Date : 12-10-2024 BHUPENDRA SIR (9560354431) Total Marks : 49

* Choose The Right Answer From The Given Options.[1 Marks Each] [29]

1. The wavelength of light visible to eye is of the order of:

(A) 10−2 m (B) 10−10 m (C) 1m (D) 6×10−7 m

2. In Young's double slit experiment the intensity of the maxima is I. If the width
of each slit is doubled, the intensity of the maxima will be:
(A) I

2
(B) 2I (C) 4I (D) I

3. Two sources are called coherent if they produce waves:

(A) Of equal wavelength.
(B) Of equal velocity.
(C) Having same shape of wavefront.
(D) Having a constant phase difference.
4. Which one of the following is more monocromatic?
(A) Laser beam (B) White light (C) Sodium light (D) Mercury light
5. A very thin film in reflected white light appears:
(A) Violet (B) White (C) Black (D) Red
6. In YDSE, the slit widths are in the ratio of 1:9. The ratio of intensity of the
maxima to that of the minima is:
(A) 81:1 (B) 9:1 (C) 4:1 (D) 3:1
7. Huygen's wave theory allows us to know:
(A) The wavelength of the wave.
(B) The velocity of the wave.
(C) The amplitude of the wave.
(D) The propagation of the wave front.
8. Wave front means:
(A) All particles in it have same phase.
(B) Few particles are in same phase, rest are in opposite phase.
(C) All particles have opposite phase of vibrations.
(D) All particles have random vibrations.
9. The shape of wave front at a very large distance from source is ______.
(A) Circular (B) Spherical (C) Cylindrical (D) Plane

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10. Two identical lights sources S1​ and S2​ emit the light of same wavelength .
λ

These light rays will exhibit interference if:

(A) Their phase difference remain constant.
(B) Their phase difference is distributed randomly.
(C) Their light intensities remain constant.
(D) Their light intensities change continuously.
11. If the source of light used in a Young's double slit experiment is changed from
red to violet:
(A) The fringes will become brighter.
(B) Consecutive fringes will come closer.
(C) The intensity of minima will increase.
(D) The central bright fringe will become a dark fringe.

12. If Young's double slit experiment is performed in water:

(A) The fringe width will decrease.
(B) The fringe width will increase.
(C) The fringe width will remain unchanged.
(D) There will be no fringe.

13. The radius of a wavefront as the waves propagate:

(A) Decreases
(B) Increases
(C) Becomes zero
(D) Sometimes decreases and sometimes increases.

14. Light travels in a ________ path:

(A) Rectilinear (B) Zig zag (C) Circular (D) Helical

15. Soap bubble looks coloured due to:

(A) Dispersion (B) Reflection (C) Interference (D) None of these

16. The slits in a Young's double slit experiment have equal width and the source
is placed symmetrically with respect to the slits. The intensity at the central
fringe is I0. If one of the slits is closed, the intensity at this point will be:
(A) I
0 (B)
I0
(C)
I0
(D) 4I 0
4 2

17. If the path difference between the slits S1​ and S2​ is λ, the central fringe will
have an intensity of:
(A) 0 (B) a2 (C) 2a2 (D) 4a2

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18. A plane wave front falls on a convex lens. The emergent wave front is:
(A) Plane (B) Cylindrical
(C) Spherical diverging (D) Spherical converging

19.
The inverse square law of intensity (i.e., the intensity ∝ 1
2
r
) is valid for a:

(A) Point source. (B) Line source.

(C) Plane source. (D) Cylindrical source.
20. Huygens' wave theory is used:
(A) To determine the velocity of light.
(B) To find the position of the wave front.
(C) To determine the wavelength of light.
(D) To find the focal length of a lens.
21. A Young's double slit experiment is performed with white light:
(A) The central fringe will be white.
(B) There will not be a completely dark fringe.
(C) The fringe next to the central will be red.
(D) The fringe next to the central will be violet.

22. 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:
(A) 25 : 1 (B) 5 : 1 (C) 9 : 4 (D) 625 : 1

23. Who first proposed that light was wave-like in character?

(A) Huygens (B) Newton (C) Young (D) Maxwell

24. For light diverging from a point source:

(A) The wavefront is spherical.
(B) The intensity decreases in proportion to the distance squared.
(C) The wavefront is parabolic.
(D) The intensity at the wavefront does not depend on the distance.

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25. In the set up shown, the two slits S1​ and S2​ are not equidistant from the slit

S. The central fringe at O is then:

(A) Always bright
(B) Always dark
(C) Either dark or bright depending on the position of S
(D) Neither dark nor bright

26. Huygens principle of secondary waves:

(A) Allow us to find the focal length of a thick convex lens.
(B) Give us the magnifying power of the microscope.
(C) Is a geometrical method to find, the position of a wave front.
(D) Is used to determine the velocity of light.

27. Constructive and destructive interference occur in:

(A) Cosmic rays (B) Light raus (C) Sound waves (D) All of these
28. Wavefront of a wave has direction with wave motion:
(A) Parallel (B) Perpendicular
(C) Opposite (D) At an angle of θ

29. The colour of bright fringes nearest to the central achromatic fringe in the
interference pattern with white light will be:
(A) Violet (B) Red (C) Green (D) Yellow

* Answer The Following Questions In One Sentence.[1 Marks Each] [4]

30. What is the speed of light in a denser medium of polarising angle 30°?
31. How does the fringe width of interference fringes change, when the whole
apparatus of Young’s experiment is kept in a liquid of refractive index 1.3?
32. What type of wavefront will emerge from an (i) point source, and (ii) distant
light source?
33. In Young’s double slit experiment, if the distance between the slits be less
than λ(i.e.,d<λ) what will be the effect on interference fringes?

