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Wave-Optics
Fill in the Blank
0
1. A light of wavelength 6000A in air, enters a medium with refractive index 1.5. Inside the medium
0
its frequency is ……………...Hz and its wavelength is …………6000A 1997)

c 3  108 1015
1. As frequency does not depend on medium , v =  Hz  Hz  5  1014 Hz
 6000  1010 2
Wavelength in the medium = (/) = (6000)(2/3) = 4000Å

*2. A slit of width d is placed in front of a lens of focal length 0.5 m and is illuminated normally with
light of wavelength 5.89  107 m. The first diffraction minima on either side of the central
diffraction maximum are separated by 2  103 m. The width d of the slit is ………….…m. (1997)

*3. If 0 and 0 are, respectively, the electric permittivity and magnetic permeability of free space, 
and  are the corresponding quantities in a medium, the index of refraction of the medium in
terms of the above parameters is ……………... (1992)

1
3. According to the electromagnetic wave theory, velocity of light in vacuum (c)  and
 0 0
1
velocity of light in medium (v)  where  stands for electric permittivity and  for magnetic

c
permeability. By definition n 
v

4. A point source emits sound equally in all directions in a non-absorbing medium. Two points P
and Q are at a distance of 9 m and 25 m respectively from the source. The ratio of the amplitudes
of the waves at P and Q is……………... (1989)

5. In Young’s double-slit experiment, the two slits act as coherent sources of equal amplitude A and
of wavelength . In another experiment with the same set-up the two slits are sources of equal
amplitude ‘A’ and wavelength  but are incoherent. The ratio of the intensity of light at the
midpoint of the screen in the first case to that in the seconds is…………… (1986)

5. In first case there is sustained interference hence Imax = 4I (at mid pt of screen) In second case
there is no sustained interference hence intensity is equal everywhere i.e., equal to I + I = 2I
Now ratio 2 : 1

6. A monochromatic beam of light of wavelength 6000A0 in vacuum enters a medium of refractive

index 1.5. In the medium its wavelength is ……. Its frequency is ……… (1985)
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7. A light wave of frequency 5  10 Hz enters a medium of refractive index 1.5. In the medium, the
velocity of the light wave is ………… and its wavelength is………... (1983)

True/false

1. In Young’s double slit experiment performed with a source of white light, only black and white
fringes are observed. (1987)

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2. The two slits in a Young’s double slit experiment are illuminated by two different sodium lamps
emitting light of the same wavelength. No interference pattern will be observed on the screen.
(1984)

3. A beam of white light passing through a hollow prism gives no spectrum. (1983)

MCQ-Single Correct

1. In the 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 (2013)
2 4
 
(C)  2n  1 (D)  2n  1
8 16

2. Young’s double slit experiment is carried out by using green, red and blue light, one color at a
time. The fringe widths recorded are G, R and B, respectively. Then,
(A) G > B > R (B) B > G > R
(C) R > B > G (D) R > G > B (2012)

3. In YDSE, an electron beam is used to obtain interference pattern. If speed of electron is

increased then
(A) no interference pattern will be observed.
(B) distance between two consecutive fringes will increase.
(C) distance between two consecutive fringes will decrease.
(D) distance between two consecutive fringes remains same. (2005)

4. In Young’s double slit experiment the angular position of a point on the central maxima whose
intensity is one fourth of maximum intensity
(A) sin1 (/d) (B) sin1   2d 
(C) sin1   3d  (D) sin1   4d (2005)

5. Monochromatic light of wavelength 400 nm and 560 nm are incident simultaneously and
normally on double slits apparatus whose slits separation is 0.1 mm and screen distance is 1m.
Distance between areas of total darkness will be (2004)
(A) 4 mm (B) 5.6 mm
(C) 14 mm (D) 28 mm

6. A plane wave of wavelength  is incident at an angle  Q O

R
on a plane mirror. Maximum intensity will be observed
at P (See figure), when 
d
(A) cos  = 3/2d C
(B) sec   cos  = 3/4d
(C) cos  = /4d A
P
(D) sec   cos  = /2d
B (2003)

