Prac ce Sheet Ch-10

Wave Op cs
Q.1 A Young’s double- slit experimental set up is kept in a medium of refrac ve index (4/3). Which maximum
in this case will coincide with the 6th maximum obtained if the medium is replaced by air?
(a) 4th (b) 6th (c) 8th (d) 10th
Q.2 In Young’s double slit experiment, the fringe width is formed to be 0.4 mm. If the whole apparatus is
dipped in water of refrac ve index 4/3, without disturbing the arrangement, the new fringe width will be
(a) 0.30 mm (b) 0.40 mm (c) 0.53 mm (d) 0.2 mm
Q.3 In Young’s experiment the separa on d between the slits is 2 mm, the wavelength of the light used is
5896 Å and distance D between the screen and slits is 100 cm. It is found that the angular width of the
fringes is 0.20o. To increase the fringe angular width to 0.21o (with same λ and D) the separa on between
the slits needs to be changed to
(a) 1.8 mm (b) 1.9 mm (c) 2.1 mm (d) 1.7 mm
Q.4 In Young’s double-slit experiment, the source S and two slits A and B are horizontal, with slit A above slit B.
The fringes are observed on a ver cal screen K. The op cal path length from S to B is increased very
slightly (by introducing a transparent material of higher refrac ve index) and op cal path length from S to
A is changed. As a result, the fringe system on K moves
(a) Ver cally downwards (b) Ver cally upwards
(c) horizontally to the le (d) horizontally to the right
Q.5 In Young’s double- slit experiment, the distance between slit sources and the screen is 1 m. If the distance
between the slits is 2 mm and the wavelength of light used is 600 nm, the fringe width is
(a) 3 mm (b) 0.3 mm (c) 6 mm (d) 0.6 mm
Q.6 The intensity ra o of the maxima and minima in an interference pa ern produced by two coherent
sources of light is 9:1 The intensi es of the used light sources are in ra o
(a) 3:1 (b) 4:1 (c) 9:1 (d) 10:1
Q.7 In the wave picture of light, the intensity I of light is related to the amplitude A of the waves as
(a) 𝐼 ∝ √𝐴 (b) 𝐼 ∝ 𝐴 (c) 𝐼 ∝ 𝐴 (d) 𝐼 ∝
Q.8 Consider the diffrac on pa ern for a small pinhole. As the size of the hole is increased
(a) the size decreases (b) the intensity increases
(c) the size increases (d) the intensity decreases
Q.9 In a single-slit diffrac on experiment, the width of the slit is halved. The width of the central maximum,
in the diffrac on pa ern, will become
(a) half (b) twice (c) four mes (d) one fourth
Q.10 In a Young’s double slit experiment, the separa on between the slits is 0.1 mm, the wavelength of light
used is 600 nm and the interference pa ern is observed on a screen 1 m away. Find the separa on
between bright fringes,
(a) 6.6 mm (b) 6 mm (c) 6 m (d) 60 cm
Q.11 For light wave, λ is the wavelength, δ is the phase difference between two points on the wave separated
by a distance of ∆. The rela onship between λ, δ and ∆ is
∆ ∆
(a) ∆= 𝛿 (b) ∆= 𝛿 (c) 𝛿 = (d) 𝛿 =
Q.12 The shape of the interference fringes in Young’s double slit experiment when D (distance between slit
and screen) is very large as compared to fringe width is nearly
(a) straight line (b) parabolic (c) circular (d) hyperbolic
Q.13 In a Young’s double- slit experiment, the fringe width is found to be 𝛽. If the en re apparatus is
immersed in a liquid of refrac ve index 𝜇, the new fringe width will be
(a) 𝛽 (b) 𝜇𝛽 (c) (d)
In the following ques ons, a statement of Asser on (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose
the carry answer out of the following choices.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explana on of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explana on of A.
(c) A it true but R is false.
(d) A is false and R is also false.
Q.14 Asser on(A): It is not possible to have interference between the waves produced by two violins.
Reason (R): For interference of two waves the phase difference between the waves must remain
constant.
Q.15 Asser on(A): Corpuscular theory fails in explaining the veloci es of light in air and water.
