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question_answer1) State the conclusions that can be drawn from the observation that a current-carrying wire deflects a magnetic needle placed near it.
question_answer2) How is the direction of magnetic field at a point determined?
question_answer3) Identity the region where the magnetic field around a current-carrying solenoid is uniform.
question_answer4) State the direction of magnetic field in the following case
question_answer5) A positively charged particle (a-particle) projected towards West is deflected towards North by a magnetic field. Find the direction of the magnetic field.
question_answer6) Under what orientation the induced current produced in moving conductor in a magnetic field be maximum?
question_answer7) In domestic circuits, out of the three wires-live, neutral or earth, name the wire that goes through a switch.
question_answer8) State the colour convention used for live, neutral and earth wires used in domestic electric circuits.
question_answer9) Which is the most important safety method used for protecting home appliances from short-circuiting or overloading?
question_answer10) How do you locate a current-carrying wire concealed in a wall?
question_answer11) Why do we apply clock-rule?
question_answer12) Soft iron is not used for making a permanent magnet. Why?
question_answer13) What type of dynamo is used in a bicycle ?
question_answer14) How is AC different from DC?
question_answer15) What should be done in case a person comes in contact with a live wire?
question_answer16) What does the degree of closeness of magnetic field lines near the poles signify?
question_answer17) At what place of the magnet are the magnetic field lines denser?
question_answer18) An alternating current has frequency of 50 Hz. How many times does it change its direction in one second?
question_answer19) Write one application of magnetic field of current-carrying solenoid?
question_answer20) What do you understand by the current rating of an electric fuse?
question_answer21) Why is an alternating current considered to be advantageous over direct current for long range transmission of electric energy?
question_answer22) How is induced current in a secondary coil related to current in a primary Coil?
question_answer23) Identify the poles of a magnet in the figure.
question_answer24) Draw the pattern of magnetic field lines produced by a current-carrying circular loop.
question_answer25) Which effect of current can be utilized in detecting a current-carrying wire concealed in a wall?
question_answer26) The diagram given below represents magnetic field caused by a current-carrying conductor. Identify the nature of the coil.
question_answer27) Which rule is used to find North-South polarities of an electromagnet?
question_answer28) The front face of a circular wire carrying current behaves like a North pole. Identify the direction of current in face of the circular wire.
question_answer29) The direction of current flowing in the coil of an electromagnet at its two ends P and Q are as shown below. (a) What is the polarity of end P? (b) What is the polarity of end O?
question_answer30) What type of generator is used at power stations?
question_answer31) Along with live wire and neutral wire, a third wire is also used in domestic electric wiring. What name is given to this third wire?
question_answer32) In a household circuits, is a fuse wire connected in series or in parallel?
question_answer33) How should the electric lamps in a building be connected so that the switching ON or OFF in a room has no effect on other lamps in the same building?
question_answer34) Who discovered (a) the magnetic effect of electric current? (b) electromagnetic induction?
question_answer35) What is the potential difference between live wire and neutral wire in a household circuit?
question_answer36) What is the advantage of third wire of earth connection in domestic electrical application?
question_answer37) How will the magnetic field intensity at the centre of a circular coil carrying-current change, if the current through the coil is doubled and radius is halved?
question_answer38) Make a circuit diagram showing current flowing through a conductor and make magnetic lines of force around the conductor.
question_answer39) What happens to the direction of magnetic field around a current-carrying wire if the direction of current is reversed and why?
question_answer40) Define magnetic field. Give two properties of field lines of a bar magnet.
question_answer41) How does the strength of magnetic field due to a current-carrying conductor depend upon (a) distance from the conductor (b) current flowing through the conductor?
question_answer42) State Maxwell's right-hand thumb rule. Draw magnetic lines of force around a conductor AB carrying-current towards the West.
question_answer43) State factors on which force acting on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field depends. Hence, obtain the formula to find the force.
question_answer44) Calculate the force acting on a straight conductor of length 0.5 m placed perpendicular to the direction of magnetic field of strength 2 T, carrying a current of 0.5 A.
question_answer45) What is an electromagnet? On what principle is it based?
question_answer46) (a) Draw magnetic lines of force around an electromagnet. (b) Give few applications of electromagnet.
