Practise Questions

1. Mark the direction of current through the galvanometer and the magnetic poles induced at the end of the
coil. Use Lenz’s Law.
2. A coil of area 500cm2 and 2000 turns is kept normal to the magnetic field of 4x10-5Wb/m2. It is rotated
through 180 in 0.1s. Calculate the average induced emf.
3. A 0.4m long solenoid conductor is moved in a magnetic field of 0.9Wb/m2 with a velocity 0.7m/s. Calculate
the emf induced in the conductor.
4. Which electromagnetic wave is longer than Xrays but shorter than light wave?
5. Arrange the following in increasing frequency but decreasing wavelength:
Gamma rays, microwaves, infrared and ultraviolet rays
6. Which part of the em spectrum is used in RADAR?
7. Name the em wave which are produced during radioactive decay of a nucleus.
8. Why are infrared rays known as heat rays and state one application.
9. A plane em wave has a maximum electric field of 3.2 x 10-4V/m. What is the maximum magnetic field?
10. Write down the expression for velocity of em radiation and name the terms.
11. How deep will a 4m tank appear when seen in air due to due to optical refraction? The RI of water is 4/3.
12. The angle of a prism is 60 and minimum deviation is 39. What is the RI of the prism (sin 49.5=0.76)
13. Calculate the angle of min” deviation for a glass prism of angle 60, the RI of glass being 1.658. What is the
corresponding angle of incidence? Sin 56 = 0.829
14. Calculate the speed of light in a medium whose critical angle is 45.
15. A thin convex lens is made of glass(RI=1.5) has a focal length of 20cm. Its now completely immersed ina
transparent liquid having RI 1.75. Find the new focal length of the glass.
16. The focal length of a concave and convex lens are 20cm and 25cm. They are placed in contact with each
other. What is the power of this combination? Is it converging or diverging?