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1. 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 :
(A) 4:1 (B) 3:1 (C) 2:1 (D) 1:1

2. If YDSE, the screen is kept 0.8 m from the slits. The coherent source are 0.016 cm apart and fringes are
observed on the screen. It is found that with a certain monochromatic source of light, the fourth bright
fringe is situated at a distance of 1.06 cm from the central fringe. The wavelength of the light used is:
(A) 480 nm (B) 530 nm (C) 650 nm (D) 580 nm

3. In a Young’s double-slit experiment, the slit separation is 0.5 mm and the screen is 0.5 m a way from the
slit. For a monochromatic light of wavelength 500 nm, the distance of 3rd maxima from the 2nd minima on
the other side of central maxima is.
(A) 2.75 mm (B) 2.5 mm (C) 22.5 mm (D) 2.25 mm

4. In Young’s double experiment, the wave length of the light used is doubled and distance between two slits
is made half of initial distance. The resultant fringe width becomes :
(A) 2 times (B) 3 times (C) 4 times (D) Half

5. In the Young’s double slit experiment with sodium light, the slits are 0.589m apart. The angular separation
of the third minimum form the central maximum will be : (Given   589 Å ) :
(A) sin 1 (0.33  108 ) (B) sin 1 (0.33  10 6 )
(C) sin 1 (3  108 ) (D) sin 1 (3  106 )

6. In Young’s double-slit experiment, the fringe width is  . If the entire arrangement is now placed inside a
liquid of refractive index  , the fringe width will become :
  
(A)  (B) (C) (D)
  1  1

7. In YDSE, 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 :
(A) 12 (B) 18 (C) 24 (D) 30

8. In a young’s double slit experiment, the slits are 1 mm apart and are illuminated with a mixture of two
wavelengths   750nmand   900 nm and distance between slits and screen is 2m. At what minimum
distance (in mm) from the common central bright fringe on a screen the bright fringe from one interference
pattern coincides with a bright fringe from the other?

9. In an interference experiment, third bright fringe is 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 ?
(A) 500 nm (B) 630 nm (C) 750 nm (D) 420 nm
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10. In a YDSE the maximum number of possible interference maxima for slit-separation equal to twice the
wavelength is :
(A) Infinite (B) Five (C) Three (D) Zero

11. When the speed of electron beam used in Young’s double slit experiment is increased, then which among
the following statement is correct ?
(A) Interference pattern will not be observed in case of electrons
(B) Distance between consecutive fringes increases
(C) Distance between consecutive fringes decreases
(D) Distance between consecutive fringes remain same

12. In young’s double-slit experiment, a monochromatic source is used. The shape of the interference fringes
formed on the screen is :
(A) A parabola (B) a straight line (C) a circle (D) a hyperbola

*13. In Young’s double-slit experiment, Let A and B be the two slits. A thin film of thickness t and refractive
index  is placed in front of A. Let   fringe width. Then the central maxima will shift.
 
(A) Toward A (B) towards B (C) by t    1 (D) by t
 
14. In the ideal double-slit experiment, when a glass plate    1.5  of thickness t is introduced in the path of
one of the intersecting beams (wavelength  ) the intensity at the position where the central maximum
occurred previously remains unchanged. The minimum thickness of the glass plate is :
(A) 2 (B) 2 / 3 (C) /3 (D) 

15. In double slit experiment fringes are obtained using light of wavelength 4800Å . One slit is covered with a
thin glass film of refractive index. 1.4 and another slit is covered by a film of same thickness but refractive
index. 1.7. By doing so the central fringe is shifted to fifth bright fringe in the original pattern. Find
thickness of glass film in m .

16. In a Young double slit experiment, two films of thickness t1 and t2 having refractive, indices 1 and  2 are
placed in front of slits A and B respectively. If 1t1   2 t 2 the central maximum will :
(A) not shift (B) shift towards A it t1  t 2
(C) shift towards B if t1  t 2 (D) shift towards A if t1  t 2

17. A monochromatic beam of light falls on Young’s double slit

experiment apparatus at some angle (say  ) as shown in figure. S1
A thin sheet of glass is inserted in front of the lower slit S2. The
 O
central bright fringe (path difference = 0) will be obtained.
(A) Anywhere depending on a angle  thickness of plate t (Glass sheet)
and refractive index of glass  S2
(B) At O
(C) Below O
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18. In the YDSE apparatus shown in figure  x is the path difference

P
between S2P and S1P. Now a glass slab is introduced in front of
S1
S2, then match the following:
O
S2

