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USN 18EE52

Fifth Semester B.E Degree (Autonomous) Semester End Examination, SEE, 2020
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

FIELD THEORY
(Model Question Paper – 1)
[Time: 3 Hours ] [ Maximum Marks: 100]
Instructions to students:
1. Answer five full questions from the following
2. Any missing data may be suitably assumed
COs RBT
Marks
*
a) State and explain Coulomb’s law of force. 05 M CO1 L2
Two point charges of magnitudes 3  C and -8  C are located at
1. b) places P1(-3,5,-7) and P2(-4,2,9) respectively in free space. Evaluate the 07 M CO1 L3
electric field and also its magnitude at point P (2,-6,5).
c) Derive the relationship between electric field and electric potential 08 M CO1 L2
OR
State and prove Gauss theorem.
a) 07 M CO1 L2
Given the potential field,V = 50 x 2 yz  20 y 2 volts in free space, Find:
b)  07 M CO1 L3
2. i) Voltage at point P(1,2,-3) ii) Field strength at P iii) a r at P

In a certain region of space, D  2 xyaˆ x  3 yzaˆ y  4 zxaˆ z
c) .Evaluate the amount of electric flux that passes through the portion 06 M CO1 L3
bounded by -1  y  2 and 0  z  4 in the x=3 plane

Derive the potential distribution over a) Line charge b) surface charges

a) c) Volume charge 06 M CO2 L2
Obtain the boundary conditions at the interface between two dielectrics
3. b) 06 M CO2 L2
of different permittivities.
Derive an expression for Energy stored in an Electrostatic field and
c) 08 M CO2 L2
hence define energy density
OR
Infinite number of charges each Q nC are placed along the X axis at
a) x=1m, x=2m, x= 4m……..  and so on. Find the electric potential and 10 M CO2 L3
the electric field intensity both at point x=0 due to all charges.
Derive an expression for Energy density in an electrostatic field.
b) 05 M CO2 L2
4.
Given the current density,
 4    
c) J  2 cos a  20e  2 r sin a  r sin  cos a find J at r=3,  05 M CO2 L3
r
=0,φ=π

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Derive Laplace’s equation, verify whether the potential field given
a) below satisfies Laplace’s equation V=2x2-3y2+z2. 08 M CO3 L3

5. Find the magnetic field strength at the point (1,3,2) caused by a current
b) 06 M CO3 L3
element 2 (0.6u x  0.8u y )  A / m situated at (4,-2,3).
c) Derive an expression for Vector magnetic Potential. 06 M CO3 L2
OR
State and explain Biot-Savart’s Law.Using this find the magnetic field
a) intensity in the vicinity of an infinitely long straight filamentary current 10 M CO3 L2
I Ampere along Z axis
6.
Discuss Ampere’s circuital law. Write also in point form. Determine

b) H for a solid cylindrical conductor of radius ‘a’,where current I is 10 M CO3 L3
uniformly distributed over the cross section.

State and explain Lorentz force equation.

a) 06 M CO4 L2
A conductor of length 2.5 m located at z=0,x=4m carries a current of

7. b) 12 A in the - â y direction. Find the uniform B in the region if the 06 M CO4 L3
force on the conductor is 1.2 x10-2 N in the direction (aˆ x  aˆ z ) / 2
State and prove the boundary condition at the interface between two
c) 08 M CO4 L2
magnetic media of different permeabilities placed in a magnetic field.
OR
Derive an expression for the force on a differential current element
placed in a magnetic field. Also obtain an expression for the emf
a) 10 M CO4 L2
induced between the two ends of a conductor due to its motion in a
8. steady magnetic field.
Find the force per meter length between two long parallel wires
b) separated by 10cm in air and carrying a current of 10 A in the same 10 M CO4 L3
direction.

State Faraday’s law and obtain point and integral forms of Faraday’s
a) laws of EMI 06 M CO5 L2

What is the inconsistency of Ampere’s law with equation of

9. b) 06 M CO5 L2
continuity? Derive the modified form of Ampere’s law by Maxwell.
  
