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Many of the figure. show magnetic fiel...

Many of the figure.
show magnetic field lines wrongly (thick lines in the figs). Point out what is wrong with them. Some of them may describe electrostatic field lines correctly. Point out which ones. Remember we are talking of only static electric or magnetic field.





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(a) Wrong, because magnetic lines of force never emanate from a single point as shown. The field lines shown represent electric field of a single positive charge.
(b) Wrong, because magnetic field lines do not cross one another.
(c) Correct, magnetic lines of force are confined within a toroid. Field lines from closed loops as each loop encloses a region across which a current passes.
(d) Wrong, field lines cannot be completely straight. The lines should curve out at the edges and form closed loops.
(e) Correct, around both, the N-pole and S-pole, the net flux of the field is zero.
(f) Wrong, these lines cannot represent a magnetic field because all the field lines cannot emanate from the upper shaded (plate).
The given field lines infact show the electrostatic field lines between positively charged upper plate and negatively charged lower plate.
(g) Wrong, magnetic field lines between two poles cannot be precisely straight at the ends. Some deviation of lines is inevitable, otherwise, Ampere's law is violated. This is true also for electric field lines.
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