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Quiz 111 (B) PDF
Quiz 111 (B) PDF
Quiz 1 (B)
(Correct answers are marked in red color)
1. A laser of wavelength 530 nm and a wire of diameter 0.06 mm (more than 100
times the wavelength) is given to a student to try a diffraction experiment. The
screen is placed few meters away.
A. The screen will have almost uniformly intense spot of laser light.
B. A dark shadow will be formed right in front of the axis of the wire and then
alternate dark and bright bands will appear.
C. A dark shadow will be formed right in front of the axis of the wire and then
intensity will gradually increase on the two sides in the spot.
D. The central part will be most intense and then alternate dark and bright
bands appear.
2. In which of the following situations, Ray optics approximation can be used with
millimeter type resolution?
A. The outer portion of the lens causes Blue part to bend more than Red.
B. The outer portion of the lens causes Red part to bend more than Blue.
C. If the middle portion of the lens is opened for light, it will cause Blue part to
bend more than Red.
D. If the middle portion of the lens is opened for light, it will cause Red part to
bend more than Blue.
4. A word is written on a transparent plastic sheet. It is viewed by someone. In
which of the following situations, Lateral inversion will be observed by the
person?
A. The sheet is turned through 180 degrees so that the other side faces the
observer.
B. The person goes to the other side, and in the process turns his head
through 180 degrees.
C. A plane mirror is kept on the other side of the sheet and the person looks
at the image from his original position.
D. A plane mirror is kept on the other side of the sheet, the person moves to a
position between the sheet and the mirror and turns his head through 180
degree once to see the sheet and then to see the image.
5. Refer to the experiment in the above question. Suppose the distance from the
bulb to the lens is kept constant at some value D and the screen is shifted to form
different kinds of images. The figure given shows images formed in two
situations. In (i), red is outside and blue is inside and in (ii), blue is outside and red
is inside. The distance between the bulb and the screen is D1 for case (i) and D2
for case (ii)
7. The figure shows a pattern made on a screen when light from a laser torch falls
on an object and then reaches the screen. The object is likely to be
8. The figure shows a pattern made on a screen when light from a laser torch falls
on an object and then reaches the screen. The object may be
10. When light is diffracted from a thin wire, it splits into beams of
A. different wavelengths
B. different frequencies
C. different polarization states
D. different intensities
11. Which of the following can have more than one refractive indices for a
monochromatic light going in a given direction?
A. Water
B. Carbon dioxide gas filled in a tube
C. A convex lens made of usual glass
D. A cellophane tape
12. A polarized light with its E-field in x-direction passes through a long tube filled
with sugar solution. The tube itself is in z-direction. Depending on the
concentration of the solution and the length of the tube, the beam coming out of
the tube can have E-field
A. in x-direction
B. in y-direction
C. in z-direction
D. randomly distributed in the plane perpendicular to the z- direction
A. Any light that travels in the sheet, has speed less that the speed of light in
vacuum.
B. The light splits in different colours in the sheet
C. Light coming out of the sheet has electric field close to one specific
direction
D. Light coming out of the sheet has lower intensity than the incident light
14. The figure represents a piece of uniform cellophane tape (same thickness and
material everywhere) used to close envelops etc. Such tapes are birefringent but
not optically active. Two laser beams 1 and 2 fall on the tape normally and cross
through its thickness (z-derection). The electric field in beam 1 is in x-direction
and in beam-2 it is in y-direction.
A. emits light
B. changes the wavelength continuously as light travels in this material
C. changes the frequency continuously as light travels in this material
D. changes the direction of the electric field continuously as a polarized light
travels in this material
16. A person visits a pond in the evening hours. A lamp post lights the surface of
water in the pond and the person standing on the other side looks at the water
surface through a polarizing sheet. Then he starts rotating the Polarizing sheet in
its plane
A. The surface looks equally bright for all orientations of the sheet
B. The surface becomes almost dark for all orientations of the sheet
C. The surface sometimes looks dimmer and sometimes brighter
D. Light coming through the polarizing sheet is unpolarized for all orientations
of the sheet
17. A pencil is kept partially dipped in water and is seen from the top. The pencil
looks bent at the surface because
A. a Light ray going along AB bends at the surface and appears along BC
B. a Light ray going along CB bends at the surface and appears along BA
C. Images of different parts of the dipped portions of the pencil are shifted
through different heights
D. The viewer has problems in eyes
18. In the lecture “From One medium to Another : Refraction”, a light beam goes
on a curved path like ABC in a salt solution with concentration changing with
height. The time taken by light to complete the path ABC is T1. Hypotheically, if
the light chooses to go on a straight path AC it would take a time T2.
A. T1 < T2
B. T1> T2
C. T1 = T2
D. If the concentration of the solution is high, T1 will become greater than T2
19. Refer to the experiments in which laser light was sent in water. What is it that
made the path of laser light visible?
20. Light from a small insect goes through a convex lens and becomes converging
as suggested in the figure. This converging light falls on a plane mirror. The plane
mirror