Physics Optics questions from JEE Main 2020.
The refractive index of a medium where speed of light is 2 × 10⁸ m/s is:
In Youngs double slit experiment the fringe width is β...
A double convex lens has power $P$ and same radii of curvature $r$ of both the surfaces. The radius of curvature of a surface of a plano-convex lens made of the same material with power $1.5P$ is :
The distance between an object and a screen is $100\mathrm{cm}$. A lens can produce real image of the object on the screen for two different positions between the screen and the object. The distance between these two positions is $40\mathrm{cm}$. If the power of the lens is close to $(\frac{N}{100})D$ where $N$ is an integer, the value of $N$ is _________
When an object is kept at a distance of $30\mathrm{cm}$ from a concave mirror, the image is formed at a distance of $10\mathrm{cm}$from the mirror. If the object is moved with a speed of $9\mathrm{cm}{s}^{-1}$ , the speed (in $\mathrm{cm}{s}^{-1}$) with which image moves at that instant is
Two light waves having the same wavelength $\lambda$ in vacuum are in phase initially. Then the first wave travels a path ${L}_{1}$ through a medium of refractive index ${n}_{1}$while the second wave travels a path of length ${L}_{2}$ through a medium of refractive index ${n}_{2}$. After this the phase difference between the two waves is:
A vessel of depth $2h$ is half filled with a liquid of refractive index $2\sqrt{2}$ and the upper half with another liquid of refractive index $\sqrt{2}$ . The liquids are immiscible. The apparent depth of the inner surface of the bottom of the vessel will be
The critical angle of a medium for a specific wavelength, if the medium has relative permittivity $3$ and relative permeability $\frac{4}{3}$ for this wavelength, will be:
A point object in air is in front of the curved surface of a plano-convex lens. The radius of curvature of the curved surface is $30cm$ and the refractive index of the lens material is $1.5,$ then the focal length of the lens (in cm) is ___________.
The magnifying power of a telescope with tube length $60cm$ is $5.$ What is the focal length of its eye piece?
If we need a magnification of $375$ from a compound microscope of tube length $150mm$ and an objective of focal length $5mm,$ the focal length of the eye-piece, should be close to:
In a Young's double slit experiment,$16$ fringes are observed in a certain segment of the screen when light of wavelength $700\mathrm{nm}$ is used. If the wavelength of light is changed to $400\mathrm{nm}$, the number of fringes observed in the same segment of the screen would be :
Visible light of wavelength $6000\times {10}^{-8}cm$ falls normally on a single slit and produces a diffraction pattern. It is found that the second diffraction minimum is at ${60}^{o}$ from the central maximum. If the first minimum is produced at ${\theta }_{1},$ then ${\theta }_{1}$ is close to
A Young's double-slit experiment is performed using monochromatic light of wavelength $\lambda$. The intensity of light at a point on the screen, where the path difference is $\lambda$, is $K$ units. The intensity of light at a point where the path difference is $\frac{\lambda }{6}$ is given by $\frac{\mathrm{nK}}{12}$, where $n$ is an integer. The value of $n$ is
In a compound microscope, the magnified virtual image is formed at a distance of $25\text{ cm}$ from the eye-piece. The focal length of its objective lens is $1\text{ cm}$. If the magnification is $100$ and the tube length of the microscope is $20\text{ cm}$, then the focal length of the eye-piece lens (in $\text{cm}$) is ______
Two coherent sources of sound, ${S}_{1}$ and ${S}_{2},$ produce sound waves of the same wavelength $\lambda =1m$ are in phase. ${S}_{1}$ and ${S}_{2}$ are placed $1.5m$ apart (see fig). A listener, located at $L$, directly in front of ${S}_{2}$, finds that the intensity is at a minimum when he is $2m$ away from ${S}_{2}$. The listener moves away from ${S}_{1}$, keeping the distance from ${S}_{2}$ fixed. The adjacent maximum of intensity is observed when the listener is at a distance $d$ from ${S}_{1}$. Then $d$ is : 
An observer can see through a small hole on the side of a jar (radius $15\mathrm{cm}$ ) at a point at height of $15\mathrm{cm}$ from the bottom (see figure). The hole is at a height of $45\mathrm{cm}$. When the jar is filled with a liquid up to a height of $30\mathrm{cm}$ the same observer can see the edge at the bottom of the jar. If the refractive index of the liquid is$\frac{N}{100},$ where $N$ is an integer, the value of $N$ is 
In a Young's double slit experiment, light of $500\mathrm{nm}$ is used to produce and interference pattern. When the distance between the slits is $0.05\mathrm{mm},$ the angular width (in degree) of the fringes formed on the distance screen is close to :
In a Young’s double slit experiment, the separation between the slits is $0.15mm$ . In the experiment, a source of light of wavelength $589nm$ is used and the interference pattern is observed on a screen kept $1.5m$ away. The separation between the successive bright fringes on the screen is:
