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433 previous year questions from Wave Optics (JEE Main & Advanced Physics) with answers and solutions. Numbered list, year tags, and one-tap solutions — built for serious JEE / NEET practice.

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About Wave Optics PYQs

Wave Optics has 433 previous year questions in the Quantrex Academy JEE Main & Advanced Physics bank. The 220 questions in this list come from JEE Main (188), JEE Advanced (19) and NTA Abhyas JEE Main (13), spanning 2002 to 2026. Each question opens on its own page with the options, the correct answer and the worked solution where available.

Questions by year (this list)

  • 2026: 26
  • 2025: 21
  • 2024: 25
  • 2023: 18
  • 2022: 16
  • 2021: 16
  • 2020: 28
  • 2019: 13
  • 2018: 6
  • 2017: 4
  • 2016: 4
  • 2015: 6

Wave Optics questions with solutions

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In the List-I, four optical effects are mentioned. The physical phenomena of light which are essential to describe these optical effects are given in List-II. Choose the option

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In a single slit diffraction experiment, a slit of width (0.016 ± 0.002) mm is used to measure the wavelength of a monochromatic light source. In the diffraction pattern, the

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As shown in the figure, a ray AB of unpolarized light enters from water of refractive index n_w = 4/3 into a medium of refractive index n_p = 4/ 3 after passing through a glass

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Some distant star is to be observed by some telescope of diameter of objective lens a , at an angular resolution of 3.0× 10^ -7 radian. If the wavelength of light from the star

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In a Young double slit experiment, the wavelength of incident light is 6000 Å, the separation between slits S_1 and S_2 is 5 cm and the distance between slits plane and screen is

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In interference experiment the path difference between two interfering waves at a point A on the screen is λ/3 , where λ is the wavelength of these waves, and at another point B

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An unpolarized light of intensity I_o passes through polarizer and then through a certain optically active solution and finally it goes to analyser. If the angle between analyser

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The maximum intensity in a Young's double slit experiment is I_0 . Distance between the slits ( d ) is 5λ , where λ is the wavelength of light used. The intensity of the fringe

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In Young's double slit experiment, the fringe width of the interference pattern produced on the screen is 2.4 μ m. If the experiment is carried out in another medium having

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An unpolarized light of certain intensity passes through a combination of two polarizers whose transmission axes are at 30° and 90° , respectively, with respect to the horizontal

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In a double slit experiment, when one of the slits is covered by a transparent mica sheet of refractive index 1.56 , the central fringe shifts to the position of 7^ th bright

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A slit of width a is illuminated by light of wavelength λ . The linear separation between 1^ st and 3^ rd minima in the diffraction pattern produced on a screen placed at a

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A telescope with objective diameter R is used to observe a distant star emitting light of wavelength 500 nm, at a resolution of 5 × 10^ -7 radian. The value of R is _____ cm.

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An unpolarized light is incident on the plane interface of air-dielectric medium shown in figure. If the incident angle is equal to Brewster angle, identify the expression

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In a Young's double slit experiment, the intensity at some point on the screen is found to be (3)/(4) times of the maximum of the interference pattern. The path difference between

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In single slit diffraction pattern, the wavelength of light used is 628 nm and slit width is 0.2 mm, the angular width of central maximum is α × 10^ -2 degrees. The value of α is

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A beam of light consisting of wavelengths 650 nm and 550 nm illuminates the Young's double slits with separation of 2 mm such that the interference fringes are formed on a screen

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Given below are two statements: Statement I : A plane wave after passing through prism remains as plane wave but passing through small pin hole may become spherical wave.

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In the Young's double slit experiment the intensity produced by each one of the individual slits is I_ 0 . The distance between two slits is 2 mm. The distance of screen from

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An unpolarised light is incident at an interface of two dielectric media having refractive indices of 2 (incident medium) and 2 3 (medium) respectively. To satisfy the condition

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When an unpolarized light falls at a particular angle on a glass plate (placed in air), it is observed that the reflected beam is linearly polarized. The angle of refracted beam

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In two separate Young's double-slit experimental set-ups and two monochromatic light sources of different wavelengths are used to get fringes of equal width. The ratios of the

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Which of the following are true for a single slit diffraction? A. Width of central maxima increases with increase in wavelength keeping slit width constant. B. Width of central

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Given below are two statements : Statement I : In a Young's double slit experiment, the angular separation of fringes will increase as the screen is moved away from the plane of

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In a Young's double slit experiment set up, the two slits are kept 0.4 mm apart and screen is placed at 1 m from slits. If a thin transparent sheet of thickness 20 μ ~m is

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In a double slit experiment the distance between the slits is 0.1 cm and the screen is placed at 50 cm from the slits plane. When one slit is covered with a transparent sheet

