VELAMMAL BODHI CAMPUS ANUPPANADI
COMPETENCY BASED WORKSHEET
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1. The speed of the yellow light in a certain liquid is 2.4 × 10 8 m/s. Find
the refractive index of the liquid.
a) 6.25
b) 5.73
c) 1.25
d) 9.73
2. 2. The wavelength of light coming from a sodium source is 589 nm.
What will be its wavelength in the water?
a) 625 nm
b) 443 nm
c) 789 nm
d) 125 nm
3. A light wave enters from air into glass. How will the energy of the wave
be affected?
a) Decreases
b) Increases
c) Remains the same
d) Independent
4. The optical path of monochromatic light is the same if it travels 2 cm
thickness of glass or 2.25 cm thickness of water. If the refractive index
of water is 1.33, what is the refractive index of glass?
a) 2.5
b) 1.5
c) 3.5
d) 4.5
5. Identify the condition which is not necessary for two light waves to be
coherent.
a) The two waves must be continuous
b) The two waves should be of the same frequency or wavelength
c) They should have a constant or zero phases difference
d) They two light sources should be narrow
6. The absolute refractive indices of glass and water are 32 and 43.
Determine the ratio of the speeds of light in glass and water.
a) 5:7
b) 9:8
c) 7:5
d) 8:9
7. The speed of light in air is 3 × 108 m/s. If the refractive index of glass
is 1.5, find the time taken by light to travel a distance of 10 cm in the
glass.
a) 0.5 × 10-10 s
b) 5 × 10-10 s
c) 50 × 10-10 s
d) 500 × 10-10 s
8. Which among the following is an example of coherent sources?
a) Fluorescent tubes
b) LED light
c) LASER
d) Tungsten filament l
9. State the essential condition for diffraction of light to occur.
a) The size of the aperture must be less when compared to the
wavelength of light
b) The size of the aperture must be more when compared to the
wavelength of light
c) The size of the aperture must be comparable to the wavelength of
light
d) The size of the aperture should not be compared to the wavelength
of light
10. Single slit diffraction is completely immersed in water without
changing any other parameter. How is the width of the central
maximum affected?
a) Insignificant
b) Increases
c) Decreases
d) Becomes zero
ASSERTION AND REASON
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and the Reason is a correct explanation of the
Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not a correct explanation of the
Assertion.
(c) If the Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
Q.1. Assertion : According to Huygen’s principle, no backward wave-front is possible.
Reason : Amplitude of secondary wavelet is proportional to (1 + cos θ) where θ is the angle
between the ray at the point of consideration and the direction of secondary wavelet.
Q.2. Assertion : Thin film such as soap bubble or a thin layer of
oil on water show beautiful colours when illuminated by
white light.
Reason : It happens due to the interference of light reflected
from upper and lower face of the thin film.
Q.3. Assertion : No interference pattern is detected when two
coherent sources are infinitely close to each other.
Reason : The fringe width is inversely proportional to the
distance between the two sources.
Q.4. Assertion : White light falls on a double slit with one slit is
covered by a green filter. The bright fringes observed are of green
colour.
Reason : The fringes observed are coloured.
Q.5. Assertion : In Young’s double slit experiment if wavelength
of incident monochromatic light is just doubled, number of bright
fringe on the screen will increase.
Reason : Maximum number of bright fringe on the screen is
inversely proportional to the wavelength of light used
Q.6. Assertion : Coloured spectrum is seen when we look
through a muslin cloth.
Reason : It is due the diffraction of white light on passing through
fine slits.
CASE STUDY
Huygen's principle is the basis of wave theory of light. Each point
on a wavefront acts as a fresh source of new disturbance, called
secondary waves or wavelets. The secondary wavelets spread out
in all directions with the speed light in the given medium.
The intensity of the beam is decreasing with increasing radius.
(i) The initial shape of the wavefront of the beam is
(a)
(b) convex
planar
(c) (d) convex near the axis and concave near
concave the periphery
(ii) According to Huygens Principle, the surface of constant phase
is
(a) called an optical
(b) called a wave
ray
(c) called a (d) always linear in
wavefront shape
(iii) As the beam enters the medium, it will
(a) travel as a cylindrical
(b) diverge
beam
(d) diverge near tile axis and converge near
(c) converge
the periphery.
(iv) Two plane wavefronts of ligbt, one incident on a thin convex
lens and another on the refracting face of a thin prism. After
refraction at them, the emerging wavefronts respectively become
(a) plane wavefront and plane (b) plane wavefront and spherical
wavefront wavefront
(c) spherical wavefront and plane
(d) spherical wavefront
wavefront
(v) Which of the following phenomena support the wave theory
of light?
1. Scattering
2. Interference
3. Diffraction
4. Velocity of light in a denser medium is less than the velocity of
light in the rarer medium
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1,2,3 1,2,4 2,3,4 1,3,4
