Practice Test

Q1) In a double slit experiment, instead of taking slits of equal widths, one slit is made twice as wide as the other. Then, in the interference pattern Show Answer

Q2) In a double slit experiment, instead of taking slits of equal widths, one slit is made twice as wide as the other. Then, in the interference pattern Show Answer

Q3) Bright coiours exhibited by spider's web, exposed to sunlight, are due to Show Answer

Q4) In Young's double slit experiment, the separation between the slits is halved and the distance between the slits and the screen is doubled. The fringe width will Show Answer

Q5) In a Young's double slit experiment, constructive interference is produced at a certain point P. The intensities of light at P due to the individual sources are 4 and 9 units. The resultant intensity at point P will be Show Answer

Q6) For the constructive interference the path difference between the two interfering waves must be equal to Show Answer

Q7) A monochromatic beam of light is used for the formation of fringes on the screen by illuminating the two slits in the Young's double-slit interference experiment. When a thin film of mica is interposed in the path of one of the interference beams then Show Answer

Q8) If white light is used in Young's double slit experiment Show Answer

Q9) to demonstrate the phenomenon of interference, we require two sources which emit radiation Show Answer

Q10) Imagine a Young's double slit experiment using electron waves produced by an electron gun. To increase the width of the interference fringes. Show Answer

Q11) Two coherent beams of light of same wavelengths superpose in a certain region of space. If the intensity of one beam is 4 times that of the other, then the ratio of intensity at a bright point to that at a dark point is Show Answer

Q12) In double slit experiment, for light of which colour,, the fringe, width will be minimum ? Show Answer

Q13) Young's experiment establishes that Show Answer

Q14) When monochromatic light is replaced by white light in Fresnel's biprism arrangement, the central fringe is Show Answer

Q15) If yellow light emitted by sodium lamp in Young's double slit experiment is replaced by monochromatic blue light of the same intensity Show Answer

Q16) In Young’s experiment, the ratio of maximum to minimum intensities of the fringe system is 4:1. The amplitudes of the coherent sources are in the ratio Show Answer

Q17) The power transmitted through B is Show Answer

Q18) The phase difference introduced by the film is Show Answer

Q19) The power in watt received at the focal point F of the lens is Show Answer

Q20) In Young's slit experiment, the phase difference between the light waves reaching third bright fringe from the centra1 fringe will be Show Answer

Q21) In Young's double slit experiment on interference, the ratio of the intensities of a bright band and a dark band is 16 : 1. The ratio of the amplitudes of the interfering waves is Show Answer

Q22) In a Young's double slit experiment, 12 fringes are observed to be formed in a certain segment of the screen when light of wavelength 600 nm is used. If the wavelength of light is changed to 400 nm, number of fringes observed in the same segment of the screen is given by Show Answer

Q23) Find the wavelength of parallel beam in liquid Show Answer

Q24) Calculate the fringe width Show Answer

Q25) One of the slit of the apparatus is covered by a thin glass sheet of refractive index 1. 53. Find the smallest thickness of the sheet to bring the adjacent minimum on the axis Show Answer

Q26) What speed should a galaxy move with respect to us so that the sodium line at 589 nm is observed at 598.6 nm ? Show Answer

Q27) Two slits are made one millimeter apart and the screen is placed one meter away. What is the fringe separation when blue-green wavelength 500 nm is used ? Show Answer

Q28) Two slits are millimeter apart and the screen is placed one metre away. The wavelength of light used is 500 nm. What should be the width of each slit to obtain 10 maxima of the double-slit pattern within the central maxima of the single slit pattern Show Answer

Q29) For what distance is ray optics a good approximation when the aperture is 3 mm wide and the wavelength is 500 nm ? Show Answer

Q30) The shape fringe patterns in YDSE is Show Answer

Q31) If we replace the monochromatic source in YDSE by white light, then Show Answer

Q32) A beam of light consisting of two wavelengths 650 nm and 520 nm, is used to obtain interference fringes in a YSDE. The distance of the third bright fringe on the screen from the central maximum for wavelength 650 nm is : ( The distance between the slits is 2 mm and the distance between the plane of the slits and the screen is 120 cm ) Show Answer

Q33) In the above question, what is the least distance from the central maxima where the bright fringes due to both the wavelength coincide ? Show Answer

Q34) Estimate the distance for which ray-optics is a good approximation for an aperture of 4 mm and wavelength 400 nm. Show Answer

Q35) Two towers on top of two bills one 40 km apart. The line joining them passes 50 m above a hill halfway between the towers. What is the longest wavelength of radiowaves, which can be sent between the towers without appreciable diffraction effects. Show Answer

Q36) A parallel beam of light of wavelength 500 nm falls on a narrow slit and the resulting diffraction pattern is observed on a screen 1 m away. It is observed that the first minimum is at a distance of 2.5 mm from the centre of the screen. The width of the slit is Show Answer

Q37) Yellow light is used in a single slit diffraction experiment with slit width of 0.6 mm. If yellow light is replaced by X-rays, then the observed pattern will reveal Show Answer

Q38) Pick out the correct statements Show Answer

Q39) At the first minima, the path difference between two waves starting from the two ends of a slit in a single slit Fraunhofer diffractin experiment is Show Answer

Q40) The penetration of light into the region of geometrical shadow is called Show Answer

Q41) To observe diffraction, the size of an obstacle Show Answer

Q42) While both light and sound show wave character, diffraction ( bending round corners ) is much harder to observe in light. This is because Show Answer

Q43) Directions of the first secondary maximum in the Fraunhofer diffraction pattern at a single slit is given by ( a is the width of the slit ) Show Answer

Q44) Diffraciton effects are easier to notice in the case of sound waves than in the case of light waves because Show Answer

Q45) The wavelength of light can be experimentally found using Show Answer

Q46) In the experiment of diffraction at a single slit, if the slit width is decreased, the width of the central maximum Show Answer

Q47) The frequency of light can be experimentally found using Show Answer

Q48) Polarisation of light takes place due to many processes. Which of the following will not cause polarization ? Show Answer

Q49) Consider the following statements A and B identify the correct answer.
A. Polarised light can be used to study the helical surface of nucleic acids.
B. Optic axis is a direction and not any particular line in the crystal Show Answer

Q50) A polaroid is being used as an analyzer of plane polaroid light. In one complete rotation of the crystal, the maximum intensities will be observed only Show Answer

