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Match List - I with List - II.

List - I List - II
(A) Magnetic induction (I) Ampere meter2
(B) Magnetic intensity (II) Weber
(C) Magnetic flux (III) Gauss
(D) Magnetic moment (IV) Ampere meter

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift Physics - Magnetic Properties of Matter Question 1 English

A bar magnet has total length $2 l=20$ units and the field point P is at a distance $\mathrm{d}=10$ units from the centre of the magnet. If the relative uncertainty of length measurement is $1 \%$, then uncertainty of the magnetic field at point P is :

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Paramagnetic substances:

A. align themselves along the directions of external magnetic field.

B. attract strongly towards external magnetic field.

C. has susceptibility little more than zero.

D. move from a region of strong magnetic field to weak magnetic field.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

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Match List I with List II:

LIST I
(Y vs X)
LIST II
(Shape of Graph)
A. Y-magnetic susceptibility
X = magnetising field
I. JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift Physics - Magnetic Properties of Matter Question 3 English 1
B. Y = magnetic field
X = distance from centre of a current carrying wire for x < a (where a = radius of wire)
II. JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift Physics - Magnetic Properties of Matter Question 3 English 2
C. Y = magnetic field
$$\mathrm{X}=$$ distance from centre of a current carrying wire for $$x>\mathrm{a}$$
(where $$\mathrm{a}=$$ radius of wire)
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D. Y = magnetic field inside solenoid
X = distance from centre
IV. JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift Physics - Magnetic Properties of Matter Question 3 English 4

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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The magnetic moment of a bar magnet is $$0.5 \mathrm{~Am}^2$$. It is suspended in a uniform magnetic field of $$8 \times 10^{-2} \mathrm{~T}$$. The work done in rotating it from its most stable to most unstable position is:

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Given below are two statements:

Statement I : The diamagnetic property depends on temperature.

Statement II : The induced magnetic dipole moment in a diamagnetic sample is always opposite to the magnetizing field.

In the light of given statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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The free space inside a current carrying toroid is filled with a material of susceptibility $$2 \times 10^{-2}$$. The percentage increase in the value of magnetic field inside the toroid will be

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A bar magnet is released from rest along the axis of a very long vertical copper tube. After some time the magnet will

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Given below are two statements:

Statement I : For diamagnetic substance, $$-1 \leq \chi < 0$$, where $$\chi$$ is the magnetic susceptibility.

Statement II : Diamagnetic substances when placed in an external magnetic field, tend to move from stronger to weaker part of the field.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

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Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion $$\mathbf{A}$$ and the other is labelled as Reason $$\mathbf{R}$$

Assertion A : Electromagnets are made of soft iron.

Reason R : Soft iron has high permeability and low retentivity.

In the light of above, statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

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A bar magnet with a magnetic moment $$5.0 \mathrm{Am}^{2}$$ is placed in parallel position relative to a magnetic field of $$0.4 \mathrm{~T}$$. The amount of required work done in turning the magnet from parallel to antiparallel position relative to the field direction is _____________.

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A solenoid of 1200 turns is wound uniformly in a single layer on a glass tube 2 m long and 0.2 m in diameter. The magnetic intensity at the center of the solenoid when a current of 2 A flows through it is :

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The vertical component of the earth's magnetic field is $$6 \times 10^{-5} \mathrm{~T}$$ at any place where the angle of dip is $$37^{\circ}$$. The earth's resultant magnetic field at that place will be $$\left(\right.$$Given $$\left.\tan 37^{\circ}=\frac{3}{4}\right)$$

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A compass needle of oscillation magnetometer oscillates 20 times per minute at a place $$\mathrm{P}$$ of $$\operatorname{dip} 30^{\circ}$$. The number of oscillations per minute become 10 at another place $$\mathrm{Q}$$ of $$60^{\circ}$$ dip. The ratio of the total magnetic field at the two places $$\left(B_{Q}: B_{P}\right)$$ is :

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Two bar magnets oscillate in a horizontal plane in earth's magnetic field with time periods of $$3 \mathrm{~s}$$ and $$4 \mathrm{~s}$$ respectively. If their moments of inertia are in the ratio of $$3: 2$$, then the ratio of their magnetic moments will be:

