BHU PMT BHU PMT (Screening) Solved Paper-2007

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    A long solenoid carrying a current produces a magnetic field B along its axis. If the current is doubled and the number of turns per cm is halved, the new value of the magnetic field is

    A)  2B                                         

    B)  4B

    C)  B/2                                       

    D)  B

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     Key Idea: According to Amperes law, the line integral\[\oint{\overrightarrow{B}}.\overrightarrow{dl}\]of the resultant magnetic field along a closed, plane curve is equal to\[{{\mu }_{0}}\]times the total current crossing the area bounded by the closed curve. Using Ampere's law                 \[\oint{\overrightarrow{B}}.d\overrightarrow{l}={{\mu }_{0}}({{i}_{net}})\]                        ?.. (i) In our case, \[{{i}_{net}}=1\](number of turns inside the area) \[\times \](current through each turn)\[=(nl)i\] where n is number of turns per unit length. Then, Eq. (i) can be written as,                 \[Bl=({{\mu }_{0}})(nli)\]                 \[Bl={{\mu }_{0}}ni\]                 \[B\propto ni\] \[\therefore \]  \[\frac{{{B}_{1}}}{{{B}_{2}}}=\frac{{{n}_{1}}{{i}_{1}}}{{{n}_{2}}{{i}_{2}}}\] Here, \[{{n}_{1}}=n,{{n}_{2}}=\frac{n}{2},{{i}_{1}}=i,{{i}_{2}}=2i,{{B}_{1}}=B\] Hence, \[\frac{B}{{{B}_{2}}}=\frac{n}{n/2}\times \frac{i}{2i}=1\] or    \[{{B}_{2}}=B\]


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