3) 1.23×10-19J 4) 2.

37 ×10-19J
8. The maximum velocity of an electron emitted
by light of wavelength  incident on the
surface of a metal of workfunction  is where
Photo Electric Effect h = Planck’s constant, m = mass of electron
1. The frequency of a photon associated with an and c=speed of light
energy of 3.31 eV is (given h = 6.62 x 10-34 Js) 1/2
1) 0.8 x 1015 Hz 2) 1.6 x 1015 Hz  2( hc  )  2(hc  )
1)   2)
3) 3.2 x 1015 Hz 4) 8.0 x 1015 Hz  m m
2. A radiation of wave length 2500 A0 is incident 1/ 2
 2( hc   ) 
1/2
on a metal plate whose work function is 3.5  2( hc  ) 
3)   4)  
eV. Then the potential required to stop the  m   m
fastest photo electrons emitted by the surface 9. The work function of nickle is 5eV. When light
is (h = 6.63×10-34Js & c= 3×108 m/s) of wavelength 2000A 0 falls on it, emits
1) 1.86V 2) 3.00 V 3) 1.46V 4) 2.15 V photoelectrons in the circuit. Then the potential
3. The work function of a metal is 2.5 eV. The difference necessary to stop the fastest
maximum kinetic energy of the photoelectrons electrons emitted is (given h=6.67×10-34Js)
emitted if a radiation of wavelength 3000 A0 1) 1.0V 2) 1.75V 3) 1.2V 4) 0.75V
falls on it is (h = 6.63×10-34Js and c= 3 ×108 m/s)
1) 1.12 ×10-19J 2) 4.8 ×10-19J Matter Waves
3) 3.2 ×10-19J 4) 2.61×10-19J 10. If an electron and a proton have the same KE,
4. The work function of a substance is 4.0 eV. the ratio of the de Broglie wavelengths of
The longest wavelength of light that can cause proton and electron would approximately be
photoelectric emission from this substance is 1) 1 : 1837 2) 43 : 1 3) 1837 : 1 4) 1 : 43
approximately 11. If electron is having a wavelength of 100 Ao,
1) 220 nm 2) 310 nm 3) 540 nm 4) 400 nm then momentum is (gm cm s-1) units
5. A laser used to weld detached retains emits 1) 6.6 x 10-32 2) 6.6 x 10-29
light with a wavelength 652 nm in pulses that
3) 6.6x 10-25 4) 6.6 x 10-21
are of 20ms duration. The average power
12. The de-broglie wavelength of an electron and
during each pulse is 0.6W. The energy in each
the wavelength of a photon are same. The ratio
pulse and in a single photon are
between the energy of the photon and the
1) 7.5 1015 eV , 2.7eV 2) 6.5 1016 eV , 2.9eV
momentum of the electron is [M 2006]
3) 6.5 1016 eV , 2.7eV 4) 7.5  1016 eV ,1.9eV 1) h 2) c 3) 1/h 4) 1/c
6. Electrons ejected from the surface of a metal, 13. A proton and an alpha particle are accelerated
when light of certain frequency is incident on through the same potential difference. The
it, are stopped fully by a retarding potential of
ratio of wavelengths associated with proton
3 volts. Photo electric effect in this metallic
and alpha particle respectively is
surface begins at a frequency 6 x 1014s-1. The
1) 1: 2 2 2) 2:1 3) 2 2 :1 4) 4:1
frequency of the incident light in s-1 is [h=6 x
10-34J-sec;charge on the electron=1.6x10-19C] 14. Ratio of debroglie wavelengths of uncharged
1) 7.5 x 1013 2)13.5 x 1013 particle of mass m at 270C to 1270C is nearly
3) 14 x 10 14
4) 7.5 x 1015 1) 1.16 2) 0.16 3) 1.33 4) 0.8
7. The threshold wavelength for emission of 15. A particle is projeted horizontally with a
photoelectrons from a metal surface is velocity 10m/s. What will be the ratio of de-
6×10-7m. The work function of the material of Broglie wvelengths of the particle, when the
the metal surface is . velocity vector makes an angle 300 and 600
1) 3.3×10-19J 2) 6.67×10-19J with the horizontal
1) 3 :1 2) 1: 3 2) 2 : 3 4) 3:2
16. A positron and a proton are accelerated by the incident on the surface emit photo electrons,
same accelerating potential. Then the ratio then the number of electrons emitted per
of the associated wavelengths of the positron second per unit area from the surface will be
and the proton will be [ M = mass of proton, [ Planck constant = 6.64 x 10-34 J - S; Velocity
m = mass of positron] of light = 3 x 108 ms-1]
M M m m 1) 12 x 1018 2) 10 x 1018 3) 12 x 10174) 12 x 1015
1) 2) 3) 4)
m m M M 5. Light of wavelength 4000 Ao is incident on a
metal surface of work function 2.5 eV. Given
h=6.62 x 10-34 Js, c = 3 x 108 m/s, the maximum
KE of photoelectrons emitted and the
1) 1 2) 3 3) 4 4) 2 5) 4 6) 3 corresponding stopping potential are
7) 1 8) 3 9) 3 10) 4 11) 4 12) 2 respectively
13) 3 14) 1 15) 1 16) 2 1) 0. 6 eV, 0.6 V 2) 2.5 eV, 2.5 V
3) 3.1 eV, 3.1 V 4) 0.6 eV, 0.3 V
6. The K.E of the electron is E when the incident
wavelength is  . To increase the K.E of the
electron to 2E, the incident wavelength must be
Photo Electric Effect
1. A photometal is illuminated by lights of  hc  2hc 
1) 2  2) 3) 4)
2 E   hc E   hc
wavelengths 1 and 2 respectively. The
7. A photon of energy 15 eV collides with H-atom.
maximum kinetic enegies of electrons emitted Due to this collision, H-atom gets ionized .The
in the two cases are E1 and E2 respectively. maximum kinetic energy of emitted electron is
The work function of metal is 1)1.4 eV 2) 5 eV 3)15eV 4) 13.6eV
E2 1  E12 E11  E2 2 8. The anode voltage of a photocell is kept fixed.
1) 1 2) 1  2 The wavelength  of the light falling on the
E11  E2 2 E2 2  E11 cathode in gradually changed. The plate
3)    4)   
1 2 1 2 current I of the photocell varies as follows :
2. Light of wavelength  strikes a photo sensitive I
I
surface and electrons are ejected with kinetic
energy E. If the kinetic energy is to be 1) 2)
increased to 2E, the wavelength must be

