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Q. Magnetic effect of current was discovered by
  • (A) Oersted
  • (B) Faraday
  • (C) Bohr
  • (D) Ampere
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Oersted
Q. Inside the magnet, the field lines moves
  • (A) from north to south
  • (B) from south the north
  • (C) away from south pole
  • (D) away from north pole
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) from north to south
Q. Relative strength of magnetic field at a point in the space surrounding the magnet is shown by the
  • (A) length of magnet
  • (B) thickness of magnet
  • (C) degree of closeness of the field.
  • (D) resistance offered by the surroundings
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) length of magnet
Q. Which of the following statement is not correct about the magnetic field?
  • (A) Magnetic field lines form a continuous closed curve.
  • (B) Magnetic field line do not interest each other.
  • (C) Direction of tangent at any point on the magnetic field line curve gives the direction of magnetic field at that point.
  • (D) Outside the magnet, magnetic field lines go from South to North pole of the magnet.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Outside the magnet, magnetic field lines go from South to North pole of the magnet.
Q. By which instrument, the presence of magnetic field be determined?
  • (A) Magnetic Needle
  • (B) Ammeter
  • (C) Galvanometer
  • (D) Voltmeter
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Voltmeter
Q. The pattern of the magnetic field produced by the straight current carrying conducting wire is
  • (A) in the direction opposite to the current
  • (B) in the direction parallel to the wire
  • (C) circular around the wire
  • (D) in the same direction of current
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) in the direction opposite to the current
Q. A soft iron bar is introduced inside the current carrying solenoid. The magnetic field inside the solenoid
  • (A) will decrease
  • (B) will remains same
  • (C) will increase
  • (D) will become zero
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) will increase
Q. When current is parallel to magnetic field, then force experience by the current carrying conductor placed in uniform magnetic field is
  • (A) Twice to that when angle is 60Β°
  • (B) Thrice to that when angle is 60Β°
  • (C) zero
  • (D) infinite
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Twice to that when angle is 60Β°
Q. A positive charge is moving upwards in a magnetic field directed towards north. The particle will be deflected towards
  • (A) west
  • (B) north
  • (C) south
  • (D) east
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) west
Q. Which of the following factors affect the strength of force experience by a current carrying conduct in a uniform magnetic field?
  • (A) magnetic field strength
  • (B) magnitude of current in a conductor
  • (C) length of the conductor within magnetic field
  • (D) All of above.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of above.
Q. Direction of rotation of a coil in electric motor is determined by
  • (A) fleming’s right hand rule
  • (B) fleming’s left hand rule
  • (C) faraday law of electromagnetic inductors
  • (D) None of above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) fleming’s left hand rule
Q. In electric motor, to make the coil rotating continuously in the same direction, current is reversed in the coil after every half rotation by a device called
  • (A) carbon brush
  • (B) commutator
  • (C) slip ring
  • (D) armature
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) commutator
Q. The condition for the praenomen of electromagnetic induction is that there must be a relative motion between
  • (A) the galvanometer and magnet
  • (B) the coil of wire and galvanometer
  • (C) the coil of wire and magnet
  • (D) the magnet and galvanometer
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) the coil of wire and magnet
Q. The instrument that use to defect electric current in the circuit is known as
  • (A) electric motor
  • (B) A.C generator
  • (C) galvanometer
  • (D) none of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) electric motor
Q. We can induce the current in a coil by
  • (A) moving the coil in a magnetic field
  • (B) by changing the magnetic field around it
  • (C) by changing the orientation of the coil in the magnetic field
  • (D) All of above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) moving the coil in a magnetic field
Q. A magnet is moved towards a coil (i) quickly (ii) slowly. The induced potential difference
  • (A) more in (i) than in (ii) case
  • (B) more in (ii) than in (i) case
  • (C) same in both
  • (D) can’t say
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) more in (i) than in (ii) case
Q. A.C generator works on the principle of
  • (A) force experience by a conductor in magnetic field
  • (B) electromagnetic induction
  • (C) electrostatic
  • (D) force experience by a charge particle in electric field.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) force experience by a conductor in magnetic field
Q. Fleming’s left hand and Right hand rules are used in
  • (A) Generator and electric motor
  • (B) Electric motor and generator
  • (C) any rule can be used for any device
  • (D) both are not applied for generator and motor.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) Electric motor and generator
Q. A D.C generator works on the principle of
  • (A) ohnis law
  • (B) Joule’s law of heating
  • (C) faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.
  • (D) none of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.
