Physics test

Answer all - 45 Questions

1) In Young's double slit experiment the separation d between the slits is 2 mm, the wavelength λ of
the light used is 5896 Å and distance D between the screen and slits is 100 cm. It is found that the
angular width of the fringes is 0.20°. To increase the fringe angular width to 0.21° (with same λ and D)
the separation between the slits needs to be changed to

(1) 1.8 mm (2) 1.9 mm (3) 1.7 mm (4) 2.1 mm

2) Unpolarised light is incident from air on a plane surface of a material of refractive index 'µ'. At a
particular angle of incidence 'i', it is found that the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to
each other. Which of the following options is correct for this
situation?

(1) Reflected light is polarized with its electric vector parallel to the plane of incidence
(2) Reflected light is polarized with its electric vector perpendicular to the plane of
incidence

3) Young’s double slit experiment is first performed in air and then in a medium other than air. It is
found that 8th bright fringe in the medium lies where 5th dark fringe lies in air. The refractive index of
the medium is nearly

(1) 1.25 (2)1.59 (3)1.69 (4)1.78

4) Two Polaroid’s P1 and P2 are placed with their axis perpendicular to each other. Unpolarised light I0
is incident on P1. A third Polaroid P3 is kept in between P1 and P2 such that its axis makes an angle 45º
with that of P1. The intensity of transmitted light through P2 is

5) The interference pattern is obtained with two coherent light sources of intensity ratio n. In the

interference the ratio will be

6) The intensity at the maximum in a Young's double slit experiment is I0. Distance between two slits is
d = 5λ, where λ is the wavelength of light used in the experiment. What will be the intensity in front
of one of the slits on the screen placed at a distance D = 10 d?
7) For a parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength λ, diffraction is produced by a single slit
whose width a is of the order of the wavelength of the light. If D is the distance of the screen from the
slit, the width of the central maxima will be

8) In the Young's double-slit experiment, the intensity of light at a point on the screen where the path difference
is λ is K, (λ being the wave length of light used). The intensity at a point where the path difference is
λ/4, will be:

9) A star, which is emitting radiation at a wavelength of 5000 Å, is approaching the earth with a velocity
of 1.5 × 105 m/s. The change in wavelength of the radiation as received on the earth is
(1) 25 Å (2)100 Å (3) Zero (4)2.5 Å
10) On introducing a thin film in the path of one of the two interfering beam, the central fringe will
shift by one fringe width. If µ = 1.5, the thickness of the film is (wavelength of monochromatic light is
λ)

(1) 4λ (2) 3λ (3) 2λ (4) λ

11) Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4I are superimposed; the maximum and
minimum possible intensities in the resulting beam are

1) 5I and I (2) 5I and 3I (3) 9I and I (4) 9I and 3I

12) 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 bright band is
(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1
13) In Young’s double slit experiment, the 10th maximum
of wavelength l1 is at a distance of y1 from the
central maximum. When the wavelength of the source is changed to l2, 5th maximum is at a

distance of y2 from its

14) Two Polaroid’s are kept crossed to each other. Now one of them is rotated through an angle of
45°. The percentage of incident light now transmitted through the system is

(1) 15% (2) 25%

(3) 50% (4) 75%
15) Waves that cannot be polarized are

(1) Light waves (2) Electromagnetic waves

(3) Transverse waves (4) Longitudinal waves
16) .Diameter of human eye lens is 2 mm. What will be the minimum distance between two
points to resolve them, which are situated at a distance of 50 m from eye? The wavelength of
light is 5000 Å?
(1) 2.32 m (2) 4.28 mm (3) 1.525 cm (4) 12.48 cm
17) A beam of light AO is incident on a glass slab (m = 1.54) in a direction as shown in the diagram. The
reflected ray OB is passed through a Polaroid. On viewing through the Polaroid, we find that on
rotating the Polaroid (Given tan 57° = 1.54)

18) A parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 5000 Å is incident normally on a single
narrow slit of width 0.001 mm. The light is focused by a convex lens on a screen placed on focal plane.
The first minimum will be formed for the angle of diffraction equal to
(1) 0° (2) 15° (3) 30° (4) 50°

19) When white light is incident normally on an oil film of thickness 10–4 cm and refractive index 1.4
then the wavelength which will not be seen in the reflected system of light is

(1) 7000 Å (2) 5600 Å (3) 4000 Å (4) All of these

20) White light is used to illuminate the two slits in Young’s experiment. The separation between the
slits is b and the screen is at a distance d (>> b) from the slits. At a point directly in front of one of the
slits, certain wavelengths are missing. The missing wavelength(s) is/are

(1) λ = b2/d (2) λ = b2/5d (3) λ = b2/3d (4) All of these

21) In a Young's double slit experiment, the intensity at the central maximum is I0. The intensity at a
distance β/4 from the central maximum is (β is fringe width)

22) Two waves having intensities in the ratio of 9 : 1 produce interference. The ratio of maximum to
minimum intensity is equal to

