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RS# 03 (EM Waves, DNMR, Atoms, Wave optics, Semiconductors)

Revision Sheet - 03
PHYSICS
DNMR, Atoms, EMW, Wave Optics, Semiconductor

Time: 2 hrs.

1. Light corresponding to the transition n = 4 to n = 2 in hydrogen atoms falls on cesium metal

(work function = 1.9 eV). The maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons emitted is
(A) 0.65 eV (B) 1.30 eV (C) 1.95 eV (D) 2.55 eV

2. A hydrogen atom in its ground state absorbs 10.2 eV of energy. The angular momentum of
electron of the hydrogen atom will increase by the value of: [Given, Planck's
constant  6.6  1034 J s ]
(A) 2.10 1034 Js (B) 1.05  1034 Js (C) 3.15 1034 Js (D) 4.2 1034 Js

3. A transistor is connected in common emitter (CE) configuration. The collector supply is 8 V

and the voltage drop across a resistor of 800  in the collector circuit is 0.5 V. If the current
gain factor a is 0.96, the base current is
(A) 13 A (B) 26 A (C) 39 A (D) 52 A

4. A nucleus A, with a finite de Broglie wavelength  A , undergoes spontaneous fission into two
nuclei B and C of equal mass. B flies in the same directions as that of A, while C flies in the
opposite direction with a velocity equal to half of that of B. The de-Broglie wavelengths B and
C of B and C respectively
 A
(A) 2 A ,  A (B) A ,  A (C)  A , 2 A (D)  A ,
2 2

5. A lithium atom has three electrons. Assume the following simple picture of the atom. Two
electrons move close to the nucleus making up a spherical cloud around it and the third moves
outside this cloud in a circular orbit. Bohr's model can be used for the motion of this third
electron but n = 1 states are not available to it. The ionization energy of lithium in ground state
using the above picture is
(A) 13.6 eV (B) 27.2 eV (C) 10.2 eV (D) 3.4 eV

6. For certain metal, incident frequency v is five times threshold frequency v0 and the maximum
velocity of the photoelectrons is 8  106 m s 1. If v  2v0 , the maximum velocity of
photoelectrons will be
(A) 4  106 m s 1 (B) 6  106 m s 1 (C) 8  106 m s 1 (D) 1 106 m s 1

In a hydrogen atom the electron makes a transition from  n  1

th
7. level to the n th level. If n >>
1, the frequency of radiation emitted is proportional to
1 1 1 1
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D)
n n n n

8. A small particle of mass m moves in such a way that the potential energy U  ar 2 , where a is a
constant and r is the distance of the particle from the origin. Assuming Bohr's model of
quantization of angular momentum and circular orbits, find the radius of n th allowed orbit.
1/ 4 1/ 4
 n2h2   n2h2   nh 
1/ 4
 nh 
1/ 4
(A)  2 
 (B)  2 
 (C)   (D)  
 8am   4am   8am 2   4am 2 
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9. When a metallic surface is illuminated with monochromatic light of wavelength  , stopping

potential for photoelectric current is 3V0 . When the same metallic surface is illuminated with a
light of wavelength 2 , the stopping potential is V0 . The threshold wavelength for the surface is
4
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) (D) 8
3

10. A proton when accelerated through a potential difference of V volt has a wavelength 
associated with it. An   particle in order to have the same  must be accelerated through
potential difference of
V
(A) V volt (B) 4V volt (C) 2V volt (D)   volt
8

11. Light corresponding to the transition n = 4 to n = 2 in hydrogen atoms falls on cesium metal
(work function = 1.9 eV). The maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons emitted is
(A) 0.65 eV (B) 1.30 eV (C) 1.95 eV (D) 2.55 eV

12. The maximum wavelength  p of light which can ionize a hydrogen atom in its ground state is
0 . If light of wavelength 20 is incident on a hydrogen atom which is in its first excited state,
then the kinetic energy of the electron coming out is
(A) 3.4 eV (B) 6.8 eV (C) 10.2 eV (D) 1.7 eV

13. For certain metal, incident frequency v is five times threshold frequency v0 and the maximum
velocity of the photoelectrons is 8  106 m s 1. If v  2v0 , the maximum velocity of
photoelectrons will be
(A) 4  106 m s 1 (B) 6  106 m s 1 (C) 8  106 m s 1 (D) 1 106 m s 1

14. A plane polarized light is incident on a polariser with its pass axis making angle  with x-axis,
as shown in the figure. At four different values of   10, 46, 190 and 226°, the observed
intensities are same. What is the angle between the direction of polarization and x-axis?

