Consider the following statements about the force acting on a current-carrying straight conductor placed in a magnetic field:

(a) The direction of the force does not depend on the direction of current in the conductor.

(b) The direction of the force depends on the direction of the magnetic field in which the conductor is placed.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Correct option is C

The correct answer is (c)"The direction of the force depends on the direction of the magnetic field in which the conductor is placed".

Information Booster:

• A push or a pull of an object is called the force.
• Force can make a body move at rest or accelerate the object's speed.
• Force can change the direction of a moving body.
• So, the direction of the force depends on the direction of the magnetic field in which a conductor is placed.