Some people suggest using Ghatak, but I feel it is quite advanced. I'd prefer a book which is useful for problem solving, especially within the context of the IIT Jam Physics. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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The classic recommendation I always hear for optics is Optics, by Hecht - it's rec'd for instance on Baez's collaborative list, and a site recommending books to study for IIT Jam also recommends it. Of course, not all textbooks suit everyone - here are some alternatives and potential supplemental references:
Introduction to Modern Optics by Fowles - found in a thread ranting about why the OP hated Hecht, so if you don't like Hecht this might be a good alternative. It's also free online at the link, and looks to be a Dover publication, which are generally pretty good.
Physics of Light and Optics, also online for free, developed by professors at BYU. This one seems to have a lot of problems and be slightly less...dense, perhaps? But your mileage may vary.
There's also several sets of lecture notes that basically act as textbooks available online free, see here and here. Might be useful as references/secondary explanations of confusing concepts, but don't have problems.
Hecht also apparently wrote a Schaum's outline on optics that may have more problems to solve and might be a more introductory overview.
See also the posts I commented as potential duplicates.
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