question_answer47) Describe Faraday's experiment on electromagnetic induction.
question_answer48) State the factors on which induced current on a coil due to relative motion of a magnet depends.
question_answer49) Represent AC and DC graphically.
question_answer50) Represent uniform magnetic field and non-uniform magnetic field using a diagram. What does the density of field lines in a region indicate?
question_answer51) Draw magnetic field lines of a current- carrying circular loop.
question_answer52) AB is a current-carrying conductor in the plane of the paper as shown in figure. What are the directions of magnetic fields produced by it at points P and Q? Given when will the strength of the magnetic field be larger?
question_answer53) What is the role of fuse used in series with any electrical appliance? Why should a fuse with defined rating not be replaced by one with a larger rating?
question_answer54) 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.
question_answer55) What does the divergence of magnetic field lines near the ends of a current-carrying straight solenoid indicate?
question_answer56) A student performs an experiment to study the magnetic effect of current around a current-carrying straight conductor with the help of a magnetic compass. He reports that (i) the degree of deflection of the magnetic compass increases when the compass is moved away from the conductor. (ii) the degree of deflection of the magnetic compass increases when the current through the conductor is increased. Which of the above observations of the student appears to be wrong and why?
question_answer57) No two magnetic field lines can intersect each other. Explain.
question_answer58) A region A has magnetic field lines relatively closer than another region B. Which region has stronger magnetic field? Give reason to support your answer.
question_answer59) How will the magnetic force get affected on (a) doubling the magnitude of current? (b) reversing the direction of current flow?
question_answer60) A horizontal power line carries current in East to West direction. What is the direction of the magnetic field due to the current in the power line at a point above and at a point below the power line?
question_answer61) The wire in figure below is being moved downwards through the magnetic field so as to produce induced current. What would be the effect of (a) moving the wire at a higher speed? (b) moving the wire upwards rather than downwards? (c) using a stronger magnet? (d) holding the wire still in the magnetic field?
question_answer62) (a) The diagram shows a bar magnet surrounded by four plotting compasses. Copy the diagram and mark in it the direction of the compass needle for each of the cases B, C and D. (b) Which is the North pole, X or Y?
question_answer63) State what would happen to the direction of rotation of a motor if (a) the current were reversed. (b) both current and magnetic field were reversed simultaneously.
question_answer64) The two diagrams in the following figure show the lines of force between the poles of two magnets. Identify the poles A, B, C and D.
question_answer65) What is a commutator? How does it bring direct current?
question_answer66) Name a safety device commonly used in electric circuits. Explain its working.
question_answer67) Distinguish between a permanent magnet and an electromagnet.
question_answer68) State and explain the factors on which magnetic field produced due to a solenoid depends.
question_answer69) Draw the pattern of field lines due to a bar magnet. Mention any two properties of magnetic field lines.
question_answer70) The flow of current in a circular wire creates a magnetic field at its centre. How can existence of this field be detected? State the rule which helps to predict the direction of magnetic field.
question_answer71) Draw the pattern of field lines due to magnetic field associated with a current-carrying straight conductor. State how the magnetic field produced changes with (a) an increase in current in the conductor. (b) the distance from the conductor.
question_answer72) State the rule to determine the direction of a (a) magnetic field produced around a straight conductor carrying-current. (b) force experienced by a current- carrying straight conductor placed in a magnetic field. (c) current induced in a coil due to its rotation in magnetic field.
question_answer73) Describe an experiment to show that a current is set up in a closed loop when an external magnetic field passing through the loop increases or decreases.
question_answer74) A copper coil is connected to a galvanometer. What would happen if a bar magnet is (a) pushed into the coil with its North pole entering first? (b) held at rest inside the coil? (c) pulled out again?
question_answer75) (a) Two circular coils P and Q are kept close to each other, of which coil P carries a current. If coil P is moved towards Q, will some current be induced in coil Q? Give reason for your answer and name the phenomenon involved. (b) What happens if coil P is moved away from Q? (c) State any two methods of inducing current in a coil.
