JEE Main Physics · Wave Optics

Polarization in JEE Main

Name: Polarization: JEE Main previous year questions
Creator: Lumi

Polarization (Physics, Wave Optics) came 6 times in 6 of the 42 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, across 4 distinct ideas. 6 of them came in 2024–26; it was last asked in 2026.

Questions: 6; in 6 shifts
Ideas asked: 4; 1 asked more than once
Numerical answer: 1; 17% of its questions
Pattern: New since 2024; last asked 2026

Questions each year

In the shifts Lumi analysed for each year.

Difficulty and format

Easy 2Medium 3Hard 1

Format

Single correct4 Q
Diagram based1 Q
Numerical value1 Q

Ideas inside the topic

4 ideas

Malus's Law Calculation3 Q
Brewster's Angle1 Q
Polarization by Reflection1 Q
Three-Polarizer System Optimization1 Q

Where it sits

Part of Wave Optics, which had 44 questions in all. Polarization accounts for 14% of them. In Lumi's JEE taxonomy it belongs to Optics.

Every question

All 6 Polarization questions

Newest first, each with its options and official answer.

4 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q45An unpolarized light is incident on the plane interface of air-dielectric medium shown in figure. If the incident angle is equal to…HardDiagram basedHas a figure
4 Apr 2026, Shift 2 · Q42An unpolarized light of certain intensity passes through a combination of two polarizers whose transmission axes are at $30^\circ$ and…MediumSingle correct
6 Apr 2026, Shift 1 · Q47An unpolarized light of intensity $I_0$ passes through polarizer and then through a certain optically active solution and finally it goes…MediumNumerical value
4 Apr 2025, Shift 2 · Q40Two polarisers $P_1$ and $P_2$ are placed in such a way that the intensity of the transmitted light will be zero. A third polariser $P_3$ …MediumSingle correct
30 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q45A beam of unpolarised light of intensity $I_o$ is passed through a polaroid $A$ and then through another polaroid $B$ which is oriented so…EasySingle correct
31 Jan 2024, Shift 2 · Q45When unpolarized light is incident at an angle of $60^\circ$ on a transparent medium from air, the reflected ray is completely polarized.…EasySingle correct