Unit 07: Light

Test Chapter #07

[Link] of the following is a not necessary condition (s) to observe the phenomenon of interference of
light waves clearly?
(A) Beams should be monochromatic
(B) Wavelength of beams should be different
(C) Amplitude of interfering beams should be small
(D) Both B and C
[Link] of the following statements must be true for two monochromatic beams of light to be
coherent?
(A) They have almost the same amplitude
(B) They produce constructive interference
(C) They have constant phase difference
(D) Different frequencies
[Link] two sources to be coherent, the waves emitted by these sources should have:
(A) Constant phase difference (B) Same wavelength
(C) Same amplitude (D) All of these
[Link] color of light is determined by its:
(A) Wavelength (B) Frequency
(C) Velocity (D) Amplitude
[Link]’s double slit experiment is basically used of study:
(A) Refraction of light (B) Polarization of light
(C) Interference of light (D) Reflection of light
[Link] interference will take place if path difference between two waves is:
(A) m⋋ ; where m = ½, 3/2, 5/2, …..
(B) m⋋ /2; where m = 1, 2, 3, ….
(C) m⋋ /4 ; where m = 1, 2, 3, …...
(D) m⋋ /3; where m = 1, 2, 3, …..
[Link] Young’s double slit experiment, if the screen is moved away from the slits:
(A) Fringe spacing remains unchanged (B) Fringe spacing decreases
(C) Fringe spacing increases (D) The waves never interfere
[Link] Young’s experiment more orders of spectra can be observed by:
(A) Increasing the wavelength of light (B) Increasing slit separation
(C) Increasing the distance between screens (D) All of these
[Link] can be observed in:
(A) Water waves (B) Nature of the film
(C) Sound waves (D) All of these
10. The path difference in thin film depends upon:
(A) Angle of incidence (B) Nature of the film
(C) Thickness of the film (D) All mentioned
11. If Young’s double slit apparatus is immersed in water then the fringe width:
(A) Decreases (B) Remains unchanged
(C) Becomes infinite (D) Increases
12. A maximum is produced at points where path difference for two monochromatic waves is:
⋋
(A) ⋋ (B)
4
 ⋋ 3⋋
(C) (D)
2 2
⋋L
13. The distance between two adjacent bright fringes is ∆y = . The dark fringes ∆y is given by:
d
⋋L m⋋ L
(A) ∆y = (B) ∆y =
d d
(C) △ y= m+( 12 ) ld⋋ (D) ∆y =
⋋L
2d
14. The two sources of light are considered to be coherent if the beams emitted by them have:
(A) Same amplitudes (B) Constant phase difference
(C) Equal speeds
(D) Always constructive interference
15. The colour of a light beam is not determined by its:
(A) Speed (B) Wavelength
(C) Frequency (D) Both wavelength and speed
16. A diffraction grating has 500 lines per mm. its slit spacing or grating element will be equal to:
(A) 500 mm (B) 2 x 10-5 mm
(C) 5 x 10-3 mm (D) 2 x 10-3 mm
17. In a Young’s double slit experiment the center of a bright fringe occurs where waves from the
slits differ in phase by multiple of:
(A) π/4 (B) π
(C) π/2 (D) 2π
18. The phase difference between the two waves that give rise to a dark spot in a young’s double slit
experiment is (where m = integer):
(A) 2πm + π (B) 2πm + π/4
(C) 2πm + π/8 (D) 2πm + π/2
19. Radio waves are readily diffracted around buildings whereas light waves are negligibly
diffracted around buildings. This is because radio waves:
(A) Are plane polarized
(B) Have much longer wavelengths than light waves
(C) Have much shorter wavelength than light waves
(D) Are nearly monochromatic (single frequency)
20. In Young’s experiment, the fringe width of bright points as compared to that of dark points is:
(A) Small (B) Same
(C) Large (D) Either large or small
21. The fringe spacing in Young’s experiment is:
(A) Constant throughout the pattern on the screen
(B) Increased as we move away from center of the screen
(C) Decreased as we move away from center of the screen
(D) Independent of the colour of light
22. If white light was used in Young’s double slit experiment, the central point would be:
(A) White fringe (B) Dark fringe
(C) Red fringe (D) Violet fringe
23. A maxima is produced on the screen of Young’s apparatus with beams of wavelength 550 nm.
The path difference between the interference beams at this point might be:
(A) 1050 nm (B) 1650 nm
 (C) 2050 nm (D) 700 nm
24. 2000 lines per centimeter have been ruled on a diffraction grating. Its grating element will be:
(A) 5.0 x 10-6 m (B) 5.0 x 10-8 m
-10
(C) 5.0 x 10 m (D) 5.0 x 10-4 m
25. In the equation dsinθ = m⋋ for a diffraction grating, “d” is called:
(A) Number of slits (B) Grating element
(C) Slit separation (D) Inter planer spacing
26. A glass plate having a large number of close parallel equidistant slits mechanically ruled on it is
called:
(A) Grating element (B) Diffraction grating
(C) Grating spectrometer (D) Prism
27. The reason there are two slits, rather than one, in a Young’s experiment is:
(A) To increase the intensity
(B) One silt is for frequency, the other for wavelength
(C) To create a path length difference
(D) One slit is for electric fields, the other is for magnetic fields
28. As light goes from one medium to another, it is bent away from the normal. Then:
(A) The speed of the light has increased (B) Dispersion must occur
(C) The second medium has a higher index of refraction than the first
(D) No change in speed has occurred
29. In a Young’s double – slit experiment the center of a bright fringe occurs wherever waves from
the slits differ in phase by a multiple of:
(A) π/4 (B) π
(C) π/2 (D) 2π
30. When light travels from medium X to medium Y as shown:

