05 - Wave Optics

Wave Optics (3,20,29,31) JEE Main 2024 - 2019 PYQs
Chapter Priority: Priority B MathonGo
Q1. In a Young's double slit experiment, the intensity at a point is (

th
1
4
) of the maximum intensity, the minimum
(200)distance of the point from the central maximum is ________ μm . (Given :
λ = 600 nm, d = 1.0 mm, D = 1.0 m ) 09 Apr 2024 (M)
Q2. Monochromatic light of wavelength 500 nm is used in Young's double slit experiment. An interference pattern
(4)is obtained on a screen. When one of the slits is covered with a very thin glass plate (refractive index = 1.5 ),
the central maximum is shifted to a position previously occupied by the 4 th
bright fringe. The thickness of the
glass-plate is ______ μm. 09 Apr 2024 (E)
Q3. A parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 600 nm passes through single slit of 0.4 mm width.
(3)Angular divergence corresponding to second order minima would be ______ ×10
−3
rad . 08 Apr 2024 (M)
Q4. Two slits are 1 mm apart and the screen is located 1 m away from the slits. A light of wavelength 500 nm is
used. The width of each slit to obtain 10 maxima of the double slit pattern within the central maximum of the
single slit pattern is _____×10 −4
m 08 Apr 2024 (E)
Q5. Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4I are superimposed. The difference between
(8)maximum and minimum possible intensities in the resulting beam is xI. The value of x is _________.
06 Apr 2024 (E)
Q6. Light emerges out of a convex lens when a source of light kept at its focus. The shape of wavefront of the light
(2)is : 05 Apr 2024 (M)
(1) both spherical and cylindrical (2) plane
(3) spherical (4) cylindrical
Q7. In Young's double slit experiment, carried out with light of wavelength 5000Å, the distance between the slits is
(10) 0.3 mm and the screen is at 200 cm from the slits. The central maximum is at x = 0 cm. The value of x for
third maxima is _____mm. 05 Apr 2024 (M)
Q8. In a single slit experiment, a parallel beam of green light of wavelength 550 nm passes through a slit of width
(275) 0.20 mm . The transmitted light is collected on a screen 100 cm away. The distance of first order minima from
the central maximum will be x × 10 −5
m . The value of x is : 05 Apr 2024 (E)
Q9. The width of one of the two slits in a Young's double slit experiment is 4 times that of the other slit. The ratio of
(3) the maximum of the minimum intensity in the interference pattern is: 04 Apr 2024 (E)
(1) 1 : 1 (2) 4 : 1
(3) 9 : 1 (4) 16 : 1
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Q10. Two wavelengths λ and λ are used in Young's double slit experiment. λ
1 2 1 = 450 nm and λ 2 = 650 nm . The
(9)minimum order of fringe produced by λ2 which overlaps with the fringe produced by λ is n. The value of n is 1
_____. 04 Apr 2024 (M)
Q11. A monochromatic lightgic approach o
of wavelength 6000 A is incident on the single slit of width 0. 01 mm . If the

(2)diffraction pattern is formed at the focus of the convex lens of focal length 20 cm , the linear width of the
central maximum is : 01 Feb 2024 (M)
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Q12. In Young's double slit experiment, monochromatic light of wavelength 5000 A is used. The slits are 1. 0 mm
(125) apart and screen is placed at 1. 0 m away from slits. The distance from the centre of the screen where intensity
becomes half of the maximum intensity for the first time is ______ × 10
−6
m. 01 Feb 2024 (E)
Q13. A microwave of wavelength 2. 0 cm falls normally on a slit of width 4. 0 cm. The angular spread of the
(3) central maxima of the diffraction pattern obtained on a screen 1. 5 m away from the slit, will be:
01 Feb 2024 (E)
(1) 30º (2) 15º
(3) 60º (4) 45º
Q14. Two waves of intensity ratio 1 : 9 cross each other at a point. The resultant intensities at the point, when (a)
(13)Waves are incoherent is I 1 (b) Waves are coherent is I and differ in phase by 60 . If
2
o I1
I2
=
10
x
, then x =
_________. 31 Jan 2024 (M)
Q15. When unpolarized light is incident at an angle of 60° on a transparent medium from air. The reflected ray is
(1) completely polarized. The angle of refraction in the medium is
31 Jan 2024 (E)
(1) 30° (2) 60°
(3) 90° (4) 45°
how diffraction observed??
Q16. The diffraction pattern of a light of wavelength 400
diffracting from a slit of width
nm 0. 2 mm is focused on
the focal plane of a convex lens of focal length 100 cm . The width of the 1 st
secondary maxima will be :
30 Jan 2024 (M)
(1) 2 mm (2) 2 cm
(3) 0. 02 mm (4) 0. 2 mm
Q17. A beam of unpolarised light of intensity I is passed through a polaroid A and then through another polaroid B
0
(1) which is oriented so that its principal plane makes an angle of 45° relative to that of A. The intensity of
emergent light is : 30 Jan 2024 (E)
(1) I0
4
(2) I 0
(3) I0
2
(4) I0
Q18. In Young's double slit experiment, light from two identical sources are superimposing on a screen. The path
(1) difference between the two lights reaching at a point on the screen is 7λ
4
. The ratio of intensity of fringe at this
point with respect to the maximum intensity of the fringe is: 29 Jan 2024 (E)
(1) 1
2
(2) 3
(3) 1
3
(4) 1
Q19. In a double slit experiment shown in figure, when light of wavelength 400 nm is
(2) used, dark fringe is observed at P . If D = 0. 2 m, the minimum distance between the
slits S and S is α
1 2 mm . Write the value of 10α to the nearest integer.
29 Jan 2024 (M)

