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Optics - Physics Previous Year Questions
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12Years
48Questions
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Optics question pattern
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Included previous year papers
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| Paper | Year / session | Questions in this view | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| WB JEE 2026 | 2026 | 6 | View paper |
| WB JEE 2026 | 2026 | 6 | View paper |
| VITEEE 2025 | 2025 | 1 | View paper |
| WB JEE 2025 | 2025 | 2 | View paper |
| WB JEE 2024 | 2024 | 5 | View paper |
| WB JEE 2023 | 2023 | 4 | View paper |
| WB JEE 2022 | 2022 | 3 | View paper |
| WB JEE 2021 | 2021 | 3 | View paper |
| WB JEE 2020 | 2020 | 5 | View paper |
| WB JEE 2019 | 2019 | 4 | View paper |
| WB JEE 2018 | 2018 | 5 | View paper |
| WB JEE 2017 | 2017 | 4 | View paper |
| WB JEE 2016 | 2016 | 3 | View paper |
| WB JEE 2008 | 2008 | 3 | View paper |
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2016 · Physics · Optics · Geometrical Optics
WB JEE 2016
A ray of light strikes a glass plate at an angle of 60\(^\circ\). If the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other, the refractive index of glass is
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2017 · Physics · Optics · Geometrical Optics
WB JEE 2017
A point object is held above a thin equiconvex lens at its focus. The focal length is 0.1 m and the lens rests on a horizontal thin plane mirror. The final image will be formed at
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2018 · Physics · Optics · Geometrical Optics
WB JEE 2018
Two identical equiconvex lenses, each of focal length f are placed side by side in contact with each other with a layer of water in between them as shown in the figure. If refractive index of the material of the lenses is greater than that of water, how the combined focal length F is related to f?
2019 · Physics · Optics · Geometrical Optics
WB JEE 2019
A ray of light is reflected by a plane mirror. \({\widehat e_0}\), \(\widehat e\) and \(\widehat n\) be the unit vectors along the incident ray, reflected ray and the normal to the reflecting surface respectively.
Which of the following gives an expression for \(\widehat e\)?
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Which of the following gives an expression for \(\widehat e\)?
2020 · Physics · Optics · Geometrical Optics
WB JEE 2020
A tennis ball hits the floor with a speed v at an angle \(\theta\) with the normal to the floor. If the collision is inelastic and the coefficient of restitution is \(\varepsilon\), what will be the angle of reflection?
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2021 · Physics · Optics · Geometrical Optics
WB JEE 2021
A spherical convex surface of power 5 D separates object and image space of refractive indices 1.0 and \(4\over3\) , respectively. The radius of curvature of the surface is
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