Column I Column II
(A)  x at P will 1. Increase
(B) Fringe width will 2. Decrease
(C) Fringe pattern will 3. Remain same
(D) Number of fringes between O and P will 4. Shift downward

19. Two coherent point sources S1 and S2 are separated by a

small distance d as shown. The fringes obtained on the
screen will be :
(A) Straight line
(B) Semi- circles
(C) Concentric circles
(D) Points
20. Two coherent narrow slits emitting wavelength  in the same phase
are placed at (0, 0, 0) and (3, 0, 0) in an x-y-z space as shown in
the figure. The light from the two slits interference on a screen S
with is parallel to y  z plane and is placed at a distance
D(D   ) from the origin. Find the distance y of the nearest point
on the screen from the centre of the screen P, where intensity is
equal to that at P.
5D
(A) D (B) 3D (C) (D) 5D
2
21. A point source S emitting light of wavelength 600 nm is placed at a
very small height h above a flat reflecting surface AB (see figure).
The intensity of the reflected light is 36% of the incident intensity.
Interference fringes are observed on a screen placed parallel to the
relecting surface at a very large distance D from it.
It the ratio of the maximum to the minimum intensities in the
interference fringes formed near point P(shown in the figure) is k the
k
find .
8
22. Two identical coherent sources are placed on a diameter of a circle of radius R at separation x (< < R)
symmetrical about the centre of the circle. The sources emit identical wavelength  each. The number of
point on the circle of maximum intensity is  x  5 
(A) 20 (B) 22 (C) 24 (D) 26

23. A glass of refractive index 1.5 is coated with a thin layer of thickness of t of refractive index 1.8. Light of
wavelength  travelling in air is incident normally one the layer . It is partly reflected at the upper and the
lower surfaces of the layer and the two reflected rays interfere. If   648nm, obtain the least value of

 
t in 108 m for which the rays interfere constructively.
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Main Level Light (Wave Optics) CPQ

1 In a Young’s double-slit experiment using identical slits, the intensity at a bright fringe is I0. If one of the
slits now covered, the intensity at any point on the screen will be :
(A) I0 (B) I0/2 (C) I0/4 (D) 
I0 / 2 2 
2. When a ray of light enters a glass slab from air:
(A) its wavelength decreases (B) its wavelength increases
(C) its frequency increases (D) neither its wavelength nor its frequency changes
3. In a Young’s double-slit experiment   500nm,d  1nm, and D = 1 m. the minimum distance from the
central maximum for which the intensity is half of the maximum intensity is :
(A) 2  104 m (B) 1.25  104 m (C) 4  104 m (D) 2.5  104 m
4. In Young’s double-slit experiment, intensity at a point is (1 / 4) of the maximum intensity. Angular
position of the point is :
(A) sin 1   / d  (B) sin 1   / 2d  (C) sin 1   / 3d  (D) sin 1   / 4d 

5. If the wavelength of light in vacuum be  , the wavelength in a medium of refraction index  will be :
(A)  (B) / (C)  / 2 (D)  2

6. When one of the slits of Young’s experiment is covered with a transparent sheet of thickness 4.8 mm, the
central fringe shifts to a position originally occupied by the 30th bright fringe. What should be the thickness
of the sheet if the central fringe has to shift to the position occupied by 20th bright fringe?
(A) 3.8 mm (B) 1.6 mm (C) 7.6 mm (D) 3.2 mm
7. In Young’s experiment, the interference pattern is found to have an intensity ratio between the bright and
dark fringes as 9. What is the ratio of intensities ?
(A) 3:1 (B) 5:1 (C) 4:1 (D) 3:4
8. In Young’s double-slit experiment using a monochromatic light of wavelength , the path difference (in
terms of an integer n) corresponding to any point having half the peak intensity is :
   
(A)  2n  1 (B)  2n  1 (C)  2n  1 (D)  2n  1
2 4 8 16
9. In Young’s double slit arrangement, water is filled in the space between screen an slits. Then :
(A) fringe pattern shifts upwards but fringe width remains unchanged
(B) fringe width decreases and central bright fringe shifts upwards
(C) fringe width increases and central bright fringe does not shift
(D) fringe width decreases and central bright fringe does not shift
10. Young’s double slit experiment is made in a liquid. The 10th bright fringe in liquid lies where 6th dark
fringe lies in vacuum. The refractive index of the liquid is approximately:
(A) 1.8 (B) 1.54 (C) 1.67 (D) 1.2
11. Two beams of light having intensities I and 4I interfere to produce a fringe pattern on a point screen. The

phase difference between the beam is at point A and  at point B. Then the difference between the
2
resultant intensities at A and B is :
(A) 2I (B) 4I (C) 5I (D) 7I

