Saturday, October 13, 2012

Light - Reflection and refraction

Question 1


Question: Light is a form of energy produced by a ______.

1. luminous object
2. transparent object
3. non-luminous object
4. opaque object

Answer: 1

Question 2

Question: An example for non-luminous object is ___________.

1. a candle
2. the sun
3. an electric bulb
4. the moon

Answer: 4

Question 3

Question: The phenomenon by which the incident light falling on a surface is sent back into the same medium is known as ________.

1. polarization
2. reflection
3. refraction
4. absorption

Answer: 2

Question 4

Question: When light is incident on a polished surface ___________ reflection takes place.

1. regular
2. irregular
3. diffused
4. normal

Answer: 1

Question 5

Question: An object becomes invisible when it undergoes ______ reflection.

1. regular
2. irregular
3. diffused
4. normal

Answer: 1

Question 6

Question: According to the laws of reflection,

1. imagei = imager
2. imagei > imager
3. imager > imagei
4. image


Answer: 1

Question 7

Question: The image formed by a plane mirror is always _______.

1. real and erect
2. virtual and erect
3. real and inverted
4. virtual and inverted

Answer: 2

Question 8

Question: The centre of the sphere of which the spherical mirror forms a part is called ____________.

1. centre of curvature
2. focus
3. pole
4. vertex

Answer: 1

Question 9

Question: The focus of a concave mirror is ________.

1. real
2. virtual
3. undefined
4. at the pole

Answer: 2

Question 10

Question: A converging mirror is known as ________.

1. convex mirror
2. plane mirror
3. concave mirror
4. cylindrical mirror

Answer: 3

Question 11

Question: The relation between the focal length and radius of curvature of a mirror is _______.

1. image
2. R + 2 = f
3. f = R/2
4. f = 2 R


Answer: 3

Question 12

Question: Radius of curvature of a concave mirror is always _____ to the mirror.

1. parallel
2. perpendicular
3. inclined at 60o
4. inclined at 45o



Answer: 2

Question 13

Question: An image formed by a convex mirror is always ________.

1. virtual, erect and diminished
2. virtual, real and magnified
3. real, inverted and diminished
4. real, erect and magnified

Answer: 1

Question 14

Question: If the image formed by a concave mirror is virtual, erect and magnified, then the object is placed __________.

1. between the pole of the mirror and the focus
2. beyond the centre of curvature
3. at the centre of curvature
4. at the focus

Answer: 1

Question 15

Question: Dentists use a _____________ to focus light on the tooth of a patient.

1. concave mirror
2. convex mirror
3. plane mirror
4. cylindrical mirror

Answer: 1

Question 16

Question: An object is placed 1.5 m from a plane mirror. How far is the image from the person?

1. 3 m
2. 1.5 m
3. 2 m
4. 1 m

Answer: 1

Question 17

Question: An object placed 2m from a plane mirror is shifted by 0.5 m away from the mirror. What is the distance between the object and its image?

1. 2 m
2. 1.5 m
3. 5 m
4. 3 m

Answer: 3

Question 18

Question: What is the value of q in the following diagram?
image

1. 30o
2. 45o
3. 90o
4. 60o



Answer: 4

Question 19

Question: What is the angle between the incident and reflected rays when a ray of light is incident normally on a plane mirror?

1. 90o
2. 45o
3. 180o
4. 0


Answer: 4

Question 20

Question: Name the type of image that can be obtained on a screen.

1. Virtual
2. Real
3. Diverging
4. Converging

Answer: 2

Question 21

Question: A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror and the angle of incidence is 25o. What is the angle of reflection?

1. 0
2. 50o
3. 90o
4. 25o



Answer: 4

Question 22

Question: A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror and the angle of reflection is 50o. Calculate the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray.

1. 50o
2. 25o
3. 90o
4. 100o



Answer: 4

Question 23

Question: Which of the following is used to make a periscope?

1. Concave mirror
2. Convex mirror
3. Plane mirror
4. Lens

Answer: 3

Question 24

Question: Which mirror has a wider field of view?

1. Convex mirror
2. Concave mirror
3. Plane mirror
4. Cylindrical mirror

Answer: 1

Question 25

Question: The focal length of a concave mirror is 15 cm. What is its radius of curvature?

1. 15 cm
2. 30 cm
3. 7.5 cm
4. 45 cm

Answer: 2

Question 26

Question: The focal length of a mirror is 15 cm. Identify the type of mirror.

1. Concave mirror
2. Plane mirror
3. Convex mirror
4. Cylindrical mirror

Answer: 3

Question 27

Question: A ray of light passing through the _______ retraces its path.

1. focus
2. centre of curvature
3. pole
4. vertex

Answer: 2

Question 28

Question: When an object is placed at the focus of a concave mirror, the image will be formed at ________.

1. infinity
2. focus
3. centre of curvature
4. pole

Answer: 1

Question 29

Question: Butter paper is an example for _______ object.

1. a transparent
2. a translucent
3. an opaque
4. a luminous

Answer: 2

Question 30

Question: An object of size 2.0 cm is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a concave mirror. The distance of the object from the mirror equals to the radius of curvature. The size of the image will be ______________.

1. 0.5 cm
2. 1.5 cm
3. 1.0 cm
4. 2.0 cm

Answer: 4

Question 31

Question: If an incident ray passes through the centre of curvature of a spherical mirror, the reflected ray will __________________.

1. pass through the focus
2. pass through the centre of curvature
3. pass through the pole
4. retrace its path

Answer: 4

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