GATE-PH SERIES
Physics

Electromagnetic Waves

6 previous year questions.

Volume: 6 Ques
Yield: Medium

High-Yield Trend

6
2023

Chapter Questions
6 MCQs

01
PYQ 2023
medium
physics ID: gate-ph-
Consider an electromagnetic wave propagating in the -direction in vacuum, with the magnetic field given by . If T, the average power passing through a circle of radius 1.0 m placed in the plane is (in Watts). Using , what is the value of (rounded off to one decimal place)?
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11.0
2
12.0
3
13.5
4
13.7
02
PYQ 2023
medium
physics ID: gate-ph-
Young’s double slit experiment is performed using a beam of (fullerene) molecules, each molecule being made up of 60 carbon atoms. When the slit separation is 50 nm, fringes are formed on a screen kept at a distance of 1 m from the slits. Now, the experiment is repeated with molecules with a slit separation of 92.5 nm. The kinetic energies of both the beams are the same. The position of the 4 bright fringe for will correspond to the bright fringe for . What is the value of (rounded off to the nearest integer)?
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5
2
6
3
7
4
8
03
PYQ 2023
medium
physics ID: gate-ph-

An input voltage in the form of a square wave of frequency 1 kHz is given to a circuit, which results in the output shown schematically below. Which one of the following options is the CORRECT representation of the circuit?

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A

2

B

3

C

4

D

04
PYQ 2023
medium
physics ID: gate-ph-
An electric field as a function of radial coordinate has the form , where is a constant. Assume that dimensions are appropriately taken care of. The electric flux through a sphere of radius , centered at the origin, is . What is the value of (rounded off to two decimal places)?
05
PYQ 2023
medium
physics ID: gate-ph-
The particle is a member of the Baryon decuplet with isospin state and strangeness quantum number . In the quark model, which one of the following is the flavour part of the wavefunction?
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2

3

4

06
PYQ 2023
medium
physics ID: gate-ph-
Different spectral lines of the Balmer series (transitions , with being the principal quantum number) fall one at a time on a Young’s double slit apparatus. The separation between the slits is and the screen is placed at a constant distance from the slits. What factor should be multiplied by to maintain a constant fringe width for various lines, as takes different allowed values?
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2

3

4

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