Optics PYQ — Page 4
JEE Main Physics — Optics previous year questions with solutions.
All Optics Questions (489)
If the measured angular separation between the second minimum to the left of the central maximum and the third minimum to the right of the central maximum is $30^{\circ}$ in a single slit diffraction pattern recorded using 628 nm light, then the width of the slit is _______ $\mu \mathrm{m}$.
The ratio of the power of a light source $S_1$ to that the light source $S_2$ is $2 . S_1$ is emitting $2 \times 10^{15}$ photons per second at 600 nm . If the wavelength of the source $S_2$ is 300 nm , then the number of photons per second emitted by $S_2$ is $\ldots\ldots$ $\times 10^{14}$.
A double slit interference experiment performed with a light of wavelength 600 nm forms an interference fringe pattern on a screen with 10 th bright fringe having its centre at a distance of 10 mm from the central maximum. Distance of the centre of the same 10th bright fringe from the central maximum when the source of light is replaced by another source of wavelength 660 nm would be _________ mm .
A thin plano convex lens made of glass of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.2. When the plane side of the lens is silver coated for complete reflection, the lens immersed in the liquid behaves like a concave mirror of focal length 0.2 m . The radius of curvature of the curved surface of the lens is
Distance between object and its image $\left( \text{magnified by } -\frac{1}{3}\right)$ is 30 cm. The focal length of the mirror used is $\left(\frac{x}{4}\right) \mathrm{cm}$, where magnitude of value of $x$ is _________.
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 ______.
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 ________
Which of the following phenomena can not be explained by wave theory of light?
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 :
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 :
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?
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:
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 
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
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 :
 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 :
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
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.
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? 
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 :
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 ________
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)
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:
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