Q51) Only transverse waves undergo Show Answer

Q52) If a wave can be polarized, it must be Show Answer

Q53) A ray of light falls on a transparent glass plate. Part of it is reflected and part is refracted. The reflected and refracted rays can be perpendicular to each other for Show Answer

Q54) Waves that cannot be polarized are Show Answer

Q55) The angular width subtended by the two first order minima on the screen, at the slit is Show Answer

Q56) The separation between the first order minima on the screen is Show Answer

Q57) The width of the central maximum is Show Answer

Q58) Polaroid sheets are often used for making sun glasses. This is because polaroid glasses Show Answer

Q59) When light incident on a refracting surface is polarized by reflection, then angle between the refracted and reflected rays is Show Answer

Q60) The correct expression relating polarising angle and refractive index is Show Answer

Q61) The experimental proof that light is a transverse wave may be obtained through Show Answer

Q62) A parallel monochromatic beam of light is incident normally on a narrow slit. A diffraction pattern is formed on a screen placed perpendicular to the direction of the incident beam. At the first minimum of the diffraction pattern, the phase difference between the rays coming form from the two edges of the slit is Show Answer

Q63) The distance between the first and the sixth minima in the diffraction pattern of a single alit is 0.5 mm. The screen is 0.5 m away from the slit. If the wavelength of light used is 5000 â„«, then the slit width will be Show Answer

Q64) A narrow slit of width 1 mm is illuminated by monochromatic light of wavelength 600 nm.The distance between the first minima on either side on a screen at a distance of 2 m is Show Answer

Q65) An astronaut is looking down on earth's surface from a space shuttle at an altitude of 400 km. Assuming that the astronaut's pupil diameter is 5 mm and the wavelength of visible light is 500 nm, the astronaut will be able to resolve linear objects of the size of about Show Answer

Q66) At the Brewster angle of incidence, the reflected light is polarised. Show Answer

Q67) The Brewster angle is Show Answer

Q68) At the Brewstar's angle Show Answer

Q69) By corpuscular theory of light, the phenomenon which can be explained is Show Answer

Q70) According to corpuscular theory of light, the different colours of light are due to Show Answer

Q71) Huygen's conception of secondary waves Show Answer

Q72) The idea of the quantum nature of light has emerged in an attempt to explain Show Answer

Q73) Two coherent sources of light can be obtained by Show Answer

Q74) By Huygen's wave theory of light, we cannot explain the phenomenon of Show Answer

Q75) Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4I are superposed. The maximum and minimum possible intensities in the resulting beam are Show Answer

Q76) Light appears to travel in straight lines since Show Answer

Q77) The idea of secondary wavelets for the propagation of a wave was first given by Show Answer

Q78) By a monochromatic wave, we mean Show Answer

Q79) The similarity between the sound waves and light waves is Show Answer

Q80) The ratio of intensities of two waves is 9 : 1. They are producing interference. The ratio of maximum and minimum intensities will be Show Answer

Q81) A wave can transmit ........... from one place to another Show Answer

Q82) If the ratio of intensities of two waves is 1 : 25, then the ratio of their amplitudes will be Show Answer

Q83) Wave nature of light follows because Show Answer

Q84) If L is the coherence length and c the velocity of light, the coherent time is Show Answer

Q85) If the amplitude ratio of two sources producing interference is 3 : 5, the ratio of intensities at maxima and minima is Show Answer

Q86) Colours of thin films result from or On a rainy day, a small oil film on water show brilliant colours. This is due to Show Answer

Q87) Two sources of waves are called coherent if Show Answer

Q88) Soap bubble appears coloured due to the phenomenon of Show Answer

Q89) If two light waves having same frequency have intensity ratio 4 : 1 and they interfere, the ratio of maximum to minimum intensity in the pattern will be Show Answer

Q90) Evidence for the wave nature of light cannot be obtained from Show Answer

Q91) Two light sources are said to be coherent if they are obtained from Show Answer

Q92) Wavelength of light of frequency 100 Hz Show Answer

Q93) Two waves having intensity in the ratio 25 : 4 produce interference. The ratio of the maximum to the minimum intensity is Show Answer

Q94) Wavefront means Show Answer

Q95) Wavefront of a wave has direction with wave motion Show Answer

Q96) Which one of the following phenomena is not explained by Huygen's construction of wavefront Show Answer

Q97) Interference was observed in interference chamber when air was present, now the chamber is evacuated and if the same light is used, a careful observer will see Show Answer

Q98) The ratio of intensities of two waves are given by 4 : 1. The ratio of the amplitudes of the two waves is Show Answer

Q99) For the sustained interference of light, the necessary condition is that the two sources should Show Answer

Q100) If the ratio of amplitude of two waves is 4 : 3, then the ratio of maximum and minimum intensity is Show Answer

Q101) Which of the following is conserved when light waves interfere Show Answer

Q102) Intensity of light depends upon Show Answer

Q103) Ray diverging from a point source from a wave front that is Show Answer

Q104) Ratio of amplitude of interfering waves is 3 : 4. Now ratio of their intensities will be Show Answer

Q105) Newton postulated his corpuscular theory on the basis of Show Answer

Q106) The dual nature of light is exhibited by Show Answer

Q107) Coherent sources are those sources for which Show Answer

Q108) Wave nature of light is verified by Show Answer

Q109) Light waves producing interference have their amplitudes in the ratio 3 : 2. The intensity ratio of maximum and minimum of interference fringes is Show Answer

Q110) Laser beams are used to measure long distance because Show Answer

Q111) Two coherent sources of different intensities send waves which interfere. The ratio of maximum intensity to the minimum intensity is 25. The intensities of the sources are in the ratio Show Answer

Q112) The frequency of light ray having the wavelength 3000â„« is Show Answer

Q113) Two waves have their amplitudes in the ratio 1 : 9. The maximum and minimum intensities when they interfere are in the ratio Show Answer

Q114) Huygen's principle of secondary wavelets may be used to Show Answer

Q115) What is the path difference of destructive interference Show Answer

Q116) Intensities of the two waves of light are I and 4I. The maximum intensity of the resultant wave after superposition is Show Answer

Q117) As a result of interference of two coherent sources of light, energy is Show Answer

Q118) When a beam of light is used to determine the position of an object, the maximum accuracy is achieved if the light is Show Answer

