Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (ICSE) · Physics
Chapter: Chapter 10 — Chapter 10: Electro-Magnetism
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does a current-carrying conductor produce? [1]
(A) A magnetic field
(B) An electric field only
(C) No effect
(D) Only heat
2. What rule finds the magnetic field direction? [1]
(A) Right-hand thumb rule
(B) Left-hand rule only
(C) Ohm's rule
(D) Faraday's rule
3. What does a solenoid behave like? [1]
(A) A bar magnet
(B) A resistor only
(C) A capacitor
(D) A simple wire only
4. What increases a solenoid's strength? [1]
(A) Adding an iron core
(B) Removing the current
(C) Reducing the coils
(D) Nothing increases it
5. What is the motor effect? [1]
(A) Force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field
(B) No force on any conductor
(C) Only heat production
(D) Only light production
6. What principle is the motor effect the basis of? [1]
(A) Electric motors
(B) Only generators
(C) Only transformers
(D) Nothing practical
7. What is electromagnetic induction? [1]
(A) EMF produced by a changing magnetic field
(B) A constant magnetic field only
(C) No relationship between field and EMF
(D) Only current flow, no field
8. What principle is electromagnetic induction the basis of? [1]
(A) Generators
(B) Only motors
(C) Only batteries
(D) Nothing practical
9. What does a current-carrying conductor produce? [1]
(A) A magnetic field
(B) An electric field only
(C) No effect
(D) Only heat
10. What rule finds the magnetic field direction? [1]
(A) Right-hand thumb rule
(B) Left-hand rule only
(C) Ohm's rule
(D) Faraday's rule
11. What does a solenoid behave like? [1]
(A) A bar magnet
(B) A resistor only
(C) A capacitor
(D) A simple wire only
12. What increases a solenoid's strength? [1]
(A) Adding an iron core
(B) Removing the current
(C) Reducing the coils
(D) Nothing increases it
13. What is the motor effect? [1]
(A) Force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field
(B) No force on any conductor
(C) Only heat production
(D) Only light production
14. What principle is the motor effect the basis of? [1]
(A) Electric motors
(B) Only generators
(C) Only transformers
(D) Nothing practical
15. What is electromagnetic induction? [1]
(A) EMF produced by a changing magnetic field
(B) A constant magnetic field only
(C) No relationship between field and EMF
(D) Only current flow, no field
16. What principle is electromagnetic induction the basis of? [1]
(A) Generators
(B) Only motors
(C) Only batteries
(D) Nothing practical