A two dimensional E-field is given by E  x 2 a x  xa y V / m. Show that
c) 08 M CO5 L3
this electric field cannot arise from a static distribution of charge.
OR
   
Do the fields, E  E m sin x sin ta y and H  E m cos x cos ta z satisfy
a) Maxwells equations? 10 M CO5 L3
10 
. Given B  (0.5aˆ x  0.6aˆ y  0.3aˆ z ) cos(5000t )Tesla and a
b) filamentary loop with its corners at (2,3,0) m, (2,-3,0)m,(-2,-3,0)m and 10 M CO5 L3
(-2,3,0)m. Find the emf developed in the loop.
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USN 18EE52

Fifth Semester B.E Degree (Autonomous) Semester End Examination, SEE, 2020
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

FIELD THEORY
(Model Question Paper – 2)
[Time: 3 Hours ] [ Maximum Marks: 100]
Instructions to students:
1. Answer five full questions from the following
2. Any missing data may be suitably assumed
COs RBT
Marks
*
Charge is uniformly distributed on a circular ring of radius a. Find the
a) vector E at a height h(h<a), along the axis normal to the plane of ring 05 M CO1 L2
charge.
Charges of 20nC and-20nC are located at (3,0,0) and (-3,0,0)
b) 05 M CO1 L3
1. respectively. Let ε=εo. Determine |E| at P(0,y,0).
Find the electric field E at origin, if the following charge distributions
are present in free space: 1)Point charge 12nC at P(2,0,6)
c) 10 M CO1 L3
2) Uniform line charge of linear charge density 3nC at x=2,y=3
3) Uniform surface charge of density 0.2nC/m2 at x=2
OR
Derive an expression for field due to a uniformly charged infinite plane
a) 05 M CO1 L2
sheet, using Gauss law.
A charge Q is uniformly distributed in a square ring of side ‘l’.Find E
2. b)
and V at the centre of the ring. 05 M CO1 L3
State and prove Maxwells divergence theorem applied to Electrostatic
c)
fields. 10 M CO1 L2

Infinite number of charges each Q nC are placed along the X axis at

a) x=1m, x=2m, x= 4m……..  and so on. Find the electric potential and 10 M CO2 L2
the electric field intensity both at point x=0 due to all charges.
b) Derive an expression for Energy density in an electrostatic field. 05 M CO2 L2
3.
Given the current density,
c)  4     05 M CO2 L3
J  2 cos a  20e  2 r sin a  r sin  cos a find J at r=3,  =0,φ=π
r
OR
Explain the concept of work and potential as applied to an electric field
a) and charge and hence derive a quantified form of work done from first 10 M CO2 L2
principles
4.
Determine the work done 
in carrying a -2μC charge from P1(2,1,-1) to
b) P2(8,2,-1) in the field E  aˆ x y  aˆ y x V/m, i) along the parabola x=2y 2 10 M CO2 L3
ii) along thestraight line joining P1 and P2

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a) Derive Poissons equation 05 M CO3 L2

5.
b) Using Biot-Savarts Law, find the magnetic field intensity H at the 10 M CO3 L3
point(0,0,1) in the field produced by a filamentary current of 10A which
is directed in from infinity to the origin on the positive x-axis and then
back out to infinity along the positive y- axis.
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c) Assume A  50r 2 az wb / m in a certain region of free space. Find H 05 M CO3 L3

and B .
OR
6. a) There exists a potential of V=-2.5volts on a conductor at 0.02m and 10 M CO3 L3
V=15volts at r=0.35m Determine E and D by solving the Laplace’s
equation in spherical coordinates representing the potential system.
b) State and explain stokes theorem 10 M CO3 L2

7. a) Derive an expression for the force on a differential current element 10 M CO4 L2

placed in a magnetic field. Also obtain an expression for the emf
induced between the two ends of a conductor due to its motion in a
steady magnetic field.
b) Find the force per meter length between two long parallel wires 10 M CO4 L3
separated by 10cm in air and carrying a current of 10 A in the same
direction.
OR
A point charge, Q=-60nC, is moving with a velocity 6x10 6m/s in the
direction specified by unit vector  0.48aˆ x  0.6aˆ y  0.64aˆ z .
a) 10 M CO4 L3
Find the magnitude of the force on a moving charge in the magnetic
8.
field, B  2aˆ x  6aˆ y  5aˆ z mT.
What is magnetization? What is magnetic susceptibility? What is
b) 05 M CO4 L1
Permeability?
c) State and explain Lorentz force equation. 05 M CO4 L2

List Maxwells equations in integral forms for static and Time varying
a) fields. 10 M CO5 L1
   
Do the fields, E  E m sin x sin ta y and H  E m cos x cos ta z satisfy
9. b) 06 M CO5 L3
Maxwells equations?