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12. Two coherent sources of different intensities send waves which interfere. The ratio of maximum intensity
to minimum intensity is 25 : 1. The intensities of the sources are in the ratio :
(A) 25 : 1 (B) 5:1 (C) 9:4 (D) 25 : 16
13. In young’s double-slit experiment, the intensity at a point where the path difference is  / 6 (  being the
wavelength of the light used) is I. if I0 denotes the maximum intensity. I/I0 is equal to :
3 1 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 4 2

14. A mixture of lights, consisting of wavelength 590 nm and an unknown wavelength illuminates Young’s
double slit and gives rise to two overlapping interference patterns on the screen. The central maximum of
both lights coincide. Further, it is observed that the third bright fringe of the known light coincides with the
fourth bright fringe of the unknown light. From this data, the wavelength of the unknown light is :
(A) 393.4 nm (B) 885.0 nm (C) 442.5 nm (D) 776.8 nm

15. In the figure shown if a parallel beam of white light is incident on the plane
of the slits then the distance of the nearest white spot on the screen form O
is : [assume d  D   d ] d 2d/3
O
(A) 0 (B) d/2
(C) d/3 (D) d/6 D

16. In Young’s double-slit experiment using monochromatic light, the light pattern shifts by a certain distance
on the screen when a mica sheet of refractive index  and thickness t microns is introduced in the path of
one of the interfering waves. The mica sheet is then removed and the distance between the plane of slits
and the screen is doubled. It is found that the distance between successive maxima (or minima) now is the
same as the observed fringe shift upon the introduction of the mica sheet. Calculate the wavelength of
light?
1
(A)   t    1 (B) t    1 (C) t (D) 3t
2
17. Let S1 and S2 be the two slits in Young’s double-slit experiment. If central maxima is observed at P and
angle S1PS2   , then the fringe width for the light of wavelength  will be:
(A) / (B)  (C) 2 /  (D)  / 2
1
18. In a Young’s double slit experiment with slit separation 0.1 mm, one observes a bright fringe at angle
40
rad by using light of wavelength 1 . When the light of wavelength  2 is used a bright fringe is seen at the
same angle in the same set up. Given that 1 and  2 are in visible range (380 nm to 740 mm), their values
are :
(A) 400 nm, 500 nm (B) 625 nm, 500nm
(C) 380 nm, 525 nm (D) 380 nm, 500 nm

19. Ray optics of valid, when characteristics dimensions are

(A) much smaller than the wavelength of light
(B) of the same order as the wavelength of light
(C) of the order of one millimetre
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20. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the slits are placed 0.320 mm apart. Light of wavelength   500 nm
is incident on the slits. The total number of bright fringes that are observed in the angular range
30    30 is:
(A) 641 (B) 321 (C) 640 (D) 320

21. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the path difference, at a certain point on the screen, between two
1
interfering waves is th of wavelength. The ratio of the intensity at this point to that at the centre of a
8
bright fringe is close to:
(A) 0.80 (B) 0.94 (C) 0.85 (D) 0.74

22. In young’s double slit experiment the separation d between the slits is 2 mm, the wavelength  of the light
used is 5896Å and distance D between the screen and slits is 100 cm. It is found that the angular width of
the fringes is 0.20 . To increase the fringe angular width to 0.21 (with same  and D) the separation
between the slits needs to be changed to
(A) 1.8 mm (B) 1.9 mm (C) 2.1 mm (D) 1.7 mm

23. Young’s double slit experiment is first performed in air and then in a medium other than air. It is found
that 8th bright fringe in the medium lies where 5th dark fringe lies in air. The refractive index of the medium
is nearly :
(A) 1.59 (B) 1.69 (C) 1.78 (D) 1.25

