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प्रश्न
Why does a current carrying freely suspended solenoid rest along a particular direction? State the direction in which it rests.
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उत्तर
A current carrying a freely suspended solenoid at rest behaves like a bar magnet. It is because a current-carrying solenoid behaves like a bar magnet. It rests in the north-south direction.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why does a current carrying, freely suspended solenoid rest along a particular direction?
The figure shows a solenoid wound on a core of soft iron. Will the end A be a N pole or S pole when the current flows in the direction shown?

Draw a diagram to represent the magnetic field lines along the axis of a current carrying solenoid. Mark arrows to show the direction of current in the solenoid and the direction of magnetic field lines.
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.

A current carrying solenoid when freely suspended, it always rests in ______ direction.
- 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).
What is a solenoid?
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.
The factors on which one magnetic field strength is produced by current-carrying solenoids depends are
For the current carrying solenoid as shown, draw magnetic field lines and give reason to explain that out of the three points A, B and C, at which point the field strength is maximum and at which point it is minimum?

