JEE Main Physics — Optics previous year questions with solutions.
A bi convex lens of focal length $10\mathrm{cm}$ is cut in two identical parts along a plane perpendicular to the principal axis. The power of each lens after cut is _____ $D$.
Light enters from air into a given medium at an angle of $45^{\circ}$ with interface of the air-medium surface. After refraction, the light ray is deviated through an angle of $15^{\circ}$ from its original direction. The refractive index of the medium is :
The graph between $\frac{1}{u}$ and $\frac{1}{v}$ for a thin convex lens in order to determine its focal length is plotted as shown in the figure. The refractive index of lens is $1.5$ and its both the surfaces have same radius of curvatures $R$. The value of $R$ will be _____ $\mathrm{cm}$. (Where $u=$ object distance, $v=$ image distance) 
In Youngs double slit experiment, fringe width is proportional to
In normal adjustment, for a refracting telescope, the distance between objective and eye piece is $30\mathrm{cm}$. The focal length of the objective, when the angular magnification of the telescope is $2$, will be:
An object '$O$' is placed at a distance of $100\mathrm{cm}$ in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature $200\mathrm{cm}$ as shown in the figure. The object starts moving towards the mirror at a speed $2\mathrm{cm}{s}^{-1}$. The position of the image from the mirror after $10s$ will be at _____ $\mathrm{cm}$. 
The difference of speed of light in the two media $A$ and $B({v}_{A}-{v}_{B})$ is $2.6\times {10}^{7}m{s}^{-1}$. If the refractive index of medium $B$ is $1.47$, then the ratio of refractive index of medium $B$ to medium $A$ is: (Given : speed of light in vacuum $c=3\times {10}^{8}{ms}^{-1}$)
For an object placed at a distance $2.4m$ from a lens, a sharp focused image is observed on a screen placed at a distance $12\mathrm{cm}$ from the lens. A glass plate of refractive index $1.5$ and thickness $1\mathrm{cm}$ is introduced between lens and screen such that the glass plate plane faces parallel to the screen. By what distance should the object be shifted so that a sharp focused image is observed again on the screen?
The speed of light in media $'A'$ and $'B'$ are $2.0\times {10}^{10}\mathrm{cm}{s}^{-1}$ and $1.5\times {10}^{10}\mathrm{cm}{s}^{-1}$ respectively. A ray of light enters from the medium $B$ to $A$ at an incident angle$'\theta '$. If the ray suffers total internal reflection, then
A ray of light is incident at an angle of incidence $60^{\circ}$ on the glass slab of refractive index $\sqrt{3}$. After refraction, the light ray emerges out from other parallel faces and lateral shift between incident ray and emergent ray is $4\sqrt{3}\mathrm{cm}$. The thickness of the glass slab is _____ $\mathrm{cm}$.
Two beams of light having intensities $I$ and $4I$ interfere to produce a fringe pattern on a screen. The phase difference between the two beams are $\frac{\pi }{2}$ and $\frac{\pi }{3}$ at points $A$ and $B$ respectively. The difference between the resultant intensities at the two points is $xI$. The value of $x$ will be _____ .
In Young's double slit experiment the two slits are $0.6\mathrm{mm}$ distance apart. Interference pattern is observed on a screen at a distance $80\mathrm{cm}$ from the slits. The first dark fringe is observed on the screen directly opposite to one of the slits. The wavelength of light will be _____ $\mathrm{nm}$.
Two coherent sources of light interfere. The intensity ratio of two sources is $1:4$. For this interference pattern if the value of $\frac{{I}_{\mathrm{max}}+{I}_{\mathrm{min}}}{{I}_{\mathrm{max}}-{I}_{\mathrm{min}}}$ is equal to $\frac{2\alpha +1}{\beta +3}$, then $\frac{\alpha }{\beta }$ will be
The two light beams having intensities $I$ and $9I$ interfere to produce a fringe pattern on a screen. The phase difference between the beams is $\frac{\pi }{2}$ at point $P$ and $\pi$ at point $Q$. Then the difference between the resultant intensities at $P$ and $Q$ will be :
A parallel beam of light is allowed to fall on a transparent spherical globe of diameter $30\mathrm{cm}$ and refractive index $1.5$. The distance from the centre of the globe at which beam of light can converge is _____ $\mathrm{mm}$.
A light whose electric field vectors are completely removed by using a good polaroid, allowed to incident on the surface of the prism at Brewster's angle. Choose the most suitable option for the phenomenon related to the prism.
Which of the following statement is correct?
A convex lens of focal length $20\mathrm{cm}$ is placed in front of convex mirror with principal axis coinciding each other. The distance between the lens and mirror is $10\mathrm{cm}$. A point object is placed on principal axis at a distance of $60\mathrm{cm}$ from the convex lens. The image formed by combination coincides the object itself. The focal length of the convex mirror is _____ $\mathrm{cm}$.
In a double slit experiment with monochromatic light, fringes are obtained on a screen placed at some distance from the plane of slits. If the screen is moved by $5\times {10}^{-2}m$ towards the slits, the change in fringe width is $3\times {10}^{-3}\mathrm{cm}$. If the distance between the slits is $1\mathrm{mm}$, then the wavelength of the light will be____$\mathrm{nm}$.
A light ray is incident, at an incident angle ${\theta }_{1}$, on the system of two plane mirrors ${M}_{1}$ and ${M}_{2}$ having an inclination angle $75^{\circ}$ between them (as shown in figure). After reflecting from mirror ${M}_{1}$ it gets reflected back by the mirror ${M}_{2}$ with an angle of reflection $30^{\circ}$. The total deviation of the ray will be _____ degree. 
The interference pattern is obtained with two coherent light sources of intensity ratio $4:1$. And the ratio $\frac{{I}_{\mathrm{max}}+{I}_{\mathrm{min}}}{{I}_{\mathrm{max}}-{I}_{\mathrm{min}}}$ is $\frac{5}{x}$. Then, the value of $x$ will be equal to :
A thin prism of angle $6^{\circ}$ and refractive index for yellow light $({n}_{Y})1.5$ is combined with another prism of angle $5^{\circ}$ and ${n}_{Y}=1.55$. The combination produces no dispersion. The net average deviation $(\delta )$ produced by the combination is ${(\frac{1}{x})}^{^{\circ}}$. The value of $x$ is _____ . 
In the given figure, the face $AC$ of the equilateral prism is immersed in a liquid of refractive index $n$. For incident angle $60^{\circ}$ at the side $AC$, the refracted light beam just grazes along face $AC$. The refractive index of the liquid $n=\frac{\sqrt{x}}{4}$. The value of $x$ is _____ . (Given refractive index of glass $=1.5$) 
The power of a lens (biconvex) is $1.25{m}^{-1}$ in particular medium. Refractive index of the lens is $1.5$ and radii of curvature are $20\mathrm{cm}$ and $40\mathrm{cm}$ respectively. The refractive index of surrounding medium: