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A Current-carrying Conductor is Held in Exactly Vertical Direction. in Order to Produce a Clockwise Magnetic Field Around the Conductor, the Current Should Passed in the Conductor: (A) from Top Towards Bottom (B) from Left Towards Right (C) from Bottom Towards Top (D) from Right Towards Left

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A current-carrying conductor is held in exactly vertical direction. In order to produce a clockwise magnetic field around the conductor, the current should passed in the conductor:

(a) from top towards bottom
(b) from left towards right
(c) from bottom towards top
(d) from right towards left 

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Solution

 from top towards bottom

It is given that the current-carrying conductor is held in exactly vertical direction. In order to produce a clockwise magnetic field around the conductor, the current should be passed in the conductor from top towards bottom. It is concluded by applying right-hand thumb rule.
 
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Chapter 5: Magnetic Effects of Electric Current - Exercise 2 [Page 84]

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Lakhmir Singh Physics [English] Class 10
Chapter 5 Magnetic Effects of Electric Current
Exercise 2 | Q 44 | Page 84
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