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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

MODULE 1

1. Define Curl of a vector field. Explain its physical significance.


2. State and explain Gauss’ Law
3. State and explain Ampere’s law and Coulomb’s law
4. Obtain Coulomb’s law from Gauss’ law
5. Write Poisson’s and Laplace’s Equation with applications
6. State and explain divergence theorem. Give a geometrical explanation.
7. Find the curl of the vector A =2rcosϕ aρ +r aϕ in cylindrical coordinates
8. Show that curl grad F and div curl F are identically zero.
9. Show that

satisfies Laplace’s equation.

10. Derive the equation for curl of a vector field in Cartesian co-ordinate system.
11. A Spherical volume charge distribution is given by

Find the electric field intensity E; i) inside and ii) outside the charge distribution

12. Interpret the following

13. Apply Ampere’s circuital law to the case of an infinitely long coaxial cable
carrying a uniformly distributed total current I. Compute the magnetic field
intensity existing in different parts of the cable.

14. Consider a region between two electrodes separated by a distance, d, having a


uniform charge density of ρv .Voltage on one electrode is V0 and other electrode
is 0 V . Find the expression of electric field in terms of V0, ρv and d.
MODULE 2

15. Explain Scalar and vector magnetic potential


16. Write the expression for capacitance and inductance of a co-axial cable.
17. Show that the energy stored in a system of n point charges is given by

18. Define vector magnetic potential and show that B    A , where B is the
magnetic flux density and A is the vector magnetic potential at any point.
19. State and prove boundary conditions for E and H in accordance with Maxwell’s
equations.
20. State and explain Maxwell’s equations in the integral and differential forms.
21. A Parallel plate capacitor with plate area of 5cm2 and a plate separation of 3mm
has a voltage 50sin103t Volt applied to its plates. Calculate the displacement
current assuming ε = 2ε0.
22. Derive the expression of capacitance of two wire transmission line.
23. Derive continuity equation from fundamental laws.
24. Derive the solution of uniform plane wave in lossy dielectric medium.
25. For a plane wave propagating in a lossy dielectric, derive the expression for
propagation constant.
26. Determine the energy stored in electric field and magnetic field.

MODULE 3

27. Derive Poynting vector theorem.


28. Explain the significance of skin depth.
29. What is Snell’s law?
30. State the relation between standing wave ratio and reflection coefficient.
31. Derive an expression for reflection coefficient of a plane wave under oblique incidence
with parallel polarization at a dielectric interface.
32. Derive the expression for reflection coefficient for a wave of perpendicular
polarization, travelling from one medium to another at oblique incidence.
33. Explain wave polarization and different polarisation with example.
34. Derive the expression for Brewster angle for parallel polarised wave.
35. In a lossy dielectric medium, characteristic impedance of the medium is 173 +j100 Ω,
Expression of Magnetic field of a plane wave is given by Hz =10 e-αx cos ω t – 0.5x) az
A/m . Find
i. Direction of propagation
ii. Loss tangent
iii. Attenuation constant
iv. Phase constant
v. Skin depth
36. Find the skin depth, δ at a frequency of 1.6 MHz in aluminium, where σ = 38.2MS/m
and µr = 1. Also find the propagation constant, γ and the wave velocity v.
37. Discuss reflection of plane electromagnetic wave at normal incidence.
38. Derive the equation for transmission and reflection coefficients of an electromagnetic
wave incident normally on the boundary between two different regions.
39. State and explain Skin Depth . For a good conductor , prove that α = ꞵ, where α is the
attenuation constant and ꞵ is the phase constant .
40. Show that Brewster angle does not exist for a non magnetic medium for perpendicular
polarization
41. Given two dielectric media, the first medium is free space and the second medium has
ε2 = 4ε0 and µ = µ0. Find the reflection coefficient for oblique incidence at θ1= 30o for
i) perpendicular polarisation and
ii) parallel polarisation
42. In a nonmagnetic medium
E = 4 sin (2π x 107t - 0.8x) az V/m . Find
(a) εr , η;
(b) The time-average power carried by the wave
(c) The total power crossing 100 cm2 of plane 2x + y = 5

MODULE 4

43. Derive an expression for net outward power flow associated with an electromagnetic
wave, from a surface.
44. Derive standard Transmission line equations.
45. A transmission line of length 0.2 λ and characteristic impedance 100Ω is terminated
with a load impedance of 50+200j . Find input impedance, reflection coefficient at
load end, reflection coefficient at the input end and VSWR.
46. A lossless transmission line has a characteristic impedance of 70Ω and phase constant
of 3 Rad/ m at 100 MHz . Find Inductance per meter and Capacitance per meter of the
transmission line .
47. Derive the equation of input impedance of a transmission line due to line terminated
by a load .
48. Derive the expression of characteristic impedance of transmission line.
49. Derive the expression for propagation constant of transmission line.
50. Explain lossless transmission line and distortion less transmission line.
51. A distortionless line has Zo = 60Ω, a = 20 mNp/m, u = 0.6c, where c is the speed of
light in a vacuum. Find R, L, G, C, and λ at 100 MHz.

MODULE 5

52. Derive the expression for r circles and x circles in Smith chart.
53. Explain the propagation of electromagnetic wave in a rectangular waveguide
54. .For TE10 mode of propagation in a rectangular wave guide, with length 8cm and 6 cm
respectively , find the following when frequency of operation
is 6 GHz .
i. Cut off frequency
ii. Cut off wavelength
iii. Guide wavelength
iv. Phase constant
v. Phase velocity
vi. Group velocity
vii. Wave impedance
55. A rectangular wave guide has a dimension of 3cm x 5cm , and is operating at a
frequency of 10 GHz . Calculate the cutoff wavelength, cutoff frequency, guide
wavelength , phase velocity and group velocity and the wave impedance for TE10
mode.
56. Derive the expression for Electric and magnetic field intensities for TM mode of
propagation of rectangular waveguide.
57. In a rectangular waveguide for which a = 1.5 cm, b = 0.8 cm, σ = 0, μ= μo, and ε = 4εo,
Hx = 2 sin (πx/a) cos ( 3πy/b ) sin (π x 10 11- βz) A/m
Determine
(a) The mode of operation
(b) The cutoff frequency
(c) The phase constant β
(d) The propagation constant γ
(e) The intrinsic wave impedance η.
58. At a frequency of 80 MHz, a lossless transmission line has a characteristic impedance
of 300Ω and a wavelength of 2.5m. Find:
i) L ii) C iii) If the line is terminated with a parallel combination of 200Ω and 5pF,
determine the reflection co-efficient and the standing wave ratio.
59. A 30-m-long lossless transmission line with Zo = 50 Ω operating at 2 MHz is
terminated with a load Z L = 60 + j40 Ω . If u = 0.6c on the line, using smith chart find
(a) The reflection coefficient ᴦ
(b) The standing wave ratio s
(c) The input impedance
. 60. Derive the expression for r circles and x circles in Smith chart.

SOLUTIONS

MODULE 1
14.
MODULE – 3
42.
MODULE – 4
46.
51.
MODULE 5

57.
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60.

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