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wave optics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

If a plane wavefront is incident on a concave mirror, then the emergent wavefront will be _________ of the mirror as its centre.

a)

conical with focus

b)

spherical with focus

c)

spherical with centre of the curvature of the surface

d)

conical with centre of the curvature of the surface

2.

The energy of the wave travels in a direction (a)   to the wavefront.

3.

_______ principle says that each point of the wavefront is the source of a secondary disturbance and the wavelets emanating from these points spread out in all directions with the speed of the wave.

a)

Rayleigh

b)

Maxwell

c)

Huygens

d)

Hertz

4.

According to Huygens principle of secondary wavelets, each particle at a wave front

a)

is an electron

b)

behaves as a photon

c)

represents the direction of the motion of wave front

d)

behaves as a new light source

5.

The spherical wave front is received

a)

near the Sun

b)

near a lighting tube-light

c)

when the light wave is coming from Sun to Earth

d)

all of the above

6.

The direction of wave front of a wave with the difference of propagation of wave is

a)

parallel

b)

perpendicular

c)

opposite

d)

at angle

7.

A wave front is an imaginary surface where

a)

all particles lying on this vibrate in opposite phase

b)

some particles in same phase and some in opposite phase

c)

all particles lying on this vibrate in same phase

d)

none of these

8.

The phenomenon of diffraction can be understood using

a)

Fraunhofer

b)

Uncertainty principle

c)

Fresnel

d)

Huygens principle

9.

Wave front is a imaginary surface, where

a)

everywhere phase is equal

b)

phase difference are equal

c)

phase difference is different

d)

none of these

10.

A wavefront is defined as a surface of ________ phase.

a)

constant

b)

increasing

c)

decreasing

d)

time variable