Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
The direction of current flowing in the coil of an electromagnet at its two ends X and Y are as shown below:
What is the polarity of end X?
What is the polarity of end Y?
Name and state the rule which you have used to determine the polarities.
Advertisements
Solution
The polarity of end X is south because current is flowing in clockwise direction at this end.
The polarity of end Y is north because current is flowing in anticlockwise direction at this end.
We have used clock face rule to determine the polarities.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
An electromagnet does not attract a piece of iron.
An electric bell has an electromagnet.
Fill in the following blank with suitable words:
If a coil is viewed from one end and the current flows in an anticlockwise direction, then this end is a ........... pole.
Fill in the following blank with suitable words:
If a coil is viewed from one end, and the current flows in a clockwise direction, then this end is a ........... pole.
When the switch S is closed in the figure given below, the pointer of the galvanometer moves to the right.
If S is kept closed, will the pointer:
(a) return to zero?
(b) stay over on the right?
(c) move to the left and stay there
(d) move to and fro until S is opened
A coil is connected to a galvanometer. When the N-pole of magnet is pushed into the coil, the galvanometer deflected to the right. What deflection, if any, is observed when:
the N-pole is removed?
A coil is connected to a galvanometer. When the N-pole of magnet is pushed into the coil, the galvanometer deflected to the right. What deflection, if any, is observed when:
the magnet is a rest in the coil?
If fuse of 250 mA, 500 mA, 1 A, 5 A and 10 A were available, which one would be the most suitable for protecting an amplifier rated at 240 V, 180 W?
Write the correct option by observing the figures.
(b) State whether the following statements are true or false:
(i) Magnetic poles exist in pairs.
(ii) Global warming is a desirable aspect of the intensified greenhouse effect.
(ii) Global warming is a desirable aspect of the intensified greenhouse effect.
Answer the following question:
State the effect on the magnetic needle in Oersted’s experiment when:
(a) the current is passed through the wire.
(b) the current through the wire is increased
(c) the current through the wire is reversed.
A soft iron bar is introduced inside the current-carrying solenoid. The magnetic field inside the solenoid ____________.
A magnetic compass shows a deflection when placed near a current carrying wire. How will the deflection of the compass get affected if the current in the wire is increased? Support your answer with a reason.
Magnetic effect of current was discovered by ______.
Sailors use ______ to find direction in order to navigate on the sea.
Define the magnetic effect of electric current.
The figure given below shows the magnetic field around the conductor. Study it and answer the questions:
- What changes are caused by increasing current?
- What do you see when the magnetic needle is kept a little away from the wire?
- In the second part of the figure, the iron filings arrange themselves in a circular manner around the wire. Why does this happen?
A student was asked to perform an experiment to study the force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field. He took a small aluminium rod AB, a strong horse shoe magnet, some connecting wires, a battery and a switch and connected them as shown. He observed that on passing current, the rod gets displaced. On reversing the direction of current, the direction of displacement also gets reversed. On the basis of your understanding of this phenomenon, answer the following questions:
- Why does the rod get displaced on passing current through it?
- State the rule that determines the direction of the force on the conductor AB.
-
- If the U-shaped magnet is held vertically and the aluminium rod is suspended horizontally with its end B towards due north, then on passing current through the rod from B to A as shown, in which direction will the rod be displaced?
- Name any two devices that use current carrying conductors and magnetic fields.
OR
Draw the pattern of magnetic field lines produced around a current carrying straight conductor held vertically on a horizontal cardboard. Indicate the direction of the field lines as well as the direction of current flowing through the conductor.
