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Magnetism And Maxwell S Equations

18 previous year questions.

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Chapter Questions
18 MCQs

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PYQ 2017
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-

Consider a thin long insulator coated conducting wire carrying current . It is now wound once around an insulating thin disc of radius to bring the wire back on the same side, as shown in the figure. The magnetic field at the center of the disc is equal to:

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PYQ 2017
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-
Consider a circular parallel plate capacitor of radius with separation between the plates ( ). The plates are placed symmetrically about the origin. If a sinusoidal voltage is applied between the plates, which of the following statement(s) is (are) true?
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The maximum value of the Poynting vector at is .
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The average energy per cycle flowing out of the capacitor is .
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The magnetic field inside the capacitor is constant.
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The magnetic field lines inside the capacitor are circular with the current flowing in the -direction.
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PYQ 2018
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-

An infinitely long solenoid, with its axis along , carries a current . In addition, there is a uniform line charge density along the axis. If is the energy flux, in cylindrical coordinates , then

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is along
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is along
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has non zero components along and
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is along
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PYQ 2018
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-

A long solenoid is carrying a time dependent current such that the magnetic field inside has the form , where is along the axis of the solenoid. The displacement current at the point on a circle of radius in a plane perpendicular to the axis

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is inversely proportional to and radially outward.
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is inversely proportional to and tangential.
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increases linearly with time and is tangential.
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is inversely proportional to and tangential.
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PYQ 2018
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-

Consider an electromagnetic plane wave , where is the wavelength and is the speed of light. The value of is ............. (Specify answer up to two digits after the decimal point.)

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PYQ 2018
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-
A current flows through the sides of an equilateral triangle of side . The magnetic field at the centroid is
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PYQ 2019
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-
Which one of the following is an impossible magnetic field ?
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PYQ 2020
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-
The magnetic fields in tesla in the two regions separated by the plane are given by and . The magnitude of the surface current density at the interface between the two regions is . Given the permeability of free space , the value of is ............... . (Round off to 2 decimal places)
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PYQ 2020
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-
For electric and magnetic fields, and , due to a charge density and a current density , which of the following relations is/are always correct?
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PYQ 2020
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-

Consider an annular region in free space containing a uniform magnetic field in the -direction, schematically represented by the shaded region in the figure. A particle having charge and mass starts from point in the -direction with constant speed . If the radii of inner and outer circles are and , respectively, the minimum magnetic field required so that the particle returns to the inner circle is:

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PYQ 2022
hard
physics ID: iit-jam-
A circular loop of wire with radius R is centered at the origin of the xy-plane. The magnetic field at a point within the loop is, , where k is a positive constant of appropriate dimensions. Neglecting the effects of any current induced in the loop, the magnitude of the induced emf in the loop at time t is
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PYQ 2022
hard
physics ID: iit-jam-
Consider a conical region of height h and base radius R with its vertex at the origin. Let the outward normal to its base be along the positive z-axis, as shown in the figure. A uniform magnetic field, exists everywhere. Then the magnetic flux through the base ( ) and that through the curved surface of the cone ( ) are
a conical region of height h and base radius R with its vertex at the origin
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PYQ 2022
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-
A uniform magnetic field , where exists as shown in the figure. A charged particle of mass m and charge is released at the origin, in the yz-plane, with a velocity directed at an angle = 45° with respect to the positive z-axis. Ignoring gravity, which one of the following is TRUE.
A uniform magnetic field B=B0z
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The initial acceleration
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The initial acceleration
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The particle moves in a circular path
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The particle continues in a straight line with constant speed
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PYQ 2023
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-
A small bar magnet is dropped through different hollow copper tubes with same length and inner diameter but with different outer diameter. The variation in the time (t) taken for the magnet to reach the bottom of the tube depends on its wall thickness (d) as
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Time & thickness graph 1
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Time & thickness graph 2
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Time & thickness graph 3
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Time & thickness graph 4
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PYQ 2023
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-
Suppose the divergence of magnetic field is nonzero and is given as , where 𝜇0 is the permeability of vacuum and 𝜌m is the magnetic charge density. If the corresponding magnetic current density is , then the curl of the electric field is
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PYQ 2024
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-
A time dependent magnetic field inside a long solenoid of radius 0.05m is given by (𝑡) = 𝐵0 sin 𝜔𝑡 . If 𝜔=100rad/s and 𝐵0= 0.98Weber/m2 , then the amplitude of the induced electric field at a distance of 0.07m from the axis of the solenoid is ______V/m. (Rounded off to two decimal places)
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PYQ 2024
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-
A 15.7mW laser beam has a diameter of 4mm. If the amplitude of the associated magnetic field is expressed as , the value of A is: (𝜀0 is the free space permittivity and 𝑐 is the speed of light)
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50
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35.4
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100
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70.8
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PYQ 2024
medium
physics ID: iit-jam-
The magnitudes of spin magnetic moments of electron, proton and neutron are μe, μp and μn, respectively. Then
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μepn
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μepn
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μepn
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μepn