question_answer76) Two wires each carrying a steady current I are shown in two different configurations in column I. The magnetic field produced due to current in the wires is described in column II. Match the situations A and B in column I with all the correct statements in column II. Column I Column II (i) The magnetic fields B at P due to the current in the wires are in the same direction. A. Point P is situated midway between the wires above. (ii) The magnetic fields B at P due to the current in the wires are in the opposite directions. B. Point P is situated at the mid point of the line joining the centres of the circular wires, which have same radii. (iii) Magnetic field at P is zero.
question_answer77) A circular metallic loop is kept above the wire AB as shown here. What is the direction of induced current produced in the loop, if any, when the current flowing in the straight wire (a) is steady, i.e., does not vary. (b) is increasing in magnitude. Justify your answer in each case.
question_answer78) You are given a galvanometer, an electroplating equipment, a key and two sources of electricity. Give two different experimental set ups to find whether any of the given sources is AC or DC source.
question_answer79) A circuit has a fuse of 5 A. What is the maximum number of 100 W (220 V) bulbs which can be safely used in the circuit?
question_answer80) Mohnish was holding a compass needle in his hand when suddenly his sister Shreya switch on a nearby table fan. He was quite surprised to see the compass needle as it got deflected. Shreya explained to him why the needle got deflected and also stated the SNOW rule. Mohnish was now convinced that compass needle was not defective. Read the above passage and answer the following questions (a)What does the SNOW rule stated by Shreya mean? (b) Compare and contrast the values of Mohnish and Shreya.
question_answer81) A boy was making a model of electric bell. He connected the coil in the circuit and switched it on. However, the magnetism produced in the coil was not strong enough. Then, he made some changes in the coil now and the circuit was now working properly. He also found out other ways on producing a strong magnetism. Read the above passage and answer the following questions (a) What changes did the boy make in the coil? (b) What values of the boy would you appreciate? (c) Which other ways did he discover for increasing the strength of magnet?
question_answer82) Manisha visited a thermal power plant. She was surprised to see the use of tonnes of coal per day to generate electricity. She was highly disturbed when she thought of all the coal getting exhausted in one day haunted her. She decided from that day to use only required amount of electricity without any wastage and spread the message across. Read the given passage and answer the following questions (a) Which values of Manisha would you applaud? (b) What role does coal play in a thermal power plant? (c) Name two power plant from which electricity generated reaches your house.
question_answer83) Mahesh bought an electric iron and connected its wires into the two-pin plug. Obviously, the green wire was not connected anywhere. Few days later, his wife got a severe electric shock while ironing the clothes. The electrician told Mahesh that this situation could be averted had he connected the green wire also, using the three-pin plug. Mahesh learnt a lesson for a life-time. Read the above passage and answer the following questions (a) Which terminal was to be connected using green wire? (b) What qualities does Mahesh need to incorporate in himself to avoid such mistakes? (c) If you were the electrician, what else would you do than explaining to Mahesh?
question_answer84) The students of a school A went to a forest for a picnic. They went deep into the forest and started playing on a flat field in the forest. A stranger came there and asked for help. He had forgotten the direction of his village situated in South direction outside the forest. All the students except Peterson said that they had no idea about South direction. They asked stranger to find the South direction himself. However, Peterson asked him to wait for a moment as he had a magnetic compass. He placed the magnetic compass on the ground and told the stranger about South direction. Read the given passage and answer the following questions (a) What values are displayed by Peterson? (b) Is the behaviour of other students desirable? (c) How the magnetic compass determines the direction from the given place?
question_answer85) Shikhaj's younger brother was playing with a magnet. Shikhaj advised him not to play with the magnet but his brother brought the magnet near the screen of the television that Shikhaj was watching. His TV got a permanent dark patch on the area where magnet was brought near the screen. His TV screen was partially damaged. Shikhaj immediately informed all his friends to be aware of such episodes at home. Read the above passage and answer the following questions (a) Why did TV get dark patch when magnet was brought closer? (b) Name two devices used at home which has electromagnetic effect in them. (c) What values of Shikhaj is seen in the above case?
question_answer86) One day Neil connected many household high power appliances having a current rating more than 6 A to a multiply of 6 A rating. When he was about to switch them on, his older sister shouted and asked him to remove the appliances from a single socket. Read the above passage and answer the following questions (a) According to you, why she would not advice to connect multi-high power appliances on a single socket? (b) What would have happened, if hg switched them on? (c) What was the value shown by Neil's sister?
