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Apparent wavelength of light coming from a star moving away from earth is 0.02% more than its actual wavelength. Velocity of star is

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In Young's double-slit experiment, 12 fringes are obtained on a certain segment of the screen when light of wavelength 600 nm is used. If the wavelength of light is changed to 400 nm, the number of fringes observed on the same segment of the screen is given by
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A thin film of water (μ=43) is 3100 Å thick. If it is illuminated by white light at normal incidence. The colour of film in the reflected light will be
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The central fringe of the interference pattern produced by light of wavelength 6000 Å is found to shift to the position of 4th bright fringe after a glass plate of refractive index 1.5 is introduced in front of one slit in Young's experiment. The thickness of the glass plate will be
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In Young's double slit experiment shown in figure. S1 and S2 are coherent sources and S is the screen having a hole at a point 1.0 mm away from the central line. White light (400 to 700 nm ) is sent through the slits. Which wavelength passing through the hole has strong intensity?

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In Young's double slit experiment, the intensity of light at a point on the screen where the path difference is λ is I0. The intensity of light at a point where the path difference becomes λ3 is
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Four different independent waves are represented by

i)  y1 = a1sinωtii)  y2 = a2sin2ωtiii) y3 =a3cosωtiv) y4 = a4sinωt + π/3 

With which of the two waves interference is possible

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In YDSE, a thin film (μ=1.6) of thickness 0.01 mm is introduced in the path of one of the two interfering beams. The central fringe moves to a position occupied by the 10th  bright fringe earlier. The wave length of wave is
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In Young's double slit experiment the intensity at a point where the path difference is λ6 is I. If I0, denotes the maximum intensity, II0 is :