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Phy ch 11 mcqs
CLASS 12 - PHYSICS

Section A a) π2 b) π
4 radian
c) π radian d) π
8 radian
1) In Young’s double - slit experiment carried out with
◦ 9) If two sources have a randomly varying phase differentϕ (t),
wavelengthλ = 5000 A , the distance between the slits the resultant intensity will be given by [1]
is 0.2 mm and the screen is 2 m away from the slits. The
central maxima is at x = 0. The third maxima will be at a a) 2 I0
distance x (from central maxima) is equal to [1] b) √I0
2
a) 0.5 cm b) 5.0 cm c) 2 I0
3

c) 1.5 cm d) 4.67 cm d) I20

2) In a diffraction pattern due to a single slit of width a, 10) Interference occurs in which of the following waves? [1]
the first minimum is observed at an angle 30o when light a) All of these b) Longitudinal
◦
of wavelength 5000 A is incident on the slit. The first c) Electromagnetic d) Transverse
secondary maximum is observed at an angle of [1]
( ) 11) Light travels through a glass plate of thickness t and having
a) Sin - 1 ( 12 ) a refractive indexµ . If c is the velocity of light in vacuum,
b) Sin - 1 ( 14 ) the time taken by the light to travel this thickness of the
c) Sin - 1 ( 34 ) glass is [1]
d) Sin - 1 23 a) µc
t b) Tµ c
c) tc d) µt
3) Angular width(θ) of central maximum of a diffraction pattern
µ c

of a single slit does not depend upon [1] 12) In double - slit experiment using light of wavelength 600
nm, the angular width of a fringe formed on a distant screen
a) Wavelength of light used is0.1o . What is the spacing between the two slits? [1]
b) Distance between slit and screen
c) Width of the slit a) 6.7×10−4 m
d) Frequency of light used b) 4.5×10−4 m
c) 3.4×10−4 m
4) The refractive index of glass is 1.5. What is the speed of
d) 5.6×10−4 m
light in glass? (Speed of light in vacuum is 3.0×108 ms−1 )
[1] 13) In a Fraunhofer diffraction at a single slit of width d with
◦
a) 3.0×10 ms
8 −1 incident light of wavelength 5500A , the first minimum is
b) 2.4×108 ms−1 observed at angle 30o . The secondary maximum is observed
c) 2.0×108 ms−1 at an angle θ = [1]
d) 2.8×108 ms−1
a) Sin - 1 √1