24. The interference pattern is obtained with two coherent light sources of intensity ratio n. In the interference
I max  Imin
pattern, the ratio will be
I max  I min

n 2 n n 2 n
(A) (B) (C) 2
(D)
n 1 n 1 (n 1) (n 1)2

25. The intensity at the maximum in a Young’s double slit experiment is I0 . Distance between two slits is
d  5 , where  is the wavelength of light used in the experiment. What will be the intensity in front of
one of the slits on the screen placed at a distance D = 10d?
3 I0 I0
(A) I0 (B) (C) I0 (D)
4 2 4
26. Two slits in Young’s experiment have width in the ratio 1 : 25. The ratio of intensity at the maxima and
 max
minima in the interference pattern is:
I min
49 4 9 121
(A) (B) (C) (D)
121 9 4 49
27. In a double slit experiment, the two slits are 1mm apart and the screen is placed 1 m away. A
monochromatic light of wavelength 500 nm is used. What will be the width of each slit for obtaining ten
maxima of double slit within the central maxima of single slit patern?
(A) 0.5 mm (B) 0.02 mm (C) 0.2 mm (D) 0.1 mm

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28. In the Young’s double slit experiment, the intensity of light at a point on the screen where the path
difference  is K, (  being the wavelength of light used). The intensity at a point where the path
difference is  / 4 will be ;
K 
(A) K (B) (C) (D) zero
4 2
29. In Young’s double slit experiment the distance between the slits and the screen is doubled. The separation
between the slits is reduced to half. As a result the fringe width
(A) is halved (B) becomes four time
(C) remains unchanged (D) is doubled

30. Colour appear on a thin soap film and on soap bubbles due to the phenomenon of
(A) interference (B) dispersion (C) refraction (D) diffraction

31. If yellow light emitted by sodium lamp in Young’s double slit experiment is replaced by monochromatic
blue light the same intensity :
(A) fringe width will decreases (B) fringe width will increase
(C) fringe width will remain unhanged (D) fringes will becomes lens intense

32. In Young’s double slit experiment carried out with light of wavelength ()  5000Å , the distance between
the slits is 0.2 mm and the screen is at 200 cm from the slits. The central maximum is at x = 0. The third
maximum (taking the central maximum as zeroth maximum) will be at x equal to:
(A) 1.67 cm (B) 1.5 cm (C) 0.5 cm (D) 5.0 cm

33. Ratio of intensities of two waves are given by 4 : 1. Then ratio of the amplitudes of the two waves is
(A) 2:1 (B) 1:2 (C) 4:1 (D) 1:4

34. In Young’s experiment, two coherent sources are placed 0.90 mm apart and fringe are observed one metre
away. If it produces second dark fringe at a distance of 1mm from central fringe, the wavelength of
monochromatic light is used would be :

(A) 60 104 cm (B) 10  104 cm (C) 10 105 cm (D) 6  105 cm

35. In Young’s double slit experiment, the fringe width is found to be 0.4 mm. If the whole apparatus is
4
immersed in water of refractive index ,without disturbing the geometrical arrangement, the new fringe
3
width will be :
(A) 0.30 mm (B) 0.40 mm (C) 0.53 mm (D) 450 microns

36. Interference is possible in

(A) Light waves only (B) Sound waves only
(C) both light and sound waves (D) neither light nor sound waves
37. In a Young’s double slit experiment with light of wavelength  the separation of slits is d and distance of
screen is D such that D >> d >>  . If the fringe width is  the distance from point of maximum intensity
to the point where intensity falls to half of maximum intensity on either side is:
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
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Advanced Level Light (Wave Optics) CPQ

*1. A transparent slab of thickness t and refractive index  is inserted in front of upper slit of YDSE
apparatus. The wavelength of light used is  . Assume that there is no absorption of light by the slab. Mark
the correct statement(s).
(A) The intensity of dark fringes will be 0, if slits are identical.
(B) The change in optical path due to insertion of plate is t .
(C) The change in optical path due to insertion of plate is (μ –1)t
5
(D) For making intensity zero at centre of screen, the thickness can be
2(  1)

2. Interference pattern with Young’s double slits 1.5 mm apart are formed on a screen at a distance 1.5 m
from the plan of slits. In the path of the beam of one of the slits, a transparent film of 10-micron thickness
and of refractive index 1.6 is interposed while in the path of the beam from the other slit a transparent film
of 15 micron thickness and of refractive index 1.2 is interposed. Find the displacement of the fringe pattern
in mm.

3. In a YDSE light of wavelength  falls normally on slits. The slit S1 is covered P

S1
by a thin film of refractive index   1.5 and thickness t   / 2 . If I0 be the
O
intensity through each slit the intensity at O will be KI0. Find K.
S2 D
4. In a typical Young’s double slit experiment, S1 and S2 are identical slits
and equidistant from a point monochromatic source S of light having
wavelength  . The distance between slits is represented by d and that P
between slits and screen is represented by D. P is a fixed point on the S1 y0
d O
D 0 S
screen at a distance y0  from central order bright on the screen: S2
2d 0
D
where D0, d0 are initial values of D and d respectively. In each statement screen
of column-I some changes are made to above mentioned situation. The
effect of corresponding changes is given in column-II. Match the
statement in column-I with resulting changes in column-II.

