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Iit Mains Exam Type Questions of Optics PDF
Iit Mains Exam Type Questions of Optics PDF
SECTION 1
QUESTIONS
1. A diverging beam of light falls on a plane mirror. The image formed by the mirror is
a) real, erect b) virtual , inverted
c) virtual, erect d) real, inverted
2. In a pond water is 10 m deep. A candle flame is held 15 m above the surface of water. If the refrac-
tive index of water is 4/3, the image of the candle flame is formed at
a) 15 m deep b) (45/4)m deep c) 10 m deep d) (30/4)m deep
3. Which of the following colours will have minimum critical angle when light passes from glass to air ?
a) green b) blue c) yellow d) orange
4. *A ray of light is incident at an angle 450 in an equilateral prism of refractive index √2. The ray
a) will totally reflect from the second face.
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b) will just graze the second surface.
c) will run parallel to the incident ray.
d) will undergo minimum deviation.
c) f, λ/µ d) µ f, λ/µ
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6. Two convex lenses of equal focal length f are kept at a distance coaxially. A parallel beam of light in-
cident on the first lens emerges from the second lens as a parallel beam. The distance between the
lenses is
a) f b) 2f c) f/2 d) f/4
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7. Imagine a hypothetical convex lens which can pass all the electromagnetic radiations through it. For
which of the following radiations will the lens have maximum focal length?
a) X-rays b) γ rays c) micro waves d) infra red rays
8. If a is the distance of an object from the focus of a concave mirror and b is the distance of its real im-
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10. A concave mirror has a focal length of f cm. An object is placed such that it forms a two fold magni-
fied real image. The distance between the object and the image will be ( in cm)
a) f b) 1.5f c) 2f d) 2.5f
11. Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other at a certain angle. A ray of light first incident on one of
them at an angle of 100 with the mirror retraces its path after five reflections. The angle between the
mirror is
a) 12o b) 22o c) 30o d) 20o
12. If µ 21 represents the refractive index of the second medium with respect to the first medium, then
µ 21 µ 32 µ 43 will be equal to
a) µ 41 b) µ 31 c) µ 14 d) µ 13
13. The intensity of light at a distance r from the axis of long cylindrical source is proportional to
a) 1/r2 b) 1/r c) 1/r1/2 d) 1/r3
14. A ray of light incident on an equilateral prism of refractive index 1.41 suffers minimum deviation. The
angle of incidence on the first face is
a) 60o b) 30o c) 40o d) 45o
15. A ray of light is incident on two plane mirrors inclined at an angle deviates through 240o. The number
of images of an object formed by the mirrors is equal to
a) 3 b) 2 c) 5 d) 6
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16. A fish is at a depth of 4 m from the water surface. A bird is at a height 3 m vertically above from the
water surface. The distance at which the fish sees the bird is
a) 7 m b) 9 m c) 8 m d) 10 m
17. A fish under water at a depth h sees the outside world within a cone of radius r at water surface. If µ is
refractive index of water, the value of r here is
h h
a) h µ 2 −1 b) h µ − 1 c) d)
µ −1
2 µ −1
18. A plano-convex lens of focal length f and radius of curvature R is silvered on
the plane surface as shown in the adjacent figure The focal length of this will
be
a) f b) f/2
c) R d) R/2
19. The above plano-convex lens is silvered on the convex surface,
as shown in the adjacent figure, so that it becomes a concave
mirror. The focal length of this concave mirror will be
a) R/2 b) R
c) (R/2µ) d) 2R/µ
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a) µ1 = µ2 , µ3 > µ2
b) µ1 = µ2, µ3 < µ2
c) µ1 = µ2 = µ3
d) µ1 < µ2, µ2 = µ3
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A ray of light passes through three media of refractive indices
as shown in the adjacent figure. Then
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21. A plano–convex lens fits exactly with a plano-concave lens as
shown in the adjacent figure. Their refractive indices and focal
lengths are shown in the figure. The focal length of the combi-
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nation is
R 2R
a) b)
2(µ 2 − µ1 ) (µ 2 − µ1 )
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c) R d)
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µ 2 − µ1
22. Light energy falls at a rate E Wm-2 on a perfectly reflecting plane mirror. The pressure exerted by the
light on the mirror is (c speed of light)
a) E/c b) 2E/c
c) E/3600 c d) E/7200 c
23. A ray of light is incident at an angle 45o into a medium of µ=√2 . A part of light is reflected and a part
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refracted. The angle between reflected and refracted rays in degrees will be
a) 45 b) 75 c) 90 d) 105
24. An object is kept symmetrically between two plane mirrors inclined at an angle 90o. The images
formed by the mirror will lie in
a) a circle b) a parabola c) a straight line d) an irregular curve
25. A source of light is kept in an isotropic medium. If the amplitude of wave reaching a point is plotted
with distance from the source to the point, the graph will be
a) a straight line b) an inverse square law graph
c) a parabola d) rectangular hyperbola
26. A lamp is suspended vertically above a table at a height. When the height of suspension is reduced by
2%, the intensity at the centre of the table
a) increases by 4% b) increases by 3%
c) increases by 2% d) increases by 8%
27. Two lamps A and B are placed at a distance 2 m and 3 m from a screen respectively. The intensity of
illumination on the screen due to the two lamps are equal. If PA and PB are the powers of two lamps,
then PA/PB =
a) 2/3 b) 4/9 c) 3/2 d) 9/4
28. The refractive index of a prism depends on
a) angle of the prism A b) angle of minimum deviation D
c) both A and D d) neither A nor D
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Solve the following two problems within a maximum time of 2 minute. Use only one equation.
