Question

When curl of a path is zero, the field is said to be conservative. State True/False. (a) True (b) False The question was asked in an international level competition. This question is from Electrostatic Energy topic in chapter Electrostatic Fields of Electromagnetic Theory Select the correct answer from above options Electromagnetic Theory questions and answers, Electromagnetic Theory questions pdf, Electromagnetic Theory question bank, Electromagnetic Theory questions and answers pdf, mcq on Electromagnetic Theory pdf,electromagnetic theory book pdf,electromagnetic theory pdf notes,electromagnetic theory lecture notes,electromagnetic theory of light,maxwell electromagnetic theory,electromagnetic theory proposed by,electromagnetic theory engineering physics,electromagnetic theory nptel

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) True To elaborate: By Stoke’s theorem, when curl of a path becomes zero, then ∫ E.dl = 0. In other words the work done in a closed path will always be zero. Fields having this property is called conservative or lamellar fields.