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Q20. In a single slit diffraction pattern, a light of wavelength 6000 A is used. The distance between the first and
(1) third minima in the diffraction pattern is found to be 3 mm when the screen is placed 50 cm away from slits.
The width of the slit is ____×10 −4
.
m 29 Jan 2024 (E)
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Q21. A parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 5000 A is incident normally on a single narrow slit of
(30)width 0. 001 mm . The light is focused by convex lens on screen, placed on its focal plane. The first minima
will be formed for the angle of diffraction of ______ (degree). 27 Jan 2024 (E)
Q22. When a polaroid sheet is rotated between two crossed polaroids then the transmitted light intensity will be
(4) maximum for a rotation of : 27 Jan 2024 (E)
(1) 60° (2) 30°
(3) 90° (4) 45°
Q23. A single slit of width a is illuminated by a monochromatic light of wavelength 600 nm . The value of a for
(1)which first minimum appears at θ = 30
o
on the screen will be : 15 Apr 2023 (M)
(1) 1. 2 μm (2) 3 μm
(3) 1. 8 μm (4) 0. 6 μm
Q24. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the ratio of amplitude of light coming from slits is 2 : 1 . The ratio of the
(4) maximum to minimum intensity in the interference pattern is 13 Apr 2023 (E)
(1) 9 : 4 (2) 25 : 9
(3) 2 : 1 (4) 9 : 1
Q25. The ratio of intensities at two points P and Q on the screen in a Young's double slit experiment where phase
π π
(4) difference between two waves of same amplitude are 3
and 2
, respectively are 10 Apr 2023 (E)
(1) 2 : 3 (2) 1 : 3
(3) 3 : 1 (4) 3 : 2
Q26. Unpolarised light of intensity 32 W m −2

passes through the combination of three polaroids such that the pass
(30)axis of the last polaroids is perpendicular to that of the pass axis of first polaroids. If intensity of emerging
light is 3 W m , then the angle between pass axis of first two polaroids is _________°.
−2
10 Apr 2023 (M)
Q27. The width of fringe is 2 mm on the screen in a double slit experiment for the light of wavelength of 400 nm .
(4)The width of the fringe for the light of wavelength 600 nm will be: 08 Apr 2023 (E)
(1) 4 mm (2) 2 mm
(3) 1. 33 mm (4) 3 mm
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Q28. A beam of light consisting of two wavelengths 7000 A and 5500 A is used to obtain interference pattern in
(462)Young's double slit experiment. The distance between the slits is 2. 5 mm and the distance between the plane
of slits and the screen is 150 cm . The least distance from the central fringe, where the bright fringes due to
both the wavelengths coincide, is n × 10 –5
. The value of n is _____.
m
06 Apr 2023 (E)
Q29. ‘n’ polarizing sheets are arranged such that each makes an angle 45° with the proceeding sheet. An
(3)unpolarized light of intensity I is incident into this arrangement. The output intensity is found to be I
64
. The
value of n will be: 01 Feb 2023 (M)
(1) 3 (2) 6
(3) 5 (4) 4
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Q30. As shown in the figure, in Young's double slit experiment, a thin plate of thickness t = 10 μm
(4) and refractive index μ = 1. 2 is inserted infront of slit S . The experiment is conducted in air
1
(μ = 1) and uses a monochromatic light of wavelength λ = 500 nm . Due to the insertion of