Q119) If the distance between a point source and screen is doubled, then intensity of light on the screen will become Show Answer

Q120) Huygen wave theory allows us to know Show Answer

Q121) The wave theory of light was given by Show Answer

Q122) Which of the following phenomena can explain quantum nature of light Show Answer

Q123) Which of the following is not a property of light Show Answer

Q124) What causes changes in the colours of the soap or oil films for the given beam of light Show Answer

Q125) Select the right option in the following Show Answer

Q126) Two waves of intensity I undergo Interference. The maximum intensity obtained is Show Answer

Q127) If an interference pattern have maximum and minimum intensities in 36 : 1 ratio then what will be the ratio of amplitudes Show Answer

Q128) In the interference pattern, energy is Show Answer

Q129) In Young's double slit experiment, if the slit widths are in the ratio 1 : 9, then the ratio of the intensity at minima to that at maxima will be Show Answer

Q130) In Young's double slit interference experiment, the slit separation is made 3 fold. The fringe width becomes Show Answer

Q131) In a certain double slit experimental arrangement interference fringes of width 1.0 mm each are observed when light of wavelength 5000 â„« is used. Keeping the set up unaltered, if the source is replaced by another source of wavelength 6000 â„«, the fringe width will be Show Answer

Q132) In Young's double slit experiment, if one of the slit is closed fully, then in the interference pattern Show Answer

Q133) In Young's double slit experiment, a glass plate is placed before a slit which absorbs half the intensity of light. Under this case Show Answer

Q134) In Young's experiment, the distance between the slits is reduced to half and the distance between the slit and screen is doubled, then the fringe width Show Answer

Q135) In the Young's double slit experiment, the ratio of intensities of bright and dark fringes is 9. This means that Show Answer

Q136) An oil flowing on water seems coloured due to interference. For observing this effect, the approximate thickness of the oil film should be Show Answer

Q137) In Young's double slit experiment, if L is the distance between the slits and the screen upon which interference pattern is observed, x is the average distance between the adjacent fringes and d being the slit separation. The wavelength of light is given by Show Answer

Q138) In a Young's double slit experiment, the central point on the screen is Show Answer

Q139) Young's experiment is performed in air and then performed in water, the fringe width Show Answer

Q140) In double slits experiment, for light of which colour the fringe width will be minimum Show Answer

Q141) In Young's double slit experiment, if the widths of the slits are in the ratio 4 : 9, the ratio of the intensity at maxima to the intensity at minima will be Show Answer

Q142) In two separate set - ups of the Young's double slit experiment, fringes of equal width are observed when lights of wavelengths in the ratio 1 : 2 are used. If the ratio of the slit separation in the two cases is 2 : 1, the ratio of the distances between the plane of the slits and the screen in the two set - ups is Show Answer

Q143) In an interference experiment, the spacing between successive maxima or minima is Show Answer

Q144) If yellow light in the Young's double slit experiment is replaced by red light, the fringe width will Show Answer

Q145) In Young's experiment, one slit is covered with a blue filter and the other (slit) with a yellow filter. Then the interference pattern Show Answer

Q146) In Young's double slit experiment, the distance between the slits is 1 mm and that between slit and screen is 1 meter and 10th fringe is 5 mm away from the central bright fringe, then wavelength of light used will be Show Answer

Q147) In a Young’s experiment, two coherent sources are placed 0.90 mm apart and the fringes are observed one meter away. If it produces the second dark fringe at a distance of 1 mm from the central fringe, the wavelength of monochromatic light used will be Show Answer

Q148) If a torch is used in place of monochromatic light in Young's experiment what will happens Show Answer

Q149) When a thin metal plate is placed in the path of one of the interfering beams of light Show Answer

Q150) The fringe width in Young's double slit experiment increases when Show Answer

Q151) Two slits, 4mm apart, are illuminated by light of wavelength 6000 â„«. What will be fringe width on a screen placed 2m from the slits Show Answer

Q152) In the Young's double slit experiment, for which colour the fringe width is least Show Answer

Q153) In a Young's double slit experiment, the separation of the two slits is doubled. To keep the same spacing of fringes, the distance D of the screen from the slits should be made Show Answer

Q154) Young's double slit experiment is performed with light of wavelength 550 nm. The separation between the slits is 1.10 mm and screen is placed at distance of 1 m. What is the distance between the consecutive bright or dark fringes Show Answer

Q155) An interference pattern was made by using red light. If the red light changes with blue light, the fringes will become Show Answer

Q156) If a white light is used in Young' double slit experiments then a very large number of coloured fringes can be seen Show Answer

Q157) In Young's double slit experiment, the distance between the two slits is made half, then the fringe width will become Show Answer

Q158) In Young's double slit experiment, the central bright fringe can be identified Show Answer

Q159) In Young's double slit experiment, the wavelength of the light used is doubled and distance between two slits is half of initial distance, the resultant fringe width becomes Show Answer

Q160) In a Young's double slit experiment, the source illuminating the slits is changed from blue to violet. The width of the fringes Show Answer

Q161) In Young's double slit experiment, the intensity of light coming from the first slit is double the intensity from the second slit. The ratio of the maximum intensity to the minimum intensity on the interference fringe pattern observed is Show Answer

Q162) If the sodium light in Young's double slit experiment is replaced by red light, the fringe width will Show Answer

Q163) In a Young’s double slit experiment, the slit separation is 1mm and the screen is 1m from the slit. For a monochromatic light of wavelength 500 nm, the distance of 3rd minima from the central maxima is Show Answer

Q164) In an interference experiment, third bright fringe are obtained at a point on the screen with a light of 700 nm. What should be the wavelength of the light source in order to obtain 5th bright fringe at the same point Show Answer

Q165) In a Young's double-slit experiment the fringe width is 0.2 mm. If the wavelength of light used is increased by 10% and the separation between the slits is also increased by 10%, the fringe width will be Show Answer

Q166) Two coherent sources of intensity ratio 1 : 4 produce an interference pattern. The fringe visibility will be Show Answer

Q167) In Young's double slit experiment the amplitudes of two sources are 3a and a respectively. The ratio of intensities of bright and dark fringes will be Show Answer

Q168) In Young's double slit experiment, a minimum is obtained when the phase difference of super imposing waves is Show Answer

Q169) In Young double slit experiment, when two light waves form third minimum, they have Show Answer

Q170) In Fresnel's biprism experiment, on increasing the prism angle, fringe width will Show Answer

Q171) If Fresnel's biprism experiment as held in water in-spite of air, then what will be the effect on fringe width Show Answer

Q172) What is the effect on Fresnel's biprism experiment when the use of white light is made Show Answer

Q173) What happens to the fringe pattern when the Young's double slit experiment is performed in water instead or air then fringe width Show Answer

Q174) In Young's doubled slit experiment, the separation between the slit and the screen increases. The fringe width Show Answer

Q175) In which of the following is the interference due to the division of wave front Show Answer

Q176) The bending of beam of light around corners of obstacles is called Show Answer

Q177) A diffraction is obtained by using a beam of red light. What will happen if the red light is replaced by the blue light Show Answer

Q178) A single slit of width 0.20 mm is illuminated with light of wavelength 500 nm. The observing screen is placed 80 cm from the slit. The width of the central bright fringe will be Show Answer

Q179) A zone plate of focal length 60cm, behaves as a convex lens, If wavelength of incident light is 6000 â„«, then radius of first half period zone will be Show Answer

Q180) Conditions of diffraction is Show Answer

Q181) The radius r of half period zone is proportional to Show Answer

Q182) When light is incident on a diffraction grating the zero order principal maximum will be Show Answer

Q183) The condition for observing Fraunhofer diffraction from a single slit is that the light wavefront incident on the slit should be Show Answer

Q184) A single slit of width a is illuminated by violet light of wavelength 400 nm and the width of the diffraction pattern is measured as y. When half of the slit width is covered and illuminated by yellow light of wavelength 600 nm, the width of the diffraction pattern is Show Answer

Q185) A polariser is used to Show Answer

Q186) Light waves can be polarised as they are Show Answer

Q187) Which of following can not be polarised Show Answer

Q188) Out of the following statements which is not correct Show Answer

Q189) The transverse nature of light is shown by Show Answer

Q190) Refractive index of material is equal to tangent of polarising angle. It is called Show Answer

Q191) For the study of the helical structure of nucleic acids, the property of electromagnetic radiation generally used is Show Answer

Q192) The phenomenon of polarization of light indicates that Show Answer

Q193) A parallel monochromatic beam of light is incident normally on a narrow slit. A diffraction pattern is formed on a screen placed perpendicular to the direction of incident beam. At the first maxima of the diffraction pattern the phase difference between the rays coming from the edges of the slit is Show Answer

Q194) A diffraction pattern is obtained using a beam of red light. What happens if the red light is replaced by blue light Show Answer

Q195) A Young’s double slit set up for interference is shifted from air to within water, then the fringe width Show Answer

Q196) A single slit Fraunhofer diffraction pattern is formed with white light. For what wavelength of light the third secondary maximum in the diffraction pattern coincides with the second secondary maximum in the pattern for red light of wavelength 6500â„«? Show Answer

Q197) In diffraction from a single slit, the angular width of the central maxima does not depend on Show Answer

Q198) The Young’s double slit experiment is performed with blue and with green light of wavelength 4360 Å and 5460 Å respectively. If x is the distance of 4th maxima from the central one, then Show Answer

Q199) TV waves have a wavelength range of 1-10 meter. Their frequency range in MHz is Show Answer

Q200) Which of the following cannot be polarized? Show Answer

Q201) In a biprism experiment, 5th dark fringe is obtained at a point. If a thin transparent film is placed in the path of one of waves, then 7th bright fringes is obtained at the same point. The thickness of the film in terms of wavelength l and refractive index μ will be Show Answer

Q202) The wavelength of the matter waves is independent of Show Answer

Q203) The graph showing the dependence of intensity of transmitted light on the angle between polarizer and analyser, is Show Answer

Q204) If white light is used in the Newton’s rings experiment, the colour observed in the reflected light is complementary to that observed in the transmitted light is complementary to that observed in the transmitted light through the same point. This is due to Show Answer

Q205) In the diffraction pattern of a single slit Show Answer

Q206) Two light sources are said to be coherent if they are obtained from Show Answer

Q207) Oil floating on water looks coloured due to interference of light. What should be the order of magnitude of thickness of oil layer in order that this effect may be observed? Show Answer

Q208) A point source of electromagnetic radiation has an average power output of 800 W. The maximum value of electric field at a distance 4.0 m from the source is Show Answer

Q209) If Young’s double slit experiment, is performed in water Show Answer

Q210) Which of the following shows green house effect Show Answer

Q211) In the Young’s double slit experiment, the spacing between two slits is 0.1 mm. If the screen is kept at a distance of 1.0 m from the slits and wavelength of light is 5000 Å, then the fringe width is Show Answer

Q212) Which of the following diagrams represent the variation of electric field vector with time for a circularly polarized light Show Answer

Q213) In a diffraction pattern by a wire, on increasing diameter of wire, fringe width Show Answer

Q214) In a biprism experiment, by using light of wavelength5000 â„«, 5mm wide fringes are obtained on a screen 1.0 m away from the coherent sources. The separation between the two coherent sources is Show Answer

Q215) Which one of the following property of light does not support wave theory of light? Show Answer

Q216) Light waves travel in vacuum along the y – axis. Which of the following may represent the wavefront? Show Answer

Q217) A wavefront presents one, two and three HPZ at points A,B and C respectively. If the ratio of consecutive amplitudes of HPZ is 4 : 3, then the ratio of resultant intensities at these point will be Show Answer

Q218) In Young’s double slit experiment, the slits are 3 mm apart. The wavelength of light used is 5000 Å and the distance between the slits and the screen is 90 cm. The fringe width in 9 (mm) is Show Answer

Q219) Two polaroids are kept crossed to each other. Now one of them us rotated through an angle of 45°. The percentage of incident light now transmitted through the system is Show Answer

Q220) If a source of light is moving away from a stationary observer, then the frequency of light wave appears to change because of Show Answer

Q221) Two parallel slits 0.6 mm apart are illuminated by light source of wavelength 6000 â„«. The distance between two consecutive dark fringes on a screen 1 m away from the slits is Show Answer

Q222) A single slit Fraunhoffer diffraction pattern is formed with white light. For what wavelength of light the third secondary maximum in the diffraction pattern coincides with the second secondary maximum in the pattern for red light of wavelength 6500 â„« Show Answer