Q. If the current values periodically from zero to a maximum value, back to zero and then reverses its direction, the current is
  • (A) direct
  • (B) alternative
  • (C) pulsating
  • (D) none of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) alternative
Q. Earth wire carries
  • (A) current
  • (B) voltage
  • (C) no current
  • (D) heat
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) no current
Q. The main advantage of A.C power transmission over D.C power transmission over’ long distance is
  • (A) AC transmit without much loss of energy
  • (B) less insulation problem
  • (C) less problem of instability
  • (D) easy transformation.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) AC transmit without much loss of energy
Q. Which among of these are the main characteristics of fuse element?
  • (A) High conductivity
  • (B) low melting point
  • (C) do not bum due to oxidation
  • (D) All of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q. Overloading is due to
  • (A) Insulation of wire is damaged
  • (B) fault in the appliances
  • (C) accidental hike in supply voltage
  • (D) All of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q. For a current in a long straight solenoid N-pole and S-pole are created at the two ends. Among the following statements, the incorrect statement is
  • (A) The field lines inside the solenoid are in the form of straight lines which indicates that the magnetic field is the same at all points inside the solenoid.
  • (B) The strong magnetic field produced inside the solenoid can be used to magnetise a piece of magnetic material like soft iron, when placed inside the coil.
  • (C) The pattern of the magnetic field associated with the solenoid is different from the pattern of the magnetic field around a bar magnet.
  • (D) The N-pole and S-pole exchange position when the direction of current through the solenoid is reversed.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) The pattern of the magnetic field associated with the solenoid is different from the pattern of the magnetic field around a bar magnet.
Q. Commercial electric motors do not use
  • (A) an electromagnet to rotate the armature
  • (B) effectively large number of turns of conducting wire in the current carrying coil
  • (C) a permanent magnet to rotate the armature
  • (D) a soft iron core on which the coil is wound
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) a permanent magnet to rotate the armature
Q. The strength of magnetic field inside a long current carrying straight solenoid is
  • (A) more at the ends than at the centre
  • (B) minimum in the middle
  • (C) same at all points
  • (D) found to increase from one end to the other
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) same at all points
Q. To convert an AC generator into DC generator
  • (A) split-ring type commutator must be used
  • (B) slip rings and brushes must be used
  • (C) a stronger magnetic field has to be used
  • (D) a rectangular wire loop has to be used
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) split-ring type commutator must be used
Q. The most important safety method used for protecting home appliances from short circuiting or overloading is
  • (A) earthing
  • (B) use of fuse
  • (C) use of stabilizers
  • (D) use of electric meter
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) use of fuse
Q. What should be the core of an electromagnet?
  • (A) soft iron
  • (B) hard iron
  • (C) rusted iron
  • (D) none of above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) soft iron
Q. Who has stated the Right hand Thumb Rule?
  • (A) Orsted
  • (B) Fleming
  • (C) Einstein
  • (D) Maxwell
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) Maxwell
Q. What is that instrument which can detect the presence of electric current in a circuit?
  • (A) galvanometer
  • (B) motor
  • (C) generator
  • (D) none of above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) galvanometer
Q. Which device produces the electric current?
  • (A) generator
  • (B) galvanometer
  • (C) ammeter
  • (D) motor
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) generator
Q. The best material to make permanent magnets is
  • (A) aluminium
  • (B) soft iron
  • (C) copper
  • (D) alnico
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) alnico
Q. The magnetic field lines always begin from
  • (A) N-pole and end on S-pole.
  • (B) S-pole and end on N-pole.
  • (C) start from the middle and end at N-pole.
  • (D) start from the middle and end at S-pole.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) N-pole and end on S-pole.
Q. The magnetic field is the strongest at
  • (A) middle of the magnet.
  • (B) north pole.
  • (C) south pole.
  • (D) both poles.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) both poles.
Q. Material of the core of a strong magnet is
  • (A) aluminium
  • (B) soft iron
  • (C) copper
  • (D) steel
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) soft iron
Q. Magnetic lines of force inside current carrying solenoid are
  • (A) perpendicular to axis.
  • (B) along the axis and are parallel to each other.
  • (C) parallel inside the solenoid and circular at the ends.
  • (D) circular.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) parallel inside the solenoid and circular at the ends.
Q. A soft iron bar is introduced inside a current carrying solenoid. The magnetic field inside the solenoid
  • (A) will become zero.
  • (B) will increase.
  • (C) will decrease.
  • (D) will remain unaffected.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) will increase.
Q. An electric generator actually acts as
  • (A) a source of electric charge.
  • (B) a source of neat energy.
  • (C) an electromagnet.
  • (D) a converter of energy.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) a converter of energy.
Q. A magnetic field directed in north direction acts on an electron moving in east direction. The magnetic force on the electron will act
  • (A) vertically upwards.
  • (B) towards east.
  • (C) vertically downwards.
  • (D) towards north.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) vertically downwards.
Q. The direction of force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field is given by
  • (A) Fleming’s left hand rule.
  • (B) Fleming’s right hand rule.
