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Field at the centre of an arc joined to straight wires or other arcs

This type of question, asked 8 times: 2021 Paper 8, 1 Feb 2023, 10 Apr 2023, 27 Jan 2024, 28 Jan 2025, 3 Apr 2025, 21 Jan 2026 S2, 2 Apr 2026 S1. All 9 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    2021 Paper 8

    12
    A hairpin like shape as shown in figure is made by bending a long current carrying wire. What is the magnitude of a magnetic field at point PP which lies on the centre of the semicircle?

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  2. Question 2

    1 Feb 2023

    107
    As shown in the figure, a long straight conductor with semicircular arc of radius π10 m\frac{\pi}{10}\text{ }m is carrying current I =3 A= 3\text{ }A. The magnitude of the magnetic field. at the center 0 of the arc is: (The permeability of the vacuum =4π×10−7NA−2= 4\pi \times10^{- 7}NA^{- 2} )

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  3. Question 3

    1 Feb 2023

    19
    Find the magnetic field at the point PP in figure. The curved portion is a semicircle connected to two long straight wires.

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  4. Question 4

    10 Apr 2023

    115
    A straight wire carrying a current of 14 A14\text{ }A is bent into a semicircular arc of radius 2.2 cm2.2\text{ }cm as shown in the figure. The magnetic field produced by the current at the centre (O)(O) of the arc. is ___×10−4 T\times10^{- 4}\text{ }T
  5. Question 5

    27 Jan 2024

    111
    The magnetic field at the centre of a wire loop formed by two semicircular wires of radii R1=2πmR_{1}= 2\pi m and R2=4πmR_{2}= 4\pi m carrying current I=4 AI = 4\text{ }A as per figure given below is α×10−7 T\alpha \times 10^{- 7}\text{ }T. The value of α\alpha is ____\_\_\_\_. (Centre OO is common for all segments)
  6. Question 6

    28 Jan 2025

    91
    An infinite wire has a circular bend of radius a, and carrying a current II as shown in figure. The magnitude of magnetic field at the origin OO of the arc is given by :

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  7. Question 7

    3 Apr 2025

    24
    A loop ABCDA , carrying current I=12 AI = 12\text{ }A, is placed in a plane, consists of two semi-circular segments of radius R1=6π mR_{1} = 6\pi\text{ }m and R2=4π mR_{2} = 4\pi\text{ }m. The magnitude of the resultant magnetic field at center O is k×10−7 Tk \times 10^{- 7}\text{ }T. The value of k is ____\_\_\_\_ . (Given μ0=4π×10−7TmA−1\mu_{0} = 4\pi \times 10^{- 7}TmA^{- 1} )
  8. Question 8

    21 Jan 2026 S2

    17
    An infinitely long straight wire carrying current I is bent in a planer shape as shown in the diagram. The radius of the circular part is r . The magnetic field at the centre O of the circular loop is :

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  9. Question 9

    2 Apr 2026 S1

    14
    Two identical long current carrying wires are bent into the shapes shown in the following figures. If the magnitude of magnetic fields at the centers P and Q of a semicircular arc are B1B_{1} and B2B_{2} respectively, then the ratio B1 B2\frac{B_{1}}{{\text{ }B}_{2}} is ____\_\_\_\_ . (I) (II)

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