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A magnet hung at $$45^{\circ}$$ with magnetic meridian makes an angle of $$60^{\circ}$$ with the horizontal. The actual value of the angle of dip is -

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An electron with energy 0.1 keV moves at right angle to the earth's magnetic field of 1 $$\times$$ 10$$-$$4 Wbm$$-$$2. The frequency of revolution of the electron will be :

(Take mass of electron = 9.0 $$\times$$ 10$$-$$31 kg)

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At a certain place the angle of dip is 30$$^\circ$$ and the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field is 0.5 G. The earth's total magnetic field (in G), at that certain place, is :

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The space inside a straight current carrying solenoid is filled with a magnetic material having magnetic susceptibility equal to 1.2 $$\times$$ 10$$-$$5. What is fractional increase in the magnetic field inside solenoid with respect to air as medium inside the solenoid?

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The susceptibility of a paramagnetic material is 99. The permeability of the material in Wb/A-m, is :

[Permeability of free space $$\mu$$0 = 4$$\pi$$ $$\times$$ 10$$-$$7 Wb/A-m]

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A bar magnet having a magnetic moment of 2.0 $$\times$$ 105 JT$$-$$1, is placed along the direction of uniform magnetic field of magnitude B = 14 $$\times$$ 10$$-$$5 T. The work done in rotating the magnet slowly through 60$$^\circ$$ from the direction of field is :

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Given below are two statements :

Statement I : Susceptibilities of paramagnetic and ferromagnetic substances increase with decrease in temperature.

Statement II : Diamagnetism is a result of orbital motions of electrons developing magnetic moments opposite to the applied magnetic field.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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The soft-iron is a suitable material for making an electromagnet. This is because soft-iron has

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Following plots show magnetization (M) vs magnetizing field (H) and magnetic susceptibility ($$\chi $$) vs temperature (T) graph :

JEE Main 2021 (Online) 1st September Evening Shift Physics - Magnetic Properties of Matter Question 30 English
Which of the following combination will be represented by a diamagnetic material?
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Choose the correct option
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Statement I : The ferromagnetic property depends on temperature. At high temperature, ferromagnet becomes paramagnet.

Statement II : At high temperature, the domain wall area of a ferromagnetic substance increases.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
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At an angle of 30$$^\circ$$ to the magnetic meridian, the apparent dip is 45$$^\circ$$. Find the true dip :
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The magnetic susceptibility of a material of a rod is 499. Permeability in vacuum is 4$$\pi$$ $$\times$$ 10$$-$$7 H/m. Absolute permeability of the material of the rod is :
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Which of the following statements are correct?

(A) Electric monopoles do not exist whereas magnetic monopoles exist.

(B) Magnetic field lines due to a solenoid at its ends and outside cannot be completely straight and confined.

(C) Magnetic field lines are completely confined within a toroid.

(D) Magnetic field lines inside a bar magnet are not parallel.

