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MODERN PUBLICATION-MAGNETISM AND MATTER-REVISION EXERCISE (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTION)
  1. What is a geographic meridian ?

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  2. At what place on the earth, the magnetic inclination has the smallest ...

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  3. What is ment by magnetic declination ?

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  4. What is magnetic inclination at a place?

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  5. What is meant by horizontal component of Earth's magnetic field.

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  6. What is the value of the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic ...

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  7. What is the angle of dip at a place where horizontal and vertical comp...

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  8. What is intensity of magnetization? State its unit.

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  9. If a magnetic material is having magnetic susceptibility (chi)=-1 then...

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  10. What is the basic difference between electric and magnetic field lines...

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  11. What is the unit of magnetic permeability mu(0) of vacuum?

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  12. What is magnetising intensity?

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  13. What is the unit of magnetic induction or magnetic flux density in SI?

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  14. What is magnetic susceptibility of super conductors.

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  15. What is the relation between relative magnetic permeability and magnet...

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  16. DIAMAGNETIC SUBSTANCES

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  17. An example of diamagnetic substance is

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  18. Define : (1) ferromagnetic (2) paramagnetic (3) diamagnetic subs...

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  19. What is Meissner effect?

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  20. Show diagrammatically the behaviour of magnetic field lines in the pre...

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