Question:

A conducting rod of 1 meter length and 1 kg mass is suspended by two vertical wires through its ends. An external magnetic field of 2 Tesla is applied normal to the rod. Now the current to be passed through the rod so as to make the tension in the wires zero is [take g = 10 ms–2]

Options :

  • (a) 0.5 A
  • (b) 15 A
  • c) 5 A
  • (d) 1.5 A

Answer :

c) 5 A

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