Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Moving Charges and Magnetism

Question:

If the charge on the particle is doubled, what happens to the pitch of the helical path followed by the particle in a magnetic field?

Options:

It becomes half.

It becomes double.

It becomes quadrupled.

It remains unaffected.

Correct Answer:

It becomes half.

Explanation:

Pitch : p = 2πmv Cos θ/qB