question_answer87) Explain the underlying principle and working of an electric generator by drawing a labelled diagram. What is the function of brushes?
question_answer88) Draw a labelled diagram of an electric motor. Explain its principle and working. What is the function of a split ring in an electric motor?
question_answer89) What is electromagnetic induction? Write its two types. Explain each method with the help of a diagram.
question_answer90) Draw a labelled diagram of domestic circuit. What is the importance of earthing in a circuit?
question_answer91) Explain the components of domestic circuit.
question_answer92) With the help of a labelled circuit diagram illustrate the pattern of field lines of the magnetic field around a current-carrying straight long conducting wire. How is the right-hand thumb rule useful to find the direction of magnetic field associated with a current-carrying conductor?
question_answer93) What is magnetic effect of electric current?
question_answer94) [NCERT] The magnetic field in a given region is uniform. Draw a diagram to represent it.
question_answer95) [NCERT] Name some sources of direct current.
question_answer96) [NCERT] Which sources produce alternating current?
question_answer97) [NCERT] Name two safety measures commonly used in electric circuits and appliances. [NCERT]
question_answer98) When is the force experienced by a current-carrying conductor placed in a magnetic field maximum? [NCERT]
question_answer99) Name some devices in which electric motors are used. [NCERT]
question_answer100) What happens if a current carrying conductor is placed in the magnetic field?
question_answer101) On what effect of an electric current does an electromagnet work? [CBSE Delhi 2000]
question_answer102) Name the alloy which is mainly used for making permanent magnets.
question_answer103) Why is electromagnetic induction so called?
question_answer104) Name an instrument in which the directive property of a magnet is used.
question_answer105) What is a solenoid? [CBSE Delhi2008]
question_answer106) Which effect of electric current is utilized in the working of an electric fuse?
question_answer107) What is the frequency of A.C. (alternating current) in India?
question_answer108) What will you do if you see a person coming in contact with a live wire?
question_answer109) How can it be proved that a magnetic field exists around a current carrying metallic wire?
question_answer110) How is the strength of the magnetic field at a point near a wire related to the strength of the electric current flowing in the wire?
question_answer111) How is the fuse connected in an electric circuit?
question_answer112) Why is a fuse usually made of tin or tin-copper alloy?
question_answer113) What is the capacity of a fuse commonly used in domestic electrical fittings?
question_answer114) Name the device used to protect the electric circuits from overloading and short circuiting.
question_answer115) On which effect of electricity does fuse work?
question_answer116) What kind of magnetic field is produced by a current carrying solenoid? [CBSE (AI)2008]
question_answer117) Show, with the help of a diagram, the nature of field lines of magnetic field around a current carrying straight conductor.
question_answer118) State Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction.
question_answer119) The frequency of alternating current in India is 50 Hz. What does it mean?
question_answer120) Name the scientist who discovered the relationship between electric current and magnetic field.
question_answer121) What does the closeness of field lines in a magnetic field signify?
question_answer122) Why does a compass needle show deflection when brought near a bar magnet? [NCERT, CBSE (AI) 2008]
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question_answer124) Identify the poles of the magnet in the figure (a) and (b) shown below.
question_answer125) List the properties of magnetic field lines.
question_answer126) [NCERT, CBSE (AI) 2008] The given magnet is divided into three parts A, B and C. Name the parts where the strength of the magnetic field is: (i) maximum (ii) minimum How will density of magnetic field lines differ at these parts.
question_answer127) Magnetic field lines are shown in the given diagram. A student makes a statement that magnetic field at X is stronger than at Y. Justify this statement. Also redraw the diagram and mark the direction of magnetic field lines.
