Question

The Oersted unit is used to measure which of the following?

• A. Electric field strength
• B. Electric potential
• C. Magnetic field strength
• D. Current intensity

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Magnetic field strength

The Oersted unit is used to measure magnetic field strength. The unit of magnetic intensity in the CGS system is Oersted. Named after the Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted, the oersted is used to measure the strength of the magnetising field (also known as magnetic field intensity or magnetising force) in the centimetre-gram-second system of units (CGS).