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* Case study based questions

34. If double slit apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive index, μ the

wavelength of light reduces to and fringe width also reduces to . The

β
λ β =
μ

given figure shows a double-slit experiment in which coherent

monochromatic light of wavelength λ from a distant source is incident upon
the two slits, each of width w(w >> λ) and the interference pattern is viewed
on a distant screen. A thin piece of glass of thickness t and refractive index n
is placed between one of the slit and the screen, perpendicular to the light

path.
i. ln Young's double slit interference pattern, the fringe width.
a. Can be changed only by changing the wavelength of incident
light.
b. Can be changed only by changing the separation between the
two slits.
c. Can be changed either bychangingthe wavelength or by
changing the separation between two sources.
d. Is a universal constant and hence cannot be changed.
ii. If the width w ofone of the slits is increased to 2w, the become the
amplitude due to slit.
a. 1.5a

b. a

c. 2a

d. No change.
iii. ln YDSE, let A and B be two slits. Films of thicknesses tA and tB and
refractive indices mA and mB are placed in front of A and B,
respectively. If μA tA = μB tB then the central maxima will:
a. Not shift.
b. Shift towards A.
c. Shift towards B.
d. Shift towards A if tB = tA and shift towards B if tB < tA
 iv. ln Young's double slit experiment, a third slit is made in between the
double slits. Then:
a. Fringes of unequal width are formed.
b. Contrast between bright and dark fringes is reduced.
c. Intensity of fringes totally disappears.
d. Only bright tight is observed on the screen.
v. ln Young's double slit experiment, if one of the slits is covered with a
microscope cover slip, then:
a. Fringe pattern disappears.
b. The screen just gets illuminated.
c. In the fringe pattern, the brightness of the bright fringes will
decreases and the dark fringes will become more dark.
d. Bright fringes will be more bright and dark fringes will become
more dark.
35. The phenomenon of bending ofli ght around the sharp corners and the
spreading of light within the geometrical shadow of the opaque obstacles is
called diffraction of light. The light thus deviates from its linear path. The
deviation becomes much more pronounced, when the dimensions of the
aperture or the obstacle are comparable to the wavelength of light.

i. Light seems to propagate in rectilinear path because.

a. Its spread is very large.
b. Its wavelength is very small.
c. Reflected from the upper surface of atmosphere.
d. It is not absorbed by atmosphere.
ii. ln diffraction from a single slit the angular width of the central
maxima does not depends on:
a. λ of light used.
b. Width of slit.
c. Distance of slits from the screen.
d. Ratio of λ and slit width.
iii. For a diffraction from a single slit, the intensity of the central point is:
a. Infinite.
 b. Finite and same magnitude as the surrounding maxima.
c. Finite but much larger than the surrounding maxima.
d. Finite and substantially smaller than the surrounding maxima.
iv. Resolving power of telescope increases when:
a. Wavelength of light decreases.
b. Wavelength of light increases.
c. Focal length of eye-piece increases.
d. Focal length of eye-piece decreases.
v. ln a single diffraction pattern observed on a screen placed at D metre
di stance from the slit of width d metre, the ratio of the width of the
central maxima to the width of other secondary maxima is:
a. 2:1
b. 1:2
c. 1:1
d. 3:1
36. Huygen's principle is the basis of wave theory of light. Each point on a
wavefront acts as a fresh source of new disturbance, called secondary waves
or wavelets. The secondary wavelets spread out in all directions with the
speed light in the given medium. An initially parallel cylindrical beam travels
in a medium of refractive index μ(I) = μ0 + μ2 I , where μ0 and μ2 are positive
constants and I is the intensity of the light beam. The intensity of the beam is

decreasing with increasing radius.

i. The initial shape of the wavefront of the beam is:
a. Planar.
b. Convex.
c. Concave.
d. Convex near the axis and concave near the periphery.
ii. According to Huygens Principle, the surface of constant phase is:
a. Called an optical ray.
b. Called a wave.
c. Called a wavefront.
 d. Always linear in shape.
iii. As the beam enters the medium, it will:
a. Travel as a cylindrical beam.
b. Diverge.
c. Converge.
d. Diverge near the axis and converge near the periphery.
iv. Two plane wavefronts oflight, one incident on a thin convex lens and
another on the refracting face of a thin prism. After refraction at
them, the emerging wavefronts respectively become.
a. Plane wavefront and plane wavefront.
b. Plane wavefront and spherical wavefront.
c. Spherical wavefront and plane wavefront.
d. Spherical wavefront and spherical wavefront.
v. Which of the following phenomena support the wave theory of light?
1. Scattering.
2. Interference.
3. Diffraction.
4. Velocity of light in a denser medium is less than the velocity of
light in the rarer medium.
a. 1, 2, 3
b. 1, 2, 4
c. 2, 3, 4
d. 1, 3, 4
37. For a single slit of width "a", the first minimum of the interference pattem of a
monochromatic light of wavelengthλ. Occurs at an angle of . At the same
λ

angle of λ

a
, we get a maximum for two narrow slits separated by a distance
"a". Explain.
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