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The charged currents in the outer conducting regions of the earth's core are thought to be responsible for earth's magnetism. What might be the 'battery' (i.e., the source of energy) to sustain these currents ?

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One of the possibilities is radioactivity in the interior of the earth. But it is not certain.
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VIKRAM PUBLICATION ( ANDHRA PUBLICATION)-MAGNETISM AND MATTER-Textual Exercises
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  2. The earth's core is known to contain iron. Yet geologists do not rega...

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  3. The charged currents in the outer conducting regions of the earth's co...

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  4. The earth may have been reversed the direction of its field several ti...

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  6. Interestellar space has an extremely weak magnetic field of the order ...

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  7. A short bar magnet placed with its axis at 30^(@) with a uniform exter...

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  8. A short bar magnet of magnetic moment m= 0.32 J T^(-1) is placed in a ...

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  9. A closely wound solenoid of 800 turns and area of cross section 2.5 xx...

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  10. If the solenoid is free to turn about the vertical direction and a uni...

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  11. A bar magnet of magnetic moment 1.5 JT^(-1) lies aligned with the dire...

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  12. A bar magnet of magnetic moment 1.5 JT^(-1) lies aligned with the dire...

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  13. A closely wound solenoid of 2000 turns and area of cross-section 1.6 x...

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  14. A closely wound solenoid of 2000 turns and area of cross-section 1.6 x...

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  15. A circular coil of 16 turns and radius 10 cm carrying a current of 0.7...

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  16. A magnetic needle free to rotate in a vertical plane parallel to the m...

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  17. At a certain location in Africa, a compass points 12^(@) west of the g...

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  18. A short bar magnet has a magnetic moment of 0.48 JT^(-1). Give the dir...

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  19. A short bar magnet placed in a horizontal plane has its axis aligned a...

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  20. A short bar magnet placed in a horizontal plane has its axis aligned a...

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