Column I Column II
(A) The distance d between the slits is doubled (p) Fringe width decreases
keeping the source equidistant.
(B) The distance D between slit and screen is (q) Magnitude of optical path difference
doubled by shifting screen to right between interfering waves at P will
decrease
(C) The distance D between slit and screen is (r) Magnitude of optical path difference
halved by shifting screen to left. between interfering waves at P will
increase
(D) The whole setup is submerged in water of (s) The intensity at P will increase
4
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3
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*5. A light of wavelength 6000 Å in air enters a medium of refractive index 1.5. Inside the medium, its
frequency is  and its wavelength is  .
(A) v = 5 × 1014 Hz (B) v = 7.5 1014 Hz (C)   4000Å (D)   9000 Å

*6. Whit light is used to illuminate the two slits in a Young’s double slit experiment. The separation between
the slits is b and the screen is at a distance d (> b) from the slits. At a point on the screen directly in front of
one of the slits, certain wavelengths are missing. Some of these missing wavelengths are:
b2 2b 2 b2 2b 2
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
d d 3d 3d
7. In Young’s double slit experiment using monochromatic light the fringe pattern shifts by a certain distance
on the screen when a mica sheet of refractive index 1.6 and thickness 1.964 microns in introduced in the
path of one of the interfering waves. The mica sheet is then removed and the distance between the plane of
slits and the screen is doubled. It is found that the distance between successive maxima (or minima) now is
the same as the observed fringe shift upon the introduction of the mica sheet. Calculate the wavelength of
the light ?
(A) 5.892 Å (B) 5692 Å (C) 5892 Å (D) 5800 Å

For Q.(8-9)
In YDSE apparatus shown in figure wavelength of light used is  . The screen is P
moved away from the source with a constant speed v. Initial distance between
screen and plane of slits was D. d
O
8. At a point P on the screen the order of fringe will: S
v
(A) increase (B) decrease D
(C) remain constant (D) first increase then decrease

9. Suppose P is the point where 5th order maxima was lying at t = 0. Then after how much time third order
minima will lie at this point ?
2D D 3D 3D
(A) (B) (C) (D)
v v 2v v
10. In Young’s double-slit experiment, the separation between the slits is d, distance between the slit and
screen is D (D > > d). in the interference pattern, there is a maxima exactly in front of each slit. Then the
possible wavelength (s) used in the experiment are :
(A) d 2 / D,d 2 / 2D,d 2 / 3D (B) d 2 / D,d 2 / 3D,d 2 / 5D
(C) d 2 / 2D, d 2 / 4D, d 2 / 6D (D) None of these

11. M1 and M2 are plane mirrors and kept parallel to each

other. At point O, there will be maxima for wavelength
. light from a monochromatic source S of wavelength
 is not reaching directly on the screen. Then,  is:
3d 2 3d 2
(A) (B)
D 2D
d2 2d 2
(C) (D)
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*12. A parallel beam of light    500  is incident at an angle

  30 with the normal to the slit plane in Young’s double-silt

experiment. Assume that the intensity due to each slit at any
point on the screen is I0 . Point O is equidistant from s1 and S2.
The distance between silts is 1mm. then :
(A) The intensity at O is 4I 0
(B) The intensity at O is zero
(C) The intensity at a point on the screen 1m below O is 4I 0
(D) The intensity at a point on the screen 1m below O is zero

*13. Two point monochromatic and coherent sources of light of

wavelength  each are placed as shown in figure. The initial phase
difference between the sources is zero. (D > > d) . Mark the correct
statement (s).
7
(A) If d  ,O will be a minima.
2
(B) If d  , only one maxima can be observed on the screen.
(C) If d  4.8 ; then total 10 minima would be there on the screen
5
(D) If d  , the intensity at O would be minimum.
2
Paragraph for Q. 14- 16
In the Figure screen is placed normal to the line joining the two point coherent sources S1 and S2 . the interference
pattern consists of concentric circles.

