( DPP)

Wave optics one shot

Q1. In the Young’s double slit experiment, the ratio of intensities of bright and
dark fringes is 9. This means that

The intensities of individual sources are 5

A and 4 units respectively
The intensities of individual sources are 4
B and 1 units respectively

C The ratio of their amplitudes is 3

D The ratio of their amplitudes is 2

Q2. The young’s experiment is performed with the lights of blue (λ = 4360 Å) and
green colour (λ = 5460 Å) If the distance of the 4th fringe from the centre is x
then

A x (Blue) = x (Green)

B x (Blue) > x (Green)

C x (Blue) < x (Green)

D
Q3. In Young’s experiment, light of wavelength 400 Å is used to produce bright
fringes of width 0.6 mm at a distance of 2 meters. If the whole apparatus is
dipped in a liquid of reference index 1.5 then fringe width will be

A 0.2 mm

B 0.3 mm

C 0.4 mm

D 1.2 mm
Q4. In Young’s double slit experiment, if the width of the slits are in the ratio 4 : 9,
the ratio of the intensity at maxima to the intensity at minima will be

A 169 : 25

B 81 : 16

C 25 : 1

D 9:4
Q5. In Young’s experiment, one slit is covered with a blue filter and the other (slit)
with a yellow filter. Then the interference pattern

A Will be blue

B Will be yellow

C Will be green

D Will not be formed

Q6. The slits in a Young’s double slit experiment have equal widths and the
source is placed systematically relative to the slits. The intensity at the central
fringes is l. If one of the slits is closed, the intensity at this point will be

A l

B l/4

C l/2

D 4l
Q7. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the fringe width will remain same. If (D =
distance between screen and plane of slits, d = separation between two slits
and λ = wavelength of light used)

A Both λ and D are doubled

B Both d and D are doubled

C D is doubled but d is halved

D λ is doubled but d is halved

Q8. 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

A 5000 Å

B 6000 Å

C 7000 Å

D 8000 Å
Q9. 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

The intensities of both the maxima and the

A minima increase

B The intensity of maxima increase and the

minima has zero intensity

C The intensity of maxima decreases and that of

the minima increases
The intensity of maxima decreases and the
D minima has zero intensity
Q10. In Young’s double-slit experiment, an interference pattern is obtained on a
screen by a light of wavelength 6000 Å, coming from the coherent sources S and
S. At certain point P on the screen third dark fringe is formed. Then the path
difference S1P - S2P in microns is

A 0.75

B 1.5

C 3.0

D 4.5
Q11. In Young double slit experiment, when two light waves form third minimum,
they have

A Phase difference of 3 π

B Phase difference of

C Path difference of 3 λ

D Path difference of
Q12. In Young’s double slit experiment the amplitudes of two source are 3a and a
respectively. The ratio of intensities of bright and dark fringes will be

A 3:1

B 4:1

C 2:1

D 9:1
Q13. If we observe the single slit Fraunhofer difference with wavelength λ and slit
width e, the width of the central maxima is 2θ. On decreasing the slit width for
the same λ

A θ increases

B θ remains unchanged

C θ decreases

θ increases or decreases depending

D
on the intensity of light
Q14. A single slit of width a is illuminated by violet light of wavelength 400 mm
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 mm, the
width of the diffraction pattern is

A The pattern vanishes and the width is zero

B y/3

C 3y

D None of these
Q15. Direction of the first secondary maximum in the Fraunhofer difference
pattern at a single slit is given by (a is the width of the slit)

D
Q16. Monochromatic green light of wavelength 5 x 10-7 m illuminates a pair of slit
1 mm apart. The separation of bright lines on the interference pattern formed on
a screen 2 m away is

A 0.25 mm

B 0.1 mm

C 1.0 mm

D 0.01 mm
Q17. In double slit experiment, the angular width of the fringes is 0.20o for the
sodium light (λ = 5890 Å). In order to increase the angular width of the fringes by
10% the necessary change in the wavelength is

A Increase of 589 Å

Decrease of 589 Å
B

C Increase of 6479 Å

D Zero
Q18. 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

A 34

B 40

C 25

D 38
Q19. In the Young’s double slit experiment, if the phase difference between the
two waves interfering at a point is ∅, the intensity at that point can be expressed
by the expression

