JIPMER 2008
- Exam
- JIPMER
- Year
- 2008
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Current Electricity
JIPMER 2008 · Physics · Current Electricity
Flash light equipped with a new set of batteries, produces bright...
Flash light equipped with a new set of batteries, produces bright white light. As the batteries wear out
Options
- Athe light intensity gets reduced with no change in its colour
- Blight colour changes first to yellow and then red with no change in intensity
- Cit stops working suddenly while giving white light
- Dcolour changes to red and also intensity gets reduced
Correct answer
D. colour changes to red and also intensity gets reduced
Step-by-step solution
As batteries wear out, temperature of filament of flash light attains lesser value, therefore intensity of radiation reduces. Also dominating wavelength in spectrum, which is the red colour, increases.