5) Consider a ray of light incident from air onto a slab of glass

2
b) Sin - 1 3
(refractive index n) of width d, at an angleθ . The phase √
4

difference between the ray reflected by the top surface of the c) Sin - 1
2
3

glass and the bottom surface is [1] d) Sin - 11

4

( )1/2 14) In Young’s double slit experiment, intensity at a point is

a) 4πd 1 − n12 sin2 θ
λ
( )1/2 (1/4) of the maximum intensity. Angular position of this
b) 4πd 1 − n12 sin2 θ + 2π point is: [1]
λ
( )
c) 4πd 1 − n12 sin θ (λ)
2 1/2
+ π2
λ
( ) a) sin−1 3d
d) 4πd 1 − n12 sin θ
2 1/2 (λ)
λ +π b) sin−1 2d
( )
6) Two sources of light are said to be coherent when they give c) sin−1 λd
(λ)
light waves of the same: [1] d) sin−1 4d
a) Phase and speed 15) Two waves are said to be coherent if they have [1]
b) Wavelength and constant phase difference
c) Intensity and wavelength a) Different frequency, phase and amplitude
d) Amplitude and phase b) Same frequency but different amplitude
c) Same frequency, phase and amplitude
7) A light beam travels at 1.94×108 ms−1 in quartz. The wave- d) Same phase and different amplitude
length of the light in quartz is 355 nm. If this same light
travels through air, what is its wavelength there? [1] 16) A beam of light ofλ = 600 nm from a distant source falls
a) 549 nm b) 620 nm on a single slit 1 mm wide and the resulting diffraction
c) 579 nm d) 600 nm pattern is observed on a screen 2 m away. The distance
between the first dark fringes on either side of the central
8) At the first minimum adjacent to the central maximum of a
bright fringe is [1]
single - slit diffraction pattern, the phase difference between
a) 1.2 cm b) 2.4 mm
the Huygen’s wavelet from the edge of the slit and the
c) 1.2 mm d) 2.4 cm
wavelet from the midpoint of the slit is [1]
17) Time taken by sunlight to pass through a window of thickness 27) The intensity at the maximum in Young’s double - slit exper-
4 mm whose refractive index is 32 is [1] iment is I0 . Distance between two slits is d = 5λ , where λ
a) 2× 10 - 11 s b) 2× 1011 s is the wavelength of light used in the experiment. What will
c) 2× 10 - 8 s d) 2× 10 - 4 s be the intensity in front of one of the slits on the screen
placed at a distance D = 10 d? [1]
18) Ratio of intensities of two waves are given by 4 : 1. The
a) 34 I0 b) I20
ratio of the amplitude of the two waves is [1]
c) I0 d) I40
a) 1 : 4 b) 4 : 1
c) 1 : 2 d) 2 : 1 28) The optical path difference is defined as∆x = 2π
λ . What are
the dimensions of the optical path difference? [1]
19) In a young’s double slit experiment, the central bright fringe
a) [ML0 T2 ] b) [M1 L - 1 T0 ]
can be identified [1]
c) M L T
0 - 1 0
d) [ML - 2 T]
a) By using both white light and monochromatic light 29) Two slits are made one millimetre apart and the screen is
b) As it is narrower than other bright fringes placed one metre away. What is the fringe separation when
c) As it is wider than other bright fringes bluegreen light of wavelength 500 nm is used? [1]
d) By using white light instead of monochromatic light a) 0.65 mm b) 0.56 mm
20) Intensity of light depends upon: [1] c) 0.6 mm d) 0.5 mm
a) Frequency b) Wavelength 30) In Young’s double - slit experiment, the slits are 2 mm
c) Velocity d) Amplitude apart and are illuminated by photons of two wavelengthsλ1
◦ ◦
21) A light beam travels at 1.94×108 ms−1 in quartz. The wave- = 12000 A and λ2 = 10000 A . At what minimum distance
length of the light in quartz is 355 nm. What is the index from the common central bright fringe on the screen 2 m
of refraction of quartz at this wavelength? [1] from the slit will a bright fringe from one interference pattern
a) 1.00 b) 3.35 coincide with a bright fringe from the other? [1]
c) 2.45 d) 1.47 a) 4 mm b) 3 mm
o c) 6 mm d) 8 mm
22) Consider sunlight incident on a slit of width 104 A . The
image seen through the slit shall [1] 31) Doppler’s effect in sound in addition to the relative velocity