Given B  (0.5aˆ x  0.6aˆ y  0.3aˆ z ) cos(5000t )Tesla and a filamentary
c) loop with its corners at (2,3,0) m, (2,-3,0)m,(-2,-3,0)m and (-2,3,0)m. 04 M CO5 L3
Find the emf developed in the loop.
OR
From fundamentals, obtain the point form of Maxwell’s differential
a) equation for time varying fields. 10 M CO5 L1
10
. A circular loop conductor lies in plane z=0 and has a radius of 0.1m and
b) resistance of 5Ω. Given B  0.2 sin 10 3 ta z Tesla, determine the current 10 M CO5 L3
in the loop.
USN 18EE52

Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore – 560056

(An Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum)
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Fifth Semester B.E Degree (Autonomous) Semester End Examination, SEE, 2020
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

FIELD THEORY
(Model Question Paper – 3)
[Time: 3 Hours ] [ Maximum Marks: 100]
Instructions to students:
1. Answer five full questions from the following
2. Any missing data may be suitably assumed
COs RBT
Marks
*
a) State and Prove Coulombs Law in vector form 05 M CO1 L2
State Gauss theorem. Mention the nature of Gaussian surface
b) 05 M CO1 L2
1.
Two point charges Q1 and Q2 are located at (1,2,0)m and (2,0,0)m
c) Respectively. Find a) Force between two charges and nature of force. 10 M CO1 L3
b) Determine the Electric field Intensity E at (2,-3,4)m.
OR

Given the electric flux density D  5 sin aˆ  5 sin aˆ  , find the charge
a) 06 M CO1 L3
density at (0.5m,π/4,π/4)(spherical coordinates).
Find the work done in moving a point charge Q=5μC from origin to
b) (2m, π/4,π/4) in spherical co-ordinates in the field, 06 M CO1 L3
2. E= 5e
r / 4
a r  (10 / r sin  )aˆ 
Given that the energy WE in an electric field due to distributed charge
density ρv throughout a volume V is given by,
c) WE=1/2   vVdv Show that an equivalent expression for the stored 08 M CO1 L2
energy is WE=  E dv
2

Explain the concept of work and potential as applied to an electric field

a) and charge and hence derive a quantified form of work done from first 10 M CO2 L2
principles
3. Determine the work done 
in carrying a -2μC charge from P1(2,1,-1) to
b) P2(8,2,-1) in the field E  aˆ x y  aˆ y x V/m, i) along the parabola x=2y 2 10 M CO2 L3
ii) along the straight line joining P1 and P2
OR
Derive the potential distribution over a) Line charge b) surface charges
a) 06 M CO2 L2
c) Volume charge
Obtain the boundary conditions at the interface between two dielectrics
4. b) of different permittivities. 06 M CO2 L2

Derive an expression for Energy stored in an Electrostatic field and

c) hence define energy density 08 M CO2 L2

a) A copper sphere of radius 4cm carries a uniformly distributed total 08 M CO3 L3

charge of 5μCon its surface in free space. a)Use Gauss Law to find D
5. external to the sphere b) Calculate the total energy stored n the

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electrostatic field.
A pair of 200mm long concentric cylindrical conductors of radius 50
and 100mm is filled with a dielectric of ε =10 εo. A voltage is applied
b)  10 
6
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between the conductors to establish an electric field, E    aˆr V/m
 r 
between cylinders. Calculate energy stored.
Derive the relationship between electric field intensity and electric
c) Potential. 04 M CO3 L2

OR
a) Derive Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations. 08 M CO3 L3
Find the magnetic flux density at the centre ‘O’ of a square of sides
6. b) 08 M CO3 L2
equal to 5m and carrying 10A of current.
c) State and explain Biot-Savart’s law. 04 M CO3 L2

A point charge, Q=-60nC, is moving with a velocity 6x10 6m/s in the

direction specified by unit vector  0.48aˆ x  0.6aˆ y  0.64aˆ z .
a) Find the magnitude of the force on a moving charge in the magnetic 10 M CO4 L3
field,
7. B  2aˆ x  6aˆ y  5aˆ z mT.
What is magnetization? What is magnetic susceptibility? What is
b) 05 M CO4 L2
Permeability?
c) State and explain Lorentz force equation. 05 M CO4 L2
OR
Derive an expression for the force on a differential current element
placed in a magnetic field. Also obtain an expression for the emf
8. a) 10 M CO4 L2
induced between the two ends of a conductor due to its motion in a
steady magnetic field.
Find the force per meter length between two long parallel wires
b) separated by 10cm in air and carrying a current of 10 A in the same 10 M CO4 L3
direction.

From fundamentals, obtain the point form of Maxwell’s differential

9. a) equation for time varying fields. 10 M CO5 L2
A circular loop conductor lies in plane z=0 and has a radius of 0.1m and
b) resistance of 5Ω. Given B  0.2 sin 10 3 ta z Tesla, determine the current 10 M CO5 L3
in the loop.
OR
10 State Faraday’s law and obtain point and integral forms of Faraday’s
a) 06 M CO5 L1
. laws of EMI
What is the inconsistency of Ampere’s law with equation of continuity?
b) 06 M CO5 L2
Derive the modified form of Ampere’s law by Maxwell.
  
A two dimensional E-field is given by E  x 2 a x  xa y V / m. Show that
c) 08 M CO5 L3
this electric field cannot arise from a static distribution of charge.

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