Q223) In a Young’s double slit experiment, the separation between the two slits is 0.9 mm and the fringes are observed 1 m away. If it produces the second dark fringes at a distance of 1 mm from the central fringe, the wavelength of the monochromatic source of light used is Show Answer

Q224) Through which character we can distinguish the light waves from sound waves Show Answer

Q225) In Young’s double slit experiment, the separation between the slit and the screen increases. The fringe width Show Answer

Q226) The k line of singly ionized calcium has a wavelength of 393.3 nm as measured on earth. In the spectrum of one of the observed galaxies, this spectral line is located at 401.8 nm. The speed with which the galaxy is moving away from us, will be Show Answer

Q227) The maximum distance upto which TV transmission from a TV tower of height h can be received is proportional to Show Answer

Q228) The electromagnetic waves travel with a velocity Show Answer

Q229) In Young’s double slit experiment, the separation between the slit is haled and the distance between the slits and screen is doubled. The fringe-width will Show Answer

Q230) The distance between the first dark and bright band formed in Young’s double slit experiment with band width B is Show Answer

Q231) Which of the following statements indicates that light waves are transverse Show Answer

Q232) In Young’s double slit experiment, the central bright fringe can be identified Show Answer

Q233) The observed wavelength of light coming from a distant galaxy is found to be increased by 0.5% as compared with that coming from a terrestrial source. The galaxy is Show Answer

Q234) In Fresnel’s biprism experiment is held in water instead of air, then what will be the effect on fringe width Show Answer

Q235) Two stars are situated at a distance of 8 light year from the earth. These are to be just resolved by a telescope of diameter 0.25 m. If the wavelength of light used is 5000â„«, then the distance between the stars must be Show Answer

Q236) A wave is propagating in a medium of electric dielectric constant 2 and relative magnetic permeability 50. The wave impedance of such a medium is Show Answer

Q237) The angular resolution of a 10 cm diameter telescope at a wavelength of 5000â„« is of the order of Show Answer

Q238) A beam of electron is used in an YDSE experiment. The slit width is d. When the velocity of electron is increased, then Show Answer

Q239) Out of the following statements which is not correct Show Answer

Q240) In Young’s double slit experiment, if one of the slits is closed fully, then in the interference pattern Show Answer

Q241) A laser beam can be focused on an area equal to the square of its wavelength, A He-Ne laser radiates energy at the rate of 1mV and its wavelength is 632.8 nm. The intensity of focussed beam will be Show Answer

Q242) A beam of light of wavelength 600 nm from a distance source falls on a single slit 1.00 mm wide and the resulting diffraction pattern is observed on a screen 2m away. The distance between the first dark fringes on either side of the central bright fringe is Show Answer

Q243) Light of wavelength 6000 â„« falls on a single slit of width 0.1 mm. The second minimum will be formed for the angle of diffraction of Show Answer

Q244) The oscillating electric and magnetic vectors of an electromagnetic wave are oriented along Show Answer

Q245) Yellow light is used in single slit diffraction experiment with slit width 0.6 mm. If yellow light is replaced by X-rays, then the pattern will reveal that Show Answer

Q246) The angle of incidence at which reflected light is totally polarized for reflection from air to glass (refractive index n) is Show Answer

Q247) Which of the following waves have the maximum wavelength Show Answer

Q248) Which of the following cannot be explained on the basis of wave nature of light?
I. Polarization
II. Optical activity
III. Photoelectric effect
IV. Compton effect
Show Answer

Q249) A slit 5 cm wide is irradiated normally with microwaves of wavelength 1.0 cm. Then the angular spread of the central maximum on either side if incident light is nearly Show Answer

Q250) Which of the following phenomena can explain quantum nature of light Show Answer

Q251) The ratio of maximum and minimum intensities of two sources is 4 :1. The ratio of their amplitudes is Show Answer

Q252) In Young’s double slit experiment, if monochromatic light is replaced by white light Show Answer

Q253) When a compact disc is illuminated by small source of white light, coloured bands are observed. This is due to Show Answer

Q254) For the constructive interference the path difference between the two interfering waves must be equal to Show Answer

Q255) In Young’s double slit experiment if the slits widths are in the ratio 1 : 9, the ratio of the intensities at minima to that at maxima will be Show Answer

Q256) The ratio of intensities of consecutive maxima in the diffraction pattern due to a single slit is Show Answer

Q257) A 20 cm length of a certain solution causes right handed rotation of 38°. A 30 cm length of another solution causes left handed rotation of 24°. The optical rotation caused by 30 cm length of a mixture of the above solutions in the volume ratio 1 : 2 is Show Answer

Q258) Interference may be seen using two independent Show Answer

Q259) A stone thrown into still water, creates a circular wave pattern moving radially outwards. If r is the distance measured from the centre of the pattern, the amplitude of the wave varies as Show Answer

Q260) A signal emitted by an antenna from a certain point can be received at another point of the surface in the form of Show Answer

Q261) Angular width (β) of central maximum of a diffraction pattern on a single slit does not depend upon Show Answer

Q262) A beam of natural light falls on a system of 6 polaroids, which are arranged in succession such that each polaroid is turned through 30° with respct to the preceding one. The percentage of incident intensity that passes through the system will be Show Answer

Q263) Light of wavelength 589.3nm is incident normally on the slit of width 0.1nm. What will be the angular width of the central diffraction maximum at a distance of 1m from the slit Show Answer

Q264) Which one of the following is the property of a monochromatic, plane electromagnetic wave in free space Show Answer

Q265) In Young’s double slit experiment, distance between two sources is 0.1 mm. The distance of screen from the sources is 20 cm. Wavelength of light used is 5460 Å. Then angular position of the first dark fringe is Show Answer

Q266) What is ozone hole Show Answer

Q267) A single slit is used to observe diffraction pattern with red light. On replacing the red light with violet light the diffraction pattern would Show Answer

Q268) In Young’s double slit experiment, a third slit is made in between the double slits. Then Show Answer

Q269) Unpolarised light falls on two polarizing sheets placed one on top of the other. What must be the angle between the characteristic directions of the sheets if the intensity of the final transmitted light is one-third the maximum intensity of the first transmitted beam Show Answer

