Answers and Explanations

1. () The wavetnont due to any source situated at 11. () A the centre ot a briglht trine,
infinity is planar. +1+2Vl cos)" 41

2. () Ar Ata point distant| /4 (or p 2n/4 n/2) intensity is

A= -M'L'r" r1+142Vlcos21
3. )Two waves are coherent it they have same 2
r21
.
frequency and constant phase ditterence but ampli-
tude may or may not be same. 12. ()
A A, A, 2 A
4. ()A laser beam is coherent because it contains 2 A + A =3A
max
coherent waves of single wavelength.
min2A-A= A
5. () Stimulated emission gives coherent light.
Spontaneous emission gives incoherent light.
6. () For two incoherent sources, the resultant
max nax
min Amin
intensity at every point is just twice of the two
individual intensities.
13. ()
8DA2x 500 x10 5 x 10-3 n

7. (a) When the detector is at position S,, the path

difference is maximum and its value is =0.2 x 10m=0.2 mm.
S,S = 2.2 x 10 cm 14. ()Angular fringe width,
When the detector is at a large distance trom S,, the 0- DA 1
path difference is minimum and is close to zero. Dd Dd
8. (a)
B=0.40mm = 0.30 mm. But 1° rad, A = 6x10 m
4/3 180
9. (c) Position of fifth bright fringe, 6x 107
d -=3.44 x 10" m
5D 180/T
d = 0.03 mm.

Position of third dark fringe, 15. (c) In displacement method,

D 5D
x= (2x3-1)d2d
= (2 x31) d d,d
= V16x9 = 12 cm.
Required distance,
16. ()
=(%+ =4
--522 When one slit is closed
5x1x6.5x 107
=1.625x 10 m
2x1x10
1.63 mm. 17. () The distance L must be
10. (c) The angular width of first dark fringe,
an odd multiple of
18. () Colour thin film of soap and on
appears on a
, (2x1-1) soap bubble due interference of light.
to

19.(b) The thickness of spider's web is such that the

lx 4800x
10 d
2x0.6x10-3 rad condition of maxima is satisfied when
light gets
reflected from its two surfaces. The retlected beams
= 4x 10 rad. interfere to produce colours.
 20. (a) Angular width of central maximum, a
25. (b) Fresnel's distance, Dp
-2D1 2
D a D a 26. (c)X-rays have very short wavelength.
26.
has dimensions of wavelength of
Clearly, e, does not depend on the distance D Ordinary grating
between the slit and screen. visible light.
21. (d) Directions of various minima in a diffraction
2p sin 6
27. (a) R.P of microscope =-
pattern are given by
decrease in
na R.P. of a microscope increases with the
, wavelength of incident light.
D
When red light is replaced by blue light( < 28. (b) R.P. of a telescope1.22
1.22
the diffraction bands become narrower and crowded
together. R.P. of a telescope can be increased by increasing
22. (a) Angular width of central maximum, the diameter D of the objective.
242_2x900x
20
10 0.4x 103 rad
r ad
29. (a) Same reasoning as in the above problem.
a
30. (c) Polarisation of light proves the transverse

= 4.5 x 10 rad. wave nature of light.

31. (d) A quarter wave plate just introduces a path
23. (b) 20, =21 difference of A/4 between E-rays and O-rays. The
emergent light is unpolarised.
26, = 0.7x 20, =*2
32. (b) Tourmaline absorbs one of the doubly
.=0.7= 0.7x 6000 A refracted beams to greater extent than the other.
= 4200 A. 33. (a) Both assertion and reason are correct and
24. () Fresnel's distance, reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

a2(4x10 32 m.
D-500 «10 500x 10-9