Conceptual Questions, Physical Optics
See here solved conceptual questions of Physical Optics included in the course of First Year Physics.
| No | Question |
|---|---|
| Question 1 | A soap bubble looks black when it bursts, why? See Answer |
| Question 2 | What is the difference between interference and diffraction> See Answer |
| Question 3 | In Michelson interferometer a second glass plate is also used, why? See Answer |
| Question 4 | How you can explain Brewster’s law of polarization? See Answer |
| Question 5 | What is meant by path difference with reference to the interference of two wave motions? See Answer |
| Question 6 | Why it is not possible to observe interference when the light beams from the head lamps of a car overlap? See Answer |
| Question 7 | A telephone pole casts a clear shadow in the light of a distant head lamp of a car, but no such effect is noticed from the sound of the car horn, why? See Answer |
| Question 8 | Why it is not possible to obtain the diffraction of X-rays by Young’s double slit experiment? See Answer |
| Question 9 | Can we apply Huygens’s principle to RADAR waves? See Answer |
| Question 10 | How would you justify that light waves are transverse? See Answer |
Point to Ponder 1
Why the picture on the TV screen is distorted when an air plane passes low overhead?
Quiz 1
Is Young’s double slit experiment possible for two independent sources of light?
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