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JEE Main Physics — Optics previous year questions with solutions.

All Optics Questions (489)

A ray of light suffers minimum deviation when incident on a prism having angle of the prism equal to $60^{\circ}$. The refractive index of the prism material is $\sqrt{2}$. The angle of incidence (in degrees) is ______.

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A convex lens of focal length 30 cm is placed in contact with a concave lens of focal length 20 cm. An object is placed at 20 cm to the left of this lens system. The distance of the image from the lens in cm is ________

2025
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Which of the following phenomena can not be explained by wave theory of light?

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Width of one of the two slits in a Young's double slit interference experiment is half of the other slit. The ratio of the maximum to the minimum intensity in the interference pattern is :

2025
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A finite size object is placed normal to the principal axis at a distance of 30 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 30 cm. A plane mirror is now placed in such a way that the image produced by both the mirrors coincide with each other. The distance between the two mirrors is :

2025
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What is the lateral shift of a ray refracted through a parallel-sided glass slab of thickness ' $h$ ' in terms of the angle of incidence ' $i$ ' and angle of refraction ' $r$ ', if the glass slab is placed in air medium?

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In a Young's double slit experiment, the slits are separated by 0.2 mm. If the slits separation is increased to 0.4 mm , the percentage change of the fringe width is:

2025
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Two identical symmetric double convex lenses of focal length $f$ are cut into two equal parts $L_1, L_2$ by $A B$ plane and $L_3, L_4$ by $X Y$ plane as shown in figure respectively. The ratio of focal lengths of lenses $L_1$ and $L_3$ is ![JEE Main 2025 Physics, Ray Optics — question figure](https://prepforbharat.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/exam/615f0e999476412f48314daf/Physics/images/Ray_Optics/67a2eed5c8b73881fdaea34d/question_1__q_67a2eed5c8b73881fdaea34d__cdn-question-pool.getmarks.app__rYdKBi0pK3HaMkfLtD6rUYwzu2v4AL0w4uT_6TsHEr8.original.fullsiz__0beef9c8cd_final_ppt_sync.png)

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A spherical surface of radius of curvature $R$, separates air from glass (refractive index $=1.5$ ). The centre of curvature is in the glass medium. A point object ' $O$ ' placed in air on the optic axis of the surface, so that its real image is formed at ' $I$ ' inside glass. The line OI intersects the spherical surface at P and $\mathrm{PO}=\mathrm{PI}$. The distance PO equals to

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Young's double slit inteference apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.44. It has slit separation of 1.5 mm . The slits are illuminated by a parallel beam of light whose wavelength in air is 690 nm . The fringe-width on a screen placed behind the plane of slits at a distance of 0.72 m , will be :

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![JEE Main 2025 Physics, Ray Optics — question figure](https://prepforbharat.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/exam/615f0e999476412f48314daf/Physics/images/Ray_Optics/67a2eed7c8b73881fdaea35b/question_1__q_67a2eed7c8b73881fdaea35b__cdn-question-pool.getmarks.app__013GpX3bWo5_uUfq70_Zs2rCXG2tnFM8P0VXPZfNFso.original.fullsiz__67ad315edf_final_ppt_sync.png) Two concave refracting surfaces of equal radii of curvature and refractive index 1.5 face each other in air as shown in figure. A point object O is placed midway, between P and B . The separation between the images of $O$, formed by each refracting surface is :

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In a Young's double slit experiment, the source is white light. One of the slits is covered by red filter and another by a green filter. In this case

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Light from a point source in air falls on a spherical glass surface (refractive index, $\mu=1.5$ and radius of curvature $=50 \mathrm{~cm}$). The image is formed at a distance of 200 cm from the glass surface inside the glass. The magnitude of distance of the light source from the glass surface is ____ m.

2025
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integer

A transparent block A having refractive index $\mu=1.25$ is surrounded by another medium of refractive index $\mu=1.0$ as shown in figure. A light ray is incident on the flat face of the block with incident angle $\theta$ as shown in figure. What is the maximum value of $\theta$ for which light suffers total internal reflection at the top surface of the block? ![JEE Main 2025 Physics, Ray Optics — question figure](https://prepforbharat.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/exam/615f0e999476412f48314daf/Physics/images/Ray_Optics/68542c5f7c09d044e4c1a1a6/question_1__q_68542c5f7c09d044e4c1a1a6__cdn-question-pool.getmarks.app__7EQnaKMjdTVstBR849Nf3dyadKdZbzYZnVWoH2DO88A.original.fullsiz__22e1291956_final_ppt_sync.png)

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A bi-convex lens has radius of curvature of both the surfaces same as $1 / 6 \mathrm{~cm}$. If this lens is required to be replaced by another convex lens having different radii of curvatures on both sides $\left(R_1 \neq R_2\right)$, without any change in lens power then possible combination of $R_1$ and $R_2$ is :

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In a Young's double slit experiment, two slits are located 1.5 mm apart. The distance of screen from slits is 2 m and the wavelength of the source is 400 nm. If the 20 maxima of the double slit pattern are contained within the centre maximum of the single slit diffraction pattern, then the width of each slit is $\mathrm{x} \times 10^{-3} \mathrm{~cm}$, where x -value is ________

2025
easy
integer

A container contains a liquid with refractive index of 1.2 up to a height of 60 cm and another liquid having refractive index 1.6 is added to height H above first liquid. If viewed from above, the apparent shift in the position of bottom of container is 40 cm. The value of H is ______ cm. (Consider liquids are immisible)

2025
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integer

A concave mirror of focal length $f$ in air is dipped in a liquid of refractive index $\mu$. Its focal length in the liquid will be:

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A concave-convex lens of refractive index 1.5 and the radii of curvature of its surfaces are 30 cm and 20 cm , respectively. The concave surface is upwards and is filled with a liquid of refractive index 1.3. The focal length of the liquid-glass combination will be

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Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion-(A) : If Young's double slit experiment is performed in an optically denser medium than air, then the consecutive fringes come closer. Reason-(R) : The speed of light reduces in an optically denser medium than air while its frequency does not change. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :

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Two thin convex lenses of focal length 30 cm and 10 cm are placed coaxially, 10 cm apart. The power of this combination is :

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A mirror is used to produce an image with magnification of $\frac{1}{4}$. If the distance between object and its image is 40 cm , then the focal length of the mirror is ________

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The width of one of the two slits in Young's double slit experiment is d while that of the other slit is $x \mathrm{~d}$. If the ratio of the maximum to the minimum intensity in the interference pattern on the screen is $9: 4$ then what is the value of $x$ ? (Assume that the field strength varies according to the slit width.)

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A concave mirror produces an image of an object such that the distance between the object and image is 20 cm . If the magnification of the image is ' -3 ', then the magnitude of the radius of curvature of the mirror is :

2025
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