DUAL NATURE OF LIGHT AND MATTER

In photoelectric effect by a metal surface

Emission of electrons from a metal surface the maximum kinetic energy of emitted
when the metal is heated to very high electrons
temperature is termed as a) Vary with intensity of light
a) thermionic emission b) Vary with frequency of light
b) field emission c) Vary with speed of light
c) photo electric emission d) Vary irregularly
d) secondary emission
the rest mass of photon is
Emission of electrons from a metal surface
a) zero
when the metal is subjected to very high b) maximum
electric field is termed as c) minimum
a) thermionic emission d) infinity
b) field emission Who proposed matter wave concept?
c) photo electric emission a) Huygen
d) secondary emission
b) Rutherford
Emission of electrons from the metal
surface when e.m. radiation of sufficiently c) de Broglie
high frequency is incident on it d) Germer
a) thermionic emission Expression for de Broglie wavelength of a
b) field emission particle is given by
ℎ
c) photo electric emission a) 𝜆 = 𝑚𝑣
d) secondary emission ℎ
photo electric effect is was correctly b) 𝜆 = 𝑝𝑣
explained by 𝑚𝑣
c) 𝜆 = ℎ
a) Einstein 𝑝
b) Faraday d) 𝜆 = 𝑚𝑣
c) Planck An electron and proton have the same de
d) Hertz Broglie wavelength. Then the kinetic
The minimum energy required to remove energy of the electrons is
an electron from a metal surface is termed a) Zero
as b) Infinity
a) Stopping potential c) Equal to the kinetic energy of proton
b) Kinetic energy d) Greater than the kinetic energy of the
c) Work function proton
d) None of the above If the kinetic energy of an electron, a
The unit of work function is given by proton, a neutron and an alpha particle is
a) eV identical, the maximum de Broglie
b) volt(V) wavelength will be for
c) hertz (hz) a) Electron
d) watt(W) b) Proton
energy of a photon (E) of wave length 𝝀 is c) Alpha particle
given by d) Neutron
a) 𝐸 = ℎ𝜆 Who named cathode ray particles as
b) 𝐸 = ℎ𝑐 electrons?
ℎ𝑐
c) 𝐸 = a) J J Thomson
𝜆
ℎ𝜆 b) Max Planck
d) 𝐸 = 𝑐 c) GP Thompson
d) Germer
Who experimentally proved that the
electric charge is quantized?
a) R A Millikan
b) J J Thomson
c) Max Planck
d) GP Thompson
The photocurrent in an experiment on
photoelectric effect increases if
(A) the intensity of source is increased
(B) the frequency of light is increased
(C) the intensity of source is decreased
(D) the frequency of light is decreased
Kinetic energy of electrons emitted in
photoelectric electric effect depends
upon:
(A) frequency of incident light
(B) intensity of incident light
(C) nature of atmosphere surrounding the
photosensitive surface
(D) none of these
Moving with the same kinetic energy,
which of the following has longest
wavelength of the matter
waves?
(A) Alpha particle
(B) Beta particle
(C) proton
(D) neutron
Who discovered the phenomenon of
photoelectric effect while conducting
experiments on electromagnetic waves?
a) Davisson and Germer
b) Albert Einstein
c) Louis de Broglie
d) Heinrich hertz
The wave associated with material
particles in motion are called:
(A) Matter waves (B) Seismic waves.
(C) Radio waves (D) Microwaves.
The photoelectric effect occurs only when
the incident light has more than certain
minimum
A) wavelength B) speed
C) charge D) frequency
Intensity of light incident on photo
sensitive surface is doubled then
A) the number of emitted electrons tripled
B) the number of emitted electrons is doubled
C) kinetic energy is doubled
D) momentum is doubled
If the frequency of light in photoelectric
experiment is doubled, the stopping
potential will
A) be doubled B) be halved
C) become more than doubled D) become
less than doubled
The best metal to be used for photo
emission is
A) potassium B) sodium
C) caesium D) lithium
The electromagnetic theory of light failed
to explain
A) photoelectric effect B) polarisation
C) diffraction D) interference
Photons are electrically
A) positive B) negative
C) neutral D) all of these
The minimum negative potential applied to
the anode to just stop the photo emission
from cathode is called
A) stopping potential B) threshold frequency
C) work function D) threshold wavelength
The maximum wavelength of the incident
radiation above which there is no photo
emission is called as
A) threshold frequency
B) work function
C) threshold wavelength
D) de Brogile wavelength.
The wavelength of matter waves is known
as
A) threshold frequency
B) threshold wavelength
C) de Broglie wavelength
D) matter waves
The work function depends on the
A) properties of the metal
B) the nature of metal surface
C) both (a) and (b)
D) none of the above
In photoelectric experiment, increase in
the intensity of light (𝜸 > 𝜸𝟎 )
a) Increases kinetic energy of
photoelectrons
b) Increases photoelectric current
c) Decreases kinetic energy of
photoelectrons
d) Photoelectric current remains constant
For the photoelectric emission from a
metal surface to take place, the frequency
of incident radiation should be
a) Less than the threshold frequency of
the metal
b) Greater than the threshold frequency
of the metal
c) Half of the threshold frequency of the
metal
d) Zero
In photoelectric emission, stopping
potential
a) Depends upon the intensity of incident
light
b) Depends upon the frequency of
incident light
c) Depends upon the phase of the
incident light
d) Depends upon the surface nature of
the substance
In an experiment on photoelectric
emission, the magnitude of saturation
current depends upon
a) Frequency of incident radiation
b) Intensity of incident radiation
c) Work function of the substance
d) Stopping potential
The phenomenon of photoelectric effect
can be explained
a) Only by wave nature of light
b) Only by particle nature of light
c) Both by wave and particle nature of
light
d) Neither by wave nor by particle nature
of light
The energy of a photon varies
a) Directly with the square of frequency
b) Directly with of frequency
c) Directly with the square root of
frequency
d) Inversely with of frequency