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A current carrying rectangular loop PQRS is made of uniform wire. The length PR = QS = 5 cm and PQ = RS = 100 cm. If ammeter current reading changes from I to 2I, the ratio of magnetic forces per unit length on wire PQ due to wire RS in the two cases respectively is:

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JEE Mains30 January 2023Shift 2Evening Shift
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A closed current loop is placed completely in a uniform magnetic field. Which statements are correct?
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A current-carrying straight conductor is placed in a uniform magnetic field. Which statements are correct?
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A straight conductor of length L carries current I in a uniform magnetic field B. The conductor makes angle θ with B. What is the force magnitude?
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A 2A current carrying straight metal wire of resistance 1 Ω, resistivity 2 × 10⁻⁶ Ωm, area of cross-section 10 mm² and mass 500 g is suspended horizontally in mid air by applying a uniform magnetic field B. The magnitude of B is ______ × 10⁻¹ T (given, g = 10 m/s²)
JEE Mains 2024 05 Apr Morning Shift
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Three infinitely long parallel wires lie at x=0, x=0.10 m and x=0.20 m. Their currents are respectively 2 A upward, 4 A upward and 6 A downward. Determine the magnitude of net force per unit length on the middle wire in μN/m.
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A rigid wire consists of a semicircular portion of radius R and two straight sections. The wire is partially immersed in a perpendicular magnetic field B= B₀ĵ as shown in the figure. The magnetic force on the wire if it has a current i is:

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JEE Mains 2024 31 Jan Morning Shift
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The magnetic field existing in a region is given by B= 0.2(1 + 2x) k̂ T. A square loop of edge 50 cm carrying 0.5 A current is placed in x-y plane with its edges parallel to the x-y axes, as shown in figure. The magnitude of the net magnetic force experienced by the loop is ______ mN.

JEE Mains 2024 04 Apr Morning Shift
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The horizontal component of earth’s magnetic field at a place is 3.5 × 10⁻⁵ T. A very long straight conductor carrying current of √2 A in the direction from South east to North West is placed. The force per unit length experienced by the conductor is ……… × 10⁻⁶ N/m.
JEE Mains 2024 30 Jan Morning Shift
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Three long straight wires carrying current are arranged mutually parallel as shown in the figure. The force experienced by 15 cm length of wire Q is _____.
(μ₀ = 4π × 10⁻⁷ T·m/A)

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JEE Mains 202628 January Morning Shift
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