JEE Main Wave Optics Practice Questions With Solutions

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JEE Main Physics Wave Optics Practice Questions

Question 1.

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Given below are two statements :

Statement I : When the white light passed through a prism, the red light bends lesser than yellow and violet.

Statement II : The refractive indices are different for different wavelengths in dispersive medium. In the light of the above statements, chose the correct answer from the options given below :

Question 2.

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Light emerges out of a convex lens when a source of light kept at its focus. The shape of wavefront of the light is :

Question 3.

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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 the maximum of the minimum intensity in the interference pattern is:

Question 4.

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A microwave of wavelength 2.0cm falls normally on a slit of width 4.0cm. The angular spread of the central maxima of the diffraction pattern obtained on a screen 1.5m away from the slit, will be :

Question 5.

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A monochromatic light of wavelength 6000A˚ is incident on the single slit of width 0.01mm. If the diffraction pattern is formed at the focus of the convex lens of focal length 20cm, the linear width of the central maximum is :

Question 6.

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When unpolarized light is incident at an angle of 60 on a transparent medium from air, the reflected ray is completely polarized. The angle of refraction in the medium is:

Question 7.

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A beam of unpolarised light of intensity I0 is passed through a polaroid A and then through another polaroid B which is oriented so that its principal plane makes an angle of 45 relative to that of A. The intensity of emergent light is:

Question 8.

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The diffraction pattern of a light of wavelength 400nm diffracting from a slit of width 0.2mm is focused on the focal plane of a convex lens of focal length 100cm. The width of the 1st  secondary maxima will be :

Question 9.

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In Young's double slit experiment, light from two identical sources are superimposing on a screen. The path 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 :

Question 10.

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When a polaroid sheet is rotated between two crossed polaroids then the transmitted light intensity will be maximum for a rotation of :

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Question 1.

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A single slit of width a is illuminated by a monochromatic light of wavelength 600nm. The value of ' a ' for which first minimum appears at θ=30 on the screen will be :

Question 2.

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In a Young's double slits experiment, the ratio of amplitude of light coming from slits is 2:1. The ratio of the maximum to minimum intensity in the interference pattern is:

Question 3.

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The ratio of intensities at two points P and Q on the screen in a Young's double slit experiment where phase difference between two waves of same amplitude are π/3 and π/2, respectively are

Question 4.

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The width of fringe is 2mm on the screen in a double slits experiment for the light of wavelength of 400nm. The width of the fringe for the light of wavelength 600 nm will be:

Question 5.

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'n' polarizing sheets are arranged such that each makes an angle 45 with the preceeding sheet. An 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:

Question 6.

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Two polaroide A and B are placed in such a way that the pass-axis of polaroids are perpendicular to each other. Now, another polaroid C is placed between A and B bisecting angle between them. If intensity of unpolarized light is I0 then intensity of transmitted light after passing through polaroid B will be:

Question 7.

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In a Young's double slit experiment, two slits are illuminated with a light of wavelength 800nm. The line joining A1P is perpendicular to A1A2 as shown in the figure. If the first minimum is detected at P, the value of slits separation 'a' will be:

JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift Physics - Wave Optics Question 32 English

The distance of screen from slits D = 5 cm

Question 8.

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In Young's double slits experiment, the position of 5th bright fringe from the central maximum is 5 cm. The distance between slits and screen is 1 m and wavelength of used monochromatic light is 600 nm. The separation between the slits is :

Question 9.

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Given below are two statements :

Statement I : If the Brewster's angle for the light propagating from air to glass is θB, then the Brewster's angle for the light propagating from glass to air is π2θB

Statement II : The Brewster's angle for the light propagating from glass to air is tan1(μg) where μg is the refractive index of glass.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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An unpolarised light beam of intensity 2I0 is passed through a polaroid P and then through another polaroid Q 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

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