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into the plug key. Observe the change in the position of the needle of the magnetic compass. Also
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observe the position of the needle in the compass after removing the key from the plug. We see that the
needle is deflected when the current is made to pass through the circuit and it returns to the earlier
position when the current is cut off. Thus, the electric current through the copper wire produces a
magnetic field.
Q15 A magnetic compass needle is deflected when electric current is made to pass through the circuit and
it returns to the earlier position when the current is cut off. What does it mean?
Ans It means that the electric current through the wire produces a magnetic field.
Q16 What is the effect of increasing the current in a circuit?
Ans The magnitude of magnetic field will increase with the increase in current in a circuit.
Q17 What is the SI unit of magnetic field ?
Ans: OERSTED
Q18 Name the scientist who showed that electricity and magnetism are related phenomenon.
Ans Hans Christian Oersted .
Q19 How did Oersted discovered that electricity and magnetism are related phenomenon?
Ans Oersted in 1820 accidentally discovered that a compass needle placed and close to a metallic wire
carrying current got deflected. Through this observation Oersted showed that electricity and magnetism
are related phenomenon.
Q 20 What will happen when a current carrying wire is placed in a magnetic field ? (2012)
Ans It deflect .
MAGNETIC FIELD DUE TO A STRAIGHT CONDUCTOR CARRYING CURRENT
Q21 Describe briefly an activity to show the direction of the magnetic field produced by a straight
conductor carrying current .
Ans Diagram on page 180: fig 9.7 (a) and Fig 9.7 (b)
Let us take a long copper wire , a battery of two or three cells of 1.5 volts and a plug key .Let us connect
them accordingly. Adjust the position of the copper wire to and above the needle of the magnetic
compass. We insert the key in the plug key and observe the deflection of the north pole of the needle. If
the current flows from north to south, the north pole of the compass needle would move towards the
east.
When the cell connection in the circuit is reversed i.e. the current flow from south to north. The
needle moves towards west. Thus the direction of magnetic field produced by the current is also
reversed.
Q22 What happens to the deflection of the compass needle placed at a given point if the
current in the copper wire is changed?
Ans the deflection in the needle also changes.
Q23 A magnetic compass needle is placed just above an insulated straight conductor carrying a current
from North Pole to south. In which direction will the N-pole be deflected?
Ans N-pole will deflect towards the west.
Q24 A magnetic compass needle is placed just above an insulated straight conductor carrying a current
from South Pole to north. In which direction will the N-pole be deflected? (2014)
Ans N-pole will deflect towards the east.
Q25 A magnetic compass needle is placed just below an insulated straight conductor carrying a current
from North Pole to south. In which direction will the N-pole be deflected?
Ans N-pole will deflect towards the east.
Q26 A magnetic compass needle is placed just below an insulated straight conductor carrying a current
from South to north. In which direction will the N-pole be deflected?
Ans N-pole will deflect towards the west.
Q27 A current carrying conductor is placed directly over a magnetic compass needle perpendicular to the
axis of the needle. What will happen to the magnetic compass needle?
Ans Magnetic compass needle will not move.
Q28 On what factor does the direction of the magnetic field generated by current carrying conductor
depends?
Ans The direction of the current carrying conductor depends on the direction of current flow.
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Q29 Describe an experiment to show the pattern of the magnetic field around a straight conductor
carrying current. OR Describe an activity to show that magnetic field pattern produces by a straight
conductor carrying current is concentric.
Ans Diagram on page 182: fig 9.8
Let us take a battery of 12 V , a variable resistance , an ammeter , a plug key and a long straight thick
copper wire and a rectangular cardboard with a circular hole at the centre. Let us insert the copper wire
XY through the hole in the cardboard so that it is normal to the plane of the board. Then connect the
copper wire vertically between X and Y . Sprinkle some iron filings uniformly on the cardboard. Close the
key and note down in the ammeter.
Now gently tap the cardboard a few times with the finger. We will see that the copper wire
remains vertical and cardboard is exactly normal to the wire. We will see that iron fillings align
themselves forming a pattern of concentric circles with the copper wire as centre. Thus, the pattern of
the magnetic field around a straight conductor carrying current is concentric circles..