question_answer128) Why two magnetic lines of force never intersect each other? [NCERT]
question_answer129) Consider a circular loop of wire lying in the plane of the table. Let the current pass through the loop in the clockwise direction. Apply right-hand rule to find out the direction of the magnetic field inside and outside the loop. [NCERT]
question_answer130) A positively charged particle (alpha-particle) projected towards west is deflected towards north by a magnetic field. What is the direction of magnetic field? [NCERT]
question_answer131) Explain different ways to induce electric current in a given coil. [NCERT]
question_answer132) An electric oven of 2 kW power rating is operated at 220 V that has a current rating of 5 A. What do you expect in such a situation? Explain. [NCERT]
question_answer133) What precaution should be taken to avoid the overloading of domestic electric circuits? [NCERT]
question_answer134) List three sources of magnetic fields. [NCER T]
question_answer135) How does a solenoid behave like a magnet? Can you determine the north and south poles of a current-carrying solenoid with the help of a bar magnet? Explain. [NCERT]
question_answer136) Imagine that you are sitting in a chamber with your back to one wall. An electron beam, moving horizontally from back wall towards the front wall, is deflected by a strong magnetic field in the room to your right side. What is the direction of magnetic field? [NCERT]
question_answer137) Two circular coils A and B are placed close to each other. If the current in the coil A is changed, will some current be induced in the coil B? Give reason. [NCERT]
question_answer138) When does an electric short circuit occur? [NCERT]
question_answer139) What is the function of an earth wire? Why is it necessary to earth the metallic appliances? [NCERT]
question_answer140) AB is a current-carrying conductor in the plane of the paper as shown in figure. What are the directions of magnetic fields produced by it at points P and Q? Given r1 > r2, where will the strength of the magnetic field be larger? [NCERT Exemplar]
question_answer141) What is the difference between a direct current and an alternating current? How many times does AC used in India change direction in one second? [NCERT Exemplar]
question_answer142) What is electromagnetic induction?
question_answer143) How can the magnitude of the induced current be increased?
question_answer144) What is the role of fuse used in series with any electrical appliance? Why should a fuse with defined rating not be replaced by one with a larger rating? [NCERT Exemplar]
question_answer145) (i) How is the direction of magnetic field at a point determined? [CBSE Delhi 2007] (ii) What is the direction of magnetic field at the centre of a current- carrying circular loop?
question_answer146) What are magnetic field lines? How is the direction of a magnetic field at a point determined? Mention two important properties of magnetic field lines.
question_answer147) Write SI unit of magnetic field. Under what condition does a moving charge experience (i) maximum force (ii) minimum force? [CBSE (F) 2001]
question_answer148) A copper coil is connected to a galvanometer. What would happen if a bar magnet is (i) pushed into the coil with its north pole entering first (ii) held at rest inside the coil (iii) pulled out again?
question_answer149) Explain what is short circuiting and overloading in an electric supply. [CBSE Delhi 2007, 2008C]
question_answer150) What is an electromagnet? Draw a circuit diagram to show how a soft iron piece can be transformed into an electromagnet. [CBSE Delhi 2008]
question_answer151) 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. [NCERT Exemplar]
question_answer152) What does the divergence of magnetic field lines near the ends of a current-carrying straight solenoid indicate? [NCERT Exemplar]
question_answer153) What change in the deflection of the compass needle placed at a point near current carrying straight conductor shall be observed if the (a) current through the conductor is increased? (b) direction of current in the conductor is reversed? (c) compass is moved away from the conductor?
question_answer154) A student performs an experiment to study the magnetic effect of current around a current carrying straight conductor with the help of a magnetic compass. He reports that (i) the degree of deflection of the magnetic compass increases when the compass is moved away from the conductor. (ii) the degree of deflection of the magnetic compass increases when the current through the conductor is increased. Which of the above observations of the student appears to be wrong and why?
question_answer155) Name and state the rule used for determination of direction of induced current produced in a conductor due to a changing magnetic field and give one practical application of this phenomenon in everyday life.
question_answer156) A coil made of insulated copper wire is connected to a galvanometer. What will happen to the deflection of the galvanometer if this coil is moved towards a stationary bar magnet and then moved away from it? Give reason for your answer and name the phenomenon involved.
question_answer157) How does the strength of the Magnetic field at the centre of a circular coil of a wire depend on: (a) radius of the coil (b) number of turns in the coil.
question_answer158) Answer the following questions: (i) What is the direction of magnetic field lines outside a bar-magnet? (ii) The magnetic field lines in a given region are getting crowded. What does it indicate? (iii) State one advantage of A.C. over D.C.
