University of Burdwan · CBCS · PYQs 2018–2024

PHYS7021 · Electricity, Magnetism & Wave Optics

Sem-VII Physics Minor — syllabus-wise theory ➜ solved past questions ➜ model answers · Indian-textbook style · mobile friendly

📚 Table of Contents

Each page = short theory (exactly enough to solve the PYQs)solved past questions with year pills and ×repeat badges. 77 core questions (117 appearances) + 10 borderline. Follow the Indian-textbook style: Given → Formula → Steps → Result.

Part I — GE-2 side (Electricity & Magnetism)

§PageCoverageQs
1ElectrostaticsGauss law · potential · capacitors · dielectrics24
2MagnetostaticsBiot–Savart · Ampère · vector potential6
3Electromagnetic InductionFaraday · self/mutual L · energy11
4Maxwell's Equations & EM Wavesdisplacement current · Poynting · wave eqn9

Part II — GE-4 side (Waves & Optics)

§PageCoverageQs
5Collinear SHM Superposition & Beatsresultant SHM · beats3
6Perpendicular SHM & LissajousLissajous figures2
7Wave Optics — Huygenswavefront · Huygens principle1
8InterferenceYDSE · biprism · Newton's rings · thin films12
9Diffractionzone plate · Fresnel · grating4
10Polarizationdouble refraction · QWP · Nicol prism5
Borderline Q&Aasked in old GE papers, not verbatim in PHYS702110

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