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Ratio of maximum to minimum intensity and the intensity or amplitude ratio of two sources

This type of question, asked 7 times: May 2022 S1, 2 May 2023 S1, 2 May 2023 S2, 19 Apr 2025 S1, 21 Apr 2025 S2, 11 Apr 2026 S1, 17 Apr 2026 S2. All 7 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    May 2022 S1

    17
    Two waves are superimposed whose ratio of intensities is 9:1. The ratio of maximum and minimum intensity is

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  2. Question 2

    2 May 2023 S1

    4
    The intensity of light coming from one of the slits in Young's double slit experiment is double the intensity from the other slit. The ratio of the maximum intensity to the minimum intensity in the interference fringe pattern observed is

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  3. Question 3

    2 May 2023 S2

    29
    The intensity ratio of the maxima and minima in an interference pattern produced by two coherent sources of light is 9:19:1. The intensities of the light sources used are in the ratio

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  4. Question 4

    19 Apr 2025 S1

    32
    In Young's double slit interference experiment, using two coherent sources of different amplitudes, the intensity ratio between bright to dark fringes is 5:15:1. The value of the ratio of resultant amplitudes of bright fringe to dark fringe is

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  5. Question 5

    21 Apr 2025 S2

    5
    The two coherent sources produce interference with intensity ratio ' b '. In the interference pattern, the ratio Imax +Imin Imax −Imin \frac{I_{\text{max~}}+I_{\text{min~}}}{I_{\text{max~}}-I_{\text{min~}}} will be

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  6. Question 6

    11 Apr 2026 S1

    143
    Two light waves amplitudes in the ratio 3:13 : 1 produce interference. The ratio of the maximum to minimum intensity is

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  7. Question 7

    17 Apr 2026 S2

    142
    In Young's experiment, the intensity ratio of the maxima and minima in an interference pattern produced by two coherent sources is 36:136 : 1. The ratio of the amplitudes of the two individual sources will be

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