What might be a limitation of Right Hand Thumb Rule:

Not valid in many scenarios

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Cannot give direction of magnetic field

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Cannot give exact lines of magnetic field

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is D Cannot give exact lines of magnetic field
While Right Hand Thumb Rule gives direction of magnetic field around a conductor, it is only an idea of field lines. The exact geometry of field lines cannot be concluded.

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State right hand thumb rule which describes the direction of magnetic field around a current carrying wire.

When the thumb of a right hand is pointing in the ___, the direction of curl of fingers will be the direction of magnetic field lines.

List I	List II
(a) Fleming's left hand rule	(e) Direction of induced current
(b) Right hand thumb rule	(f) Magnitude and direction of magnetic induction
(c) Biot-Savart law	(g) Direction of force due to magnetic induction
(d) Fleming's right hand rule	(h) Direction of magnetic lines due to current

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