D
Q20. In Young’s double slit experiment, the intensity on the screen at a point
where path difference is λ is K. What will be the intensity at the point where path
difference is λ/4

C K

D Zero
Q21. The maximum intensity in Young’s double slit experiment is l. Distance
between the slits is d = 5 λ. Where λ is the wavelength of monochromatic light
used in the experiment. What will be the intensity of light in front of one of the
slits on a screen at a distance D = 10 d

D
Q22. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the slit are 2 mm apart and are
illuminated with a mixture of two wavelength λ0 = 750 nm and λ = 900 nm. The
minimum distance from the common central bright fringe on a screen 2 m from
the slits where a bright fringe from one interference pattern coincides with a
bright fringe from the other is

1.5 mm
A

B 3 mm

C 4.5 mm

D 6 mm
Q23. A beam of natural light falls on a system of 6 polaroids, which are arranged
in succession such that each polaroid is turned through 300 with respect to the
preceding one. The percentage of incident intensity that passes through the
system will be

100%
A

B 50%

C 30%

D 12%
Q24. The light of wavelength 6328 Å is incident on a slit of width 0.2 mm
perpendicularly, the angular width of central maxima will be

0.360
A

B 0.180

C 0.720

D 0.090
Q25. 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 the central maxima is narrower

A

No diffraction pattern
B

More number of fringes

C

Less number of fringes

D
Q26. Figure here shows P and Q as two equally intense coherent sources
emitting radiations of wavelength 20 m. The separation PQ is 5.0 m and phase of
P is ahead of the phase of Q by 90o. A, B and C are three distant points of
observation equidistant from the mid-point of PQ. The intensity of radiations at
A, B, C will bear the ratio

A 0:1:4

B 4:1:0

C 0:1:2

D 2:1:0
Q27. In the figure is shown Young’s double slit experiment. Q is the position of
the first bright on the right side of O, P is the 11 fringe on the other side, as
measured from Q. If the wavelength of the light used is 6000 x 10-10 m , then S1 B
will be equal to

A 6 ｘ10-6 m

B 6.6 ｘ10-6 m

C 3.138 ｘ10-7 m

D 3.144 ｘ10-7 m
Q28. In Young’s double slit experiment the y-coordinates of central maxima and
10th maxima are 2 cm and 5 cm respectively. When the YDSE apparatus is
immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.5, the corresponding y-coordinates will
be

A 2 cm 7.5 cm

B 3 cm 6 cm

C 2 cm 4 cm

D 4/3 cm 10/3 cm
Q29. In Young’s double slit experiment how many maximas can be obtained on a
screen (including the central maximum) on both sides of the central fringe if
λ = 2000 Å and d = 7000 Å

A 12

B 7

C 18

D 4
Q30. In a young’s double slit experiment, the slits are 2 mm apart and are
illuminated with a mixture of two wavelength λ0 = 750 nm and λ = 900 nm. The
minimum distance from the common central bright fringe on a screen 2 m from
the slits where a bright fringe from one interference pattern coincides with a
bright fringe from the other is

A 1.5 mm

B 3 mm

C 4.5 mm

D 6 mm
Q31. Two coherent sources separated by distance d are radiating in phase having
wavelength λ. A detector moves in a big circle around the two sources in the
plane of the two sources. The angular position of n = 4 interference maxima is
given as

D
Q32. In a single slit diffraction of light of wavelength λ by a slit of width e, the
size of the central maximum on a screen at a distance b is

D
Q33. The ratio of intensities of consecutive maxima in the diffraction pattern due
to a single slit is

A 1:4:9

B 1:2:3

D
Q34. A parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 5000 Å is incident
normally on a single narrow slit of width 0.001 mm. The light is focussed by a
convex lens on a screen placed on the focal plane. The first minimum will be
formed for the angle of diffraction equal to

A 0

B 15

C 30

D 60
Q35. What will be the angular width of central maxima in Fraunhofer diffraction
when light of wavelengths 600 Å is used and slit width is 12 x 10-5 cm.

A 2 rad

B 3 rad

C 1 rad

D 8 rad
Q36. A beam of light of wavelength 600 mm 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

A 1.2 mm

B 1.2 cm

C 2.4 cm

D 2.4 mm
Q37. A light wave is incident normally over a slit of width 24 x 10-5 cm. The
angular position of second dark fringe from the central maxima is 300. What is
the wavelength of light.