(A) Both the speed and the frequency decreases

(B) Both the speed and the frequency increase
(C) Both the speed and the wavelength decrease
(D) Both the speed and the wavelength increase
31. When light passes from air to glass it bends:
(A) Toward the normal without changing speed
(B) Towards the normal and slows down
(C) Towards the normal and speeds up
(D) Away from the normal and slows down
32. Waves from two slits are in phase at the slits and travel to a distant screen to produce the third
maximum of the interference pattern. The difference in the distance traveled by the waves is:
(A) Half a wavelength (B) Two wavelength
(C) A wavelength (D) Three wavelengths
33. Light from a small region of an ordinary incandescent bulb is passed through a yellow filter
and then serves as the source for a Young’s double slit experiment. Which of the following
changes would cause the interference pattern to be more closely spaced?
(A) Use slits that are closer together
 (B) Use a light source of higher intensity
(C) Use a light source of lower intensity
(D) Use a blue filter instead of a yellow filter
34. In a young’s double – slit experiment, the slit separation is doubled. To maintain the same
fringe spacing on the screen, the screen – to – slit distance D must be changed to:
(A) D/2 (B) D√2
(C) D/√2 (D) 2D
35. In a Young’s double slit experiment, light of wavelength 500 nm illuminates two slits that are
separated by 1 mm. The separation between adjacent bright fringes on screen 5 m from the slits
is:
(A) 0.10 cm (B) 0.50 cm
(C) 0.25 cm (D) 1.0 cm
36. In a Young’s double slits experiment, the separation between slits is d and the screen is a
distance “D” from the slits. “D” is much greater than “d” and “⋋ ” is the wavelength of the light.
The number of bright fringes per unit width on the screen is:
(A) Dd/⋋ (B) D/ d⋋
(C) D⋋ / d (D) d/⋋ D
37. In a Young’s experiment, if is essential that two beams:
(A) Have exactly equal intensity (B) Travel equal distances
(C) Be exactly parallel
(D) Come originally from the same source
38. To obtain an observable double slit interference pattern:
(A) The light must be incident normally on the slits
(B) The light must be monochromatic
(C) The light must consist of plane waves
(D) The light must be coherent
39. The spacing between adjacent slits on a diffraction grating is 3⋋ . The deviation θ of the first
order diffracted beam is given by:
(A) sinθ = 1/2 (B) sinθ = 3
(C) sinθ = 2/3 (D) tanθ = 1/3
40. Position of the mth dark band be written as:
⋋L
(A) m= (B) m⋋
d
(C) (2 m+ 1)
⋋
2
(D) ( 2 m+1
2 ) ⋋L
d
41. In YDSE the distance between two consecutive dark fringes will be:
⋋L ⋋
(A) m= (B) (2 m+ 1)
d 2
⋋L
(C) (D) m⋋
d
42. In young’s double slit experiment, if “d” is the slits separation, “⋋ ” is the wave length of the
light used and “D” is the distance of the screen from the slits, then the separation between two
successive bright fringes or dark fringes is given by:
⋋D D
(A) (B)
d ⋋d
 ⋋d d
(C) (D)
D ⋋D
43. Angle between ray or light and the corresponding wave from is:
(A) 0o (B) 60o
o
(C) 90 (D) 120o
44. A wave front means:
(A) All particles in it, have same phase
(B) Few particles are in same phase, rest are in opposite phase
(C) All particles in it, have opposite phase
(D) All particles in it, have random phase
45. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the central point on the screen is:
(A) Bright (B) First bright than dark
(C) Dark (D) First dark and then bright
46. In Young’s double slit experiment the distance between the slits is gradually increased. The
width of the fringe system:
(A) Increase (B) Remain same
(C) Decrease
(D) First increase and then decrease
47. In young’s double slit experiment, if “d” is the separation between the slits, “⋋ ” is the
wavelength of the light used and “D” is the distance of the screen from the slits, then the
position of the mth bright fringe from the central position is given by:
(A) ym = m ⋋ D/d (B) ym = m⋋ d/D
(C) ym = (m + 1/2) ⋋ D/d (D) ym = (m + 1/2) ⋋ d/D
48. In Young’s experiment, one slit is covered with a blue filter and 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
49. Light travels in straight lines because:
(A) The frequency of light is very small
(B) The wavelength of light is very small
(C) Light consists of very small particles
(D) The velocity of light is different from different colour
50. Diffraction pattern of a single slit consist of a central band which is?
(A) Wider, brighter and accompanied with alternate dark and bright bands of decreasing intensity

