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ALPS_ Physics - 2208

Syllabus Ray Optics, Wave Optics & Modern Physics

* Mark questions are more than one option correct type.

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1. A perfectly absorbing, black, solid sphere with constant density and radius R, hovers stationary above the
sun. This is because the gravitational attraction of the sun is balanced by the pressure due to the sun’s light.
Assume the sun is far enough away that it closely approximates a point source of light. The distance from
the centre of the sun at which the sphere hovers is: [ ]
(A) proportional to R (B) proportional to 1/R
(C) proportional to 1/R2 (D) independent of R

2. Binding energy per nucleon of a fixed nucleus XA is 6 MeV. It absorbs a neutron moving with KE = 2 MeV,
and converts into Y, emitting a photon of energy 1 MeV. The binding energy per nucleon of Y (in MeV) is:
(6 A  1) (6 A  1) 7
(A) (B) (C) 7 (D) [ ]
( A  1) ( A  1) 6

3. The photon radiated from a hydrogen atom corresponding to 2 nd line of Lyman series is absorbed by a
hydrogen like atom `X  in 2nd excited state. As a result the hydrogen like atom `X  makes a transition to
nth orbit. Then predict `X  and the quantum number `n : [ ,  ]
(A) X  He , n  4 (B) X  Li  , n  6 (C) X  He , n  6 (D) X  Li  , n  9

4. A ray of light is incident on an equilateral triangular prism parallel to its base as shown in the figure. The
ray just fails to emerge from the face AC. If  be the refractive index of the prism then the correct relation
is: [ ]

1 1  1  
(A) 2sin 1     / 3 (B) sin 1    sin 1   
   2  6
1  1   1  
(C) sin 1    sin 1    (D) sin 1    sin 1   
  2  3  4 3
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5. Two identical nuclei A and B of the same radioactive element undergo similar  decay. A emits a
 -particle and changes to A. B emits a  -particle and then a  -ray photon immediately afterwards, and
changes to B  : [ ,  ]
(A) A and B  may have the same atomic number and mass number
(B) A and B  may have the same atomic number but different mass numbers
(C) A and B  may have different atomic numbers but the same mass number
(D) A and B  may be isotopes
2
6. A system of coordinates is drawn in a medium whose refractive index varies as   , where
1  y2
0  y  1 . A ray of light is incident at origin at an angle 60 0 with y –axis as shown in the figure. At point P
ray becomes parallel to x-axis. The value of H is : [ ]
y
P
H

x
0
O
60

1/2

    
1/2
 2    2  1/2 1/2
(A)    1 (B)   (C) 3 1 (D) 3 1
 3    3
7. In a YDSE setup the intensity due to two coherent beams differ from each other by 1%. If one of the beam
has intensity I, then intensity of minima is: [ ]
I I I
(A) I (102 ) (B)(102 ) (C) (102 ) (D) (104 )
2 3 4
8. The radioactivity of a sample is R1 at time T1 and R2 at time T2 . The half life of the specimen is T.
Number of atoms that have disintegrated in time (T2  T1 ) is proportional to: [ ,  ]
( R1  R2 )
(A) ( R1T1  R2T2 ) (B) ( R1  R2 )T (C) (D) ( R1  R2 ) (T1  T2 )
T
4
9. A parallel beam of light is incident on a thin prism of prism angle of degrees. The refractive index of the

prism is 1.5. The focal length of the lens is 60 cm. The coordinates of converging point of the beam is : [  ]

 2   1   1   2 
(A)  60 cm, 3 cm  (B)  60 cm, 3 cm  (C)  60cm,  3 cm  (D)  60 cm,  3 cm 
       

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10. A particle is dropped along the axis from a height on a concave mirror of focal length f as shown in
2
figure. The maximum speed of image is:

3 3
(A)  (B) 3 fg (C) 3 fg (D) None of these
4 2

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*11. The ground state and first excited state energies of hydrogen atom are 13.6eV and 3.4eV respectively.
If potential energy in ground state is taken to be zero, then : [ ]
(A) potential energy in the first excited state would be 20.4 eV
(B) total energy in the first excited state would be 23.8 eV
(C) kinetic energy in the first excited state would be 3.4 eV
(D) total energy in the ground state would be 13.6 eV

