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⚛️ Physics  ·  Moving Charges and Magnetism  ·  NEET & JEE

A current-carrying solenoid behaves like a:

Answer: bar magnet.

  • A bar magnet
  • B capacitor
  • C resistor
  • D battery

Correct answer: A. bar magnet

Explanation: A solenoid produces a field like that of a bar magnet, with a north and a south pole.

Magnetic Field Lines Around a Straight WireIfield forms concentric circles around the wire (right-hand rule)

The magnetic field around a long straight current-carrying wire forms concentric circles, with direction given by the right-hand rule (point thumb along I, fingers curl in the direction of B).

Concept context

Magnetic force on moving charges and currents, the Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, and the cyclotron - how electric currents create and respond to magnetic fields.

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