A 6000 Å

5000 Å
B

C 3000 Å

D 1500 Å
Q38. A beam of plane polarized light falls normally on a polarizer of cross
sectional area 3 x 10-4 m2. Flux of energy of incident ray in 10-3 W. The polarizer
rotates with an angular frequency of 31.4 rad/sec. The energy of light passing
through the polarizer per revolution will be

A 10-4 Joule

B 10-3 Joule

C 10-2 Joule

D 10-1 Joule
Q39. The maximum number of possible interference maxima for slit separation
equal to twice the wavelength in Young’s double-slit experiment is

A Infinite

B Five

C Three

D Zero
Q40. If I0 is the intensity of the principal maximum in the single slit diffraction
pattern, then what will be its intensity when the slit width is doubled

A I0

C 2 I0

D 4 I0
Q41. In Young’s double slit experiment intensity at a point is (¼) of the maximum
intensity. Angular position of this point is

A Sin-1 (λ/d)

B Sin-1 (λ/2d)

C Sin-1 (λ/3d)

D Sin-1 (λ/4d)
Q42. 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

D
Q43. Three waves of equal frequency having amplitude 10μm, 4 μm, 7 μm arrive
at a given point with successive phase difference of , the amplitude of the
resulting wave in μm is given by

A 4

B 5

C 6

D 7
Q44. 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
shortest wavelength at the least distance from the central maximum is

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4
Q45. In Young’s double slit experiment, the 8th maximum with wavelength λ1 is at
a distance d1 from the central maximum and the 6th maximum with a wavelength
λ2 is at a distance d2. Then (d1 / d2) is equal to

D
Q46. The path difference between two interfering waves of equal intensities at a
point on the screen is λ / 4. The ratio of intensity at this point and that at the
central fringe will be

A 1:1

B 1:2

C 2:1

D 1:4
Q47. 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

A 1:1

C 2:1

D 4:1
Q48. the figure shows four pairs of polarizing sheets, seen face - on. Each pair is
mounted in the path of initially unpolarized light. The polarizing direction of each
sheet ( indicated by the dashed line ) is referenced to either a horizontal x - axis
or a vertical y axis. Rank the pair according to the fraction of the initial intensity
that pass greatest first

A (i) > (ii) > (iii) > (iv)

B (i)> (iv) > (ii) > (iii)

C (i) > (iii) > (ii) > (iv)

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) D (iv) > (iii) > (ii) > (i)
Q49. plane polarised light is passed through a polaroid. On viewing through the
polaroid we find when the polaroid is given one complete rotation about the
direction of the light, one of the following is observed

The intensity of light gradually

A
decreases to zero and remains at zero
The intensity of light gradually
B increases to a maximum and remains
at maximum

C There is no change in tensity

The intensity of light is twice

D
maximum and twice zero
Q50. Two nicols are oriented with their principal planes making an angle of 60°.
The percentage of incident unpolarized light which passes through the system is

A 50%

B 100%

C 12.5%

D 37.5%
Q51. when an unpolarized light of intensity I0 is incident on a polarizing sheet, the
intensity of the light which does not get transmitted is

A Zero

B I0

D
Q52. when unpolarised light beam is incident from air onto glass ( n = 1.5 )at the
polarising angle

A Reflected beam is polarised 100

percent

B Reflected and refracted beams are

partially polarised

C The reason for (a) is that almost

all the light is reflected
D All of the above
Q53. The diameter of the objective lens of a telescope is 5.0 m and wavelength
of light is 6000 Å. The limit of resolution of this telescope will be

A 0.03 sec

B 3.03 sec

C 0.06 sec

D 0.15 sec
Q54. The resolving power of a telescope whose lens has a diameter of 1.22 m for
a wavelength of 5000 Å is

A 2 x 105

B 2 x 106

C 2 x 102

D 2 x 104
(solutions)
Wave optics one shot
Q1. In the Young’s double slit experiment, the ratio of intensities of bright and
dark fringes is 9. This means that

The intensities of individual sources are 5

A and 4 units respectively
The intensities of individual sources are 4
B and 1 units respectively