14. Find the radius of the nth bright ring.

 n   n   n   n 
(A) D 1 1   (B) D 2 1   (C) 2D 2 1   (D) D 2 1  
 d   d   d   2d 

15. If d  0.5mm,   5000Å and D  100cm, find the value of n for the closest second bright ring.
(A) 888 (B) 830 (C) 914 (D) 998

16. Also, find the value of radius for this ring.

(A) 6.32 cm (B) 5.25 cm (C) 4.7 cm (D) 3.25 cm

17. 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 :
(A) The intensities of both the maxima and the minima increase
(B) The intensity of the maxima increases and the minima has zero intensity
(C) The intensity of the maxima decreases and that of the minima increase
(D) The intensity of the maxima decreases and the minima has zero intensity

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18. In the adjacent diagram, CP represents a wave front and AO and BP, the O R
corresponding two rays. Find the condition of  for constructive
 
interference at P between the ray BP and reflected ray OP d
C
3 
(A) cos  (B) cos 
2d 4d A
 4
(C) sec   cos   (D) sec   cos   B
d d
*19. A light source, which emits two wavelengths 1  400 nm and  2  600 nm , is used in a Young’s double
slit experiment. If recorded fringe widths for 1 and  2 are 1 and 2 and the number of fringes for them
within a distance y on one side of the central maximum are m1 and m2 , respectively, then :
(A) 2  1
(B) m1  m 2
(C) From the central maximum, 3rd maximum of  2 overlaps with 5th minimum of 1
(D) The angular separation of fringes for 1 is greater than  2

20. A monochromatic source of light S is placed at focus of a S1

converging lens of focal length F. Two identical slits are ‘3F’
Central line
distance from lens and its central line ‘d/2’ distance above optical d/2 d
axis of lens. If D and d have their usual meaning, then what will be S
S2
the distance of the central maxima on the screen from central line?
Assume ( D  d )
(A) Dd / 2F (B) Dd / F F 3F D
(C) Dd / 3F (D) None of these

Paragraph for Q.21 - 23

An arrangement is shown in the diagram for YDSE. Refractive index of the glass sheet
2
3 2d 2
is 1  and thickness t  . In between slits and screen a liquid is filled
2 D R
4 5d 2 Q
(refractive index  2  ). Wavelength of the monochromatic light ray is   in air.
3 D
P
d 9
There are three points on the screen P, Q, R at a distances  d and 3d from O d
2 8 O
respectively, d is the distance between the two slits S1 and S2 ( D  d ) Source is at
equidistance from the slits. t
21. If I0 is the intensity of the two interfering waves at point P, then resultant 
1
intensity at point P is : D
(A) 4 I0 (B) zero (C) I0 (D) 2I 0 Sc

22. For the interference at point Q optical path difference is :

d2 5d 2 15d 2 3d 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2D 2D 2D 2D
23. Maxima will be on the point.
(A) O (B) P (C) Q (D) R

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24. In the figure shown Z1 and Z2 are two screens. Line PO is Z1 Z2

the bisector line of S1S2 and S3S4. When Z1 is removed,
S3
S1
resultant intensity at O due to slits S1 and S2 is I. Now Z1 y
d O
is placed. For different values of y given in column I, P
S2 y
match the resultant intensity at O given in column II. S4

Column I Column II
(A) D (p) 3I
y
2d
(B) D (q) Zero
y
6d
(C) D (r) I
y
4d
(D) D (s) (s) 2I
y
3d
(t) None of these

*25. Two coherent monochromatic point sources S1 and S2 of wavelength λ =

600 nm are placed symmetrically on either side of the centre of the circle as
shown. The sources are separated by a distance d = 1.8 mm. This
arrangement produces interference fringes visible as alternate bright and
dark spots on the circumference of the circle. The angular separation
between two consecutive bright spots is . Which of the following options
is/are correct?
(A) The total number of fringes produced between P 1 and P2 in the first quadrant is close to 3000
(B) A dark spot will be formed at the point P2
(C) At P2 the order of the fringe will be maximum
(D) The angular separation between two consecutive bright spots decreases as we move from P1 and P2
along the first quadrant

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Answer : Light (Wave Optics)

CTS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

B B D C D B B 9 D B

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

C D AC A 8 B A [A – 1; B – 3; C – 4; D - 3]

19 20 21 22 23

C C 2 A B

CPQ (Mains)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

C A D C B D C B D A

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

B C C C D A A B D A

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

C B C B B C C C B A

31 32 33 34 35 36 37

A B A D A C B

CPQ (Advanced)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

ACD 3 2 [A-p, r, s] [B-r, s] [C-p, r, s [D-p, s] AC AC C

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

B B C B AC ABCD B D A A

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

B ABC A C B D [A-q] [B-p] [C-s] [D-r] AC

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