PHYSICS

TOPICS : WAVE OPTICS

1. 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
(a) the intensities at the screen due to two slits are 5 unit and 4 units
respectively
(b) the intensities at the screen due to two slits are 4 units and 1 unit
respectively
(c) the amplitude ratio is 9
(d) the amplitude ratio is 3

2. In an interference pattern produced by the identical coherent

sources of monochromatic light. The intensity
at the site of central maximum is I. If the intensity at the same spot
when either of the two slits is closed is I0, we must have
(a) I = I0 (b) I = 2I0 (c) I = 4I0 (d) I and I0
are not related

3. An interference pattern is observed by young’s double slit

experiment. If now the separation between
coherent sources is halved and the distance of screen from coherent
sources is doubled; the now fringe width
(a) becomes double (b) becomes one-forth

(c) remains same (d) becomes four times

4. In the young’s double slit experiment, if the widths of the slits

are in the ratio 49: 9; the ratio of the intensity
at maxima to the intensity at minima will be
(a) 169: 25 (b) 81: 16 (c) 25: 4 (d)
10: 4

5. An interference experiment is performed with blue light of wavelength

4200 A in air. If the whole set up is
immersed in water of refractive index 4 / 3, then
(a) The fringe will disappear (b) fringe width will
remain uncharged
(c) fringe width will become 4/ 3 times (d) fringe width will
become 3/ 4times

6. The two slits in young’s double slit experiment are illuminated by two
different sodium lamps emitting light
 of same wavelength
(a) No interference pattern will be observed on the screen
(b) interference pattern with black and white fringes is observed
(c) interference pattern with yellow fringes is observed
(d) interference pattern with straight line yellow fringes is observed

7. A beam light of wavelength 600 nm from a distant source falls on a

single slit 1.0 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 fringes is
(a) 1.2 cm (b) 1.2 mm (c) 2.4 mm (d) 2.4 cm

8. In young’s double slit experiment the intensity of light at a point P on a

screen, where the path difference
between interfering rays is λ , is Io what is the intensity at a point Q
λ
where the path difference between interfering rays is ?
4
I0 I0
(a) (b) (c) I 0 (d)
4 2
zero

9. The distance between two coherent sources is 0.1 mm. This fringe
width on a screen 1.2 m away from the
sources is 6.0 mm. The wavelength of light used is
(a) 4000 A (b) 5000 A (c) 6000 A (d) 7200 A

10. A slit of width a is illuminated by white light. The first minimum for red
light0.( λ = 6500 A ) will fall at
diffraction angle θ =30°, when ‘a ‘ will be
(a) 3250 A (b) 6.5 x 10-4-mm (c) 1.3 micron (d)
2.6 X 10 -6m

11. A beam of light strikes a piece of glass at an angle of incidence 60°. It

is found that reflected beam is
completely plane polarised . Then refractive index of glass is
(a) 1.5 (b) √3 (c) 2 (d)
3/2

12. The first diffraction minimum due to a single slit diffraction is at 30° for
a light of wavelength λ . If the width
of slit is 10-6m, the wavelength λ is
(a) 4000A (b) 5000 A (c) 1250A (d) 10,000 A

13. Rays of light fall on a glass plate of refractive index µ . If the angle
between reflected and refracted rays
 is 90°; then the angle of incidence is
(a) sin-1µ (b) cos-1(µ ) (c) tan-1(µ ) (d) tan-1
(1/µ )

14. A light beam of frequency n, wavelength λ travelling with velocity v

in air, enters a glass slab of refractive
index µ . . The frequency , wavelength and velocity of light beam in the
glass slab will be respectively.
n λ v λ v v
(a) , , (b) n , , (c) n , λ , (d)
µ µ µ µ µ µ
n , µλ , µv

15. An unpolarised beam of intensity Io falls on a polaroid the

intensity of emergent light is
I0 I0
(a) I 0 (b) (c)
2 4
(d) zero

16. A polarised beam falls on a Polaroid such that the optic axis of
Polaroid makes an angle 600 with electric
field vector of incident polarised beam. The intensity of emergent light
is
I0 I0
(a) I 0 (b) (c)
2 4
3I 0
(d)
4
17. The polarisation phenomenon can take place
(a) In all waves (b) in transverse waves
only
(c) in longitudinal waves only (d) in standing waves
only

18. Light of wavelength 6328 A is incident on a slit having a width of 0.2

mm. The width of the central
maximum, measured from minimum to minimum of the diffraction
pattern on a screen 9.0 m away will be about
(a) 0.36° (b) 0.18° (c) 0.72° (d) 0.09°

19. Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4I are

superposed. The maximum and
minimum possible intensities in the resulting beam are
(a) 5I and I (b) 9I and I (c) 5I and 3I (d) 9I and 3i
20. The plane of polarisation is one which contains
(a) Direction of wave propagation and direction of vibration of electric
vector
(b) Direction of wave propagation but perpendicular to direction of
vibration of electric vector
(c) Is normal to direction of wave propagation but electric field vector
(d) none of above

21. The phenomenon that is exhibited by light waves but not by sound
waves.
(a) refraction (b) interference (c) diffraction
(d) polarisation

22. White light is used to illuminate the two slits in a Young’s double slit
experiment. The separation between slits is b and the screen at a
distance d (>>b) from the slits. At a point on the screen directly infront
of one of the slits, certain wavelengths are missing. Some of these
missing wavelengths are
b2 2b2 b2 2b2
(a) λ = (b) λ = (c) λ = (d) λ =
d d 3d 3d

23. Interference was observed in interference chamber where air was

present. Now the chamber is evacuated and
if the same light is used , a careful observer will see
(a) no interference (b) interference with bright
bands
(c) Interference with dark bands (d) interference
with fringe width slightly increased.

24. A ray of light from a denser medium strikes a rarer medium as shown
in figure. The reflected and refracted rays make an angle of 900 with
each other. The angle of reflection and refraction are r and r1
respectively. The critical angle would be

medium denser

medium rarer
 (a) Sin −1(tan r) (b) Sin −1(tan r' ) (c) tan −1(sin i)
(d) tan −1(sin r)

25. In two separate setups 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 two cases is 2:1 , the ratio
of distances between the plane of slits and screen in the two setups is
(a) 4:1 (b) 1:1 (c) 1:4
(d) 2:1

26. The displacements of interfering wavers are y1= 4 sinω t & y2 = 3

sin(ω t+π /2) . The amplitude of the resultant wave is
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d)
zero

27. In a young’s double slit experiment, 12 fringes are obtained 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 ,the
number of fringes observed in the same segment of the screen is given
by
(a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 30

28. Two beams of light having intensities I and 4I interfere to produce

fringe pattern on a screen. The phase difference between the beams is
π /2 at a point A and π at a point B . Then the difference between the
resultant intensities at A and B is
(a) 2I (b) 4 I (c) 5I
(d) 7 I

29. A rocket is going away from earth at a speed of 0.2 c . It emits signal of
frequency 4x107 Hz. The frequency of the signal as observed by an
observer on earth is
(a) 4x106 Hz (b) 3.2x107 Hz (c) 3x106 Hz
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(d) 5x10 Hz

30. The wavelength of light observed on earth from a moving star is found
to decrease by 0.05%.Relative to earth , the star is
(a) moving away with velocity of 1.5x105 m/s (b) moving towards
with velocity of 1.5x105 m/s
(c) moving away with velocity of 1.5x104 m/s (d) moving towards
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with velocity of 1.5x10 m/s