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TEST-2

1. The inductance between A and D is-

A • • • • D
3H 3H 3H

(1) 3.66 H (2) 9 H (3) 0.66 H (4) 1 H

2. A conducting square loop of side L and resistance R moves in its plane with a uniform velocity v
perpendicular to one of its sides. A magnetic induction B constant in time and space, pointing perpendicular
and into the plane at the loop exists everywhere with half the loop outside the field, as shown in figure.
The induced emf is-
(1) zero × × × × ×
(2) RvB × × × × ×
× × × × ×
L v
vBL × × × × ×
(3)
R × × × × ×
× × × × ×
(4) vBL
3. In a transformer, number of turns in the primary are 140 and that in the secondary are 280. If current
in primary is 4A, then that in the secondary is-
(1) 4 A (2) 2 A (3) 6 A (4) 10 A
4. The core of any transformer is laminated so as to-
(1) reduce the energy loss due to eddy currents (2) make it light weight
(3) make it robust and strong (4) increase the secondary voltage
5. Two coils are placed close to each other. The mutual inductance of the pair of coils depends upon-
(1) the rates at which currents are changing in the two coils
(2) relative position and orientation of the two coils
(3) the materials of the wires of the coils
(4) the currents in the two coils
6. When the current changes from +2A to – 2A in 0.05 s, an emf of 8V is induced in a coil. The coefficient
of self-induction of the coil is-
(1) 0.2 H (2) 0.4 H (3) 0.8 H (4) 0.1 H
7. A coil having n turns and resistance R is connected with a galvanometer of resistance 4R. This combination
is moved in time t seconds from a magnetic field W 1 weber to W 2 weber. The induced current in the circuit
is-

W2  W1 n(W2  W1 ) (W2  W1 ) n(W2  W1 )

(1) 5Rnt (2)  5Rt (3)  (4)  `
Rnt Rt
8. In a uniform magnetic field of induction B, a wire in the form of semicircle of radius r rotates about the
diameter of the circle with angular frequency . If the total resistance of the circuit is R, the mean power
generated per period of rotation is-

Br 2  (Br 2 )2 (Br)2 (Br2 )2

(1) (2) (3) (4)
2R 8R 2R 8R
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9. A metal conductor of length 1 m rotates vertically about one of its ends at angular velocity 5 radians per
second. If the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field is 0.2 × 10–4 T, then the emf developed between
the two ends of the conductor is-
(1) 5 µ V (2) 50 µV (3) 5 mV (4) 50 mV
10. A coil of inductance 300 mH and resistance 2is connected to a source of voltage 2V. The current reaches
half of its steady state value in-
(1) 0.05 s (2) 0.1 s (3) 0.15 s (4) 0.3 s
11. The flux linked with a coil at any instant 't' is given by : = 10t – 50 t + [Link] induced emf at 2

t = 3s is-
(1) – 190 V (2) – 10 V (3) 10 V (4) 190 V
12. An inductor (L = 100 mH), a resistor (R = 100 ) and a battery (E = 100 V) are initially connected in
series as shown in the figure. After a long time the battery is disconnected after short circuiting the points
A and B. The current in the circuit 1 ms after the short circuit is-

L
R

A B
E

(1) 1/e A (2) e A (3) 0.1 A (4) 1 A

13. A capacitor of capacity 2 F is charged to a potential difference of 12 V. It is then connected across an
inductor of inductance 0.6 mH. The current in the circuit at a time when the PD across the capacitor is
6.0 V is
(1) 0.6 A (2) 1.2 A (3) 2.4 A (4) 3.6 A
14. One conducting U-tube can slide inside another as shown in figure, maintaining electrical contacts between
the tubes. The magnetic field B is perpendicular to the plane of the figure. If each tube moves towards
the other at a constant speed v, then the emf induced in the circuit in terms of B,  and v, where  is
the width of each tube, will be-
× × ×
A B ×
×

v × ×
× ×
×
× × v

D
× C ×
× × ×

(1) Bv (2) – Bv (3) zero (4) 2Bv

15. An ideal coil of 10 H is connected in series with a resistance of 5 and a battery of 5 V.2s after the
connection is made, the current flowing (in ampere) in the circuit is-
(1) (1 – e) (2) e (3) e–1 (4) (1 – e–1)
16. Two coaxial solenoids are made by winding thin insulated wire over a pipe of cross-sectional area A = 10 cm 2
and length = 20 cm. If one of the solenoids has 300 turns and the other 400 turns, their mutual inductance is

