Given below are two statements: In light of above statements choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
- Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
- Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect
- Statement I is incorrect and Statement II is correct
Answer
(3) Statement I is correct and Statement II is incorrect
Solution
Statement I: As per NCERT, the Biot–Savart law gives the magnetic field d B produced by an infinitesimal current element I d l of a current-carrying conductor: d B = 04 I d l rr3. So Statement I is correct.
Statement II: The Biot–Savart law is analogous to Coulomb's law (both follow the inverse square law), but the current element I d l is a vector source while the charge q is a scalar source. Statement II has them interchanged, so it is incorrect.
Answer: (3)