MCAT PHY.

TEST – 4 ( UNIT - 5 & 6 )

(LIGHT + HEAT & THERMODYNAMICS)
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1. Two coherent sources of light will produce destructive interference when the phase difference
(a) π/2 (b) 2π (c) π (d) 4 π
2. In an electromagnetic wave the angle between the planes of magnetic & electric component is:
(a) 0o (b) 90 o (c) 180 o (d) 360 o
3. The wavelength range of visible spectrum is
(a) 400nm-1000nm (b) 180nm-400nm (c) 400nm-650nm (d) 10nm-100nm
4. Velocity of light in transparent medium is 2/3 of that of light in air. Refractive index of medium is
(a) 1.9 (b) 1.1 (c) 1.5 (d) 0.12
5. The spacing between adjacent slits on a diffraction grating is 3λ. The diffraction angle of first order
diffraction is
(a) Sin (θ/2)=1/3 (b) Sinθ=1/3 (c) Sinθ=2/3 (d) Sinθ/3=1/3
6. A YDSE uses a monochromatic source. The shape of fringes formed on screen
(a) parabola (b) circle (c) hyperbola (d) none
7. If a wave can not be polarized, it must be
(a) light wave (b) longitudinal wave (c) electromagnetic wave (d) transverse wave
8. An unpolarized light of intensity 2a2 passes through a thin Polaroid, the intensity of emergent plane
polarized light is
(a) 2 a2 (b) √2 a2 (c) a2 (d) a2 / 2
9. A light is said to be plane polarized light if
(a) vibration takes place equally in all direction
(b) vibration are limited to one plane perpendicular to direction of propagation
(c) vibration are limited to 1 plane along direction of propagation (d) all of these
10. Light cannot be polarized by
(a) scattering (b) diffraction (c) reflection (d) absorption
11. A Young’s double slit experiment set up for interference is shifted from air into water than the
(a) fringe with pattern disappear (b) fringe width decreases
(c) fringe width increases (d) fringe width remains unchanged
12. In YDSE the separation between the slits is doubled & the distance between the slit & screen is
halved the fringe width becomes
(a) half (b) doubled (c) one fourth (d) quadrupled
13. For single slit diffraction the first minimum occurs
(a) dsin θ=λ (b) d/2 sin θ=nλ (c) dsin θ=2nλ (d) dsin θ=nλ/2
14. Which of following phenomenon proves that sound waves have larger wavelength than that of light
(a) interference (b) scattering (c) polarization (d) diffraction
15. Bragg’s equation is
(a) d sin θ=nλ (b) d sin θ=2nλ (c) d/2 sin θ=nλ (d) d sin θ=nλ/2
16. In diffraction grating, the path difference for the constructive interference should be
(a) λ/2 (b) λ (c) λ/4 (d) λ/8
17. X-rays are electromagnetic waves having frequency of of the order of
(a) 1018 Hz (b) 1010 Hz (c) 10-17 Hz (d) 10-10 Hz
18. Crystals of a material can behave as
(a)concave lens (b) grating (c) mirror (d) convex lens
19. The fringe width observed in double slit experiment will be minimum for
(a) X-Rays (b) U.V - Rays (c) γ - rays (d) none
20. In gas equation PV = RT , V is the volume of
(a) 1 mol of gas (b) 1 g of gas (c) 1 Kg of gas (d) 1 litter of gas
21. In optical fibre transmission system _____ are used to regenerate the dim light signal
(a) diodes (b) repeaters (c) lasers (d) transformer
22. The fiber which has a core of relatively larger diameter such as 50μm is
(a) multimode graded index fiber (b) multimode step index fiber
(c) single mode step index fiber (d) mono mode step index fiber
23. The major cause of power loss in optical fibers is
(a) absorption (b) dispersion (c) scattering (d) all of these
24. The refractive index of water is 1.33. The speed of light in water is
(a) 3×108 m/s (b) 2.25×108 m/s (c) 4×108 m/s (d) 1.33×108 m/s
25. When a source of light is placed between focal lenght & ooptical center of convex lens the light rays are
(a) converged (b) diverged (c) become parallel (d) reflected
26. Basic principle of an optical fibre is
(a) Reflection (b) scattering (c) polarization (d) total internal reflection
27. Which of following optical fibres is used for long distance transmission without dispersion effect
(a) single mode step index (b) multimode step index (c) multimode graded index (d) all of these
28. The components used for signal transmission in the fibre optics
(a) LED (b) LASER (c) photo diode (d) all
29. A rays of light passing from rarer to denser medium bends
(a) towards normal (b) bends away from normal (c) do not bend at all (d) none of these
30. Which light will be preferred to use for high resolution
(a) blue light (b) red light
(c) orange light (d) I.R Light
31. Diffraction of x-rays by crystals shows that
(a) x-rays are just like visible light (b) x-rays are electromagnetic waves
(c) x-rays have very short wavelength (d) the intensity of x-ray is high
32. Which of the following types of waves can be polarized
(a) a longitudinal progressive wave (b) radio waves
(c) a longitudinal stationary wave (d) sound waves
33. Under which of the following sets of condition will separation of the bright fringes of a double slit
interference pattern be greatest
Distance between slits Distance from slits to screen Wavelength of sources
(a) small small short
(b) small large short
(c) small large long
(d) large small short
34. When the light from 2 lamps fall on a screen,through sharp slits no interference pattern can be obtained because
(a) The lamps aren’t point sources (b) the lamps emit light of different amplitudes
(c) the light from the lamps is not coherent (d) the intensity of light from the lamps is large
35. Optically active substances are those substances which
(a) produce polarized light (b) rotate the plane of polarized light
(c) produce double refraction (d) convert a plane polarized light
36. If an ideal gas is isothermally expanded, its internal energy
(a) decreases (b) increases (c) remains same (d) none of these
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37. The 1 law of thermodynamics is concerned with conservation of
