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Faraday's Law Of Induction

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A circular coil of 200 turns and radius 5 cm is placed in a magnetic field that decreases uniformly from 0.6 T to 0.2 T in 0.4 seconds, with the field perpendicular to the coil plane. What is the magnitude of the induced emf?

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Subject
physics
Chapter
electromagnetic induction and alternating currents
Topic
faraday's law of induction
Difficulty
Medium
Year
2025
Tags
Faraday's lawmagnetic fluxinduced emfcoil turnsrate of change of flux

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1.571 V

According to NCERT Class 12, Chapter 6 (Electromagnetic Induction), Faraday's law states that the induced emf equals the negative rate of change of magnetic flux linkage, expressed as , where flux for a field perpendicular to the coil. The area of the coil is . The change in flux per turn is . The induced emf is . The option 0.785 V wrongly omits the factor of 2 from the field change or halves the turns. The option 0.393 V ignores the number of turns entirely. The option 3.142 V forgets to divide by the time interval. A quick sanity check confirms units: (turns × T × m² / s) yields volts, and the magnitude of about 1.6 V is reasonable for 200 turns and a rapid field change. It is worth emphasising that only the change in flux matters, not the flux itself, so a steady field of any strength would induce no emf at all. Here the field falls at a uniform rate, so the induced emf stays constant throughout the interval rather than varying with time. The negative sign in Faraday's law, captured by Lenz's law, tells us the induced current would flow so as to oppose the decrease in flux, effectively trying to sustain the original field.

This medium difficulty physics question is from the chapter electromagnetic induction and alternating currents, covering the topic of faraday's law of induction. It appeared in the 2025 exam.

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