(A) 98° (B) 128° (C) 208° (D) 45°

15. Find the truth table for the function Y of A and B represented in the following figure.

A B Y A B Y A B Y A B Y
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
(A) 0 1 1 (B) 0 1 0 (C) 0 1 0 (D) 0 1 1
1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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16. A particle A of mass m and initial velocity  collides with a particle B of mass which is at
2
rest. The collision is head on, and elastic. The ratio of the de-Broglie wavelengths  A to B
after the collision is
 A 2 A 1 A 1
(A) A  2 (B)  (C)  (D) 
B B 3 B 2 B 3

17. Which of the following circuits correctly represents the following truth table?

A
A C
(A) (B) B C
B
A
B C A
(C) (D) B C

18. Consider two npn transistors as shown in figure. If 0 Volts corresponds to false and 5 Volts
corresponds to true then the output at C corresponds to:
5V

C
1
A

2
B

(A) A NAND B (B) A OR B (C) A AND B (D) A NOR B

19. Four NOR gates are connected as shown in figure. The truth table for the given figure is

A B Y A B Y A B Y A B Y
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
(A) 0 1 0 (B) 0 1 1 (C) 0 1 1 (D) 0 1 0
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1

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20. The output of the given combination gates represents

(A) XOR gate (B) NAND gate (C) AND gate (D) NOR gate

21. For a CE-transistor amplifier, the audio signal voltage across the collected resistance of 2 k is
2 V. Suppose the current amplification factor of the transistor is 100, the input signal voltage
and base current, if the base resistance is 1 k are
(A) Vi  0.1 V , I B  10  A (B) Vi  0.01 V , I B  10  A
(C) Vi  1 V, I B  10 A (D) Vi  0.05 V, I B  5  A

22. If the magnetic field in a plane electromagnetic wave is given by


 
B  3  108 sin 1.6  103 x  48  1010 t ˆj T , then what will be expression for electric field?

   
(A) E  9sin 1.6 103 x  48  1010 t kˆ V/m

(B) E   60sin 1.6  10 x  48  10 t  kˆ V/m 
3 10


(C) E   3 10 sin 1.6  10 x  48  10 t  iˆ V/m 
8 3 10


(D) E   3  10 sin 1.6  10 x  48  10 t  ˆj V/m 
8 3 10

23. A plane electromagnetic wave, has frequency of 2.0 1010 Hz and its energy density is
1.02  108 J / m3 in vacuum. The amplitude of the magnetic field of the wave is close to
2
1 9 Nm
(  9  10 and speed of light  3  108 m s 1 )
4 0 C 2

(A) 180 nT (B) 160 nT (C) 150 nT (D) 190 nT

24. In Young’s experiment, the third bright band for the wavelength of light source A having
wavelength 6000 Å coincides with the fourth bright band for source B in the same arrangement.
Wavelength of light emitted by source B is
(A) 6289 Å (B) 4500 Å (C) 2250 Å (D) 6000 Å

25. Choose the correct option relating wavelengths of different parts of electromagnetic wave
spectrum:
(A) radio waves  micro waves  visible  x  rays (B) visible  x rays  radio waves  micro waves
(C) x rays  micro waves  radio waves  visible (D) visible  micro waves  radio waves  x  rays

26. A npn transistor is connected in common emitter configuration in a given amplifier. A load
resistance of 800 W is connected in the collector circuit and the voltage drop across it is 0.8 V.
If the current amplification factor is 0.96 and the input resistance of the circuit is 192 W, the
voltage gain and the power gain of the amplifier will respectively be
(A) 4, 3.69 (B) 4, 3.84 (C) 3.69, 3.84 (D) 4, 4
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27. Draw the output signal Y in the given combination of gates:

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

28. A plane electromagnetic wave of frequency 500 MHz is travelling in vacuum along y-direction.

At a particular point in space and time, B  8.0  108 zT
ˆ . The value of electric field at this point
is (speed of light  3  108 m s 1 )
xˆ , yˆ , zˆ are unit vectors along x, y and z direction.
(A) 24 xˆ V / m (B) 2.6 xˆ V / m (C) 24 xˆ V / m (D) 2.6 yˆ V / m

29. The maximum intensity in Young’s double slit experiment is I 0 . Distance between the slits is
d  5 , where  is the wavelength of monochromatic light used in the experiment. What will
be the intensity of light in front of one of the slits on a screen at a distance D = 10d?
I 3 I
(A) 0 (B) I 0 (C) 0 (D) I 0
2 4 4

30. In the ideal double-slit experiment, when a glass-plate (refractive index 1.5) of thickness t is
introduced in the path of one of the interfering beams (wave-length  ), the intensity at the
position where the central maximum occurred previously now reduces to one fourth of the
original intensity. The minimum thickness of the glass-plate is
2 
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D) 
3 3

31. Unpolarized light of intensity I passes through an ideal polarizer A. Another identical polarizer
I
B is placed behind A. The intensity of light beyond B is found to be . Now another identical
2
I
polarizer C is placed between A and B. The intensity beyond B is now found to be . The
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angle between polarizer A and C is
(A) 60° (B) 0° (C) 30° (D) 45°

32. In Young's double slit experiment, the two slits act as coherent sources of equal amplitude A
and wavelength l. In another experiment with the same set up the two slits are of equal
amplitude A and wavelength l but are incoherent. The ratio of the intensity of light at the mid-
point of the screen in the first case to that in the second case is
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 4 : 1 (D) 1 : 1
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33. A monochromatic beam of light has a frequency v   1012 Hz and is propagating along the
2
iˆ  ˆj
direction . It is polarized along the k̂ direction. The acceptable form for the magnetic field is
2
E0 (iˆ  ˆj )  (iˆ  ˆj )   E (iˆ  ˆj )  (iˆ  ˆj )  
(A) cos 104 .r  (3  1012 ) t  (B) 0 cos 104 . r  (3  1012 ) t 
C 2  2  C 2  2 
E0  (iˆ  ˆj )   (iˆ  ˆj  kˆ)  (iˆ  ˆj )  
(C) kˆ cos 104 .r  (3  1012 )t  (D) cos 104 .r  (3 1012 )t 
C  2  3  2 

34. A monochromatic light source of wavelength  is place at S. Three

slits S1 , S2 and S3 are equidistant from the source S and the point P
 2
on the screen. S1 P  S 2 P  and S1 P  S3 P  . If I 0 be the
6 3
intensity at P when only one slit is open, then the intensity at P
when all the three slits are open is
(A) I 0 (B) 2I 0 (C) 3I 0 (D) 7I 0

35. Unpolarized light of intensity I passes through an ideal polarizer A. Another identical polarizer
I
B is placed behind A. The intensity of light beyond B is found to be . Now another identical
2
I
polarizer C is placed between A and B. The intensity beyond B is now found to be . The
8
angle between polarizer A and C is
(A) 45° (B) 60° (C) 0° (D) 30°

36. The current i in the network is

(A) 0.3 A (B) 0 A (C) 0.2 A (D) 0.6 A

37. Two beams of light having intensities I and 4I interfere to produce a fringe pattern on a screen.

The phase difference between the beams is at point A and  at point B. Then the difference
2
between resultant intensities at A and B is
(A) 2I (B) 4I (C) 5I (D) 7I

38. At the first minimum adjacent to the central maximum of a single slit diffraction pattern, the
phase difference between the Huygen's wavlent from the edge of the slit and the wavelength
the midpoint of the slit is
  