(a) molecules (b) energy (c) moles (d) temperature
38. At what temp the K.E of the gas molecules be double of its value at 27oC?
(a) 54 oC (b) 108 oC (c) 302 oC (d) 327 oC
39. The direction of flow of heat between 2 bodies is determined by
(a) internal energy (b) kinetic energy (c) total energy (d) none of these
40. During an adiabatic expansion the increase in volume is associated with
(a) decrease in P & increase in T (b)increase in P & decrease in T
(c) increase in P & increase in T (d) decrease in P & decrease in T
41. For adiabatic change the equation will be
(a) PVγ= constant (b) PVγ-1 = constant (c) PV = constant (d) Pγ V = constant
42. PV=RT represents
(a) gas equation for n moles (b) gas equation for 1 moles (c) Boyle’s law (d) Charles law
43. If 20 J of work is done in compressing a gas adiabatically the change in internal energy is equal to
(a) 20 J (b) 10 J (c) -20 J (d) 200 J
44. During adiabatic compression of gas its temperature
(a) remains constant (b) becomes zero (c) rise (d) fall
45. For isothermal change the equation will be
(a) PVγ= constant (b) PVγ-1 = constant (c) PV= constant (d) none of these
46. Pressure of ideal gas is written as 15-M
(a) P = <v2> ρ (b) P = 1/3 <v2> ρ (c) P = 2/3 <v2> ρ (d) P = 1/2 <v2> ρ
47. The value of Boltzman constant is
(a) 13.8×10-23J/K (b) 1.38×10-23J/K (c) 13.8×10-25J/K (d) none
48. Which one of the expressions is correct for the molar volume Vm of an ideal gas?
(a) RT/P (b) NART/P (c) nRT / P (d) nkT/P
49. Two different gases are enclosed in two different vessels at same pressure. If ρ1 & ρ2 are their densities
then ratio of their rms speed (<V1>/< V2>) is equal to
(a) ρ1 / ρ2 (b) √(ρ1 / ρ2) (c) ρ12 / ρ12 (d) √(ρ2 / ρ1)
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50. Temp difference between source & sink is 200 C . Their temp difference in Kelvin scale is
(a)200 K (b) 273 K (c) 470 K (d) 573 K
51. The average square velocity of the molecules become twice.The pressure of the gas becomes
(a) half (b) twice (c) 4 times (d) ¼ times
52. When a solid metallic sphere is heated the largest percentage increase occurs in it 1
(a) diameter (b)surface area (c) volume (d) density
53. The equation of state of n moles of an ideal gas is PV=n RT, where R is constant. The SI unit for R 6
-1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
(a) J kg K (b) J g k (c) JK mol (d) JK
54. The rms speed of oxygen at room temperature is 500 m/s. The rms speed of H2 at room 11
temperature is
(a) 125 m/s (b) 8000 m/s (c) 2000 m/s (d) 31.25 m/s
55. When 20 J of work was done on a gas, 40 J of heat energy was released. If the initial internal energy 16
of the gas was 70 J, what is the final internal energy
(a) 50 J (b) 60 J (c) 90 J (d)110 J
56. The root mean square speed of molecules 20
(a) is same for all gases at the same temperature
(b) depends on the mass of the gas molecules and its temperature
(c) is independent of density & pressure of gas
(d) depends only on temperature & volume of gas
57. Four molecules of a gas have speed 1,2,3 and 4 km/s. The value of the root mean square speed of 22
the gas molecule is
(a) 1/2√15 km/s (b) 1/2√10 km/s (c) 2.5 km/s (d) √(15/2) km/s
58. The root mean square speed of the molecules of a gas at absolute temperature T is proportional to 23
2
(a) 1/T (b) √T (c) T (d) T
59. The following 4 gases are at the same temperature. In which gas do the molecules have the 24
maximum root mean square speed
(a) hydrogen (b) oxygen (c) nitrogen (d) carbon dioxide
60 The mean K.E of a gas molecule is zero at
(a) 00 C (b) -2730 C (c) 1000 C (d) 1000 K