Doppler Effect in Light
Doppler Effect in Light: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Doppler's Effect in Light Waves, Light Source Moving towards Stationary Observer, Light Source Moving away from Stationary Observer, Doppler Broadening, Application of Doppler's Effect, Radar, Sonar, etc.
Important Questions on Doppler Effect in Light
Velocity of sound in air ______.
1. decreases with temperature
2. increases with temperature
3. increases with pressure
4. is independent of pressure
Which of the following are true?

Doppler effect is independent of _____.


What is used to measure doppler line broadening.

If a star emitting orange light moves away from the earth, its colour

Wavelength of light from moving star observed on the earth is found to decrease by . Relative to earth, star is

Wavelength of line in hydrogen spectrum is whereas wavelength of line in the spectrum of a distant galaxy is 706 nm. Speed of galaxy w.r.t. earth is

A plane electromagnetic wave of frequency falls normally on the surface of a mirror approaching with a relativistic velocity . Then frequency of the reflected wave will be

Which of the following explain that all galaxies are receding from us?

A star is moving away from Earth and shift in spectral line of wavelength is . Velocity of the star is

A star emitting radiations of wavelength is approaching earth with a velocity of . Change in wavelength of radiations as received on the earth is

If a star is moving towards the earth, then the lines are shifted towards

When the wavelength of light coming from a distant star is measured it is found shifted towards red. Then the conclusion is

An observer is moving with half the speed of light towards a stationary microwave source emitting waves at frequency . What is the frequency of the microwave measured by the observer? (Speed of light ).

What is the shift in the wavelength of a star emitting light of wavelength and moving towards earth with a velocity of ?

A plane electromagnetic wave of frequency falls normally on the surface of a mirror approaching with a relativistic velocity . Then frequency of the reflected wave will be

Doppler shift for the light of wavelength emitted from the sun is . If radius of the sun is then time period of rotation of the sun will be

If the velocity of a galaxy relative to earth is then increase in wavelength of light from the galaxy as compared to the similar source on earth will be

A star is moving away from Earth and shift in spectral line of wavelength is . Velocity of the star is

The wavelength of line in the hydrogen spectrum is found to be in the laboratory. If the velocity of the Milky way is , then the wavelength of line in the spectrum of Milky way will be