C The ratio of their amplitudes is 3

D The ratio of their amplitudes is 2

Solution:
Q2. The young’s experiment is performed with the lights of blue (λ = 4360 Å) and
green colour (λ = 5460 Å) If the distance of the 4th fringe from the centre is x
then

A x (Blue) = x (Green)

B x (Blue) > x (Green)

C x (Blue) < x (Green)

D
Solution:
Q3. In Young’s experiment, light of wavelength 400 Å is used to produce bright
fringes of width 0.6 mm at a distance of 2 meters. If the whole apparatus is
dipped in a liquid of reference index 1.5 then fringe width will be

A 0.2 mm

B 0.3 mm

C 0.4 mm

D 1.2 mm
Solution:
Q4. In Young’s double slit experiment, if the width of the slits are in the ratio 4 : 9,
the ratio of the intensity at maxima to the intensity at minima will be

A 169 : 25

B 81 : 16

C 25 : 1

D 9:4
Solution:
Q5. In Young’s experiment, one slit is covered with a blue filter and the other (slit)
with a yellow filter. Then the interference pattern

A Will be blue

B Will be yellow

C Will be green

D Will not be formed

Solution:
Q6. The slits in a Young’s double slit experiment have equal widths and the
source is placed systematically relative to the slits. The intensity at the central
fringes is l. If one of the slits is closed, the intensity at this point will be

A l0

B l0/4

C l0/2

D 4l0
Solution:
Q7. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the fringe width will remain same. If (D =
distance between screen and plane of slits, d = separation between two slits
and λ = wavelength of light used)

A Both λ and D are doubled

B Both d and D are doubled

C D is doubled but d is halved

D λ is doubled but d is halved

Solution:
Q8. 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

A 5000 Å

B 6000 Å

C 7000 Å

D 8000 Å
Solution:
Q9. 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

The intensities of both the maxima and the

A minima increase

B The intensity of maxima increase and the

minima has zero intensity

C The intensity of maxima decreases and that of

the minima increases
The intensity of maxima decreases and the
D minima has zero intensity
Solution:

2
Q10. In Young’s double-slit experiment, an interference pattern is obtained on a
screen by a light of wavelength 6000 Å, coming from the coherent sources S and
S. At certain point P on the screen third dark fringe is formed. Then the path
difference S1P - S2P in microns is

A 0.75

B 1.5

C 3.0

D 4.5
Solution:
Q11. In Young double slit experiment, when two light waves form third minimum,
they have

A Phase difference of 3 π

B Phase difference of

C Path difference of 3 λ

D Path difference of
Solution:
Q12. In Young’s double slit experiment the amplitudes of two source are 3a and a
respectively. The ratio of intensities of bright and dark fringes will be

A 3:1

B 4:1

C 2:1

D 9:1
Solution:
Q13. If we observe the single slit Fraunhofer difference with wavelength λ and slit
width e, the width of the central maxima is 2θ. On decreasing the slit width for
the same λ

A θ increases

B θ remains unchanged

C θ decreases

θ increases or decreases depending

D
on the intensity of light
Solution:
Q14. A single slit of width a is illuminated by violet light of wavelength 400 mm
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 mm, the
width of the diffraction pattern is

A The pattern vanishes and the width is zero

B y/3

C 3y

D None of these
Solution:
Q15. Direction of the first secondary maximum in the Fraunhofer difference
pattern at a single slit is given by (a is the width of the slit)

D
Q16. Monochromatic green light of wavelength 5 x 10-7 m illuminates a pair of slit
1 mm apart. The separation of bright lines on the interference pattern formed on
a screen 2 m away is

A 0.25 mm

B 0.1 mm

C 1.0 mm

D 0.01 mm
Solution:
Q17. In double slit experiment, the angular width of the fringes is 0.200 for the
sodium light (λ = 5890 Å). In order to increase the angular width of the fringes by
10% the necessary change in the wavelength is

A Increase of 589 Å

Decrease of 589 Å
B

C Increase of 6479 Å

D Zero
Solution:
Q18. 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

A 34

B 40

C 25

D 38
Solution:
Q19. In the Young’s double slit experiment, if the phase difference between the
two waves interfering at a point is ∅, the intensity at that point can be expressed
by the expression

D
Solution:
Q20. In Young’s double slit experiment, the intensity on the screen at a point
where path difference is λ is K. What will be the intensity at the point where path
difference is λ/4

