VELAMMAL BODHI CAMPUS, KOLAPAKKAM
MAGNETISM AND MATTER
Worksheet
1. The mgnetic length of a bar magnet is 5cm. The distance of each pole from the nearest ends
is
1) 1cm 2) 1.5cm 3) 0.5cm 4) 2cm
2. Two magnets have moments are in the ratio X: Y and their lengths in the ratio X : Z. The ratio
of pole strength is
1) Y : Z 2) Z Y : 1 3) 1 : YZ 4) Z : Y
3. A bar magnet of pole strength is 25Am having length 5cm, then magnetic moment is
1) 125 Am^2 2) 1.25Am^2 3) 25Am^2 4) 50Am^2
4. If a bar magnet is cut into 4 times parallel to its axial line and 4 times perpendicular to its
axial line then the pole strength and length of each piece are
1) m/5, 2l/4 2) m/4, 2l/5 3) m/5, 2l/5 4) m/4, 2l/4
5. Two magnetic poles are separated by a distance 20cm in air experience a force 4×10^-7N.
The product of pole strengths of two poles are (in SI units)
1) 16 2) 1.6 3) 0.16 4) 0.016
6. Two magnetic poles one of which is three times as strong as the other exert on each other, a
force equal to 3 x 10^–3 N when separated by a distance of 10 cm. Find the strength of each
pole.
1) 10 Am, 30 Am 2) 20 Am, 60 Am 3) 5 Am, 15 Am 4) 10 Am, 10 Am
7. Two similar poles repel each other with a force of 40N, when separated by 10 cm. If the
distance is changed to 30 cm, then the ratio of forces are
1) 1 : 8 2) 8 : 1 3) 9 : 1 4) 1 : 9
8. A magnetised wire of moment 1.57Am^2 is bent in the form of a semi circle. The new
magnetic moment will be
1) 0.1Am^2 2) 10Am^2 3) 1Am^2 4) 0.01Am^2
9. A bar magnet of magnetic moment 100Am^2 is bent at its mid point such that, the two parts
make an angle of 60°. The new magnetic moment is
1) 100√2Am^2 2) 100/√2 Am^2 3) 50Am^2 4) 50√3Am^2
10. A bar magnet of length 10 cm experiences a torque of N-m in a uniform magnetic field of
induction 0.4 wb/m^2, when it is suspended making an angle 45° with the field, the pole
strength of the magnet is
1) 5 A-m 2) 2.5 A-m 3) 10 A-m 4) 15 A-m
11. When a bar magnet is placed at 90° to a uniform magnetic field, it is acted upon by a couple
which is maximum. For the couple to be half of the maximum value, at what angle should the
magnet be inclined to the magnetic field (B) ?
1) 30° 2) 60° 3) 45° 4) 0°
12. A bar magnet of pole strength 2 A-m is kept in a magnetic field of induction 4×10^–5
wb/m^2 such that the axis of the magnet makes an angle 30° with the direction of the field. The
couple acting on the magnet is found 80×10^-7 N-m. Then the distance between the poles of the
magnet is
1) 20 m 2) 2 m 3) 3 cm 4) 20 cm
13. Two identical bar magnets are joined to form a cross. If this combination is suspended
freely in a uniform field the angles made by the magnets with field direction are respectively
1) 60°, 30° 2) 37°, 53° 3) 45°, 45° 4) 20°, 70°
14. A magnet of magnetic moment 20ˆ k Am^2 is placed along the z - axis in a magnetic field B
= (0.4j 0.5k) T. The torque acting on the magnet is
1) 8ˆ i N-m 2) 6ˆ j N-m 3) – 8ˆ i N-m 4) – 6ˆ j N-m
15. Two bar magnets are bound together side by side and suspended. They swing in 12s when
their like poles are together and in 16s when their unlike poles are together, the magnetic
moments of these magnets are in the ratio
1)27:5 2)25:7 3)7:25 4)24:7
16. The moment of inertia as well as the frequencies of two magnets are in the ratio 3:4 the
ratio of their magnetic moments is
1) 27 : 64 2) 64 : 27 3) 9 : 16 4) 16 : 9
17. Two magnetic poles when placed in air separated by a distance 2m experience a force of
repulsion of 10^–6N. If the difference of their pole strengths is 3Am their pole strengths in A-m
are
1) 5, 2 2) 7, 4 3) 6, 3 4) 8, 5