Q270) 80 g of impure sugar when dissolved in a litre of water given an optical rotation of9.9°, when placed in a tube of length 20 cm. If the specific rotation of sugar is 66°, then concentration of sugar solution will be Show Answer

Q271) The phenomenon which does not take place in sound waves is Show Answer

Q272) The speed of electromagnetic wave in vacuum depends upon the source of radiation Show Answer

Q273) The two coherent sources of equal intensity produce maximum intensity of 100 units at a point. If the intensity of one of the sources is reduced by 36% by reducing its width then the intensity of light at the same point will be Show Answer

Q274) In Young’s double slit experiment, the slit width and the distance of slits from the screen both are doubled. The fringe width Show Answer

Q275) In Young’s double slit experiment, when violet light of wavelength 4358 Å is used, the 84 fringe are seen in the field of view, but when sodium light of certain wavelength is used, then 62 fringes are seen in the field of view, the wavelength of sodium light is Show Answer

Q276) Which phenomenon best supports the theory that matter has a wave nature? Show Answer

Q277) In Young’s double slit interference pattern the fringe width Show Answer

Q278) H-polaroid is prepared by Show Answer

Q279) If an interference pattern has maximum and minimum intensities in 36 : 1 ratio then what will be the ratio of amplitudes Show Answer

Q280) Two Nicols are oriented with their principal planes making an angle of 60°. The percentage of incident unpolarised light which passes through the system is Show Answer

Q281) Which of the following electromagnetic waves have minimum frequency Show Answer

Q282) In the propagation of light waves, the angle between the direction of vibration and plane of polarization is Show Answer

Q283) Consider Fraunhofer diffraction pattern obtained with a single slit at normal incidence. At the angular position of first diffraction minimum, the phase difference between the wavelets from the opposite edges of the slit is Show Answer

Q284) For skywave propagation of a 10 MHz signal, what should be the maximum electron density in ionosphere Show Answer

Q285) In Fresnel diffraction, if the distance between the disc and the screen is decreased, the intensity of central bright spot will Show Answer

Q286) All components of the electromagnetic spectrum in vacuum have the same Show Answer

Q287) A beam of natural light falls on a system of 5 polaroids, which are arranged in succession such that the pass axis of each polaroid is turned through 60° with respect to the preceding one. The fraction of the incident light intensity that passes through the system is Show Answer

Q288) In which one of the following regions of the electromagnetic spectrum will the vibrational motion of molecules give rise to absorption Show Answer

Q289) If a star is moving towards the earth, then the lines are shifted towards Show Answer

Q290) Light is an electromagnetic wave. Its speed in vacuum is given by the expression Show Answer

Q291) If white light is used in Young’s double slit experiment Show Answer

Q292) In the Young’s double slit experiment, if the phase difference between the two waves interfering at a point is ϕ, the intensity at that point can be expressed by the expression Show Answer

Q293) Which of the following phenomenon exhibits particle’s nature of light? Show Answer

Q294) Due to Doppler’s effect, the shift in wavelength observed is 0.1Å for a star producing wavelength 6000Å. Velocity of recession of the star will be Show Answer

Q295) In a double slit experiment, 5th dark fringe is formed opposite to one the slits. The wavelength of light is Show Answer

Q296) According to Newton’s corpuscular theory, the speed of light is Show Answer

Q297) The rectilinear propagation of light in a medium is due to Show Answer

Q298) In case of linearly polarized light, the magnitude of the electric field vector Show Answer

Q299) The electric and the magnetic field, associated with an e.m. wave propagating along the +z-axis, can be represented by Show Answer

Q300) The electromagnetic waves do not transport Show Answer

Q301) A ray of light is incident on the surface of a glass plate at an angle of incidence equal to Brewster’s angle ϕ. If μ represents the refractive index of glass with respect to air, then the angle between reflected and refracted rays is Show Answer

Q302) If separation between screen and source is increased by 2%, what would be the effect on the intensity Show Answer

Q303) Microwaves from a transmitter are directed normally towards a plane reflector. A detector moves along the normal to the reflector. Between positions of 14 successive maxima, the detector travels a distance of 0.14 m. The frequency of transmitter is Show Answer

Q304) In an apparatus, the electric field was found to oscillate with an amplitude of 18 V/m. The magnitude of the oscillating magnetic field will be Show Answer

Q305) The width of the diffraction band varies Show Answer

Q306) Two non-coherent sources emit light beams of intensities I and 4I . The maximum and minimum intensities in the resulting beam are Show Answer

Q307) Two waves of equal amplitude and frequency interfere each other. The ratio of intensity when the two waves arrive in phase to that when they arrive 90° out of phase is Show Answer

Q308) In Young’s experiment, the third bright band for light of wavelength 6000 Å coincides with the fourth bright band for another source of light in the same arrangement. Then the wavelength of second source is Show Answer

Q309) Air has refractive index 1.003, the thickness of air column, which will have one more wave length of yellow light (6000 â„«) than in the same thickness of vacuum is Show Answer

Q310) The phenomenon of interference is shown by Show Answer

Q311) In a Young’s double-slit experiment, constructive interference is produced at a certain point P. The intensities of light at P due to the individual sources are 4 and 9 units. The resultant intensity at point P will be Show Answer

Q312) Illumination of the sun at noon is maximum because Show Answer

Q313) The ratio of intensities of two waves is 9:1. They are producing interference. The ratio of maximum and minimum intensities will be Show Answer

Q314) If white light is used in a biprism experiment then Show Answer

Q315) What should be refractive index of a transparent medium to be invisible in vacuum? Show Answer

Q316) In a YDSE bi-chromatic light of wavelengths 400 nm and 560 nm are used. The distance between the slits is 0.1 mm and the distance between the plane of the slits and the screen is 1 m. The minimum distance between two successive regions of complete darkness is Show Answer

Q317) Which if the following phenomena is not common to sound and light waves? Show Answer

Q318) The range of wavelength of the visible light is Show Answer

Q319) The wave theory of light, in its original form, was first postulated by Show Answer

Q320) Two beams of light will not give rise to an interference pattern, if Show Answer

Q321) The angle of incidence of light is equal to Brewster’s angle, then
A. Reflected ray is perpendicular to refracted ray
B. Refracted ray is parallel to reflected ray
C. Reflected light is polarized having its electric vector in the plane of incidence
D. Refracted light is polarized
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Q322) The Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of a single slit is formed in the focal plane of a lens of focal length 1 m. The width of slit is 0.3 mm. If third minimum is formed at a distance of 5 mm from central maximum, then wavelength of light will be Show Answer