*12. A beam of ultraviolet light of all wavelength passes through hydrogen gas at room temperature, in the
x-direction. Assume that all photons emitted due to electron transitions inside the gas emerge in the
y-direction. Let A and B denote the lights emerging from the gas in the x and y-directions respectively: [  ]
(A) Some of the incident wavelengths will be absent in A
(B) Only those wavelengths will be present in B which are absent in A
(C) B will contain some visible light
(D) B will contain some infrared light

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*13. A ray of light is incident normally on one face of 30  60  90 prism of refractive index , immersed
3
4
in water of refractive index as shown in the figure. [ ]
3

5
(A) The exit angle  2 of the ray is sin 1  
8
 5 
(B) The exit angle  2 of the ray is sin 1  
4 3
5
(C) Total internal reflection at point P ceases if the refractive index of water is increased to by
2 3
dissolving some substance
5
(D) Total internal reflection at point P ceases if the refractive index of water is increased to by
6
dissolving some substance

*14. A small air bubble is trapped inside a transparent cube of size 12 cm. When viewed from one of the vertical
faces, the bubble appears to be at 5 cm from it. When viewed from opposite face, it appears at 3 cm from it:
(A) The distance of the air bubble from the first face is 7.5 cm [ ,  ]
(B) The distance of the air bubble from the first face is 9 cm
(C) Refractive index of the material of the cube is 2.0
(D) Refractive index of the material of the cube is 1.5

*15. In a photo electric experiment, the collector plate is at 2.0 V with respect to the emitter plate made of
copper (  4.5 eV) . The emitter is illuminated by a source of monochromatic light of wavelength 2000 Å:
(A) the maximum kinetic energy of the photo electron at collector is 1.7 eV [ ]
(B) the maximum kinetic energy of the photo electrons on the collector is 3.7 eV
(C) if the polarity of the battery is reversed then the maximum kinetic energy of the photo electrons on
the collector is 1.7 eV
(D) If the polarity of the battery is reversed, then photoelectrons will not reach the collector plate

*16. Two electrons starting from rest are accelerated by equal potential difference : [ ,  ]
(A) They will have same kinetic energy
(B) They will have same linear momentum
(C) They will have same de Broglie wave length
(D) They will produce X-rays of same minimum wavelength when they strike different targets

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*17. Choose the correct statements regarding X-rays. [ ]

(A) Energy of an atom with K shell electron knocked out is more than the energy of an atom with L
shell electron knocked out
(B) Energy of an atom with L shell electron knocked out is more than energy of an atom with K shell
electron knocked out
(C) Energy of K photon is the sum of the energies of an L and K  photon
(D) Energy of K  depends on the target metal used

*18. At t  0, a sample of radionuclide A has the same decay rate as a sample of radionuclide B has at
t  60 min. The disintegration constants of A and B are  A and  B respectively, with  A   B . [ ,  ]
(A) The half life of radionuclide A is greater than that of B
(B) At t  60 min, number of atoms in sample of material A is greater than that of sample B
(C) The two samples will never have the same decay rate simultaneously
(D) After some time, the two samples will have the same decay rate simultaneously for an instant

*19. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the refraction of light from a plane surface when
light ray is incident in denser medium. [ C is critical angle] : [ ]

(A) The maximum angle of deviation during refraction is  C , it will be at angle of incidence C
2
(B) The maximum angle of deviation for all angle of incidence is   2C , when angle of incidence is
slightly greater than C
(C) If angle of incidence is less than C then deviation increases if angle of incidence is also
increased
(D) If angle of incidence is greater than C then angle of deviation decreases if angle of incidence is
increased

*20. The intensity of X-rays from a Coolidge tube is plotted against wavelength  as shown in the figure.
Which of the following statements is/are correct : [ ,  ]

(A) On increasing the Z (atomic number) of target  k decreases

(B) On increasing the accelerating voltage of tube  k   c increases
(C) On increasing the power of cathode, intensity increases
(D) On increasing the power of cathode,  k decreases

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Ke 2
*21. Suppose the potential energy between electron and proton at a distance r is given by  . [ ,  ]
2r 3
Using Bohr’s theory choose the correct statements :
(A) Energy in the nth orbit is proportional to n3
(B) Energy in the nth orbit is proportional to n 6
(C) Energy is proportional to m2 ( m : mass of electron)
(D) Energy is proportional to m3 ( m : mass of electron)

