JEE Main 2026 — Optics

A collimated beam of light of diameter 2 mm is propagating along $x$-axis. The beam is required to be expanded in a collimated beam of diameter 14 mm using a system of two convex lenses. If first lens has focal length 40 mm, then the focal length of second lens is $\_\_\_\_$ mm.

In Young's double slit experiment, the fringe width is β. If the wavelength of light is doubled and the slit separation is halved, the new fringe width is:

A biconvex lens is formed by using two thin planoconvex lenses, as shown in the figure. The refractive index and radius of curved surfaces are also mentioned in figure. When an object is placed on the left side of lens at a distance of 30 cm from the biconvex lens, the magnification of the image will be : 

When an unpolarized light falls at a particular angle on a glass plate (placed in air), it is observed that the reflected beam is linearly polarized. The angle of refracted beam with respect to the normal is $\_\_\_\_$. $\left(\tan ^{-1}(1.52)=57.7^{\circ}\right.$, refractive indices of air and glass are 1.00 and 1.52, respectively.)

Light ray incident along a vector $\vec{AO}$ $(\vec{AO} = 2\hat{i}-3\hat{j})$ emerges out along vector $\vec{OB}$ $(\vec{OB} = C\hat{i}-4\hat{j})$ as shown in the figure below. The value of $C$ is ________. 

A spherical interface lens of radius $R$ separates two media of refractive indices $1$ and $1.4$ respectively as shown in the figure below. A point source is placed at a distance of $4R$ in front of spherical interface. The magnitude of the magnification of point source image is _______. 

A ray of light passing through an equilateral prism is having velocity $2.12 \times 10^8$ m/s in the prism material, then the minimum angle of deviation is _________ degrees.

If sunlight is focused on a paper using convex lens, it starts burning the paper in shortest time when the lens is kept at $30$ cm above the paper. If the radius of curvature of the lens is $60$ cm then the refractive index of the lens material is $\dfrac{\alpha}{10}$. The value of $\alpha$ is _______.

For a thin symmetric prism made of glass (refractive index $1.5$), the ratio of incident angle and minimum deviation will be _______.

The magnitudes of power of a biconvex lens (refractive index 1.5) and that of a plano-concave lens (refractive index $=1.7$) are same. If the curvature of planoconcave lens exactly matches with the curvature of back surface of the biconvex lens, then ratio of radius of curvature of front and back surface of the biconvex lens is $\_\_\_\_$.

In a microscope of tube length 10 cm two convex lenses are arranged with focal length of 2 cm and 5 cm. Total magnification obtained with this system for normal adjustment is $(5)^{k}$. The value of $k$ is $\_\_\_\_$.

The exit surface of a prism with refractive index $n$ is coated with a material having refractive index $\frac{n}{2}$. When this prism is set for minimum angle of deviation, it exactly meets the condition of critical angle. The prism angle is $\_\_\_\_$.

The wavelength of light, while it is passing through water is 540 nm. The refractive index of water is $4 / 3$. The wavelength of the same light when it is passing through a transparent medium having refractive index of $3 / 2$ is $\_\_\_\_$ nm.

Consider an equilateral prism (refractive index $\sqrt{2}$). A ray of light is incident on its one surface at a certain angle $i$. If the emergent ray is found to graze along the other surface then the angle of refraction at the incident surface is close to $\_\_\_\_$.

A parallel beam of light travelling in air (refractive index 1.0) is incident on a convex spherical glass surface of radius of curvature 50 cm. Refractive index of glass is 1.5. The rays converge to a point at a distance $x \mathrm{~cm}$ from the centre of the curvature of the spherical surface. The value of $x$ is $\_\_\_\_$ cm.

A thin convex lens of focal length 5 cm and a thin concave lens of focal length 4 cm are combined together (without any gap) and this combination has magnification $m_{1}$ when an object is placed 10 cm before the convex lens. Keeping the positions of convex lens and object undisturbed a gap of 1 cm is introduced between the lenses by moving the concave lens away, which lead to a change in magnification of total lens system to $m_{2}$. The value of $\left|\frac{m_{1}}{m_{2}}\right|$ is $\_\_\_\_$.

Distance between an object and three times magnified real image is 40 cm. The focal length of the mirror used is $\_\_\_\_$ cm.

In a Young's double slit experiment, the intensity at some point on the screen is found to be $\dfrac{3}{4}$ times of the maximum of the interference pattern. The path difference between the interfering waves at this point is $\dfrac{\lambda}{x}$ where $\lambda$ is wavelength of the incident light. The value of $x$ is _______.

Some distant star is to be observed by some telescope of diameter of objective lens $a$, at an angular resolution of $3.0\times 10^{-7}$ radian. If the wavelength of light from the star reaching the telescope is $500$ nm, the minimum diameter of the objective lens of the telescope is ________ cm. (nearest integer)

In a Young double slit experiment, the wavelength of incident light is $6000$ Å, the separation between slits $S_1$ and $S_2$ is $5$ cm and the distance between slits plane and screen is $50$ cm, as shown in the figure below. If the resultant intensity at $P$ is equal to the intensity due to individual slits, the path difference between interfering waves is __________ Å. 

