Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : The electromagnetic wave exerts pressure on the surface on which it is allowed to fall. Reason (R) : There is no mass associated with the electromagnetic waves. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) . Assertion (A) : Electromagnetic waves carry energy but not momentum Reason (R) : Mass of a photon is zero In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

Given below are two statements: Statement I: Electromagnetic waves carry energy as they travel through space and this energy is equally shared by the electric and magnetic fields. Statement II: When electromagnetic waves strike a surface, a pressure is exerted on the surface. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.

Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.

Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.

Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.

The energy of an electromagnetic wave contained in a small volume oscillates with

double the frequency of the wave

Electromagnetic Waves — JEE Main Previous Year Questions

152 solved PYQs · 2016–2026 · Physics

Solved PYQs: 152
Years covered: 2016–2026
Avg / year: ~14
Subject: Physics

How many JEE Main questions come from Electromagnetic Waves?

Electromagnetic Waves has contributed 152 questions to Joint Entrance Examination (Main) papers between 2016 and 2026 — an average of about 14 questions a year. That count is measured from EByAi’s bank of 55,289 JEE Main questions, not estimated from a syllabus. Every one of the 152 questions carries a written, step-by-step solution, and each is tagged to Electromagnetic Waves within Physics, so you can drill this chapter across every year at once instead of hunting through paper PDFs. Practising a chapter’s full PYQ history is the fastest way to learn the patterns examiners reuse.

Sample Electromagnetic Waves questions from real JEE Main papers

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Question 1 · JEE Main 2026
Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A) : The electromagnetic wave exerts pressure on the surface on which it is allowed to fall. Reason (R) : There is no mass associated with the electromagnetic waves. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
1. (A) $Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)$
2. (B) $Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)$
3. (C) $(A) is true but (R) is false$
4. (D) $(A) is false but (R) is true$
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$Answer: (B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)$
Question 2 · JEE Main 2025
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) . Assertion (A) : Electromagnetic waves carry energy but not momentum Reason (R) : Mass of a photon is zero In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
1. (A) $Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)$
2. (B) $Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)$
3. (C) $(A) is false but (R) is true$
4. (D) $(A) is true but (R) is false$
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$Answer: (C) (A) is false but (R) is true$
Question 3 · JEE Main 2024
Given below are two statements: Statement I: Electromagnetic waves carry energy as they travel through space and this energy is equally shared by the electric and magnetic fields. Statement II: When electromagnetic waves strike a surface, a pressure is exerted on the surface. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1. (A) $Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.$
2. (B) $Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.$
3. (C) $Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.$
4. (D) $Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.$
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$Answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.$
Question 4 · JEE Main 2023
The energy of an electromagnetic wave contained in a small volume oscillates with
1. (A) $double the frequency of the wave$
2. (B) $the frequency of the wave$
3. (C) $half the frequency of the wave$
4. (D) $zero frequency$
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$Answer: (A) double the frequency of the wave$
Question 5 · JEE Main 2023
The ratio of average electric energy density and total average energy density of electromagnetic wave is :
1. (A) $1$
2. (B) $3$
3. (C) $2$
4. (D) $\frac{1}{2}$
Show answerAnswer
$Answer: (D) \frac{1}{2}$

Electromagnetic Waves questions by year

Year	Questions	Share of chapter questions
2026	17
2025	10
2024	15
2023	22
2022	24
2021	24
2020	15
2019	16
2018	4
2017	2
2016	3

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