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Question
Assertion: When an electric current is passed through a moving coil galvanometer, its coil gets deflected.
Reason: A circular coil produces a uniform magnetic field around itself when an electric current is passed through it.
Options
Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.
Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.
Assertion is true and Reason is false.
Assertion is false and Reason is true.
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Solution
Assertion is true and Reason is false.
Explanation:
A magnetic field generated by a circular coil carrying current is not a constant magnetic field.
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