Wave Optics · Question 9

For Young's double slit experiment, two statements are given below : In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

1. Both Statement I and Statement II are false
2. Statement I is true but Statement II is false
3. Statement I is false but Statement II is true
4. Both Statement I and Statement II are true

In a Young's double slit experiment, a student observes 8 fringes in a certain segment of screen when a monochromatic light of 600 nm wavelength is used. If the wavelength of light is changed to 400 nm, then the number of fringes he would observe in the same region of the screen is

1. 6
2. 8
3. 9
4. 12

A light ray falls on a glass surface of refractive index 3, at an angle 60 . The angle between the refracted and reflected rays would be

1. 30
2. 60
3. 90
4. 120

If the screen is moved away from the plane of the slits in a Young's double slit experiment, then the :

1. linear separation of the fringes decreases
2. angular separation of the fringes increases
3. angular separation of the fringes decreases
4. linear separation of the fringes increase

After passing through a polariser a linearly polarised light of intensity I is incident on an analyser making an angle of 30 with that of the polariser. The intensity of light emitted from the analyser will be

1. 2I3
2. I2
3. I3
4. 3I4

Assume that light of wavelength 600 nm is coming from a star. The limit of resolution of telescope whose objective has a diameter of 2 m is :

1. 1.83 10-7 rad
2. 7.32 10-7 rad
3. 6.00 10-7 rad
4. 3.66 10-7 rad

In Young's double slit experiment, if the separation between coherent sources is halved and the distance of the screen from the coherent sources is doubled, then the fringe width becomes :

1. half
2. four times
3. one-fourth
4. double

The Brewster's angle ib for an interface should be :

1. 30 < ib < 45
2. 45 < ib < 90
3. ib = 90
4. 0 < ib < 30

In a double slit experiment, when light of wavelength 400 nm was used, the angular width of the first minima formed on a screen placed 1 m away, was found to be 0.2°. What will be the angular width of the first minima, ( water = 4/3) if the entire experimental apparatus is immersed in water?

1. 0.15°
2. 0.05°
3. 0.1°
4. 0.266°

Unpolarised light is incident from air on a plane surface of a material of refractive index . At a particular angle of incidence i, it is found that the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other. Which of the following options is correct for this situation?

1. Reflected light is polarised with its electric vector parallel to the plane of incidence
2. Reflected light is polarised with its electric vector perpendicular to the plane of incidence
3. i = -1 ( 1 )
4. i = -1 ( 1 )