the plate, central maxima is shifted by a distance of xβ 0 . β0 is the fringe-width before the
insertion of the plate. The value of the x is ______.
01 Feb 2023 (E)
Q31. Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
(3) Assertion A : The beam of electrons shows wave nature and exhibit interference and diffraction.
Reason R : Davisson Germer Experimentally verified the wave nature of electrons.
In the light of the above statements. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
31 Jan 2023 (M)
(1) A is correct but R is not correct
(2) A is not correct but R is correct
(3) Both A and R are correct but R is Not the correct explanation of A
(4) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
Q32. Two polaroids A and B are placed in such a way that the pass-axis of polaroids are perpendicular to each
(3) other. Now, another polaroid C is placed between A and B bisecting angle between them. If intensity of
unpolarised light is I then intensity of transmitted light after passing through polaroid B will be :
0
31 Jan 2023 (M)

(1) I0
4
(2) I0
(3) I0
8
(4) Zero
Q33. Two light waves of wavelengths 800 and 600 nm are used in Young's double slit experiment to obtain
(48) interference fringes on a screen placed 7 m away from plane of slits. If the two slits are separated by 0. 35 mm
, then shortest distance from the central bright maximum to the point where the bright fringes of the two
wavelength coincide will be ______ mm. 31 Jan 2023 (E)
Q34. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the intensities at two points, for the path difference λ
4
and λ
3
(λ being the
(3) wavelength of light used) are I1 and I respectively. If I denotes the intensity produced by each one of the
2 0
individual slits, then I 1 +I 2
I0
= ______ . 30 Jan 2023 (E)
must must rearrange the concept of this......

Q35. In Young’s double slit experiment, two slits S1 and S2 are d distance apart and the
(10)separation from slits to screen is D (as shown in figure). Now if two transparent slabs
of equal thickness 0. 1 mm but refractive index 1. 51 and 1. 55 are introduced in the
path of beam (λ = 4000 Å) from S and S respectively. The central bright fringe spot
1 2
will shift by ________ number of fringes.
30 Jan 2023 (M)
Q36. As shown in figures, three identical polaroids P1 , P2 and P3 are placed one after another. The pass axis of P2
and
(24) P3 are inclined at angle of 60 º and 90 º with respect to axis of P1 . The source S has an intensity of
256 W m
−2
. The intensity of light at point O is _____W m . −2
29 Jan 2023 (M)
Q37. Unpolarised light is incident on the boundary between two dielectric media, whose dielectric constants are 2. 8
(7) (medium – 1 ) and 6. 8 (medium – 2), respectively. To satisfy the condition, so that the reflected and refracted
1
rays are perpendicular to each other, the angle of incidence should be tan
−1
(1 +
10
θ
)
2
, the value of θ is
______. (Given for dielectric media, μ = 1) r
29 Jan 2023 (E)
Q38. In a Young’s double slit experiment, two slits are illuminated with
(3) a light of wavelength 800 nm . The line joining A1 P is
perpendicular to A1 A2 as shown in the figure. If the first
minimum is detected at P , the value of slits separation a will be:
The distance of screen from slits D = 5 cm .
29 Jan 2023 (M)

(1) 0. 4 mm (2) 0. 5 mm
(3) 0. 2 mm (4) 0. 1 mm
Q39. In Young's double slits experiment, the position of 5th bright fringe from the central maximum is 5 cm . The
(1) distance between slits and screen is 1 m and wavelength of used monochromatic light is 600 nm . The
separation between the slits is: 25 Jan 2023 (M)
(1) 60 μm (2) 48 μm
(3) 12 μm (4) 36 μm
Q40. Given below are two statements :