In order to know the direction of the magnetic field, we plot the field lines with the help of a
compass needle.The direction of north pole of the needle would give the direction of the magnetic field
lines.
Q30. What happens to the deflection of the needle if the compass is moved away from the
copper wire but the current through the wire remains the same?
Ans The deflection in the needle decreases. Thus the magnetic field produced by a given
current in the conductor decreases as the distance from it increases.
Q31 What is the shape of the magnetic field produced when current is passed through a straight
conductor?
Ans The magnetic field produced is in the form of concentric circles in a plane perpendicular to the direction
of current.
Q32 How do we determine the direction of the magnetic field produce by a current carrying straight
conductor?
Ans By placing a magnetic compass needle at a point over a circle. The direction of North Pole of the needle
would give the direction of the magnetic field lines.
Q33 The shape of the magnetic field produced by a current carrying straight conductor is in form
concentric circles .What does this concentric circle indicate?
Ans They represent the magnetic field lines produced by the current carrying circular conductor.
Q34 How is the strength of the magnetic field at a point near a wire related to the strength of the electric
current flowing in the wire?
Ans The strength of the magnetic field lines increase with the increase in the strength of the electric current
and decrease with the decrease in the strength of the current.
Q35 Draw the pattern lines of force due to a magnetic field associated with a current carrying conductor.
State how the magnetic field produced changes (i) with an increase in current in the conductor and (ii)
the distance from the conductor
Ans Diagram on page 182: fig 9.8
The magnetic field produced changes
(i) Strength of magnetic field increase with the increase in current in the conductor.
(ii) Strength of magnetic field decrease with the increase in the distance from the conductor.
Q36 Write the properties of magnetic field produced by a current carrying straight conductor.
Ans The properties of magnetic field produced by a current carrying conductor are as follows:-
(i) The magnitude of magnetic field increase with the increase in current.
(ii) The direction of the magnetic field depends on the direction of current.
(iii) The strength of the magnetic field decreases as the distance from the wire increases.
Q37 State Right Hand Thumb Rule to find the direction of Magnetic field around a straight conductor
carrying current .How will this magnetic field be affected on:
(i) Increasing current through the conductor increases the strength of the magnetic field.
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(ii) Increasing the distance from the conductor decreases the strength of the magnetic field
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Ans Right Hand Thumb Rule : Hold the straight conductor in your right hand such the at the thumb points
out in the direction of flow of current .The direction of curling of the fingers gives the direction of the
magnetic field lines around the conductor.
(i) Increasing current through the conductor increases the strength of the magnetic field.
(ii) Changing the direction of flow of current through the conductor changes the direction of the
magnetic field .However; the strength of the magnetic fields remains the same.
Q38 Write the rule which determines the direction of magnetic field developed around a straight
conductor when current is passed through the conductor.
Ans Right hand thumb rule: Hold the straight conductor in your right hand such the at the thumb points out
in the direction of flow of current .The direction of curling of the fingers gives the direction of the
magnetic field lines around the conductor.
Q39 State Maxwell’s corkscrew rule.
Ans Maxwell’s corkscrew rule :If we consider ourselves driving a corkscrew using a screw driver, in the
direction of advancing current , then the direction of rotation of corkscrew gives the direction of the
magnetic field.
Q40 How can you show that the magnetic field produced by a given electric current in the wire decreases
as the distance from the wire decreases?
Ans If we slowly take away a magnetic compass from a current carrying conductor, the deflection of the
compass decreases. This clearly shows that the magnetic field decreases as we move away from the
current-carrying conductor.
Q41 Suppose current flows along a horizontal conductor in south to north direction. What will the
direction of the magnetic field be at points (i) directly below (ii) directly above it.
Ans The current is in south to north direction. Applying right hand thumb rule, the direction of the magnetic
field, at a point below the wire, will be from east to west. While the direction of the magnetic field
above the wire will be from west to east.
Q42 Suppose current flows along a horizontal conductor in east to west direction. What will the direction
of the magnetic field be at points (i) directly below (ii) directly above it.