(E) $$\chi $$ = $$-$$1 is the condition for a perfect diamagnetic material, where x is its magnetic susceptibility.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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A bar magnet of length 14 cm is placed in the magnetic meridian with its north pole pointing towards the geographic north pole. A neutral point is obtained at a distance of 18 cm from the center of the magnet. If BH = 0.4 G, the magnetic moment of the magnet is : (1G = 10$$-$$4 T)
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In a ferromagnetic material, below the curie temperature, a domain is defined as :
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A soft ferromagnetic material is placed in an external magnetic field. The magnetic domains :
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A paramagnetic sample shows a net magnetisation of 6 A/m when it is placed in an external magnetic field of 0.4 T at a temperature of 4 K. When the sample is placed in an external magnetic field of 0.3 T at a temperature of 24 K, then the magnetisation will be:
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A small bar magnet placed with its axis
at 30o with an external field of 0.06 T
experiences a torque of 0.018 Nm. The
minimum work required to rotate it from its
stable to unstable equilibrium position is :
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A perfectly diamagnetic sphere has a small spherical cavity at its centre, which is filled with a paramagnetic substance. The whole system is placed in a uniform magnetic field $$\overrightarrow B $$ . Then the field inside the paramagnetic substance is : JEE Main 2020 (Online) 3rd September Evening Slot Physics - Magnetic Properties of Matter Question 42 English
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Magnetic materials used for making permanent magnets (P) and magnets in a transformer (T) have different properties of the following, which property best matches for the type of magnet required?
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JEE Main 2020 (Online) 7th January Evening Slot Physics - Magnetic Properties of Matter Question 45 English The figure gives experimentally measured B vs H variation in a ferromagnetic material. The retentivity, coercivity and saturation, respectively, of the material are :
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A magnetic compass needle oscillates 30 times per minute at a place where the dip is 45o, and 40 times per minute where the dip is 30o. If B1 and B2 are respectively the total magnetic field due to the earth at the two places, then the ratio $${{{B_1}} \over {{B_2}}}$$ is best given by :
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Two magnetic dipoles X and Y are placed at a separation d, with their axes perpendicular to each other. The dipole moment of Y is twice that of X. A particle of charge q is passing, through their midpoint P, at angle q = 45° with the horizontal line, as shown in figure. What would be the magnitude of force on the particle at that instant ?
(d is much larger than the dimensions of the dipole) JEE Main 2019 (Online) 8th April Evening Slot Physics - Magnetic Properties of Matter Question 47 English
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A paramagnetic material has 1028 atoms/m3. Its magnetic susceptibility at temperature 350 K is 2.8 $$ \times $$ 10–4. Its susceptibility at 300 K is :
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A paramagnetic substance in the form of a cube with sides 1 cm has a magnetic dipole moment of 20 $$ \times $$ 10–6 J/ T when a magnetic intensity of 60 $$ \times $$ 103 A/m is applied. Its magnetic susceptibility is
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At some location on earth, the horizontal component of earth’s magnetic field is 18 × 10–6 T. At this location, magnetic needle of length 0.12 m and pole strength 1.8 Am is suspended from its mid-point using a thread, it makes 45o angle with horizontal in equilibrium. To keep this needle horizontal, the vertical force that should be applied at one of its ends is -
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A magnet of total magnetic moment 10-2 $${\widehat i}$$ A-m2 is placed in a time varying magnetic field, B$${\widehat i}$$ (cos $$\omega t$$) where B = 1 Tesla and $$\omega $$ = 0.125 rad/s. The work done for reversing the direction of the magnetic moment at t = 1 second, is -
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A bar magnet is demagnetized by inserting it inside a solenoid of length 0.2 m, 100 turns, and carrying a current of 5.2 A. The corecivity of the bar magnet is :
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The $$B$$-$$H$$ curve for a ferromagnet is shown in the figure. The ferromagnet is placed inside a long solended with $$1000$$ turns/cm. The current that should be passed in the solended to demagnetise the ferromagnet completely is :

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A magnetic needle of magnetic moment 6.7 $$\times$$ 10-2 A m2 and moment of inertia 7.5 $$\times$$ 10-6 kg m2 is performing simple harmonic oscillations in a magnetic field of 0.01 T. Time taken for 10 complete oscillations is:
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A fighter plane of length 20 m, wing span (distance from tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing) of 15 m and height 5 m is flying towards east over Delhi. Its speed is 240 ms−1. The earth’s magnetic field over Delhi is 5 $$ \times $$10−5 T with the declination angle ~ 0o and dip of $$\theta $$ such that sin $$\theta $$ = 2/3 . If the voltage developed is VB between the lower and upper side of the plane and VW between the tips of the wings then VB and VW are close to :
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Hysteresis loops for two magnetic materials $$A$$ and $$B$$ are given below : JEE Main 2016 (Offline) Physics - Magnetic Properties of Matter Question 56 English

These materials are used to make magnets for electric generators, transformer core and electromagnet core. Then it is proper to use :

