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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2023

In a Young double slit experiment, if one of the slit is covered with a black paper then:

  1. A Fringe width of central maxima decreases
  2. B Intensity of the central maxima increases
  3. C Width of maxima decreases
  4. D Diffraction pattern is observed on the screen
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(D) Diffraction pattern is observed on the screen

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Interference requires two coherent light sources; when one slit is covered, light can only pass through the remaining single slit. Consequently, the interference fringes disappear and are replaced by a standard single-slit diffraction pattern. D) Diffraction pattern is observed…