7. In the ideal double-slit experiment , when a glass-plate (refractive index 1.5) of thickness t is
introduced in the path of one of the interfering beams (wave-length ), the intensity at the position
where the central maximum occurred previously remains unchanged. The minimum thickness of
the glass-plate is (2002)
(A) 2 (B) 2/3
(C) /3 (D) 

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8. Two beams of light having intensities I and 4I interfere to produce a fringe pattern on a screen.
The phase difference between the beams is /2 at point A and  at point B. Then the difference
between the resultant intensities at A and B is
(A) 2I (B) 4I
(C) 5I (D) 7I (2001)

9. 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 (2001)
(A) 12 (B) 18
(C) 24 (D) 30

10. 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 (2000)
(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 increases.
(D) the intensity of the maxima decreases and the minima has zero intensity.

11. A thin slice is cut out of a glass cylinder along a plane parallel to its axis. The
slice is placed on a flat glass plate as shown in figure. The observed
interference fringes from this combination shall be
(A) straight
(B) circular
(C) equally spaced
(D) having fringe spacing which increases as we go outwards. (1999)

12. 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,
(A) that the central maximum is narrower (B) more number of fringes
(C) less number of fringes (D) no diffraction pattern (1999)

13. 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 from the two
edges of the slit is (1998)
(A) 0 (B) /2
(C)  (D) 2

14. Consider Fraunhoffer diffraction pattern obtained with a single slit illuminated at normal incidence.
At the angular position of the first diffraction minimum the phase difference (in radius) between
the wavelets from the opposite edges of the slit is
(A) /4 (B) /2
(C) 2 (D)  (1995)

*15. A beam of light of wavelength 600 nm from a distant source

falls on a single slit 1.00 mm wide and the resulting x/2
diffraction pattern is observed on a screen 2m away. The 
distance between the first dark fringes on either side of the d

central bright fringe is,

(A) 1.2 cm (B) 1.2 mm
(C) 2.4 cm (D) 2.4 mm D (1994)

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16. Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4I are superposed. The maximum
and minimum possible intensities in the resulting beam are (1988)
(A) 5I and I (B) 5I and 3I
(C) 9I and I (D) 9I and 3I

17. 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 is (1981)
(A) unchanged (B) halved
(C) doubled (D) quadrupled.

18. When a ray of light enters a glass slab from air, (1980)
(A) its wavelength decreases.
(B) its wavelength increases.
(C) its frequency increases.
(D) neither its wavelength nor its frequency changes.

Comprehension
The figure shows a surface XY separating two transparent b d
media, medium – 1 and medium 2. The lines ab and cd
represent wavefronts of a light wave travelling in
medium-1 and incident on XY. The lines ef and gh Medium-1
represent wavefronts of the light wave in medium-2 after a c
X Y
refraction. f
h
Medium-2
1. Light travels as a
(A) parallel beam in each medium e g
(B) convergent beam in each medium
(C) divergent beam in each medium (2007)
(D) divergent beam in one medium and convergent beam in the other medium.

2. The phases of the light wave at c, d, e and f are c, d, e and f respectively. It is given that
c  f (2007)
(A) c cannot be equal to d (B) d can be equal to e
(C) (d  f) is equal to (c  e) (D) (d  c) is not equal to (f  e)

3. Speed of the light is (2007)

(A) the same in medium-1 and medium-2 (B) larger in medium-1 than in medium-2
(C) larger in medium-2 than in medium-1 (D) different at b and d

MCQ-Multi Correct
1. Two coherent monochromatic point sources S1 and S2 P1
of wavelength  = 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 P2
consecutive bright spots is . Which of the following S1 S2
options is/are correct? d
[A] A dark spot will be formed at the point P2
[B] At P2 the order of the fringe will be maximum (2017)
[C] The total number of fringes produced between P1 and P2 in the first quadrant is close to 3000
[D] The angular separation between two consecutive bright spots decreases as we move from P1
to P2 along the first quadrant

