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Terminology has been kept exactly as phrased in the questions, and duplicate terms across different years have been combined into single entries for easy revision.
Topic 1: Vector Calculus & Electromagnetic Fundamentals
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Meaning of the word ‘field’ (in terms of electromagnetics) 2024 Metric coefficient 2019 Quasi-static conditions 2020 Homogeneous, linear, and isotropic media (also asked as ‘homogenous medium’) 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024 Loss tangent 2019 Complex permittivity 2019, 2023 Intrinsic impedance 2022, 2023 Displacement current density 2023 Virtual height (appeared in a mixed Section A question) 2022
Topic 2: Electrostatics
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Electric field intensity 2016, 2019 Electric potential 2016, 2017, 2021 Equipotential line 2024 Electric dipole moment 2016, 2021, 2023 Electric dipole 2019 Electrostatic energy (also asked as ‘Electrostatic potential energy’) 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Topic 3: Magnetostatics
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Magnetic dipole 2015, 2017 Magnetic dipole moment 2016, 2018 Magnetization vector / Magnetization vectors 2015, 2016, 2018 Magnetic field intensity 2016, 2018 Scalar magnetic potential 2018 Vector magnetic potential 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025 Magnetic susceptibility (and its role) 2015, 2022, 2025 Hall effect 2019, 2021, 2025 Skin depth (appeared in a mixed Section B short note) 2025
Topic 4: Time-Varying Fields & Maxwell’s Equations
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Displacement current 2016, 2017
Topic 5: Electromagnetic Waves
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Low loss dielectrics and good conductors 2017, 2023 Loss tangent 2015 Phase velocity and group velocity 2024 Polarization / Polarization of a wave 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 Brewster angle 2020 Doppler effect 2015, 2017, 2019, 2024
Topic 6: Radio Wave Propagation
Term / Concept Name Year(s) of Appearance Virtual height 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021 Skip distance 2015, 2016, 2018 Maximum usable frequency (MUF) 2015, 2016, 2018 Minimum usable frequency 2018 Critical frequency 2016, 2018 Plasma frequency / Plasma oscillation 2016, 2018, 2021 Doppler effect / Doppler effect in electromagnetics 2016, 2021 Skin depth / Skin depth of a conductor 2016, 2021