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10th P.S quiz- 12(Refraction at plane surfaces) by PRABHAKAR

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

for total internal reflection?

a)

A) The angle of incidence is equal to the critical angle.

b)

B) Light must travel from rarer medium to denser medium

c)

C) Light must travel from denser medium to rarer medium

d)

D) The angle of incidence is lesser than the critical angle.

e)

E) both B and D

2.

Which are NOT correct for total internal reflection to take place

a)

1.The incident angle should be less than the critical angle

b)

2.The incident angle should be greater than the critical angle

c)

3.Light should travel from a rarer to a denser medium

d)

4.both 1 and 3

3.

Which diagram correctly describes the critical angle c for air-water surface?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.

Which property of light is responsible for the given, phenomenon?

a)

Dispersion

b)

reflection

c)

total internal reflection

d)

Difrefractionfraction

5.

A ray of light travels from glass to airs with an angle of incidence of 30o. If the critical angle is 42o what will happen at the boundary?

a)

refraction takes place

b)

total internal reflection takes place

c)

travel along the boundary

d)

can't say

6.

A: the diamond shines due to Total internal reflection.

R: the critical angle for diamond is 24.40

a)

Both A and R are true; and R is correct explanation of A

b)

Both A and R are true;but R is not correct explanation of A

c)

A is true but R is false

d)

A is false and R is true

7.

The distance between the incident ray and emergent ray through the glass slab is called .........

a)

lateral shift

b)

vertical shift

c)

deviation

d)

refractive index

8.

Can you take the photo of a mirage?

a)

no

b)

yes

c)

some times

d)

can't say

9.

Which is more optical denser medium

a)

Cold air

b)

Hot air

c)

Both cold and hot air have same optical density

d)

vacuum

10.

which one of the following is an application of total internal reflection

a)

blue colour of sky

b)

rainbow

c)

optical fibre

d)

twinkling of stars

11.

Suppose you are standing on the edge of the swimming poo, your friend is inside the water in swimming pool, then You appear to your friend as--------

a)

Shorter

b)

Taller

c)

Same size

d)

Stout

12.
Absolute refractive index of any medium is always _______.
a)
less than 1
b)
greater than 1
c)
1
d)
0
13.

Light travels through a liquid at 2 x108 m/s. What is the refractive index of the liquid?

a)

1.33

b)

0.6

c)

1.5

d)

2

14.

How the charecteristics of light affected by an increase in the refractive index of the medium?

a)

Its frequency increases

b)

Its frequency decreases

c)

Its speed increases

d)

Its speed decreases

15.

What happens to the speed and frequency of a light ray when it passes from air to water?

a)

The speed decreases and the frequency increases

b)

The speed decreases and the frequency remains the same

c)

The speed increases and the frequency increases

d)

The speed increases and the frequency remains the same

16.

If the refractive index of a certain material is n = 1.5, the speed of light in that material is ________.

a)

2 x 108 m/s

b)

1.5 × 108 m/s

c)

3.0× 108 m/s

d)

6.0 × 108 m/s

17.

For light to pass from medium (1) of index n1 to medium (2) of index n2 where n2 < n1, the angle of incidence must be ……………… than the refracted angle.

a)

greater

b)

smaller

c)

equal

d)

can't say

18.

Units of refractive index

a)

m/s

b)

m/s2

c)

No units

d)

gr/cc

19.

Which of the following characteristics is not altered during refraction of light

a)

Speed

b)

Frequency

c)

Wavelength

d)

all the above

20.

from the given figure light travels from

a)

Denser to rarer

b)

Rarer to denser

c)

denser to denser

d)

rarer to rarer

21.

In which medium from the figure speed of light is less

a)

Medium 1

b)

Medium 2

c)

In both media is same

d)

Can't say

22.

If n1 and n2 are the refractive indices of rarer and denser medium respectively, then the relation between n1 and n2?

a)

n1=n2

b)

n1 >n2

c)

n1 <n2

d)

can't say

23.

Relative refractive index of any medium is _______.

a)

less than 1

b)

greater than 1

c)

1

d)

all the above

24.

When light ray travels from rarer medium with velocity vr to denser medium with velicity vd, the relation between vr and vd is -----

a)

vr > vd

b)

vr < vd

c)

vr = vd

d)

can't say

25.

Refractive index of glass relative to glass is 9/8. What is the refractive of water relative to glass is ---

a)

1

b)

7.2

c)

8/9

d)

9/8

26.

1 micrometer =

a)

10-3m

b)

10-9m

c)

10-6m

d)

106m

27.

"Light always choose the path which takes least time to travel" this statement is known as

a)

snell's law

b)

Fermat's principle

c)

Hunds rule

d)

Aufbau principle

28.

Relative refractive index (n21) = ----------------

a)

n2 / n1

b)

n1 / n2

c)

n1 X n2

d)

none of the above

29.

If light travels from denser medium to rarer medium, if the angle of refraction is equal to 900, the the incident angle is called as

a)

total internalreflection

b)

refractive index

c)

emergent angle

d)

critical angle

30.

Relation between critical angle (C) and refractive index (n) is ----

a)

n = sinC

b)

n = 1/sinC

c)

n = Tan C

d)

nxsinC = 0

31.

Refractive indices of water and kerosene are 1.33 and 1.44, which is the optical denser medium

a)

water

b)

kerosene

c)

both have same optical density

d)

can't say

32.

light incident normally on the surface of glass from air, then

a)

then it bends towards normal

b)

it bends away from the normal

c)

it passes without deviation

d)

we can't say

33.

Refractive index of glass with respect to air is 2, then the critical angle between air-glass surface is ---

a)

450

b)

600

c)

300

d)

900

34.

Absolute refractive index = ----------

a)

speed of light in one medium / speed of light in another medium

b)

speed of light in medium / speed of light in vacuum

c)

speed of light in vacuum / speed of light in medium

d)

all the above

35.

The refractive index of a medium is 'n'. Then the speed of light in that medium is equal to....

a)

n times to the speed of light in vacuum

b)

nth part of the speed of light in vacuum

c)

speed of light in vacuum

d)

can't say

36.

what is the relation between optical density and mass density

a)

if mass density is more, it is optically denser medium

b)

if mass density is less, it is optically denser medium

c)

there is no relation between them

d)

all the above

37.

What is the refractive index of diamond

a)

1.5

b)

2.24

c)

2.42

d)

1.0003

38.

At critical angle of incidence, the angle of refraction is ___

a)

0 0

b)

30 0

c)

45 0

d)

90 0

39.

The angle of deviation produced by the glass slab is -----

a)

0 0

b)

20 0

c)

90 0

d)

Depends on the angle formed by the light ray and normal to the slab

40.

Refractive index of glass slab =

a)

Thickness of slab / vertical shift

b)

Thickness of slab / thickness of slab - vertical shift

c)

Thickness of slab / thickness of slab - lateral shift

d)

Thickness of slab / lateral shift