Previous year questions with solutions · 2025 – 2026
| Year | Questions | Papers | Avg / paper | Weightage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 19 | 1.2 | 4.84% ▲ 21.1% vs last year |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 4.00% |
⚠ 1 of these questions are out of the current syllabus (marked on the question).
In interference experiment the path difference between two interfering waves at a point A on the screen is /3, where is the wavelength of these waves, and at another point B the path difference is /6. The ratio of intensities at points A and B is .
In a Young double slit experiment, the wavelength of incident light is 6000 Å, the separation between slits S1 and S2 is 5 cm and the distance between slits plane and screen is 50 cm, as shown in the figure below. If the resultant intensity at P is equal to the intensity due to individual slits, the path difference between interfering waves is Å. [figure]
In Young's double slit experiment, the fringe width of the interference pattern produced on the screen is 2.4 μm. If the experiment is carried out in another medium having refractive index 1.2, the fringe width will be μm.
The maximum intensity in a Young's double slit experiment is I0. Distance between the slits (d) is 5 , where is the wavelength of light used. The intensity of the fringe, exactly opposite to one of the slits on the screen, placed at D=10d is .
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 7th bright fringe, obtained with both slits uncovered. If the light source wavelength is 450 nm, the thickness of mica sheet is 10-9 m. The value of is .
In a Young's double slit experiment, the intensity at some point on the screen is found to be 34 times of the maximum of the interference pattern. The path difference between the interfering waves at this point is x where is wavelength of the incident light. The value of x is .
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, placed at a distance of 1.2 m from the slits. The least distance of a point from the central maximum, where the bright fringes due to both the wavelengths coincide, is 10-5 m.
In the Young's double slit experiment the intensity produced by each one of the individual slits is Io. The distance between two slits is 2 mm. The distance of screen from slits is 10 m. The wavelength of light is 6000 . The intensity of light on the screen in front of one of the slits is
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 slits separations and that of the wavelengths of light used are 2 : 1 and 1 : 2 respectively. The corresponding ratio of the distances between the slits and the respective screens (D1/D2) is .
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 having thickness t and refractive index n (= 1.5), the central fringe shifts by 0.2 cm. The value of t is cm.
Given below are two statements : In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :
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 is introduced in front of one of the slits then center bright fringe shifts by 20 mm on the screen. The refractive index of transparent sheet is given by 10, where is .
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 :
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
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 pattern is:
A double slit interference experiment performed with a light of wavelength 600 nm forms an interference fringe pattern on a screen with 10th bright fringe having its centre at a distance of 10 mm from the central maximum. Distance of the centre of the same 10th bright fringe from the central maximum when the source of light is replaced by another source of wavelength 660 nm would be mm.
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 fringes of 480 nm light that are required for the first coincidence with the bright fringes formed by 600 nm light is
Young's double slit interference 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 light whose wavelength in air is 690 nm. The fringe-width on a screen placed behind the plane of slits at a distance of 0.72 m, will be:
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 interference pattern on the screen is 9:4 then what is the value of x ? (Assume that the field strength varies according to the slit width.)
Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :