A monochromatic beam of light is used for the formation of fringes on the screen by illuminating the two slits in the Young's double slit interference experiment. When a thin film of mica is interposed in the path of one of the interfering beams then
the fringe width increases
the fringe width decreases
the fringe width remains the same but the pattern shifts
the fringe pattern disappears
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the fringe width remains the same but the pattern shifts
The presence of thin mica in the path of one of the interfering beams changes only the path difference between the beams due to which the pattern shifts upwards. But the fringe width remains the same. As monochromatic light is used, one cannot make out which is the central shift as all the fringes are having the same colour and intensity.
An object is immersed in fluid. In order that the object becomes invisible, it should
behave as perfect reflector
absorb all light falling on it
have refractive index one
have refractive index exactly matching with that of the surrounding fluid
Carbon dating is best suited for determining the age of fossils if their age in years is of the order of
108
104
104
106
An endoscope is employed by a physician to view the internal parts of a body organ. It is based on the principle of
refraction
reflection
total internal reflection
dispersion
We wish to see inside an atom. Assuming the atom to have a diameter of 100 pm, this means that one must be able to resolve a width of say 10 pm. If an electron microscope is used, the minimum electron energy required is about
1.5 keV
15 keV
150 keV
1.5 keV
When a compact disc is illuminated by a source of white light, coloured lines are observed. This is due to
dispersion
diffraction
interference
refraction
A Ge specimen is doped with Al. The concentration of acceptor atoms is ∼ 1021 atoms/m3. Given that the intrinsic concentration of electron-hole pairs is ∼ 1019/m3, the concentration of electrons in the speimen is
1017/m3
1015/m3
104/m3
102/m3
Assertion: A red object appears dark in the yellow light.
Reason: The red colour is scattered less.
If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
If assertion is true but reason is false
If both assertion and reason are false