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The luminous efficiency of the bulb in lumen/watt, if luminous intensity of a $100$ watt unidirectional bulb is $100$ candela, is

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  1. $12$

  2. $12.56$

  3. $13$

  4. $15$

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

$F=4\pi l$
$F=(4\times 3.14)\times 100=1256$ lumen
$\therefore$ Luminous efficiency $=\dfrac{luminous\ flux}{electric\ power}=\dfrac{1256}{100}=12.56$

An electric bulb is suspended at a vertical height $2\ m$ from the centre of a square table of side $2\ m$. If the luminous intensity of bulb is $60\ cd$ (candela), then the illumination at one corner of the table is:

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  1. $8.16\ cd/m^{2}$

  2. $6.24\ cd/m^{2}$

  3. $9.25\ cd/m^{2}$

  4. $8.72\ cd/m^{2}$

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Correct Option: A

The luminous intensity of 100 W unidirectional bulb is 100 candela. The total luminous flux emitted from bulb will be

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  1. $100 \pi$ lumen

  2. $200 \pi$ lumen

  3. $300 \pi$ lumen

  4. $400 \pi$ lumen

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Luminous flux = luminous intensity * solid angle = $ 10* 4\pi = 400\pi$ lumen


Answer. D) $400\pi$ lumen

The intensity produced by a long cylindrical light source at a small distance $r$ from the source is proportional to

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  1. $\displaystyle \dfrac{1}{r^2}$

  2. $\displaystyle \dfrac{1}{r^3}$

  3. $\displaystyle \dfrac{1}{r}$

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

At a distance $r$ from a line source of power$P$ and length $l$, the intensity will be


$ I=\dfrac { P }{ S } =\dfrac { P }{ 2\pi rl } \Rightarrow I\propto \dfrac { 1 }{ r } $

Two light sources with equal luminous intensity are lying at a distance of 1.2 m from each other. Where should a screen be placed between them such that illuminance on one of its faces is four times that on another face?

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  1. 0.2 m

  2. 0.4 m

  3. 0.8 m

  4. 1.6 m

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

$E _2 = 4 E _1$. If x is distance from 1st source,
then, $\displaystyle \frac{I}{(1.2 - x)^2} = \frac{4 I}{x^2} $ or $\displaystyle \frac{1}{1.2 - x} = \frac{2}{x}$
$3x = 2.4, x = 0.8 m$

The symbol of candela is __________.

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  1. Cd

  2. C

  3. Can

  4. Ca

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The symbol of candela is Cd.

Light from a source is analysed by an analyser. When the analyser is rotated, the intensity of the emergent light.

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  1. Does not vary

  2. Remains uniformly dark

  3. Varies between maximum and zero

  4. Varies between maximum and minimum

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Let the intensity of the unpolarised light be $I _o$.
An analyser is used to polarized the light in one direction.
Intensity of light after passing through the analyser  $I' = \dfrac{I _o}{2}$
Intensity of light after passing through analyser remains constant $I _o/2$ even if the analyser is rotated by some angle.

 If light falls on the surface at an angle of $60^{0}$, then illuminance will be____

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  1. $12$ lux

  2. $6$ lux

  3. $3$ lux

  4. $1.5$ lux

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Illuminance ($E$)  is  measured  in  lux.  The  lux  is  an  SI  unit 

used  when  characterizing illumination conditions of a surface:
$E = \frac {I}{R^2}  cos \alpha     lux$
where $I$ is the luminous intensity, $R$ is the distance and $\alpha$ is the surface angle.
Given $I = 300 cd$, $R = 10 m$, $\alpha = 60^o$
$\implies E = \frac {300}{10^2}    cos  60^o= 1.5   lux$

A lamp is hanging along the axis of a circular table of radius r. At what height should the lamp be placed above the table, so that the illuminance at the edge of the table is $\displaystyle \frac{1}{8}$ of that at its centre?

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  1. r/2

  2. r/$\sqrt{2}$

  3. r/3

  4. r/$\sqrt{3}$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

$E _2 = \displaystyle \frac{1}{8} E _1$ or $\displaystyle \frac{1}{(r^2 + h^2)} \times \frac{h}{\sqrt{r^2 + h^2}} = \frac{1}{8} \frac{1}{h^2}$
(by lambert's cosine law)
or, $(r^2 + h^2)^{3/2} = (2h)^3 $ or $(r^2 + h^2)^{1/2} = 2h$
or $r^2 + h^2 = 4h^2$
$h = r / \sqrt{3}$