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1 ) Two point white dots are 1 mm apart on a black paper. They are viewed by eye of
pupil diameter 3 mm. Approximately, what is the maximum distance at which these dots
can be resolved by the eye ? [ Take wavelength of light = 500 nm ]
( a ) 1 m ( b ) 5 m ( c ) 3 m ( d ) 6 m [ AIEEE 2005 ]

2 ) A Youngs double-slit experiment uses a monochromatic source. The sh pe of the
interference fringes formed on a screen is
( a ) circle ( b ) hyperbola ( c ) parabola ( d ) straight line [ AIEEE 2005 ]

3 ) If
0
is the intensity of the principal maximum in the single slit diff action pattern, then
what will be its intensity when the slit width is doubled ?
( a ) 4
0
( b ) 2
0
( c )
0
/ 2 ( d )
0
[ AIEEE 2005 ]

4 ) When an unpolarized light of intensity
0
is incident n a polarizing sheet, the intensity
of light which does not get transmitted is
( a )
0
/ 4 ( b )
0
/ 2 ( c )
0
d ) zero [ AIEEE 2005 ]


5 ) The angle of incidence at which reflected light is otally polarized for reflection from air
to glass ( refractive index n ) is
( a ) sin
- 1
( n ) ( b ) sin
- 1
( 1 / n ) ( ) tan
- 1
( 1 / n ) ( d ) tan
- 1
( n ) [ AIEEE 2004 ]

6 ) The maximum number of possib e interference maxima for slit-separation equal to twice
the wavelength in Youngs double slit experiment is
( a ) infinite ( b ) five ( c ) three (d ) zero [ AIEEE 2004 ]

7 ) To demonstrate the phenomenon of interference, we require two sources which emit
radiations
( a ) of the same frequency ( b ) of different wavelengths
( c ) of nearly the same f equency
( d ) of the same frequency having a definite phase relationship [ AIEEE 2003 ]

8 ) Which of the following is conserved when light waves interfere with each other ?
( a ) ene gy ( b ) intensity ( c ) amplitude ( d ) momentum [ AIEEE 2002 ]

9 ) In Youngs double-slit experiment, an electron beam is used. If the velocity of the
e ectrons is increased,
( a ) there will be no interference pattern in the first place
( b ) fringe width increases ( c ) fringe width decreases
( d ) fringe width remains the same [ IIT 2005 ]

10 ) In Youngs double-slit experiment, intensity at a point is 1 / 4 th the maximum intensity.
Angular position of this point is
( a )

d
sin
1 -
( b )

2d
sin
1 -
( c )

3d
sin
1 -
( d )

4d
sin
1 -
[ IIT 2005 ]

11 ) In a YDSE bi-chromatic light of wavelengths 400 nm and 560 nm are used. The
distance between the slits is 0.1 mm and the distance between the plane of the slits
and the screen is 1 m. The minimum distance between two successive regions of
complete darkness is
( a ) 4 mm ( b ) 5.6 mm ( c ) 14 mm ( d ) 28 mm [ IIT 2004 ]



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12 ) In the adjacent diagram, CP represents a wavefront and
AO and BP, the corresponding two rays. Find the
condition on for constructive interference at P
between the ray BP and reflected ray OP.
( a ) cos =
d 2
3
( b ) cos =
d 4

( c ) sec - cos =
d

( d ) sec - cos =
d
4

[ IIT 2003 ]

13 ) In the ideal double-slit experiment, when a glass plate
( refractive index 1.5 ) of thickness t is introduced in the path f one of the interfering
beams ( wave-length ), the intensity at the position where the central maximum
occurred previously remains unchanged. The minimum thickness of the glass-plate is
( a ) 2 ( b )
3
2
( c )
3

( d ) [ IIT 2002 ]

14 ) Two beams of light having intensities I and 4 I interfere to produce a fringe pattern on
a screen. The phase difference between he beams is / 2 at point A and at point
B. Then the difference between the resul ant intensities at A and B is
( a ) 2 I ( b ) 4 I ( c ) 5 I ( d ) 7 I [ IIT 2001 ]

15 ) In a Youngs double sit experiment, 12 fringes are observed to be formed in a certain
segment of the screen when light of wavelength 600 nm is used. If the wavelength of
light is changed to 400 nm, umber of fringes observed in the same segment of the
screen is given by
( a ) 12 ( b ) 18 ( c 24 ( d ) 30 [ IIT 2001 ]

