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The Plane Wave: Reading the Equation for JEE: 5 solved questions

Real JEE paper questions on the plane wave: reading the equation, part of electromagnetic waves. Each opens with the options, the correct answer and a step-by-step solution. Papers run from 2012 to 2021. No sign-in needed to read them.

What this topic asks

• Direction of travel and standing waves — 3 questions
• Phase, perpendicularity and polarisation — 1 question
• Reading omega, k, nu, lambda and v — 1 question

All 5 questions with solutions

• A linearly polarized electromagnetic wave in vacuum is E⃗ = 3.1 cos[(1.8)z - (5.4 × 10⁶)t] ı̂ N/C is incident… JEE Main 25th July 1st Shift 2021
• An electromagnetic wave in vacuum has the electric and magnetic fields E⃗ and B⃗, which are always perpendicu… JEE Main 2012
• A plane polarized monochromatic EM wave is travelling in vacuum along z direction such that at t = t₁, it is… JEE Main Online 2018
• The electric field of a plane electromagnetic wave is given by E⃗ = E₀ ı̂ cos(kz) cos(ω t). The corresponding… JEE Main 10th April 1st Shift 2019
• The electric field component of a monochromatic radiation is given by E⃗ = 2E₀ ı̂ cos kz cos ω t. Its magneti… JEE Main Online 2017