CONCEPTS REVEALED
1. Young's experiment establishes that
(b) Light consists of particles
(c) Light consists of neither particles nor waves
(d) Light consists of both particles and waves
2. In the interference pattern, energy is
(a) Created at the position of maxima
(b) Destroyed at the position of minima
(c) Conserved but is redistributed
(d) None of the above
3. Monochromatic green light of wavelength 5 ´ 10 -7 m illuminates a pair of slits 1 mm apart. The separation of
bright lines on the interference pattern formed on a screen 2 m away is
(a) 0.25 mm (b) 0.1 mm
(c) 1.0 mm (d) 0.01 mm
4. In Young's double slit experiment, if the slit widths are in the ratio 1 : 9, then the ratio of the intensity at minima
to that at maxima will be
(a) 1 (b) 1/9
(c) 1/4 (d) 1/3
5. In Young's double slit interference experiment, the slit separation is made 3 fold. The fringe width becomes
(a) 1/3 times (b) 1/9 times
(c) 3 times (d) 9 times
6. In a certain double slit experimental arrangement interference fringes of width 1.0 mm each are observed when
light of wavelength 5000 Å is used. Keeping the set up unaltered, if the source is replaced by another source of
wavelength 6000 Å, the fringe width will be
(a) 0.5 mm (b) 1.0 mm
(c) 1.2 mm (d) 1.5 mm
7. Two coherent light sources S1 and S2 (l= 6000 Å) are 1mm apart from each other. The screen is placed at a
distance of 25 cm from the sources. The width of the fringes on the screen should be
(a) 0.015 cm (b) 0.025 cm
(c) 0.010 cm (d) 0.030 cm
8. The figure shows a double slit experiment P and Q are the slits. The path lengths PX and QX are nl and (n + 2)l
respectively, where n is a whole number and l is the wavelength. Taking the central fringe as zero, what is
formed at X
X
(a) First bright nl
(b) First dark P
(c) Second bright (n+2)l
(d) Second dark
9. In Young's double slit experiment, if one of the slit is closed fully, then in the interference pattern
(a) A bright slit will be observed, no interference pattern will exist
(b) The bright fringes will become more bright
(c) The bright fringes will become fainter
(d) None of the above
10. In Young's double slit experiment, a glass plate is placed before a slit which absorbs half the intensity of light.
Under this case
(a) The brightness of fringes decreases
(b) The fringe width decreases
(c) No fringes will be observed
CONCEPTS REVEALED
(d) The bright fringes become fainter and the dark fringes have finite light intensity
11. In Young's experiment, the distance between the slits is reduced to half and the distance between the slit and
screen is doubled, then the fringe width
(a) Will not change (b) Will become half
(c) Will be doubled (d) Will become four times
12. The maximum intensity of fringes in Young's experiment is I. If one of the slit is closed, then the intensity at that
place becomes Io. Which of the following relation is true ?