Reason (R): According to corpuscular theory, light should travel faster in denser media than in rarer
media.
Q.16 Asser on(A): In Young’s double slit experiment all fringes are of equal width
Reason (R): The fringe width depends upon wavelength of light (λ) used, distance of screen from plane of
slits (D) and slits separa on (d).
Q.17 Asser on(A): The phase difference between any two points on a wavefront is zero.
Reason (R): All points on a wavefront are at the same distance from the source and thus oscillate in the
same phase.
Q.18 (i) Why are coherent sources required to create interference of light?
(ii) Name any two factors on which the fringe width in a Young’s double-slit experiment depends.
Q.19 (i) Why is the interference pa ern not detected, when two coherent sources are far apart?
(ii) No interference pa ern is detected when two coherent sources are infinitely close to each other.
Why?
Q.20 Draw the graph showing intensity distribu on of fringes with phase angle due to diffrac on through
single slit.
Q.21 Find the intensity at a point on a screen in Young’s double slit experiment where the interfering waves of
equal intensity have a path difference of (i) λ/4 (ii) λ/3.
Q.22 Two waves from two coherent sources S and S’ superimpose at X as shown in the figure. If X is a point on
the second minima and SX-S’X is 4.5 cm. Calculate the wavelength of the waves.
Q.23 Two coherent monochroma c light beams of intensi es I and 4I are superposed each other. Find the
ra o of maximum and minimum intensi es in the resul ng beams.
Q.24 (i) In diffrac on due to a single slit, the phase difference between light waves reaching a point on the
screen is 5π. Explain whether a bright or a dark fringe will be formed at the point.
(ii) What should the width (a) of each slit be to obtain eight maxima of two double- slit pa erns (slit
separa on d) within the central maximum of the single slit pa ern?
Q.25 In Young’s double-slit experiment, the two slits are separated by a distance equal to 100 mes the
wavelength of light that passes through the slits. Calculate:
(i) the angular separa on in radians between the central maximum and the adjacent maximum.
(ii) the distance between these two maxima on a screen 50 cm from the slits.
Q.26 Draw the diagrams to show the behaviour of plane wavefronts as they (a) pass through a thin prism, and
(b) pass through a thin convex lens and (c) reflected by a concave mirror.
Q.27 (i) Write the necessary condi ons to obtain sustained interference fringes. Also write the expression for
the fringe width.
(ii) In Young’s double slit experiment, plot a graph showing the varia on of fringe width versus the
distance of the screen from the plane of the slits keeping other parameters same. What informa on can
one obtain from the slope of the curve?
(iii) What is the effect on the fringe width if the distance between the slits is reduced keeping other
parameters same?
Q.28 What is the effect on the interference fringes in Young’s double slit experiment due to each of the
following opera ons? Jus fy your answers.
(i) The screen is moved away from the plane of the slits.
(ii) The separa on between slits is increased.
(iii) The source slit is moved closer to the plane of double slit.
Q.29 Two coherent light waves of intensity 5×10-2 Wm-2 each super-impose and produce the interference
pa ern on a screen. At a point where the path difference between the waves is λ/6, λ being wavelength of
the wave, find the
(i) phase difference between the waves
(ii) resultant intensity at the point
(iii) resultant intensity in terms of the intensity at the maximum
Q.30 In the diffrac on due to a single slit experiment, the aperture of the slit is 3 mm. If monochroma c light
of wavelength 620 nm is incident normally on the slit, calculate the separa on between the 1st minima
and the 3rd order maxima on one side of the screen. The distance between the slit and the screen is 1.5 m.
Q.31 Define the term wavefront. Using Huygens wave theory, verify the law of reflec on.
Q.32 Two harmonic waves of monochroma c light
y1 = a cos ωt and y2 = a cos(ωt + ϕ)
are superimposed on each other. Show that maximum intensity in interference pa ern is four mes the
intensity due to each slit. Hence write the condi ons for construc ve and destruc ve interference in
terms of the phase angle ϕ.
Q.33 Describe diffrac on of light due to single slit. Explain forma on of a pa ern of fringes obtained on the
screen and plot showing varia on of intensity with angle θ in single slit diffrac on.