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CBSE Class 12 Physics Wave Optics Worksheet Set A
Question. A single slit diffraction pattern is obtained using a beam of red light. If the red light is replaced by the blue light, then the diffraction pattern
(a) remains unchanged
(b) becomes narrower
(c) becomes broader
(d) will disappear
Answer: B
Question. The idea of the quantum nature of light has emerged in an attempt to explain
(a) interference
(b) diffraction
(b) polarization
(d) radiation spectrum of a black body
Answer: D
Question. The deflection of light in a gravitational field was predicted first by
(a) Einstein
(b) Newton
(c) Max Planck
(d) Maxwell
Answer: B
Question. If a wave can be polarized, it must be
(a) a transverse wave
(b) a longitudinal wave
(c) a sound wave
(d) a stationary wave
Answer: A
Question. To demonstrate the phenomenon of interference, we require two sources which emit radiation of
(a) nearly the same frequency
(b) the same frequency
(c) different wavelengths
(d) the same frequency and having a definite phase relationship
Answer: D
Question. Angular width (B) of central maxima of a diffraction pattern of a single slit does not depend upon
(a) distance between slit and source
(b) wavelength of the light used
(c) width of slit
(d) frequency of light used
Answer: A
Question. The phenomenon by which stars recedes from each other is explained by
(a) black hole theory
(b) neutron star theory
(c) white dwarf
(d) red shift
Answer: D
Question. Interference was observed in an interference chamber when air was present. Now, the chamber is evacuated and if the same light is used, a careful observation will show
(a) no interference
(b) interference with bright bands
(c) interference with dark bands
(d) interference in which breadth of the fringe will be slightly increased
Answer: D
Question. Which of the following does not support the wave nature of light?
(a) Interference
(b) Diffraction
(c) Polarisation
(d) Photoelectric effect.
Answer: D
Question. The colours seen in the reflected white light from a thin oil film are due to
(a) diffraction
(b) interference
(c) polarisation
(d) dispersion
Answer: B
Question. The contrast in the fringes in an interference pattern depends on
(a) fringe width
(b) wavelength
(c) intensity ratio of the sources
(d) distance between the slits
Answer: C
Question. Which of the following phenomena is not common to sound and light waves ?
(a) Interference
(b) Diffraction
(c) Coherence
(d) Polarisation
Answer: D
Question. The phenomenon of interference is shown by
(a) longitudinal mechanical waves only
(b) transverse mechanical waves only
(c) non-mechanical transverse waves only
(d) All of the above
Answer: D
Question. Polarisation of light establishes
(a) corpuscular theory of light
(b) quantum nature of light
(c) transverse nature of light
(d) all of the three
Answer: C
Question. If the intensities of the two interfering beams in Young’s double-slit experiment are I1 and I2, then the contrast between the maximum and minimum intensities is good when
(a) | I1 and I2 | is large
(b) | I1 and I2 | is small
(c) either I1 or I2 is zero
(d) I1 = I2
Answer: D
Question. In Young's double slit experiment, if the slit widths are in the ratio 1 : 2, the ratio of the intensities at minima and maxima will be
(a) 1 : 2
(b) 1 : 3
(c) 1 : 4
(d) 1 : 9
Answer: D
Question. Which of the following cannot be polarised ?
(a) Radio waves
(b) β rays
(c) Infrared rays
(d) γ rays
Answer: B
Question. A nicol prism is based on the action of
(a) refraction
(b) double refraction
(c) dichroism
(d) both (b) and (c)
Answer: D
Question. Huygens concept of wavelets is useful in
(a) explaining polarisation
(b) determining focal length of the lenses
(c) determining chromatic aberration
(d) geometrical reconstruction of a wavefront
Answer: D
Question. Which one of the following phenomena is not explained by Huygens construction of wavefront?
(a) Refraction
(b) Reflection
(c) Diffraction
(d) Origin of spectra
Answer: D
Question. When a compact disc is illuminated by small source of white light, coloured bands are observed. This is due to
(a) dispersion
(b) diffraction
(c) interference
(d) reflection
Answer: B
Question. Interference is possible in
(a) light waves only
(b) sound waves only
(c) both light and sound waves
(d) neither light nor sound waves
Answer: C
Question. When light passing through rotating nicol is observed, no change in intensity is seen. What inference can be drawn ?
(a) The incident light is unpolarized.
(b) The incident light is circularly polarized.
(c) The incident light is unpolarized or circularly polarized.
(d) The incident light is unpolarized or circularly polarized or combination of both.