(B) Wider, bright with alternate bright and dark bands of equal intensity
(C) Narrow, bright with an alternate dark and bright bands of equal intensity
(D) Dark with alternate bright and dark bands of decreasing intensity
51. In Young’s double slit experiment, if d is the separation between the slits, destructive
interference will occur if:
(A) d sin θ = m⋋ , (m = 0, 61, 62, ….)
(B) 2d sin θ = m/ ⋋ , (m = 0, 61, 62, ….)
(C) d sin θ = (m + ½) ⋋ , (m = 0, 61, 62, ….)
(D) 2 d sin θ = m ⋋ , (m = 0, 61, 62, ….)
52. If the frequency of light emitted by a source in an interference experiment is made four times,
then the fringe width will become:
(A) Four times (B) Three times
 (C) One fourth (D) Half
53. Light of frequency 6 x 1014 Hz passes through a diffraction grating with 4 x 103 lines per
centimeter. The wavelength of light used will be:
(A) 2 x 10-9 m (B) 5 x 10-9 m
(C) 5 x 10-7 m (D) 6 x 1014 m
54. In YDS experiment, if the distance between the slits and also the distance between slits and
screen is double, the fringe width:
(A) Becomes double (B) Becomes 4 times
(C) Is halved (D) Remains the same
55. If the slits in YDS experiment are made closer, fringe spacing will:
(A) Increase (B) Decrease
(C) Remain same (D) Insufficient date
56. Fringe spacing in YDS experiment will be maximum if we use:
(A) Red light (B) Green light
(C) Violet light (D) Blue light
57. In YDS experiment, data given is ⋋ = 500 nm, d = 1mm, L = 100 cm, ∆y comes out to be:
(A) 0.5 cm (B) 0.5 mm
(C) 0.5 nm (D) 0.5 m
58. The bending of light when it passes from one medium to another is known as:
(A) Refraction (B) Interference
(C) Polarization (D) Diffraction
59. A monochromatic plane wave of speed “c” and wavelength ⋋ is diffracted at a small aperture:

The time during which a portion of the wave front XY reaches at “P” will be:
3⋋ 3⋋
(A) (B)
2c c
2⋋ 4⋋
(C) (D)
c c
60. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the slit separation is double. This results in:
(A) An increase in fringe intensity (B) A halving of the wavelength
(C) A decrease in fringe intensity

(D) A halving of the fringe spacing

61. In an experiment to measure the wavelength of light using a double slit, it is found that the
fringes are too close together to easily count them. To spread out the fringe pattern, one could:
(A) Decrease the slit separation
(B) Increase the width of each slit
(C) Increase the slit separation
(D) Decrease the width of each slit
62. The diagram shows a singe slit with the direction to a point “P” on a distance screen shown. At
“P” the pattern has its second minimum (from its central maximum). If “X” and “Y” are the
edges of the slit, what is the path length difference (PX) – (PY)?