between source and observer also depends on whether source,
a) Only be a diffused slit white in colour observer, or both are moving. Doppler effect in light depends
b) A bright slit white at the center diffusing to regions of only on the relative velocity of source and observer. The
different colours reason for this is [1]
c) A bright slit white at the center diffusing to zero inten-
sities at the edges a) None of these
d) Be a fine sharp slit white in colour at the center b) Einstein mass - energy relation
c) Photoelectric effect
23) What happens to fringe width in the Young’s double slit d) Einstein theory of relativity
experiment, if it is performed in glycerine instead of air? [1]
32) A viewing screen is separated from a double - slit source
a) The fringes shrink by 1.2 m. The distance between the two slits is 0.030 mm.
b) The fringes disappear The second - order bright fringe m = 2 is 4.5 cm from the
c) The fringes remain unchanged center line. Wavelength of the light is [1]
d) The fringes get enlarged a) 620 nm b) 562.5 nm
24) In a Young’s double slit experimental arrangement shown c) 590 nm d) 660 nm
here, if a mica sheet of thickness t and refractive indexµ is 33) A beam of light has a wavelength of 650 nm in vacuum.
placed infront of the slit S1 , then the path difference (S1 P - What is the wavelength of these waves in the liquid whose
S2 P): index of refraction at this wavelength is 1.47? [1]
a) 452 nm b) 442 nm
c) 472 nm d) 462 nm
34) The two slits at a distance of 1 mm are illuminated by the
light of wavelength 6.5× 10 - 7 m. The interference fringes
[1] are observed on a screen placed at a distance of 1 m. The
a) Decreases by (µ - 1)t distance between the third dark fringe and the fifth bright
b) Increases byµ t fringe will be [1]
c) Does not change a) 3.25 cm b) 4.8 mm
d) Increases by (µ - 1)t c) 1.63 mm d) 0.65 cm
35) In Young’s experiment, two coherent sources are placed 0.9
25) Shape of the wave front of light diverging from a point
mm apart and the fringes are observed 1 m away. If it
source is [1]
a) Conical b) Spherical produces the second dark fringe at a distance of 1 mm from
c) Hyperboloid d) Plane the central fringe, the wavelength of monochromatic light
used would be [1]
26) A light source emits visible light of two wavelengths:λ = a) 10× 10 - 5 cm b) 6× 10 - 5 cm
430 nm and λ ’ = 510 nm. The source is used in a double c) 10× 10 - 4 cm d) 60× 10 - 4 cm
- slit interference experiment in which D = 1.5 m and d =
36) The two coherent sources with intensity ratioβ produce in-
0.025 mm. The separation distance between the third - order
terference. The fringe visibility will be [1]
bright fringes is [1]
√
a) 5.47 cm b) 6.46cm a) β
c) 1.44 cm d) 4.48 cm 1+β
b) 2
(1+β)
 √
◦
c) 21+ββ a) 4200A
d) 2β ◦
b) 3500A
37) In a double - slit experiment, the two slits are 1 mm apart
◦
c) 6000A
and the screen is placed 1 m away. Monochromatic light ◦
of wavelength 500 nm is used. What will be the width of d) 4700A
each slit for obtaining ten maxima of double - slit within 47) In Young’s double - slit experiment, the fringe width is
the central maxima of single - slit pattern? [1] found to be 0.4 mm. If the whole apparatus is immersed in
a) 0.1 mm b) 0.5 mm water of refractive index 43 without disturbing the geometrical
c) 0.02 mm d) 0.2 mm arrangement, the new fringe width will be [1]
38) Two slits are separated by a distance of 0.5 mm and illumi- a) 540 microns b) 0.53 mm
◦ c) 0.3 mm d) 0.4 mm
nated with light of wavelengthλ = 6000 A . If the screen
is placed at 2.5 m from the slits. The distance of the third 48) A plane wavefront of light is incident on a plane mirror as
bright fringe from the centre will be [1] shown in the figure. Intensity is maximum at P, when:
a) 3 mm b) 1.5 mm
c) 6 mm d) 9 mm
39) A diffraction pattern is obtained by using a beam of red
light. What will happen, if the red light is replaced by the
blue light? [1]
[1]
a) No change will take place
b) Bands disappear a) Cosθ = 2d
λ

