IIT JAM Physics Mock Test - 5 - Physics MCQ

When two simple harmonic oscillations represented by x = A₀cos(ωt + α) and y = B₀cos (ωt + β) are superposed at right angles, the resultant is a circle of radius as shown in the figure. The condition which corresponds to this are

The instantaneous position x(t) of a small block performing one dimensional damped oscillation is x(t) = Ae^-rt sin (ωt + α). Here ω is the angular frequency ,r is the damping coefficient. A is the initial amplitude and α is the initial phase. If  the values of A and a (with n = 0, 1, 2 , ........) are

A lightly damped harmonic oscillator losses energy at the rate of 4% per minute. The decrease in amplitude of the oscillator per minute will be closest to

A collimated beam of light of diameter 2nm is propagating along the x - axis. The beam is to be expanded to a collimated beam of diameter 50nm using a combination of the convex lenses. A lens of focal length of 50 nm and another lens with focal length f are to be kept at a distance a between them. The value of F and d respectively are

A simple pendulum suspended from the ceiling of a stationary. Cart has a time period 2 seconds when the cart accelerates in the horizontal direction with an accelerates in the horizontal direction with an acceleration of 10 m/s², the time period o f the pendulum is ( g = 10 m/see²)

A glass plate P (refractive index n_p = 1.54) is coated with a dielectric material C with the refractive index n_c = 1.6. In order to have enhanced reflection from this coated glass for near normal incident light of wavelength λ, the thickness of the coating material. C must be

Two thin convex lenses l₁ and l₂ with focal lengths 1 cm and 2 cm respectively are separated by a distance of 4 cm along their axis as shown below.

An object is placed at a distance of 1.5 cm before the first lens. The raito of the final image size to the object size is

The dispersion relation for deep water is given by ω² = gk + ak³, where g and a are constants. The phase velocity in terms of λ is

Two beams of light having Intensities I and 41 interfere to produce a fringe pattern on a screen. The phase difference between the beams is π/2 at point A and π at point B ,then the difference between the resultant intensities A and B is

Consider a plane transmission diffraction grating. Let d be the distance between ruled lines, m the order number and θ the observation angle. The angular dispersion for incideent light of wavelength λ is

Which one of the following is a elliptically perpendicularly polarized standing wave?

In a double slit experiment two parallel slits are illuminated first by light of wacelength 400 nm and then by light of unknown wavelength. The fourth order dark fringe resuliting from the known wavelength of light falls in the same place on the screen as the second order bright fringe from the unknown wave length. The value of unknown wavelength of the light is 

The equation of motion is  where all quantities are in S.I. units, then natural frequency of undamped oscillation is

The velocity of extraordinary ray in calcite crystal in a plane perpenducular to the optic axis. Given 

The critical angle of light in a certain substance is 45⁰. What is the polarizing angle?

How many orders will be visible if the wavelength of incident radiation is 5000  and the number of lines on the grating is 2620 to an inch?

How many lines per centimetre are there in a plane transmission granting which gives 1^st order of light of wavelength 6000  at angle of diffraction 30⁰?

In Franunhofer diffraction due to a narrow slit, a screen is placed 2m away from the lens to obtain the pattern. If the slit width is 0.2 mm and first minima lie 5 mm on either side of the central maximum, find the wavelength of light.

Newton’s rings are observed by keeping a spherical surface of 100 cm radius on a plane glass plate. If the diameter of the 15^th bright ring is 0.590 cm and the diameter of the 5^th ring is 0.336 cm, what is the wavelength of light used?

A particle of mass m moves in one dimension under the influence of a potential energy 

where a and b are positive constants and l is a characteristic length. The frequency of small oscillation about a point of stable equilibrium is

In an interference pattern with two coherent sources, the amplitude of intensity variation is found to be 5% of the average intensity. Calculate the relative intensities of the interfering sources.

A string under a tension of 129.6 N produces 10 beats per sec when is vibrated along with a tuning fork. When the tension in the string is increased to 160 N, it sounds in unison with the same tuning fork. Calculate the fundamental frequency of the tuning fork.

A beam of plane-polarized light falls on a polarizer which rotates about the axis of the ray with angular velocity ω = 22 rad/sec. Find the energy (mJ) of light passing through the polarizer per one revolution if the flux of energy of the incident ray is equal to φ = 14 mω.

The radius of curvature of curved surface of a plano-convex thin lens of refractive index n = 3 of focal length 0.4 m is

A pulse of electromagnetic radiation propagates through a normally dispersive medium. As it propagates, the pulse gets broadened. This is because

The dispersion relation for electromagnetic waves in a certain medium is given by ω² = ak where a is a constant, ω the frequency and k the magnitude of the wave vector. The velocity of energy propagation in this medium is

A fast charged particle passes perpendicularly through a this glass sheet of refractive index 1.5. Inside the glass, the particle emits light. The minimum speed of the particle is