(A) ⋋ /2 (B) 3⋋ /2
(C) ⋋ (D)
63. Diffraction fringes are:
(A) Equally spaced
(B) Distance between then decreases
(C) Distance between them increases
(D) They are adjacent with no space in between
64. In double slit experiment, if one of the two slit is covered then:
(A) No interference fringes are observed
(B) No fringes observed
(C) No diffraction fringes are observed
(D) Interference pattern not distributed
65. All wave fronts are concentric:
(A) Circles (B) Squares
(C) Spheres (D) Rectangles
66. If “N” is number of lines ruled on the grating having length “L” then grating element “d” is
given by:
(A) N/L (B) L/N
(C) 2N/L (D) N/2L
67. Two slits of width “a” and separation “d” are illuminated by a beam of light of wavelength “⋋ ”.
The separation of the interference fringes on a screen a distance “D” away is:
(A) ⋋ a/ D (B) ⋋ D /d
(C) ⋋ d /D (D) dD/⋋
68. Monochromatic light is normally incident on a diffraction grating that is 1 cm wide and has
10000 slits. The first order line is deviated at a 30o angle. What is the wavelength, in “nm”, of
the incident light?
(A) 300 (B) 500
(C) 400 (D) 600
69. The medium in which speed of light is same in all directions is called:
(A) Homogeneous medium (B) Non homogeneous medium
(C) Heterogeneous medium (D) Free space
70. In Michelson’s interferometer to switch the fringe from bright to dark, the mirror should be
displacement by:
(A) ⋋ /4 (B) ⋋ /2
(C) ⋋ /3 (D) ⋋
71. The wave nature of the light was proposed by:
(A) Thomas young (B) Huygens
(C) Maxwell (D) Newton
72. The electromagnetic theory of waves was proposed by:
(A) Thomas young (B) Huygens
(C) Maxwell (D) Newton
73. Electromagnetic waves transport:
(A) Energy only (B) Momentum only
(C) Both momentum and energy (D) Energy only
74. The distance between two consecutive wave fronts is called:
(A) Time period (B) Wavelength
(C) Frequency (D) Displacement
75. The effective path difference between two reflected beams, in X-rays diffraction by crystals is:
(A) d sin θ (B) d sin (θ/2)
(C) 2d sin θ (D) d sin (2θ)
76. The speed of light in vacuum depends upon:
(A) Time period (B) Wave length
(C) Frequency
(D) Independent to all above options
77. In a Young’s double – slit experiment the center of a bright fringe occurs wherever waves from
the slits differ in the distance they travel by a multiple of:
(A) One fourth of a wavelength (B) A wavelength
(C) A half a wavelength (D) One third of a wavelength
78. Wavelength of x – rays falling at glancing angle of 30o on a crystal with atomic spacing 2 x 10-10
for the first order diffraction is:
(A) 4 x 10-10 m (B) 2 x 10-10 m
-10
(C) 0.02 x 10 m (D) 20 x 10-10 m
79. A diffraction grating has 500 lines per mm. Its slit spacing or grating element will be equal to:
(A) 500 mm (B) 2 x 10-3 mm
(C) 5 x 10-3 mm (D) 2 x 10-3 mm
80. A point source of light placed in homogenous medium produced:
(A) Cylindrical wave front (B) Spherical wave front
(C) Elliptical wave front (D) Plane wave front
81. At very large distance from a point source, we get:
(A) Cylindrical wave front (B) Spherical wave front
(C) Elliptical wave front (D) Plane wave front
82. The locus of all points in a medium having the same phase of vibration is called:
(A) Crest (B) Wavelength
(C) Trough (D) Wavefront
83. In an interference pattern:
(A) Bright fringes are wider than dark fringes
(B) Dark fringes are wider than bright fringe
(C) Both dark and bright fringes are of equal width
(D) Central fringes are brighter than the outer fringes
84. In Young’s experiment, if the distance between the slits is double and the distance between the
slits and the screen is halved, the fringe width or spacing is:
(A) Half (B) Four times
(C) Double (D) One fourth
85. A thin layer of oil on the surface of water looks coloured due to:
(A) Polarization of light (B) Interference of light
 (C) Different present in the oil (D) The transmission of light
86. When white light is passes through a prism it:
(A) Deviated (B) Dispersed
(C) Diffracted (D) Polarized
87. When crest of one wave falls over the trough of the other wave, this phenomenon is known as:
(A) Polarization (B) Destructive interference
(C) Constructive interference (D) Diffraction
88. The condition for constructive interference of two coherent beams is that the path difference
should be:
(A) Integral multiple of ⋋ /2
(B) Odd integral multiple of ⋋ /2
