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Electromagnetic Waves PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: Electromagnetic Waves (Physics) had 3 questions across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 3 of them. Asked in 3 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Wave Equation, Energy Density, EM Wave Fields.
Year-wise question count
Asked in 3 of 11 years, with 2 papers each year.
| Year | Questions |
|---|---|
| JEE Advanced 2026 | 1 |
| JEE Advanced 2025 | 1 |
| JEE Advanced 2024 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2023 | 1 |
| JEE Advanced 2022 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2021 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2020 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2019 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2018 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2017 | Not asked |
| JEE Advanced 2016 | Not asked |
Most-asked concepts
Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.
| Concept | Questions | Papers | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| EM Wave Fields | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Energy Density | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wave Equation | 1 | 1 | 2026 |
How to practise Electromagnetic Waves PYQs
- Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
- Solve one year’s Electromagnetic Waves questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
- Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
- Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.
Questions by year
Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.
JEE Advanced2026
- Q.8 (Paper 1) · MSQ · Wave Equation: Direction, wave vector and magnetic field of a given EM wave (official answer: A, C) PDF
JEE Advanced2025
- Q.9 (Paper 1) · Numerical · Energy Density: Magnetic field amplitude from photon energy density in a cube (official answer: 21–25) PDF
JEE Advanced2023
- Q.7 (Paper 2) · MSQ · EM Wave Fields: Properties of an electromagnetic wave in a dielectric medium (official answer: A, D) PDF
Electromagnetic Waves in other exams
The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: CBSE Class 12 (17 questions), JEE Main (11 questions), NEET (2 questions).
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FAQ
How many Electromagnetic Waves questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 1 in 2026, 1 in 2025 and 1 in 2023 (2 papers each year). Not asked in the other 8 years. That is 3 questions in all, about 1% of Physics.
Which Electromagnetic Waves topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Wave Equation, Energy Density, EM Wave Fields. The concept table lists every one with its count.
Are these official JEE Advanced questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official JEE Advanced paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.