Torque on a Dipole
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Q. If the bar magnet in exercise 5.13 is turned around by 180°, where will the new null points be located?
Q. A bar magnet of magnetic moment 1.5 J T–1 lies aligned with thedirection of a uniform magnetic field of 0.22 T.(a) What is the amount of work required by an external torque toturn the magnet so as to align its magnetic moment: (i) normal to the field direction, (ii) opposite to the field direction?(b) What is the torque on the magnet in cases (i) and (ii)?
Q. A short bar magnet placed with its axis at 30° with a uniform external magnetic field of 0.25 T experiences a torque of magnitude equal to4.5 × 10–2 J. What is the magnitude of magnetic moment of the magnet?
Q. A closely wound solenoid of 800 turns and area of cross section2.5 × 10–4 m2 carries a current of 3.0 A. Explain the sense in which the solenoid acts like a bar magnet. What is its associated magnetic moment?
Q. A circular current carrying loop of radius r is placed in xy plane in a uniform magnetic field →B=(^i−^k)T as shown in figure, then ^i

- Potential energy of the system is negative
- Magnetic dipole moment is in the direction of positive z−axis
- Torque acting on the loop along negative y−axis
- Force experienced by the current carrying loop is zero
Q. An electric dipole consisting of two opposite charges of magnitude 2×10−6C each, separated by a distance of 3 cm is placed in an electric field of 2×105N/C. The maximum torque on the dipole will be
- 12×10–1 Nm
- 12×10–3 Nm
- 24×10–1 Nm
- 24×10–3 Nm
Q. A dipole of dipole moment 0.5 Cm ˆiis placed in an electric field 2ˆi+3ˆjNc. What is the net force and torque on the dipole?
- None of these
Q. A dipole with the magnitude of dipole moment 0.5 C-m is placed in an external uniform electric field of magnitude 10NC. →p makes an angle of 60∘ with →E. What is the potential energy of the dipole in the current configuration provided that the potential energy is taken zero when dipole is perpendicular to the applied field?
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Two equal and opposite charges of 4×10−8C when placed 2×10−2cm away, form a dipole. If this dipole is placed in an external electric field of 4×108 newton/coulomb, the value of maximum torque and the work done in rotating it through 180o will be
- 64×10−4Nmand64×10−4J
- 32×10−4Nmand32×10−4J
- 32×10−4Nmand64×10−4J
- 64×10−4Nmand32×10−4J
Q. An electric dipole is situated in an electric field of uniform intensity E whose dipole moment is p and moment of inertia is I. If the dipole is displaced slightly from the equilibrium position, then the angular frequency of its oscillations is
- (pEI)1/2
- (pEI)3/2
- (IpE)1/2
- (pIE)1/2