changed to  where O
O 

 
1)    2)    2 3)      4)     I I
2 2
3. Ultraviolet light of wavelength 300 nm and 3) 4)
intensity 1.0 W/m2 falls on the surface of a
photoelectric material. If one percent of the O  O 
incident photons produce photoelectrons, then the 9. According to Einstein’s photoelectric equation,
number of photoelectrons emitted from an area
the graph between the kinetic energy of
of 1.0 cm2 of the surface is nearly (in per second)
1) 9.61 x 1014 2) 4.12 x 1013 photoelectrons ejected and the frequency of
3) 1.51 x 10 12
4) 2.13 x 1011 incident radiation is :
4. Light rays of wavelengths 6000 A and of
photon intensity 39.6 watts/m2 is incident on a
metal surface. If only one percent of photons
 Kinetic energy Kinetic energy times, then the percentage decrease in its de
Broglie wavelength will be
1) 2)
1) 33.3% 2) 66.6%
Frequency Frequency 3) 99.9% 4) 22.2%
14. If the momentum of an electron is changed by
Kinetic energy Kinetic energy pm , then the de Broglie wavelength associated
with it changes by 0.5%. The initial momentum
3) 4)
of electron will be
1) pm/200 2) pm/100
Frequency Frequency
10. The graph shown in figure show the variation 3) 200pm 4) 100pm
of photoelectric current (i) and the applied 15. When the mass of an electron becomes equal
voltage (V) for two different materials and for to thrice its rest mass, its speed is
two different intensities of the incident 2 2 2 1 1
radiation. 1) c 2) c 3) c 4) c
3 3 3 4
i
16. Which of the following figures represents the
variation of particle momentum with the
1 3 associated de Broglie wave-length ?
2
4
V
P P
Identify the pairs of curves that correspond 1) 2)
to (a) different material (b) same intensity of
incident radiations.  
1) Curve 1 and 3, Curve 2 and 4
P P
2) Curve 1 and 2, Curve 3 and 4
3) Curve 1 and 4, Curve 2 and 3 3) 4)
4) Curve 1 only, Curve 2 and 4
 