Answer: C
Question. In refraction, light waves are bent on passing from one medium to the second medium, because, in the second medium
(a) the frequency is different
(b) the coefficient of elasticity is different
(c) the speed is different
(d) the amplitude is smaller
Answer: C
Question. The transverse nature of light is shown by
(a) interference of light
(b) refraction of light
(c) polarization of light
(d) dispersion of light
Answer: C
Question. The max. intensity produced by two coherent sources of intensity I1 and I2 will be
(a) I1 I2
(b) I12 I22
(c) I1 + I2 + 2√I1 I2
(d) zero
Answer: C
Question. Two points separated by a distance of 0.1 mm can just be inspected in a microscope, when light of wavelength 600Å is used. If the light of wavelength 4800 Å is used, the limit of resolution will become
(a) 0.80 mm
(b) 0.12 mm
(c) 0.10 mm
(d) 0.08 mm
Answer: D
Question. Two beams of light of intensity I1 and I2 interfere to give an interference pattern. If the ratio of maximum intensity to that of minimum intensity is 25/9, then I1/I2 is
(a) 5/3
(b) 4
(c) 81/625
(d) 16
Answer: D
Question. A parallel beam of light of wavelength l 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 second minimum of the diffraction pattern, the phase difference between the rays coming from the two edges of slit is
(a) πλ
(b) 2π
(c) 3π
(d) 4π
Answer: D
Question. Two slits in Young’s experiment have widths in the ratio 1 :
25. The ratio of intensity at the maxima and minima in the interference pattern, Imax/Imin is:
(a) 121/49
(b) 49/121
(c) 4/9
(d) 9/4
Answer: D
Question. A slit of width a is illuminated by red light of wavelength 6500 Å. If the first minimum falls at θ = 30°, the value of a is
(a) 6.5 × 10–4 mm
(b) 1.3 micron
(c) 3250 Å
(d) 2.6 × 10–4 cm
Answer: B
Question. A single slit Fraunhoffer diffraction pattern is formed with white light. For what wavelength of light the third secondary maximum in the diffraction pattern coincides with the second secondary maximum in the pattern for red light of wavelength 6500 Å?
(a) 4400 Å
(b) 4100 Å
(c) 4642.8 Å
(d) 9100 Å
Answer: C
Question. Light of wavelength 6328 Å is incident normally on a slit having a width of 0.2 mm. The angular 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 degree
(b) 0.18 degree
(c) 0.72 degree
(d) 0.09 degree
Answer: A
Question. In Young’s double slit experiment, we get 10 fringes in the field of view of monochromatic light of wavelength 4000Å. If we use monochromatic light of wavelength 5000Å, then the number of fringes obtained in the same field of view is
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 40
(d) 50
Answer: A
Question. A plane wave of wavelength 6250 Å is incident normally on a slit of width 2 × 10–2 cm. The width of the principal maximum on a screen distant 50 cm will be
(a) 312.5 × 10–3 cm
(b) 312.5 × 10–3 m
(c) 312.5 × 10–3 m
(d) 312 m
Answer: A
Question. A ray of light strikes a glass plate at an angle of 60º. If the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other, the index of refraction of glass is
(a) 1/2
(b) √3/2
(c) 3/2
(d) 1.732
Answer: D
Question. The wavelength of Ha line in hydrogen spectrum was found to be 6563 Å in the laboratory. If the wavelength of same line in the spectrum of a milky way is observed to be 6568Å, then recession velocity of milky way will be
(a) 105 m/s
(b) 1.05 × 106 m/s
(c) 10.5 × 106 m/s
(d) 0.105 × 106 m/s
Answer: B
Question. A star is receding away from earth with a velocity of 105 m/s. If the wavelength of its spectral line is 5700 Å, then Doppler shift will be
(a) 200 Å
(b) 1.9 Å
(c) 20 Å
(d) 0.2 Å
Answer: B
Question. A lens having focal length f and aperture of diameter d forms an image of intensity I. Aperture of diameter d/2 in central region of lens is covered by a black paper. Focal length of lens and intensity of image now will be respectively
(a) f and I/4
(b) 3f/4 and I/2
(c) f and 3I/4
(d) f/2 and I/2
Answer: C
Question. The path difference between two wavefronts emitted by coherent sources of wavelength 5460Å is 2.1 micron. The phase difference between the wavefronts at that point is
(a) 7.692
(b) 7.692 π
(c) 7.692/π
(d) 7.692/3π
Answer: B
Question. The heavenly body is receding from earth, such that the fractional change in l is 1, then its velocity is
(a) c
(b) 3c/5
(c) c/5
(d) 2c/5
Answer: A
Question. In Young’s double slit expt. the distance between two sources is 0.1 mm. The distance of the screen from the source is 20 cm. Wavelength of light used is 5460 Å. The angular position of the first dark fringe is
(a) 0.08º
(b) 0.16º
(c) 0.20º
(d) 0.32º
Answer: B
Question. A parallel beam of fast moving electrons is incident normally on a narrow slit. A fluorescent screen is placed at a large distance from the slit. If the speed of the electrons is increased, which of the following statements is correct ?
