ASSESSMENT TEST

(Ch-Ray Optics, Wave Optics & Dual nature of Matter and Radiation)
Session: 2016-17
PHYSICS
TIME 1:30 MIN
M.M:
35
SECTION A
X 5=5)

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1. Two lines , A and B in the plot given below show the variation of de Broglie

V
wavelength , versus 1/
where V is the accelerating potential difference, for two
particles carrying the same charge. Which one of two represents a particle of smaller
mass?

2. Show graphically the variation of the de Broglie wavelength (

) with the potential (V)
through which an electron is accelerated from rest.
3. Why does Sunrise and Sunset are abrupt on the surface of the moon.
4. How does the angular separation of interference fringes change, in Youngs
experiment, if the distance between the slits is increased?
5. Unpolarised light is incident on a plane surface of glass of refractive index at
angle i. If the reflected light gets totally polarized, write the relation between the angle
i and refractive index .
SECTION B
X 5=10)

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6. Define the term linearly polarized light. When does the intensity of transmitted light
become maximum, when a Polaroid sheet is rotated between two crossed Polaroids?
7. Figure shows variation of stopping potential (V0) with the frequency(

) for two

photosensitive materials M1 and M2

V0
M1
M2

(i)
(ii)

Why is the slope same for both lines?

For which material will the emitted electrons have greater kinetic energy for the
incident radiations of the same frequency .Justify your answer?
8. Define the resolving power of a microscope. How is this affected when
(i)
The wavelength of illuminating radiations is decreased , and
(ii)
The diameter of the objective lens is decreased?
Justify your answer.
9. Write down two conditions to obtain the sustained interference fringe pattern of light.
What is the effect on the interference fringes in Youngs double slit experiment, when
monochromatic source is replaced by a source of white light?

10.

An

particle and a proton are accelerated from rest by the same potential

.Find the ratio of their de Broglie wavelengths?

SECTION C
X 4=12)

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11.
A parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 500nm falls normally on a
narrow slit and the resulting diffraction pattern is obtained on a screen 1 m away. It is
observed that the first minimum is at a distance of 2.5 mm from the centre of the
screen. Find
(i)
The width of the slit
(ii)
The distance of the second maximum from the centre of the screen.
(iii) The width of the central maximum.
12.
Solve
(a) Light passes through two Polaroids P1 and P2 with pass axis of P2 making an angle
with the pass axis of P . For what value of is the intensity of the emergent
1
light zero?
(b)A third Polaroid is placed between P1 and P2 with its pass axis making and angle
with the pass axis a of P . Find a value of for which the intensity of light
1

emerging from P2 is

l0
8 where

l0

is the intensity of light on the Polaroid P1.

13.
(a) Why do we not encounter diffraction effect of light in everyday observations ?
(b) In the observed diffraction pattern due to a single slit, how will the wifth of central
maximum be affected if
(i)
The width of the slit is doubled?
(ii)
The wavelength of the light used is increased?
Justify your answer in each case.
14.
Define the term (i) cut off voltage and (ii) Threshold frequency, in relation to
the phenomenon of photo electronic effect.
Using Einsteins photoelectric equation shows that how the cut off voltage and
threshold frequency for a given photosensitive material can be determined with the
help of a suitable plot/graph.
SECTION D
X 2=8)

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15.
Draw a schematic diagram of the experimental arrangement used by Davisson
and Germer to establish the wave nature of electrons. Express the de Broglie
wavelength associated with electrons in terms of the accelerating voltage V. An
electron and a proton have the same kinetic energy. Which of the two will have larger
wavelength and why?

16.
Using Huygens principle draw a diagram showing how a plane wave gets
refracted when it is incident on the surface separating a rarer medium from a denser
medium .Hence verify Snells laws of refraction.