(2) Statement I : If the Brewster's angle for the light propagating from air to glass is θB , then Brewster's angle for
the light propagating from glass to air is π
2
− θB .
Statement II : The Brewster's angle for the light propagating from glass to air is tan
−1
, where
(μ g ) μg is the
refractive index of glass.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
24 Jan 2023 (M)
(1) Both Statements I and Statement II are true. (2) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(3) Both Statement I and Statement II are false. (4) Statement I is false but Statement II is true.
Q41. An unpolarised light beam of intensity 2I is passed through a polaroid P and then through another polaroid Q
0
which is oriented in such a way that its passing axis makes an angle of 30° relative to that of P . The intensity
of the emergent light is 29 Jul 2022 (E)
(1) I0
4
(2) I0
(3) 3I 0
4
(4) 3I 0
Q42. In a Young's double slit experiment, a laser light of 560 nm produces an interference pattern with consecutive
bright fringes' separation of 7. 2 mm . Now another light is used to produce an interference pattern with
consecutive bright fringes' separation of 8. 1 mm . The wavelength of second light is _____ nm.
28 Jul 2022 (M)
Q43. 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 π
2
and π
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 _____ . 27 Jul 2022 (M)
Q44. Two coherent sources of light interfere. The intensity ratio of two sources is 1 : 4. For this interference pattern
if the value of I max +I min
I max −I min
is equal to 2α+1
β+3
, then α
β
will be 27 Jul 2022 (E)
(1) 1. 5 (2) 2
(3) 0. 5 (4) 1
Q45. In young's double slit experiment, the fringe width is 12 mm . If the entire arrangement is placed in water of
refractive index 4
3
, then the fringe width becomes (in mm) 26 Jul 2022 (M)
(1) 16 (2) 9
(3) 48 (4) 12
Q46. Using Young's double slit experiment, a monochromatic light of wavelength 5000Å produces fringes of fringe
width 0. 5 mm . If another monochromatic light of wavelength 6000Å is used and the separation between the
slits is doubled, then the new fringe width will be 29 Jun 2022 (M)
(1) 0. 5 mm (2) 1. 0 mm
(3) 0. 6 mm (4) 0. 3 mm
Q47. 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 × 10 −2
m towards the slits, the change in fringe width is
3 × 10
−3
cm. If the distance between the slits is 1 mm , then the wavelength of the light will be____nm.
29 Jun 2022 (E)
Q48. In young's double slit experiment performed using a monochromatic light of wavelength λ, when a glass plate
(μ = 1. 5) of thickness xλ is introduced in the path of the one of the interfering beams, the intensity at the
position where the central maximum occurred previously remains unchanged. The value of x will be
28 Jun 2022 (E)
(1) 3 (2) 2
(3) 1. 5 (4) 0. 5
Q49. In a Young's double slit experiment, an angular width of the fringe is 0. 35° on a screen placed at 2 m away for
particular wavelength of 450 nm . The angular width of the fringe, when whole system is immersed in a
medium of refractive index 7
5
, is 1
α
. The value of α is _____ . 28 Jun 2022 (E)
Q50. In Young's double slit experiment the two slits are 0. 6 mm distance apart. Interference pattern is observed on
a screen at a distance 80 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 _____ nm. 27 Jun 2022 (M)
Q51. A wave of frequency = 3

th
GHz , strikes a particle of size ( 1
100
) of λ, then this phenomenon is called as
26 Jun 2022 (M)
(1) Diffraction (2) Scattering
(3) Reflection (4) Refraction
Q52. 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. 25 Jun 2022 (E)
(1) Reflected and refracted rays will be perpendicular to each other.

(2) Wave will propagate along the surface of prism.
(3) No refraction, and there will be total reflection of light.
(4) No reflection. and there will be total transmission of light.
Q53. 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 π
2
at point P and π at point Q. Then the difference between the resultant
intensities at P and Q will be : 25 Jun 2022 (M)
(1) 2I (2) 6I
(3) 5I (4) 7I
Q54. The interference pattern is obtained with two coherent light sources of intensity ratio 4 : 1. And the ratio
I max +I min
I max −I min
is 5
x
. Then, the value of x will be equal to : 25 Jun 2022 (E)
(1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 2 (4) 1
Q55. Sodium light of wavelengths 650 nm and 655 nm is used to study diffraction at a single slit of aperture
0. 5 mm . The distance between the slit and the screen is 2. 0 m. The separation between the positions of the
first maxima of diffraction pattern obtained in the two cases is _____ ×10 −5
m 24 Jun 2022 (M)
Q56. The width of one of the two slits in a Young's double slit experiment is three times the other slit. If the
amplitude of the light coming from a slit is proportional to the slit-width, the ratio of minimum to maximum
intensity in the interference pattern is x : 4 where x is _______. 01 Sep 2021 (E)
Q57. In a Young's double slit experiment, the slits are separated by 0. 3 mm and the screen is 1. 5 m away from the
plane of slits. Distance between fourth bright fringes on both sides of central bright fringe is 2. 4 cm. The
frequency of light used is x × 10 14
Hz. 31 Aug 2021 (E)
Q58. The light waves from two coherent sources have same intensity I 1 = I2 = I0 . In interference pattern the
intensity of light at minima is zero. What will be the intensity of light at maxima? 27 Aug 2021 (E)
(1) I 0 (2) 2I 0
(3) 4I 0 (4) 5I 0
Q59. White light is passed through a double slit and interference is observed on a screen 1. 5 m away. The
separation between the slits is 0. 3 mm. The first violet and red fringes are formed 2. 0 mm and 3. 5 mm
away from the central white fringes. The difference in wavelengths of red and violet light is (in nm).
26 Aug 2021 (M)
Q60. A source of light is placed in front of a screen. The intensity of light on the screen is I . Two Polaroids P and 1
P2 are so placed in between the source of light and screen that the intensity of light on the screen is I
2
. Then
the P , should be rotated by an angle of (degrees) so that the intensity of light on the screen becomes
2
3I
8
.
26 Aug 2021 (E)
Q61. In Young's double slit experiment, if the source of light changes from orange to blue then: 27 Jul 2021 (M)
(1) the central bright fringe will become a dark fringe.
(2) the distance between consecutive fringes will decrease.
(3) the distance between consecutive fringes will increase.
(4) the intensity of the minima will increase.
Q62. The difference in the number of waves when yellow light propagates through air and vacuum columns of the
same thickness is one. The thickness of the air column is _____ mm. [Refractive index of air = 1. 0003, the
wavelength of yellow light in vacuum = 6000 A]
∘
27 Jul 2021 (E)
Q63. In the Young's double slit experiment, the distance between the slits varies in time as d(t) = d 0 + a 0 sin ωt ;
where d 0, ω and a are constants. The difference between the largest fringe width and the smallest fringe
0
width obtained over time is given as: 25 Jul 2021 (M)

