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This section includes 8 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. |
For the production of elliptically polarized light, we need __________ |
| A. | Two unpolarized light waves |
| B. | One polarized and one unpolarized light waves |
| C. | Two polarized light waves with same amplitude |
| D. | Two polarized light waves with different amplitude |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
A beam of light is incident on a rotating prism. If the intensity of the light changes from a maximum to a minimum (not zero), what is the nature of the incident beam? |
| A. | Unpolarized |
| B. | Plane Polarized |
| C. | Circularly Polarized |
| D. | Elliptically Polarized |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
When a circularly polarized light falls on a quarter wave plate, it changes into a __________ |
| A. | Unpolarized light |
| B. | Elliptically Polarized Light |
| C. | Plane Polarized light |
| D. | No change |
| Answer» D. No change | |
| 4. |
A beam of light is allowed to fall on a Nicol Prism. The prism is rotated. If the light gets completely extinguished twice in one rotation, the nature of the light is __________ |
| A. | Unpolarized |
| B. | Plane Polarized |
| C. | Circularly Polarized |
| D. | Elliptically Polarized |
| Answer» C. Circularly Polarized | |
| 5. |
If the phase difference between two rays is /2 and the angle of incidence is not equal to /4, the emergent light is ____________ |
| A. | Linearly Polarized |
| B. | Elliptically Polarized |
| C. | Circularly Polarized |
| D. | Non-Polarized |
| Answer» C. Circularly Polarized | |
| 6. |
Which of the following component is not used during the production of circularly polarized light? |
| A. | Nicol Prism |
| B. | Quarter-wave plate |
| C. | Half-wave plate |
| D. | Light source |
| Answer» D. Light source | |
| 7. |
What should be the phase difference between the two plane-polarized waves, vibrating at right angles to each other, to produce circularly polarized light? |
| A. | /6 |
| B. | /2 |
| C. | /4 |
| D. | /3 |
| Answer» C. /4 | |
| 8. |
By using Nicol prism, the emergent beam is ____________ |
| A. | Plane polarized |
| B. | Elliptically Polarized |
| C. | Circularly polarized |
| D. | Unpolarized |
| Answer» B. Elliptically Polarized | |