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2. While conducting the Young’s double slit experiment, a student replaced the two slits with a large
opaque plate in the x-y plane containing two small holes that act as two coherent point sources
(S1, S2) emitting light of wavelength 600 nm. The student mistakenly placed the screen parallel to
the x-z plane (for z > 0) at a distance D = 3 m from the mid-point of S1S2, as shown schematically
in the figure. The distance between the sources d = 0.6003 mm. The origin O is at the
intersection of the screen and the line joining S1S2. which of the following is(are) true of the
intensity pattern on the screen? (2016)

Screen
z

O
S1 S2 y
d
x
D
(A) Hyperbolic bright and dark bands with foci symmetrically placed about O in the x-direction
(B) Semi circular bright and dark bands centred at point O
(C) The region very close to the point O will be dark
(D) Straight bright and dark bands parallel to the x-axis

3. 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 m 1 and m2,
respectively, then (2014)
(A) 2 > 1
(B) m1 > m2
(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

4 In a Young’s double slit experiment, the separation between the two slits is d and the wavelength
of the light is . The intensity of light falling on slit 1 is four times the intensity of light falling on slit
2. Choose the correct choice(s). (2008)
(A) If d = , the screen will contain only one maximum
(B) If  < d < 2, at least one more maximum (besides the central maximum) will be observed on
the screen
(C) If the intensity of light falling on slit 1 is reduced so that it becomes equal to that of slit 2, the
intensities of the observed dark and bright fringes will increase
(D) If the intensity of light falling on slit 2 is increased so that it becomes equal to that of slit 1, the
intensities of the observed dark and bright fringes will increase

5. In an interference arrangement similar to Young’s double-slit experiment,

S1
the slits S1 and S2 are illuminated with coherent microwave sources, each d/2
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of frequency 10 Hz. The source are synchronized to have zero phase 

difference. The slits are separated by a distance d = 150.0 m. The d/2

intensity I () is measured as a function of , where  is defined as shown. S2
If I0 is the maximum intensity, then I () for 0   90 is given by
(A) I () = Io/2 for  = 30 (B) I() = Io/4 for  = 90o
(C) I() = Io for  = 0 (D) I() is constant for all values of  (1995)

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6. White light is used to illuminate the two slits in a Young’s double slit experiment. The separation
4between 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 (1984)
b2 2b2
(A)   (B)  
d d
b2 2b2
(C)   (D)  
3d 3d

7. In the Young’s double slit experiment, the interference pattern is found to have an intensity ratio
between the bright and dark fringes as 9. This implies that (1982)
(A) the intensities at the screen due to the two slits are 5 units and 4 units respectively.
(B) the intensities at the screen due to the two slits are 4 units and 1 unit respectively.
(C) the amplitude ratio is 3.
(D) the amplitude ratio is 2.

Match the Matrix

1. Column I shows four situations of standard Young’s double slit arrangement with the screen
placed far away from the slits S1 and S2. In each of these cases S1P0 = S2P0, S1P1  S2P1 = /4
and S1P2  S2P2 = /3, where  is the wavelength of the light used. In the cases B, C and D, a
transparent sheet of refractive index  and thickness t is pasted on slit S2. The thicknesses of the
sheets are different in different cases. The phase difference between the light waves reaching a
point P on the screen from the two slits is denoted by (P) and the intensity by I(P). Match each
situation given in Column I with the statement(s) in Column II valid for that situation. (2009)
Column I Column II
(A)
S2 P2
P1 (p) (P0) = 0
P0
S1

(B) (  1)t = /4 (q)  (P1) = 0

S2 P2
P1
P0
S1

(r) I(P1) = 0

(C) (  1)t = /2 S2 P2

P1
P0
S1

(s) I (P0) > I(P1)

S2 P2
(D) (  1)t = 3/4 P1
P0
S1

(t) I (P2) > I (P1)

