NEET 2022 · PhysicsAmpere thick wirePrevious Year Question

From Ampère's circuital law for a long straight wire of circular cross-section carrying a steady current, the variation of magnetic field in the inside and outside region of the wire is:

Answer: (C) A linearly increasing function of distance r up to the boundary of the wire and then decreasing one with 1/r dependence for the outside region. Answer: (C) Solution: By Ampère's law for a uniformly-current wire of radius R: Inside (r < R): B = μ₀ I r/(2πR²), so B increases linearly with r.

  1. A.Uniform and remains constant for both the regions
  2. B.A linearly increasing function of distance up to the boundary of the wire and then linearly decreasing for the outside region
  3. C.A linearly increasing function of distance r up to the boundary of the wire and then decreasing one with 1/r dependence for the outside region
  4. D.A linearly decreasing function of distance up to the boundary of the wire and then a linearly increasing one for the outside region

Correct Answer

(C) A linearly increasing function of distance r up to the boundary of the wire and then decreasing one with 1/r dependence for the outside region

Solution & Explanation

Answer: (C) Solution: By Ampère's law for a uniformly-current wire of radius R: Inside (r < R): B = μ₀ I r/(2πR²), so B increases linearly with r. Outside (r > R): B = μ₀ I/(2πr), so B decreases as 1/r. B peaks at the surface r = R. This matches: linearly increasing up to the boundary, then 1/r decreasing outside → option C.

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