C K

D Zero
Solution:
Q21. The maximum intensity in Young’s double slit experiment is l. Distance
between the slits is d = 5 λ. Where λ is the wavelength of monochromatic light
used in the experiment. What will be the intensity of light in front of one of the
slits on a screen at a distance D = 10 d

D
Solution:
Solution:
Q22. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the slit are 2 mm apart and are
illuminated with a mixture of two wavelength λ0 = 750 nm and λ = 900 nm. The
minimum distance from the common central bright fringe on a screen 2 m from
the slits where a bright fringe from one interference pattern coincides with a
bright fringe from the other is

1.5 mm
A

B 3 mm

C 4.5 mm

D 6 mm
Solution:
Solution:
Q23. A beam of natural light falls on a system of 6 polaroids, which are arranged
in succession such that each polaroid is turned through 300 with respect to the
preceding one. The percentage of incident intensity that passes through the
system will be

100%
A

B 50%

C 30%

D 12%
Solution:
Q24. The light of wavelength 6328 Å is incident on a slit of width 0.2 mm
perpendicularly, the angular width of central maxima will be

0.360
A

B 0.180

C 0.720

D 0.090
Solution:
Q25. 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

A That the central maxima is narrower

B No diffraction pattern

C More number of fringes

D Less number of fringes

Solution:
Q26. Figure here shows P and Q as two equally intense coherent sources
emitting radiations of wavelength 20 m. The separation PQ is 5.0 m and phase of
P is ahead of the phase of Q by 900. A, B and C are three distant points of
observation equidistant from the mid-point of PQ. The intensity of radiations at
A, B, C will bear the ratio

0:1:4
A

B 4:1:0

C 0:1:2

D 2:1:0
Solution:

0
Q27. In the figure is shown Young’s double slit experiment. Q is the position of
the first bright on the right side of O, P is the 11 fringe on the other side, as
measured from Q. If the wavelength of the light used is 6000 x 10-10 m , then S1 B
will be equal to

A 6 ｘ10-6 m

B 6.6 ｘ10-6 m

C 3.138 ｘ10-7 m

D 3.144 ｘ10-7 m
Solution:

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Q28. In Young’s double slit experiment the y-coordinates of central maxima and
10 maxima are 2 cm and 5 cm respectively. When the YDSE apparatus is
immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.5 the corresponding y-coordinates will
be

A 2 cm 7.5 cm

B 3 cm 6 cm

C 2 cm 4 cm

D 4/3 cm 10/3 cm
Solution:
Q29. In Young’s double slit experiment how many maximas can be obtained on a
screen (including the central maximum) on both sides of the central fringe if
λ = 2000 Å and d = 7000 Å

A 12

B 7

C 18

D 4
Solution:
Q30. In a young’s double slit experiment, the slits are 2 mm apart and are
illuminated with a mixture of two wavelength λ0 = 750 nm and λ = 900 nm. The
minimum distance from the common central bright fringe on a screen 2 m from
the slits where a bright fringe from one interference pattern coincides with a
bright fringe from the other is

A 1.5 mm

B 3 mm

C 4.5 mm

D 6 mm
Solution:
Solution:
Q31. Two coherent sources separated by distance d are radiating in phase having
wavelength λ. A detector moves in a big circle around the two sources in the
plane of the two sources. The angular position of n = 4 interference maxima is
given as

D
Solution:
Q32. In a single slit diffraction of light of wavelength λ by a slit of width e, the
size of the central maximum on a screen at a distance b is

D
Solution:
Q33. The ratio of intensities of consecutive maxima in the diffraction pattern due
to a single slit is

A 1:4:9

B 1:2:3

D
Solution:
Q34. A parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 5000 Å is incident
normally on a single narrow slit of width 0.001 mm. The light is focussed by a
convex lens on a screen placed on the focal plane. The first minimum will be
formed for the angle of diffraction equal to

A 0

B 15

C 30

D 60
Solution:
Q35. What will be the angular width of central maxima in Fraunhofer diffraction
when light of wavelengths 600 Å is used and slit width is 12 x 10-5 cm.

