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Q1.

Two point white dots are 1 mm apart on a black paper. They are viewed by an eye of pupil diameter 3 mm. Approximately, what is the maximum distance at which these dots can be resolved by the eye? [Take wavelength of light = 500 nm]

(A)
6 m
(B)
3 m
(C)
1 m
(D)
5 m
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Q2.

A source and a detector both start moving simultaneously from the position shown in the figure, one along x-axis and the other along y-axis with speeds 40 m s-1 and 30 m s-1 respectively. If n is the frequency of the source then the graph between the apparent frequency n' observed by detector and time t would be [assume that source and detector do not collide]

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