Electromagnetic Induction

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. In the figure, a long thin wire carrying a varying current i = i 0 sin t lies at a distance y above one edge
of a rectangular wire loop of length L and width W lying in the x-z plane. What emf is induced in the
loop.

2. In the figure shown a conducting rod of length , resistance R and

mass m is moved with a constant velocity v. The magnetic field B
varies with time t as B = 5 t, where t is time in second. At t = 0 the
area of the loop containing capacitor and the rod is zero and the
capacitor is uncharged. The rod started moving at t = 0 on the
fixed smooth conducting rails which have negligible resistance.
Find the current in the circuit as a function of time t.

3. In the figure shown a conducting rod of length , resistance R & mass m can move
vertically downward due to gravity. Other parts are kept fixed. B = constant = B 0.
MN and PQ are vertical, smooth, conducting rails. The capacitance of the capacitor
is C. The rod is released from rest. Find the maximum current in the circuit.

4. In the figure, a conducting rod of length  = 1 meter and mass m = 1 kg moves

with initial velocity u = 5 m/s. on a fixed horizontal frame containing inductor
L = 2 H and resistance R = 1 . PQ and MN are smooth, conducting wires.
There is a uniform magnetic field of strength B = 1T. Initially there is no current
in the inductor. Find the total charge in coulomb, flown through the inductor by
the time velocity of rod becomes v f = 1 m/s and the rod has travelled a distance
x = 3 meter.
5. A conducting frame ABCD is kept fixed in a vertical plane. A conducting rod EF of
mass m can slide smoothly on it remaining horizontal always. The resistance of the
loop is negligible and inductance is constant having value L. The rod is left from rest
and allowed to fall under gravity and inductor has no initial current. A uniform
magnetic field of magnitude B is present throughout the loop pointing inwards.
Determine.
(a) position of the rod as a function of time assuming initial position of the rod to be x = 0 and vertically
downward as the positive X-axis.
(b) maximum current in the circuit
(c) maximum velocity of the rod.

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6. L is s smooth conducting loop of radius  = 1.0 m & fixed in a horizontal plane. A 0 L
I0
conducting rod of mass m = 1.0 kg and length slightly greater than  hinged at
the centre of the loop can rotate in the horizontal plane such that the free end B
slides on the rim of the loop. There is a uniform magnetic field of strength C
B = 1.0 T directed vertically downward. The rod is rotated with angular velocity
0 = 1.0 rad/s and left. The fixed end of the rod and the rim of the loop are
connected through a battery of e.m.f. E, a resistor of resistance R = 1.0 , and E R
initially uncharged capacitor of capacitance C = 1.0 F in series. Find :
(i) the time dependence of e.m.f. E such that the current 0 = 1.0 A in the
circuit is constant.
(ii) energy supplied by the battery by the time rod stops .
7. In the figure shown ‘PQRS’ is a fixed resistanceless conducting frame in a
uniform and constant magnetic field of strength B. A rod ‘EF’ of mass ‘m’,
length ‘’ and resistance R can smoothly move on this frame. A capacitor
charged to a potential difference ‘V0’ initially is connected as shown in the
figure. Find the velocity of the rod as function of time ‘t’ if it is released at t = 0
from rest.
8. In the figure shown a long conductor carries constant current I. A rod PQ of Q
length is in the plane of the rod. The rod is rotated about point P with
constant angular velocity  as shown in the figure. Find the e.m.f. induced
in the rod in the position shown. Indicate which point is at high potential.

9. An infinitesimally small bar magnet of dipole moment M is moving with the speed v in the X-direction. A
small closed circular conducting loop of radius 'a' and negligible self-inductance lies is the Y-Z plane
with its centre at x = 0, and its axis coinciding with the X-axis. Find the force opposing the motion of the
magnet, if the resistance of the loop is R. Assume that the distance x of the magnet from the centre of
the loop is much greater than a.
10. A square loop of side a = 12 cm with its sides parallel to x, and y-axis is moved with velocity,
V = 8 cm/s in the positive x direction in a magnetic field along the positive z-direction. The field is
neither uniform in space nor constant in time. It has a gradient  B/x = –10–3 T/cm along the
x-direction, and it is changing in time at the rate  B/t = 7T/sec in the loop if its resistance is R = 4.5 .
Find the current.
11. In the circuit shown, the switch S is shifted to position 2 from position 1 at t = 0, having been in position
1 for a long time. Find the current in the circuit as a function of time.

12. A square loop ABCD of side  is moving in xy plane

with velocity v  t ˆj . There exists a non-uniform
magnetic field B = –B0(1 + y2) k̂ (y > 0), where B0
and  are positive constants.Initially, the upper wire of
the loop is at y = 0. Find the induced voltage across
the resistance R as a function of time. Neglect the
magnetic force due to induced current.

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13. A thin wire ring of radius a and resistance r is located inside a long solenoid so that their axes coincide.
The length of the solenoid is equal to , its cross-sectional radius, to b. At a certain moment the
solenoid was connected to a source of a constant voltage V. The total resistance of the circuit is equal
to R. Assuming the inductance of the ring to be negligible, find the maximum value of the radial force
acting per unit length of the ring.
14. A long cylinder of radius a carrying a uniform surface charge rotates about its axis with an angular
velocity . Find the magnetic field energy per unit length of the cylinder if the linear charge density
equals  and r = 1.

15. A long solenoid of length  = 2.0m, radius r = 0.1m and total number of turns N = 1000 is carrying a
current i0 = 20.0A. The axis of the solenoid coincides with the z-axis.
(a) State the expression for the magnetic field of the solenoid and calculate its value?
Magnetic field
(b) Obtain the expression for the self-inductance (L) of the solenoid. Calculate its value.
Value of L
(c) Calculate the energy stored (E) when the solenoid carries this current?
(d) Let the resistance of the solenoid be R. It is connected to a battery of emf e. Obtain the expression
for the current (i) in the solenoid.
(e) Let the solenoid with resistance R described in part (d) be stretched at a constant speed  ( is
increased but N and  are constant). State Kirchhoff’s second law for this case. (Note: Do not solve for
the current.)
(f) Consider a time varying current i = i 0 cos(t) (where i0 = 20.0A) flowing in the solenoid. Obtain an
expression for the electric field due to the current in the solenoid. (Note: Part (e) is not operative, i.e. the
solenoid is not being stretched.)
(g) Consider t = /2 and  = 200/ rad–s–1 in the previous part. Plot the magnitude of the electric field
as a function of the radial distance from the solenoid. Also, sketch the electric lines of force.

16. The wire loop shown in the figure lies in uniform magnetic induction
B = B0cos t perpendicular to its plane. (Given r1 = 10 cm and
r2 = 20 cm, B0 = 20 mT and  = 100 ). Find the amplitude of the
current induced in the loop if its resistance is 0.1 /m.

17. Two capacitors of capacitances 2C and C are connected in series with an

inductor of inductance L. Initially capacitors have charge such that VB  VA = 4V0
and VcVD = V0. Initial current in the circuit is zero. Find:
(a) Maximum current that will flow in the circuit.
(b) Potential difference across each capacitor at that instant.
(c) equation of current flowing towards left in the inductor.

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