An unpolarized light of intensity $I_o$ passes through polarizer and then through a certain optically active solution and finally it goes to analyser. If the angle between analyser and polariser is $0°$ and intensity of light emerged from analyser is $\dfrac{3}{8}I_o$, the angle of rotation of the light by the solution with respect to analyser is _______ degrees.

In Young's double slit experiment, the fringe width of the interference pattern produced on the screen is $2.4$ $\mu$m. If the experiment is carried out in another medium having refractive index $1.2$, the fringe width will be _____ $\mu$m.

A telescope with objective diameter $R$ is used to observe a distant star emitting light of wavelength $500$ nm, at a resolution of $5 \times 10^{-7}$ radian. The value of $R$ is _____ cm.

An unpolarized light of certain intensity passes through a combination of two polarizers whose transmission axes are at $30°$ and $90°$, respectively, with respect to the horizontal axis. A third polarizer with its transmission axis at $60°$ with the horizontal axis is placed between the two existing polarizers. The ratio of the output intensities with and without the third polarizer is ______.

An unpolarised light is incident at an interface of two dielectric media having refractive indices of 2 (incident medium) and $2 \sqrt{3}$ (medium) respectively. To satisfy the condition that reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other, the angle of incidence is $\_\_\_\_$.

In two separate Young's double-slit experimental set-ups and two monochromatic light sources of different wavelengths are used to get fringes of equal width. The ratios of the slits separations and that of the wavelengths of light used are $2: 1$ and $1: 2$ respectively. The corresponding ratio of the distances between the slits and the respective screens ($D_{1} / D_{2}$) is $\_\_\_\_$.

In the Young's double slit experiment the intensity produced by each one of the individual slits is $I_{0}$. The distance between two slits is 2 mm. The distance of screen from slits is 10 m. The wavelength of light is $6000 \mathrm{~A}^{\circ}$. The intensity of light on the screen in front of one of the slits is $\_\_\_\_$.

In a double slit experiment the distance between the slits is 0.1 cm and the screen is placed at 50 cm from the slits plane. When one slit is covered with a transparent sheet having thickness $t$ and refractive index $n(=1.5)$, the central fringe shifts by 0.2 cm. The value of $t$ is $\_\_\_\_$ cm.

In a double slit experiment, when one of the slits is covered by a transparent mica sheet of refractive index $1.56$, the central fringe shifts to the position of $7^{th}$ bright fringe, obtained with both slits uncovered. If the light source wavelength is $450$ nm, the thickness of mica sheet is $\alpha \times 10^{-9}$ m. The value of $\alpha$ is ______.

In single slit diffraction pattern, the wavelength of light used is $628$ nm and slit width is $0.2$ mm, the angular width of central maximum is $\alpha \times 10^{-2}$ degrees. The value of $\alpha$ is _______.

A convex lens is made from glass material having refractive index of $1.4$ with same radius of curvature on both sides. The ratio of its focal length and radius of curvature is ______.

An unpolarized light is incident on the plane interface of air-dielectric medium shown in figure. If the incident angle is equal to Brewster angle, identify the expression representing reflected wave. 

Consider light travelling from a medium $A$ to medium $B$ separated by a plane interface. If the light undergoes total internal reflection during its travel from medium $A$ to $B$ and the speed of light in media $A$ and $B$ are $2.4 \times 10^{8} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ and $2.7 \times 10^{8} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$, respectively, then the value of critical angle is :

A prism of angle $75^{\circ}$ and refractive index $\sqrt{3}$ is coated with thin film of refractive index 1.5 only at the back exit surface. To have total internal reflection at the back exit surface the incident angle must be $\_\_\_\_$ ($\sin 15^{\circ}=0.25$ and $\sin 25^{\circ}=0.43$)

A thin biconvex lens is prepared from the glass ($\mu=1.5$) both curved surfaces of which have equal radii of $20$ cm each. Left side surface of the lens is silvered from outside to make it reflecting. To have the position of image and object at the same place, the object should be placed, from the lens at a distance of ________ cm.

In a Young's double slit experiment set up, the two slits are kept 0.4 mm apart and screen is placed at 1 m from slits. If a thin transparent sheet of thickness $20 \mu \mathrm{~m}$ is introduced in front of one of the slits then center bright fringe shifts by 20 mm on the screen. The refractive index of transparent sheet is given by $\frac{\alpha}{10}$, where $\alpha$ is $\_\_\_\_$.