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The coercivity of a small magnet where the ferromagnet gets demagnetized is $$3 \times {10^3}\,A{m^{ - 1}}.$$ The current required to be passed in a solenoid of length $$10$$ $$cm$$ and number of turns $$100,$$ so that the magnet gets demagnetized when inside the solenoid, is :
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Two short bar magnets of length $$1$$ $$cm$$ each have magnetic moments $$1.20$$ $$A{m^2}$$ and $$1.00$$ $$A{m^2}$$ respectively. They are placed on a horizontal table parallel to each other with their $$N$$ poles pointing towards the South. They have a common magnetic equator and are separated by a distance of $$20.0$$ $$cm.$$ The value of the resultant horizontal magnetic induction at the mid-point $$O$$ of the line joining their centres is close to $$\left( \, \right.$$ Horizontal component of earth's magnetic induction is $$3.6 \times 10.5Wb/{m^2})$$
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Relative permittivity and permeability of a material $${\varepsilon _r}$$ and $${\mu _r},$$ respectively. Which of the following values of these quantities are allowed for a diamagnetic material?
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Needles $${N_1}$$, $${N_2}$$ and $${N_3}$$ are made of ferromagnetic, a paramagnetic and a diamagnetic substance respectively. A magnet when brought close to them will
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A magnetic needle is kept in a non-uniform magnetic field. It experiences :
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Curie temperature is the temperature above which
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The length of a magnet is large compared to its width and breadth. The time period of its oscillation in a vibration magnetometer is $$2s.$$ The magnet is cut along its length into three equal parts and these parts are then placed on each other with their like poles together. The time period of this combination will be
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The materials suitable for making electromagnets should have
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A magnetic needle lying parallel to a magnetic field requires $$W$$ units of work to turn it through $${60^ \circ }.$$ The torque needed to maintain the needle in this position will be :
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The magnetic lines of force inside a bar magnet
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A thin rectangular magnet suspended freely has a period of oscillation equal to $$T.$$ Now it is broken into two equal halves (each having half of the original length) and one piece is made to oscillate freely in the same field. If its period of oscillation is $$T',$$ the ratio $${{T'} \over T}$$ is
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The coercivity of a magnet is $$5 \times 10^3 \mathrm{~A} / \mathrm{m}$$. The amount of current required to be passed in a solenoid of length $$30 \mathrm{~cm}$$ and the number of turns 150, so that the magnet gets demagnetised when inside the solenoid is ________ A.

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The horizontal component of earth's magnetic field at a place is $$3.5 \times 10^{-5} \mathrm{~T}$$. A very long straight conductor carrying current of $$\sqrt{2} \mathrm{~A}$$ in the direction from South east to North West is placed. The force per unit length experienced by the conductor is __________ $$\times 10^{-6} \mathrm{~N} / \mathrm{m}$$.

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The magnetic potential due to a magnetic dipole at a point on its axis situated at a distance of $$20 \mathrm{~cm}$$ from its center is $$1.5 \times 10^{-5} \mathrm{~T} \mathrm{~m}$$. The magnetic moment of the dipole is _________ $$A \mathrm{~m}^2$$. (Given : $$\frac{\mu_o}{4 \pi}=10^{-7} \mathrm{Tm} A^{-1}$$ )

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A compass needle oscillates 20 times per minute at a place where the dip is $$30^{\circ}$$ and 30 times per minute where the dip is $$60^{\circ}$$. The ratio of total magnetic field due to the earth at two places respectively is $$\frac{4}{\sqrt{x}}$$. The value of $$x$$ is

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The current required to be passed through a solenoid of 15 cm length and 60 turns in order of demagnetise a bar magnet of magnetic intensity $$2.4\times10^3~Am^{-1}$$ is ___________ A.

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The magnetic intensity at the center of a long current carrying solenoid is found to be $$1.6 \times 10^{3} \mathrm{Am}^{-1}$$. If the number of turns is 8 per cm, then the current flowing through the solenoid is __________ A.

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In a uniform magnetic field, the magnetic needle has a magnetic moment 9.85 $$\times$$ 10$$-$$2 A/m2 and moment of inertia 5 $$\times$$ 10$$-$$6 kg m2. If it performs 10 complete oscillations in 5 seconds then the magnitude of the magnetic field is _______________ mT. [Take $$\pi$$2 as 9.85]
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The value of aluminium susceptibility is 2.2 $$\times$$ 10$$-$$5. The percentage increase in the magnetic field if space within a current carrying toroid is filled with aluminium is $${x \over {{{10}^4}}}$$. Then the value of x is _________________.
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