*22. A neutron collides held-on with a stationary hydrogen atom in ground state. Which of the following
statements are correct (Assume that the hydrogen atom and neutron has same mass)
(A) If kinetic energy of the neutron is less than 20.4 eV collision must be elastic
(B) If kinetic energy of the neutron is less than 20.4 eV collision may be inelastic
(C) Inelastic collision may take place only when initial kinetic energy of neutron is greater than 20.4
eV
(D) Perfectly inelastic collision can not take place

*23. A point source of light is placed at a distance h below the surface of a large and deep lake. If f is the
fraction of light energy that escapes directly from water surface and  is refractive index of water then:
(A) f varies as a function of h [ ]
(B) f is independent of value of h
(C) f depends only on the refractive index of water
(D) f is independent of refractive index of water

*24. The minimum value of d so that there is a dark fringe at O is d min . For the value of d min , the distance at
which the next bright fringe is formed is x. Then: [ ]

D
(A) d min  D (B) d min  (C) x  2d min (D) x  d min
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*25. Two point monochromatic and coherent sources of light of wavelength  are each placed as shown in the
figure below. The initial phase difference between the sources is zero O. (D > > d). Select the correct
statement (s): [ ]
7
(A) If d  , O will be minima
2
(B) If d  , only one maxima can be observed on screen
(C) If d  4.8 , then a total 10 minimas would be there on screen
5
(D) if d  , then intensity at O would be minimum
2

PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTIONS 26 - 28

64
29 Cu can decay by   or   emission, or electron capture. It is known that 64
29 Cu has a half-life of 12.8 hrs with
40% probability of   decay, 20% probability of   decay and 40% probability of electron capture. The mass of
64 64 64
29 Cu is 63.92977 amu while 30 Zn is 63.92914 amu and 28 Ni is 63.92796 amu.
26. What is the half-life for electron capture?
(A) 5.12 hrs (B) 32 hrs (C) 2.56 hrs (D) 16 hrs

27. What is the Q value of   decay?

(A) 0.587 MeV (B) 0.077 MeV (C) 1.686 MeV (D) 0.666 MeV

28. If initially there was 1022 atoms of 64

29 Cu, what is the initial rate at which energy is being produced due to
  decay?
(A) 5.8 104 W (B) 3.2 103 W (C) 8.4 102 W (D) 1.6 104 W

PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTIONS 29 - 30

In many nuclear probes a neutron or a proton or an electron is projected from a large distance towards the fixed
target nucleus. The projectile need not be aimed directly towards the centre of the nucleus. Even if it is off by a
certain distance called impact parameter (b), the projectile may be captured by the nucleus.
Crudely, we can say that it is captured if it reaches the edge of the nucleus.
For a neutron, impact parameter is equal to the radius of the nucleus, for proton
which is repelled by the nucleus, impact parameter is less than the radius. But for
Ze2
a proton, the kinetic energy of incident proton should be greater than , or
40 R
proton will not reach the nucleus.

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Ze2
29. In a certain situation, we have protons of energy . Here R0 is the radius of nucleus being used
60 R0
and Z is its atomic number. We decide to choose a different nucleus as a target. Which target nuclei
should be selected so that the proton with the same energy may be captured by the nucleus? [ ]
(A) Nucleus with higher atomic number and lower mass number
(B) Nucleus with higher atomic number and same mass number
(C) Nucleus with same atomic number and low mass number
(D) Nucleus with same atomic number and higher mass number

30. The impact parameter for protons with kinetic energy K is: [ ]

Ze 2 Ze2 Ze 2 R Ze 2
(A) R 1 (B) R 1 (C) R 1 (D) 1
40 RK 80 RK 40 RK 2 40 RK

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PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTIONS 31 - 33
A container contains liquid upto a height of 30 cm and there is a point source at the centre of the bottom of the container.
A rubber ring of radius r floats centrally on the liquid surface. The ceiling of the room is 3.0 m above the liquid surface.
(Refractive index of liquid = 3)

31 The radius of disc on surface of water through which rays from point source are refracted into air is : [ ]
(A) 10 2 cm (B) 15 2 cm (C) 10 3 cm (D) 15 3 cm

32. The radius of the shadow of the ring formed on the ceiling if r  10 3 cm is : [ ]
(A) 270 3 cm (B) 290 3 cm (C) 310 3 cm (D) 350 3 cm

33. Find the maximum value of r for which the shadow of the ring is formed on the ceiling. [ ]
(A) 10 2 cm (B) 15 2 cm (C) 10 3 cm (D) 15 3 cm

PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTIONS 34 - 35

A ray of light enters a spherical drop of water of index n as shown in figure. Light is partially reflected from the rear
surface, the reflected light re-enters air after refraction as shown. The angle between incoming ray and outgoing ray
is known as angle of deflection.