(a) The angular width of the central maximum of the diffraction pattern will increase.
(b) The angular width of the central maximum will decrease.
(c) The angular width of the central maximum will be unaffected.
(d) Diffraction pattern is not observed on the screen in case of electrons.
Answer: B
Question. Fluorescent tubes give more light than a filament bulb of same power because
(a) the tube contains gas at low temperature
(b) ultraviolet light is converted into visible light by fluorescence
(c) light is diffused through the walls of the tube
(d) it produces more heat than bulb
Answer: B
Question. Light from two coherent sources of the same amplitude A and wavelength l illuminates the screen. The intensity of the central maximum is I0. If the sources were incoherent, the intensity at the same point will be
(a) 4I0
(b) 1I0
(c) I0
(d) I0/2
Answer: D
Question. In Young's double slit experiment with sodium vapour lamp of wavelength 589 nm and the slits 0.589 mm apart, the half angular width of the central maximum is
(a) sin–1 (0.01)
(b) sin–1 (0.0001)
(c) sin–1 (0.001)
(d) sin–1 (0.1)
Answer: C
Question. In Young’s double slit experiment the distance between the slits and the screen is doubled. The separation between the slits is reduced to half. As a result the fringe width
(a) is doubled
(b) is halved
(c) becomes four times
(d) remains unchanged
Answer: C
Question. With a monochromatic light, the fringe-width obtained in a Young’s double slit experiment is 0.133 cm. The whole setup is immersed in water of refractive index 1.33, then the new fringe-width is
(a) 0.133 cm
(b) 0.1 cm
(c) 1.33 × 1.33 cm
(d) 1.33/2 cm
Answer: B
Question. The Fraunhoffer ‘diffraction’ pattern of a single slit is formed in the focal plane of a lens of focal length 1 m. The width of slit is 0.3 mm. If third minimum is formed at a distance of 5 mm from central maximum, then wavelength of light will be
(a) 5000 Å
(b) 2500 Å
(c) 7500 Å
(d) 8500 Å
Answer: A
Question. In Young’s expt., the distance between two slits is d/3 and the distance between the screen and the slits is 3 D. The number of fringes in 1/3 m on the screen, formed by monochromatic light of wavelength 3λ, will be
(a) 9/9Dλ
(b) d/27Dλ
(c) d/81 Dλ
(d) d/Dλ
Answer: C
Question. Two sources of light of wavelengths 2500 Å and 3500 Å are used in Young’s double slit expt. simultaneously. Which orders of fringes of two wavelength patterns coincide?
(a) 3rd order of 1st source and 5th of the 2nd
(b) 7th order of 1st and 5th order of 2nd
(c) 5th order of 1st and 3rd order of 2nd
(d) 5th order of 1st and 7th order of 2nd
Answer: B
Question. In a Young’s double-slit experiment, the source is white light. One of the holes is covered by a red filter and another by a blue filter. In this case,
(a) there shall be alternate interference patterns of red and blue
(b) there shall be an interference pattern for red distinct from that for blue
(c) there shall be no interference fringes
(d) there shall be an interference pattern for red mixing with one for blue
Answer: C
Question. In the phenomena of diffraction of light, when blue light is used in the experiment in spite of red light, then
(a) fringes will become narrower
(b) fringes will become broader
(c) no change in fringe width
(d) None of these
Answer: A
Question. In Young’s double slit experiment, the slits are 2 mm apart and are illuminated by photons of two wavelengths λ1 = 12000Å and λ2 = 10000Å. At what minimum distance from the common central bright fringe on the screen 2 m from the slit will a bright fringe from one interference pattern coincide with a bright fringe from the other ?
(a) 6 mm
(b) 4 mm
(c) 3 mm
(d) 8 mm
Answer: A
Question. A slit of width a is illuminated by white light. The first minimum for red light (λ = 6500 Å) will fall at q = 30º when a will be
(a) 3250 Å
(b) 6.5 × 10–4 cm
(c) 1.3 micron
(d) 2.6 × 10–4 cm
Answer: C
Very Short Answer
Q1) What is the speed of the wave?
Q2) What is wavefront?
Q3) Who discovered the true geometry of the Saturn’s rings?
Q4) Who forward the wave theory of light?
Q5) Who made the practical applications of the Hertzian waves?
Short Answer
Q6) What do you understand by the interference of light waves?
Q7) What do you meant by Young’s experiment in wave’s optics?
Q8) How does the light travel in a straight line?
Q9) What do you understand by the coherent and incoherent addition of waves?
Q10) What do you mean by the Huygens principle?
Long Answer
Q11) State the difference between the longitudinal waves and traverse waves?
Q12) Explain about diffraction?
Q13) Write short note on doppler effect?
Q14) State the difference between diffraction and interference?
Q15) Write short note on polarisation?
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