Test Series, Test 3, Electricity and Magnetism

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September 17, 2017

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1 Instructions

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1. This a two Hour Test

2. Attempt all Qs

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3. This test is basically not to test you, rather to teach you so many things you don’t know.

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4. If I found anybody sharing this question to some person who is not my student, I’ll expel
him/her immediately.
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5. Questions are tough. Don’t be frustrated. Try as much as you can.
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2 3.5 marks Qs
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1. What will be the vector potential of an infinite solenoid which is having n turns/unit
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length, radius R, current I, both inside and outside of the solenoid, respectively?
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(a) A = µ0 nIr
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(r < R), A = µ0 nIR
2r
(r > R)
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µ0 nIr µ0 nIR2
(b) A = 2R (r < R), A = 2r (r > R)
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(c) A = µ0 nIr (r < R), A = µ0 nIR (r > R)
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2 2
µ0 nIr µ0 nIR3
(d) A = 2R (r < R), A = 2r2 (r > R)
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2. What will be the electric dipole moment of a ring with charge density λ = λ0 sin θ
(a) πλ0 R2 x̂
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(b) πλ0 R2 ŷ
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(c) πλ02R x̂
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(d) πλ02R ŷ
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3. An Infinite parallel plate capacitor with lower plate at z = − d2 , surface charge density
−σ and upper plate at z = d2 , and surface charge density σ. What will be the Maxwell’s
stress tensor matrix.
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 
1 0 0
2
(a) σ0 0 −1 0 
0 0 1
 
−1 0 0
σ2 
(b) 4 0
0 1 0 
0 0 1

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 
−1 0 0
σ2 
(c) 3 0
0 1 0 
0 0 −1
 
−1 0 0
σ2 
(d) 20 0 −1 0 

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0 0 1
4. How much force does light from a 1.8 W laser exert when it totally absorbed by an object?
(a) 2 × 10− 9 N

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(b) 4 × 10− 9 N
(c) 6 × 10− 9 N

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(d) 8 × 10− 9 N

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5. A disk of radius R, carrying uniform surface charge σ is rotating at constant angular
velocity ω. Find its magnetic dipole moment.
(a) 12 πσωR4

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(a) 14 πσωR4
(a) 12 πσωR3

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(a) 14 πσωR3
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6. In the xy plane there is a grounded conductor. A uniform line charge λ is glued on a
straight line which runs parallel of x axis and directly above it at d distance above xy
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plane. Find potential in the region above the plane.
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λ y 2 +(z−d)2
(a) 2π0
ln y + (z+d)2
h i
λ y 2 +(z−d)2
(b) ln
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4π0 y + (z+d)2
h i
λ y 2 +(z+d)2
(c) 2π0
ln y + (z−d)2
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h i
λ y 2 +(z+d)2
(d) 4π0
ln y + (z−d)2
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7. A point charge is fixed at origin on the surface of a table. Around it at radius R, there
is frictionless circular track on which a dipole P moves. p~ always point tangent to the
circle. What will be the electric force on the dipole?
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(a) F~ = 4π
Q p
0 R
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(a) F~ = 4π0 2R3

Q p
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(a) F~ = 2π
Q p
0 R
~
3

(a) F~ = 2π0 2R3

Q p
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8. A long cylinder of radius R carries a magnetization M = ks2 φ̂ ( s is the distance from

symmetry axis). Find the magnetic field due to M inside and outside of the cylinder.

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~ = µ0 ks2 φ̂; OutsideB

(a) Inside B ~ =0
~ = 2µ0 ks2 φ̂; OutsideB
(b) Inside B ~ =0
~ = µ0 ks3 φ̂; OutsideB
(c) Inside B ~ =0
~ = 2µ0 ks φ̂; OutsideB
(d) Inside B 3 ~ =0

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9. Short soleniod of length l, radius a, turn n1 /unit length lies on axis of very long solenoid of
radius b and turn n2 /length. What is mutual inductance of the system? (a) µ0 πn1 n2 a2 l
(b) µ0 πn21 n22 a2 l
(c) 4µ0 πn1 n2 a2 l

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(d) µ0 πn1 n2 al

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10. A line charge λ is glued onto the rim of disk of radius R which is suspended horizontally.
A magnetic field B0 has been applied perpendicular to the disk. The disk is free to rotate.