29. In a displacement method the distance between object and the screen is 90 cm. The focal length of the
lens is 20 cm. What is the distance through which lens is displaced between magnified and dimin-
ished image ?
30. In a displacement method the lens is displaced through a distance 45 cm. The magnification of one of
the images = 4. What is the focal length of the lens?
31. Young’s experiment is performed with white light, which of the following colours will have minimum
band width ?
a) green b) yellow c) blue d) red
32. If Young’s experiment were performed so that interfering beams travel in water. The ratio of width of
band in air to that in water i.e. β(air) / β(water) =
a) 1 b) 1/2 c) 3/4 d) 4/3
33. Two light beams have same wave vector k. One travels through a distance L1 in a medium of refrac-
tive index µ1 and the other L2 in a medium of refractive index µ2. On emerging their phase difference
will be
a) k (µ1L1-µ2L2) b) k(µ1L2-µ2 L1)
c) (µ1L1-µ2L2)/k d) (µ1L2-µ2 L1)/k
c) 3:1
35. *.Which of the following cannot produce interference?
a) Two narrow sources of blue light and red light
b) One real narrow source and one narrow virtual source of same colour
d) 9:1
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c) Two virtual monochromatic sources
d) Two different parts of the same source
36. *If the width of both the coherent slits in Young’s experiment is progressively increased
a) the width of bands will increase
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c) i = sin (tan C ) d) i = tan-1(sin C)
38. A laser beam of wave length λ passing through a slit of width ‘a’ is sent to moon. The linear spread of
the beam when it reaches to moon is
a) Da/λ b) Dλ/a c) Da/2λ d) Dλ/2a
39. When the laser beam given in previous question reaches moon, the area to which it spreads is equal to
a) D2a/λ b) D2λ2/a2 c) ( Da/2λ)2 d) Dλ2/a2
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40. Which of the following colours will have minimum polarising angle in a given medium?
a) violet b) blue c) green d) indigo
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41. If D10 = x, D15 = y, D20 = z, where D10, D15 and D20 are the diameters of 10th, 15th and 20th dark ring
of a Newton’s ring system, then
a) y-x = 2(z-y) b) 2(y-x) = z-y c) z-x = 2y d) y-x = z-y
42. For a certain experiment it is required to diffract Hα line of Balmer series. The wave length of this line
is about 660 nm. Which of the following grating would be most suitable for this?
a) A grating having 106 lines /m
b) A grating having 104 lines/m
c) A grating having 6000 lines/m
d) A grating having 3x108 lines/m
43. *. Which of the following statements are correct about optic axis?
a) It is a line
b) It is a direction
c) The crystal is symmetric about it
d) The speed of O and E rays will be same along it.
44. If the acute angle of a biprism is increased, the width of the fringes produced by it
a) decreases b) increases
c) remains the same d) cannot be said from the data
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45. The polarising angle of ordinary glass is equal 57o. If this glass is immersed in water, the polarising
angle will be
a) more than 570 b) equal to 570
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c) less than 57 d) exactly equal to 450
46. In the earth’s atmosphere the ratio of amplitude of blue light scattered to that of red light , if their wave
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a) 30o b) 600
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c) cos-1 (1/4) d) cos-1(1/8)
Suppose the polaroid N2 in the previous question is rotated keeping N1 fixed. During one rotation, an
observer will see
a) a maximum and a minimum
b) four maxima and four minima
c) two maxima and two minima
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d) light of varying intensity but no minimum and maximum
49. Laser beam can be used to standardise
a) distance b) time c) angle d) temperature
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50. A laser beam of frequency 3x10 Hz passes through an aperture of diameter 1 mm. The angular
spread of the beam in radian is equal to
a) 10-2 b) 10-4
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c) 5x10 d) 10-3
51. Which of the following statement(s) are true for photons ?
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55. If the coherent slits in Young’s experiment are narrowed so that their width becomes comparable with
the wavelength of light,
a) the fringes will become broad
b) the fringes will become narrower
c) the fringes will become unequally spaced
d) the fringes will disappear and uniform illumination will set in
56. A mixture of red light of λ = 6000 Ao and blue light of λ = 4400 Ao is incident normally on an air film.
The minimum thickness of the film for which the reflected light will appear blue is
a) 3x10-7 m b) 6 x 10-7m
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c) 2.2 x 10 m d) 4.4 x 10-7 m
57. Which of the following gives maximum field of view ?
a) plane mirror b) concave mirror
c) convex mirror d) cylindrical mirror
58. A ray of light falls on a plane mirror at angle of incidence i. The deviation produced on the ray by the
mirror is
a) 2i b) (180-2i) c) (180 + 2i) d) (360-2i)
59. When a convergent beam of light is incident on a plane mirror, the image formed is
a) erect and real b) erect and virtual
c) inverted and real
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d) inverted and virtual
60. When the moon is near horizon, it appears bigger due to
a) refraction b) scattering of light
d) all the three
61. How many images of himself does an observer see on the mirror surfaced two adjacent walls and the
ceiling of a rectangular room?
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a) 3 b) 5 c) 6 d) 9
62. A glass slab is placed in the path of converging beam of light. The point of convergence of light
a) moves towards the glass slab b) moves away from the glass slab
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66. A small plane mirror is rotating with a constant frequency of n rotations per second. With what linear
velocity (in m/s) a spot of light reflected from the mirror moves along a spherical screen of radius of
curvature R, if the mirror is at the centre of curvature of screen ?
a) 2πnR b) 2nR c) 4nR d) 4πnR
67. When a source of light is 1 m away, a photosensitive meter gives a delfection of 8 divisions, if the
source is moved 1m more, the deflection will be
a) 8 divisions b) 4 divisions c) 2 divisions d) 9 divisions
68. The critical angle of a prism is 360. The maximum angle of the prism for which an emergent ray is
possible is
a) 720 b) 540 c) 360 d) 160
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69. A thin prism P1 of angle 4 and ,made from glass of refractive index 1.54 is combined with another thin
prism P2 made from glass of refractive index 1.72 so that ray undergoes no deviation. The angle of
prism P2 is
a) 5.330 b) 40 c) 30 d) 2.60
70. The distance between an object and a divergent lens is x times the focal length of the lens. The lateral
magnification m produced by the lens will be
a) x b) 1/x c) x+1 d) 1/x+1
71. The colour of light which travels with minium speed in glass is
a) red b) yellow c) green d) blue
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72. A convex lens is placed between an object and screen which are at a fixed distance apart. For one po-
sition of the lens the magnification of the image obtained on the screen is m1. When the lens is moved
by a distance d, the magnification of the image obtained on the same screen is m2. The focal length of
the lens is (m1 > m2)
a) d/(m1-m2) b) d/(m1 + m2) c) dm1/m2 d) m2/m1
73. In a displacement method using convex lens we obtain two images for separation of the lens d. One
image is magnified as much as the other is diminished. If m is the magnification of one image, the fo-
cal length of the lens is
a) d/(m-1) b) md(m2-1) c) d/(m2-m) d) dm2/m1
74. If the earth had no atmosphere, the duration of the day would have been
a) longer b) the same
c) shorter d) shorter or longer depending on the season
75. A short linear object of length b lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f at a distance u
from the pole of the mirror. The size of the image is approximately equal to
1/ 2 2 2
⎡ f ⎤ ⎡ f ⎤ ⎡u − f ⎤ ⎡u − f ⎤
a) b ⎢ ⎥ b) b ⎢ ⎥ c) b ⎢ ⎥ d) b ⎢ ⎥
⎣u −f ⎦ ⎣u − f ⎦ ⎣ f ⎦ ⎣ f ⎦
76. Two convex lenses separated by a distance are brought into contact. The focal power of the combina-
tion
a) decreases
c) remains the same
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b) increases
d) cannot be said from the data
77. A transparent cube of 12 cm edge contains a small air bubble. Its apparent depth is 5 cm when viewed
through one face and 3 cm when viewed through the opposite face. The refractive index of the mate-
rial of the cube is
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a) 1.5 b) 12/7 c) 12/5 d) 5/3
78. A source of light located at a point A where AB = BC = 1 m as shown in fig. The intensity of illumi-
nation at B is P. The intensity of illumination at C is
a) 0.36 P b) 0.5 P
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c) 0.7 P d) 0.44 P
79. A diver from inside water looks at an outside object whose natural
colour is green. He sees the object as
a) green b) red
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c) violet d) yellow
80. An ant is approaching a convex lens with a constant speed up to the
first focus. The speed of the image of ant formed by the lens.