(C) Integral multiple of ⋋
(D) Even integral multiple of ⋋
89. When a ray of light enters in glass from air:
(A) Its wavelength increases (B) Its frequency increases
(C) Its wavelength decreases (D) Its frequency decreases
90. Which one of the following is nearly monochromatic light?
(A) Light from Fluorescent tube (B) Light from neon lamp
(C) Light from sodium lamp (D) Light from simple lamp
91. The blue colour of the sky is due to:
(A) Diffraction (B) Polarization
(C) Reflection (D) Scattering
92. When Newton’s rings interference is seen from above means of transmitted light the central
spot is:
(A) Red (B) Dark
(C) Blue (D) Bright
93. The equation for Michelson’s interferometer is:
(A) L = 2m⋋ (B) ⋋ L = 2m
(C) L = ½ m⋋ (D) ⋋ L = ½ m
94. We get light inside a room in a day time due to:
(A) Diffraction (B) Polarization
(C) Interference (D) Refraction
95. Bending of light around the edges of an obstacle is called:
(A) Diffraction (B) Polarization
(C) Interference (D) Refraction
96. Which one of the following properties of light does not change with the nature of the medium?
(A) Velocity (B) Amplitude
(C) Wavelength (D) Frequency
97. Central spot of Newton’s rings:
(A) Bright (B) Dark
(C) Dark for large wavelength (D) Both A and B
98. Interference and diffraction of light support the:
(A) Particle nature of light (B) Quantum nature of light
(C) Wave nature of light (D) Transverse nature of light
99. Young’s double slit experiment proves:
(A) Particle nature of light (B) Dual nature of light
(C) Wave nature of light (D) Both A and C
100. Diffraction is a special type of:
(A) Reflection (B) Polarization
(C) Interference (D) Refraction
101. In double slit experiment, we observe:
(A) Interference fringes only (B) Diffraction fringes only
(C) Both interference and diffraction fringes (D) Polarized fringes
102. When light incident normally on thin film, the path difference depends upon:
(A) Thickness of the film only (B) Angle of incidence only
(C) Nature of the film only
(D) All thickness, nature and angle of incidence
103. The equation 2d sinθ = n⋋ denotes:
(A) Huygens’s principle (B) Bragg’s equation
(C) Young’s equation (D) Diffraction grating equation
104. Which of the following is used to measure the wavelength of X – rays?
(A) Diffraction grating (B) Stefan’s Law
(C) Bragg’s Law
(D) Young’s double slit experiment
105. Bragg’s la for x – rays diffraction is 2d sin θ = m⋋ , where the quantity “d” is:
(A) The height of a unit cell
(B) The distance from detector to sample
(C) The smallest inter atomic distance
(D) The distance between panes of atoms
106. A beam of x rays of wavelength 0.10nm is found to diffract in second order from the face of a
LiF crystal at a Bragg of angle of 30o. the distance between adjacent crystal planes, in nm, is
about:
(A) 0.15 (B) 0.25
(C) 0.20 (D) 0.20
107. A diffraction grating of width “W” produces a deviation θ in second order for light of
wavelength “⋋ ”. The total number “N” of slits in the grating is given by:
(A) 2W⋋ / sin θ (B) ⋋ W/s sin θ
(C) (W/⋋ ) sin θ (D) (W/2⋋ ) sin θ
108. The wavelength of the X-rays is:
(A) 1Ao (B) 100 Ao
o
(C) 10 A (D) 1000 Ao
109. A grating has 5000 lines per centimeter. Then grating element will be:
(A) 2 x 10-6 m (B) 2 x 10-10 m
(C) 2 x 10-8 m (D) 2 x 10-4 m
110. In Michelson’s interferometer, a bright fringe will be replaced by next bright fringe is we move
the movable mirror by an amount equal to:
(A) ⋋ (B) ⋋ /4
(C) ⋋ /2 (D) ⋋ /3
111. When mirror of Michelson interferometer is moved a distance of 0.5 mm, 2000 fringes are
observed. The wave length of light used is:
(A) 5000 m (B) 500 cm
(C) 5000 Ao (D) 2000 Ao
112. Sodium Chloride in flame gives out pure:
(A) Blue light (B) Red light
 (C) Yellow light (D) White light
113. The phase difference between two points on wave front is:
(A) Zero (B) π/2
(C) π/4 (D) π
114. A light spectrum is formed on a screen using a diffraction grating. The entire apparatus
(source, grating and screen) is now immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.33. As a result, the
pattern on the screen:
(A) Remains the same (B) Spreads out
(C) Crowds together
(D) Becomes revered, with the previously blue end
115. Michelson interferometer is used to:
(A) Measure the distance with high precision
(B) Study the interference of thin film
(C) Find the speed of light (D) Study the diffraction of light