NDA2021General AbilityGeneral ScienceActual
Imagine a current-carrying straight conductor with magnetic field of lines in anti-clockwise direction. Then the direction of current is determined by
Options
- Athe Right-Hand Thumb rule and it would be in the downward direction.
- Bthe Left-Hand Thumb rule and it would be in the downward direction.
- Cthe Right-Hand Thumb rule and it would be in the upward direction
- Dthe Left-Hand Thumb rule and it would be in the upward direction.
Correct answer
C. the Right-Hand Thumb rule and it would be in the upward direction
Step-by-step solution
It is given that the magnetic field associated with a current-carrying straight conductor is in an anticlockwise direction. Further, the conductor was held along the eastwest direction. Therefore, according to the right-hand thumb rule, the direction of current through it will be in the upward direction.