IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
UNIT-1
1) State and explain coulomb’s law in electro statics.
2) Define and derive electric field intensity and also write the properties of lines of
force.
3) Determine the electric field intensity due to infinite line charge.
4) Derive the expression for Potential gradient.
5) Derive the Relationship between electric field and electric potential.
6) State and prove Gauss’s law.
7) State and explain Maxwell’s first law.
8) Using Gauss law, derive the expression for electric field intensity due to an
infinite length of line charge
9) Explain about Laplace and Poisson equations.
10) Obtain the expression for electric field intensity and potential due to an electric
dipole.
11) What is an electric dipole? Obtain expression for torque experienced by an
electric dipole in a uniform electric field.
12) Four concentrated charges Q1 = 0.3 μC, Q2 = 0.2 μC, Q3 = −0.3 μC, Q4 = 0.2
μC are located at the vertices of a plane rectangle. The length of rectangle is 5 cm
and breadth of the rectangle is 2 cm. Find the magnitude and direction of resultant
force on Q1
UNIT-2
1) Explain (i) Conduction Current. (ii) Displacement current.
2) Derive Equation of continuity. What is its significance?
3) Derive the ohm’s law in point form
4) Explain different types of polarization
5)Deduce the relationship between E, D and Polarization.
6) Deduce the boundary conditions between two different mediums and also prove
that:
7) State the boundary conditions in electrostatic fields and prove any one of them
8) Derive the boundary conditions for a dielectric dielectric interface.
9) Obtain the expression for capacitance of a spherical capacitor.
10) Obtain the Capacitance of a coaxial cable based on Laplace’s equation.
11) Derive the expressions for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor and the
energy stored in it.
12) Derive the expression for energy density in a static electric field.
UNIT-3
1) State Biot-Savart’s law for magnetic field B due to a steady line current in
free space.
2) Derive an expression for magnetic field strength H, due to a current carrying
conductor of finite length placed along the y-axis, at a point P in x-z plane
and r distant from the origin.
3) Obtain magnetic field intensity and magnetic flux density at a point on the
axis of a solenoid of finite length.
4) Explain Maxwell’s second equation.
(or)
Discuss and obtain Maxwell’s equation Div(B)=0.
5) State Ampere’s circuital law and prove the same.
6) Obtain the expression for magnetic field intensity due to infinite long
straight carrying a steady current I.
7) State and explain amperes circuital law and derive the same in point and
differential form.
8) State Ampere’s circuital law and explain any two applications of Ampere’s
circuital law.
9) Derive the equation to show that curl of magnetic field intensity in equal to
current density.
(Or)
Prove
10) Find the Magnetic Field Intensity due to a straight current carrying
filament.
11) Explain and obtain Lorentz force equation.
12) Derive the expression for the force between two finite current carrying
loops.
(or)
Two infinitely long parallel conductors are separated by a distance ‘d’. Find the
force per unit length exerted by one of the conductor on the other if the currents in
the two conductors are I1 and I2.
(or)
Show that the force between two parallel conductors carrying current in the same
direction is attractive.
13)Derive torque on a current loop placed in a magnetic field.
(or)
Justify the equation T = m x B for a circular coil carrying a steady current I is
placed such that its plane lie in the x – y plane and also parallel to the direction of a
uniform magnetic field B.
14)Find the magnetic field intensity at the centre of square loop of side 5 m
carrying 10A of current
UNIT-4
1)Define and explain scalar magnetic potential and its limitations.
2)Explain the differences between magnetic vector potential and magnetic scalar
potential.
3)Explain the concept self and mutual inductances.
4)Derive the expressions for the self inductances of a solenoid and a toroid.
5)Derive the expression for self-inductance of a toroid.
6)Derive an expression for mutual inductance between a straight long wire and a
square loop wire in the same plane.
7)Derive the expression for energy stored and density in a magnetic field.
8)A magnetic circuit comprising a Toroid of 500 turns and an area of 6 cm2 and
mean radius of 15 cm and carries a current of 4 A. Find the reluctance and flux.
Assume µr = 1.
9)Determine the inductance of a solenoid of 2500 turns wound uniformly over a
length of 0.25m on a cylindrical paper tube, 4 cm in diameter and the medium is
air.
UNIT-5
1)State and explain Faraday’s laws of electromagnetic induction with its integral
and point forms.
2)Derive Maxwell’s fourth equation,
3)Derive point form of Ampere circuital law and explain displacement current
density from this derivation.
(or)
Generalize Ampere’s law for time varying fields.
4)Explain the concept of displacement current and obtain an expression for the
displacement current density.
(or)
Discuss the significance of displacement current in a study of capacitor. Give the
Maxwell’s equation related with the same.
5)Derive the Maxwell’s four equations for time varying fields.
(or)
Write Maxwell’s equations for time varying fields and make their word statements.
(or)
Derive and explain about the Modified form of Maxwell’s equations.
6)Write Maxwell’s equation for static fields. Explain how they are modified for
time varying electric and magnetic fields.
7)Explain the Maxwell’s equations for harmonically time varying fields.
8)Deduce the equation of the propagation of the plane electromagnetic waves in
free space.
9)State the Poynting theorem and derive the necessary expressions
