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Human Eye and Colourful World

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

When a beam of white light falls on a glass prism, the colour of light which will deviate least is:

a)

Violet

b)

Orange

c)

Green

d)

Blue

2.

The star appear shifted from their actual position due to the phenomenon of:

a)

Diffraction of light

b)

Scattering of light

c)

Refraction of light

d)

Reflection of light

3.

Blue colour of the sky is due to the phenomenon of:

a)

Reflection of light

b)

Refraction of light

c)

Dispersion of light

d)

Scattering of light

4.

The __ colour is at the top and ____ colour is at the bottom of spectrum.

a)

Red, Violet

b)

Red, Blue

c)

Violet, red

d)

None

5.

The angle at which the ray gets deviated is called :

a)

Angle of deviation

b)

Angle of dispersion

c)

Angle emergence

d)

refracted angle

6.

A transparent refracting material which is bounded by two plane refracting surfaces is :

a)

Prism

b)

Convex lens

c)

Glass slab

d)

None

7.

The splitting of white light into different colours on passing through a prism is called

a)

reflection

b)

refraction

c)

dispersion

d)

deviation

8.

Twinkling of stars is due to

a)

reflection of light by clouds

b)

scattering of light by dust particles

c)

dispersion of light by water drops

d)

atmospheric refraction of starlight

9.

Which of the following is a natural phenomenon which is caused by the dispersion of sunlight in the sky?

a)

Twinkling of stars

b)

Stars seem higher than they actually are

c)

Advanced sunrise and delayed sunset

d)

Rainbow

10.

The air layer of atmosphere whose temperature is less then the hot layer behave as optically

a)

denser medium

b)

rarer medium

c)

inactive medium

d)

either denser or rarer medium