A 200W sodium street lamp emits yellow light of wavelength 0.60μm. Assuming it to be
50% efficient, in converting electrical energy into light, the number of photons of yellow
light emitted per second is nearly equal to-

1.  3 x 1019  

2.  3 x 1020  

3.  1.5 x 1020  

4.  6 x 1020

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A radiation of energy 'E' falls normally on a perfectly reflecting surface. The momentum transferred to the surface is (c=velocity of light)

1. E/c

2. 2E/c

3. 2E/c2

4. E/c2

Subtopic:  Particle Nature of Light |
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Particle nature and wave nature of electromagnetic waves and electrons can be shown by 

(1) Electron has small mass, deflected by the metal sheet

(2) X-ray is diffracted, reflected by thick metal sheet

(3) Light is refracted and defracted

(4) Photoelectricity and electron microscopy

Subtopic:  Particle Nature of Light |
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Momentum of a photon of wavelength λ is

(a) hλ            (b) Zero
(c) c2          (d) c

Subtopic:  Einstein's Photoelectric Equation | Particle Nature of Light | De-broglie Wavelength |
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The photoelectric threshold wavelength for a metal surface is 6600 Å. The work function for this is 
(1) 1.87 V                             

(2) 1.87 eV

(3) 18.7 eV                             

(4) 0.18 eV

Subtopic:  Photoelectric Effect: Experiment |
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If in a photoelectric experiment, the wavelength of incident radiation is reduced from \(6000~\mathring{A}\) to \(4000~\mathring{A}\), then:
1. The stopping potential will decrease.
2. The stopping potential will increase.
3. The kinetic energy of emitted electrons will decrease.
4. The value of the work function will decrease.
Subtopic:  Photoelectric Effect: Experiment |
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The maximum kinetic energy of photoelectrons emitted from a surface when photons of energy 6 eV fall on it is 4 eV. The stopping potential in volts is

(1) 2                     

(2) 4

(3) 6                     

(4) 10

Subtopic:  Electron Emission |
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A beam of light of wavelength \(\lambda\) and with illumination \(L\) falls on a clean surface of sodium. If \(N\) photoelectrons are emitted each with kinetic energy \(E\), then:
1. \(N \propto L \) and \(E \propto L \)
2. \(N \propto L \) and \(E \propto \frac{1}{\lambda}\)
3. \(N \propto \lambda\) and \(E \propto L \)
4. \(N \propto \frac{1}{\lambda}\) and \(E \propto \frac{1}{L}\)

Subtopic:  Electron Emission |
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Light of frequency v is incident on a substance of threshold frequency v0v0<v. The energy of the emitted photo-electron will be 
(a) hv-v0                  (b) h/v
(c) hev-v0                (d) h/v0

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4 eV is the energy of the incident photon and the work function in 2eV. What is the stopping potential ?

(1) 2V                   

(2) 4V

(3) 6V                   

(4) 22 V 

Subtopic:  Photoelectric Effect: Experiment |
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