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100 Important Magnetism and Electromagnetism MCQ Question and Answer | PDF Free Download

Magnetism and Electromagnetism  MCQ Question and Answer | PDF Free Download

1.When two ends of circular uniform wire are joined to the terminals of a battery, the field at the centre of the circle

  • AWill be zero
  • BWill be infinite
  • CWill depend on the amount of e.m.f applied
  • DWill depend on the radius of the circle
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Correct Answer : (D)

Will depend on the radius of the circle

Explanation:

2.Susceptibility is positive for

  • ANon-magnetic substance
  • BDiamagnetic substance
  • CFerromagnetic substance
  • DNone of the above
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Correct Answer : (C)

Ferromagnetic substance

Explanation:

Susceptibility is positive for Ferromagnetic substance.

3.Two long parallel conductors carry 100 A. if the conductors are separated by 20 mm, the force per meter of length of each conductor will be

  • A100 N
  • B10 N
  • C1 N
  • D0.1 N
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Correct Answer : (D)

0.1 N

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4.The tubes of force within the magnetic materials are known as

  • AElectric flux
  • BLines of force
  • CTubes of induction
  • DNone of the above
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Correct Answer : (B)

Lines of force

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5.The unit of flux is same as that of

  • AReluctance
  • BResistance
  • CPermeance
  • DPole strength
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Correct Answer : (D)

Pole strength

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6.Unit of quantity of electricity is

  • AAmpere-hour
  • BWatt
  • CJoule
  • DCoulomb
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Correct Answer : (D)

Coulomb

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7.The Biot-savart's law is a general modification of

  • AKirchhoff?s law
  • BLenz?s law
  • CAmpere?s law
  • DFaraday?s law
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Correct Answer : (C)

Ampere?s law

Explanation:

8.The most effective and quickest way of making magnet from soft iron is by

  • APlacing it inside a coil carrying current
  • BInduction
  • CThe use of permanent magnet
  • DRubbing with another magnet
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Correct Answer : (A)

Placing it inside a coil carrying current

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9.The commonly used material for shielding or screening magnetism is

  • ACopper
  • Baluminium
  • CSoft iron
  • DBrass
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Correct Answer : (C)

Soft iron

Explanation:

The commonly used material for shielding or screening magnetism is Soft iron.

10.If a copper disc is rotated rapidly below a freely suspended magnetic needle, the magnetic needle shall start rotating with a velocity

  • ALess than that of disc but in opposite direction
  • BEqual to that of disc and in the same direction
  • CEqual to that of disc and in the same direction
  • DLess than that of disc and in the same direction
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Correct Answer : (D)

Less than that of disc and in the same direction

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11.A permanent magnet

  • AAttracts some substances and repels other
  • BAttracts all paramagnetic substance and repels other
  • CAttracts only ferromagnetic substances
  • DAttracts ferromagnetic substances and repels other
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Correct Answer : (A)

Attracts some substances and repels other

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12.The retentivity ( a property) of material is useful for construction of

  • A permanent magnets
  • BTransformers
  • CNon-magnetic substances
  • DElectromagnets
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Correct Answer : (A)

 permanent magnets

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13.The relative permeability of ???? a material is not constant

  • ADiamagnetic
  • BParamagnetic
  • CFerromagnetic
  • DInsulating
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Correct Answer : (C)

Ferromagnetic

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14.The ???. Materials are a bit inferior conductors of magnetic flux than air.

  • AFerromagnetic
  • BParamagnetic
  • CDiamagnetic
  • DDielectric
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Diamagnetic

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15.Hysteresis loop in case of magnetically hard materials is more ??.. in shape as compared to magnetically soft materials.

  • ACircular
  • BTriangular
  • CRectangular
  • DNone of the above
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Rectangular

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16.A rectangular magnet of magnetic moment M is cut into two pieces of same length, the magnetic moment of each piece will be

  • AM
  • BM/2
  • C2M
  • DM/4
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Correct Answer : (B)

M/2

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17.A keeper is used to

  • AChange in direction of magnetic lines
  • BAmplify flux
  • CRestore lost flux
  • DProvide a close path for flux
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Correct Answer : (D)

Provide a close path for flux

Explanation:

A keeper is used to Provide a close path for flux.

18.Magnetic moment is a 

  • APole strength
  • BUniversal constant
  • CScalar quantity
  • DVector quantity
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Correct Answer : (D)

Vector quantity

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19.The change of cross-sectional area of conductor in magnetic field will affect the

  • AReluctance of conductor
  • BResistance of conductor
  • C(a) and (b) both in the same way
  • DNone of the above
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Correct Answer : (C)

(a) and (b) both in the same way

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20.The uniform magnetic field is

  • AThe field of a set of parallel conductor
  • BThe field of a single conductor
  • CThe field in which all lines of magnetic flux are parallel and equidistant
  • DNone of the above
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Correct Answer : (C)

The field in which all lines of magnetic flux are parallel and equidistant

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