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Secondary Maxima Condition

JEE Main asked Secondary Maxima Condition once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 24 Jun 2022, Shift 1. It belongs to Single Slit Diffraction, in Wave Optics (Physics).

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked: 1; in 1 shift
Years: 1 of 8
First asked: 2022; the only year
Pattern: Occasional; asked once so far

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Physics questions.

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

20260 of 9
20250 of 8
20240 of 18
20230 of 12
20221 of 24
20210 of 24
20200 of 12
20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Numerical value is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

Separation of first maxima for two wavelengths

Difficulty

Easy 0Medium 1Hard 0

1 of the 1 question had a numerical answer.

Every question

The question

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

24 Jun 2022, Shift 1 · Q55Sodium light of wavelengths 650 nm and 655 nm is used to study diffraction at a single slit of aperture 0.5 mm. The distance between the…MediumNumerical value

Shift: 24 Jun 2022, Shift 1.

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