Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Magnetism and Matter

Question:

At any place on earth, the horizontal component of earth's magnetic field is  times the vertical component. The angle of dip at that place will be-

Options:

$60^o$

$45^o$

$90^o$

$30^o$

Correct Answer:

$30^o$

Explanation:

$tan \theta = \frac{B_V}{B_H} = \frac{B_V}{\sqrt 3 B_V} = \frac{1}{\sqrt 3}$

$ \theta = 30^o$