Resolving power of a telescope depends only on wavelength.
This is proportional to square of wavelength.
- 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.
The Correct Option is D
Solution and Explanation
Top Questions on Wave optics
Two light waves of intensities \(I_1 = 4I\) and \(I_2 = I\) interfere. If the path difference between the waves is 25 % of the wavelength \(\lambda\), find the resultant intensity at that point.
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In a Young’s double slit experiment, a combination of two glass wedges $ A $ and $ B $, having refractive indices 1.7 and 1.5, respectively, are placed in front of the slits, as shown in the figure. The separation between the slits is $ d = 2 \text{ mm} $ and the shortest distance between the slits and the screen is $ D = 2 \text{ m} $. Thickness of the combination of the wedges is $ t = 12 \, \mu\text{m} $. The value of $ l $ as shown in the figure is 1 mm. Neglect any refraction effect at the slanted interface of the wedges. Due to the combination of the wedges, the central maximum shifts (in mm) with respect to 0 by ____
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- Two slits 0.1 mm apart are arranged 1.20 m from a screen. Light of wavelength 600 nm from a distant source is incident on the slits.
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Questions Asked in AIIMS exam
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion (A) : 02 is liberated in the non-cyclic photophosphorylation.
Reason (R) : Liberation of oxygen is due to photolysis of water.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
- AIIMS - 2019
- Photosynthesis in higher plants
- Which gas is present predominantly in biogas
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- Aerobic Respiration
- Match the following column I with column II.
- AIIMS - 2019
- cloning
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion (A) : The Cro-Magnon man was the direct ancestor of the living modern man.
Reason (R) : Cro-Magnon man had slightly prognathous face.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
- AIIMS - 2019
- evolution
- Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion: Orbit of a satellite is within the gravitational field of earth whereas escaping is beyond the gravitational field of earth.
Reason: Orbital velocity of a satellite is greater than its escape velocity.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below- AIIMS - 2019
- Gravitation
Concepts Used:
Wave Optics
- Wave optics are also known as Physical optics which deal with the study of various phenomena such as polarization, interference, diffraction, and other occurrences where ray approximation of geometric optics cannot be done. Thus, the section of optics that deals with the behavior of light and its wave characteristics is known to be wave optics.
- In wave optics, the approximation is carried out by utilizing ray optics for the estimation of the field on a surface. Further, it includes integrating a ray-estimated field over a mirror, lens, or aperture for the calculation of the transmitted or scattered field.
- Wave optics stands as a witness to a famous standoff between two great scientific communities who devoted their lives to understanding the nature of light. Overall, one supports the particle nature of light; the other supports the wave nature.
- Sir Isaac Newton stood as a pre-eminent figure that supported the voice of particle nature of light, he proposed a corpuscular theory which states that “light consists of extremely light and tiny particles, called corpuscles which travel with very high speeds from the source of light to create a sensation of vision by reflecting on the retina of the eye”.