a) remains the same
b) increases uniformly
c) first decreases and then increases
d) first increases and then decreases
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81. A thin lens of focal length f and aperture diameter d forms an image of intensity I. The central part of
the aperture up to diameter d/2 is blocked by an opaque paper. The focal length and image intensity
would respectively be
a) f, I/4 b) f/2, I/2 c) 3f/4, I/2 d) f, I/2
82. Two thin lenses of focal lengths f1 and f2 are placed at a distance d between them. For power of the
combination to be zero, the separation of the lenses must be
f +f f
a) f1 + f2 b) 1 2 c) 1 d) f1 f 2
2 f2
83. A blue cross illuminated by white light under white background is observed through a red filter. The
observer will see
a) a red cross on a black background
b) a red cross on a blue background
c) a black cross on a red background
d) a black cross on a blue background
84. The angle of a prism is A and the angle of minimum deviation is 180-2A. the refractive index of the
prism is
a) sin (A/2) b) cos (A/2) c) tan (A/2) d) cot (A/2)
85. A glass prism has a refractive index of 1.5 and refracting angle of 900. A ray of light is incident on it at
an angle of incidence of 300. The angle of emergence will be in degrees
a) 60 b) 30 c) 45 d) the ray will not emerge
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86. A ray of light is incident at an angle of 600 on one face of a prism of refracting angle 300. The emer-
gent ray makes an angle 300 with the incident ray. The refractive index of the prism is
a) 1.41 b) 1.73
c) 1.5 d) 1.6 B
87. A ray of monochromatic light is incident on one face of a
prism of angle 750. It is incident on the second face at criti-
cal angle. If µ = √2, the angle of incidence on the first face
of the prism is (in degrees)
a) 30 b) 45
c) 60 d) 90
88. A beam of light consisting of red, green blue colours is inci- 45°
dent on right angled prism normally on the face AB. The re- A C
fractive indices of the prism for red, green and blue are 1.39,
1.44 and 1.47 respectively. The prism will
a) separate red colour from blue and green
b) separate part of blue colour from red and green
c) separate all the three colours from one another
d) not separate even partially any colour from the others
98. Interference fringes are formed with light of wavelength 400 nm in Young’s experiment with separa-
tion of slit 1 mm and screen distance 1 m. The angular width of fringe (in radian) is
a) 0.4 b) 0.04 c) 0.004 d) 0.0004
99. If Young’s experiment with one source of light and two slits be performed so that interfering beam
traverse in water instead of air,
a) the fringes will be less in number
b) the fringes will be broader
c) the fringes will be narrower
d) no fringes will be obtained
100. In Young’s interference experiment with one source and two slits, one slit is covered with a cellophane
sheet so that only half of the intensity is transmitted. Then
a) no fringes will be obtained
b) bright fringes will be brighter and dark fringes will be darker
c) all fringes will be darker
d) bright fringes will be less bright and dark fringes will be less dark
101. In a Young’s double slit experiment, the interference pattern is found to have an intensity ratio of 9 be-
tween bright and dark fringes. This implies that
102. In Young’s double slit experiment the central fringe is white. What colour of fringe will you see near-
est to the central fringe ?
