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Optics - Physics Previous Year Questions

Practice Optics - Physics previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

38Papers
26Years
141Questions
1Topics

Optics question pattern

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Questions by year

Year-wise coverage for Optics. Each bar uses a separate theme-derived color.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Not classified 132 93.6%
Easy 6 4.3%
Medium 3 2.1%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

Multiple Choices 141 100%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Physics
141 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Optics
141 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Geometrical Optics
89 Qs
Wave Optics
52 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

NEET 2026
4 Qs
NEET 2025
4 Qs
NEET 2024
4 Qs
NEET 2024 RE EXAMINATION
4 Qs
NEET 2023 MANIPUR
5 Qs
NEET 2023
4 Qs
NEET 2022 Phase 1
4 Qs
NEET 2022 PHASE 2
4 Qs
NEET 2021
4 Qs
NEET 2020 PHASE 1
4 Qs
AIIMS 2019
6 Qs
NEET 2019
4 Qs
NEET 2018
5 Qs
AIIMS 2018
4 Qs
AIIMS 2017
11 Qs
NEET 2017
5 Qs
NEET 2016 PHASE 1
5 Qs
NEET 2016 PHASE 2
5 Qs
AIPMT 2015
4 Qs
AIPMT 2015 Cancelled Paper
4 Qs
AIPMT 2014
4 Qs
NEET 2013 KARNATAKA
4 Qs
NEET 2013
3 Qs
AIPMT 2012 PRELIMS
4 Qs
AIPMT 2012 MAINS
2 Qs
AIPMT 2011 MAINS
2 Qs
AIPMT 2011 PRELIMS
2 Qs
AIPMT 2010 MAINS
2 Qs
AIPMT 2010 PRELIMS
2 Qs
AIPMT 2008
2 Qs
AIPMT 2007
2 Qs
AIPMT 2006
2 Qs
AIPMT 2005
1 Qs
AIPMT 2004
3 Qs
AIPMT 2003
2 Qs
AIPMT 2002
3 Qs
AIPMT 2001
3 Qs
AIPMT 2000
4 Qs

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Geometrical Optics

Explore previous-paper coverage, trends and focused practice for Geometrical Optics.

89 questions37 papers25 years

Wave Optics

Explore previous-paper coverage, trends and focused practice for Wave Optics.

52 questions26 papers17 years

Included previous year papers

Newest papers appear first. Sort by year, question coverage or name.

PaperYear / sessionQuestions in this viewOpen
NEET 202620264View paper
NEET 202520254View paper
NEET 202420244View paper
NEET 2024 RE EXAMINATION20244View paper
NEET 202320234View paper
NEET 2023 MANIPUR20235View paper
NEET 2022 Phase 120224View paper
NEET 2022 PHASE 220224View paper
NEET 202120214View paper
NEET 2020 PHASE 120204View paper
AIIMS 201920196View paper
NEET 201920194View paper
AIIMS 201820184View paper
NEET 201820185View paper
AIIMS 2017201711View paper
NEET 201720175View paper
NEET 2016 PHASE 120165View paper
NEET 2016 PHASE 220165View paper
AIPMT 201520154View paper
AIPMT 2015 Cancelled Paper20154View paper
AIPMT 201420144View paper
NEET 201320133View paper
NEET 2013 KARNATAKA20134View paper
AIPMT 2012 MAINS20122View paper
AIPMT 2012 PRELIMS20124View paper
AIPMT 2011 MAINS20112View paper
AIPMT 2011 PRELIMS20112View paper
AIPMT 2010 MAINS20102View paper
AIPMT 2010 PRELIMS20102View paper
AIPMT 200820082View paper
AIPMT 200720072View paper
AIPMT 200620062View paper
AIPMT 200520051View paper
AIPMT 200420043View paper
AIPMT 200320032View paper
AIPMT 200220023View paper
AIPMT 200120013View paper
AIPMT 200020004View paper

Sample previous year questions

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1
2000 · Physics · Optics · Geometrical Optics
AIPMT 2000
A tall man of height 6 feet, want to see his full image. Then required minimum length of the mirror will be
A
12 feet
B
3 feet
C
6 feet
D
any length
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2
2001 · Physics · Optics · Geometrical Optics
AIPMT 2001
Optical fibre are based on
A
total internal reflection
B
less scattering
C
refraction
D
less absorption coefficient.
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3
2002 · Physics · Optics · Geometrical Optics
AIPMT 2002
For the given incident ray as shown in figure, the condition of total internal refraction of this ray the required refractive index of prism will be

AIPMT 2002 Physics - Geometrical Optics Question 41 English
A
\({{\sqrt 3 + 1} \over 2}\)
B
\({{\sqrt 2 + 1} \over 2}\)
C
\(\sqrt {{3 \over 2}}\)
D
\(\sqrt {{7 \over 6}}\)
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4
2003 · Physics · Optics · Geometrical Optics
AIPMT 2003
An equiconvex lens is cut into two halves along (i) XOX' and (ii) YOY' as shown in the figure. Let \(f,f',\) \(f''\) be the focal lengths of the complete lens, of each half in case (i), and of each half in case (ii), respectively.

Choose the correct statement from the following

AIPMT 2003 Physics - Geometrical Optics Question 45 English
A
\(f' = f,f'' = 2f\)
B
\(f' = 2f,f'' = f\)
C
\(f' = f,f'' = f\)
D
\(f' = 2f,f'' = 2f\)
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5
2004 · Physics · Optics · Geometrical Optics
AIPMT 2004
A beam of light composed of red and green ray is incident obliquely at a point on the face of rectangular glass slab. When coming out on the opposite parallel face, the red green ray emerge from
A
Two points propagating in two different non parallel directions
B
Two points propagating in two different parallel directions.
C
One point propagating in two different directions.
D
One point propagating in the same firections.
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6
2005 · Physics · Optics · Wave Optics
AIPMT 2005
The angular resolution of a 10 cm diameter telescope at a wavelength of 5000 \(\mathop A\limits^ \circ\) is of the order of
A
106 rad
B
10\(-\)2 rad
C
10\(-\)4 rad
D
10\(-\)6 rad.
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