 0  4  107 TmA 1 
(1) 2.4   10-5 H (2) 4.8   10-4H (3) 4.8   10-5H (4) 2.4   10-4H
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17. An inductor of inductance L = 400 mH and resistors of resistances R1 = 2 and R2 = 2 are connected
to a battery of emf 12V as shown in the figure. The internal resistance of the battery is negligible. The switch
S is closed at t = 0. The potential drop across L as a function of time is:-
E
L

R1

R2

12 3t
(1) 6(1 – e–t/0.2)V (2) 12e–5t V (3) 6e–5t V (4) e V
t
K
V
18. In the circuit show below, the key K is closed at t = 0. The current through the battery is :
L R1

VR1R2 R2
V(R1  R2 ) V V
(1) at t = 0 and R at t =  (2) at t = 0 and R at t = 
R1R2 2 R12  R22 2

V V(R1  R2 ) V VR1R2
(3) R at t = 0 and at t =  (4) R at t = 0 and at t = 
2 R1R2 2 R12  R22

19. A rectangular loop has a sliding connector PQ of length  and resistance R and it is moving with a speed
v as shown. The set-up is placed in a uniform magnetic field going into the plane of the paper. The three currents
I1, I2 and I are :-
B v B v B v 2Bv
(1) I1 = I2 = ,I= (2) I1 = – I2 = ,I=
6R 3R R R

B v 2Bv B v
(3) I1 = I2 = , I= (4) I1 = I2 = I =
3R 3R R
20. A boat is moving due east in a region where the earth's magnetic field is 5.0×10–5 NA–1m–1 due north and
horizontal. The boat carries a vertical aerial 2m long. If the speed of the boat is 1.50 ms –1, the magnitude
of the indueced emf in the wire of aerial is :-
(1) 0.50 mV (2) 0.15 mV (3) 1 mV (4) 0.75 mV
21. A horizontal straight wire 20 m long extending from east to west is falling with a speed of 5.0 m/s, at right
angles to the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field 0.30 × 10–4 Wb/m2. The instantaneous value
of the e.m.f. induced in the wire will be :-
(1) 6.0 mV (2) 3 mV (3) 4.5 mV (4) 1.5 mV
22. A coil is suspended in a uniform magnetic field, with the plane of the coil parallel to the magnetic lines of
force. When a current is passed through the coil it starts oscillating; it is very difficult to stop. But if an aluminium
plate is placed near to the coil, it stops. This is due to :-
(1) Electromagnetic induction in the aluminium plate giving rise to electromagnetic damping
(2) Development of air current when the plate is placed
(3) Induction of electrical charge on the plate
(4) Shielding of magnetic lines of force as aluminium is a paramagnetic material
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23. A metallic rod of length ‘I’ is tied to a string of length 2l and made to rotate with angular speed  on a horizontal
table with one end of the string fixed. If there is a vertical magnetic field ‘B’ in the region, the e.m.f. induced
across the ends of the rod is :

2Bl2 3Bl2 4Bl2 5Bl2

(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 2 2 2

24. A circular loop of radius 0.3 cm lies parallel to a much bigger circular loop of radius 20 cm. The centre of
the small loop is on the axis of the bigger loop. The distance between their centres is 15 cm. If a current
of 2.0 A flows through the smaller loop, then the flux linked with bigger loop is :-
(1) 9.1 × 10–11 weber (2) 6 × 10–11 weber (3) 3.3 × 10–11 weber (4) 6.6 × 10–9 weber
25. In the circuit shown here, the point ‘C’ is kept connected to point ‘A’ till the current flowing through the circuit
becomes constant. Afterward, suddenly, point ‘C’ is disconnected from point ‘A’ and connected to point ‘B’
at time t = 0. Ratio of the voltage across resistance and the inductor at t = L/R will be equal to

1 e e
(1) -1 (2) (3) (4) 1
e 1 e
26. An inductor (L = 0.03 H) and a resistor (R = 0.15 k) are connected in series to a battery of 15 V EMF
in a circuit shown below. The kay K1 has been kept closed for a long time. Then at t = 0, K1 is opened
and key K2 is closed simultaneously. At t = 1ms, the current in the circuit will be (e5  150)

0.03H 0.15k

K2

K1
15V

(1) 6.7 mA (2) 0.67 mA (3) 100 mA (4) 67 mA

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27. An LCR circuit is equivalent to a damped pendulum. In an LCR circuit the capacitor is charged to Q0 and
then connected to the L and R as shown below :-
R L

C
2
 
If a student plots graphs of the square of maximum charge QMax on the capacitor with time (t) for
two different values L1 and L2 (L1>L1) of L then which of the following represents this graph correctly?
(plots are schematic and not drawn to scale)

2 L1 2
QMax QMax
L2
(1) (2)
t t

2 L2
2 L1 QMax
QMax
L2 L1
(3) (4)
t t

28. A square loop of side l, resistance R is placed in a uniform magnetic field B acting normally to the plane
of the loop. If we attempt to pull it out of the field with a constnat velocity v, the power needed is

B2I2 v 2 BI2 v 2 BIv

(1) BRlv (2) (3) (4)
R R R
29. When the current in the protion of the circuit shown in the figure is 2 A and increasing at the rate of 1
A/s, the measured potential difference Vab = 8 V. However when the current is 2A and decreasing at the
rate of 1 A/s, the measured potential difference Vab = 4V. The values of R and L are -

(1) 3  and 2 H respectively (2) 3 and 2 H respectively

(3) 2  and 1 H respectively (4) 3  and 1 H respectively
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30. Two different coils have self-inductances L1 = 8 mH and L2 = 2 mH. The current in one coil is increased
at a constant rate. The current in second coil is also increased at the same constant rate. At certain
instant of time, the power given to the coils is the same. At that time, the current, the induced voltage
and the energy stored in the first coil are i1, V1 and W 1 respectively. Correspoinding values for the
second coil at the same instnat are i2, V2 and W 2 respectively. Then choose the wrong option.

i1 1 i1 W1 1 V1 1
(1) i  4 (2) i  4 (3) 
W2 4 (4) V  4
2 2 2

31. An emf of 15 volts is applied in a circuit coil containing 5 H inductance and 10  resistance. The ratio
of the currents at time t =  and t = 1 second is

e1/2 e2
(1) (2) (3) 1  e 1 (4) e 1
e1/2  1 e2  1
32. A circuit element is placed in a closed box. At time t = 0, a constant current generator supplying a
current of 1 A is connected across the box. Potential difference across the box varies according to
graph shown in the figure. The element in the box is

(1) a resistance of 2  (2) a battery of emf 6 V

(3) an inductance of 2 H (4) a capacitance of 0.5 F
33. A variable voltage V = 2t is applied across an inductor of inductance L = 2H as shown in figure. Then

(1) current versus time graph is a parabola

(2) energy stored in magnetic field at t = 2 s is 4 J
(3) Potential energy at time t = 1 s in magnetic field is increasing at a rate of 1 J/s
(4) All are currect
34. A non-conducting ring having charge q uniformly distributed over its circumference is placed on a rough
horizontal surface. A verteical time varying magnetic field B = 4t2 is switched on at time t = 0. Mass of
the ring is m and radius is R. The ring startsrotating after 2 s, the coefficient of friction between the ring
and the table is

4qmR 2qmR 8qR qR

(1) g (2) g (3) mg (4) 2mg
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35. In the circuit shown in figure the jockey J is being pulled towards right so that the resistance in the
circuit is increasing. Its a value at some instant is 5 . The current in the circuit at this instant will be

(1) 4 A (2) less than 4 A

(3) more than 4 A
(4) may be less than or more than 4 A depending on the value of L
36. The value of time constant for the givencircuit is

L L L(R1  R2  r)
(1) R  r  R (2) (R  r) (3) (R1  r)R2 (4) None of these
1 2 1

37. The loop ABCD is moving with velocity v towards right. The magnetic field is 4T. The loop is connected to a
resistance of 8 . If steady current of 2 A flows in the loop then value of v if loop has resistance of 4 , is
(Given, AB = 30 cm, AD = 30 cm)

50 100
(1) m/s (2) 20 m/s (3) 10 m/s (4) m/s
3 3
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38. A uniform but time varying magnetic field is present in a circular region of radius R. The magnetic field
is perpendicular and into the plane of the loop and the magnitude of field is increasing at a constant rate
. There is a straight conducting rod of length 2 R placed as shwon in figure.