34. Expression for the angle of deflection  is:

(A)   4  2 (B)   4  2 (C) 2 (D) 4

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35. The angle  which produces minimum deflection is:

n2 n n2  1 n2  2
(A) cos 1 (B) cos 1 (C) cos 1 (D) cos 1
3 3 3 3
36. In the following question x (an unstable nucleus) decays to another nucleus y. In column-I different type of
decay processes are mentioned. Atomic mass of element of nucleus x and element of nucleus y are
M x and M y respectively. The atomic mass of He is M He . The mass of electron is me . Now match the
entries of column – I with correct expression for mass defect given in column II [ ,  ]

Column I Column II
(A) x  y  (p) M x  M y  me

(B) x  y  1e0 (q) M x  M y  M He

(C) xy 0 (r) M x  M y  2me

1e

(D) x 0
 y  v  X  rays (s) Mx My
1e

37. Match the statements given in column – I with their corresponding possible results in Column – II [  ,  ]

Column I Column II
(A) If photons of ultraviolet light of energy 12eV are incident on a metal (p) 8
surface of work function 4 eV, then the stopping potential (in eV) will
be
(B) 2 (q) 3
 85 
The ratio of wavelengths of K  lines of two elements is   .
 81 
Number of elements having atomic number between these elements
will be
(C) If 20 gm of a radioactive substance due to radioactive decay reduces to (r) 1
10 gm in 4 minutes, then in what time (in minutes) 80 gm of the same
substance will reduce to 20 gm
(D) The mass defect for the nucleus of helium is 0.0302 a.m.u. The binding (s) 7
energy per nucleon for helium in MeV is approximately (1 amu = 930
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38. A bird in air is diving vertically over a tank with speed 5 cm/s,
base of tank is silvered. A fish in the tank is rising upward along
the same line with speed 2 cm/s. Water level is falling at rate of
 4
2 cm/s. Take : water  
 3

Column I Column II
(A) Speed of the image of fish as seen by the bird directly (p) 8
(B) Speed of the image of fish formed after reflection in the (q) 6
mirror as seen by the bird
(C) Speed of image of bird relative to the fish looking upwards (r) 3
(D) Speed of image of bird relative to the fish looking (s) 4
downwards in the mirror

39. An object O (real) is placed at focus of an equi-biconvex lens as shown in figure 1. The refractive index of
lens is   1.5 and the radius of curvature of either surface is R. The lens is surrounded by air. In each
statement of Column-I some changes are made to situation given above and information regarding final
image formed as a result is given in Column-II. The distance between lens and object is unchanged in all
statements of Column-I. Match the two columns. [ ]

Column I Column II
(A) If the refractive index of the lens is doubled (p) Final image is real
(that is, made 2 ) then

(B) If the radius of curvature is doubled (that is, (q) Final image is virtual
made 2R) then
(C) If a glass slab of refractive index  1.5 is (r) Final image becomes smaller in size in
introduced between the object and lens, then comparison to size of image before the
change was made.
(D) If the left side of lens is filled with a medium (s) Final image is of same size as object.
of refractive index   1.5 , then

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40. A ray of light is incident on a thin film. Two of the reflected rays are shown, and two of the transmitted
rays are shown in figure. Consider phase difference by comparing them with the phase of incident ray on
the film. Match statements about phase difference in column-I with correct order of refractive indices in
Column – II. [ ]

Column I Column II
(A) Rays a and b have an extra phase difference (p) n1  n2  n3
over and above that due to extra optical path,
caused by reflection at various interfaces.
(B) Rays a and c have an extra phase difference (q) n2  n3  n1
over and above that due to extra optical path,
caused by reflection at various interfaces.
(C) Rays a and d have an extra phase difference (r) n3  n2  n1
over and above that due to extra optical path,
caused by reflection at various interfaces.
(D) Rays b and c have an extra phase difference (s) n1  n3  n2
over and above that due to extra optical path,
caused by reflection at various interfaces.
(t) The specified extra phase difference
is not possible

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41. Figure shows a tank of width 80 cm which on one side of the wall has
an equiconvex lens (  3 / 2) of focal length 30 cm (in air) fixed. Tank
is filled with water (  4 / 3) and on other side a plane mirror is
attached in front of lens. An object is placed at a distance 90 cm on the
axis of lens. Find the distance of final image from the lens (in cm).