question_answer159) Briefly explain an activity to plot the magnetic field lines around a bar magnet Sketch the field pattern for the same specifying field directions. A region A has magnetic field lines relatively closer than another region B. Which region has stronger magnetic field. Give reason to support your answer.
question_answer160) Briefly explain an activity to plot the magnetic field lines around a straight current carrying conductor. Sketch the field pattern for the same, specifying current and field directions. What happens to the field, (a) if the strength of the current is decreased (b) if the direction of the current is reversed?
question_answer161) With the help of a labelled diagram, explain the distribution of magnetic field due to a current through a circular loop. Why is it that if a current carrying coil has n turns the field produced at any point is n times as large as that produced by a single turn? (b) Draw a pattern of magnetic field formed around a current carrying solenoid. What happens to the magnetic field when the current through the solenoid is reversed?
question_answer162) (a) Explain an activity to show that a current-carrying conductor experiences a force when placed in a magnetic field. (b) State the rule which gives the direction of force acting on the conductor. (c) An electron moves perpendicular to a magnetic field as shown in the figure. What would be the direction of force experienced on the electron?
question_answer163) With the help of a diagram, describe an experiment to show that a change in current flowing through a coil induces an electric current in a neighbouring coil.
question_answer164) Draw an appropriate schematic diagram showing common domestic circuits and discuss the importance of fuse. Why is it that a burnt out fuse should be replaced by another fuse of identical rating? [NCERT Exemplar]
question_answer165) Two circular coils P and Q are kept close to each other, of which coil P carries a current. If coil P is moved towards Q, will some current be induced in coil Q? Give reason for your answer and name the phenomenon involved. (ii) What happens if coil P is moved away from Q? (iii) State any two methods of inducing current in a coil.
question_answer166) (i) With the help of an activity, explain the method of inducing electric current in a coil with a moving magnet. State the rule used to find the direction of electric current thus generated in the coil. (ii) Two circular coils P and Q are kept close to each other, of which coil p carries a current. What will you observe in Q? (a) If current in the coil P is changed? (b) If both the coils are moved in the same direction with the same speed? Give reason.
question_answer167) Kanchi draws magnetic field lines of field close to the axis of a current-carrying circular loop. As she moves away from the centre of the circular loop she observes that the lines keep on diverging. How will you explain her observation?
question_answer168) Why does a magnetic compass needle pointing North and South in the absence of a nearby magnet get deflected when a bar magnet or a current carrying loop is brought near it?
question_answer169) A wire is placed between N and S poles of a magnet as shown in figure. If current flows in the wire as shown, in which direction does the wire tend to move?
question_answer170) A fixed wire AB carries current I. An electron is moving parallel to the wire, in which direction does the electron tend to electron move?
question_answer171) A metallic wire loop is suspended freely and a bar magnet is brought near it as shown in the diagram. What will be the direction of induced current in the wire loon when the magnet is moved towards it?
question_answer172) Two wires each carrying a steady current i are shown in two different configurations in column I. The magnetic field produced due to current in the wires is described in column II. Match the situations A and B in column I with all the correct statements in column II. Column I Column II A. Point P is situated midway between the wires above. B. Point P is situated at the midpoint of the line joining the centres of the circular wires, which have same radii. (i) The magnetic fields B at P due to the current in the wire are in the same direction. (ii) The magnetic fields B at P due to the current in wires are in the opposite directions. (iii) Magnetic field at P is zero.
question_answer173) A circular metallic loop is kept above the wire AB as shown here. What is the direction of induced current produced in the loop, if any, when the current flowing in the straight wire (i) is steady, i.e., does not vary. (ii) is increasing in magnitude. Justify your answer in each case.
question_answer174) An electron and a proton, using parallel to each other, enter a uniform magnetic field with same velocity. The direction of magnetic field and their motion coincides (is same). How will the direction of their paths be affected when they are travelling in same direction (b) opposite direction. Justify your answer.
question_answer175) You are given a galvanometer, an electroplating equipment, a key and two sources of electricity. Give two different experimental set ups to find whether any of the given sources is AC or DC source.
question_answer176) A circuit has a fuse of 5 A. What is the maximum number of 100 watt (220 V) bulbs which can be safely used in the circuit?
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