Q323) Light of wavelength 6000 â„« is incident on a single slit. The first minimum of the diffraction pattern is obtained at 4 mm from the centre. The screen is at a distance of 2 m from the slit. The slit width will be Show Answer

Q324) Which statement is correct for a zone plate and a lens Show Answer

Q325) Red light is generally used to observe diffraction pattern from single slit. If blue light is used instead of red light, then diffraction pattern Show Answer

Q326) In Young’s double slit experiment, the spacing between the slits is d and wavelength of light used is 6000Å. If the angular width of a fringe formed on a distance screen is 1°, then value of d is Show Answer

Q327) What is the minimum thickness of a thin film required for constructive interference in the reflected light from it?
Given, the refractive index of the film = 1.5
Wavelength of the light incident on the film =60nm
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Q328) In Young’s double slit experiment, 12 fringes are obtained to be formed in a certain segment of the screen when light of wavelength 600 mm is used. If the wavelength of light is changed to 400 mm, number of fringes observed in the same segment of the screen is given by Show Answer

Q329) A beam of light of wavelength 600 nm from a distant source falls on a single slit 1 mm wide and the resulting diffraction pattern is observed on a screen 2 m away. The distance between the first dark fringes on either side of the central bright fringe is Show Answer

Q330) In the spectrum of light of a luminous heavenly body the wavelength of a spectral line is measured to be 4747â„« while actual wavelength of the line is 4700â„«. The relative velocity of the heavenly body with Show Answer

Q331) Maximum diffraction takes place in a given slit for Show Answer

Q332) Which of the following diagrams represent the variation of electric field vector with time for a cirularly polarized light? Show Answer

Q333) In Young’s double slit experiment, slit separation is 0.6 mm and the separation between slit and screen is 1.2 m. The angular width is (the wavelength of light used is 4800 Å Show Answer

Q334) The coherent formula for fringe visibility is Show Answer

Q335) The ratio of the intensity at the centre of a bright fringe to the intensity at a point one-quarter of the distance between two fringe from the centre is Show Answer

Q336) The electromagnetic theory of light failed to explain Show Answer

Q337) In a Young’s double slit experiment, the slit separation is 1 mm and the screen is 1 m from the slit. For a monochromatic light of wavelength 500 nm, the distance of 3rd minima from the central maxima is Show Answer

Q338) An electromagnetic wave travels along z-axis. Which of the following pairs of space and time varying fields would generate such a wave Show Answer

Q339) In double slit experiment, for light of which colour the fringe width will be minimum Show Answer

Q340) The ratio of intensities of successive maxima in the diffraction pattern due to the single slit is Show Answer

Q341) If the total electromagnetic energy falling on a surface is U, then the total momentum delivered (for complete absorption) is Show Answer

Q342) In Young’s double slit experiment, the fringes are displaced by a distance x when a glass plate of one refractive index 1.5 is introduced in the path of one of the beams. When this plate in replaced by another plate of the same thickness, the shift of fringes is (3/2)x. The refractive index of the second plate is Show Answer

Q343) Light of wavelength λ is incident on a slit of widthd. The resulting diffraction pattern is observed on a screen at a distanceD. The linear width of the principal maximum is equal to the width of the slit, if D equals Show Answer

Q344) The maximum number of possible interference maxima for slit-separation equal to twice the wavelength in Young’s double-slit experiment is Show Answer

Q345) The main difference between the phenomena of interference and diffraction is that Show Answer

Q346) In single slit diffraction pattern Show Answer

Q347) A parallel beam of fast moving electrons is incident normally on a narrow slit. A screen is placed at a large distance from the slit. If the speed of the electrons is increased, which of the following statement is correct? Show Answer

Q348) Light is incident on a glass surface at polarizing angle of 57.5°. Then the angle between the incident ray and the refracted ray is Show Answer

Q349) A beam of light consisting of two wavelengths 650 nm and 520 nm is used to illuminate the slit of a Young’s double slit experiment. Then the order of the bright fringe of the longer wavelength that coincide with a bright fringe of the shorter wavelength at the least distance from the central maximum is Show Answer

Q350) Light is incident normally on a diffraction grating through which the first order diffraction is seen at 32°. The second order diffraction will be seen at Show Answer

Q351) How fast a person should drive his car so that the red signal of light appears green?
(Wavelength for red colour =6200â„« and wavelength for green colour =5400â„«)
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Q352) An optically active compound Show Answer

Q353) A lamp emits monochromatic green light uniformly in all directions. The lamp is 3% efficient in converting electrical power to electromagnetic waves and consumes 100W of power. The amplitude of the electric field associated with the electromagnetic radiation at a distance of 10m from the lamp will be Show Answer

Q354) For a wave propagating in a medium, identify the property that is independent of the others Show Answer

Q355) In Fraunhofer diffraction experiment, L is the distance between screen and the obstacle, b is the size of obstacle and λ is wavelength of incident light. The general condition for the applicability of Fraunhofer diffraction is Show Answer

Q356) If the shift of wavelength of light emitted by a star is towards violet, then this shows that star is Show Answer

Q357) In the phenomenon of diffraction of light, when blue light is used in the experiment instead of red light, then Show Answer

Q358) The electromagnetic wave having the shortest wavelength is Show Answer

Q359) In a double slit arrangement fringes are produced using light of wavelength 4800 â„«. One slit is covered by a thin plate of glass of refractive index 1.4 and the other with another glass plate of same thickness but of refractive index 1.7. By doing so the central bright shifts to original fifth bright fringe from centre. Thickness of glass plate is Show Answer

Q360) A very thin film that reflects white light appears Show Answer

Q361) The diffraction effect can be observed in
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Q362) Which of the following is a dich roic crystal? Show Answer

Q363) A parallel beam of fast moving electrons is incident normally on a narrow slit. A screen is placed at a large distance from the slit. If the speed of the electrons is increased, which of the following statement is correct Show Answer

Q364) In a double slit experiment, the distance between slits is increased 10 times whereas their distance from screen is halved, then what is the fringe width? Show Answer

Q365) In Young’s double slit experiment intensity at a point is (1/4) of the maximum intensity. Angular position of this point is Show Answer

