ZION MATRIC HIGHER SECONDARY

SCHOOL
(SELAIYUR, MADAMBAKKAM, SEMBAKKAM)
HOTS

1. Which one of the following phenomenon is not explained by

Huygen’s construction of wavefront
a) Refraction b) Reflection
c) Diffraction d) Origin of spectra

2. The frequency of light wave in a material is 2 × 10 14 Hz and

wavelength is 5000Å. The refractive index of material will be
a) 1.50 b) 3.00 c) 1.33 d) 1.40

3. An electromagnetic radiation of frequency n, wavelength ,

travelling with velocity v in air, enters a glass slab of refractive
index µ. The frequency, wavelength and velocity of light in the
glass slab will be respectively
a) n, 2 and v /µb b) 2n / /µ and v
c) n, , v/2 d) n, /µ, v/µ

4. The refractive index of water is 1.33. The speed of light in water

is?
a) 4 × 108 m/s b) 3 × 108 m/s
c) 2.25 × 108 m/s d) 1.33 × 108 m/s

5. Light travels through a glass plate of thickness t and refractive

index n. If c is the velocity of light in vacuum, then the time
taken by light to travel the thickness of the plate will be :
a) t/nc b) nt/c c) tnc d) tc/n

6. A star that is emitting radiation at a wavelength of 5000A°, is

approaching the earth with a velocity of 1.5 × 10 4 m/s. The
change in wavelength of the radiation as received on the earth
is
a) 25A° b) 100A° c) zero d) 2.5A°
7. Time taken by the sunlight to pass through a window of
thickness 4mm whose refractive index is 1.5 is
a) 2 × 10-4 b) 2 × 108 c) 2 × 10-11 d) 2 × 1011

8. A beam of monochromatic light is refracted from vacuum into a

medium of refractive index 1.5. The wave length of refracted
light will be
a) dependent on intensity of refracted light
b) same
c) smaller
d) larger

9. Green light of wavelength 5460 A° is incident on an air – glass

interface. If the refracting index of glass is 1.5, the wavelength
of light in glass would be (c = 3 × 108 ms -1)
a) 3640Å b) 5460Å
c) 4861Å d) None of these

10. Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4I

are superposed. The maximum and minimum possible
intensities in the resulting beams are
a) 5I and I b) 9I and I
c) 5I and 3I d) 9I and 3I

11. 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 BV. Then the
difference between the resultant intensities at A and B is
a) 2I b) 4I c) 5I d) 7I

12. In Young’s double slit experiment, the separation between the

slits is halved and distance between the slits and screen is
doubled. The fringe width is
a) unchanged b) halved
c) doubled d) quadrupled

13. Young’s double slit experiment is carried out by using green, red
and blue light, one colour 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
14. Light appears to travel in a straight line, because
a) its velocity is very large
b) it is not absorbed by surrounding
c) its wavelength is very small
d) it is reflected by surrounding

15. Interference occurs in which of the following waves?

a) longitudinal b) transverse
c) electromagnetic d) all of these

16. Ratio of intensities of two waves is 9 : 1. If these waves are

superimposed, what is the ratio f maximum and minimum
intensities?
a) 9 : 1 b) 3 : 1 c) 4 : 1 d) 5 : 3

17. If the transparent slab of refractive index µ = 1.5 and thickness

t = 2.5 × 10-5m is inserted in front of one of the slits of Young’s
double slit experiment, how much will be the shift in the
interference pattern? The distance between the slits is 0.5 mm
and that between slits and screen is 100 cm.
a) 5 cm b) 2.5 cm c) 0.25 cm d) 0.1 cm

18. The angular fringe width does not depend upon

a) wavelength ()
b) distance between slits (d)
c) distance between slits and screen (D)
d) ratio  /d.

19. In Young’s double slit experiment distance between two sources

is 0.1 mm. The distance of screen from the source is 20 cm.
Wavelength of light used is 5460Å. Then, angular position of the
first dark fringe is
a) 0.08° b) 0.16° c) 0.20° d) 0.313°

20. If in Young’s double slit experiment of light, interference is

performed in water, which of the following is correct?
a) fringe width will decrease
b) fringe width will increase
 c) there will be no fringe
d) fringe width will remain unchanged

22. In diffraction from a single slit, the angular width of the central
maxima does not depend on
a)  of light used
b) width of slit
c) distance of slits from screen
d) ratio of  and slit width

23. The width of the diffraction band varies

a) inversely as the wavelength
b) directly as the width of the slit
c) directly as the distance between the slit and the screen
d) inversely as the size of the source from which the slit is
illuminated

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

on a single slit 1 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 bight fringe is
a) 1.2 cm b) 1.2 mm c) 2.4 cm d) 2.4 mm

25. In the phenomenon of diffraction of light, when blue light is used

in the experiment instead of red light, then
a) fringes will become narrower
b) fringes will become broader
c) no change in fringe width
d) none of the above

26. A single slit of width d is illuminated by violet light of

wavelength 400 nm and the width of the diffraction pattern is
measured as y. When half of the slit width is covered and other
half illuminated by yellow light of wavelength 600 nm, the width
of the diffraction pattern is
a) the pattern vanishes and the width is zero

b)
c) 3y
d) none of the above
27. Resolving power of a micropower depends upon
a) wavelength of light used (directly proportional)
b) wavelength of light used (insverely proportional)
c) frequency of light used
d) focal length of objective

