WORK SHEET – 1

01. Waves of same amplitude and same frequency from two coherent sources overlap at a
point. The ratio of the resultant intensity when they arrive in phase to that when they arrive
with 900 phase difference is
1) 1 : 1 2) 2 :1 3) 2 : 1 4) 4 : 1
02. To demonstrate the phenomenon of interference, we require
1) two source which emit radiation of the same frequency
2) two source which emit radiation of nearly the same frequency
3) two sources which emit radiation of the same frequency and have a definite phase
relationship
4) two sources which emit radiation of different wavelength
03. In Young’s double slit experiment the intensity of light at a point on the screen where the

path difference is  , is K. The intensity of light at a point where the path difference is
3
[  is the wavelength of light used]
K K K
1) 2) 3) 4) K
4 3 2
04. In YDSE interference pattern produced by two identical slits, the intensity at the site of the
central maximum is I. The intensity at the same spot when either of two silts is closed is
1) I/2 2) I/4 3)2I 4) I
05. Two coherent sources are placed 0.9 mm apart and the fringes are observed one metre
away. The wavelength of monochromatic light used if it produces the second dark fringes at
a distance of 10mm from the central finger will be
1) 6  104 cm 2) 6  106 cm 3) 6  107 cm 4) 1.2  104 cm
06. The two coherent sources of equal intensity produce maximum intensity of 100 units at a
point. If the intensity of one of the sources is reduced by 50% by reducing its width then the
intensity of light at the same point will be
1) 90 2) 89 3) 67 4) 72.85
07. The ratio of the intensities at minima to maxima in the interference pattern is 9 : 25. What
will be the ratio of the widths of the two slits in the young’s double slit experiment?
1) 8 : 1 2) 16 : 1 3) 4 : 1 4) 9 : 1
08. If the width of the slit S in Young’s double slit experiment is gradually increased

1) Bright fringes become brighter and dark fringes become darker

2) Bright fringes become less brighter, dark fringes become less dark
3) Bright fringes become brighter, dark fringes lighter
4) Bright fringes become less bright, dark fringes darker
09. The distance between the two slits in a Young’s double slit experiment is d and the distance
of the screen from the plane of the slits is b, P is a point on the screen directly infront of one
of the slits. The path difference between the waves arriving at P from the two slits is
d2 d2 2d 2 d2
1) 2) 3) 4)
b 2b b 4b
10. In young’s double slit experiment the fringe width in 4mm. If the experiment is shifted to
water of refractive index 4/3 the fringe width becomes (in mm)
1) 3 2) 4 3) 6 4) 8
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11. A double slit is illuminated by light of wave length 6000A . The slits are 0.1 cm apart and
the screen is placed 1 m away. Then the angular position of 10th maxima is

1) 6  103 rad 2) 6 rad 3) 0.0060 4) 60

12. In young double slit experiment the nth red bright band coincides with (n + 1)th blue bright
band. If the wavelength of red and blue lights are 7500A0 and 5000A0, the value of ‘n’ is
1) 1 2) 2 3) 5 4) 4
13. In Young’s experiment using monochromatic light, the fringe pattern shifts by a certain
distance on the screen when a mica sheet of refractive index 1.6 and thickness 2 micron is
introduced in the path of one of the interfering waves. The mica sheet is then removed and
the distance between the slits and the screen is doubled. It is found that the distance
between successive maxima now is the same as the observed fringe shift upon the
introduction of the mica sheet. The wavelength of light is
1) 5762 A0 2) 5825A0 3) 6000A0 4) 6500A0
14. When a thin transparent plate of refractive index 1.5 is introduced in one of the interfering
becomes, 20 fringes shift. If it is replaced by another thin plate of half the thickness and of
R.I. 1.7 the number of fringes that undergo dis placement is
1) 23 2) 14 3) 28 4) 7
15. In young’s double slit experiment S1 and S2 are two slits. Films of thickness t1 and t2 and
refractive indices 1 and  2 are placed in front of S1 and S2 respectively. If 1t1   2 t 2 ,
then the central maximum will:

1) Not shift
2) shift towards S1 irrespective of amounts of t1 and t2
3) Shift towards S2 irrespective of amounts of t1 and t2
4) shift towards S1 if t2 > t1 and towards S2 if t2 > t1