(A)  radian (B) radian (C) radian (D) radian
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39. In a diffraction pattern due to a single slit of width a, the first minimum is observed at an angle
30°when light of wavelength 5000 Å is incident on the slit. The first secondary maximum is
observed at an angle of
3 1 2 1
(A) sin 1   (B) sin 1   (C) sin 1   (D) sin 1  
4 4 3 2

40. Given below are two statements.

Statement I: If the Brewster's angle for the light propagating from air to glass  B , then the

B .
Brewster's angle for the light propagating from glass to air is
2
Statement II: The Brewster's angle for the light propagating from glass to air is tan 1 (  g )
where  g is the refractive index of glass.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
(A) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
(B) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
(C) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
(D) Both Statement I and Statement II is true

41. A zener diode of power rating 2 W is to be used as a voltage regulator. If the zener diode has a
breakdown of 10 V and it has to regulate voltage fluctuated between 6 V and 14 V, the value of
Rs for safe operation should be ____ .

42. In a double-slit experiment, green light (5303 Å) falls on a double slit having a separation of
19.44 µm and a width of 4.05 µm. The number of bright fringes between the first and the
second diffraction minima is _______.

43. A 8 V zener diode along with a series resistance R is connected across a 20 V supply (as shown
in the figure). If the maximum Zener current is 25 mA, then the minimum value of R will be
______ .

44. An electron and proton are separated by a large distance. The electron starts approaching the
proton with energy 3 eV. The proton captures the electrons and forms a hydrogen atom in
second excited state. The resulting photon is incident on a photosensitive metal of threshold
K
wavelength 4000 Å. The maximum kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectron is max eV.
100
The value of K max is _______.

45 An unpolarised light beam is incident on the polariser of a polarisation experiment and the
intensity of light beam emerging from the analyser is measured as 100 lumens. Now, if the
analyser is rotated around the horizontal axis (direction of light) by 30º in clockwise direction,
the intensity of emerging light will be ______ lumens.

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46. The angular width of the central maximum in a single slit diffraction pattern is 60º. The width
of the slit is 1μm. The slit is illuminated by monochromatic plane waves. If another slit of same
width is made near it, Young's fringes can be observed on a screen placed at a distance 50 cm
from the slits. If the observed fringe width is 1 cm, then the distance in between the centres of
each slit, is ______ µm

47. In Young's double slit experiment, the distance between slits and the screen is 1.0 m and
monochromatic light of 600 nm is being used. A person standing near the slits is looking at the
fringe pattern. When the separating between the slits is varied, the interference pattern
disappears for a particular distance d0 between the slits. If the angular resolution of the eye is
1
, the value of d0 is close to _______ mm.
60

48. A lamp emits monochromatic green light uniformly in all directions. The lamp is 3.75%
efficient in converting electrical power to electromagnetic waves and consume 100 W of power.
The amplitude of the electric field associated with the electromagnetic radiation at a distance of
5 m from the lamp in V / m is ______.

49. Unpolarised light is incident on the boundary between two dielectric media, whose dielectric
constants are 2.8 (medium-1) and 6.8 (medium-2), respectively. To satisfy the conditions, so
that the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other, the angle of incidence
1/ 2
 10 
should be tan 1 1   the value of  is ______. (Given for dielectric media, r  1.
  

50. Orange light of wavelength 6000 1010 m illuminates a single slit of width 0.6 104 m. The
maximum possible number of diffraction minima produced on both sides of the central
maximum is _______ .
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Answers
Revision Sheet 03
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1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (D)
11. (A) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (C) 15. (B) 16. (A) 17. (A) 18. (A) 19. (D) 20. (B)
21. (B) 22. (A) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (A) 26. (B) 27. (D) 28. (A) 29. (A) 30. (B)
31. (D) 32. (A) 33. (B) 34. (C) 35. (A) 36. (B) 37. (B) 38. (A) 39. (A) 40. (B)
41. (20) 42. (5) 43. (480) 44. (141) 45. (75) 46. (25) 47. (2) 48. (3) 49. (7) 50. (198)
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