WorksheetsSecond Midterm test Class XII
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which of the following is an
electromagnetic wave?
Alpha rays
Beta rays
Gamma rays
Fraunhofer lines are an example of ______spectrum.
Line emission
Line absorption
Band emission
The electric and magnetic fields of an electromagnetic wave are in phase and______to each other.
Perpendicular
Parallel
Equal
Which one of them is used to produce a propagating electromagnetic wave?
An accelerating charge
a charge moving with constant velocity
Stationary charge
Which of the following is NOT true for electromagnetic waves?
it transports energy
it transports momentum
in vacuum, it travels with different speeds which depend on their frequency
Which of the following electromagnetic radiations is used for viewing objects
through fog?
Microwave
Infrared
Gamma radiation
Which of the following is false for electromagnetic waves?
Transverse wave
Non mechanical waves
Longitudinal wave
________ can be defined as ‘the current which comes into play in the region in which the electric field and the electric flux are changing with time
Displacement voltage
Displacement current
Conduction current
The law which states that the surface integral of magnetic field over a closed surface is zero
Gauss law for magnetism
Gauss law for electrostatics
Ampere’s circuital law.
________ radiation is used in TV remote.
Infrared
Visible
Gamma
When the spectrum obtained from the Sun is examined, it consists of large number of dark lines (line absorption spectrum).
These dark lines in the solar spectrum are known as
Fraunhofer lines
Gaussian lines
Raman lines
__________ are nonmechanical waves which move with speed equals to the speed of light (in vacuum)
Electromagnetic waves
Sound waves
Matter waves
when white light is passed through diluted solution of blood or chlorophyll_______ spectrum is obtained.
Band absorption
Line absorption
Continuous absorption
If the light from the carbon arc is made to pass through Sodium vapour_____ spectrum is obtained.
Band absorption
Line absorption
Continuous absorption
When light is allowed to pass through
a medium or an absorbing substance then the spectrum obtained is known as
Emission spectrum
Absorption spectrum
IR spectrum
Spectra of ammonia gas in the discharge tube is an example of________ spectrum.
Line emission
Band emission
Band absorption
Spectra of atomic hydrogen is an example of______ spectrum.
Line emission
Band emission
Band absorption
Incandescent solids emit______ spectrum.
Continuous emission
Line emission
Band emission
______ is used in radio therapy for the treatment of cancer and tumor.
Gamma rays
Microwaves
Radiowaves
________ is used to destroy bacteria in sterilizing the surgical instruments, burglar alarm, to detect the invisible writing, finger prints and also in the study of atomic structure.
X rays
IR rays
UV rays
_____ is used in detecting fractures, diseased organs.
X rays
UV rays
IR rays
__________ is used in very long distance wireless communication through satellites.
Radiowaves
Microwaves
Visible light
__________ is used in television communication systems and also in cellular phones to transmit voice communication in the ultra high frequency band.
Radiowaves
Infrared radiation
Ultraviolet radiation
The law which relates the magnetic field around any closed path to the conduction current and displacement current through that path is
Gauss law
Ampere’s law
Ampere – Maxwell law.
The law which relates electric field with the changing magnetic flux is
Faraday's law
Ampere’s law
Gauss law
The incident ray, reflected ray and the normal to the surface are_______
Coplanar
Perpendicular
Parallel
The angle between the incident and deviated ray is called angle of
Reflection
Refraction
Deviation
For light incident from air on a slab of refractive index 2, the maximum possible angle of refraction is_____ degrees.
30
45
90
A rod of length 10 cm lies along the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm in such a way that its end closer to the pole is 20 cm away from the mirror. The length of the
image is
5 cm
25 cm
50 cm
In a Young’s double-slit experiment, the slit separation is doubled. To maintain the same fringe spacing on the screen,
the screen-to-slit distance D must be changed to,
5 D
2 D
6D
The distance measured to the left of pole along the principal axis are taken as________.
Negative
Positive
Zero
The angle of incidence in the denser medium for which the refracted ray graces the boundary is called
Angle of reflection
Angle of refraction
Critical angle
In total internal reflection phenomenon light must travel from
Rarer to denser medium
Denser to Rarer medium
Rarer to Rarer medium
For total internal reflection to occur the angle of incidence must be_______ critical angle.
Equal to
Greater than
Lesser than
The glittering of diamond is due to
Total internal reflection
Dispersion
Refraction
According to___________ scattering Law shorter wavelengths are scattered much more than longer wavelengths.
Rayleigh's
Newton's
Snell's
______proposed corpuscular theory of light.
Maxwell
Newton
Planck
_________proposed the wave theory of light.
Issac Newton
Christian Huygens
Maxwell
A point source located at a finite distance gives______ wavefront.
Plane
Cylindrical
Spherical
A point source located at infinite distance gives______ wavefront
Plane
Spherical
Cylindrical
The phenomenon of superposition of two light waves which produces increase in intensity at some points and decrease in intensity at some other points is called________ of light.
Reflection
Refraction
Interference
The________ is defined as the distance between any two consecutive bright or dark fringes.
Bandwidth
Band emission
Band absorption
The middle point on the spherical surface of the mirror is called
Pole
Optic centre
Centre of curvature
The radius of the sphere of which the spherical mirror is a part is called
Radius of curvature
Centre of curvature
Pole
The distance between the pole (P) and the Focus (F) is called
Object distance
Image distance
Focal length
The centre of the sphere of which the mirror is a part is called
Centre of curvature
Radius of curvature
Pole
Heights measured in the downward perpendicular direction to the principal axis are taken as
Positive
Negative
Zero
Principle of reversiability is true for
Reflection
Refraction
Both reflection and refraction.
Stars twinkle due to
Reflection
Refraction
Dispersion
A plane glass is placed over a various coloured letters (violet, green, yellow,
red) The letter which appears to be raised more is,
Green
Violet
Red
