JEE Advanced Ray and Wave Optics questions with solutions
Reflection, refraction, lenses and instruments, plus interference, diffraction and polarisation. 22 questions from our 2016–2025 JEE Advanced pattern papers, from the Class 12 Physics syllabus. Each has the answer and a full solution.
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JEE Advanced 2025
- In a Young's double-slit experiment with slit separation 0.50 mm and screen distance 1.0 m, the wavelength of the source in vacuum is 600 nm. The…
- In a Young's double-slit experiment in air, a thin transparent sheet of refractive index 1.5 and uniform thickness t is placed in front of one slit.…
- An equilateral prism of apex angle 60^° is made of glass whose refractive index varies with wavelength as n(λ)=1.50+(B)/(λ^2, with B=5.0×10^3 nm^2. A…
JEE Advanced 2024
JEE Advanced 2023
- A thin plano-convex glass lens (refractive index 1.5) has its curved surface of radius of curvature 30 cm facing a small point object on the axis, 20…
- A biconvex thin lens of refractive index 1.5 has radii of curvature 20 cm and 30 cm. A plane mirror is placed perpendicular to the principal axis, 36…
JEE Advanced 2022
- A biconvex thin glass lens of refractive index 1.5 has both radii of curvature equal to 20 cm. A small object is placed on the axis 30 cm from the…
- A prism of apex angle A=60^° is made of glass of refractive index √2 and is surrounded by air. A narrow monochromatic ray passes through the…
- A thin biconvex glass lens of refractive index 1.5 has both surfaces of radius of curvature 20 cm. A point object is placed on the axis in air at 60…
JEE Advanced 2021
JEE Advanced 2020
- A plano-convex glass lens (μ=1.5) has focal length 0.50 m in air. Its convex surface is placed on a flat glass plate of the same material, and the…
- A point object lies on the principal axis of a thin convex lens of focal length 20 cm, at a distance of 30 cm to the left of the lens. A plane mirror…
- A thin convex lens of focal length 15 cm has a point object on its axis 25 cm to its left. A plane mirror, perpendicular to the axis, is placed 28 cm…
JEE Advanced 2019
JEE Advanced 2018
JEE Advanced 2017
JEE Advanced 2016
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