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FIRST SEMESTER 2018-2019
PHY/EEE/ECE/INSTR F212 Comprehensive Exam PART A Maximum Marks:40
Electromagnetic Theory 1 Date: 1st December 2018
Duration: 90 minutes Closed Book

• NO PARTIAL MARKING

1. A sphere of radius R and center at origin has an uniform volume charge density ρ0 . A spherical
cavity of radius b (b < R) whose center lies at origin is formed inside the sphere.

(a) Electric field at any point inside the spherical cavity (1)

(b) Electric field at any point at a distance r (b < r < R) (1)

(c) Electric field at any point at a distance r > R (1)

(d) Potential at origin is (4)

(e) Electrostatic energy stored in the system

(5)

(f) If b << R then the potential at the origin is (1)

(g) If b << R then the electrostatic energy in the system (1)

2. Assume free space with no free charges and currents

(a) The Maxwell’s equations can be written as

~ ·E
∇ ~ = ; ~ ·B
∇ ~ =

~ ×E
∇ ~ = ; ~ ×B
∇ ~ = (1×4)
   
(b) Subsequently assume E = E0 x̂ cos ωt − k · ~r ; B = B0 cos ωt − k · ~r and ~k = kẑ
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~k · E
~ = ; ~k · B
~ =
ω
= (1×3)
k

(c) B~0 = (in terms of k, E0 , µ0 , 0 , ω and unit vectors) (1)

 ~ ·B
(d) E ~ =

~= 1 E
 
S ~ ×B ~ = (1 + 2)
µ0
 
1 ~ ~ 1 ~ ~
(e) u = 0 E · E + B · B = (2)
2 µ0

~ over 1 time period hSi

(f) The average of S ~ = (2)

(g) The average of u over 1 time period hui = (2)

3. A toroid of square cross-section and total number of turns N and made of a material with
permeability µ carries a current I. Let r be the distance from the axis of the toroid. The
magnetization M~ inside the material of the toroid is

(4)

4. A point charge q is kept at a large distance r from a neutral atom of polarizability α. Find
the magnitude of the force between them. Mention whether it is attractive or repulsive.
(5)