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From ampere’s circuital law, for a long straight wire of circular cross section carrying a steady current, the variation of magnetic field in the inside and outside region of the wire is 

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a

Uniform and remains constant for both the regions

b

A linearly increasing function of distance upto the boundary of the wire and then linearly decreasing for the outside region

c

A linearly increasing function of distance upto the boundary of the wire and then decreasing one with 1/r dependence for the outside region

d

A linearly decreasing function of distance upto the boundary of the wire and then a linearly increasing one for the outside region 

answer is C.

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Magnetic field due to a thick circular cross section rod can be calculated by Ampere’s circuital law.
If total current is I, then current per unit area is IπR2 where R is the radius of the rod.
Considering a point inside, at a distance ‘r’ from the centre, current enclosed in the region, i=IπR2πr2.
According to Ampere’s circuital law,
  Bd=μ0iB2πr=μ0IπR2πr2B=μ0Ir2πR2
So, B is directly proportional to r inside the conductor.
If the point is outside,   Bd=μ0I,as total current is enclosed.
B=μ0l2πr
Hence, B is inversely proportional to distance r.

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From ampere’s circuital law, for a long straight wire of circular cross section carrying a steady current, the variation of magnetic field in the inside and outside region of the wire is