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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2025

The following have zero average value in a plane electromagnetic wave

  1. A electric field only
  2. B magnetic field only
  3. C both electric field and magnetic field
  4. D both electric energy and magnetic energy
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(C) both electric field and magnetic field

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In a plane electromagnetic wave, both the electric and magnetic fields oscillate sinusoidally. Over a complete cycle, the positive and negative values cancel out, resulting in a zero average value for both.