Ans The current is in the east-west direction. Applying the right-hand thumb rule, we get that
the direction of magnetic field at a point directly below the wire is from north to south. The
direction of magnetic field at a point directly above the wire is from south to north.
MAGNETIC FIELD DUE TO A CIRCULAR LOOP CONDUCTOR CARRYING CURRENT
Q43 Describe an activity to show pattern of magnetic field due to circular coil of large number of turns
carrying current.
Ans Diagram on page 185: fig 9.11
Let us take a rectangular cardboard with two holes. Then wind a circular coil of fine insulated copper
wire through the holes so that winding is normal to the plane of the cardboard.
Let us connect the ends of the coil a battery through a plug key. Sprinkle some iron fillings uniformly on
the cardboard gently a few times with the figure. Note the patterns of the arrangement of the iron
fillings. The lines of force are circular near the wire but they become straight and parallel at the middle
point M of the coil.
Q44 “Every point on the wire carrying current would give rise to the magnetic field appearing as straight
lines at centre of the loop”. Explain.
Ans At every point on a current carrying circular loop, the concentric circles representing the magnetic field
around it, would become larger and larger as one move away from the common centre i.e. the
conductor. By the time when we reach the centre of the circular loop, the arcs of these big circles would
appear as straight lines .Thus every point on the wire carrying current would give rise to the magnetic
field appearing as straight lines at centre of the loop.
Q45 The magnetic lines of force produced by a current carrying circular coil are circular near the wire but
they become straight and parallel at the centre of the coil. Why?
Ans Because each small segment of the coil is surrounded by magnetic lines of force .At the centre of the
coil, all the lines of force add each other due to which the strength of magnetic field increases.
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Q46 How can the strength of the magnetic field produced by a current carrying circular coil can be
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MAGNETIC EFFECT S OF ELECTRIC CURRENT
Ans The strength of the magnetic field produced by a current carrying circular coil can be increased by
increasing the current and by increasing the number of turn.
Q47 How does the strength of the magnetic field at the centre of a circular coil of wire depend on: (i) the
radius of the coil? (ii) The number of turns of the wire? (iii) the strength of the current flowing in the
coil?
Ans The strength of the magnetic field at the centre of a circular coil of wire depend on:
(i) Strength of the magnetic field increases with decrease in the radius of the coil.
(ii) Strength of the magnetic field increases with the increase of the turns of the wire.
(iii) Strength of the magnetic field increases with the increase in the strength of the current flowing in
the coil.
Q48 The flow of a current in a circular loop of a wire creates a magnetic field at its centre. How can
existence of the field be detected? State the rule which helps to predict the direction of this magnetic
field.
Ans The existence of the field can be detected with the help of a magnetic compass needle.
Right Hand Thumb Rule.
Q49 Draw the lines of force of the magnetic field through and around single loop of wire carrying current.
Ans Page : 184: fig 9.10 ( Magnetic field lines of the field produced by current carrying circular loop)
Q48 Applying right hand thumb rule, find out the direction of the magnetic field inside and outside a loop
of wire carrying current in the clockwise direction and lying on the plane of the table or the page.
Ans Since the current passes through the loop is clockwise, therefore, the front face of the loop will be South
Pole and the back face, i.e., the face touching the table will be North Pole. According to right hand
thumb rule, the direction of magnetic field inside the loop will be pointing downward. In outside the
loop, the direction of magnetic field will be upward.
Q50 If there is a circular coil having n turns, the field produced is n times as large as that
produced by a single turn. Why?
Ans This is because the current in each circular turn has the same direction, and the field due to each
turn then just adds up.
Q51 What is the direction of magnetic field at the centre of a circular coil carrying current in anticlockwise
direction?
Ans By applying Right Hand Thumb Rule, we find that a circular current carrying coil with
its plane perpendicular to the plane of the paper, magnetic field is along the axis of
the coil and is acting upward.
SOLENOID
Q52 What do you mean by a solenoid? (2013)
Ans A long cylindrical coil consisting of a large number of turns of an insulated wire is called a
solenoid.
Q53 On What factors does the strength of solenoid depends (2012).What does it indicate about the
nature of the field inside the solenoid ? 2013).
