WorksheetsChapter (5)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 5mins
Light is a form of _____ which stimulates our sense of vision.
energy
power
pressure
The speed of light in vacuum is ________.
3×108 ms-1
3×108 cms-1
3×1010 ms-1
Light can exhibit both wave and ______ character.
magnetic
electric
particle
Light has _____ duality.
wave-electric
wave-particle
wave-magnetic
A particle of light called a corpuscle by Newton is now called a ______.
proton
photon
electron
The bending of ruler partly immersed in water is due to _____ of light.
refraction
reflection
diffraction
The more the optically dense a medium is, the _____ is the velocity of light in that medium.
greater
smaller
the same
The refractive index of diamond is _____ than that of glass.
greater
smaller
the same
Refractive index of air is taken as ______.
zero
one
two
The concept of _____ is used in cutting the facets of diamond.
reflection
angle of deviation
total internal reflection
When white light is dispersed by a prism, _____ colour is deviated least.
red
violet
orange
Total reflecting prisms are used in______.
periscope
telescope
microscope
The refractive index of the prism for _____ colour is the largest.
red
violet
orange
A band of different colours is called a ______.
dispersion
spectrum
deviation
For normal vision the maximum distance of distinct vision is ______.
25 cm
25 mm
25 m
A ray of light is a stream of ______.
heavy particles
corpuscles
none of these
In the total internal reflecting prism _____ of light is reflected.
50%
75%
100%
The velocity of light in a medium depends upon the _______ density of that medium.
electrical
magnetic
optical
When a ray of light passes from water to air, the velocity of light _____.
decreases
increases
remains constant
When the angle of incidence is equal to the critical angles, the angle of refraction is _______.
0⁰
45⁰
90⁰
The energy E released from an atom is given by _____.
E = mgh
E = 1/2mv2
E = mc2
The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of _____ for a ray passing through a glass slab with parallel sides.
deviation
emergence
none of these
The wavelength of visible light lies between ________.
400 nm and 700 nm
20 mm and 200 mm
40 μm and 70 μm
The primary light colours are ______ , red and green.
magnenta
blue
yellow
The scientist who measured the velocity of light in air
c = 3×108 ms-1 was _______.
Fizeau
Roemer
Huygens