A thin lens made of glass (refractive index $=1.5$ ) of focal length $f=16cm$ is immersed in a liquid of refractive index $1.42$ . If its focal length in liquid is ${f}_{l}$ , then the ratio ${f}_{l}/f$ is closest to the integer:
There is a small source of light at some depth below the surface of water (refractive index $=\frac{4}{3}$ ) in a tank of large cross sectional surface area. Neglecting any reflection from the bottom and absorption by water, percentage of light that emerges out of surface is (nearly): [Use the fact that surface area of a spherical cap of height $h$ and radius of curvature $r$ is $2\pi rh$ ]
Interference fringes are observed on a screen by illuminating two thin slits $1\mathrm{mm}$ apart with a light source $(\lambda =632.8\mathrm{nm})$. The distance between the screen and the slits is $100\mathrm{cm}$. If a bright fringe is observed on a screen at distance of $1.27\mathrm{mm}$ from the central bright fringe, then the path difference between the waves, which are reaching this point from the slits is close to :
A polarizer - analyser set is adjusted such that the intensity of light coming out of the analyser is just $36%$ of the original intensity. Assuming that the polarizer - analyser set does not absorb any light, the angle by which the analyser needs to be rotated further, to reduce the output intensity to zero, is $({\mathrm{sin}}^{-1}(\frac{3}{5})=37^{\circ})$
A light ray enters a solid glass sphere of refractive index $\mu =\sqrt{3}$ at an angle of incidence $60^{\circ}$. The ray is both reflected and refracted at the farther surface of the sphere. The angle (in degrees) between the reflected and refracted rays at this surface is _____________.
Orange light of wavelength $6000\times {10}^{–10}m$ illuminates a single slit of width $0.6\times {10}^{–4}m$. The maximum possible number of diffraction minima produced on both sides of the central maximum is __________
An object is gradually moving away from the focal point of a concave mirror along the axis of the mirror. The graphical representation of the magnitude of linear magnification $(m)$ versus distance of the object from the mirror $(x)$ is correctly given by (Graphs are drawn schematically and are not to scale)
A point like object is placed at distance of $1m$ in front of a convex lens of focal length $0.5m$. A plane mirror is placed at a distance of $2m$ behind the lens. The position and nature of the image formed by the system is
For a concave lens of focal length $f$, the relation between object and image distance $u$ and $v,$ respectively, from its pole can best be represented by ($u=v$ is the reference line):
In a Young's double slit experiment $15$ fringes are observed on a small portion of the screen when light of wavelength $500nm$ is used. Ten fringes are observed on the same section of the screen when another light source of wavelength $\lambda$ is used. Then the value of $\lambda$ is (in $nm$ ) __________.
In the figure below, $P$ and $Q$ are two equally intense coherent sources emitting radiation of wavelength $20m.$ The separation between $P$ and $Q$ is $5m$ and the phase of $P$ is ahead of that of $Q$ by $90^{\circ}.A,B$ and C are three distinct point of observation, each equidistant from the midpoint of PQ. The intensities of radiation at $A,B,C$ will be in the ratio : 
A beam of plane polarized light of large cross-sectional area and uniform intensity of $3.3W{m}^{–2}$ falls normally on a polarizer (cross-sectional area $3\times {10}^{–4}{m}^{2}$), which rotates about its axis with an angular speed of $31.4\mathrm{rad}{s}^{-1}$. The energy of light passing through the polarizer per revolution, is close to:
In a double – slit experiment, at a certain point on the screen the path difference between the two interfering waves is $\frac{1}{8}th$ of a wavelength. The ratio of the intensity of light at that point to that at the center of a bright fringe is:
The aperture diameter of a telescope is $5m$ . The separation between the moon and the earth is $4\times {10}^{5}km$ . With light of wavelength of $5500Å$ , the minimum separation between objects on the surface of moon, so that they are just resolved, is close to:
A compound microscope consists of an objective lens of focal length $1\mathrm{cm}$ and an eye piece of focal length $5\mathrm{cm}$ with a separation of $10\mathrm{cm}.$ The distance between an object and the objective lens, at which the strain on the eye is minimum is $\frac{n}{40}\mathrm{cm}.$ The value of $n$ is.......
A spherical mirror is obtained as shown in the figure from a hollow glass sphere, if an object is positioned in front of the mirror, what will be the nature and magnification of the image of the object? (Figure down as schematic and not to scale) 
A prism of angle $A=1^{\circ}$ $\mu =1.5$. A good estimate for the minimum angle of deviation (in degrees) is close to $\frac{N}{10}.$ Value of $N$ is $\ldots \ldots \ldots$