c) Diffraction bands become narrower and crowded together b) Cosθ = 4d

3λ

d) Bands become broader and farther apart c) Secθ - cos θ = 3λ

4d
o d) Secθ - cos θ = λ
2d
40) The 6563A H2 line emitted by hydrogen in a star is found
o 49) Two waves are said to be coherent, if they have: [1]
to be redshifted by 15 A . Estimate the speed with which
the star is receding from the Earth. [1] a) Same frequency but different amplitude
b) Different frequency, phase and amplitude
a) 7.86×105 ms−1 c) Same phase and different amplitude
b) 6.86×105 ms−1 d) Same frequency, phase and amplitude
c) 9.86×105 ms−1
d) 8.86×105 ms−1 50) Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and
4I are superposed. The maximum and minimum possible
41) If I0 is the intensity of the principal maximum in the single intensities in the resulting beam are [1]
slit diffraction pattern, then what will be its intensity when a) 5I and 3I b) 9I and 2I
the slit width is doubled? [1] c) 5I and I d) 9I and I
a) 2 I0 b) I0 / 2
c) 4 I0 d) I0 51) In the double - slit experiment, the distance between two slits
is 0.6 mm and these are illuminated with light of wavelength
42) Two beams of light will not give rise to an interference ◦
pattern, if: [1] 4800A . The angular width of first dark fringe on the screen
at distance 120 cm from slits will be [1]
a) They are coherent a) 6× 10 - 4 rad b) 16× 10 - 4 rad
b) They have the same wavelength c) 4× 10 - 4 rad d) 8× 10 - 4 rad
c) They are not monochromatic
52) The interference pattern is obtained with two coherent light
d) They are linearly polarized perpendicular to each other
sources of intensity ration. In the interference pattern, the
43) The ratio of intensity at the centre of a bright fringe to ratio IImax −Imin
max +Imin
will be [1]
the intensity at a point distant one - fourth of the distance √
between two successive bright fringes will be [1] a) (n+1)
n
2
√
a) 2 b) 3 b) 2 n

c) 4 d) 1
(n+1) 2
√
c) n+1
n

44) The wavefront of a distant source of unknown shape is

√
d) 2 n
approximately: [1] n+1

a) Plane b) Elliptical 53) Two waves of intensities I and 4I superpose. Then, the
c) Cylindrical d) Spherical maximum and minimum intensities are [1]
a) 9 I and I b) 5 I and I
45) In Young’s double - slit experiment, the intensity of light c) 9 I and 3 I d) 5 I and 3 I
at a point on the screen where the path difference isλ is k
(λ being the wavelength of light used). The intensity at a 54) What speed should a galaxy move with respect to us so that
point where the path difference is λ4 , will be [1] the sodium line at 589.0 nm is observed at 589.6 nm? [1]
a) K b) k4 a) 336 km/s b) 326 km/s
c) k2 d) Zero c) 356 km/s d) 306 km/s

46) The angular width of central maximum in the Fraunhoffer’s 55) In a certain double slit experimental arrangement, interference
diffraction pattern is measured. A slit is illuminated by the fringes of width 1 mm each are observed when the light of
◦
◦
light of wavelength 6000A . If the slit is illuminated by wavelength 5000A is used. Keeping the set up unaltered, if
the light of another wavelength, angular width decreases by the source is replaced by another source of wavelength 6000
◦
30%. The wavelength of light used is: [1] A , the fringe width will be [1]
 a) 1.2 mm b) 0.5 mm 65) Which out of the following, cannot produce two coherent
c) 1 mm d) 1.5 mm sources? [1]
a) Young’s double slit b) Lloyd’s mirror
56) The phenomena which is not explained by Huygens’ con-
c) Fresnel briprism d) Prism
struction of wavefront is: [1]
a) Diffraction b) Refraction 66) Two waves have intensity ratio 25 : 4. What is the ratio of
c) Origin of spectra d) Reflection maximum to minimum intensity? [1]
57) In a wave, the path difference corresponding to a phase a) 49
9
b) 16
25
difference ofϕ is: [1] c) 9
49
d) 25
4

