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Huygens Principle and Wavefronts for JEE: 11 solved questions

Real JEE paper questions on huygens principle and wavefronts, part of wave optics. Each opens with the options, the correct answer and a step-by-step solution. Papers run from 2010 to 2026. No sign-in needed to read them.

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• Wavefronts and Huygens construction — 11 questions

All 11 questions with solutions

• Given below are two statements: Statement I: A plane wave after passing through prism remains as plane wave b… JEE Main 28th Jan 1st Shift 2026
• A light wave is propagating with plane wave fronts of the type x + y + z = constant. The angle made by the di… JEE Main 2nd April 1st Shift 2025
• Which of the following phenomena cannot be explained by wave theory of light? JEE Main 28th Jan 2nd Shift 2025
• Light emerges out of a convex lens when a source of light kept at its focus. The shape of wavefront of the li… JEE Main 5th April 1st Shift 2024
• Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Ass… JEE Main 6th April 2nd Shift 2023
• On a hot summer night, the refractive index of air is smallest near the ground and increases with height from… JEE Main 2015
• An initially parallel cylindrical beam travels in a medium of refractive index μ(I) = μ₀ + μ₂ I, where μ₀ and… JEE Main 2010
• An initially parallel cylindrical beam travels in a medium of refractive index μ(I) = μ₀ + μ₂ I, where μ₀ and… JEE Main 2010
• An initially parallel cylindrical beam travels in a medium of refractive index μ(I) = μ₀ + μ₂ I, where μ₀ and… JEE Main 2010
• The distance between two consecutive points with phase difference of 60° in a wave of frequency 500 Hz is 6.0… JEE Main 25th Jan 1st Shift 2023
• A point light source emits E.M. waves in free space. A detector, placed at a distance of L m, measures the in… JEE Main 6th April 1st Shift 2026