DUAL NATURE OF LIGHT
1 MARK
1. What are matter waves ?
2. What is meant by work function of a metal
3. What is photoelectric effect ?
4. How does photocurrent very with the frequency of incident light ?
5. How is stopping potential related to maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons?
6. What is the name given to frequency below which no photoelectrons are emitted.
7. Photoelectric effect depicts which nature of light?
8. What is photo electric effect?
9. Name the phenomenon which illustrates the particle nature of light.
10.Can radiation of any frequency be used for electron emission from a metal surface?
11.How photo current depends on intensity of incident radiation?
12.Represent graphically the variation of photoelectric current with intensity of incident light.
13.Do stopping potential depends on the intensity of incident radiation?
14.Define threshold frequency for a photo sensitive metal.
15.What is the effect of intensity of incident radiation on kinetic energy of photoelectrons?
16.Why threshold frequency is different for different metals?
17.In an experiment of photo electric effect a graph of kinetic energy of photoelectrons with frequency of
incident light is plotted. What does the slope of the curve indicate?
18.What is meant by saturation current in photo electric emission?
19.In an experiment of photo electric effect the kinetic energy of photo electrons is found to be 2 eV. for certain
intensity of incident light.
20. If the intensity of incident light is doubled what will be the kinetic energy of photo electrons?
21.How does the velocity of photo electrons emitted vary with frequency of incident light on a photo cathode?
22.What is the significance of stopping potential of a photo sensitive material?
23.How does the stopping potential vary with frequency of incident radiation?
24.Name the theory which explains the phenomenon of photo electric emission.
25.Which physical constant can be determined from the slope of the graph of maximum kinetic
energy of photo electrons with the frequency of incident radiation?
26.What is the charge on photons?
27.Are photons deflected by electric and magnetic fields?
28.Material particle collides with photons, do the momentum is conserved
29.In a collision between photon and particle, is energy conserved?
30.Do the photon number is conserved in the process of collision between the particle and
photon?
31.Who postulated the dual nature of matter?
32.What are matter waves? OR what are de Broglie waves?
33.State de-Broglie hypothesis of matter waves.
2MARKS QUESTION
1. What are matter waves. What is its De-Broglie wavelength ?
2. What is meant by wave particle duality ?
3. Write Einstein’s photoelectric equation and justify that there is a threshold frequency below which
photoemission does not occur.
4. Find de Broglie wavelength of electrons which are accelerated by 1000V
5. Calculate the wavelength of a photon of energy 10eV .
6. The work function of silver is 𝟓.𝟐6×10-19J. Calculate its threshold wavelength.
7. Define stopping potential and threshold frequency in photoelectric effect.
8. Draw graph showing dependence of stopping potential on frequency of incident light. In the graph what are the
(i) Intercept on frequency axis (ii) Intercept on stopping potential axis (iii) The slope of the graph
9. How does the kinetic energy and photocurrent change with frequency of incident light.
10.How does the kinetic energy and photocurrent change with intensity of incident light.
11.Name any two types of electron emission.
12.Mention two factors on which the photo electric work function of a metal depends?
13.Define "Stopping potential". How does it depend on the frequency of incident radiation?
14.Graphically show the variation of photo electric current with intensity of incident light.
15.Show graphically, the variation of photo current with stopping potential for different frequencies but same
intensity of incident radiation.
16.Represent graphically the variation of photo current with collector plate potential for different
intensity of incident radiation.
17.Draw the graph representing the variation of stopping potential with frequency of incident
radiation for a given photo sensitive material.
18.What was the picture given by Einstein about electromagnetic radiation to explain photo electric effect?
19.Write Einstein’s photo electric equation and explain the terms.
20.Mention the expression for de-Broglie wavelength of matter waves and explain the terms.
21.Mention the expression for de-Broglie wavelength of photon and explain the terms.
22.Mention the expression for de- Broglie wavelength of a material particle in terms of kinetic
energy and explain the terms.
23.A proton and an α-particle are accelerated by the same potential difference. Compare their de-
Broglie wavelength.
24.Find the de-Broglie wavelength of an electron having a kinetic energy of 500eV.
25.Are matter waves electromagnetic in nature? Justify your answer.
26.Why de-Broglie wavelength associated with macroscopic particles cannot be detected? Explain.
27.Calculate the de-Broglie wavelength of a particle of mass 0.05 kg moving with a speed of 100ms-1.
Three mark questions
1. Who discovered the phenomena of photo electric emission? Explain how he discovered this
phenomenon?
2. Describe the experiment to study the photo electric effect.
3. Define the terms
(i)Threshold frequency (ii) Threshold wavelength (iii) Stopping potential, with reference to photo electric effect.
4. Explain why wave theory of light failed to explain photoelectric effect observations.
5. Write three observed features of photoelectric effect which cannot be explained by wave theory of light.
6. State de-Broglie’s hypothesis of matter waves. What was the reason for stating this hypothesis?
7. Obtain the expression for de-Broglie wavelength in terms of accelerating potential.
8. Derive the expression for de-Broglie wavelength in terms of kinetic energy of electrons.
9. Write the applications of de-Broglie’s hypothesis of matter waves
LONG QUESTIONS
1. Describe the experiment to study photo electric effect with a neat labeled diagram.
2. Write the experimental observations of photo electric effect.
3. Give Einstein’s explanation for photo electric effect experimental observations
