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Q81. In a Young's double slit experiment 15 fringes are observed on a small portion of the screen when light of
wavelength 500 nm is used. Ten fringes are observed on the same section of the screen when another light
source of wavelength λ is used. Then the value of λ is (in nm ) __________. 09 Jan 2020 (E)

Q82. The aperture diameter of a telescope is 5m . The separation between the moon and the earth is 4 × 10 5
km .
With light of wavelength of 5500Å , the minimum separation between objects on the surface of moon, so that
they are just resolved, is close to: 09 Jan 2020 (M)
(1) 60m (2) 20m
(3) 200m (4) 600m

Q83. In a double – slit experiment, at a certain point on the screen the path difference between the two interfering
waves is 1

8
th of a wavelength. The ratio of the intensity of light at that point to that at the center of a bright
fringe is: 08 Jan 2020 (E)
(1) 0.853 (2) 0.672
(3) 0.568 (4) 0.760

Q84. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the separation between the slits is 0.15mm . In the experiment, a source of
light of wavelength 589nm is used and the interference pattern is observed on a screen kept 1.5m away. The
separation between the successive bright fringes on the screen is: 07 Jan 2020 (E)
(1) 6.9mm (2) 3.9mm
(3) 5.9mm (4) 4.9mm

Q85. Visible light of wavelength 6000 × 10 −8

cm falls normally on a single slit and produces a diffraction pattern. It
is found that the second diffraction minimum is at 60 from the central maximum. If the first minimum is
o

produced at θ 1, then θ is close to

1 07 Jan 2020 (M)
(1) 20 o
(2) 30 o

(3) 25 o
(4) 45 o

Q86. A polarizer - analyser set is adjusted such that the intensity of light coming out of the analyser is just 36% of
the original intensity. Assuming that the polarizer - analyser set does not absorb any light, the angle by which
the analyser needs to be rotated further, to reduce the output intensity to zero, is (sin −1
(
3

5
) = 37°)

07 Jan 2020 (M)

(1) 53 o
(2) 37 o

(3) 90 o
(4) 45 o

Q87. A system of three polarizers P 1

, P2 , P3 is set up such that the pass axis of P is crossed with respect to that of
3

P1 . The pass axis of P is inclined at 60 to the pass axis of P . When a beam of unpolarized light of intensity
2
o
3

Io is incident on P , the intensity of light transmitted by the three polarizers is I . The ratio (I
1 o
/I) equals
(nearly): 12 Apr 2019 (E)
(1) 5.33 (2) 16.00
(3) 1.80 (4) 10.67

Q88. In a double slit experiment, when a thin film of thickness t having refractive index μ is introuduced in front of
one of the slits, the maximum at the centre of the fringe pattern shifts by one fringe width. The value of t is (λ
is the wavelength of the light used): 12 Apr 2019 (M)

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λ λ
(1) 2(μ−1)
(2) (2μ−1)
2λ λ
(3) (μ−1)
(4) (μ−1)

Q89. In a Young's double-slit experiment, the ratio of the slit's width is 4 : 1 . The ratio of the intensity of maxima
to minima, close to the central fringe on the screen, will be 10 Apr 2019 (E)
(1) 25 : 9 (2) 9 : 1

(3) (√3 + 1) (4) 4

4
: 1
: 16

Q90. The figure shows a Young's double slit experimental setup. It is observed that when a thin
transparent sheet of thickness t and refractive index μ is put in front of one of the slits, the central
maximum gets shifted by a distance equal to n fringe width. If the wavelength of light used is λ
then t will be:
09 Apr 2019 (M)
λ λ
(1) a(
D

μ−1) (2) (
n

μ−1)
λ 2Dλ
(3) 2n

(μ−1)
(4) a(μ−1)

Q91. In an interference experiment the ratio of amplitudes of coherent waves is a1

a2
=
1

3
. The ratio of maximum and
minimum intensities of fringes will be: 08 Apr 2019 (M)
(1) 4 (2) 9
(3) 2 (4) 18

Q92. In a double-slit experiment, green light (5303 A) falls on a double slit having a separation of 19.44μm and a
width of 4.05μm. The number of bright fringes between the first and the second diffraction minima is
11 Jan 2019 (E)
(1) 10 (2) 5
(3) 4 (4) 9

Q93. In a Young's double slit experiment, the path difference, at a certain point on the screen, betwen two interfering
waves is 1

8
th of wavelength. The ratio of the intensity at this point to that at the centre of a bright fringe is
close to: 11 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 0.74 (2) 0.85
(3) 0.94 (4) 0.8

Q94. In a Young's double slit experiment slit separation 0.1 mm, one observes a bright fringe at angle 1

40
rad by
using light of wavelength λ . When the light of wavelength λ is used a bright fringe is seen at the same angle
1 2

in the same set up. Given that λ and λ are in visible range (380 nm to 740 nm), their values are:
1 2

10 Jan 2019 (M)

(1) 400 nm, 500 nm (2) 380 nm, 525 nm

(3) 625 nm, 500 nm (4) 380 nm, 500 nm

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Q95. Consider a Young's double slit experiment as shown in figure.

What should be the slit separation d in terms of wavelength λ such
that the first minima occurs directly in front of the slit (S )? 1

10 Jan 2019 (E)

(1) λ
(2) λ

(5−√ 2) 2(√ 5−2)

(3) λ
(4) λ

√ 5−2
2(5−√ 2)

Q96. Two coherent sources produce waves of different intensities which interfere. After interference, the ratio of the
maximum intensity to the minimum intensity is 16. The intensity of the waves are in the ratio:
09 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 25 : 9 (2) 16 : 9
(3) 5 : 3 (4) 4 : 1

Q97. In a young's double slit experiment, the slits are placed 0.320 mm apart. Light of wavelength λ = 500 nm is
incident on the slits. The total number of bright fringes that are observed in the angular range −30 o
≤ θ ≤ 30
o

is: 09 Jan 2019 (E)

(1) 321 (2) 641
(3) 320 (4) 640

Q98. Consider a tank made of glass (refractive index 1.5 ) with a thick bottom. It is filled with a
liquid of refractive index μ. A student finds that, irrespective of what the incident angle i

(see figure) is for a beam of light entering the liquid, the light reflected from the liquid
glass interface is never completely polarized. For this to happen, the minimum value of μ

is:
09 Jan 2019 (M)
(1) 3

√5
(2) 4

(3) 5

√3
(4) √ 5

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