BEST AIMS ACADEMY D.G.

KHAN
Physics-1st Ch# 9

1.A spherical wave front is produced by

a. line source

b. point source

c. extended source

d. all

2.Youngs double slit set up for interference is shifted from air to with in water, then
a. fringe pattern disappears

b. fringe width increases

c. . find width decreases

d. fringe width remains unchanged

3.In Youngs double slit experiment if the monochromatic source of light is replaced by white light, then
there will be
a. black and white fringes

b. no interference pattern

c. all coloured fringes

d. white central fringe surrounded by few coloured fringes

4. In a homogenous medium spherical wave front remains

a. plane for long distance

b. spherical for long distance

c. cylindrical for long distance

d. none

5.When monochromatic light falls on this film, it produces

a. coloured fringes

b. bright and dark fringes

c. both a and b

d. none

6.The path difference is thin films depends upon

a. thickness

b. nature of the film

c. angle of incidence

d. all

c. spherical wave front

d. all

7.Light from sun reaches the earth in

a. plane wave front

b. cylindrical wave front

8.According to Newton light travel in the form of :

a. Waves

b. Photons

c. carpusels

d. none of the above

9.Newton rings are experimentally derived from phenomena of :

a. polarization of light

b. resolution of light

c. interference of light d. all

10.Diffraction effects through the diffraction plate are only possible when the
a. wavelength of light = grating spacing

b. wavelength of light > grating spacing

c. wavelength of light < grating element

d. all

11.Two light sources are said to be coherent if they emit

a. light of the same intensity

b. waves of the same frequency

c. waves of the same velocity

d. waves of same wavelength

12.How is the interference pattern in Youngs double slit experiment affected if the
sodium (yellow) light is replaced by red light of the same intensity
a. the fringes will vanish

b. the fringes will become brighter

c. the fringe width will decrease

d. the fringe width will increase

13.If transmitted light is used in Newtons rings the central fringe will be
a. dark

b. bright

c. not obtained

d. all

14.A plane wave front is obtained by placing a point source at the focus of a
a. convex lens

b. can cave mirror

c. plane mirror

d. mirror

15.Diffraction of x rays from crystals shows that

a. the intensity of x rays in high

b. x rays have very short wave length

c. x rays are electromagnetic waves

d. x rays are just like visible light

16.In which waves polarization can not be taken place

a. light waves

b. sound waves

c. X-rays

d. infrared waves

17.The grating element for a diffraction grating with 500 lines/cm is

a. 5 x 106m

b. 4 x 106m

c. 3 x 106 m

d. 2 x 106 m

18.The materials used to obtain plane polarized light by selective absorption are called
a. dichroic substances

b. crystals

c. polymers d. mirrors

19.The light passing through second Polaroid will be bright if axes of both Polaroid are
a. parallel

b. perpendicular

c. in any direction

d. all of above

TAMEER-E-NAU ACADEMY TAUNSA SHARIF

CH# 9 (Complete) 1st Year

Short questions
1

How sun light partially polarized

2.

Why the Polaroid sunglasses are better than ordinary sunglasses?

3.

Can visible light produce interference frings? Explain

4.

What is difference between plane and spherical wave front.

5.
6.
7.

Define dichroic substances

what is differences and similarities between interference and diffraction?

Give two examples of coherent sources.

long question
a.
b.

Define diffraction . Explain the diffraction through single slit.

A light is incident normally on a grating which has 2500 lines per centimeter. Compute the wavelength of a
spectral line for which the deviation in second order is 150.