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GK QUESTION#3091

Which scientist suggested that the magnet must also exert an equal and opposite force on the current-carrying conductor?

  1. AMichael Faraday
  2. BAndre Marie AmpereCorrect answer
  3. CJoseph Henry
  4. DWilliam Gilbert
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B. Andre Marie Ampere

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NCERT attributes this suggestion to André-Marie Ampère: if a current-carrying conductor exerts a force on a magnet, the magnet also exerts an equal and opposite force on the conductor. This force statement should not be confused with the circuital magnetic-field law commonly called Ampère’s law.

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