(a) I = Io
(b) I = 2Io
(c) I = 4Io
(d) There is no relation between I and Io
13. In the Young's double slit experiment, the ratio of intensities of bright and dark fringes is 9. This means that
(a) The intensities of individual sources are 5 and 4 units respectively
(b) The intensities of individual sources are 4 and 1 units respectively
(c) The ratio of their amplitudes is 3
(d) The ratio of their amplitudes is 2
14. An oil flowing on water seems coloured due to interference. For observing this effect, the approximate thickness
of the oil film should be
(a) 100 Å (b) 10000 Å
(c) 1 mm (d) 1 cm
15. The Young's experiment is performed with the lights of blue (l = 4360 Å) and green colour (l = 5460 Å), If the
distance of the 4th fringe from the centre is x, then
(a) x (Blue) = x (Green) (b) x (Blue)> x (Green)
x (Blue ) 5460
(c) x (Blue) < x (Green) (d) =
x (Green ) 4360
16. In the Young's double slit experiment, the spacing between two slits is 0.1 mm. If the screen is kept at a distance
of 1.0 m from the slits and the wavelength of light is 5000 Å, then the fringe width is
(a) 1.0 cm (b) 1.5 cm
(c) 0.5 cm (d) 2.0 cm
17. In Young's double slit experiment, if L is the distance between the slits and the screen upon which interference
pattern is observed, x is the average distance between the adjacent fringes and d being the slit separation. The
wavelength of light is given by
xd xL
(a) (b)
L d
Ld 1
(c) (d)
x Ldx
18. In a Young's double slit experiment, the central point on the screen is
(a) Bright (b) Dark
(c) First bright and then dark (d) First dark and then bright
19. In a Young's double slit experiment, the fringe width is found to be 0.4 mm. If the whole apparatus is immersed
in water of refractive index 4/3 without disturbing the geometrical arrangement, the new fringe width will be
(a) 0.30 mm (b) 0.40 mm
(c) 0.53 mm (d) 450 micron
20. Young's experiment is performed in air and then performed in water, the fringe width
(a) Will remain same (b) Will decrease
(c) Will increase (d) Will be infinite
21. In double slits experiment, for light of which colour the fringe width will be minimum
(a) Violet (b) Red
(c) Green (d) Yellow
22. In Young's experiment, light of wavelength 4000 Å is used to produce bright fringes of width 0.6 mm, at a distance
of 2 meters. If the whole apparatus is dipped in a liquid of refractive index 1.5, then fringe width will be
CONCEPTS REVEALED
(a) 0.2 mm (b) 0.3 mm
(c) 0.4 mm (d) 1.2 mm
23. In Young's double slit experiment, the phase difference between the light waves reaching third bright fringe from
the central fringe will be (l =6000 Å )
(a) Zero (b) 2p
(c) 4 p (d) 6p
24. In Young's double slit experiment, if the widths of the slits are in the ratio 4 : 9, the ratio of the intensity at
maxima to the intensity at minima will be
(a) 169 : 25 (b) 81 : 16
(c) 25 : 1 (d) 9 : 4
25. In Young's double slit experiment when wavelength used is 6000 Å and the screen is 40 cm from the slits, the
fringes are 0.012 cm wide. What is the distance between the slits
(a) 0.024 cm (b) 2.4 cm
(c) 0.24 cm (d) 0.2 cm
26. In two separate set - ups of the Young's double slit experiment, fringes of equal width are observed when lights
of wavelengths in the ratio 1 : 2 are used. If the ratio of the slit separation in the two cases is 2 : 1, the ratio of the
distances between the plane of the slits and the screen in the two set - ups is
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 1 : 1
(c) 1 : 4 (d) 2 : 1
27. In an interference experiment, the spacing between successive maxima or minima is
ld lD
(a) (b)
D d
dD ld
(c) (d)
l 4D
(Where the symbols have their usual meanings)
28. If yellow light in the Young's double slit experiment is replaced by red light, the fringe width will
(a) Decrease
(b) Remain unaffected
(c) Increase
(d) First increase and then decrease
29. In Young's double slit experiment, the fringe width is 1 ´ 10 -4 m if the distance between the slit and screen is
doubled and the distance between the two slit is reduced to half and wavelength is changed from 6 . 4 ´ 10 7 m
to 4 . 0 ´ 10 -7 m , the value of new fringe width will be
(a) 0 . 15 ´ 10 -4 m (b) 2 . 0 ´ 10 -4 m
(c) 1 . 25 ´ 10 -4 m (d) 2 . 5 ´ 10 -4 m
30. In Young's experiment, one slit is covered with a blue filter and the other (slit) with a yellow filter. Then the
