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Sound waves shown more diffraction as compare to light rays-

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wavelength of sound waves is more as compare to light rys

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wavelength of light rays is more as compare to sound waves

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wavelength of sound waves and light rays is same

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none of these

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ALLEN-WAVE OPTICS-Exercise 1 (Check your Grasp)
  1. Diffraction and interference of light refers to -

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  2. The phenomenon of diffraction of light was discovered by-

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  3. Sound waves shown more diffraction as compare to light rays-

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  4. The conversation going on, in some room, can be heared by the person o...

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  5. Diffraction initiated from obstacle, depends upon the

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  6. Phenomenon of diffraction occurs

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  7. Diffraction of light is observed only, when the obstacle size is-

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  8. which of the following any gives more distinct diffraction

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  9. All fringes of diffraction are of-

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  10. A single slit of width d is placed in the path of beam of wavelength l...

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  11. Direction of the first secondary maximum in the Fraunhofer diffraction...

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  12. Angular width (beta) of central maximum of a diffraction pattern on a ...

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  13. Red light is generally used to observe diffraction pattern from single...

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  14. Calculate angular width of central maxima if lamda=6000Å,a=18xx10^(-5)...

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  15. In single slit fraunhoffer diffraction which type of wavefront is requ...

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  16. In the diffractin pattern of a single slit aperture, the width of the ...

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  17. Central fringe obtained in diffraction pattern due to a single slit-

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  18. In a single slit diffraction pattern, if the light source is used of l...

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  19. In the laboratory, diffraction of light by a single slit is being obse...

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  20. Find the half angular width of the central bright maximum in the fraun...

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