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A single slit diffraction experiment is performed to determine the slit width using the equation, (b d)/(D)=m λ , where b is the slit width, D the shortest distance between the

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In a Young's double slit experiment, a combination of two glass wedges A and B , having refractive indices 1.7 and 1.5, respectively, are placed in front of the slits, as shown in

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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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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

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Two polarisers P_1 and P_2 are placed in such a way that the intensity of the transmitted light will be zero. A third polariser P_3 is inserted in between P_1 and P_2 , at the

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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:

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A monochromatic light of frequency 5 × 10^ 14 ~Hz travelling through air, is incident on a medium of refractive index ' 2 '. Wavelength of the refracted light will be :

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Two monochromatic light beams have intensities in the ratio 1:9. An interference pattern is obtained by these beams. The ratio of the intensities of maximum to minimum is

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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

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Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities 4I and 9I are superimposed. The difference between the maximum and minimum intensities in the resulting interference pattern

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A light wave is propagating with plane wave fronts of the type x+y+z= constant. The angle made by the direction of wave propagation with the x -axis is:

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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^ ∘ in a single

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

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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

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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

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In a Young's double slit experiment, three polarizers are kept as shown in the figure. The transmission axes of P_1 and P_2 are orthogonal to each other. The polarizer P_3 covers

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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 × 10^ 15 photons per second at 600 nm . If the wavelength of the source S_2 is

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The Young's double slit interference experiment is performed using light consisting of 480 nm and 600 nm wavelengths to form interference patterns. The least number of the bright

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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 ~d . If the ratio of the maximum to the minimum intensity in the

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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) : In Young's double slit experiment, the fringes produced

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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

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Paragraph I: In a Young's double slit experiment, each of the two slits A and B, as shown in the figure, are oscillating about their fixed center and with a mean separation of 0.8

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In a Young's double slit experiment, each of the two slits A and B, as shown in the figure, are oscillating about their fixed center and with a mean separation of 0.8 ~mm . The

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A point source S emits unpolarized light uniformly in all directions. At two points A and B , the ratio r=I_A / I_B of the intensities of light is 2. If a set of two polaroids

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Monochromatic light of wavelength 500 ~nm is used in Young's double slit experiment. An interference pattern is obtained on a screen. When one of the slits is covered with a very

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In a Young's double slit experiment, the intensity at a point is ((1)/(4))^ th of the maximum intensity, the minimum distance of the point from the central maximum is ________ μ

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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

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A parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 600 ~nm passes through single slit of 0.4 ~mm width. Angular divergence corresponding to second order minima would be ______ ×

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Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4 I are superimposed. The difference between maximum and minimum possible intensities in the resulting beam is x I .

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In a single slit experiment, a parallel beam of green light of wavelength 550 ~nm passes through a slit of width 0.20 ~mm . The transmitted light is collected on a screen 100 ~cm

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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 :

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In Young's double slit experiment, carried out with light of wavelength 5000 , the distance between the slits is 0.3 ~mm and the screen is at 200 ~cm from the slits. The central

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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

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Two wavelengths λ_1 and λ_2 are used in Young's double slit experiment. λ_1=450 ~nm and λ_2=650 ~nm . The minimum order of fringe produced by λ_2 which overlaps with the fringe

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In Young's double slit experiment, monochromatic light of wavelength 5000 ∘ A is used. The slits are 1 . 0mm apart and screen is placed at 1 . 0m away from slits. The distance

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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

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A monochromatic light of wavelength 6000 o A 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

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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

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Two waves of intensity ratio 1: 9 cross each other at a point. The resultant intensities at the point, when (a) Waves are incoherent is I _ 1 (b) Waves are coherent is I _ 2 and

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A beam of unpolarised light of intensity I _ 0 is passed through a polaroid A and then through another polaroid B which is oriented so that its principal plane makes an angle of

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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

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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

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In a single slit diffraction pattern, a light of wavelength 6000 o A is used. The distance between the first and third minima in the diffraction pattern is found to be 3mm when

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In a double slit experiment shown in figure, when light of wavelength 400nm is used, dark fringe is observed at P . If D = 0 . 2m , the minimum distance between the slits S _ 1

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A parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 5000 o A is incident normally on a single narrow slit of width 0 . 001mm . The light is focused by convex lens on screen

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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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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 ^ o on the screen will be :

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In a Young’s double slit 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

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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

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Unpolarised light of intensity 32W m ^ - 2 passes through the combination of three polaroids such that the pass axis of the last polaroids is perpendicular to that of the pass

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

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A beam of light consisting of two wavelengths 7000 o A and 5500 o A is used to obtain interference pattern in Young's double slit experiment. The distance between the slits is