interference pattern
(a) Will be blue (b) Will be yellow
(c) Will be green (d) Will not be formed
31. Two sources give interference pattern which is observed on a screen, D distance apart from the sources. The
fringe width is 2w. If the distance D is now doubled, the fringe width will
(a) Become w/2 (b) Remain the same
(c) Become w (d) Become 4w
32. In double slit experiment, the angular width of the fringes is 0.20o for the sodium light (l =5890 Å). In order to
increase the angular width of the fringes by 10%, the necessary change in the wavelength is
(a) Increase of 589 Å (b) Decrease of 589 Å
(c) Increase of 6479 Å (d) Zero
CONCEPTS REVEALED
33. In a biprism experiment, by using light of wavelength 5000 Å, 5 mm wide fringes are obtained on a screen 1.0 m
away from the coherent sources. The separation between the two coherent sources is
(a) 1.0 mm (b) 0.1 mm
(c) 0.05 mm (d) 0.01 mm
34. The slits in a Young's double slit experiment have equal widths and the source is placed symmetrically relative
to the slits. The intensity at the central fringes is I0. If one of the slits is closed, the intensity at this point will be
(a) I0 (b) I0 / 4
(c) I0 / 2 (d) 4I0
35. A thin mica sheet of thickness 2 ´ 10 -6 m and refractive index (µ = 1 . 5 ) is introduced in the path of the first
wave. The wavelength of the wave used is 5000 Å. The central bright maximum will shift
(a) 2 fringes upward (b) 2 fringes downward
(c) 10 fringes upward (d) None of these
36. In a Young's double slit experiment, the fringe width will remain same, if (D = distance between screen and plane
of slits, d = separation between two slits and l = wavelength of light used)
(a) Both l and D are doubled
(b) Both d and D are doubled
(c) D is doubled but d is halved
(d) l is doubled but d is halved
37. In Young's double slit experiment, the slits are 0.5 mm apart and interference pattern is observed on a screen
placed at a distance of 1.0 m from the plane containing the slits. If wavelength of the incident light is 6000 Å, then
the separation between the third bright fringe and the central maxima is
(a) 4.0 mm (b) 3.5 mm
(c) 3.0 mm (d) 2.5 mm
38. In Young's double slit experiment, 62 fringes are seen in visible region for sodium light of wavelength 5893 Å. If
violet light of wavelength 4358 Å is used in place of sodium light, then number of fringes seen will be
(a) 54 (b) 64
(c) 74 (d) 84
39. In Young's double slit experiment, angular width of fringes is 0.20o for sodium light of wavelength 5890 Å. If
complete system is dipped in water, then angular width of fringes becomes
(a) 0.11o (b) 0.15o
(c) 0.22 o (d) 0.30o
40. In Young's double slit experiment, the distance between the slits is 1 mm and that between slit and screen is 1
meter and 10th fringe is 5 mm away from the central bright fringe, then wavelength of light used will be
(a) 5000 Å (b) 6000 Å
(c) 7000 Å (d) 8000 Å
41. In Young's double slit experiment, carried out with light of wavelength l = 5000 Å, the distance between the slits
is 0.2 mm and the screen is at 200 cm from the slits. The central maximum is at x =0. The third maximum (taking
the central maximum as zeroth maximum) will be at x equal to
(a) 1.67 cm (b) 1.5 cm
(c) 0.5 cm (d) 5.0 cm
42. In a Young's experiment, two coherent sources are placed 0.90 mm apart and the fringes are observed one metre
away. If it produces the second dark fringe at a distance of 1 mm from the central fringe, the wavelength of
monochromatic light used would be
(a) 60 ´ 10 -4 cm (b) 10 ´ 10 -4 cm
(c) 10 ´ 10 -5 cm (d) 6 ´ 10 -5 cm
43. In Young's double slit experiment, the distance between the two slits is 0.1 mm and the wavelength of light
used is 4 ´ 10 -7 m . If the width of the fringe on the screen is 4 mm, the distance between screen and slit is
(a) 0.1 mm (b) 1 cm
(c) 0.1 cm (d) 1 m
CONCEPTS REVEALED
44. In Young's double slit experiment, the distance between sources is 1 mm and distance between the screen and
source is 1 m. If the fringe width on the screen is 0.06 cm, then l =
(a) 6000 Å (b) 4000 Å
(c) 1200 Å (d) 2400 Å
45. In Young's double slit experiment, a mica slit of thickness t and refractive index µ is introduced in the ray from
the first source S1. By how much distance the fringes pattern will be displaced
d D
(a) (µ - 1) t (b) (µ - 1) t
D d
d D
(c) (d) (µ - 1)
(µ - 1)D d