(1) 2λD(d 0 )
2
(d −a )
2
(2) 2λDa 0
2
( d −a )
2
0 0 0 0
(3) λD
d
2
a0 (4) λD
d 0 +a 0
0
Q64. In Young's double slit arrangement, slits are separated by a gap of 0. 5 mm , and the screen is placed at a
distance of 0. 5 m from them. The distance between the first and the third bright fringe formed when the slits
o
are illuminated by a monochromatic light of 5890 A is :- 18 Mar 2021 (M)

(1) 1178 × 10
–9
m (2) 1178 × 10
–6
m
(3) 1178 × 10
–12
m (4) 5890 × 10
–7
m
Q65. A fringe width of 6 mm was produced for two slits separated by 1 mm apart. The screen is placed 10 m away.
The wavelength of light used is x nm. The value of x to the nearest integer is ______. 16 Mar 2021 (M)
Q66. In a Young's double slit experiment two slits are separated by 2 mm and the screen is placed one meter away.
When a light of wavelength 500 nm is used, the fringe separation will be : 26 Feb 2021 (M)
(1) 1 mm (2) 0. 50 mm
(3) 0. 75 mm (4) 0. 25 mm
Q67. Consider the diffraction pattern obtained from the sunlight incident on a pinhole of diameter 0. 1 μm. If the
diameter of the pinhole is slightly increased, it will affect the diffraction pattern such that 25 Feb 2021 (E)
(1) its size increases, and intensity increases (2) its size decreases, and intensity decreases
(3) its size decreases, but intensity increases (4) its size increases, but intensity decreases
Q68. Two coherent light sources having intensity in the ratio 2x produce an interference pattern. The ratio I max −I min
I max +I min
will be 25 Feb 2021 (M)

(1) 2√ 2x
x+1
(2) √ 2x
2x+1
(3) 2√ 2x
2x+1
(4) √ 2x
x+1
Q69. In a Young's double slit experiment, the width of the one of the slit is three times the other slit. The amplitude
of the light coming from a slit is proportional to the slit-width. Find the ratio of the maximum to the minimum
intensity in the interference pattern. 24 Feb 2021 (M)
(1) 1 : 4 (2) 2 : 1
(3) 3 : 1 (4) 4 : 1
Q70. If the source of light used in a Young's double slit experiment is changed from red to violet: 24 Feb 2021 (E)
(1) consecutive fringe lines will come closer.
(2) the fringes will become brighter.
(3) the central bright fringe will become a dark fringe.
(4) the intensity of minima will increase.
Q71. An unpolarized light beam is incident on the polarizer of a polarization experiment and the intensity of light
beam emerging from the analyzer is measured as 100 Lumens. Now, if the analyzer is rotated around the
horizontal axis (direction of light) by 30° in clockwise direction, the intensity of emerging light will be
_______Lumens. 24 Feb 2021 (M)
Q72. In the figure below, P and Q are two equally intense coherent sources emitting
radiation of wavelength 20m. The separation between P and Q is 5m and the phase
of P is ahead of that of Q by 90°. A, B and C are three distinct point of observation,
each equidistant from the midpoint of PQ. The intensities of radiation at A, B, C will
be in the ratio :
06 Sep 2020 (M)
(1) 0 : 1 : 4 (2) 2 : 1 : 0
(3) 0 : 1 : 2 (4) 4 : 1 : 0
Q73. A Young's double-slit experiment is performed using monochromatic light of wavelength λ. The intensity of
light at a point on the screen, where the path difference is λ, is K units. The intensity of light at a point where
λ
the path difference is 6
is given by nK
12
, where n is an integer. The value of n is 06 Sep 2020 (E)
Q74. Two coherent sources of sound, S1 and S2 , produce sound waves of the same wavelength
λ = 1 m are in phase. S1 and S2 are placed 1. 5 m apart (see fig). A listener, located at L ,
directly in front of S , finds that the intensity is at a minimum when he is 2 m away from S .
2 2
The listener moves away from S1 , keeping the distance from S2 fixed. The adjacent
maximum of intensity is observed when the listener is at a distance d from S . Then d is: 1
05 Sep 2020 (E)

