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Magnetism

Handle fields due to currents, force on charges, and magnetic-motion geometry with the structured logic JEE uses again and again.

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JEE Intro

How to Think About Magnetism

Handle fields due to currents, force on charges, and magnetic-motion geometry with the structured logic JEE uses again and again.

This chapter is written as original Learn at My Place teaching copy. The aim is to give you the JEE decision-making layer: what equation to trust, what approximation is valid, and where exam traps usually appear.

Read the full note once, then revisit the quick revision block before solving your own practice questions.

Problem Method

How to Solve Magnetism Questions

1. Model the Situation

Draw the body, path, field, graph, or interaction first. Label known quantities and choose sign convention before writing equations.

2. Pick the Governing Law

Decide whether the problem is about conservation, force balance, energy, momentum, fields, or graph interpretation.

3. Check the Edge Case

Verify units, limiting values, direction, and whether approximation assumptions are valid for JEE Main and Advanced options.

Section A

Notes: Magnetism

Original teaching copy for Learn at My Place

1. Magnetic Field Due to Current and Lorentz Force

Current produces magnetic field. Around a long straight wire, field lines are concentric circles whose direction is found by the right-hand rule.

A moving charge in magnetic field experiences:

F=qv×B\vec F = q\,\vec v \times \vec B
Magnetic force is perpendicular to velocity, so it changes direction of motion but does no work.

2. Conductors and Charged Particle Motion

A wire of length LL carrying current II in magnetic field BB feels force:

F=IL×B\vec F = I\,\vec L \times \vec B

If a charged particle enters a uniform magnetic field perpendicularly, it moves in a circle:

r=mvqB,T=2πmqBr = \frac{mv}{qB}, \qquad T = \frac{2\pi m}{qB}
If velocity has a component along the field as well, the path becomes helical.

Quick Revision

Last 5-Minute Recall

JEE exam rule: First identify the governing principle. Most errors happen because students choose the wrong framework before they start the algebra.
Magnetic field and right-hand-rule orientation
Force on a moving charge
Force on a current-carrying conductor
Motion of charged particles in uniform magnetic field
Verified question bank

Magnetism questions with answers

Open any of these 83 quality-checked JEE questions to review all four options, the correct answer, and the worked explanation.

  1. Question 1 · EasyMagnetic Force Direction
  2. Question 2 · EasyLorentz Force — No Work
  3. Question 3 · EasyCircular Orbit Radius
  4. Question 4 · EasyCyclotron Frequency
  5. Question 5 · EasyForce on Current Wire
  6. Question 6 · EasyTorque on Current Loop
  7. Question 7 · EasyMagnetic Moment
  8. Question 8 · EasyFleming's Left-Hand Rule
  9. Question 9 · MediumBiot-Savart Law
  10. Question 10 · MediumAmpere's Law — Solenoid
  11. Question 11 · MediumParallel Wires — Attraction
  12. Question 12 · MediumToroid Field
  13. Question 13 · MediumMotion of Charge — Helix
  14. Question 14 · MediumVelocity Selector
  15. Question 15 · MediumAmpere's Law — Long Wire
  16. Question 16 · MediumGalvanometer Conversion — Ammeter
  17. Question 17 · MediumGalvanometer Conversion — Voltmeter
  18. Question 18 · HardCyclotron Working
  19. Question 19 · HardMagnetic Dipole Energy
  20. Question 20 · HardMoving Coil Galvanometer
  21. Question 21 · EasyForce Between Parallel Wires
  22. Question 22 · EasyMagnetic Field on Axis of Loop
  23. Question 23 · EasyTangent Galvanometer
  24. Question 24 · EasyHall Effect
  25. Question 25 · EasyPermeability — Paramagnetic
  26. Question 26 · EasyDiamagnetic Material
  27. Question 27 · EasyFerromagnetic — Curie Temperature
  28. Question 28 · MediumHysteresis Loop — Retentivity
  29. Question 29 · MediumHysteresis Loop — Coercivity
  30. Question 30 · MediumEarth's Magnetic Field — Dip
  31. Question 31 · MediumEarth's Magnetic Field — Components
  32. Question 32 · MediumMagnetic Susceptibility
  33. Question 33 · MediumAmpere's Circuital Law
  34. Question 34 · MediumMagnetic Field Inside Conductor
  35. Question 35 · MediumCurrent Loop as Dipole
  36. Question 36 · MediumTorque — Stable Equilibrium
  37. Question 37 · HardMagnetic Field of Bar Magnet — Equatorial
  38. Question 38 · HardBar Magnet — Axial Point
  39. Question 39 · HardNeutral Points of Bar Magnet
  40. Question 40 · HardMagnetic Flux
  41. Question 41 · MediumForce on Charge in Combined Fields
  42. Question 42 · MediumForce on Current — Perpendicular
  43. Question 43 · MediumTorque on Loop — Calculation
  44. Question 44 · MediumSolenoid Field Calculation
  45. Question 45 · MediumParallel Wires Force
  46. Question 46 · MediumCurrent Loop Field at Centre
  47. Question 47 · MediumShunt Resistance
  48. Question 48 · MediumSeries Resistance for Voltmeter
  49. Question 49 · HardHall Voltage
  50. Question 50 · HardCyclotron Max Energy
  51. Question 51 · HardMagnetic Dipole — Oscillation
  52. Question 52 · HardMagnetic Susceptibility — Curie's Law
  53. Question 53 · MediumForce on Moving Charge — JEE
  54. Question 54 · MediumTorque — Zero Condition
  55. Question 55 · HardBiot-Savart — Semi-infinite Wire
  56. Question 56 · HardCyclotron — Proton vs Deuteron
  57. Question 57 · MediumPermanent Magnet Material
  58. Question 58 · MediumElectromagnet Core Material
  59. Question 59 · MediumToroid vs Solenoid
  60. Question 60 · HardAmpere's Law — Displacement Current
  61. Question 61 · EasyMagnetic Field Lines — Properties
  62. Question 62 · HardParticle Trajectory in Combined E and B
  63. Question 63 · HardForce on Curved Wire
  64. Question 64 · HardCyclotron Resonance Condition
  65. Question 65 · HardMagnetic Moment of Electron Orbit
  66. Question 66 · HardRowland's Ring — Hysteresis
  67. Question 67 · HardMoving Charge — Helical Pitch
  68. Question 68 · HardForce Between Magnetic Dipoles
  69. Question 69 · HardGauss's Law for Magnetism
  70. Question 70 · HardMagnetisation and B
  71. Question 71 · HardCurrent Loop — Stable Positions
  72. Question 72 · HardAmpere's Law — Thick Conductor
  73. Question 73 · EasyMagnetic Force — Sign
  74. Question 74 · EasySolenoid — Number of Turns
  75. Question 75 · MediumBar Magnet Oscillation
  76. Question 76 · MediumGalvanometer — Full Deflection
  77. Question 77 · MediumB-H Loop — Transformer
  78. Question 78 · MediumMagnetic Susceptibility vs Temperature — Paramagnetic
  79. Question 79 · MediumForce on Charge in B — Numerical
  80. Question 80 · MediumCurrent Loop vs Dipole — Field
  81. Question 81 · HardNet Force on Closed Loop in Uniform Field
  82. Question 82 · HardMagnetisation — Boundary Condition
  83. Question 83 · HardMagnetic Braking — Eddy Current
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