TOPIC: PHOTO ELECTRIC EFFECT

SINGLE OPTION CORRECT

1. All electrons ejected from a surface by incident light of wavelength 200 nm can be
stopped before traveling 1m in the direction of uniform electric field of 4 N/. !he
wor" function of the surface is#
a$ 4e% b$ &.2e% c$ 2e% d'$ 2.2e%
2. (adiation pressure on any surface is#
a$ dependent on wavelength of the light used.
b$ dependent on nature of surface and intensity of light used.
c$ dependent on fre)uency and nature of surface.
d$ depends on the nature of source from which light is coming and on nature of
surface on which it is falling.
*. +hen a metallic surface is illuminated with monochromatic light of wavelength,
the stopping potential is - %
0
. +hen the same surface is illuminated with light of
wavelength *, the stopping potential is %
0
. !hen the wor" function of the metallic
surface is#
a$
hc
&
b$
hc
-
c$
hc
4
d$
2hc
4
4. .n a photoelectric e/periment, with light of wavelength, the fastest electron has
speed v. .f the e/citing wavelength is changed to
*
4

, the speed of the fastest

emitted electron will become
a$
*
v
4
b$
4
v
*
c$ less than
*
v
4
d$ greater than
4
v
*
-. 0ight of wavelength 400 nm is incident on a esium ball. 1wor" function 1.2e%$.
!he ma/imum potential to which the ball can be charged is.
a$ *.1% b$ 1.2% c$ 3ero d$ infinite
&. 4lectrons are accelerated in television tubes through potential difference of about
10 "%. !he highest fre)uency of the electromagnetic waves emitted when these
electrons stri"e the screen of the tube is
a$ 2.4 / 10
15
67 b$ *.& / 10
15
67 c$ 2.2 / 10
18
67 d$ *.2 / 10
1&
67
8. 1.-m+ of 400 nm light is directed at a photoelectric cell. .f 0.109 of the incident
photons produce photoelectrons, the current in the cell is
a$ 0.*&
A
b$ 0.45
A
c$ 0.42mA d$ 0.*2mA
5. !he graph between photo electric current and cathode potential when the anode is
"ept at 3ero potential, for light of two different intensities out of the same
fre)uency loo"s li"e the one.
2. .n a photo electric e/periment, the collector plate is at 2.0% with respect to the
emitter plate made of copper ( ) 4.-e%
. !he emitter is illuminated by a source of
monochromatic light of wavelength 200nm.
a$ the minimum "inetic energy of the photo electrons on the collector is 0
b$ the ma/imum "inetic energy of the photo electrons on the collector is *.8 e%
c$ .f the polarity of the battery is reversed then answer to part A will be 0
d$ .f the polarity of the battery is reversed then answer to part : will be 1.8 e%.
10. :oth the fre)uency and the intensity of a beam of light falling on the surface of
photoelectric material are increased by a factor of two. !his will#
a$ increase both, the ma/imum "inetic energy of the photo;electrons, as well as
photoelectric
saturation current by a factor of two.
b$ increase the ma/imum "inetic energy of the photo;electrons by a factor greater
than two and would increase the photoelectric saturation current by a factor of two
.
c$ increase the ma/imum "inetic energy of the photoelectrons by a factor greater
than two and will have no effect on the magnitude of the photoelectric saturation
current produced.
d$ increase the ma/imum "inetic energy of the emitted photo;electrons by a factor
of two but will have no effect on the saturation photoelectric current.
Subjective:
11. A point source of light of power < lies on the a/is of a ring of radius (. !he
distance of the source from the centre of the ring is 2(. =ind the power passing
through the ring.
12. A parallel beam of light of intensity . and cross section area > is incident on a plate
at normal incidence. !he photoelectric emission efficiency is 1009, the fre)uency
of beam is

and the wor" function of the plate is

( ) hv >
. Assuming all the
electrons are ejected normal to the plane and with same ma/imum possible speed.
alculate the net force e/erted on the plate only due to stri"ing of photons and
subse)uent emission of electrons.
1*. .n the figure shown electromagnetic radiations of wavelength 200nm are incident
on the metallic plate A. !he photo electrons are accelerated by a potential
difference 10%. !hese electrons stri"e another metal plate : from which
electromagnetic radiations are emitted. !he minimum wavelength of the emitted
photons is 100nm. =ind the wor" function of the metal ?A@ use hc A 12400 e%A,
use (ch A 1*.& e%.
14. <hotons of energy - e% are incident on cathode. 4lectrons reaching the anode
have "inetic energies varying from & e% to 5 e%. =ind the wor" function of the
metal and state whether the current in the circuit is less than or e)ual to
saturation current.
1-. A point source of radiation power p is placed on the a/is of completely absorbing
disc. !he distance between the source and the disc is 2 times the radius of the
disc. =ind the force that light e/erts on the disc.
1&. A beam of light has an power of 144 + e)ually distributed among three
wavelengths of 410 nm, 42& nm and &20 nm. !he beam is incident at an angle of
incidence of &0
0
on an area of 1 cm
2
of a clean sodium surface, having a wor"
function of 2.*e%. Assuming that there is no loss of light by reflection and that
each energetically capable photon ejects a photoelectron, find the saturation
photocurrent. 1!a"e h c/e A 12400 e%A$
18. =ind the ma/imum "inetic energy of photo electrons liberated from the surface of
lithium by electromagnetic radiation whose electric component varies with time as
0
4 a11 coswt$,cosw t + where a is a constant, wA&.0 / 10
14
>
;1
and w
0
A*.& / 10
1-
>
;1
.
+or" function of 0iA2.*2 e%, hA&.&4 / 10
;*4
Bs.
15. A parallel beam of uniform, monochromatic light of wavelength &&00 A
0
has an
intensity of 200+m
;2
. !he number of photons in 1mm
*
of this radiation areCCCCC
12. A bloc" of mass m lies on a hori3ontal rough surface. <hotons of fre)uency

1greater than threshold fre)uency$ are incident normally on the upper surface of
the bloc". !hese photons eject photoelectrons from the bloc" parallel to the upper
face and towards right as shown in the figure. !he intensity of the light beam is .
and the area of the surface and beam is e)ual to A. Assume that all the photons
are absorbed, )uantum efficiency is

and wor" function is

. !he minimum value

of coefficient of friction which will prevent slipping of the bloc" isCCCCCCCCCCCC
( KEY)
1 D 2 B 3 A 4 D 5 B 6 A
7 B 8 A 9 B 10 C
12. ( )
.> h
2m h
h
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+


,
13. 3.8eV
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&"ul' !)e 5eV ener*+ !t te !n"'e, $ut tere it is *i)en t!t te ,ini,u, ener*+ is 6eV.
15.
<
=
20c

16. 1.76 -!
17.
( )
0
h
0.*5e%
2
+

18. 10000
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