Q366) Approximate height of ozone layer above the ground is Show Answer

Q367) Light of wavelength 500nm is used to form interference pattern in Young’s double slit experiment. A uniform glass plate of refractive index 1.5 and thickness 0.1nm is introduced in the path of one of the interfering beams. The number of fringes which will shift the cross wire due to this is Show Answer

Q368) The ozone layer absorbs Show Answer

Q369) The wavefront of distant source of unknown shape is approximately Show Answer

Q370) Which of the following are not electromagnetic waves Show Answer

Q371) Plane microwaves are incident on a long slit having a width of 5 cm. The wavelength of the microwaves if the first minimum is formed at 30° is Show Answer

Q372) In the phenomenon of interference, energy is Show Answer

Q373) In Huygen’s wave theory, the locus of all points in the same state of vibration is called Show Answer

Q374) The angle of polarization for any medium is 60°, what will be critical angle for this Show Answer

Q375) Through quantum theory of light we can explain a number of phenomena observed with light, it is necessary to retain the wave nature of light to explain the phenomenon of Show Answer

Q376) Huygens wave theory allows us to know Show Answer

Q377) A polarizer is used to Show Answer

Q378) How will the diffraction pattern of single slit change when yellow light us replaced by blue light? The fringe will be Show Answer

Q379) In Young’s double slit experiment intensity at a point is (1/4) of the maximum intensity. Angular position of this point is Show Answer

Q380) The size of an obstacle in order to observe diffraction of light must be Show Answer

Q381) In the Young’s double slit experiment, the interference pattern is found to have an intensity ratio between bright and dark fringes as 9. This implies that Show Answer

Q382) A screen is placed 50cm from a single slit, which is illuminated with 6000â„« light. If distance between the first and third minima in the diffraction pattern is 3mm, the width of the slit is Show Answer

Q383) Assuming that universe is expanding, if the spectrum of light coming from a star which is going away from earth is tested, then in the wavelength of light Show Answer

Q384) In Young’s double slit experiment, when two light waves form third minimum, they have Show Answer

Q385) Which of the following generates a plane wave front? Show Answer

Q386) Electromagnetic waves are transverse in nature is evident by Show Answer

Q387) Pick out the longest wavelength from the following types of radiations Show Answer

Q388) Which of the following radiations has the least wavelength Show Answer

Q389) A Young’s double slit experiment uses a monochromatic source. The shape of the interference fringes formed on a screen is Show Answer

Q390) Which of the following has/have zero average value in a plane electromagnetic wave Show Answer

Q391) In Young’s double slit experiment if monochromatic light used is replaced by white light, then Show Answer

Q392) In Young’s double slit experiment, the interference pattern is found to have an intensity ratio between bright and dark fringes is 9, this implies that Show Answer

Q393) In order to see diffraction the thickness of the film is Show Answer

Q394) The 6563 â„« line emitted by hydrogen atom in a star is found to be red shifted by 5 â„«. The speed with which the star is receding from the earth is Show Answer

Q395) According to Maxwell’s hypothesis, a changing electric field gives rise to Show Answer

Q396) Which of the following statements is true, when spherical waves fall on a plane refracting surface, separating two media Show Answer

Q397) Doppler’s effect in sound in addition to relative velocity between source and observer, also depends while source and observer or both are moving. Doppler effect in light depends only on the relative velocity of source and observer. The reason of this is Show Answer

Q398) In Young’s double slit experiment, the length if band is 1 mm. The ring width is 1.021 mm. The number of fringe is Show Answer

Q399) Electromagnetic radiation of highest frequency is Show Answer

Q400) In a double slit interference experiment, the distance between the slits is 0.05 cm and screen is 2 m away from the slits. The wavelength of light is 6000â„«. The distance between the fringe is Show Answer

Q401) In a Fresnel biprism experiment, the two positions of lens give separation between the slits as 16 cm and 9 cm, respectively. What is the actual distance of separation? Show Answer

Q402) The condition for diffraction of m th order minima is Show Answer

Q403) A plane electromagnetic wave is incident on a material surface. If the wave delivers momentum p and energy E, then Show Answer

Q404) A parallel beam of light of wavelength 6000â„« gets diffracted by a single silt of width 0.3 mm. The angular position of the first minima of diffracted light is Show Answer

Q405) Wave which cannot travel in vacuum is Show Answer

Q406) Which radiation in sunlight, causes heating effect Show Answer

Q407) A thin film of soap solution (n=1.4) lies on the top of a glass plate (n=1.5). When visible light is incident almost normal to the plate, two adjacent reflection maxima are observed at two wavelengths 400 and 630 nm. The minimum thickness of the soap solution is Show Answer

Q408) Radio waves and visible light in vacuum have Show Answer

Q409) A single slit is located effectively at infinity in front of a lens of focal length 1 m and it is illuminated normally with light of wavelength 600 nm. The first minima on either side of central maximum are separated by 4 mm. Width of the slit is …… Show Answer

Q410) A parallel plate capacitor with plate area A and separation between the plates d, is charged by a constant current i, consider a plane surface of area A/2 parallel to the plates and drawn symmetrically between the plates, the displacement current through this area, will be Show Answer

Q411) The coherent curve between fringe width β and distance between the slits (d)in figure is Show Answer

Q412) The intensity ratio of two coherent sources of light is p. They are interfering in some region and produce interference pattern. Then the fringe visibility is Show Answer

Q413) Colours in thin films are due to Show Answer

Q414) In Young’s double slit experiment, the two slit act as coherent sources if equal amplitude A and wavelengthλ. In another experiment with the same setup, the two slits are sources of equal amplitude A and wavelength λ but are incoherent. The ratio of the intensity of light at the mid-point of the screen in the first case to that in the second case is Show Answer

Q415) Consider Fraunhoffer diffraction pattern obtained with a single slit at normal incidence. At the angular position of first diffraction minimum, the phase difference between the wavelets from the opposite edges of the slit is Show Answer

Q416) What is the minimum thickness of a thin film required for constructive interference in the reflected light from it?
Given, the refractive index of the film = 1.5, wavelength of the light incident on the film = 600 nm

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Q417) To observe diffraction, the size of an aperture Show Answer

Q418) When two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4I are superimposed. What are the maximum and minimum possible intensities in the resulting beams? Show Answer