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WAVE OPTICS 1. In figure, a wave front AB moving in air is incident on a plane glass surface XY. Its position CD after refraction through a glass slab is shown also along with the normal drawn at A and D. The refractive index of the glass with respect to air will be equal to
B X A O D Y GLASS AIR

a) BD/AC

b) AB/CD

c) BD/AD

d) AC/AD

2. Laser light is considered to be coherent because it consists of a) may wavelength c) coordinated waves of exactly the same wavelength

b) uncoordinated wavelength d) divergent beam

3. In the Young's double slit experiment, the interference pattern is found to have an intensity ratio between bright and dark fringes, as 9. This implies that 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. 4. In Young's double slit experiment, the separation between the slit is halved and the distance between the slits and screen is doubled. The fringe width is a) unchanged b) halved c) double d) quadrupled 5. In Young's experiment, the wavelength of red light is 7.8 10-5 cm and that of blue light 5.2 10-5 cm. The value of n for which ( n + 1 )th blue bright band coincides with nth red band is a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1 6. We shift Young's double slit experiment from air to water. Assuming that water is still and clear, it can be predicted that the fringe pattern will a) remain unchanged b) disappear c) shrink d) be enlarged 7. In Young's double slit interference experiment, the distance between two sources is 0.1 mm. The distance of the screen from the sources is 20 cm. Wavelength of light used is 5460 . Then the angular position of the first dark fringe is a) 0.08 b) 0.16 c) 0.20 d) 0.32 8. If one of the two slits of a Young's double slit experiment is painted over so that it transmits half the light intensity of the other then a) the fringe system would disappear b) the bright fringes will be more bright and dark fringes will be more dark c) the dark fringes would be bright and bright fringes would be darker d) bright as well as dark fringes would be darker 9. In Young's double slit experiment, if two slightly different wavelengths are present in the light used, then a) the sharpness of fringes will increase every where ( compared to the case when monochromatic light is used ) b) there will be no fringes at all c) the sharpness of fringes will decrease as we move away from central fringe. d) the central fringe will be white.

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10. In Young's double slit experiment, illuminated by yellow light, one slit is covered with plane transparent thin glass plate and the other slit by blue filter. Then a) there will be yellow and blue interference fringes formed on the screen. b) there will be uniform illumination on the screen. c) the maximum intensity fringes will be double coloured. d) the minimum intensity fringes will be dark. 11. In the Young's double slit experiment, the two equally bright slits are coherent, but of phase difference p/3. If the maximum intensity on the screen is I0, the intensity at the point on the screen equidistant from the slits is a) I0 b) I0/2 c) I0/4 d) 3I0/4 12. In an interference pattern produced by two identical slits, the intensity at the site of the central maximum is I. The intensity at the same spot when either of the two slits is closed is I0. therefore a) I = I0 b) I = 2I0 c) I = 4I0 d) I = I0 are not related to each other 13. In a Young's double slits experiment, the source S and two slits A and B are horizontal, with slit A above slit B. The fringes are observed on a vertical screen K. The optical path length from S to B is increased very slightly ( by introducing a transparent material of higher refractive index ( and optical path length from S to A is not changed. As a result the fringe system on K moves a) vertically downwards slightly b) vertically upwards slightly c) horizontally, slightly to the left d) horizontally, slightly to the right 14. Two waves originating from source S1 and S2 having zero phase difference and common wavelength l will show completely destructive interference at a point P if ( S1 P - S2 P ) is b) 3 / 4 c) 2 d) 11 / 2 a) 5 15. When light wave suffers reflection at the interface between air and glass, the change of phase of the reflected wave is equal to c) d) 2 a) zero b) /2 16. Four independent waves are expressed as y1 = a1 sin t, y2 = a2 sin 2 t, y3 = a3 cos t and y4 = a4 sin ( t + /3 ). The interference is possible between a) (i) and (iii) b) (i) and (iv) c) (iii) and (iv) d) all of the above 17. In a two slit experiment with monochromatic light, fringes are obtained on a screen placed at some distance from the slits. If the screen is moved by 5 10-2 m towards the slits, the change in fringe width is 3 10-5 m. If separation between the slits is 10-3 m, the wavelength of light used is a) 6000 b) 5000 c) 3000 d) 4500 18. Light travels faster in air than in glass according to a) Wave theory of light b) Corpuscular theory of light

c) Both 1 and 2

d) Neither 1 or 2

19. The condition for observing Fraunhofer diffraction from a single slit is that the light wavefront incident on the slit should be a) spherical b) cylindrical c) plane d) elliptical 20. The first diffraction minima due to a single slit diffraction is at = 30 for a light of wavelength 5000 . The width of the slit is a) 5 10-4 cm b) 1.0 10-4 cm c) 2.5 10-4 cm d) 1.25 10-4 cm. 21. To observe diffraction, the size of an obstacle a) should be of the same order as wavelength c) have no relation to wavelength

b) should be much larger than the wavelength d) should be exactly /2

22. A diffraction pattern is obtained using a beam of red light. What happens if the red light is replaced by blue light a) no change b) diffraction bands become narrower and crowded together c) bands become broader and farther apart d) bands disappear

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23. Light of wavelength 6328 is incident normally on a slit having a width of 0.2 mm. The width of the central maximum measured from minimum to minimum of diffraction pattern on a screen 9.0 metres away will be about a) 0.36 degrees b) 0.18 degrees c) 0.72 degrees d) 0.09 degrees

24. The transverse nature of light is shown by a) interference of light b) refraction of light c) polarisation of light d) dispersion of light

25. When unpolarised light is incident on a plane glass plate at Brewster's ( polarising ) angle, then which of the following statements is correct a) reflected and refracted rays are completely polarised with their planes of polarisation parallel to each other. b) reflected and refracted rays are completely polarised with their planes of polarisation perpendicular to each other. c) the reflected light is plane polarised but transmitted light is partially polarised. d) the reflected light is partially polarised but refracted light is plane polarised. 26. In a biprism experiment using sodium light of 1 = 6000 , an interference pattern is obtained in which 20 fringes occupy 2.0 cm. On replacing the sodium source by a source of wavelength 2 , while making no other changes, 30 fringes are found to occupy 2.7 cm on the screen; 2 is a) 4500 b) 5400 c) 5600 d) 4200

27. A glass slab of thickness 4 cm contains the same number of waves as 5 cm of water when both are transversed by the same monochromatic light. If the refractive index of water is 4/3, what is the refractive index of glass ? a) 5/3 b) 5/4 c) 16/15 d) 3/2 28. The colour of thin films results from a) dispersion b) interference 29. Light appears to travel in a straight line because a) it emits small particles c) the wavelength of light is very small

c) absorption

d) scattering

b) the velocity of light is very large d) light is reflected by the surroundings

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