Unit – I (Static Electric Field)

PART – A (5 Marks)
State and explain Coulomb’s law indicating clearly the units of quantities in the
1.
equation of force?
2. Derive an expression for electric potential due to point charge?
3. Derive an expression for electric potential due to surface charge?
4. State and prove Gauss’s law and write limitations of Gauss’s law?
5. Derive an expression for electric potential due to volume charge?
6. Derive Maxwell first equation?
7. Derive an expression for electric potential due to point charge?
8. Explain the concept of an electric dipole and dipole moment.
9. Derive an expression for electric potential due to surface charge?

10. Derive an expression for electric potential due to line charge?

PART - B (10 Marks)

Describe Coulomb’s Law in detail and derive the electric field intensity for a point
1
charge.
2 Derive Gauss’s Law and discuss its application to a spherical charge distribution.
Derive the expression for torque on electric dipole in the presence of uniform electric
3
field?
Derive the expressions for electric fields due to line, surface, and volume charge
4
distributions.
5 Derive maxwell’s first equation integral and differential form.

Unit – II (Conductors, Dielectrics and Capacitance)

PART – A (5 Marks)

Define the potential difference and absolute potential. Give the relation between
1.
potential and field intensity
2. Derive electrical field intensity due to charged circular ring?
Derive an expression for the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor having two
3.
dielectric media.
4. Derive the electric field boundary conditions between dielectric & conductor?
5. Derive an expression for the capacitance of two wire transmission line.
6. Derive poisson’s & Laplace equations form fundamentals?

7. Derive the boundary conditions for the tangential & normal components of
electrostatic fields at the boundary between two perfect dielectrics.
8. Drive an expression for energy stored and energy density in electrostatic field.
9. Explain and derive the polarization of a dielectric materials.
10. Derive an expression for capacitance of co-axial cable

PART – B (10 Marks)

1. Derive the continuity equation. What is its physical significance? Derive the point
form of ohms law?
2. Explain the phenomenon of polarization when a dielectric slab is subjected to an
electric field?
3. Explain the boundary conditions between conductor and free space?
4. Derive the expression for capacitance of the spherical condenser?
5. Explain the boundary conditions of two perfect dielectrics materials?

Unit – III (Static Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Forces)

PART – A (5 Marks)

1.
Define and explain biot –savart law.

2. State Ampere circuital law

3. Write the relation between magnetic flux density and field intensity

4. Define magnetic flux density

5. Derive the expressions for boundary conditions in magnetic fields.

6. State Gauss law for magnetic field.

7.
Explain Magnetic materials and scalar and vector magnetic potentials.

8. An iron ring with a cross sectional area of 3cm square and mean circumference of 15 cm
is wound with 250 turns wire carrying a current of 0.3A. The relative permeability of
ring is 1500. calculate the flux established in the ring.
 9.
Derive an expression for force between two current carrying conductors.

10.Calculate the inductance of a solenoid of 200 turns wound tightly on a cylindrical tube
of 6cm diameter. The length of the tube is 60cm and the solenoid is air.

PART – B (10 Marks)

1. Derive the expressions for magnetic field intensity due to finite and infinite line
2. Derive the expressions for magnetic flux intensity due to solenoid of the coil.

3. Derive the expressions for magnetic field intensity due to toroidal coil and circular
coil.
4. Derive an expression for energy stored and energy density in magnetic field.
5. Derive an expression for self-inductance of two wire transmission line.

Unit – IV (Time Varying Fields and Maxwell’s Equations)

PART – A (5 Marks)
1 What Is significance of displacement current density?

2 Write Maxwell’s equation in point and integral form for good conductors.

3 Write the Maxwell’s equation from ampere’s law both in integral and point forms.

4 Write down the Maxwell’s equation from electric gauss’s law in integral and po int forms.

5 Write down the Maxwell’s equation from magnetic gauss’s law in integral and point form

6 Write the Maxwell’s equations from Gauss’s law in integral form.

7 Distinguish between conduction and displacement currents.

8 Explain why▼. B=0
9 Judge ▼. D=0
10 Explain modified Ampere’s circuital law (or) Inconsistency of Ampere’s circuital law.

PART – B (10 Marks)

1 Derive General field relation for time varying electric and magnetic fields using Maxwell’s’
equations.
2 Write short notes on faradays law of electromagnetic induction.

3 Explain lorentz force equation.

4 Define Magnetic Torque and Derive the expression for Magnetic moment.
 Unit –V (Electromagnetic Waves)
PART – A (5 Marks)
1 Derive wave equation in phasor form.

2 Derive suitable relations for integral and point forms of poynting theorem.

3 Discuss about the plane waves in lossless dielectrics.

4 Discuss about the plane waves in lossy dielectrics.

5 Derive the one-dimensional general wave equation and find the solution for wave equation.

6 Derive the expression for the attenuation constant, phase constant and intrinsic impedance for a
uniform plane wave in a good conductor.
A uniform plane wave in a medium having 10-3 s/m, ε=80ε0 and µ=µ0 is having a frequency of
7 10KHz. i) Verify whether the medium is good conductor
ii) Calculate the following, 1) Attenuation constant 2) Phase constant 3) Propagation constant 4)
Intrinsic impedance 5) Wave length 6) Velocity of propagation
8 Describe the concept of electromagnetic wave propagation in a linear, isotropic, homogeneous,
lossy dielectric medium.
9 State the properties of uniform plane wave.
1 Define skin depth or depth of penetration of a conductor. Determine the skin depth of copper at
0 60 Hz with 5.8 X 107 s/m. Given μ= 1.
PART – B (10 Marks)
Write the short notes on the following:
1 i) Plane waves in lossless dielectrics
ii) Plane waves in free space.
iii) Plane waves in good conductors.
2 (i)Deduce the wave equations for conducting medium.
(ii) Discuss group velocity, phase velocity and propagation constant of electromagnetic waves.
Deduce the expression for electromagnetic wave equation for conducting and perfect dielectric
3 medium.

4 Deduce the equation of the propagation of the plane electromagnetic waves in free space.
5 Obtain an expression for electromagnetic wave propagation in lossy dielectrics.