(1) 10 : 8 (2) 9 : 1 (3) 4 : 1 (4) 2: 1

23) Two slits separated by a distance of 1mm are illuminated with red light of wavelength 6.5 ×
10–7 m. The interference fringes are observed on a screen placed 1m from the slits. The distance between
the third dark fringe and the fifth bright fringe on the same side of central maxima is
(1) 0.65 mm (2) 1.62 mm (3) 3.25 mm (4) 4.88 mm
24) Two light rays initially in same phase travel through two media of equal length L having refractive index
m1 and m2 (m1 > m2) as shown in figure. If the wave length of light rays in air is l, the phase difference of
the emerging rays is given by

25) Apparent wavelength of light coming from a star moving away from earth is 0.02% more than its
actual wavelength. Velocity of star is

(1) 30 km/s (2) 60 km/s (3) 90 km/s (4) 120 km/s

26) In the Young’s arrangement, screen starts moving towards right with constant speed v. Initial distance
between screen and plane of slits is x. At t = 0, 1st order maxima is lying at point A. After how much
time first order minima lies at point A?

27) White light is used in Young’s double slit experiment. Separation between slits is y and the screen
is at distance x from slits (x >> y). Which of these wavelengths is missing in front of one of the slits?

28) In Young's double slit experiment, the intensity at a point where path difference is λ/6 is I. If I0
denotes the maximum intensity, I/ I0

29) In Young’s double slit experiment shown in figure. S1 and S2 are coherent sources and S is the screen
having a hole at a point 1.0 mm away from the central line. White light (400 to 700 nm) is sent
through the slits. Which wavelength passing through the hole has strong intensity?
30) A thin film of water (µ = 4/3) is 3100 Å thick. If it is illuminated by white light at normal incidence.
The colour of film in the reflected light will be

1) Blue (2) Black (3) Yellow (4) Red

31) Ray optics is valid, when characteristic dimensions are

(1) Much smaller than the wavelength of light

(2) Of the same order as the wavelength of light
(3) Of the order of one millimeter
(4) Much larger than the wavelength of light
32) An object is placed in front of two convex lenses one by one at a distance u from the lens. The focal
lengths of the lenses are 30 cm and 15 cm respectively. If the size of image formed in the two cases is
same, then u is

(1) 15 cm (2) 20 cm (3) 25 cm (4) 30 cm

33) A convex lens forms a real image 16 mm long on a screen. If the lens is shifted to a new position
without disturbing the object or the screen then again a real image of length 81 mm is formed. The length
of the object must be

(1) 48.5 mm (2) 36 mm (3) 6 mm (4) 72 mm

34) A bubble in glass slab (m = 1.5) when viewed from one side appears at 5 cm and 2 cm from other
side, then thickness of slab is

(1) 3.75 cm (2) 3 cm (3) 10.5 cm (4) 2.5 cm

35) For the given incident ray as shown in figure, the condition of total internal reflection of this ray
the required refractive index of prism will be

36) Images formed by an object placed between two plane mirrors whose reflecting surfaces make an
angle of 90° with one another lie on a

1) Straight line (2) Parabola (3) Circle (4) Ellipse

37) A microscope is focused on a mark on a piece of paper and then a slab of glass of thickness 3 cm
and refractive index 1.5 is placed over the mark. How should the microscope be moved to get the mark
in focus again?

1) 1 cm upward (2) 4.5 cm downward (3) 1 cm downward (4) 2 cm upward

38) An object placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length 0.15 m produces a virtual image,
which is twice the size of the object. The position of the object with respect to the mirror is

(1) –5.5 cm (2) –6.5 cm (3) –7.5 cm (4) –8.5 cm

39) A narrow, paraxial beam of light is converging towards a point I on a screen. A plane parallel plate
of glass of thickness t, and refractive index μ is introduced in the path of the beam. The convergence
point is shifted by

(1) t (1–1/µ) away (2)t (1 + 1/µ) away (3)t (1 – 1/µ) nearer (4) t (1 + 1/µ) nearer

40) Which of the following is possible application of fiber optics?

(1) Endoscopy (2) High speed internet traffic
(3) Radio, TV & Telephone signals (4) All of the above

41) The diameter of aperture of a Plano-convex lens is 6 cm and its maximum thickness is 3 mm. If
the velocity of light in the material of the lens is 2 × 108 m/s, its focal length is (approximately)
(1) 10 cm (2)15 cm (3)30 cm (4)60 cm

42) At what angle will a ray of light be incident on one face of an equilateral prism, so that the
emergent ray may graze the second surface of the prism (µ = 2)?
(1) 30° (2)90° (3)45° (4)60°

43) A plane glass is kept over a colored word ‘VIBGYOR’, where color of letters as same as the colors in
white light start by letter, the letter which appears least raised is

(1) R (2) Y (3) O (4) V

44) In optical fibre, refractive index of inner part is 1.68 and refractive index of outer part is 1.44. The
numerical aperture of the fiber is

(1) 0.5653 (2)0.6653 (3)0.7653 (4) 0.8653

45) A plot between the angle of deviation and angle of incidence is shown in figure. From the graph
one can say that the prism angle is