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Subjective

1. A Young’s double slit interference arrangement

with slits S1 and S2 is immersed in water
(refractive index = 4/3) as shown in the figure. S1
The positions of maxima on the surface of water
d
are given by x2 = p2m22 – d2, where  is the x Air
wavelength of light in air (refractive index = 1), d
water
2d is the separation between the slits and m is S2
an integer. The value of p is
(2015)

2. In a Young’s double slit experiment light consisting of two wavelengths 1 = 500 nm and 2 = 700
nm is incident normally on the slits. Find the distance from the central maxima where the
maximas due to two wavelengths coincide for the first time after central maxima.
D
(Given  1000 ) where D is the distance between the slits and the screen and d is the
d
separation between the slits. (2004)

3. A point source S emitting light of wavelength 600 nm is placed at a very P

Screen
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 reflecting surface at a very
large distance D from it.
(a) What is the shape of the interference fringes on the screen? D
(b) Calculate the ratio of the minimum to the maximum intensities in the
interference fringes formed near the point P (shown in the figure)
(c) If the intensity at point P corresponds to a maximum, calculate h S
the minimum distance through which the reflecting surface AB A B
should be shifted so that the intensity at P again becomes maximum. (2002)

4. A vessel ABCD of 10cm width has two

small slits S1 and S2 sealed with identical A D
glass plates of equal thickness. The
distance between the slits is 0.8 mm. POQ S1
is the line perpendicular to the plane AB P
and passing through O, the middle point of Q
O
S1 and S2. A monochromatic light source is S2
kept at S, 40cm below P and 2m from the 40cm
vessel, to illuminate the slits as shown in
the figure below. Calculate the position of 2m 10 cm
the central bright fringe on the other wall S C
B
CD with respect to the line OQ. Now, a liquid is poured into the vessel and filled up to OQ. The
central bright fringe is found to be at Q. Calculate the refractive index of the liquid. (2001)

5. A glass plate of refractive index 1.5 is coated with a thin layer of thickness t and refractive Index
1.8. Light of wavelength  travelling in air is incident normally on the layer. It is partly reflected at
the upper and the lower surfaces of the layer and the two reflected rays interfere. Write the
condition for their constructive interference. If  = 648 nm, obtain the least value of t for which the
rays interfere constructively. (2000)

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6. The Young’s double slit experiment is done in a medium of Y

refractive index 4/3. A light of 600 nm wavelength is falling on the
S1
slits having 0.45 mm separation. The lower slit S2 is covered by
O
a thin glass sheet of thickness 10.4 m and refractive index 1.5. S2
The interference pattern is observed on a screen placed 1.5 m
from the slits as shown in figure.
(a) Find the location of the central maximum (bright fringe with zero path difference) on the
y-axis.
(b) Find the light intensity at point O relative to the maximum fringe intensity.
(c) Now, if 600 nm light is replaced by white light of range 400 to 700 nm, find the wavelengths of
the light that from maxima exactly at point O.
[All wavelengths in this problem are for the given medium of refractive index 4/3. Ignore
dispersion.] (1999)

7. A coherent parallel beam of microwaves of y

wavelength  = 0.5 mm falls on a Young’s double slit
d = 1.0 mm
apparatus. The separation between the slits is 1.0 30
x
mm. The intensity of microwave is measured on a
screen placed parallel to the plane of the slits at a D = 1.0 m
screen
distance of 1.0 m from it as shown in figure.
(a) If the incident beam falls normally on the double slit apparatus, find the y-coordinates of all the
interference minima on the screen.
(b) if the incident beam makes an angle of 300 with the x axis (as the dotted arrow shown in
figure) find the y-coordinates of the first minima on either side of the central maximum. (1998)

8. In Young’s experiment, the source is red light of wavelength 7  107m. When a thin glass plate of
refractive index 1.5 at this wavelength is put in the path of one of the interfering beam, the central
bright fringe shifts by 103m to the position previously occupied by the 5th bright fringe. Find the
thickness of the plate. When the source is now changed to green light of wavelength 5  107m
the central fringe shifts to a position initially occupied by the 6th bright fringe due to red light. Find
the refractive index of glass for the green light. Also estimate the change in fringe width due to the
change in wavelength. (1997)

