Magnetic Properties of Matter — JEE Main PYQs

56 previous year questions on Magnetic Properties of Matter (Physics), newest first. Open any question for its complete step-by-step solution.

  1. Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Consider a ferromagnetic material :
    Assertion (A) : The individual atoms in a ferromagnetic material possess a magnetic dipole moment and interact with one another in such a …
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  2. A short bar magnet placed with its axis at with an external field of 800 Gauss, experiences a torque of 0.016 N.m. The work done in moving it from most stable to most unstable position is . The value of is ______.
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  3. A solenoid has a core made of material with relative permeability 400. The magnetic field produced in the interior of solenoid is 1.0 T. The magnetic intensity is SI units is . The value of is ______. (Free space permeability …
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  4. Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason(R).
    Assertion (A) : Magnetic monopoles do not exist.
    Reason (R) : Magnetic field lines are continuous and form closed loops.
    In the light of the above statements, choose the most …
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  5. The percentage increase in magnetic field (B) when space within a current carrying solenoid is filled with magnesium (magnetic susceptibility ) is:
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  6. Match List-I with List-II:
    List-I: (A) Magnetic induction (B) Magnetic intensity (C) Magnetic flux (D) Magnetic moment
    List-II: (I) Ampere meter² (II) Weber (III) Gauss (IV) Ampere/meter
    Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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  7. Match List-I with List-II :
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  8. The magnetic moment of a bar magnet is . It is suspended in a uniform magnetic field of . The work done in rotating it from its most stable to most unstable position is :
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  9. 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 …
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  10. The coercivity of a magnet is . The amount of current required to be passed in a solenoid of length 30 cm and the number of turns 150, so that the magnet gets demagnetised when inside the solenoid is ______ A.
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  11. A straight magnetic strip has a magnetic moment of . If the strip is bent in a semicircular shape, its magnetic moment will be ____ .
    (Given )
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  12. Given below are two statements; one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason 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 …
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  13. Given below are two statements:

    Statement I: For diamagnetic substance , where is the magneticsusceptibility.

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

    In t …
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  14. The current required to be passed through a solenoid of 15 cm length and 60 turns in order to demagnetise a bar magnet of magnetic intensity is ____ A.
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  15. The free space inside a current carrying toroid is filled with a material of susceptibility . The percentage increase in the value of magnetic field inside the toroid will be
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  16. 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 statement, choose the correct answer from the …
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  17. A bar magnet with a magnetic moment is placed in parallel position relative to a magnetic field of 0.4 T. The amount of required work done in turning the magnet form parallel to antiparallel position relative to the field direction is ______.
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  18. A rod with circular cross-section area cm and length 40 cm is wound uniformly with 400 turns of an insulated wire. If a current of 0.4 A flows in the wire windings, the total magnetic flux produced inside windings is Wb. The relative permeability of …
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  19. The vertical component of the earth's magnetic field is at any place where the angle of dip is . The earth's resultant magnetic field at that place will be (Given )
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  20. Two bar magnets oscillate in a horizontal plane in earth's magnetic field with time periods of 3 s and 4 s respectively. If their moments of inertia are in the ratio of then the ratio of their magnetic moments will be :
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  21. A magnet hung at with magnetic meridian makes an angle of with the horizontal. The actual value of the angle of dip is
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  22. A compass needle of oscillation magnetometer oscillates 20 times per minute at a place P of dip . The number of oscillations per minute become 10 at another place Q of dip. The ratio of the total magnetic field at the two places …
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  23. The space inside a straight current carrying solenoid is filled with a magnetic material having magnetic susceptibility equal to . What is fractional increase in the magnetic field inside solenoid with respect to air as medium inside the solenoid?
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  24. A bar magnet having a magnetic moment of , is placed along the direction of uniform magnetic field of magnitude . The work done in rotating the magnet slowly through from the direction of field is :
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  25. At a certain place the angle of dip is 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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  26. The susceptibility of a paramagnetic material is 99. The permeability of the material in is :
    [Permeability of free space ]
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  27. The soft-iron is a suitable material for making an electromagnet. This is because soft-iron has :
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  28. 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 …
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  29. A soft ferromagnetic material is placed in an external magnetic field. The magnetic domains:
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  30. At an angle of to the magnetic meridian, the apparent dip is . Find the true dip:
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  31. The magnetic susceptibility of a material of a rod is 499 . Permeability in vacuum is . Absolute permeability of the material of the rod is:
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  32. 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 appropriat …
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  33. Choose the correct option :
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  34. A long solenoid with has a core material with relative permeability 500 and volume . If the core material is replaced by another material having relative permeability of 750 with same volume maintaining same current of 0 …
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  35. In a uniform magnetic field, the magnetic needle has a magnetic moment and moment of inertia . If it performs 10 complete oscillations in 5 seconds then the magnitude of the magnetic field is ______ …
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  36. The value of aluminium susceptibility is . The percentage increase in the magnetic field if space within a current carrying toroid is filled with Aluminium is . Then the value of x is ____.
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  37. Following plots show Magnetization (M) vs Magnetising field (H) and Magnetic susceptibility (χ) vs temperature (T) graph:

    Which of the following combination will be represented by a diamagnetic material?
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  38. 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 centre of the magnet. If , the magnetic moment of …
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  39. 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 can not be completely straight and confined
    (C) Magnetic field lines are completely confined w …
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  40. 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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  41. An iron rod of volume and relative permeability 1000 is placed as core in a solenoid with . If a current of 0.5 A is passed through the solenoid, then the magnetic moment of the rod will be:
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  42. 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 . Then the field inside the paramagnetic substance is:
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  43. A small bar magnet placed with its axis at 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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  44. A paramagnetic sample shows a net magnetisation of 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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  45. A paramagnetic substance in the form of a cube with sides 1 cm has a magnetic dipole moment of when a magnetic intensity of is applied. Its magnetic susceptibility is:
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  46. A magnetic compass needle oscillates 30 times per minute at a place where the dip is , and 40 times per minute where the dip is . If and are respectively the total magnetic field due to the earth at the two places, then th …
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  47. A paramagnetic material has atoms . Its magnetic susceptibility at temperature 350 K is . Its susceptibility at 300 K is :
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  48. A bar magnet is demagnetized by inserting it inside a solenoid of length turns, and carrying a current of 5.2 A . The coercivity of the bar magnet is
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  49. Hysteresis loops for two magnetic materials A and B are given below :

    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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  50. The coercivity of a small magnet where the ferromagnet gets demagnetized is . 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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