  • (C) Right hand thumb rule.
  • (D) Left hand thumb rule.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Fleming’s left hand rule.
Q. The direction of induced current is given by
  • (A) Fleming’s right hand rule.
  • (B) Fleming’s left hand rule.
  • (C) Right hand thumb rule.
  • (D) Left hand thumb rule.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) Fleming’s right hand rule.
Q. Switches are connected to
  • (A) live wire.
  • (B) neutral wire.
  • (C) earth wire.
  • (D) any one.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) live wire.
Q. The most important safety method used for protecting home appliances from short-circuiting or Overloading is
  • (A) earthing
  • (B) use of stabilizers
  • (C) use of fuse
  • (D) use of electric meter
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (C) use of fuse
Q. The factors on which one magnetic field strength produced by current carrying solenoids depends are
  • (A) Magnitude of current
  • (B) Number of turns
  • (C) Nature of core material
  • (D) All of the above
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) All of the above
Q. The nature of magnetic field line passing through the centre of current carrying circular loop is
  • (A) circular
  • (B) ellipse
  • (C) parabolic
  • (D) straight line
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (D) straight line
Q. A current through a horizontal power line flows from south to North direction. The direction of magnetic field line 0.5m above it is
  • (A) North
  • (B) South
  • (C) West
  • (D) East
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (A) North
Q. The strength of magnetic field around a current carrying conductor is
  • (A) inversely proportional to the current but directly proportional to the square of the distance from wire.
  • (B) directly proportional to the current and inversely proportional to the distance from wire.
  • (C) directly proportional to the distance and inversely proportional to the current
  • (D) directly proportional to the current but inversely proportional the square of the distance from wire.
πŸ’¬ Discuss
βœ… Correct Answer: (B) directly proportional to the current and inversely proportional to the distance from wire.

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Table of contents

  1. Magnetic effect of current was discovered by
  2. Inside the magnet, the field lines moves
  3. Relative strength of magnetic field at a point in the space surrounding the magnet is shown by the
  4. Which of the following statement is not correct about the magnetic field?
  5. By which instrument, the presence of magnetic field be determined?
  6. The pattern of the magnetic field produced by the straight current carrying conducting wire is
  7. A soft iron bar is introduced inside the current carrying solenoid. The magnetic field inside the so
  8. When current is parallel to magnetic field, then force experience by the current carrying conductor
  9. A positive charge is moving upwards in a magnetic field directed towards north. The particle will be
  10. Which of the following factors affect the strength of force experience by a current carrying conduct
  11. Direction of rotation of a coil in electric motor is determined by
  12. In electric motor, to make the coil rotating continuously in the same direction, current is reversed
  13. The condition for the praenomen of electromagnetic induction is that there must be a relative motion
  14. The instrument that use to defect electric current in the circuit is known as
  15. We can induce the current in a coil by
  16. A magnet is moved towards a coil (i) quickly (ii) slowly. The induced potential difference
  17. A.C generator works on the principle of
  18. Fleming’s left hand and Right hand rules are used in
  19. A D.C generator works on the principle of
  20. If the current values periodically from zero to a maximum value, back to zero and then reverses its
  21. Earth wire carries
  22. The main advantage of A.C power transmission over D.C power transmission over’ long distance is
  23. Which among of these are the main characteristics of fuse element?
  24. Overloading is due to
  25. For a current in a long straight solenoid N-pole and S-pole are created at the two ends. Among the f
  26. Commercial electric motors do not use
  27. The strength of magnetic field inside a long current carrying straight solenoid is
  28. To convert an AC generator into DC generator
  29. The most important safety method used for protecting home appliances from short circuiting or overlo
  30. What should be the core of an electromagnet?
  31. Who has stated the Right hand Thumb Rule?
  32. What is that instrument which can detect the presence of electric current in a circuit?
  33. Which device produces the electric current?
  34. The best material to make permanent magnets is
  35. The magnetic field lines always begin from
  36. The magnetic field is the strongest at
  37. Material of the core of a strong magnet is
  38. Magnetic lines of force inside current carrying solenoid are
  39. A soft iron bar is introduced inside a current carrying solenoid. The magnetic field inside the sole
  40. An electric generator actually acts as
  41. A magnetic field directed in north direction acts on an electron moving in east direction. The magne
  42. The direction of force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field is given by
  43. The direction of induced current is given by
  44. Switches are connected to
  45. The most important safety method used for protecting home appliances from short-circuiting or Overlo
  46. The factors on which one magnetic field strength produced by current carrying solenoids depends are
  47. The nature of magnetic field line passing through the centre of current carrying circular loop is
  48. A current through a horizontal power line flows from south to North direction. The direction of magn
  49. The strength of magnetic field around a current carrying conductor is