9. In Young’s experiment, the upper slit is covered by a thin glass plate of refractive index 1.4, while
the lower slit is covered by another glass plate having the same thickness as the first one but
having the refractive index 1.7. Interference pattern is observed using light of wavelength 5400A.
It is found that the point P on the screen where central maximum (n = 0) fall before the glass plate
were inserted, now has ¾ the original intensity. It is further observed that what used to be the fifth
maximum earlier lies below the point P while the sixth minima lies above P. Calculate the
thickness of glass plate. (Absorption of light by glass plate may be neglected). (1997)

*10. Angular-width of central maximum in the Fraunhofer diffraction pattern of a slit is measured. The

slit is illuminated by light of wavelength 6000 A . When the slit is illuminated by light of another
wavelength the angular-width decreases by 30%. Calculate the wavelength of this light. The
same decrease in the angular-width of central maximum is obtained when the original apparatus
is immersed in a liquid. Find refractive index of the liquid. (1996)

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11. In the figure shown, S is a monochromatic point

L1
source emitting light of wavelength =500nm. A thin A
lens of circular shape and focal length 0.10m is cut 0.5mm
S
into two identical halves L1 and L2 by a plane passing O
through a diameter. The two halves are placed screen
L2
symmetrically about the central axis SO with a gap of
0.5 mm. The distance along the axis from S to L1 and
0.15m 1.30m
L2 is 0.15m, while that from L1 and L2 to O is 1.30 m.
The screen at O is normal to SO.
(i) If the third intensity maximum occurs at point A on the screen, find distance OA.
(ii) If the gap between L1 and L2 is reduced from its original value of 0.5 mm, will the distance OA
increase, decrease, or remain the same? (1993)

12. A narrow monochromatic beam of light of intensity ‘I’ is incident on a I2

glass plate as shown in fig. Another identical glass plate is kept (ii)
close to the first one and parallel to it. Each glass plate reflects 25
percent of the light incident on it and transmits the remaining. Find I1
the ratio of the minimum and the maximum intensities in the (i)

interface pattern formed by the two beams obtained after one I

reflection at each plate. 1 2

(1990)

13. In a modified Young’s double slit experiment, a mono-

chromatic uniform and parallel beam of light of wavelength
6000 Ǻ and intensity (10/) Wm2 is incident normally on two A
circular apertures A and B of radii 0.001m and 0.002m
respectively. A perfectly transparent film of thickness 2000 Ǻ
and refractive index 1.5 for the wavelength of 6000A is placed F

in front of aperture A, as shown in the figure. Calculate the B

power (in watts) received at the focal spot F of the lens. The
lens is symmetrically placed with respect to the apertures.
Assume that 10% of the power received by each aperture
(1989)
goes in the original direction and is brought to the focal spot.

o o
14. A beam of light consisting of two wavelengths, 6500 A and 5200 A , is used to obtain interference
fringes in a Young’s double slit experiment: (1985)
(a) Find the distance of the third bright fringe on the screen from the central maximum for
o
wavelength 6500 A .
(b) What is the least distance form the central maximum where the bright fringes due to both
wavelengths coincide? The distance between the slits is 2mm and the distance between the
plane of slits and the screen is 120 cm.

15. 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 is
introduced in the path of one of the interfering waves. The mica sheet is then removed and the
distance between the 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 monochromatic light used in the
experiment. (1983)

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16. Screen S is illuminated by two point sources A and B. Another C

source C sends a parallel beam of light towards point P on the
screen. Line AP is normal to the screen and the lines AP, BP and
CP are in one plane. The distances AP, BP and CP are 3m, 1.5 60
P
m and 1.5 m respectively. The radiant powers of sources A and B A 60
are 90 watts and 180 watts respectively. The beam from C is of
2
intensity 20 watts/m . Calculate the intensity at P on the screen.
B S (1982)

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