2025 · Q22
The rule that determines the direction of a magnetic field produced around a straight conductor carrying current is:
General KnowledgePhysics
- ARight-hand thumb rule
- BFleming's left-hand rule
- CFleming's right-hand rule
- DHund's rule
Explanation
The right-hand thumb rule gives the direction of the magnetic field around a straight current-carrying conductor: if the right thumb points along the current, the curled fingers show the field's direction. Fleming's left-hand rule gives the force on a current-carrying conductor (the motor rule), Fleming's right-hand rule gives the induced EMF (the generator rule), and Hund's rule concerns the filling of electron orbitals. It follows from applying the Biot-Savart law to a long straight wire.