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Electromagnetic Waves

ICSE · Class 12 · Physics

Most important questions from Electromagnetic Waves for ICSE Class 12 Physics board exam 2026. MCQs, short answer, and long answer questions with marks.

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3 marks

A wave in a medium travels at 2.0 × 10^8 m/s. If the medium has relative permeability 1.0, what is its relative permittivity?

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2.25

Use v = c / sqrt(μr εr). Rearranging gives εr = c²/(v² μr). Substituting c = 3.0 × 10^8 m/s, v = 2.0 × 10^8 m/s, μr = 1.0, we get εr = (3.0²)/(2.0²) = 9/4 = 2.25.

2multiple choice
3 marks

An electromagnetic wave has electric field amplitude 120 N/C. What is its magnetic field amplitude in vacuum?

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4.0 × 10^-7 T

Use E/B = c, so B0 = E0/c = 120 / (3.0 × 10^8) = 4.0 × 10^-7 T.

3multiple choice
3 marks

A plane EM wave in vacuum has electric field amplitude 60 N/C. What is its intensity?

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4.77 × 10^-2 W m^-2

Use ⟨I⟩ = 1/2 ε0 E0² c. Substituting ε0 = 8.85 × 10^-12, E0 = 60 N/C, c = 3.0 × 10^8 m/s gives ⟨I⟩ = 0.5 × 8.85 × 10^-12 × 3600 × 3.0 × 10^8 = 4.77 × 10^-2 W m^-2.

4multiple choice
3 marks

A capacitor is fully charged. Which statement about current is correct?

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Ic = 0 and Id = 0

When the capacitor is fully charged, no current flows in the wires and the electric field between the plates is no longer changing. Therefore both conduction current and displacement current become zero.

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