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Class F.Sc XI Subject Physics Syllabus Ch # 9 2nd half

Date 20-02-16 T. Marks 10 Time Allowed 10 MINUTES

Q#1 Encircle the best option. 10

i. Which of the following properties is not found in both sound and light waves?
(a) interference (b) diffraction (c) polarisation (d) dispersion
ii. When a ray of light enters glass from air
(a) its wavelength increases (b) its wavelength decreases
(c) its frequency increases (d) its frequency decreases
iii. A diffraction grating has 500 lines per mm. its slit spacing or grating element will be equal to
(a) 500 mm (b) 5x10-3mm (c) 2x10-5mm (d) 2x10-3mm
vi. Which of the following show greater diffraction effect?
(a) Sound waves (b) light waves (c) Polarized waves (d) All of these
v. Interference , diffraction and polarization of light support the:
(a) particle nature of light (b) wave nature of light
(c) quantum nature of light (d) transverse nature of light
vi. In Michelson’s interferometer, a bright fringe will be replaced by next dark fringe if we move the movable
mirror by an amount equal to:
 
(a)  (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) none of these
vii. Optical rotation, a property of optically active substances can be used to determine their:
(a) Density (b) Viscosity
(c) Concentration in solution (d) Magnification
viii. Longitudinal waves do not exhibit:
(a) diffraction (b) interference (c) polarization (d) refraction
ix. We get light inside a room in a day time due to:
(a) diffraction (b) interference (c) polarization (d) refraction
x. Bragg’s law for x-ray diffraction is 2d sin θ = mλ, where the quantity d is:
(a) the height of a unit cell (c) the smallest interatomic distance
(c) the distance from detector to sample (d) the distance between planes of atoms

SUBJECTIVE TYPE Total Marks 40 Time Allowed 50 MINUTES

Q#2 Write short answer of the following questions. 11x2=22

i. Define diffraction and write down its condition.
ii. What is diffraction grating?
iii. Define polarization.
iv. Could you obtain Newton’s rings with transmitted light? If yes would the pattern be different from that
obtained with reflected light?
v. What are optical active substances?
vi. In the white light spectrum obtained with a diffraction grating, the third order image of a wavelength
coincides with the fourth order image of second wavelength. Calculate the ratio of the two wavelengths.
vii. Why we use crystal for X-rays diffraction.
viii. Write down the different methods to obtain the polarized light.
ix. How would you manage to get more orders of spectra using diffraction grating?
x. Why Polaroid sun glasses are better than ordinary sun glasses?
xi. Write down the uses of x-rays diffraction.
Q#3 a) Write a note on Michelson interferometer 05
b) Sodium light ( = 589 nm) is incident normally on a grating having 3000 lines per centimeter. What
is the highest order of spectrum obtained with this grating? 03