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16. A transparent glass plate of thickness 0.5 mm and refractive index 1.5 is placed infront of
one of the slits in a double slit experiment. If the wavelength of light used is 6000A0 , the
ratio of maximum to minimum intensity in the interference pattern is 25/4. Then the ratio of
light intensity transmitted to incident on thin transparent glass plate is
1) 9 : 7 2) 9 : 49 3) 3 : 7 4) 7 : 3
17. The displacement of two interfering light waves are
y1  4sin t and y3  3cos  t  . The amplitude of the resultant wave is (y1 and y2 are in
CGS system)
1) 5 cm 2) 7 cm 3) 1 cm 4) zero
18. In the case of interference, the maximum and minimum intensities are in the ratio 16:9.
Then
1) The maximum and minimum amplitudes will be in the ratio 9 : 5
2) The intensities of the individual waves will be in the ratio 4 : 3
3) The amplitudes of the individual waves will be in the ratio 7 ; 1
4) The amplitudes of the individual waves will be in the ratio 4 : 1
19. Four light sources produce the following waves
i) y1  a sin  t  1  ii) y 2  a sin  2t  iii) y3  a1 sin  t  2  iv) y 4  a1 sin  3t   
Superposition of which two waves gives rise to interference
1) i and ii 2) ii and iii 3) i and iii 4) iii and iv
20. A screen is at a distance of 2 m from narrow slits that are illuminated with light of 6000A0.
The first maximum lies of 0.005 m on either side of the central maximum, then the distance
between the slits will be
1) 0.024 mm 2) 0.24 mm 3) 2.4 mm 4) 24 mm
21. In Young’s double slit experiment with a mono – chromatic light of wavelength 4000A0 ,
the fringe width is found to be 0.4mm. When the slits are now illuminated with a light of
wavelength 5000A0 the fringe width will be
1) 0.32 mm 2) 0.5 mm 3) 0.6 mm 4) 0.8 mm
22. The intensity of central fringe in the interference pattern produced by two identical slits is I.
When one of the slits is closed then the intensity at the points is I0. The relation between I
and I0 is
I
1) I = 4I0 2) I = 2I0 3) I = I0 4) I  0
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23. In Young’s double slit experiment, the 10th maximum of wavelength 1 is at a distance of
y1 from the central maximum. When the wavelength of the sources is changed to  2 , 5th
y 
maximum is at a distance of y2 from its central maximum. The ratio  1  is
 y2 
2 2 2  
1) 1 2) 3) 1 4) 2
2 1 2 2 21
24. In the young’s double slit experiment, the intensities at two points P1 and P2 on the screen
are respectively I1 and I2. If P1 is located at the centre of a bright fringe and P2 is located at a
distance equal to quarter of fringe width from P1, then I1/ I2 is
1) 2 2) 1/2 3) 4 4) 16
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25. A mixture of light, consisting of wavelength 590 nm and an unknown wavelength,
illuminates Young’s double slit and gives rise to two overlapping interference patterns on
the screen. The central maximum of both lights coincide. Further, it is observed that the
third bright fring of known light coincides with the 4th bright fringe of the unknown light.
From this data, the wavelength of the unknown light is
1) 885.0 nm 2) 442.5 nm 3) 776.8 nm 4) 393.4 nm
26. The maximum number of possible interference maxima for slit separation equal to twice the
wavelength in Young’s double slit experiment
1) infinite 2) five 3) three 4) zero
27. A double slit experiment is performed with light of wavelength 500 nm. A thin film of
thickness 2m and refractive index 1.5 is introduced in the path of thee upper beam. The
location of the central maximum will
1) remain unshifted
2) shift downward by nearly two fringes
3) shift upward by nearly two fringes
4) shift downward by 10 fringes

1) 3 2) 3 3) 1 4) 2 5) 1 6) 4 7) 2 8) 2 9) 2 10) 1

11) 1 12) 2 13) 3 14) 2 15) 4 16) 2 17) 1 18) 3 19) 3 20) 2

21) 2 22) 1 23) 1 24) 1 25) 2 26) 3 27) 3