# Optics JEE Advanced PYQ Chapter Wise (2016–2026)

> Optics JEE Advanced PYQs: all 44 questions from 22 official papers (2016–2026), by concept with official answers. Asked in 11 of 11 years.

Source: https://previousyearquestions.app/jee-advanced/chapters/optics/

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## Answer first

Optics PYQs (previous year questions) for JEE Advanced: Optics (Physics) had **44 questions** across the 22 official JEE Advanced papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 22 of them. Asked in 11 of 11 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Refraction, Interference, Prism.

## Year-wise question count

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## Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

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## How to practise Optics PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year's Optics questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

## Questions by year

Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary and the official answer, with a link to the official PDF.

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## Optics in other exams

The same chapter in other official papers we tagged: [JEE Main](/jee-main/chapters/optics/) (32 questions), [NEET](/neet/chapters/#optics) (4 questions).

## Other Physics chapters

- [Units and Measurements PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/units-measurements/)
- [Kinematics PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/kinematics/)
- [Laws of Motion PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/laws-of-motion/)
- [Work, Energy and Power PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/work-energy-power/)
- [Rotational Motion PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/rotational-motion/)
- [Gravitation PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/gravitation/)
- [Properties of Solids and Liquids PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/properties-of-solids-liquids/)
- [Thermodynamics PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/thermodynamics/)
- [Kinetic Theory of Gases PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/kinetic-theory-of-gases/)
- [Oscillations and Waves PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/oscillations-waves/)
- [Electrostatics PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/electrostatics/)
- [Current Electricity PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/current-electricity/)
- [Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/magnetic-effects-magnetism/)
- [Electromagnetic Induction and AC PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/electromagnetic-induction-ac/)
- [Electromagnetic Waves PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/electromagnetic-waves/)
- [Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/dual-nature-matter-radiation/)
- [Atoms and Nuclei PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/atoms-nuclei/)
- [Experimental Skills PYQs](/jee-advanced/chapters/experimental-skills-physics/)

## FAQ

### How many Optics questions come in JEE Advanced?
In the official papers we tagged: 5 in 2026, 3 in 2025, 6 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 6 in 2022, 3 in 2021, 3 in 2020, 5 in 2019, 2 in 2018, 3 in 2017 and 5 in 2016 (2 papers each year). That is 44 questions in all, about 11% of Physics.

### Which Optics topics repeat in JEE Advanced?
Asked in the most papers: Refraction, Interference, Prism. The concept table lists every one with its count.

### Are these official JEE Advanced questions?
Yes. Every question is from an official JEE Advanced paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.