When a person enters into a dark room from the strong light area, he is not able to see clearly for some time. Later he gradually begins to see things. This is because
A. Changes in the size of pupil
B. Changes in the diameter and focal length of lens
C. Bleaching and reformation of Rhodopsins
D. Eyes become familiar with darkness in course of time
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The point at which all the rays meet is called . . . . . . . .
A. aperture
B. main axis
C. pole
D. focus
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For a ray of light to suffer total internal reflection, it has to pass from
A. glass to water
B. water to glass
C. air to water
D. air to glass
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A person is unable to read a newspaper without his glasses. He is most probably suffering from
A. myopia
B. presbyopia
C. astigmatism
D. hypermetropia
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What is the principal focus of a spherical mirror?
A. It is a point from which the rays of light appear to be coming from on the principal axis of a convex mirror
B. It is the point on the principal axis through which rays of light parallel to the principal axis pass after reflection on appear to be arising from this point on the principal axis
C. It is the centre of a hollow sphere of which the spherical mirror is a part
D. It is the midpoint of a spherical mirror
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A spherical mirror and a thin spherical lens each have a focal length of -20 cm. Which of the following is likely to be true in such a scenario?
A. Both are convex
B. The mirror is concave and the lens is convex
C. The mirror is convex and the lens is concave
D. Both are concave
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When the sun is near the horizon during the morning or evening, it appears reddish. The phenomenon that is responsible for this observation is
A. reflection of light
B. refraction of light
C. dispersion of light
D. scattering of light
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In case of reflection, it is well known that, when a mirror turned through an angle the reflected ray turns through
A. same angle
B. twice the angle
C. thrice the angle
D. half the angle
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When light enters the denser medium through rarer medium, it is slow and . . . . . . . .
A. is reflected in a medium of low density
B. bends away from normal
C. there is no change in it
D. bends towards normal
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The speed of light in vacuum is estimated to be . . . . . . . . m/s.
A. 3.00 × 108
B. 3.10 × 108
C. 3.12 × 108
D. 3.15 × 108
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When light passes from one medium to another, this phenomenon of change in its direction is called . . . . . . . .
A. Refraction
B. Diffraction
C. Propagation
D. No option is correct
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Which of the following is not a example of refraction of light?
A. Formation of rainbow
B. Twinkling of stars
C. Image formation by human eye
D. Red colour of setting sun
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If an object is placed at the center of curvature of a concave mirror, its image will be such that-
A. Virtual and large size
B. real and same size
C. Virtual and small size
D. real and large size
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An object is placed in front of a convex mirror. Which one of the following statement is correct?
A. It will never form an inverted image
B. The image moves towards the focus when the object moves towards the mirror
C. Depending on the position of the object with respect to the mirror, the image can be inverted and real
D. The size of the image becomes larger than that of the object when the object is placed at a distance equal to half the focal length
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When an object is placed at infinity in front of a concave mirror, its image is at-
A. focus
B. between focus (F) and center (C)
C. Center (C)
D. away from center (C)
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The objects that themselves do not produce light is called-
A. transparent objects
B. translucent objects
C. non-luminous objects
D. luminous objects
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The ratio of the height of image to the height of the object is called-
A. Lateral inersion
B. Mirror formula
C. First law of reflection
D. Linear magnification
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The region where all of the light from the source is blocked is called:
A. Penumbra
B. Umbra
C. Antumbra
D. Shadow
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The shape of the image produced by a converging mirror when an object is placed at the main focus, it happens . . . . . . . . .
A. as points
B. of similar size
C. foggy
D. highly magnified
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Myopia is the same as
A. near sightedness
B. astigmatism
C. presbyopia
D. long-sightedness
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