28. Which one of the following can measure the position of a

particle most accurately?
a) polarized light b) light with high wavelength
c) light with low wavelength d) none of the above

29. The resolving power of a reflecting telescope depends

a) on the intensity of light used
b) directly on wavelength of the light used
c) on the focal length of objective lens
d) directly on the diameter of objective lens

30. We can obtain polarised light with the help of which of the
following instrument?
a) Nicol prism b) Biprism
c) Polarimeter d) none of these

31. An unpolarised beam of intensity I0 is incident on a pair of nicols

making an angle of 60° with each other.
The intensity of light emerging from the pair is
a) I0 b) I0/2 c) I0/4 d) I0/8

32. The angle at which reflected light is totally polarised for

reflection from air to glass (refractive index µ) is
a) sin-1 (µ) b) sin-1(1/µ)
c) tan-1(1/µ) d) tan-1(µ)

33. A ray of light strikes a material’s slab at an angle of incidence

60°. If the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each
other, the refractive index of the material is

a) b) c) c)
34. An optically active compound
a) rotates the plane polarised light
b) changes the direction of polarised light
c) does not allow plane polarised light to pass through
d) none of the above

35. Two point white dots are 1 mm apart on a black paper. They are
viewed by eye of pupil diameter 3 mm. Approximately, what is
the maximum distance at which these dots can be resolved by
the eye?
[Take wavelength of light = 500 nm].
a) 5m b) 1m c) 6m d) 3m

36. Assuming human pupil to have a radius of 0.25 cm and a

comfortable viewing distance of 25 cm, the minimum separation
between two objects that human eye can resolved at 500 nm
wavelength is
a) 1 µm b) 30 µm
c) 100 µm d) 300 µm

37. Wavelength of light used in an optical instrument are 1 = 4000

Å and 2 = 5000 Å, then ratio of their respective resolving
powers (corresponding to 1 and 2) is
a) 16 : 25 b) 9 : 1
c) 4 : 5 d) 5 : 4

38. When an unpolarised light of intensity I 0 is incident on a

polarising sheet, the intensity of the light which does not get
transmitted is
a) I0/2 b) I0/4 c) zero d) I0

39. A beam of light of wavelength 600 nm 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 cm b) 1.2 mm
c) 2.4 cm d) 2.4 mm
40. in the phenomenon of diffraction of light, when bible light is
used in the experiment instead of red light, then
a) fringes will become narrower
b) fringes will become broader
c) no change in fringe width
d) none of the above

41. A single slit of width d is illuminated by violet light of

wavelength 400 nm and the width of the diffraction pattern is
measured as y. When half of the slit width is covered and other
half illuminated by yellow light of wavelength 600 nm, the width
of the diffraction pattern is
a) the pattern vanishes and the width is zero

b)
c) 3y
d) none of the above

42. The resolving power of a reflecting telescope depends

a) on the intensity of light used
b) directly on wavelength of the light used
c) on the focal length of objective lens
d) directly on the diameter of objective lens

43. We can obtain polarised light with the help of which of the
following instrument?
a) Nicol prism b) Biprism
c) Polarimeter d) none of these

44. An unpolarised beam of intensity I 0 is incident on a pair of nicols

making an angle of 60° with each other
The intensity of light emerging from the pair is
a) I0 b) I0/2 c) I0/4 d) I0/8

45. The angle at which reflected light is totally polarised for

refraction from air to glass (refractive index µ) is
a) sin-1(µ) b) sin-1(1/µ)
c) tan-1(1/µ) d) tan-1(µ)
46. An optically active compound
a) rotates the plane polarised light
b) changes the direction of polarised light
c) does not allow plane polarised light to pass through
d) none of the above

47. An astronaut is looking down on earth’s surface from a space

shuttle at an altitude of 400 km. Assuming that the astronaut’s
pupil diameter is 5 mm and the wavelength of visible light is 500
nm, the astronaut will be able to resolve linear objects of the
size of about
a) 0.5 m b) 5 m c) 50 m d) 500 m

48. The diameter of the objective of a telescope is 0.1 m and the

wavelength of the light is 6000 Å. Its resolving power would be
approximately
a) 6 × 10-5 rad b) 6 × 104 rad
c) 6 × 10-3 rad d) 6 × 10-6 rad

49. For a parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength ‘  ’,

diffraction is produced by a single slit whose width ‘a’ is of the
order of the wavelength of the light. If ‘D’ is the distance of the
screen from the slit, the width of the central maxima will be

a) b) c) d)

50. At the first minimum adjacent to the central maximum of a

single-slit diffraction pattern the phase difference between the
Huygen’s wavelet from the edge of the slit and the wavelet from
the midpoint of the slit is

a) radian b) radian

c) radian d)  radian

51. A beam of light of  = 600 nm 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 first dark
fringes on either side of the central bright fringe is
a) 1.2 cm b) 1.2 mm c) 2.4 cm d) 2.4 mm