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TECH(N)/ODD/SEM-3/3521/2022-2023/I040
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, WEST BENGAL
Paper Code : PC-EE303/PC-EEE303 Electromagnetic Field theory
UPID : 003521

Time Allotted : 3 Hours Full Marks :70

The Figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidate are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable

Group-A (Very Short Answer Type Question)

1. Answer any ten of the following : [ 1 x 10 = 10 ]

(I) An accelerated charge can produce ________.
(II) The direction of propagation of an electromagnetic wave is __________ to both the electric and magnetic field
(III) What is the phase difference between electric field intensity E and magnetic field intensity H in free space?
(IV) An orthogonal system is one in which the coordinates are __________ to each other.
(V) Gradient of a scalar function results in__________
(VI) Electro static field E is _______.
(VII) The potential V due to an electric dipole located at a distance ‘r’ from the dipole is ___________.
(VIII) Write the expression of Lorentz force for a point charge in motion in external electric and magnetic field.
(IX) Can Wb s-1 be the unit of emf?
(X) For the propagation of electromagnetic wave in a good conductor the “skin depth” δ __________ with the increase of
frequency f
(XI)

(XII) What is the gradient of the magnitude of the position vector r ?

Group-B (Short Answer Type Question)

Answer any three of the following [ 5 x 3 = 15 ]

2. [5]

3. Starting with Gauss’s law obtain Poisson’s and Laplace’s equation. [5]
4. [5]

5. Derive an expression for electric field E due to an infinite plane sheet of charge of surface density σ S. [5]

6. [5]

Group-C (Long Answer Type Question)

Answer any three of the following [ 15 x 3 = 45 ]

7. (a) [5]

(b) [5]

(c) [5]

8. (a) State Gauss’s law of electrostatics and write the mathematical expression of the law in integral and [6]
differential forms.
(b) Starting from Gauss’s law of electrostatics derive the expression of electric field E at any internal and [9]
external point of a charged sphere of uniform charge density.

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9. (a) Derive the conditions that the magnetic field intensity and magnetic flux density must satisfy at the [7]
boundary between two different media.
(b) [8]

10. (a) [5]

(b) Three point charges - 1 nC, 4 nC, and 3 nC are located at (0, 0, 0), (0, 0, 1), and (1, 0, 0), respectively. Find [5]
the energy in the system.
(c) Show that the electric field should be irrotational under static conditions. [5]
11. (a) Why a small filamentary current loop is usually referred to as a magnetic dipole? What is the magnetic [5]
dipole moment for such a loop?
(b) Write down Lorentz force equation. Hence obtain the expression of force acting on a straight conductor of [5]
length L in a uniform magnetic field B.
(c) Determine the self-inductance of a co-axial cable of inner radius ‘a’ and outer radius ‘b’. [5]

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