Matter Waves
11. A proton when accelerated through a p.d. of V 17. The de Broglie wave present in fifth Bohr orbit
volt has a wavelength  associated with it. is :
An  - particle in order to have the same
wavelength  must be accelerated through a 1)
p.d. of
1) V/8 volt 2) V/4 volt 3) V volt 4) 2V volt 2)
12. An electron of mass m and charge e initially
at rest gets accelerated by a constant electric
3)
field E . The rate of change of de-Broglie
wavelength of this electron at time t ignoring
relativistic effects is 4)

h eEt
1) 2) Heisen-Berg Uncertainity Principle And
eEt 2 E
 mh h Davisson-Germer Experiment
3) 2 4) 18. The correctness of velocity of an electron
eEt e.E
13. If the velocity of a particle is increased three moving with velocity 50 ms-1 is 0.005%. The
 accuracy with which its position can be is V0 , but when the same surface is illuminated
measured will be by light of wavelength 3  , the stopping
1) 4634  103 m 2) 4634  10 5 m V0
3) 4634  10 6 m 4) 4634  10 8 m potential is . The threshold wavelength
6
19. If the uncertainity in the position of an electron for metallic surface is:
1) 4 2) 5 3) 3 4) 2
is 10-10 m, then the value of uncertainity in its
2. A photon of energy 2.5 eV and wavelength 
momentum (in kg-ms-1) will be
falls on a metal surface and the ejected
1) 3.33 x 10-24 2) 1.03 x 10-24 electrons have velocity ‘v’. If the  of the
3) 6.6 x 10-24 4) 6.6 x 10-20 incident light is decreased by 20%, the
20. a) Name the experiment for which the maximum velocity of the emitted electrons is
adjacent graph, showing the variation of doubled. The work function of the metal is
intensity of scattered electrons with the angle 1) 2.6 eV 2) 2.23 eV
3) 2.5 eV 4) 2.29 eV
of scattering   was obtained.
3. When a metal surface is illuminated by light
b) Also name the important hypothesis that of wavelengths 400 nm and 250 nm, the
was confirmed by this experiment. maximum velocities of the photoelectrons
I ejected are V and 2V respectively. The work
function of the metal is
1) 2hc x 106 J 2) 1.5hc x 106 J
3) hc x 10 J
6
4) 0.5hc x 106 J
4. A source of light is placed above a sphere of
50 0 radius 10cm. How many photoelectrons must
be emitted by the sphere before emission of
 photoelectrons stops? The energy of incident
photon is 4.2 eV and the work function of the
1) A) Davission and Germer experiment metal is 1.5 eV.
B) de Broglie hypothesis 1) 2.08 x 1018 2) 1.875 x 108
2) A) Photo electric effect 3) 2.88 x 1018 4) 4 x 1019
B) de Broglie hypothesis 5. Figure shows the variation of the stopping
3) A) Thermionic emission
B) de Broglie hypothesis potential V0  with the frequency  v  of the
4) A) Photocell incident radiations for two different
B) de Broglie hypothesis photosensitive material M 1 and M 2 .What are
the values of work functions for M 1 and M 2
respectively
1) 4 2) 3 3) 3 4) 3 5) 1 6) 3 vo
M1 M2
7) 1 8) 3 9) 4 10) 1 11) 1 12) 1
13) 2 14) 3 15) 1 16) 4 17) 4 18) 2
19) 2 20) 2

