Learning Physics through Simple experiments

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.
B.
C.
D.

Light goes through vacuum

Light from a source is reflected by a plane mirror of linear size about 10 cm.
Light is obstructed by a cardboard of linear size 10 cm
Light passes through a slit of width ten times the wavelength of light falling
on a distant screen.

3. Refer to the experiment in which we saw coloured rings formed on a screen

when light from a bulb was passed through the outer portions of a convex lens.
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)

A. D1 > D2 for any value of D

B. D1 < D2 for any value of D

C. D1 > D2 for small values of D but D1 < D2 for large values of D

D. D1 < D2 for small values of D but D1 > D2 for large values of D
6. A beam of white light going in air can split in different colours if it
A.
B.
C.
D.

goes through a prism

goes through a lens
is reflected from a plane mirror
is reflected from a spherical mirror

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

A.
B.
C.
D.

a narrow double slit

a polarizer sheet
a narrow single slit
a thin wire

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

A.
B.
C.
D.

a narrow double slit

a polarizer sheet
a cellophane tape
a thin wire

9. When we switch on the light in our room (no obstacles),

A. electric field is generated everywhere in the room

B. magnetic field is generated everywhere in the room

C. electric field is generated ONLY on the surfaces where the light falls
D. magnetic field is generated ONLY on the surfaces where the light falls
10. When light is diffracted from a thin wire, it splits into beams of
A.
B.
C.
D.

different wavelengths
different frequencies
different polarization states
different intensities

11. Which of the following can have more than one refractive indices for a
monochromatic light going in a given direction?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Water
Carbon dioxide gas filled in a tube
A convex lens made of usual glass
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.
B.
C.
D.

in x-direction
in y-direction
in z-direction
randomly distributed in the plane perpendicular to the z- direction

13. Light from the sun falls normally on a polarizer sheet

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.
B.
C.
D.

Both beams must take equal time to cross the tape

Electric field of beam-1 remains in x-direction as it comes out of the tape
Electric field of beam-2 remains in y-direction as it comes out of the tape
The two beams no more remain parallel when they come out of the tape

15. An optically active material is one which

A.
B.
C.
D.

emits light
changes the wavelength continuously as light travels in this material
changes the frequency continuously as light travels in this material
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.
B.
C.
D.

The surface looks equally bright for all orientations of the sheet
The surface becomes almost dark for all orientations of the sheet
The surface sometimes looks dimmer and sometimes brighter
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.
B.
C.
D.

T1 < T2
T1> T2
T1 = T2
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?
A. Light from a laser torch is always visible.
B. Light from a laser torch becomes visible when it goes through a medium of
sufficiently large refractive index.
C. Some particles were put in the medium which scattered the light.
D. Laser light heats up water in its path and that reflects the light in a diffused
manner.
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

A.
B.
C.
D.

does not form an image of the insect

forms an image in front of the mirror (towards the lens side)
forms an image behind the mirror
forms an image and the distance between the mirror and the image is
same as the distance between the mirror and the insect.