridge. Find
how and what value of resistance is to be connected with the 4th arm of the bridge to bring it
in equilibrium. Ans: 60 Ω in parallel combination
10. Shunt of how much resistance is to be connected with a galvanometer of resistance 100 Ω to
flow 10% of the main current through the galvanometer? Ans: 11.11 Ω
11. If a shunt of 10 Ω is used with a galvanometer of resistance 90 Ω what percentage of the
main current will be flown through the galvanometer? Ans: 10%
 Chapter 3: Magnetic Effect and Magnetism
Biot-Savart Law
1. The diameter of a circular coil is 31.4 × 10-2 m, and the number of turns is 400. For what current
in the coil will the magnetic field at the center of the coil be 4 × 10-10 Wb/m² ?

2. A circular coil of radius 0.1m carries a current of 100mA. Find the magnetic field at the center of
the coil and at a distance of 0.1m on its axis.

3. The diameter of a circular wire is 0.1m, and it has 25 turns. What is the magnetic flux density at
the center if a current of 4A flows through the coil?

4. Two concentric circular coils have radii 8cm and 10cm, with 40 and 10 turns, respectively. A
current of 5A flows through each coil in the same direction. Determine the magnetic field at the
center of the coils.

Magnetic Flux
5. A plane of area 0.5 m² makes an angle of 30° with a uniform magnetic field of 4 × 10 T. Calculate
the magnetic flux passing through that plane.

6. A magnetic field of 8.9 T passes perpendicular to a disc with a radius of 5 cm. Find the magnetic
flux of the disc.

7. The magnetic flux through a flat surface of area 20 cm2 in a uniform magnetic field of 1.0 T is √3
mWb. What is the angle between the surface and the magnetic field?

Ampere's Law
8. A long straight solenoid of length 1 m has 5000 turns. Calculate the magnetic field at a point on its
axis when a current of 10 A flows through it.

9. Calculate the current flowing in a conductor that produces a magnetic field of 10-6 T at a distance
of 20 cm from a long straight conductor.

Magnetic Force
10. A current is flowing through a straight wire of 1 m length. At what angle with the magnetic field
lines should the wire be placed within a uniform magnetic field of 0.02 Wb/m² so that it experiences
a force of 0.01 N?

11. A conductor of length 0.1 m carrying a current of 25 A is placed perpendicular to a uniform

magnetic field of 1.6 T. What is the magnitude of the force experienced by the conductor?

12. An electron moves in a magnetic field with a force of 1.5 × 10-15 N. If the velocity of the electron
is 104 m/s and the magnetic field strength is 0.3 Tesla, find the angle between the velocity and the
magnetic field.

13. A charged particle with charge q = 1.6 × 10-19 C moves in a magnetic field of 0.4 Tesla, making
an angle of 60° with the magnetic field. If the magnetic force experienced by the particle is 2 × 10-
15
N, find the velocity of the particle.
 Chapter 4: Electromagnetic Induction
Transformer
1. In a step-up transformer, a 4A current is available by supplying a voltage of 200 V. If the ratio of
turns of the coil is 1:10, then calculate the flow of current and external power in the primary coil
of the transformer.
2. The primary voltage of a 90% efficient transformer is 110V and the input power is 5 kW. If the
secondary voltage is 220V, then what are the current flows in the primary coil and the secondary
coil?

Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction

3. The magnetic flux in a coil of 400 turns changes from 8 × 10-5 Wb to 50 × 10-5 Wb in 3 ×10-3 s.
Calculate the induced electromotive force in the coil.

4. A coil of 100 turns and resistance 100 Ω is in a magnetic field of 10-3 Wb. A galvanometer of
resistance 400 Ω is connected to it. If the coil is moved to a field of 0.2 × 10-3 Wb in 0.1 s, find the
induced electromotive force and current in the coil.

Self and Mutual Inductance

5. A magnetic flux of 4 × 104 Wb is created in a coil of 400 turns when a current of 2 A flows in it.
Calculate the self-inductance of the coil.

6. If the current in a coil change in 0.05 s from +2 A to -2 A, then the induced electromotive force
becomes 8 V. What is the self-inductance of the coil?

Induced EMF
7. How much electromotive force will be induced in an induction coil of 5H if the rate of decrease of
current is 2 A/s?

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