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Quiz on Light

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The path of light is always _________

a)

in a curved line

b)

in a straight line

c)

in a zig-zag line

d)

depends on the medium

2.

Which mirror shows lateral inversion of the image formed ?

a)

Plane mirror

b)

spherical mirrors

c)

none of these

3.

1) Meera was standing in front of a plane mirror. The distance between her image and the mirror was 6 m. She moves 3 m away then what is the distance between Meera and her image.

(a)  

4.

Concave lenses are also known as (a)  

5.

Which of these explains the reason why the virtual image can never be obtained on the screen?

a)

They are too small to be obtained on a screen

b)

The rays of light are too bright and might burn the screen on projection

c)

The rays of light never converge after reflection

d)

They always produce an erect image which is difficult to project

6.

A student found a piece of note which has very tiny words imprinted on it. Which of these should the student use in order to recognize the words?

a)

Convex lens

b)

Concave lens

c)

Convex mirror

d)

Concave mirror

7.

A student performs an experiment where he allows passing a white beam of light through a prism as shown in the image.


What is likely to appear on the screen behind the prism?

a)

A single line of bright white light

b)

Series of lines of the same colour

c)

A single dark black line

d)

Pattern of different colours

8.

Which of these matches the nature of the image formed by the lens when an object is placed close to it?

a)

Concave lens - real and erect

b)

Convex lens - real and larger

c)

Convex lens - large and inverted

d)

Concave lens - virtual and smaller

9.

If an object is placed at a distance of 0.5m in front of a plane mirror, the distance between the object and the image formed by the mirror will be -

a)

2m

b)

1m

c)

0.5m

d)

0.25m

10.

Riya and Shruti were given one mirror each by their teacher. Riya found her image to be erect and of the same size whereas Shruti found her image erect and smaller in size. This means that the mirrors of Riya and Shruti are, respectively_____

a)

plane mirror and concave mirror

b)

concave mirror and convex mirror

c)

plane mirror and convex mirror

d)

convex mirror and plane mirror

11.

Concave lens has similiar properties with____

a)

Convec mirror

b)

Canvex mirror

c)

Convex mirror

d)

Conrex mirror

12.

You are provided with a concave mirror, a convex mirror, a concave lens and a convex lens. To obtain an enlarged image of an object you can use either____

a)

concave mirror or convex mirror

b)

concave mirror or convex lens

c)

concave mirror or concave lens

d)

concave lens or convex lens

13.

The inner surface of a steel spoon acts as a_______mirror.

a)

convex

b)

inclined

c)

plane

d)

concave

14.

Angle of incidence is unequal to the angle of reflection

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The splitting of white light into its seven constituent colours is called___

a)

refraction

b)

dispersion

c)

deviation

d)

reflection

16.

we can see a non-luminous object when the light__

a)

emitted by the object falls on the eye

b)

is reflected from the object towards our eye

c)

gets completely absorbed by the object

d)

completely passes through the object