
Sun light falls normally on a surface of area and exerts an average force of within a time period of minutes. Considering a case of complete absorption, the energy flux of incident light is


Important Questions on Electromagnetic Waves
Match List - I with List - II
List-I | List-II | ||
(a) | UV rays | (i) | Diagnostic tool in medicine |
(b) | -rays | (ii) | Water purification |
(c) | Microwave | (iii) | Communication, Radar |
(d) | Infrared wave | (iv) | Improving visibility in foggy days |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :


If and represent electric field and propagation vectors of the EM waves in vacuum, then magnetic field vector is given by:
( angular frequency)

The electric field and magnetic field components of an electromagnetic wave going through vacuum is described by
Then the correct relation between and is given by


Match List I and List II
A | Gauss’s Law in Electrostatics | I | |
B | Faraday's Law | II | |
C | Gauss’s Law in Magnetism | III | |
D | Ampere-Maxwell Law | IV |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Electromagnetic waves are not deflected by electric and magnetic field.
Statement II : The amplitude of electric field and the magnetic field in electromagnetic waves are related to each other as .
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