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As shown in the figure, in Young's double slit experiment, a thin plate of thickness t = 10μ m and refractive index μ = 1 . 2 is inserted infront of slit S _ 1 . The

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‘ n ’ polarizing sheets are arranged such that each makes an angle 45 ° with the proceeding sheet. An unpolarized light of intensity I is incident into this

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Two light waves of wavelengths 800 and 600nm are used in Young's double slit experiment to obtain interference fringes on a screen placed 7m away from plane of slits. If the

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Two polaroids AandB are placed in such a way that the pass-axis of polaroids are perpendicular to each other. Now, another polaroid C is placed between AandB bisecting angle

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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 : The beam of electrons shows wave nature and exhibit interference

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In a Young’s double slit experiment, the intensities at two points, for the path difference (λ)/(4) and (λ)/(3) ( λ being the wavelength of light used) are I _ 1 and I _ 2

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In Young’s double slit experiment, two slits S _ 1 and S _ 2 are d distance apart and the separation from slits to screen is D (as shown in figure). Now if two transparent

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Unpolarised light is incident on the boundary between two dielectric media, whose dielectric constants are 2 . 8 (medium – 1 ) and 6 . 8 (medium – 2 ), respectively.

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In a Young’s double slit experiment, two slits are illuminated with a light of wavelength 800nm . The line joining A _ 1 P is perpendicular to A _ 1 A _ 2 as shown in the

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As shown in figures, three identical polaroids P _ 1 , P _ 2 and P _ 3 are placed one after another. The pass axis of P _ 2 and P _ 3 are inclined at angle of 60 º and 90 º with

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

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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 θ _ B , then Brewster's angle for the light

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A double slit setup is shown in the figure. One of the slits is in medium 2 of refractive index n _ 2 . The other slit is at the interface of this medium with another medium 1 of

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An unpolarised light beam of intensity 2 I _ 0 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

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In a Young's double slit experiment, a laser light of 560nm produces an interference pattern with consecutive bright fringes' separation of 7 . 2mm . Now another light is

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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

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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

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In young's double slit experiment, the fringe width is 12mm . If the entire arrangement is placed in water of refractive index (4)/(3) , then the fringe width becomes (in mm )

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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

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Using Young's double slit experiment, a monochromatic light of wavelength 5000 Å produces fringes of fringe width 0 . 5mm . If another monochromatic light of wavelength 6000 Å

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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

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In a Young's double slit experiment, an angular width of the fringe is 0 . 35 ° on a screen placed at 2m away for particular wavelength of 450nm . The angular width of the

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In Young's double slit experiment the two slits are 0 . 6mm distance apart. Interference pattern is observed on a screen at a distance 80cm from the slits. The first dark

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A wave of frequency = 3GHz , strikes a particle of size ((1)/(100)) ^ th of λ , then this phenomenon is called as

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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

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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

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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 .

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Sodium light of wavelengths 650nm and 655nm is used to study diffraction at a single slit of aperture 0 . 5mm . The distance between the slit and the screen is 2 . 0m . The

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Two satellites revolve around a planet in coplanar circular orbits in anticlockwise direction. Their period of revolutions are 1 hour and 8 hours respectively. The radius of the

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In a Young's double slit experiment, the slits are separated by 0 . 3mm and the screen is 1 . 5m away from the plane of slits. Distance between fourth bright fringes on both

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The light waves from two coherent sources have same intensity I _ 1 = I _ 2 = I _ 0 . In interference pattern the intensity of light at minima is zero. What will be the intensity

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A source of light is placed in front of a screen. The intensity of light on the screen is I . Two Polaroids P _ 1 and P _ 2 are so placed in between the source of light and screen

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White light is passed through a double slit and interference is observed on a screen 1 . 5m away. The separation between the slits is 0 . 3mm . The first violet and red fringes

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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 .

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In Young's double slit experiment, if the source of light changes from orange to blue then:

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In the Young's double slit experiment, the distance between the slits varies in time as d(t) = d _ 0 + a _ 0 sin ; where d _ 0 , ω and a _ 0 are constants. The difference

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In Young's double slit arrangement, slits are separated by a gap of 0 . 5mm , and the screen is placed at a distance of 0 . 5m from them. The distance between the first and

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A fringe width of 6mm was produced for two slits separated by 1mm apart. The screen is placed 10m away. The wavelength of light used is x nm . The value of x to the nearest

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In a Young's double slit experiment two slits are separated by 2mm and the screen is placed one meter away. When a light of wavelength 500nm is used, the fringe separation

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Consider the diffraction pattern obtained from the sunlight incident on a pinhole of diameter 0 . 1 . If the diameter of the pinhole is slightly increased, it will affect the

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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

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If the source of light used in a Young's double slit experiment is changed from red to violet:

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