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Motional EMF
- Advanced 2026PhysicsList match
List-I contains four conducting loops lying in the plane, as shown in the figures. The loops are rotating about axis passing through the point with time period in clockwise direction. The region contains a uniform magnetic field in the direction. List-II contains the qualitative variation of the induced current for each of these loops. Choose the option which describes the correct match between the entries in List-I to those in List-II.
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
A metal rod of length rotates about one end at origin with a uniform angular velocity . The magnetic field radially falls off as ; being a positive constant. The emf induced (neglecting the centripetal force on electrons in the rod) is :
- Advanced 2025PhysicsSingle correct
A conducting square loop initially lies in the plane with its lower edge hinged along the -axis. Only in the region , there is a time dependent magnetic field pointing along the -direction, , where is a constant. The magnetic field is zero everywhere else. At time , the loop starts rotating with constant angular speed about the axis in the clockwise direction as viewed from the axis (as shown in the figure). Ignoring self-inductance of the loop and gravity, which of the following plots correctly represents the induced e.m.f. () in the loop as a function of time:
- Advanced 2025PhysicsMultiple correct
A conducting square loop of side , mass and resistance is moving in the plane with its edges parallel to the and axes. The region has a uniform magnetic field, . The magnetic field is zero everywhere else. At time , the loop starts to enter the magnetic field with an initial velocity m/s, as shown in the figure. Considering the quantity in appropriate units, ignoring self-inductance of the loop and gravity, which of the following statements is/are correct:
- Advanced 2024PhysicsSingle correct
A region in the form of an equilateral triangle (in - plane) of height has a uniform magnetic field pointing in the -direction. A conducting loop PQR, in the form of an equilateral triangle of the same height , is placed in the - plane with its vertex P at in the orientation shown in the figure. At , the loop starts entering the region of the magnetic field with a uniform velocity along the -direction. The plane of the loop and its orientation remain unchanged throughout its motion.
Which of the following graph best depicts the variation of the induced emf () in the loop as a function of the distance () starting from ?
- Advanced 2023PhysicsList match
A thin conducting rod MN of mass 20 gm, length 25 cm and resistance is held on frictionless, long, perfectly conducting vertical rails as shown in the figure. There is a uniform magnetic field T directed perpendicular to the plane of the rod-rail arrangement. The rod is released from rest at time and it moves down along the rails. Assume air drag is negligible. Match each quantity in List-I with an appropriate value from List-II, and choose the correct option.
[Given: The acceleration due to gravity and ]
- Main 2022PhysicsSingle correct
A metallic conductor of length 1 m rotates in a vertical plane parallel to east-west direction about one of its end with angular velocity 5 rad s. If the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field is T, then emf induced between the two ends of the conductor is :
- Main 2022PhysicsInteger
A metallic rod of length 20 cm is placed in North-South direction and is moved at a constant speed of 20 m/s towards East. The horizontal component of the Earth's magnetic field at that place is T and the angle of dip is 45°. The emf induced in the rod is ______ mV.
- Advanced 2021PhysicsMultiple correct
A long straight wire carries a current, ampere. A semi-circular conducting rod is placed beside it on two conducting parallel rails of negligible resistance. Both the rails are parallel to the wire. The wire, the rod and the rails lie in the same horizontal plane, as shown in the figure. Two ends of the semi-circular rod are at distances 1 cm and 4 cm from the wire. At time , the rod starts moving on the rails with a speed m/s (see the figure).
A resistor and a capacitor F are connected in series between the rails. At time , is uncharged. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct? [ SI units. Take ]
- Advanced 2019PhysicsMultiple correct
A conducting wire of parabolic shape, initially , is moving with velocity in a non-uniform magnetic field , as shown in figure. If , , and are positive constants and is the potential difference developed between the ends of the wire, then the correct statement(s) is/are:
- Advanced 2019PhysicsNumerical
A 10 cm long perfectly conducting wire PQ is moving with a velocity 1 cm/s on a pair of horizontal rails of zero resistance. One side of the rails is connected to an inductor mH and a resistance as shown in figure. The horizontal rails, and lie in the same plane with a uniform magnetic field T perpendicular to the plane. If the key S is closed at certain instant, the current in the circuit after 1 millisecond is A, where the value of is ______.
[Assume the velocity of wire PQ remains constant (1 cm/s) after key S is closed. Given: , where is base of the natural logarithm]
- Advanced 2016PhysicsMultiple correct
A rigid wire loop of square shape having side of length and resistance is moving along the -axis with a constant velocity in the plane of the paper. At , the right edge of the loop enters a region of length where there is a uniform magnetic field into the plane of the paper, as shown in the figure. For sufficiently large , the loop eventually crosses the region. Let be the location of the right edge of the loop. Let , and represent the velocity of the loop, current in the loop, and force on the loop, respectively, as a function of . Counter-clockwise current is taken as positive.
Which of the following schematic plot(s) is(are) correct? (Ignore gravity)
- Main 2016PhysicsSingle correct
Consider a thin metallic sheet perpendicular to the plane of the paper moving with speed '' in a uniform magnetic field B going into the plane of the paper (See figure). If charge densities and are induced on the left and right surfaces, respectively, of the sheet then (ignore fringe effects) :
- Main 2016PhysicsSingle correct
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. The earth's magnetic field over Delhi is T with the declination angle ~0° and dip of θ such that . If the voltage developed is between the lower and upper side of the plane and between the tips of the wings then and are close to :
- Main 2014PhysicsSingle correct
A square frame of side 10 cm and a long straight wire carrying current 1 A are in the plane of the paper. Starting from close to the wire, the frame moves towards the right with a constant speed of 10 ms (see figure). The e.m.f induced at the time the left arm of the frame is at cm from the wire is :
- Advanced 2007PhysicsMatrix match
Column I gives certain situations in which a straight metallic wire of resistance is used and Column II gives some resulting effects. Match the statements in Column I with the statements in Column II and indicate your answer by darkening appropriate bubbles in the 4 × 4 matrix given in the ORS.