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a) violet b) green c) red d) yellow
103. *White light is used to illuminate the two slits in a Young’s double slit experiment. The separation be-
tween the slits is b and the screen is at a distance d ( >> b) from the slits. At a point on the screen di-
rectly in front of one of the slits, certain wave lengths are missing. Some of these missing wavelengths
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are
a) λ = b2/d b) λ = 2b2/d c) λ = b2/3d d) λ = 2b2/3d
104. In Young’s double slit experiment using light of wavelength λ, the intensity of one bright fringe is I
units. The intensity of light at a point where the path difference is λ/4 is
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c) sin (tan i) d) tan-1(sin i)
107. Two nicol prisms (polariser and analyser) have their axes an angle 300 in between. If I is the intensity
of light falling on first nicol,. Then the intensity of emerging light from second nicol is
a) (1/8) I b) (3/8)I c) (1/4)I d) (1/2)I
108. A point source of light is to be suspended above the centre of a circular table of radius R. In order to
produce maximum illumination at the edge of the table, the height of the light source should be
a) R b) b) 2 R c) R / 2 d) R/2
109. If a star emitting yellow light starts accelerating towards the earth, its colour as seen from earth will
a) turn gradually red b) turn gradually yellow
c) remain unchanged d) turn gradually blue
110. An astronomical telescope has large aperture to
a) reduce spherical aberration b) have high resolution
c) have low dispersion d) increase the span observation
111. The distance between virtual sources in a biprism of angle α and refractive index µ, if the source is
placed at distance a from it, is
a) 2 (µ-1) α b) (µ-1)α a/2 c) (µ-1) α d) 2(µ-1)α a
112. In Newton’s rings the radius of the first dark ring 2 mm. The radius of the third dark ring will be
a) 3 mm b) 2 mm c) 1.7 mm d) 3.4 mm
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113. If Young’s experiment could be performed with the following radiations, which of them will give
bands of minimum width?
a) red light b) radio waves c) violet light d) micro waves
lamp. Then
a) uniform illumination will be seen .IN
d) becomes four times
119. The two slits in Young’s double slit experiment are illuminated by two different parts of same sodium
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
121. In Young’s experiment monochromatic light is used to illuminate the slits A and B. Interference
fringes are observed on a screen placed in front of the slits. Now if a thin glass plate is placed in the
path of the beam coming from A, then
a) the fringes will disappear
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128. A lens is placed between a source of light and a wall. It forms images of area A1 and A2 on the wall
for its two different positions. The area of the source of light is
a ) A1 A 2 b) ( A 1 + A 2 ) / 2
c) [( A 1 + A 2 / 2] 2 d) [(1 / A 1 ) + (1 / A 2 )] −1
129. The diameter of the moon is 3.5 x 103 km and its distance from the earth is 3.8 x 105 km. It is seen by
a telescope having the focal lengths of the objective and the eye piece 4 m and 10 cm respectively.
The diameter of the image of moon would be approximately
a) 20 b) 200 c) 400 d) 500
130. An eye piece consists of two lenses of focal lengths f1 and f2. In order that the combination is achro-
matic, the lenses are to be separated by a distance
a) 2f1 f2/f1 + f2 b) 2f1 f2 / f1 – f2 c) f1 + f2 /2 d) f1 – f2
131. A person can see clearly up to 3 m. What is the power of the lens he should use so that he can see upto
12 m ?
a) +0.5 D b) -0.5 D c) +0.25 D d) -0.25 D
132. If the accelerating potential increases to 4 times in an electron microscope, its resolving power R
would change to
a) R/4 b) 4R
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c) 2R
133. Which of the following is true for a quarter wave plate ?
a) It is made of glass and produces a phase difference π/2
b) It is made of glass and produces a phase difference π/4
c) It is made of quartz and produces a phase difference π/2
d) R/2
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d) It is made of quartz and produces a phase difference π/4
134. Which of the following can diffract sound waves from a tuning fork of the frequency 384 Hz?
a) a sphere of diameter 10 m b) a sphere of diameter 1 m
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SECTION 2: ANSWERS
1 c 2 a 3 b 4 d 5 b
6 b 7 b 8 b 9 a 10 b
11 d 12 a 13 b 14 d 15 c
16 c 17 c 18 b 19 c 20 a
21 d 22 b 23 d 24 a 25 d
26 a 27 b 28 d 29 30 cm 30 12 cm
31 c 32 d 33 a 34 d 35 a,d
36 c,d 37 a 38 b 39 b 40 c
41 d 42 a 43 b,c,d 44 a 45 c
46 a 47 c 48 c 49 a 50 d
51 a,d 52 d 53 d 54 b 55 c
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56 a 57 c 58 b 59 a 60 a
61 6 62 b 63 d 64 b 65 b
66 d 67 c 68 a 69 c 70 d
71 d 72 a 73 b 74 c 75 d
76 b 77 a 78 a 79 c 80 c
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81 a 82 a 83 c 84 d 85 d
86 b 87 b 88 a 89 c 90 a
91 b 92 d 93 d 94 d 95 d
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96 b 97 a,b,c,d 98 d 99 c 100 d
101 b 102 a 103 a,c 104 a 105 a
106 c 107 b 108 c 109 d 110 b
111 d 112 d 113 c 114 d 115 c
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