Class 12 Physics Chapter 8: Electromagnetic Waves — Important Questions & Mock Tests
Practice Electromagnetic Waves topic-wise important questions, MCQs and 1, 2, 3 and 5 mark questions for CBSE revision.
300 Questions 58 Topics MCQs: 100 1 Mark: 50 2 Mark: 50 3 Mark: 50 5 Mark: 50
Topic-wise important and practice questions
Review question distribution across chapter topics for MCQs, 1 Mark questions, 2 Mark questions, 3 Mark questions, 5 Mark questions.
| Topic | MCQ | 1 Mark | 2 Mark | 3 Mark | 5 Mark | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampere-Maxwell Law | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Ampere-Maxwell Law and Surface Independence | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Applications and Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Changing Electric Field as a Source of Magnetic Field | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Charging Capacitor and Displacement Current | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Classification of the Electromagnetic Spectrum | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Common Speed of Electromagnetic Waves in Vacuum | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Displacement Current | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Displacement Current and Ampere-Maxwell Law | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Displacement Current Derivation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Displacement Current in a Charging Capacitor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Electromagnetic Radiation and Energy | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Electromagnetic Spectrum | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Electromagnetic Spectrum Overview | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Electromagnetic Spectrum: Approximate Wavelength Ranges | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Electromagnetic Spectrum: Frequency-Wavelength Ordering | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Electromagnetic Spectrum: Production and Interaction | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Electromagnetic Spectrum: Uses and Production | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Electromagnetic Waves Do Not Require a Material Medium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Experimental and Historical Development | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Experimental Demonstration and Communication with EM Waves | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Field Geometry and Amplitudes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Field-Amplitude Relation | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Fields in a Material Medium | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Gamma Rays and High-Frequency Radiation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Historical Development | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Infrared and Visible Radiation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Infrared, Ultraviolet and Matter | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Integrated EM-Wave Reasoning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Material Medium | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Maxwell's Electromagnetic Picture | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Maxwell's Equations and EM Waves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Mutual Perpendicularity and Propagation Direction of EM Waves | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Nature of Electromagnetic Waves | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Nature of Plane Electromagnetic Waves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Phase Relation of Electric and Magnetic Fields | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Plane Electromagnetic Wave | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Production of Electromagnetic Waves | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Radio to Infrared Spectrum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Radio Waves and Microwaves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Radio, Microwave and Communication | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Relation Between Electric and Magnetic Field Amplitudes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Source of Electromagnetic Waves | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sources of Electromagnetic Waves | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Spectrum Classification | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Speed of Electromagnetic Waves in a Material Medium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Speed of EM Waves | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Speed of EM Waves and Light | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Symmetry of Time-Varying Fields | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Transverse Nature of Electromagnetic Waves | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Transverse Nature of EM Waves | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ultraviolet, X-rays and Gamma Rays | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Vacuum Speed and Light | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Visible Light Wavelength and Frequency | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Visible Spectrum | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Visible, UV and X-Ray Spectrum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Wave Relation c = νλ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Wave Speed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |