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GATE EC Electromagnetics questions

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Official PYQ1998ElectromagneticsPlane Waves and PropertiesMCQ · 1 mark
The depth of penetration of wave in a lossy dielectric increases with increasing
Official PYQ1998ElectromagneticsPlane Waves and PropertiesMCQ · 1 mark
The wavelength of a wave with propagation constant (0.1π+j0.2π)m−1(0.1 \pi+j 0.2 \pi) \mathrm{m}^{-1} is
Official PYQ1998ElectromagneticsMaxwell's EquationsMCQ · 1 mark
The time averages Poynting vector, in W/m2W / m^{2}, for a wave with E⃗=24  e  a V/m\vec{E}=24 \; e^{} \; a_{} \mathrm{~V} / \mathrm{m} in free space is
Official PYQ1998ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
All transmission line sections shown in the figure is have a characteristic impedance R0+j0\text{R}_{0}+\text{j}_{0}. The input impedance Zin\text{Z}_{\text{in}} equals
Official PYQ1998ElectromagneticsMaxwell's EquationsMCQ · 1 mark
The Maxwell equation V×H=J+∂D‾∂t\mathrm{V} \times \mathrm{H}=\mathrm{J}+\frac{\partial \overline{D}}{\partial t} is based on
Official PYQ1998ElectromagneticsPlane Waves and PropertiesMCQ · 1 mark
The intrinsic impedance of copper at high frequencies is
Official PYQ1997ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
A rectangular air-filled waveguide has cross section of 4 cm×10 cm4 \mathrm{~cm} \times 10 \mathrm{~cm}. The minimum frequency which can propagate in the waveguide is
Official PYQ1997ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
A transmission line of 50  Ω50 \; \Omega characteristic impedance is terminated with a 100  Ω100 \; \Omega resistance. The minimum impedance measured on the line is equal to
Official PYQ1997ElectromagneticsPlane Waves and PropertiesMCQ · 1 mark
The skin depth at 10  MHz10\; \mathrm{MHz} for a conductor is 1  cm1 \; \mathrm{cm}. The phase velocity of an electromagnetic wave in the conductor at 1,000  MHz1,000 \; \mathrm{MHz} is about
Official PYQ1997ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
A very lossy, λ/4\lambda / 4 long, 50  Ω50 \; \Omega transmission line is open circuited at the load end. The input impedance measured at the other end of the line is approximately
Official PYQ1996ElectromagneticsMaxwell's EquationsMCQ · 1 mark
A metal sphere with 1 m1 \mathrm{~m} radius and a surface charge density of 10  Coulombs/m210 \; \mathrm{Coulombs / m}^{2} is enclosed in a cube of 10 m10 \mathrm{~m} side. The total outward electric displacement normal to the surface of the cube is
Official PYQ1996ElectromagneticsPlane Waves and PropertiesMCQ · 1 mark
A transverse electromagnetic wave with circular polarisation is received by a dipole antenna. Due to polarisation mismatch, the power transfer efficiency from the wave to the antenna is reduced to about
Official PYQ1996ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
The capacitance per unit length and the characteristic impedance of a lossless transmission line are C\mathrm{C} and Zo\mathrm{Zo} respectively. The velocity of a travelling wave on the transmission line
Official PYQ1996ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
A lossless transmission line having 50  Ω50 \; \Omega charateristic impedance and lengh λ/4\lambda / 4 is short circuited at one end and connected to an ideal voltage source of 1 V1 \mathrm{~V} at the other end. The current drawn from the voltage source is
Official PYQ1996ElectromagneticsPlane Waves and PropertiesMCQ · 1 mark
Some unknown material has a conductivity of 106  mho/m10^{6} \; \mathrm{mho} / \mathrm{m} and a permeability of 4π×10−7  H/m4 \pi \times 10^{-7} \; \mathrm{H} / \mathrm{m}. The skin depth for the material at 1  GHz1 \; \mathrm{GHz} is
Official PYQ1996ElectromagneticsPlane Waves and PropertiesMCQ · 1 mark
A uniform plane wave in air is normally incident on infinitely thick slab. If the refractive index of the glass slab is 1.51.5, then the percentage of incident power that is reflected from the air-glass interface is
Official PYQ1995ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
An antenna, when radiating, has a highly directional radiation pattern. When the antenna is receiving, its radiation pattern
Official PYQ1995ElectromagneticsPlane Waves and PropertiesMCQ · 1 mark
The intrinsic impedance of a lossy dielectric medium is given by
Official PYQ1995ElectromagneticsMaxwell's EquationsMCQ · 1 mark
The electric field strength at a distance point, P\mathrm{P}, due to a point charge, +q+q. located on the origin, is 100  μV/m100 \; \mu \mathrm{V} / \mathrm{m}. If the point charge is now enclosed by a perfectly conducting metal sheet sphere whose centre is at the origin, then the electric field strength at the point. PP. outside the sphere, becomes.
Official PYQ1994ElectromagneticsTransmission LinesMCQ · 1 mark
For a dipole antenna