(1) 12m (2) 5m
(3) 2m (4) 3m
Q75. Orange light of wavelength 6000 × 10

–10
m illuminates a single slit of width 0. 6 × 10 –4
. The maximum
m
possible number of diffraction minima produced on both sides of the central maximum is __________
04 Sep 2020 (E)
Q76. A beam of plane polarized light of large cross-sectional area and uniform intensity of 3 .3 W m
–2
falls
normally on a polarizer (cross-sectional area 3 × 10 –4
m
2
), which rotates about its axis with an angular speed
of 31 .4 rad s
−1
. The energy of light passing through the polarizer per revolution, is close to:
04 Sep 2020 (M)
(1) 1 .0 ×10 −5
J (2) 1. 0 × 10 −4
J
(3) 1. 5 × 10 −4
J (4) 5. 0 × 10 −4
J
Q77. In a Young's double slit experiment, light of 500 nm is used to produce and interference pattern. When the
distance between the slits is 0. 05 mm, the angular width (in degree) of the fringes formed on the distance
screen is close to : 03 Sep 2020 (M)
(1) 0. 17° (2) 0. 57°
(3) 1. 7° (4) 0. 07°
Q78. Two light waves having the same wavelength λ in vacuum are in phase initially. Then the first wave travels a
path L through a medium of refractive index n while the second wave travels a path of length L through a
1 1 2
medium of refractive index n . After this the phase difference between the two waves is:
2 03 Sep 2020 (E)
(1) 2π
λ
(
L2
n1
−
L1
n2
) (2) 2π
λ
(
L1
n1
−
L2
n2
)
(3) 2π
λ
(n 1 L 1 − n 2 L 2 ) (4) 2π
λ
(n 2 L 1 − n 1 L 2 )
Q79. Interference fringes are observed on a screen by illuminating two thin slits 1 mm apart with a light source
(λ = 632. 8 nm) . The distance between the screen and the slits is 100 cm . If a bright fringe is observed on a
screen at distance of 1. 27 mm from the central bright fringe, then the path difference between the waves,
which are reaching this point from the slits is close to : 02 Sep 2020 (M)
(1) 1. 27μm (2) 2 . 87 nm
(3) 2 nm (4) 2. 05 μm
Q80. In a Young's double slit experiment,16 fringes are observed in a certain segment of the screen when light of
wavelength 700 nm is used. If the wavelength of light is changed to 400 nm , the number of fringes observed
in the same segment of the screen would be : 02 Sep 2020 (E)
(1) 24 (2) 30
(3) 18 (4) 28
Q81. In a Young's double slit experiment 15 fringes are observed on a small portion of the screen when light of
wavelength 500 nm is used. Ten fringes are observed on the same section of the screen when another light
source of wavelength λ is used. Then the value of λ is (in nm ) __________. 09 Jan 2020 (E)
Q82. The aperture diameter of a telescope is 5m . The separation between the moon and the earth is 4 × 10 5
km .
With light of wavelength of 5500Å , the minimum separation between objects on the surface of moon, so that
they are just resolved, is close to: 09 Jan 2020 (M)
(1) 60m (2) 20m
(3) 200m (4) 600m
Q83. In a double – slit experiment, at a certain point on the screen the path difference between the two interfering
waves is 1
8
th of a wavelength. The ratio of the intensity of light at that point to that at the center of a bright
fringe is: 08 Jan 2020 (E)
(1) 0.853 (2) 0.672
(3) 0.568 (4) 0.760
Q84. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the separation between the slits is 0.15mm . In the experiment, a source of
light of wavelength 589nm is used and the interference pattern is observed on a screen kept 1.5m away. The
separation between the successive bright fringes on the screen is: 07 Jan 2020 (E)
(1) 6.9mm (2) 3.9mm
(3) 5.9mm (4) 4.9mm
Q85. Visible light of wavelength 6000 × 10 −8