O v01 v02 v

1. When a surface 1 cm thick is illuminated with 1) hv01 , hv02 2) hv02 , hv01

light of wave lenght  the stopping potential
3) hv01 , hv01 4) hv02 , hv02
6. From the above figure the values of stopping
1) 1 : 2 : 3  1: 2 : 3 2) 1 : 2 : 3  4 : 2 :1
potentials for M 1 and M 2 for a frequency
3) tan  is directly proportional to hc / e , where
v3   v02  of the incident radiatioins are V1 and h is Planck’s constant and c is the speed of light
4) ultraviolet light can be used to emit
V2 respectively. Then the slope of the line is
photoelectrons from metal 2 and metal 3 only.
equal to 10. For certain photosensitive material, a stopping
V2  V1 V1  V2 V2 V1 potential of 3.0 V is required for light of
1) v  v 2) v  v 3) v  v 4) v  v
02 01 02 01 02 01 02 01 wavelength 300 nm, 2.0 V for 400 nm and 1.0V
7. Photoelectric effect experiments are for 600nm. The work function of the material
performed using three different metal plates is (nearly)
p, q and r having work functions  p  2.0eV , 1) 2.5 ev 2) 1.5 ev 3) 2.0 ev 4)1.0 ev
11. A graph regarding photoeletric effect is shown
q  2.5eV and r  3.0eV respectively. A between the maximum kinetic energy of
light beam containing wavelengths of 550 nm, electrons and the frequency of the incident
450 nm and 350 nm with equal intensities light. On the basis of data as shown in the
illuminates each of the plates. The correct I- graph, calculate the work fucntion
V graph for the experiment is : [Take hc = Kmax (eV)
1240 eV nm]
8
I
p
I 6
4
q 2 A D
1) 2) p 0
r q
r -2 10 20 30
V V -4 f 1014 Hz 
C
1) 2 eV 2) 4 eV 3) 4.2 eV 4) 2.5 eV
I I
r 12. Light described at a place by the equation

3)
q
4)
E  sin  5  1015 s 1  t  sin  8  1015 s 1  t 
100 V / M  
r
p q
p falls on a metal surface having work fucntion
V V
2.0 eV. Calculate the maximum kinetic energy
8. An electron accelerated under a p.d. of V volt
of the photoelectrons
has a certain wavelength  . Mass of the 1) 3.27 eV 2) 5 eV 3) 1.27 eV 4) 2.5 eV
proton is 2000 times the mass of an electron. 13. The electric field associated with a light
If the proton has to have the same wavelength wave is given by
 , then it will have to be accelerated under
E  E0  sin 1.57 10 m   x  ct   . Find
7 1
p.d. of (volts)
1) 100 2) 2000 3) V/2000 4) 2000 the stopping potential when this light is used
in an experiment on photoelectric effect with
9. The graph between the stopiing potential V0 
the similar having work function 1.9 eV
and 1/   is shown in figure, 1 , 2 and 3 are 1) 1.2 V 2) 1.1 V 3) 2 V 4) 2.1 V
work functions. Which of the following is correct 14. A photocell is illumuniated by small bright
V0 source placed 1m away. When the same
source of light is placed 1/2m away, the number
Metal 1 Metal 2 Metal 3
of electrons emitted by photocathode would
1 2 3 1) increase by a factor of 2
2) decrease by a factor of 2

3) increase by a factor of 4
0.001 0.002 0.004 1/  nm 1  4) decrease by a factor of 4
 statement(s)
Multiple Answer Type 1) the cut-off potential will increase
15. Photoelectric effect supports quantum nture 2) the cut-off potential will decrease
of light because : 3) the photoelectric current will increase
1) there is a minimum frequency of light below which 4) the kinetic energy of the emitted photoelectrons
no photoelectrons are emitted will increase
2) the maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons
depends only on the frequency of light and not on Comprehension Type
its intensity. Passage I:
o
3) even when the metal surface is faintly illuminated, Photoelectric threhold of silver is   3800 A .
o
the photoelectrons leave the surface immediately ultraviolet light of   2600 A is incident on
4) electric charge of the photoelectrons is quantized.
silver surface. (Mass of the electron
16. If the wavelength of light in an experiment on
photoelectric effect is doubled : 9.11 1031 kg )
1) the photoelectric emission will not take place 21. Calculate the value of work function in eV.
2) the photoelectric emission may or maynot take place 1) 1.77 2) 3.27
3) the stopping potential will increase 3) 5.69 4) 2.32
4) the stopping potential will decrease 22. Calculate the maximum kinetic energy
17. The frequency and intensity of light source are (in eV) of the emitted photoelectrons.
both doubled. Which of the following 1) 1.51 2) 2.36
statement (statements) is (are) true ? 3) 3.85 4) 4.27
1) The saturation photocurrent gets doubled. 23. Calculate the maximum velocity of the
2) the saturation photocurrent remains almost the same photoelectrons.
3) the maximum KE of the photoelectrons is more 1) 72.89  108 2) 57.89  108
than doubled.
3) 42.93  108 4) 68.26  108
4) the maximum KE of the photoelectrons get
doubled. Passage II:
18. In which of the following situations, the heavier A 100 W point source emits monochromatic
0
of the two particles has smaller de Broglie light of wavelength 6000 A .
wavelength ? The two particles :
1) move with same speed 24. Calculate the total number of photons emitted
2) move with the same linear momentum by the source per second.
3) move with the same kinetic energy 1) 5  1020 2) 8  1020 3) 6  1021 4) 3  1020
4) have fallen through the same height 25. Calculate the photon flux (in SI unit) at a
19. When a monochromatic point source of light distance of 5 m from the source. Given
is at a distance of 0.2m from a photoelectric 1
h  6.6 1034 Js and c  3  10 ms .
8

