Explore topic-wise MCQs in Engineering Physics.

This section includes 9 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Engineering Physics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Unpolarized light is incident on a plane glass surface. What should be the angle of incidence such that the reflect and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other?

A. 90
B. 45
C. 57
D. 60
Answer» D. 60
2.

A tube of length 20cm containing a 10% sugar solution rotates the plane of polarization by 13.2 . What is the specific rotation of sugar solution?

A. 66
B. 55
C. 44
D. 33
Answer» B. 55
3.

What should be the thickness of quarter-wave plate for a light of wavelength 5000 if e = 1.553 and o = 1.544?

A. 1.38 X 10<sup>-3</sup> cm
B. 1.43 X 10<sup>-3</sup>cm
C. 1.53 X 10<sup>-3</sup>cm
D. 1.63 X 10<sup>-3</sup> cm
Answer» B. 1.43 X 10<sup>-3</sup>cm
4.

An electromagnetic beam has an intensity 16 W/m2 and is linearly polarized vertically. What is the intensity of the transmitted beam, if the angle of incidence on the polaroid is 45 with the vertical?

A. 8 Wm<sup>-1</sup>
B. 12 Wm<sup>-1</sup>
C. 16 Wm<sup>-1</sup>
D. 20 Wm<sup>-1</sup>
Answer» B. 12 Wm<sup>-1</sup>
5.

The velocity of light in water is 1.5 X 108 m/s. What is the polarizing angle of incidence?

A. 47.23
B. 51.02
C. 53.74
D. 63.43
Answer» E.
6.

If the phase difference between two rays is /2 and the angle of incidence is equal to /4, the emergent light is __________

A. Linearly Polarized
B. Elliptically Polarized
C. Circularly Polarized
D. Non-Polarized
Answer» D. Non-Polarized
7.

A window which can transmit all the incident light without any reflection is called as ___________

A. Polarized Window
B. Malus Window
C. Brewster Window
D. Non-reflecting window
Answer» D. Non-reflecting window
8.

The direction in which the electric vectors oscillate in a polarized wave is called as _______

A. Polarizing axis
B. Plane of polarization
C. Pass axis
D. Propagating axis
Answer» D. Propagating axis
9.

A linearly polarized wabe is always __________

A. In x-y plane
B. A Transverse wave
C. A Longitudinal wave
D. In y-z plane
Answer» C. A Longitudinal wave