A compound microscope is designed with two symmetric biconvex lenses. The objective lens is cut vertically, creating two identical plano-convex lenses. One of them is used in place of original objective lens. To retain same magnification keeping the object distance unchanged, the tube length has to be

The maximum intensity in a Young's double slit experiment is $I_0$. Distance between the slits ($d$) is $5\lambda$, where $\lambda$ is the wavelength of light used. The intensity of the fringe, exactly opposite to one of the slits on the screen, placed at $D = 10d$ is _______.

A convex lens of refractive index 1.5 and focal length $f=18 \mathrm{~cm}$ is immersed in water. The difference in focal lengths of the given lens when it is in water and in air is $\alpha \times \mathrm{f}$. The value of $\alpha$ is $\_\_\_\_$. (refractive index of water $=4 / 3$)

Five persons $\mathrm{P}_{1}, \mathrm{P}_{2}, \mathrm{P}_{3}, \mathrm{P}_{4}$ and $\mathrm{P}_{5}$ recorded object distance $(\mathrm{u})$ and image distance (v) using same convex lens having power +5 D as $(25,96),(30,62),(35,37),(45,35)$ and $(50,32)$ respectively. Identify correct statement

Given below are two statements: Statement I: A plane wave after passing through prism remains as plane wave but passing through small pin hole may become spherical wave. Statement II: The curvature of a spherical wave emerging from a slit will increase for increasing slit width. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

Refer the figure given below. $\mu_1$ and $\mu_2$ are refractive indices of air and lens material. The height of image will be _______ cm. 

A concave mirror of focal length $10$ cm forms an image which is double the size of object when the object is placed at two different positions. The distance between the two positions of the object is __________ cm.

As shown in the diagram, when the incident ray is parallel to base of the prism, the emergent ray grazes along the second surface.  If refractive index of the material of prism is $\sqrt{2}$, the angle $\theta$ of prism is.

The size of the images of an object, formed by a thin lens are equal when the object is placed at two different positions 8 cm and 24 cm from the lens. The focal length of the lens is $\_\_\_\_$ cm.

Given below are two statements : Statement I : In a Young's double slit experiment, the angular separation of fringes will increase as the screen is moved away from the plane of the slits Statement II: In a Young's double slit experiment, the angular separation of fringes will increase when monochromatic source is replaced by another monochromatic source of higher wavelength. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

A thin convex lens and a thin concave lens are kept in contact and are co-axial. Which of the following statements is correct for this combination of two lenses ?

In interference experiment the path difference between two interfering waves at a point $A$ on the screen is $\lambda/3$, where $\lambda$ is the wavelength of these waves, and at another point $B$ the path difference is $\lambda/6$. The ratio of intensities at points $A$ and $B$ is _______.

Angle of minimum deviation is equal to the half of the angle of prism in an equilateral prism. The refractive index of the prism is __________.

One side of an equilateral prism is painted by a transparent material of refractive index $n_2$. The refractive index of prism is $1.6$. The minimum value of $n_2$ required for total internal reflection from painted face is _______. 

An object $AB$ is placed $15\text{ cm}$ on the left of a convex lens $P$ of focal length $10\text{ cm}$. Another convex lens $Q$ is now placed $15\text{ cm}$ right of lens $P$. If the focal length of lens $Q$ is $15\text{ cm}$, the final image is _______.

For a transparent prism, if the angle of minimum deviation is equal to its refracting angle, the refractive index $n$ of the prism satisfies.

A rod of length $10$ cm lies along the principle axis of a concave mirror of focal length $10$ cm as shown in figure. The length of the image is _____ cm. 

In a microscope the objective is having focal length $f_{o}=2 \mathrm{~cm}$ and eye-piece is having focal length $f_{e}=4 \mathrm{~cm}$. The tube length is 32 cm. The magnification produced by this microscope for normal adjustment is $\_\_\_\_$.

A thin prism with angle $5^{\circ}$ of refractive index 1.72 is combined with another prism of refractive index 1.9 to produce dispersion without deviation. The angle of second prism is $\_\_\_\_$.

A beam of light consisting of wavelengths 650 nm and 550 nm illuminates the Young's double slits with separation of 2 mm such that the interference fringes are formed on a screen, placed at a distance of 1.2 m from the slits. The least distance of a point from the central maximum, where the bright fringes due to both the wavelengths coincide, is $\_\_\_\_$ $\times 10^{-5} \mathrm{~m}$.

A slit of width $a$ is illuminated by light of wavelength $\lambda$. The linear separation between $1^{st}$ and $3^{rd}$ minima in the diffraction pattern produced on a screen placed at a distance $D$ from the slit system is _____.

In parallax method for the determination of focal length of a concave mirror, the object should always be placed:

Which of the following are true for a single slit diffraction? A. Width of central maxima increases with increase in wavelength keeping slit width constant. B. Width of central maxima increases with decrease in wavelength keeping slit width constant. C. Width of central maxima increases with decrease in slit width at constant wavelength. D. Width of central maxima increases with increase in slit width at constant wavelength. E. Brightness of central maxima increases for decrease in wavelength at constant slit width.