Ans Strength of solenoid depends upon:
(i) the current: larger the current the stronger is the magnetic field.
(ii) the number of turns per unit length : the larger the number , the stronger is the
magnetic field.
It indicate that strength of the magnet inside the solenoid are same.
Q54 How does a current-carrying solenoid behave?
Ans A freely-suspended current-carrying solenoid will come to rest in the north-south direction
just like a bar magnet.
Q55 What is the nature of magnetic field produced by a current-carrying solenoid?
Ans The magnetic field around a current carrying solenoid is similar to the magnetic field produced by a
bar magnet.
Q56 What is the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field inside a current- carrying solenoid?
Ans The magnitude of the magnetic field is constant and acts along the axis of the solenoid.
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The rule for determination of the direction of this force is Fleming’s Left Hand Rule.
Q69 Write the factors on which the force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field depend?
Ans The factors on which the force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field depends on the
length of the conductors, current and the magnitude of the magnetic field.
Q70 Can the force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field is zero for some position of the
conductor?
Ans No force acts on such a conductor when it is placed parallel to the direction of magnetic field.
Q71 What will happen when a current carrying conductor is placed in a magnetic field? 2012
Ans When a current carrying wire is placed in a magnetic field, a force acts on the wire.
Q72 When will the force experienced by a current carrying conductor is placed in a magnetic
field is Largest or maximum? 2014
Ans The forced experienced by a current carrying conductor placed in a magnetic field is the largest when
the direction of the current is at right angles to the direction of the magnetic field.
Q73 Define Fleming‘s Left- hand Rule.
Ans According to Fleming‘s Left- hand Rule, stretch the thumb, forefinger and middle finger of our left hand
such that they are mutually perpendicular .If the forefinger points in the direction of the magnetic field
and middle finger points in the direction of current then the thumb will point in the direction of motion
or the force acting on the conductor.
Q74 Draw a labeled diagram of an electric motor. Explain its principle and working. What is the function of
a split ring in an electric motor? 2011
OR
What is an electric motor? With the help of diagram, describe the working of an electric motor.
Ans Diagram on page 189
Principle: An electric motor is a rotating device that converts electrical energy to mechanical energy of a
rotating system known as the shaft .Anything connected to the shaft rotates with it.
Working : From Text books page 190.
Q75 What is the function or role of commutator?
Ans With the help of split ring commutator, the direction of the current through the coil gets reversed after
every half rotation of the coil. Thus the direction of rotating couple remains unchanged and the coil
continues to rotate in the same direction.
Q76 What are the uses of the commercial motors or electric motor?
Ans the uses of the commercial motors use (i) an electromagnet in place of permanent magnet (ii) large
number of turns of insulated copper wires in the coil (iii) a soft iron core on which the coil is wound.
Q 77 State the function of an electric motor. 2013
Ans: The function of electric motor is to convert electrical energy into mechanical energy
Q78 How do we increase the power of electric motor?
Ans We can increase the power of electric motor by the following
(i) By increasing the number of turns of insulated copper wires in the coil.
(ii) A soft iron core on which the coil is wound.
Q79 As compared to a small electric motor, what improvements are made in commercial
motors? Write three points.
Ans The commercial motors use (i) an electromagnet in place of permanent magnet (ii) large number of
turns of insulated copper wires in the coil (iii) a soft iron core on which the coil is wound.
Q80 State the function of an electric motor.
Ans To convert electrical energy into mechanical energy.
Q81 What is role of brushes in an electric motor. 2018
Ans: The role of brushes in electric motor is to allow the current to flow in and out of the coil.
Textual (page 187)
Ans1 Because if they cross, the compass needle would point towards two directions at the point of crossing
each other- which is not possible.
Ans2 The properties of magnetic lines of force are as follows:
(i) No two field lines are fond to cross each other.
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Ans8. With the help of split ring commutator, the direction of the current through the coil gets reversed after
every half rotation of the coil. Thus the direction of rotating couple remains unchanged and the coil
continues to rotate in the same direction.
Q Why does a compass needle show deflection when brought near a magnet?
Ans The compass needle shows deflection due to the magnetic force exerted on it by magnet.
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