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Physics - Wave Optics

Practise 17 JIPMER previous year questions on Wave Optics, compiled from papers spanning 2008 to 2019. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty JIPMER tests.

Wave Optics has been asked in 0 of the 19 years of JIPMER papers analysed (2001–2019), with 17 questions in all. 29% of them were easy, 59% moderate and 12% tough. Most of its questions came from 2019, with 0 questions that year. In the last three years (2017–2019) it had 0 questions across 5 papers, about 0 per paper.

The chapter's 4 topics are not weighted equally: Youngs Double Slit Experiment (9 questions, 53%), Interference of Light (4 questions, 24%), and Wave Theory and Wavefronts (3 questions, 18%) have been asked the most. Youngs Double Slit Experiment has produced the most tough questions (1).

  1. 1In YDSE angular fringe width is wavelength of light used is . Find the distance between two slits.2019Youngs Double Slit Experiment
  2. 2Huygen's principle does not use2019Wave Theory and Wavefronts
  3. 3Two slits are separated by a distance of 0.5 mm and illuminated with light of . If the screen is placed 2.5 m , from the slits. The distance2018Youngs Double Slit Experiment
  4. 4White light is used to illuminate two slits in Young's double slit experiment. The separation between the slits is and the screen is at a di2017Youngs Double Slit Experiment
  5. 5The maximum numbers of possible interference maxima for slit separation equal to twice the wavelength in Young's double slit experiment is2017Youngs Double Slit Experiment
  6. 6A source emits electromagnetic waves of wavelength 3 m . One beam reaches the observer directly and other after reflection from a water surf2017Interference of Light
  7. 7The intensity of each of the two slits in Young's double slit experiment is . Calculate the minimum separation between the points on the scr2016Youngs Double Slit Experiment
  8. 8Angular width of central maximum in the Fraunhoffer diffraction pattern of a slit is measured. The slit is illuminated by light of wavelengt2016Youngs Double Slit Experiment
  9. 9If the sun rays are incidenting at angle and intensity is . If the sun rays are made incident at angle, then what will be the intensity?2014Interference of Light
  10. 10If prism angle , distance between screen and prism , distance between prism and source , , then in Fresnal biprism find the value of (fringe2014Diffraction of Light
  11. 11Light travels faster in air than that in glass. This is accordance with2013Wave Theory and Wavefronts
  12. 12In Young's double slit experiment with sodium vapour lamp of wavelength 589 nm and the slits 0.589 mm apart, the half angular width of the c2012Youngs Double Slit Experiment
  13. 13In Young's double slit experiment with sodium vapour lamp of wavelength 589 nm and the slits 0.589 mm apart, the half angular width of the c2011Youngs Double Slit Experiment
  14. 14Two coherent light beams of intensities and are superposed. The maximum and minimum possible intensities in the resulting beam are2010Wave Theory and Wavefronts
  15. 15If Young's double slit experiment is performed in water instead of air, then2010Youngs Double Slit Experiment
  16. 16The maximum number of possible interference maxima for slit-separation equal to twice the wavelength in Young's double-slit experiment, is2009Interference of Light
  17. 17Interference was observed in an interference chamber when air was present. Now, the chamber is evacuated and if the same light is used, a ca2008Interference of Light

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Wave Optics?

This chapter includes 17 questions compiled from JIPMER papers spanning 2008 to 2019.

2.Are these questions only from JIPMER, or from other exams too?

These are JIPMER questions specifically for the Wave Optics chapter. Questions from other exams like NEET or AIIMS are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Wave Optics an important chapter for JIPMER Physics?

Wave Optics has appeared in 11 of the 16 years of JIPMER papers covered here, with 17 questions across 11 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of Wave Optics questions in JIPMER?

Of the 17 questions analysed for this chapter, 29% are easy, 59% moderate and 12% tough. 2019 had the most, with 0 questions.

5.Which topics in Wave Optics should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Wave Optics:

  • Youngs Double Slit Experiment - 9 questions (53%)
  • Interference of Light - 4 questions (24%)
  • Wave Theory and Wavefronts - 3 questions (18%)
  • Youngs Double Slit Experiment has produced the most tough questions (1).
6.Is Wave Optics's weightage in JIPMER going up or down?

Across all 11 papers analysed, Wave Optics has averaged about 1.5 questions per paper. In the last three years (2017–2019), that average has fallen, at about 0.0 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.