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CHAPTERWISE SAMPLE PAPER: WAVE OPTICS

Class 12 - Physics
Time Allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes Maximum Marks: 50

Section A
1. The penetration of light into the region of geometrical shadow is called [1]

a) Interference b) Polarisation

c) Refraction d) Diffraction
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2. In a Fraunhofer diffraction at a single slit of width d with incident light of wavelength 5500 A, the first [1]

minimum is observed at angle 30o. The secondary maximum is observed at an angle θ =

a) sin-1 1 b) sin-1 3

√2 4

c) sin-1 √3
d) sin-1 1

2 4

3. In a diffraction pattern due to a single slit of width a, the first minimum is observed at an angle 30o when light of [1]
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wavelength 5000 A is incident on the slit. The first secondary maximum is observed at an angle of

a) sin-1 ( 1
)
b) sin-1 ( 1
)
2 4

c) sin-1 ( 3
)
d) sin-1 ( 2
)
4 3

4. If yellow light emitted by sodium lamp in Young's double-slit experiment is replaced by monochromatic blue [1]
light of the same intensity, then

a) fringe width will decrease b) fringe width will increase

c) fringes will become less intense d) fringe width will remain unchanged
5. In Young's double-slit experiment the intensity at the centre of the screen is I. If one of the slits is closed, the [1]
intensity at centre now will be

a) I b) I

c) I

2
d) I

6. The relationship between phase difference Δϕ and the path difference Δx between two interfering waves is [1]
given by: {λ = wavelength)

a) Δx = (
2π
) Δϕ b) Δϕ = (2π)Δx
λ

c) Δx = (
λ
) Δϕ d) Δϕ = (
λ

π
) Δx
2π

7. In a certain double slit experimental arrangement, interference fringes of width 1 mm each are observed when [1]
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the light of wavelength 5000 A is used. Keeping the set up unaltered, if the source is replaced by another source
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of wavelength 6000 A, the fringe width will be

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 a) 1.2 mm b) 0.5 mm

c) 1 mm d) 1.5 mm
8. In a double-slit experiment, the two slits are 1 mm apart and the screen is placed 1 m away. Monochromatic light [1]
of wavelength 500 nm is used. What will be the width of each slit for obtaining ten maxima of double-slit within
the central maxima of single-slit pattern?

a) 0.1 mm b) 0.5 mm

c) 0.02 mm d) 0.2 mm
9. Shape of the wave front of light diverging from a point source is [1]

a) conical b) spherical

c) hyperboloid d) plane
10. The interference pattern is obtained with two coherent light sources of intensity ratio n. In the interference [1]
Imax −Imin
pattern, the ratio Imax +Imin
will be
√n 2√n
a) 2
b) 2
(n+1) (n+1)

√n 2√n
c) d)
n+1 n+1

11. Assertion (A): For best contrast between maxima and minima in the interference pattern of Young's double-slit [1]
experiment, the intensity of light emerging out of the two slits should be equal.
Reason (R): The intensity of the interference pattern is proportional to the square of the amplitude.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

12. Assertion (A): Light added to light can produce darkness. [1]
Reason (R): The destructive interference of two coherent light sources may give dark fringe.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

13. Assertion (A): When monochromatic light is incident on a surface separating two media, the reflected and [1]
refracted light both have the same frequency as the incident frequency.
Reason (R): The frequency of monochromatic light depends on media.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

14. Figure shows a standard two slit arrangement with slits S1, S2. P1, P2 are the two minima points on either side of [1]
P (Figure).

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 At P2 on the screen, there is a hole and behind P2 is a second 2- slit arrangement with slits S3, S4 and a second

screen behind them.

a) There would be no interference pattern on b) There would be a regular two slit pattern on
the second screen but it would be lighted. the second screen.

c) The second screen would be totally dark. d) There would be a single bright point on the
second screen.

15. Two light emitting sources of wavelength 500 nm are separated by a distance 22 × 10-2 cm. A detector can be [1]
moved on the line S1P which is perpendicular to S1S2 as shown in the figure below:

The minimum and maximum path difference at the detector as it is moved along the line S1P, are (respectively)

a) 2.2 × 10-2cm, 2.2 × 10-2cm b) zero, zero

c) zero, 2.2 × 10-2cm d) zero, 1.1 × 10-2cm

Section B
16. Fraunhoffer diffraction from a single slit of width 1.0 μ m is observed with the light of wavelength 500 nm [2]
Calculate the half angular width of the central maximum.
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17. Green light of wavelength 5100 A from a narrow slit is incident on a double slit. If the overall separation of 10 [2]
fringes on a screen 200 cm away is 2 cm, find slit separation.
18. In a single slit diffraction experiment, the width of the slit is increased. How will the (i) size and (ii) intensity of [2]
central bright band be affected? Justify your answer.
19. How can the fringe width be increased in Young's double-slit experiment? [2]
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20. In Young's double-slit experiment, the width of fringes obtained from a source of light of wavelength 5000 A is [2]

3.6 mm. Calculate the fringe width if the apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.2.
Section C
21. Two narrow slits are illuminated by a single monochromatic source. Name the pattern obtained on the screen. [3]
One of the slits is now completely covered. What is the name of the pattern now obtained on the screen? Draw
intensity pattern obtained in the two cases. Also, write two differences between the patterns obtained in the
above two cases.
22. i. Write the conditions under which light sources can be said to be coherent. [3]
ii. Why is it necessary to have coherent sources in order to produce an interference pattern?
23. What is the effect on the interference fringes in Young’s double-slit experiment due to each of the following [3]
operations? Justify your answers.

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 i. The screen is moved away from the plane of the slits.
ii. The separation between slits is increased.
iii. The source slit is moved closer to the plane of double slit.
24. Why is interference pattern not detected, when two coherent sources are far apart? [3]
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In Young's experiment, the width of the fringes obtained with light of wavelength 6000A is 2.0 mm. Calculate
the fringe width if the entire apparatus is immersed in a liquid medium of refractive index 1.33.
25. In Young's double slit experiment, the two slits 0.15 mm apart are illuminated by monochromatic light of [3]
wavelength 450 nm. The screen is 1.0 m away from the slits.
i. Find the distance of the second
a. bright fringe
b. dark fringe from the central maximum.
ii. How will the fringe pattern change if the screen is moved away from the slits?
Section D
26. A plane wavefront propagating in a medium of refractive index μ is incident on a plane surface making an
1 [5]
angle of incidence i as shown in fig. It enters into a medium of refractive index ′ ′
μ2 ( μ2 > μ1 ) . Use Huygens'
construction of secondary wavelets to trace the propagation of the refracted wavefront. Hence, verify Snell's law
of refraction.

27. i. What is the effect on the interference fringes to a Young's double slit experiment when [5]

a. the separation between the two slits is decreased?

b. the width of the source slit is increased?
c. the monochromatic source is replaced by a source of white light? Justify your answer in each case.
ii. The intensity at the central maxima in Young's double slit experimental set up is I . Show that the intensity
0

I0
at a point is , where the path difference is .
λ

4 3

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