16 ) In a double slit experiment instead of taking slits of equal widths, if one slit is made
twice as wide as the other, then in the interference pattern
( a ) the intensit e of both the maxima and the minima increase
( b ) the intensity of the maxima increases and the minima has zero intensity
( c ) the intensity of maxima decreases and that of minima increases
( d ) the intensity of maxima decreases and the minima has zero intensity [ IIT 2000 ]

17 ) Yellow ligh is used in a single slit diffraction experiment with slit width of 0.6 mm. If
y llow light is replaced by X-rays, then the observed pattern will reveal
( a ) that the central maximum is narrower ( b ) more number of fringes
( c less number of fringes ( d ) no diffraction pattern [ IIT 1999 ]

18 ) A thin slice is cut out of a glass cylinder along a plane
parallel to its axis. The slice is placed on a flat plate as shown
in the figure. The observed interference fringes from this
combination shall be ( a ) straight ( b ) circular ( c ) equally spaced
( d ) having fringe spacing which increases as we go outwards
[ IIT 1999 ]

19 ) A parallel monochromatic beam of light 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 first minimum of the diffraction pattern, the phase difference
between the rays coming from the two edges of the slit is
( a ) 0 ( b ) / 2 ( c ) ( d ) 2 [ IIT 1998 ]



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20 ) A beam of light of wavelength 600 nm from a distant source falls on a single slit 1.00
mm wide and the resulting diffraction pattern is bserved on a screen 2 m away. The
distance between the first dark fringes on either side of the central bright fringe is
( a ) 1.2 cm ( b ) 1.2 mm ( c ) 2.4 cm ( d ) 2.4 mm [ IIT 1994 ]

21 ) Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4 I are superpo ed. The
maximum and minimum possible intensities in the resulting beam are
( a ) 5 I and I ( b ) 5 I and 3 I ( c ) 9 I and I ( d ) 9 I and 3 I [ IIT 1988 ]

22 ) In Youngs double-slit experiment, the two slits act as coherent sources of equal
amplitude A and of wavelength . In another experiment with the same set-up, the
sources are incoherent. The ratio of intensity of light at the midp int of the screen in
the first case to that in the second case is
( a ) 1 ( b ) 2 ( c ) 3 ( d ) 4 [ IIT 1986 ]

23 ) White light is used to illuminate the two slits in a oung double-slit experiment. The
separation between the slits is b and the screen is at a distance d ( >> b ) from the
slits. At a point on the screen directly in front of on of the slits, certain wavelengths
are missing. Some of the missing wavelength are
( a )
d
2
b
= ( b )
d
2
2b
= ( c )
3d
2
b
= ( d )
3d
2
2b
= [ IIT 1984 ]

24 ) In the Youngs double slit experiment the interference pattern is found to have an
intensity ratio between bright and da k fringes as 9. This implies that
( a ) the intensities at the screen due o the two slits are 5 units and 4 units
( b ) the intensities at the screen due to the two slits are 5 units and 4 units
( c ) the amplitude ratio is 3 ( d ) the amplitude ratio is 2 [ IIT 1982 ]

25 ) In Youngs double-slit e periment, the separation between the slits is halved and the
distance between the slits and the screen is doubled. The fringe width is
( a ) unchanged ( b ) halved ( c ) doubled ( d ) quadrupled [ IIT 1981 ]

26 ) In Youngs experimen , if one slit is covered with blue filter and the second slit with
yellow, we shall find that the interference pattern will appear to be
( a ) blu ( b ) yellow ( c ) green ( d ) absent

27 ) Monoch omatic blue light has been used to obtain the diffraction pattern of a narrow
slit on a screen. Keeping the experimental set up unchanged if blue light is replaced by
red monochromatic light, the diffraction pattern will
( a ) be wider ( b ) be narrower ( c ) be unchanged ( d ) disappear

28 ) The first diffraction minima due to a single slit diffraction is at = 30 for a light of
wavelength 5000 A. The width of the slit is
( a ) 5 10
- 5
cm ( b ) 10 10
- 5
cm
( c 2.5 10
- 5
cm ( d ) 1.25 10
- 5
cm
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