cell, the cut-off voltage and the saturation

current are respectively 0.6V and 18.0 mA. If 1) 1015 2) 1018 3) 1020 4) 1022
the same source is placed 0.6m away from the 0
26. 1.5 mW of 4000 A light is directed at a
photoelectric cell, then :
1) the stopping potential will be 0.2 V photoelectric cell. if 0.10 per cent of the
2) the stopping potential will be 0.6 V incident photons produce photoelectrons, find
3) the saturation current will be 6.0 mA current in the cell. [Given h  6.6  1034 ms 1
4) the saturation current will be 2.0 mA
and e  1.6  1019 C ]
20. In a photoelectric experiment the wavelength
of the incident light is decreased from 6000A0 1) 0.59  A 2) 1.16  A
to 4000A0 while the intensity of radiation 3) 0.48  A 4) 0.79  A
remains the same. Choose the correct 27. Statement-I: When ultraviolet light is incident
 on a photo cell, its stopping potential is v0 and p) Saturation photoelectric current increases
the maximum kinetic energy of the q) stopping potential V0  increases
photoelectrons is K max increase. r) Maximum KE  K max  of photoelectrons
Statement-II: Photoelectrons are emitted with increases
speeds ranging from zero to a maximum value s) Stopping potential remains the same
because of the range of frequencies present
in the incident light. [AIEEE-2010]
1) Statement I is true, Statement II is true; statement
II is a correct explanation of statement I.
1) 2 2) 4 3) 1 4) 2 5) 1 6) 2
2) Statement I is true, Statement II is true,
Statement II is NOT a correct explanation for 7) 1 8) 3 9) 3 10) 4 11) 2 12) 1
statement I. 13) 1 14) 3 15) 123 16) 24 17) 13
3) Statement I is false, Statement II is true 18) 13419) 24 20) 14 21) 2 22) 1 23) 1
4) Statement I is true, Statemenet II is false 24) 4 25) 2 26) 3 27) 4
28. Wavelengths associated with different particles 28) A-s, B-q, C-r, D-p
are given in Column - I. Match these wavelengths 29) A-qr, B-s, C-qr, D-ps
with their values given in Column-II.
Column-I
A) Wavelength associated with an electron
accelerated through a pd of 1V
B) Wavelength associated with an  -particle
accelerated through a pd of 1V
C) Wavelength associated with a proton
accelerated through a pd of 1V
D) Wavelength associated with a photon of energy
124.2 eV
Column - II
p) 10nm
q) 0.10 A0
r) 0.286 A0
s) 12.27 A0
29. In a permoting photoelectric experiment to
study photoelectric effect, intensity of
radiation  I  , frequency of radiation  v  ,
work function 0  of the photosensitive
emitter, distance  d  between emitter and
collector are changed or kept constant. Match
the changes given in Column - I to their effect
given in Column - II.
Column - I
A) 0 is decreased, keeping v and I constant
B) d is increased, keeping I , v, 0 constant
C) v is increased, keeping I , 0 , d constant
D) I is increased, keeping v , 0 , d constant
Column - II