67) How is interference pattern in double slit experiment affected,

a) π
λϕ if a source of blue light is used in place of yellow light
b) 2π
λ ϕ producing the same intensity? [1]
c) λ
2π ϕ
d) λ
πϕ
a) The fringe width will increase
b) The fringe width will become fainter
58) Electromagnetic radiation of frequency n, wavelengthλ , trav- c) The fringe width will become brighter
elling with velocity v in air enters a glass slab of refractive d) The fringe width will decrease
index µ . The frequency, wavelength and velocity of light
in the glass slab will be respectively, [1] 68) If yellow light emitted by sodium lamp in Young’s double
- slit experiment is replaced by monochromatic blue light of
a) 2n
µ , µ
λ
and v the same intensity, then [1]
b) N, µ and µv
λ
a) Fringe width will decrease
c) nµ , µλ and µv
b) Fringe width will increase
d) N, 2λ and µv
c) Fringes will become less intense
59) The frequency of a light wave in a material is 2× 1014 Hz d) Fringe width will remain unchanged
◦
and wavelength is 5000 A . The refractive index of material 69) A double - slit experiment is performed with light of wave-
will be [1] length 500 nm. A thin film of thickness 2µ m and refractive
a) 1.40 b) 1.33 index 1.5 is introduced in the path of the upper beam. The
c) 1.50 d) 3.00 location of the central maximum will: [1]
60) In single slit diffraction, the distance between the plane of a) Shift downward by ten fringes
slit and screen is 1 m. The size of the slit is 0.7 mm and b) Shift upward by nearly two fringes
the second maximum is formed at the distance of 2 mm c) Remain unshifted
from the centre of the screen, then the wavelength of light d) Shift downward by nearly two fringes
used is [1]
70) Two slits in Young’s experiment have Widths in the ratio 1
◦
a) 5600A : 25. The ratio of intensity at the maxima and minima in
◦ the interference pattern, IImax is [1]
b) 2800A min
◦ a) 121
49
b) 121
c) 3000A c) 49 d) 94
49
◦
d) 6000A
71) Which of the phenomenon is not common to sound and light
61) The relationship between phase difference∆ϕ and the path waves? [1]
difference ∆x between two interfering waves is given by: a) Diffraction b) Polarisation
{λ = wavelength) [1] c) Interference d) Coherence
( ) 72) The refractive index of glass is 1.5. Which of the two colors
a) ∆x = 2π λ ∆ϕ
b) ∆ϕ = ((2π)∆x red or violet travels slower in a glass prism? [1]
)
c) ∆x = 2π λ
∆ϕ a) Red component of white light travels slower than the
(λ)
d) ∆ϕ = π ∆x violet component
62) Colours appear on a thin soap film and soap bubbles due to b) Violet component of white light travels slower than the
the phenomenon of [1] red component
a) Interference b) Scattering c) Both red and violet travel slower at the same speed
c) Diffraction d) Dispersion d) None of these

63) In a two - slit interference experiment, the slits are 0.200 73) The penetration of light into the region of geometrical shadow
mm apart and the screen is 1.00 m from the slits. The is called [1]
m = 3 bright fringe is 9.49 mm from the central fringe. a) Interference b) Polarisation
Wavelength of the light is [1] c) Refraction d) Diffraction
a) 663 nm b) 633 nm 74) For a parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelengthλ
c) 653 nm d) 683 nm , diffraction is produced by a single slit whose width a is of
64) Monochromatic light of wavelength 589 nm is incident from the order of the wavelength of the light. If D is the distance
air on a water surface. What is the speed of refracted light? of the screen from the slit, the width of the central maxima
Refractive index of water is 1.33. [1] will be [1]

a) 4.26 × 108 m/s a) 2Da

λ
b) 5.26 × 108 m/s b) Dλ
a
c) 3.26×108 m/s c) 2Dλ
a
d) 2.26×108 m/s d) Da
λ
75) A beam of light has a wavelength of 650 nm in vacuum. a) 3.3×108 ms−1
What is the speed of this light in a liquid whose index of b) 3.1×108 ms−1
refraction at this wavelength is 1.47? [1] c) 2.04×108 ms−1
d) 2.9×108 ms−1