JSPM University, Pune
T.Y. B. Tech “Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering”
QUESTION BANK
COURSE: ELECTROMAGNETICS THEORY (230GETB97_05) SEM: 5th SEM
UNIT-1
Coulomb’s Law, Electric Field Intensity and Flux density
Descriptive Questions
1) State and explain coulomb’s law in vector form and mention the units of each terms in
the expression.
2) Define electric field intensity due to a point charge in vector form. With usual notations
derive expressions for field at a point due to many charges.
3) Derive an expression for E due to an infinite line of charge.
4) Define i) Line charge density ii) Surface charge density iii) Volume charge density. And
obtain the expression of E due to volume charge density.
5) Define: i) Electric field intensity; ii) Electric flux density: and obtain the relation between
them.
Numericals
1) A Charge of 20µC is located at A (-6, 4, 7) and another charge of 50µC ia at B(5, 8, -2)
in free space. If the distances are in meter, determine the vector force exerted by the first
charge on the second one.
2) Four point charges of 10µC are placed in free space at the points (1, 0, 0), (-1, 0, 0), (0, 1,
0) and (0, -1, 0)m respectively determine the force on a point charge of 30µC at a point
(0, 0, 1)m.
3) Fine the electric field intensity at a point P (-4, 5, -5) in free space caused by a charge of
0.1mC at (i) origin and (ii) (2, -1, -3).
4) A point charge Q1= 2µC is located at P1 (-3, 7, -4) in free space while charge Q2= -5µC
is at P2 (2, 4, -1). Find .
5) A uniform line charge lies on the line x=-3 and y=4 m in free space. Find the
electric field at a point (2, 3, 15)m.
6) Find in certain coordinate system at P(6, 8, -10 ) due to a point charge of 40ηC at
origin.
UNIT -2
Gauss’s law, Divergence and Potentials
Descriptive Questions
1) State and prove Gauss’s law for point charge.
2) Define divergence of a vector and mention the physical significance of divergence.
3) Write the divergence equations in different coordinate systems.
4) State and prove gauss law in point form (Maxwell’s first equation).
5) State and prove divergence theorem.
6) Define the following terms i) Electric potential ii) Potential difference iii) Absolute
potential and iv) Equipotential surface.
7) Define electric scalar potential. Derive an expression for potential due to several point
charges.
Numericals
1) The flux density in free space. Find i) at r=0.2m ii) The total charge
within the sphere of r=0.3m.
2) Calculate divergence of a vector at the specified points for the followings.
at P (2, 3, 5).
at P (3, -450, 5).
3) If . Find charge density at a point P (1, 5, 9)m.
4) Find the work done in moving a charge of 4C from P (2, 0, 2 ) to Q (1.2, 1.6, 2) through
the field . Along the path, i) The shorter arc of the circle
x2+y2=4, z=2 and ii) The straight line joining the point P to Q.
5) If three charges of 3µC, 4µC and 5µC are located at (0, 0, 0), (2, -1, 3) and (0, 4, -2)
respectively. Find the potential at a point (1, 0, 1).
UNIT -3
Poisson’s and Laplace’s Equations
Descriptive Questions
1) Derive Laplace and Poisson’s equations. Write Laplace’s equation in all the coordinate
systems.
2) Write the equations for in all three coordinate systems.
3) State and prove uniqueness theorem.
4) Obtain expressions for a) potential distribution b) The electric field intensity c)
Capacitance for i) Parallel plate capacitor iii) co-axial cable.
Numericals
1) Determine whether or not satisfies the Laplace equations for the following potential fields.
(i) V=2x2-4y2+z2 (ii) V=2x2-y2+z2 (iii) V= rCosΦ+z and (iv) V= r2CosΦ+θ.
2) Calculate the value of ‘V’ and ρv at the point P in free space for (i) at P (1, 4, 8)
and (ii) V=10r3Cos3Φ at P (r=4, Φ=600, z=1).
UNIT -4
Steady Magnetic Field
Descriptive Questions
1) State and explain Biot-savart law.
2) Obtain an expression for magnetic field intensity or magnetic flux density of a straight
conductor of finite length
3) State and prove stokes theorem
4) Explain scalar and vector magnetic potential.
5) State and prove /explain amperes circuit law.
6) Define magnetic flux and magnetic flux density. Derive the expression for total flux
linked with a coil having N turns.
Numericals
1) A straight conductor of total length 0.50 m carries current I=5A. The conductor is
centered on the origin along the x-axis from x= −0.25m to x= +0.25 m. Find the magnetic
field magnitude ‘B’ at point P located a perpendicular distance a=0.0200 m from the
midpoint of the wire (in the plane perpendicular to the wire). Use μ0=4π×10−7 H/m.
2) A circular loop of R=0.0500 m carries current I=3 A. Find the magnetic field at point P
on the axis a distance x= 0.0300m from the center of the loop. Use μ0=4π×10−7 H/m.
3) A long solenoid has N=1200 turns per meter and carries a current I=0.5 A. Find the
magnetic flux density B inside the solenoid (assume air core). Use μ0=4π×10−7 H/m.
4) A coil with N=200 turns encircles the solenoid from problem 3. The coil has a circular
cross-section of radius 0.0200m. Assuming the solenoid field from problem 3 is uniform
across the coil area, compute a) Magnetic flux through one turn and b) Total flux linkage.
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UNIT-5
Time-varying fields and Maxwell’s equations
Descriptive Questions
1) State and explain Faraday’s law for EMF when a closed conductor single loop circuit is
placed in time varying magnetic field and show that ∇ x E= .
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2) Derive Maxwell’s current equation from Amperes circuit law (Displacement current
equation).
3) List Maxwell’s equations for time varying and steady fields in integral and point form
4) How does displacement current differ from conventional current?
5) What is the significance of displacement current?
Numericals
1) Given , calculate for free space.
2) Verify whether the pair of fields satisfies the
Maxwell’s equations or not.
3) If . Find the value of ‘K’ to satisfy Maxwell’s equation,
for the region .
4) For the given media and , find ‘K’ so, that the following pair of
fields satisfied the Maxwell’s equation and
5) Find the amplitude of displacement current density in air space within a large power
transformer where .
UNIT-6
Uniform Plane Wave
Descriptive Questions
1) Derive general wave equation from Maxwell’s equations.
2) Derive wave equations in E and H for a uniform plane wave travelling in free space.
3) State and prove Poynting’s theorem.
4) Write down the wave equations for E and H in a conducting medium.
5) Write a note on skin depth.
6) Calculate intrinsic impedance or characteristic impedance of free space.
7) Define the following terms with respect to EM waves, i) Propagation constant ii)
Attenuation constant iii) phase constant.
Numericals
1) A 10GHz plane wave in free space has electric field intensity15V/m. find, i) Velosity of
propagation ii) Characteristic impedance of the medium iii) Wavelength iv) Amplitude
of Magnetic field intensity and v) Propagation constant.
2) A 800 MHz plane wave travelling has an average pointing vector of 8mW/m2. If the
medium is lossless with μr = 1.5 and εr = 6, find the velocity of the wave, wavelength,
impedance of the medium, r.m.s electric field E and r.m.s magnetic field H.
3) Calculate the Intrinsic impedance, propagation constant and wave velocity for the
conducting medium in which , , at frequency of 100MHz.