BPHCT-133

ASSIGNMENT BOOKLET

BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAMME

(B.SC.G)

ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

Valid from 1st January, 2022 to 31st December, 2022

School of Sciences
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068
(2022)
Dear Student,

Please read the section on assignments in the Programme Guide for B. Sc. that we sent you
after your enrolment. A weightage of 30 per cent, as you are aware, has been earmarked for
continuous evaluation, which would consist of one tutor-marked assignment for this course.
The assignment is in this booklet, and it consists of two parts, Part A and B. The total marks of
all the parts are 100, of which 35% are needed to pass it.
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Before attempting the assignment please read the following instructions carefully:

1) On top of the first page of your answer sheet, please write the details exactly in the following
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3) Leave 4 cm margin on the left, top and bottom of your answer sheet.
4) Your answers should be precise.
5) Solve Part A and Part B of this assignment, and submit the complete assignment answer
sheets containing Parts A and B within the due date.
6) The assignment answer sheets are to be submitted to your Study Centre as per the
schedule. Answer sheets received after the due date shall not be accepted.
We strongly suggest that you retain a copy of your answer sheets.
7) This assignment is valid from 1st January, 2022 to 31st December, 2022. If you have failed
in this assignment or fail to submit it by 31st December, 2022, then you need to get the
assignment for the year 2023, and submit it as per the instructions given in the Programme
Guide.
8) You cannot fill the examination form for this course until you have submitted this
assignment. For any queries, please contact: srjha@ignou.ac.in, vijayashri@ignou.ac.in. We
wish you good luck.

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 Tutor Marked Assignment
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
Course Code: BPHCT-133
Assignment Code: BPHCT-133/TMA/2022
Max. Marks: 100

Note: Attempt all questions. The marks for each question are indicated against it.

PART A
1. a) Determine
 the value of the constant a for which the vector field
F  (2 x y  z 2 ) ˆi  ( xy 2  x 2 z ) ˆj  (axyz  2 x 2 y 2 ) kˆ is solenoidal.
2 (5)

b) Calculate the work done by a force F  ( x  y )ˆi  xy ˆj in moving a particle
counterclockwise along the circle x 2  y 2  4 from the point (2,0) to the point
(0, 2). (10)

c) Using Stoke’s Theorem evaluate the line integral c F . d l where C is the ellipse

x2 y 2 
  1 in the xy - plane and F  2 x 2 ˆi  4 x ˆj  2z 2 kˆ . (10)
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2. a) Two electric charges 2 µC and –1 µC are placed at a distance of 20 cm from each
other in vacuum. Locate the point on the line joining these two charges outside the
region between them at which the electric potential is zero with reference to the
positive charge. (5)
b) A sphere of radius R carries a charge of volume charge density ρ ar, where a is a
constant and r denotes the distance from the centre of the sphere. Calculate the
total charge enclosed by the sphere and the electric field at points lying inside and
outside the sphere. (10)
c) Derive the expression for electric potential of a line charge. (10)

PART B
3. a) A dielectric object is placed in an electric field. The object becomes polarised and
a large number of atomic/molecular dipoles in the object align in the direction of
the applied electric field. Derive an expression for the electric potential due to this
polarised dielectric at a point outside the dielectric. (10)
b) Three capacitors are connected to a 10 V potential difference as shown in the
figure below:
5 µF C2
10 µF

C1
5 µF C3
C
10 V
Calculate the charge on each plate and the potential difference across each
capacitor when fully charged. (5+5)

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 c) In the Bohr model of hydrogen atom, the electron follows a circular orbit centred on
the nucleus containing a proton. The motion of the electron along the circular orbit
constitutes a current. Calculate the magnetic field produced by the orbiting electron
at the site of the proton. (5)
4. a) A time varying magnetic field B(t)  B0 cost pointing out of the page fills the
region enclosed by a circle of radius a shown in the figure below. Determine the
induced electric field. (5)

b) Do the following fields satisfy all four Maxwell’s equations?

E(t)  E0 sin x sin t

B(t)  B0 cos x cos t (10)

c) Discuss Maxwell’s generalisation of Ampere’s law. (5)

d) The expression of the electric field associated with an electromagnetic wave in

vacuum is given by

E  (200 Vm 1 ) xˆ sin (2  10 8 t  ky )

Determine the the direction of propagation, wave number, frequency, and the
magnitude and direction of the magnetic field associated with the wave. (15)

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