cm falls normally on a single slit and produces a diffraction pattern. It
is found that the second diffraction minimum is at 60 from the central maximum. If the first minimum is
o
produced at θ 1, then θ is close to

1 07 Jan 2020 (M)
(1) 20 o
(2) 30 o
(3) 25 o
(4) 45 o
Q86. A polarizer - analyser set is adjusted such that the intensity of light coming out of the analyser is just 36% of
the original intensity. Assuming that the polarizer - analyser set does not absorb any light, the angle by which
the analyser needs to be rotated further, to reduce the output intensity to zero, is (sin −1
(
3
5
) = 37°)
07 Jan 2020 (M)

(1) 53 o
(2) 37 o
(3) 90 o
(4) 45 o
Q87. A system of three polarizers P 1

, P2 , P3 is set up such that the pass axis of P is crossed with respect to that of
3
P1 . The pass axis of P is inclined at 60 to the pass axis of P . When a beam of unpolarized light of intensity
2
o
3
Io is incident on P , the intensity of light transmitted by the three polarizers is I . The ratio (I
1 o
/I) equals
(nearly): 12 Apr 2019 (E)
(1) 5.33 (2) 16.00
(3) 1.80 (4) 10.67
Q88. In a double slit experiment, when a thin film of thickness t having refractive index μ is introuduced in front of
one of the slits, the maximum at the centre of the fringe pattern shifts by one fringe width. The value of t is (λ
is the wavelength of the light used): 12 Apr 2019 (M)
λ λ
(1) 2(μ−1)
(2) (2μ−1)
2λ λ
(3) (μ−1)
(4) (μ−1)
Q89. In a Young's double-slit experiment, the ratio of the slit's width is 4 : 1 . The ratio of the intensity of maxima
to minima, close to the central fringe on the screen, will be 10 Apr 2019 (E)
(1) 25 : 9 (2) 9 : 1
(3) (√3 + 1) (4) 4

4
: 1
: 16
Q90. The figure shows a Young's double slit experimental setup. It is observed that when a thin
transparent sheet of thickness t and refractive index μ is put in front of one of the slits, the central
maximum gets shifted by a distance equal to n fringe width. If the wavelength of light used is λ
then t will be:
09 Apr 2019 (M)
λ λ
(1) a(
D
μ−1) (2) (
n
μ−1)
λ 2Dλ
(3) 2n
(μ−1)
(4) a(μ−1)
Q91. In an interference experiment the ratio of amplitudes of coherent waves is a1
a2
=
1
3
. The ratio of maximum and
minimum intensities of fringes will be: 08 Apr 2019 (M)
(1) 4 (2) 9
(3) 2 (4) 18
Q92. In a double-slit experiment, green light (5303 A) falls on a double slit having a separation of 19.44μm and a
width of 4.05μm. The number of bright fringes between the first and the second diffraction minima is
11 Jan 2019 (E)
(1) 10 (2) 5
(3) 4 (4) 9
Q93. In a Young's double slit experiment, the path difference, at a certain point on the screen, betwen two interfering
waves is 1
8
th of wavelength. The ratio of the intensity at this point to that at the centre of a bright fringe is
close to: 11 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 0.74 (2) 0.85
(3) 0.94 (4) 0.8
Q94. In a Young's double slit experiment slit separation 0.1 mm, one observes a bright fringe at angle 1
40
rad by
using light of wavelength λ . When the light of wavelength λ is used a bright fringe is seen at the same angle
1 2
in the same set up. Given that λ and λ are in visible range (380 nm to 740 nm), their values are:
1 2
10 Jan 2019 (M)

(1) 400 nm, 500 nm (2) 380 nm, 525 nm
(3) 625 nm, 500 nm (4) 380 nm, 500 nm
Q95. Consider a Young's double slit experiment as shown in figure.

