Sri Chaitanya IIT Academy., India.

WAVE OPTICS
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R1. Assertion: In Young’s double slit experiment the two slits are at distance d apart. Interference
pattern is observed on a screen at distance D from the slits. At a point on the screen when it is
directly opposite to one of the slits, a dark fringe is observed. Then, the wavelength of wave is
proportional to square of distance of two slits.

Reason: For a dark fringe intensity is zero.

1) If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion
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2) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
3) If assertion is true but reason is false
4) If assertion is false but reason is true.
Key: 2
Sol: When dark fringe is obtained at the point apposite to one of the slits then

S1 p  D

and S2 p  D 2  d 2
1/2
 d2   d2 
 D 1  2   D 1  2 
 D   2D 
Path difference = S2 p  S1 p

 d2  d2 
 D 1  2 
D 
 2D  2D 2

d2
   d 2
D

R2. Assertion: In Young’s experiment, the fringe width for dark fringes is different from that for white
fringes.

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Reason: In Young’s double slit experiment the fringes are performed with a source of white light,
then only black and bright fringes are observed.
1) If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion
2) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
3) If assertion is true but reason is false
4) If the assertion and reason both are false.

Key: 4

Sol: In Young’s experiments fringe width for dark and white fringes are same while in young’s
double slit central fringe is white around which few coloured fringes are observed on either side.

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R1. A light of wavelength 5890 A falls normally on a thing air film. The minimum thickness of the film
such that the film appears dark in reflected light is

1) 2.945  107 m 2) 3.945  107 m 3) 4.95  107 m 4) 1.945  107 m

Key: 1

Sol: If thin film appears dark

2t cos r  n for normal incidence r = 0o

n
 2t  2  t 
2

 5890  1010
 tmin    2.945  107 m
2 2 1

R2. In Young’s double slit experiment, the aperture screen distance is 2m. The fringe width is 1mm.
Light of 600 nm is used. If a thin plate of glass    1.5 of thickness 0.06 mm is placed over one of
the slits, then there will be a lateral displacement of the fringes by
1) 0 cm 2) 5 cm 3) 10 cm 4) 15 cm
Key: 2


Sol: Lateral displacement of fringes =     1 t

1 103
9 
 1.5  1  0.06  103  5cm
600  10

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R1. In Young’s experiment, the distance between the slits is reduced to half and the distance between
the slit and screen is doubled, then the fringe width

1) Will not change 2) Will become half

3) Will be doubled 4) Will become four times

Key: 4

D
Sol:    If D becomes twice and d becomes half so  becomes four times.
d

R2. In Young’s double slit interference experiment, the slit separation is made 3 fold. The fringe width
becomes
1) 1/3 times 2) 1/9 times 3) 3 times 4) 9 times

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Key: 1

1 1
Sol:    If d becomes thrice, then  becomes times.
d 3
23.01.25/S-II/Q:34

R1. If the amplitude ratio of two sources producing interference is 3 : 5, the ratio of intensities at
maxima and minima is

1) 25 : 16 2) 5 : 3 3) 16 : 1 4) 25 : 9
Key: 3
a1 3
Sol: 
a2 5

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lmax  a1  a2   3  5  16
2 2

  
lmin  a1  a2   3  52 1
R2. The ratio of intensities of two waves is 9 : 1. They are producing interference. The ratio of
maximum and minimum intensities will be
1) 10 : 8 2) 9 : 1 3) 4 : 1 4) 2 : 1
Key: 3
2
  2

 1   9  1 
l1

l2
   1
lmax 4
Sol:  
lmin  l1   9  1
  1   1 
 l2   1 

24.01.25/S-I/Q:28

R1. In Young’s double slit experiment, the fringe width is 1104 m . If the distance between the slit and
screen is doubled and the distance between the two slit is reduced to half and wavelength is
changed from 6.4 107 m to 4.0 107 m , the value of new fringe width will be

1) 0.15 10 4 m 2) 2.0 10 4 m 3) 1.25 10 4 m 4) 2.5 10 4 m

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Key: 4
D  2 2 D2 d1
Sol:      2  2.5 104 m
d 1 1 D1d 2

R2. In Young’s double slit experiment, the distance between the slits is 1 mm and that between slit
and screen is 1 meter and 10th fringe is 5 mm away from the central bright fringe, then wavelength
of light used will be
o o o o
1) 5000 A 2) 6000 A 3) 7000 A 4) 8000 A

Key: 1
n D
Sol: By using X n 
d

10   1
  5  103  
o
   5 10 7
m  5000 A
1103 
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R1. In Young’s double slit experiment, the distance between the slits is 1 mm and that between slit
and screen is 1 meter and 10th fringe is 5 mm away from the central bright fringe, then wavelength
of light used will be
o o o o
1) 5000 A 2) 6000 A 3) 7000 A 4) 8000 A

Key: 1
n D
Sol: By using X n 
d

10   1
  5  103  
o
   5 107 m  5000 A
110 3

If a transparent medium of refractive index   1.5 and thickness t  2.5  105 m is inserted in front
R2.
of one of the slits of Young’s Double Slit experiment, how much will be the shift in the interference
pattern? The distance between the slits is 0.5 mm and that between slits and screen is 100 cm
1) 5 cm 2) 2.5 cm 3) 0.25 cm 4) 0.1 cm
Key: 2

Sol: Shift in the fringe pattern x 

   1 t.D
d


1.5  1  2.5  105  100  102
 2.5cm.
0.5 103

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A light of wavelength 5890 A falls normally on a thing air film. The minimum thickness of the film
such that the film appears dark in reflected light is

1) 2.945  107 m 2) 3.945  107 m 3) 4.95  107 m 4) 1.945  107 m

Key: 1

Sol: If thin film appears dark

2t cos r  n for normal incidence r = 0o

n
 2t  2  t 
2

 5890  1010
 tmin    2.945  107 m
2 2 1

In a Young’s double slit experiment, the fringe width is found to be 0.4 mm. If the whole apparatus
R2.
is immersed in water of refractive index 4/3 without disturbing the geometrical arrangement, the
new fringe width will be

1) 0.30 mm 2) 0.40 mm 3) 0.53 mm 4) 450 micron

Key: 1

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Bair 0.4
 water    0.3mm
Sol:
 4/3

28.01.25/S-I/Q:49

In a Young’s double slit experiment, 12 fringes are observed to be formed in a certain segment of
R1.
the screen when light of wavelength 600 nm is used. If the wavelength of light is changed to 400
nm, number of fringes observed in the same segment of the screen is given by

1) 12 2) 18 3) 24 4) 30
Key: 2
1 600
Sol: n11  n2 2  n2  n1   12   18
2 400

An interference pattern was made by using red light. If the red light changes with blue light, the
R2.
fringes will become
1) Wider 2) Narrower 3) Fainter 4) Brighter
Key: 2
D
Sol:    
d

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