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प्रश्न
How is a solenoid prepared?
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उत्तर
A solenoid is prepared by wrapping a coil of many circular turns of insulated copper wire closely in the shape of a cylinder.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why does a current carrying, freely suspended solenoid rest along a particular direction?
The adjacent diagram shows a small magnet placed near a solenoid AB. Current is switched on in the solenoid by pressing the key K.
- State the polarity at the ends A and B.
- Will the magnet be attracted or repelled? Give a reason for your answer.

- What name is given to a cylindrical coil of diameter less than its length?
- If a piece of soft iron is placed inside the coil mentioned in part (a) and current is passed in the coil from a battery, what name is then given to the device so obtained?
- Give one use of the device mentioned in part (b).
Draw the pattern of magnetic field lines of a solenoid through which a steady current flows. What does the pattern of field lines inside the solenoid indicate?
The diagram shows a current-carrying coil passing through a cardboard sheet. Draw three magnetic lines of force on the board.

State two factors on which magnitude of magnetic field at the centre depends.
Sketch the lines of force of the magnetic field of a solenoid. How does its field compare with that of a bar magnet?
The pattern of the magnetic field produced by the straight current-carrying conducting wire is ____________.
What does the divergence of magnetic field lines near the ends of a current carrying straight solenoid indicate?
The diagram below shows an insulated copper wire wound around a hollow cardboard cylindrical tube. Answer the questions that follow:

- What are the magnetic poles at A and B when the key K is closed?
- State two ways to increase the strength of the magnetic field in this coil without changing the coil.
- If we place a soft iron bar at the centre of the hollow cardboard and replace the DC source with an AC source then will it attract small iron pins toward itself when the current is flowing through the coil?
Differentiate between a circular coil and a solenoid.