42. The dispersive power of crown glass and flint glass are 0.03 and 0.05 respectively. It is desired to make an
achromatic doublet with an effective focal length 20 cm. What should be the focal length (in cm) of the
crown glass lens used for this purpose. [ ,  ]

43. A He+ ion in ground state is fired towards a hydrogen atom in ground state and at rest. What should be the
minimum kinetic energy (in eV) of He+ ion so that both single electron species may get excited.
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44. Nuclei A and B convert into a stable nucleus C. Nucleus A is converted into C by emitting two
α-particles and 3β-particles. Nucleus B is converted into C by emitting one β particle and five β-particles.
At time t = 0, nuclei of A are 4N 0 and nuclei of B are N 0 . Initially number of nuclei of C are zero. Half life
of A is 1 min and that of B is 2 min. Find the time at which the rate of disintegration of A and B are equal (in
minutes). [ ]

45. In a certain hypothetical radioactive decay process, species A decays into species B and species B decays
into species C according to the reactions: [ ]
A  2 B  particles + energy
B  3C  particles + energy
The decay constant for species A is 1 and that for species B is  2 . Initial there was an unknown amount of
species A while there was none of B and C. It was found that species B reaches its maximum number Nm at
a time t0 . How many moles of species A were there initially?
(Take 1  1 dps,  2  100 dps, N m  2 moles, t0  2ln10sec. )

46. White light is incident normally on a thin sheet of plastic film in air. The reflected light has a minima for
  512 nm and   640 nm in the visible spectrum. What is the minimum thickness (in μm) of the film?
(Given: plastic = 1.28) [ ,  ]

47. In a YDSE setup, screen is placed at a distance 80 cm from slit plane

having slits S1 and S 2 at a distance 2 mm apart. Slit S1 is covered by
a transparent sheet of thickness t1  2.5m and S 2 is covered by
similar sheet of thickness t2  1.25 m. Refractive index of both sheet
material is 1.4. Now water is filled between slit plane and screen
(   4 / 3) and light of wavelength 5000Å is incident normally on
slit plane. Find ratio of light intensity at screen centre C to the
maximum intensity on screen. Assume intensity of light on screen due
to both slits is equal. [ ]

48. A concave mirror is placed over a beaker filled with water (  4 / 3) upto 40 cm as shown. The final
image of an object placed at bottom of beaker is formed at a distance 16 cm below the water level. Find the
focal length of mirror (in cm). [ ]

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49. A black body emits peak spectral intensity at 9000 Å. On increasing its temperature total radiation power
increases by 81 times. At the initial temperature when peak radiation of black body is allowed to fall on a
metal surface (assume other radiation are blocked by a filter), it does not cause any photoemission but after
increasing temperature the peak radiation of black body causes electrons to come out which are stopped by
a potential equal to the excitation energy of H-atoms for n = 2 to n = 3 Bohr level. Find work function (in
eV). [ ]

50. A concave mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm and a point source of

light in front of it on its principle axis are at separation 15 cm. If
both start moving at speed 1 cm/s and 10 cm/s respectively away
from each other as shown, find the velocity with which the image
start moving (in cm/s). [ ]

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Answer key : ALPS_ Physics – 2208

Ray Optics, Wave Optics & Modern Physics
Day 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

D B D C A A D B D B

Day 2

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

ABCD ACD AC AD BD ACD ACD AD ABCD ABC

Day 3

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

BD AC BC BD ABCD B A B D C

Day 4

31 32 33 34 35 36 37

B C B B C [A – q ; B – s ; C – r ; D – s] [A – p ; B – q ; C – p ; D – s]

38 39 40

[A –q ; B – r ; C – p ; D – s] [A – p,r ; B – q, r ; C – q,r; D – q,r] [A – r ; B – t ; C – r ; D – t]

Day 5

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

90 8 255 6 10000 1 0.75 16.88 2.25 45

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