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If the magnetic field is switched of, then with what angular momentum the disk rotates?
(a) 2πλRB0
(a) πλR2 B0

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(a) 2πµ0 λR3 B0
(a) πλR3 B0

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11. A current I flows down a long straight wire of radius R. Wire is made of linear magnetic
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material of susceptibility χm and current is uniformly distributed. Find the magnetic
field inside the wire.
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µ0 (1+χm )lr
(a) B = πR2
µ0 (1+χm )lr
(b) B =
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2πR2
2µ0 (1+χm )lr
(c) B = 2πR2
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µ0 (1+χm )lr
(d) B = πR2
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12. A parallel plate capacitor of area A and separation d is connected to a voltage source of
constant voltage V. The plates are now allowed to approach each other gradually until
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their separation is d3 . The source is the disconnected and separation of the plates is slowly
restored to original value d. What is the ratio of the initial and final electrostatic energies?
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(a) 1 (b) 1/3

(c) 1/9 (d) 9
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1. Two long colaxial cylindrical metal tubes with inner radius a and outer radius b are
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stored vertically in a tank of dielectric oil (susceptibility χe , mass density ρ). Inner one
is maintained at potential V, outer one is grounded. What height(h) does the oil rise?
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2. A coaxial long cable of length L consists of inner (radius a) and outer (radius b) conductor.
It is connected to a battery at one end and resistor at the other. Inner conductor carries
uniform charge/unit length λ and steady current I to the right. Outer one has opposite
charge and current. What is the electromagnetic momentum and angular momentum
stored in the field?

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3. (a) Suppose you design microwave experiment to operate at frequency 1010 Hz. How thick
will bne the silver coating inside?
(b) Find the wavelength and propagation speed in copper for radio waves at 1 MHz.

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(σ = 6 × 107 , µ = µ0 )

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(c) Show that the skin depth in a good conductor is equals to the magnitude of wave
vector.
(d) Show that in a good conductor magnetic field lags electric field by 450
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4. Using general power radiation formula calculate the power radiated by
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(a) Single point charge accelerating
(b) Discharging capacitor
(c) Current I(t) flowing around circular ring
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(d) Electron falling under gravity

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5. Suppose in the wire of infinite length there switched on a sudden burst of current I(t) =
q0 δ(t). Find E and B
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6. A particle of q charge moves in a circle of radius a at constant angular velocity ω. The

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circle is on xy plane, centered at origin. At t=0, the charge was at (a, 0). Find the
Lienard-Wiechert potentials for points on z axis.
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7. How many modes of wavelength λ exists in a cavity of length (2, 3, 1) in (x, y, z) direction
in the range √45 ≤ λ ≤ √813

8. If a mass needs to pass through a medium of free charge, its frequency must be greater
than the plasma frequency of the medium. Find the least necessary frequency to pass a
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wave through ionosphere. [ωp2 = m e 0
; ne = 1013 /m3 (ionosphere)]

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9. There are two semi-infinite dielectrics separated at z = 0 plane. (1 f or z > 0; 2 f or z <
0). There is a charge q kept at (0, 0, d). With the help of method of images find potential
both above and below of xy plane. specify the position and amount of the image charges
separately.

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10. There is a cylinder cross section of which has been shown. Cylinder has radius 3R. There
is infinite cylindrical hole of radius R, inside the cylinder such that the distance between
the center of cylinder and center of hole remains R. Solid part of the cylinder carries

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current I, distributed uniformly over the cross section and out from the plane of paper.
Find magnetic field - a) Inside hole -b) inside solid cylinder -c) outside solid cylinder.

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11. Two signals, one at frequency 10 GHz and other at 12 GHz are simultaneously launched
in an air filled rectangular waveguide of dimension 2cm×1cm. Find the time interval
between the arrival of the signal at a dist 10m from the common plane of their launch.
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12. A perfectly conducting thin wire connect two small metallic balls as shown in the figure.
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The charge density is

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ρ(x, t) = [δ(z − a) − δ(z + a)]δ(x)δ(y)Q cos(ω0 t)

The current flows between the metallic balls through the thin wire. (a, Q, ω0 are con-
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stants) What will be the average power emitted per unit solid angle in the dipole approx-
imation.
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