The magnitude of induced emf across the rod is

R2  R2 R2 

(1) R2  (2) (3) (4)
2 2 4
39. A uniform but time-varying magnetic field B(t) exists in a cylindrical region of radius a and is directed
into the plane of the paper, as shown. The magnitude of the induced electric field at point P at a
distance r from the centre of the circular region

1 1
(1) is zero (2) decreases as (3) increases as r (4) decreases as
r r2
40. A conducting rod PQ of length L = 1.0 m is moving with a uniform speed v = 2 m/s in a uniform magnetic
field B = 4.0 T directed into the paper. A capacitor of capacity C = 10 F is connected as shown in
figure. Then
(1) qA = +80 C and qB = - 80 C
(2) qA = -80 C and qB = + 80 C
(3) qA = 0 = qB
(4) Charge stored in the capacitor increases exponentially with time
41. A conducting rod AC of length 4l is rotated about a point O in a uniform magnetic field B directed into
the paper. AO = 1 and OC = 3l. Then

Bl2 7 9
(1) VA  V0  (2) VA  Vc  Bl2 (3) VA  Vc  4Bl2 (4) Vc  V0  Bl2
2 2 2
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42. The network shown in the figure is a part of a complete circuit. If at a certain instant the current i is 5 A
and decreasing at the rate of 103 A/s then VB - VA is

(1) 5 V (2) 10 V (3) 15 V (4) 20 V

3
43. The current in an LR circuit builds up to th of its steady state value in 4s. The time constant of this
4
circuit is

1 2 3 4
(1) s (2) s (3) s (4) s
ln2 ln2 ln2 ln2

44. Some magnetic flux is changed from a coil of resistance 10 . As a result an induced current is
developed in it, which varies with time as shown in figure. The magnitude of change in flux through the
coil in Wb is

(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 6 (4) None of these

45. The current i in an induction coil varies with time t according to the graph shown

in figure. Which of the following graphs shows the induced emf (E) in the coil with time?

(1) (2) (3) (4)

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46. Switch S of the circuit shown in figure is closed at t = 0. If e denotes the induced

emf in L and i, the current flowing through the circuit at time t, which of the following graphs is correct?

(1) (2) (3) (4)

47. A coil of inductance L = 50 H and resistance =0.5  is connected to a battery of emf = 5V. A
resistance of 10  is connected parallel to the coil. Now at some instant the connection of the battery
is switched off. Then, the amount of heat generated in the coil after switching off the battery is

(1) 1.25 mJ (2) 2.5 mJ (3) 0.65 mJ (4) 0.12 mJ

48. A pair of coils of turns n1 and n2 are kept close together. Current passing through the first is reduced at
trate r, and emf 3 mV is developed across the other coil. If the second coil carries current which is then
reduced at the rate 2r, the emf produced across the first coil will be

6n1 6n2
(1) mV (2) mV (3) 6 mV (4) 3/2 mV
n2 n1

49. An L-C circuit contains a 0.60 H inductor and a 25 F capacitor. What is the rate of change of the
current (in amp/second) when the charge on the capacitor is 3.0×10-5 C?

(1) 2.0 (2) 4.0 (3) 3.0 (4) 6.0

50. In the circuit shown, the coil has inductance and resistance. When X is joined to Y, the time constant
is  during growth of current. When the steady state is reached, heat is produced in the coil at a rate
P. X is now joined to Z,

(1) the total heat produced in the coil is p 

1
(2) the total heat produced in the coil is P
2

(3) the total heat produced in the coil is 2 P

(4) the data given is not sufficient to reach a conclusion