Solved question paper for EM Dec-2023 (B-TECH 1st-2nd)

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Electromagnetism Dec-2023

PTU • B-TECH • Civil Engineering • 1st-2nd • Dec-2023

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  1. Write briefly: a) Write the basic differential equations of electrostatic field and potential. Explain why these are called basic equations?
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  2. Write briefly: b) The electric potential at any point in x-y plane is given by V = -Ax y where A is a constant. Find the magnitude of electric field at a distance r from the origin.
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  3. Write briefly: c) The electric field due to two unknown point charges is zero midway between them. What do you conclude about the signs of the charges and their magnitudes?
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  4. Write briefly: d) State and explain uniqueness theorem.
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  5. Write briefly: e) What is Curie temperature?
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  6. Write briefly: f) What is vector potential?
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  7. Write briefly: g) What is skin depth? What is the value of skin depth for a perfect conductor?
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  8. Write briefly: h) Good conductors are good reflectors. Comment.
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  9. Write briefly: i) State Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction. Write it in differential form.
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  10. Write briefly: j) Light is mostly characterised by electric field vector even though it has magnetic field vector also. Why?
    Very Short Answer 2 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  11. Prove that potential due to electric dipole, having dipole moment p and located at origin, at any point is V = V̄ = ( ec{p}. ec{r})/(4piepsilon_0 r^3), where ec{r} is the position vector of observation point.
    Long Answer 8 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  12. Why electric field inside a dielectric decreases due to polarization? Show that D = epsilon_0 E = P.
    Long Answer 8 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  13. Define Biot-Savart's law. Using Biot-Savart's law prove that magnetic monopoles do not exist.
    Long Answer 8 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  14. Explain the term hysteresis and prove that hysteresis loss per cycle is equal to 1/47pi times the area of ec{B} - ec{H} loop.
    Long Answer 8 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  15. Deduce Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction in the form (
    abla imes ec{E} = - rac{partial ec{B}}{partial t}). Discuss the physical meaning of this equation.
    Long Answer 8 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  16. State and prove Poynting theorem. Discuss physical meaning of each term involved in expression.
    Long Answer 8 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  17. Derive the wave equation of electromagnetic waves in free space. Show that the speed of waves is equal to the speed of light in free space.
    Long Answer 8 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH
  18. Explain reflection and transmission of an EM waves incident normally on a plane between media of impedances Z1 and Z2. Find out expression for reflection and transmission Coefficients
    Long Answer 8 Marks Dec-2023 • PTU B-TECH

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