Grade - 1
Grade - 1
GRADE-1
DUAL NATURE OF MATTER AND RADIATION
BASIC QUESTIONS
Q.1 State de-Broglie’s hypothesis .Give the theoretical proof of this law .
Q.3 Give all the formulas for the wavelength of de Broglie wavelength .
Q.4 What is electronic emission? How many types of electronic emission is possible ?
Q.5 Define photoelectric effect . Also describe what is threshold frequency and work function
giving their formulas ?
Q.10 Explain briefly the reasons why wave theory of light was not able to explain the
observed features of photo-electric effect?
NUMERICAL PROBLEMS
Q.1 If light of wavelength 412.5nm is incident on each of the metals in table , which ones
will show photoelectric emission and why ?
Q.2 An alpha particle and a proton are accelerated through the same potential difference .
Find the ratio of their de- Broglie wavelengths.
Q.3 The equivalent wavelength of moving electron has the same value as that of a photon of
energy 6 x 10-17J. Calculate the momentum of the electron.
Q.4 The given graph shows the variation of photoelectric current vs potential for two
different photosensitive materials and for two different intensities of the incident radiation .
Identify the pair of curves that correspond to different materials but same intensity of incident
radiation .
Q.5 Given below is a graph between frequency and kinetic energy of emitted photoelectrons.
Find the values of (i) threshold frequency, (ii) work function from the graph.
Q.7 Define the term work function of a metal. The threshold frequency of a metal is f o .
When the light of frequency 2fo is incident on the metal plate, the maximum velocity of
electrons emitted is ν1. When the frequency of the incident radiation is increased to 5f o,
the maximum velocity of electrons is ν2. Find the ratio of ν1 to ν2.
Q.2 Electrons are emitted from a photosensitive surface when it is illuminated by green light
but electron emission does not take place by yellow light. Will the electrons be emitted when
the surface is illuminated by : (i) red light, and (ii) blue light?
Q.3 Ultraviolet light is incident on two photosensitive materials having work functions W1
and W2 (W1 > W2). In which case will the kinetic energy of the emitted electrons be greater ?
Why?
Q.4 Two metals M1 and M2 have work functions 2eV and 4eV respectively. Which of the two
has a higher threshold wavelength for photoelectric emission?
Q.6 Which one of the following metals does not exhibit emission of electrons from its surface
when irradiated by visible light ?
Q.7 The work function of a photosensitive surface is 3.315 eV . The cut off wavelength for
photoemission of electron from this surface is
(a) increase (b) decrease (c) not change (d) first decrease and then become
zero .
Q.9 Plot a graph showing the variation of stopping potential with frequency of incident
radiation for two different photosensitive materials having work functions H 1 and H2 ( W1>
W2). On what function does the (i) slope and (ii) intercept of lines depend?
Q.12 Why de-Broglie waves associated with a moving football not visible? The
wavelength ƛ, of a photon and the de-Broglie wavelength of an electron have the same
value. Show that the energy of the photon is 2ƛmc/h times the kinetic energy of the
electron, where m,c, and h have their usual meanings.