What should be the slit separation d in terms of wavelength λ such
that the first minima occurs directly in front of the slit (S )? 1
10 Jan 2019 (E)

(1) λ
(2) λ
(5−√ 2) 2(√ 5−2)
(3) λ
(4) λ
√ 5−2
2(5−√ 2)
Q96. Two coherent sources produce waves of different intensities which interfere. After interference, the ratio of the
maximum intensity to the minimum intensity is 16. The intensity of the waves are in the ratio:
09 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 25 : 9 (2) 16 : 9
(3) 5 : 3 (4) 4 : 1
Q97. In a young's double slit experiment, the slits are placed 0.320 mm apart. Light of wavelength λ = 500 nm is
incident on the slits. The total number of bright fringes that are observed in the angular range −30 o
≤ θ ≤ 30
o
is: 09 Jan 2019 (E)

(1) 321 (2) 641
(3) 320 (4) 640
Q98. Consider a tank made of glass (refractive index 1.5 ) with a thick bottom. It is filled with a
liquid of refractive index μ. A student finds that, irrespective of what the incident angle i
(see figure) is for a beam of light entering the liquid, the light reflected from the liquid
glass interface is never completely polarized. For this to happen, the minimum value of μ
is:
09 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 3
√5
(2) 4
(3) 5
√3
(4) √ 5
ANSWER KEYS
1. (200) 2. (4) 3. (6) 4. (2) 5. (8) 6. (2) 7. (10) 8. (275)
9. (3) 10. (9) 11. (2) 12. (125) 13. (3) 14. (13) 15. (1) 16. (1)
17. (1) 18. (1) 19. (2) 20. (2) 21. (30) 22. (4) 23. (1) 24. (4)
25. (4) 26. (30) 27. (4) 28. (462) 29. (2) 30. (4) 31. (4) 32. (3)
33. (48) 34. (3) 35. (10) 36. (24) 37. (7) 38. (3) 39. (1) 40. (2)
41. (3) 42. (630) 43. (2) 44. (2) 45. (2) 46. (4) 47. (600) 48. (2)
49. (4) 50. (450) 51. (2) 52. (4) 53. (2) 54. (2) 55. (3) 56. (1)
57. (5) 58. (3) 59. (300) 60. (30) 61. (2) 62. (2) 63. (2) 64. (2)
65. (600) 66. (4) 67. (3) 68. (3) 69. (4) 70. (1) 71. (75) 72. (2)
73. (9) 74. (2) 75. (200) 76. (2) 77. (2) 78. (3) 79. (1) 80. (4)
81. (750) 82. (1) 83. (1) 84. (3) 85. (3) 86. (2) 87. (4) 88. (4)
89. (2) 90. (2) 91. (1) 92. (2) 93. (2) 94. (3) 95. (3) 96. (1)
97. (2) 98. (1)
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Wave Optics (3,20,29,31) JEE Main 2024 - 2019 PYQs

Chapter Priority: Priority B MathonGo

Q1. In a Young's double slit experiment, the intensity at a point is (

_____. 04 Apr 2024 (M)

Q11. A monochromatic lightgic approach o

of wavelength 6000 A is incident on the single slit of width 0. 01 mm . If the

(3) 120 mm (4) 12 mm

29 Jan 2024 (M)

Q26. Unpolarised light of intensity 32 W m −2

06 Apr 2023 (E)

(μ = 1) and uses a monochromatic light of wavelength λ = 500 nm . Due to the insertion of

31 Jan 2023 (M)

individual slits, then I 1 +I 2

must must rearrange the concept of this......

will shift by ________ number of fringes.

30 Jan 2023 (M)

29 Jan 2023 (M)

29 Jan 2023 (E)

29 Jan 2023 (M)

Q40. Given below are two statements :

Q51. A wave of frequency = 3

(1) Reflected and refracted rays will be perpendicular to each other.

26 Aug 2021 (M)

width obtained over time is given as: 25 Jul 2021 (M)

are illuminated by a monochromatic light of 5890 A is :- 18 Mar 2021 (M)

will be 25 Feb 2021 (M)

05 Sep 2020 (E)

Q75. Orange light of wavelength 6000 × 10

Q85. Visible light of wavelength 6000 × 10 −8

produced at θ 1, then θ is close to

07 Jan 2020 (M)

Q87. A system of three polarizers P 1

(3) (√3 + 1) (4) 4

Q91. In an interference experiment the ratio of amplitudes of coherent waves is a1

10 Jan 2019 (M)

(3) 625 nm, 500 nm (4) 380 nm, 500 nm

Q95. Consider a Young's double slit experiment as shown in figure.

10 Jan 2019 (E)

(5−√ 2) 2(√ 5−2)

is: 09 Jan 2019 (E)

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