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GATE Electromagnetic theory: Solutions of electrostatic and magnetostatic problems including boundary value problems – Previous Year Questions

5 GATE previous year questions on Solutions of electrostatic and magnetostatic problems including boundary value problems (Electromagnetic theory, Physics) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

  1. GATE 2022 PH Q31 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – Electric field is measured along the axis of a uniformly charged disc of radius 25 cm. At a distance d from the centre, the field differs by 10% from…
  2. GATE 2023 PH Q35 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – An electric field is E= e-r2 r/r. The flux through a sphere of radius 2 centered at the origin is . Find /(2), rounded to two decimal places.
  3. GATE 2023 PH Q59 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – The two source configurations contain q=1 C, isolated or centered inside a neutral conducting shell with R 1=1 m, R 2=2 m. W I= 0 E I2dV/2 and W II= 0…
  4. GATE 2026 PH Q12 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – An infinitely large non-conducting thin sheet in the xy plane (z=0) carries a uniform surface charge density =17.7010-12\ C\,m-2. The electric field…
  5. GATE 2024 PH Q34 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – E=k(x x+y y)/(x2+y2). Its flux through a sphere of radius R centered at the origin is n kR. The value of n (in integer) is