Q 12-06-017NEETJEE MainEasy
A bar magnet is dropped with its north pole down through a horizontal copper ring. As it approaches the ring, viewed from above, the induced current in the ring is
Answer: (C) anticlockwise
The downward flux through the ring increases. Lenz's law: the induced current opposes this by producing an upward field, i.e. a north pole on the top face. Seen from above, that is an anticlockwise current.
Solution by Sreeraj P, M.Sc Physics