A 2 rad

B 3 rad

C 1 rad

D 8 rad
Solution:
Q36. A beam of light of wavelength 600 mm 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

A 1.2 mm

B 1.2 cm

C 2.4 cm

D 2.4 mm
Solution:
Q37. A light wave is incident normally over a slit of width 24 x 10-5 cm. The
angular position of second dark fringe from the central maxima is 300. What is
the wavelength of light.

A 6000 Å

5000 Å
B

C 3000 Å

D 1500 Å
Solution:
Q38. A beam of plane polarized light falls normally on a polarizer of cross
sectional area 3 x 10-4 m2. Flux of energy of incident ray in 10 W. The polarizer
rotates with an angular frequency of 31.4 rad/sec. The energy of light passing
through the polarizer per revolution will be

A 10-4 Joule

B 10-3 Joule

C 10-2 Joule

D 10-1 Joule
Solution:
Solution:
Q39. The maximum number of possible interference maxima for slit separation
equal to twice the wavelength in Young’s double-slit experiment is

A Infinite

B Five

C Three

D Zero
Solution:
Q40. If I0 is the intensity of the principal maximum in the single slit diffraction
pattern, then what will be its intensity when the slit width is doubled

A I0

C 2 I0

D 4 I0
Solution:

2
Q41. In Young’s double slit experiment intensity at a point is (¼) of the maximum
intensity. Angular position of this point is

A Sin-1 (λ/d)

B Sin-1 (λ/2d)

C Sin-1 (λ/3d)

D Sin-1 (λ/4d)
Solution:
Q42. 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

D
Solution:
Q43. Three waves of equal frequency having amplitude 10μm, 4 μm, 7 μm arrive
at a given point with successive phase difference of , the amplitude of the
resulting wave in μm is given by

A 4

B 5

C 6

D 7
Solution:
Solution:
Q44. 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
shortest wavelength at the least distance from the central maximum is

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4
Solution:
Q45. In Young’s double slit experiment, the 8th maximum with wavelength λ1 is at
a distance d1 from the central maximum and the 6th maximum with a wavelength
λ2 is at a distance d2. Then (d1 / d2) is equal to

D
Solution:
Q46. The path difference between two interfering waves of equal intensities at a
point on the screen is λ / 4. The ratio of intensity at this point and that at the
central fringe will be

A 1:1

B 1:2

C 2:1

D 1:4
Solution:
Q47. 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

A 1:1

C 2:1

D 4:1
Solution:
Q48. the figure shows four pairs of polarizing sheets, seen face - on. Each pair is
mounted in the path of initially unpolarized light. The polarizing direction of each
sheet ( indicated by the dashed line ) is referenced to either a horizontal x - axis
or a vertical y axis. Rank the pair according to the fraction of the initial intensity
that pass greatest first

A (i)(I) > (ii) > (iii) > (iv)(ii)

B (i)> (iv) > (ii) > (iii)

C (i) > (iii) > (ii) > (iv)

D (iv) > (iii) > (ii) > (i)

Solution:
Q49. plane polarised light is passed through a polaroid. On viewing through the
polaroid we find when the polaroid is given one complete rotation about the
direction of the light, one of the following is observed

The intensity of light gradually

A
decreases to zero and remains at zero
The intensity of light gradually
B increases to a maximum and remains
at maximum

C There is no change in tensity

The intensity of light is twice

D
maximum and twice zero
Q50. Two nicols are oriented with their principal planes making an angle of 60°.
The percentage of incident unpolarized light which passes through the system is

A 50%

B 100%

C 12.5%

D 37.5%
Solution:
Q51. when an unpolarized light of intensity I0 is incident on a polarizing sheet, the
intensity of the light which does not get transmitted is

A Zero

B I0

D
Solution:
Q52. when unpolarised light beam is incident from air onto glass ( n = 1.5 )at the
polarising angle

A Reflected beam is polarised 100

percent

B Reflected and refracted beams are

partially polarised

C The reason for (a) is that almost

all the light is reflected
D All of the above
Solution:
Q53. The diameter of the objective lens of a telescope is 5.0 m and wavelength
of light is 6000 Å. The limit of resolution of this telescope will be

A 0.03 sec

B 3.03 sec

C 0.06 sec

D 0.15 sec
Solution:
Q54. The resolving power of a telescope whose lens has a diameter of 1.22 m for
a wavelength of 5000 Å is

A 2 x 105

B 2 x 106

C 2 x 102

D 2 x 104
Solution:
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