What makes things visible - class-VI
what makes things visible
Questions
The reflection from a concrete sidewalk is a diffused reflection.
- True
- False
....... are drawn on light rays to show the direction in which light travels.
- RAYS
- ARROWS
- LINES
- LINE SEGMENTS
Luminous objects emit light on their own.
- True
- False
Which of the following is an example of a self-luminous body?
- Sun
- Moon
- Electric bulb
- Earth
Which of the following is a natural source of light?
- Electric lamp
- Electric filament
- Torch light
- Sunlight
Light is _______________.
- An electromagnetic radiation
- A transverse wave
- Massless
- All of the above
A source of light is :
- An object that can absorb light
- An object that can reflect light
- An object that can refract light
- An object that can give light
Which of the following is a luminous body?
- A burning candle
- Earth
- Moon
- Tree
Which of the following is a non-luminous body?
- burning candle
- sun
- stars
- earth
The amount of light reflected depends upon
- the nature of material of the object
- the nature of the surface
- the smoothness of the surface
- all the above
The ray of light which falls on a mirror is called-
- Reflected ray
- Emergent ray
- Incident ray
- Transmitted ray
Objects which emit light of their own are called -
- non- luminous objects
- transparent objects
- translucent objects
- luminous objects
Light is a form of energy that causes sensation of warmth or coldness
- True
- False
Reflection of the Sun's light from the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere causes.
- day and night
- tides
- eclipses
- twilight
Select the odd one out (book, chair, table, burning candle)
- burning candle
- book
- chair
- table
A star is a/an _____ source of light
- natural
- artificial
- false
- absolute
The silvering on the back surface of a mirror can be done by
- Silver
- Mercury
- None
- All kind of shiny materials
Light is a form of energy.
- True
- False
We are able to see objects around us because ______________.
- The objects absorb all the light
- The light reflected from the object enters our eyes
- Light can be reflected
- Light travels in straight lines
When a light ray is reflected repeatedly by a set of parallel plane mirrors, the intensity of light rays decreases after some reflections. This is because of
- Poor reflection from mirrors
- Absorption of some amount of light by mirrors
- Dispersion of light when the rays travel through the atmosphere
- Scattering of light by the mirrors
State whether true or false :
- True
- False
Choose the correct option
- Moon is a luminous object because it glows
- Moon is a luminous object because it is a source of light
- Sun is a luminous object because it is a source of light
- Sun is not a luminous object
Choose the correct option regarding luminous objects
- All objects which glow are luminous objects
- Objects which is not source of light is luminous objects
- Objects which glow can be luminous objects
- None of the above
Which of the following is not a luminous object
- Sun
- Moon
- Bulb
- candle
Which of the following are not non-luminous objects ?
- Moon
- Planets
- Sun
- Earth
How are non luminous objects visible to eye ?
- Non-luminous objects give away light
- Non-luminous objects reflect the light falling on them
- Non-luminous objects disperse the light falling on them
- None of the above
When Abhishek looked at a lighted torch through an object he could see a faint glow, but not the torch. The object is
- Transparent
- Opaque
- Translucent
- None of these
Read the given statements and select the correct option.
Statement 1 : Rahul placed a coloured plastic bottle in front of the beam of a torch light. Then he placed a transparent sheet of same size on the other side of bottle. No shadow will form on the screen.
Statement 2 : Translucent objects allow light to pass through them partially.
- Both statements 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1.
- Both statements 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1.
- Statement 1 is true but statement 2 is false.
- Statement 1 is false but statement 2 is true.
Which of the following statements is true?
- The image formed by a pinhole camera is inverted because light travels in a straight line.
- Light does not change its direction on reflection.
- As we move the object away from the light source, the shadow of the object becomes smaller.
- Reflection is possible only from polished surface.
We cannot see things in the absence of
- Air
- Water
- Light
- Earth
Ray optics is valid when characteristic dimension are
- much smaller than wavelength of light.
- of same order as wavelength of light
- much larger than wavelength of light
- none of the above
The difference in speeds of a ray of light in glass and water is $2.5 \times 10^7 ,m/s$. If the $R.I$ of glass and water are $\dfrac{3}{2}$ and $\dfrac{4}{3}$ respectively, then the velocity of light in air is
- $2 \times 10^8 \,m/s$
- $2.25 \times 10^8 \,m/s$
- $3 \times 10^8 \,m/s$
- $2.5 \times 10^8 \,m/s$
Light travels through a glass plate of thickness t and refractive index $\mu $ If c is the speed of light in vacuum, the time taken by light to travel this thicknes of glass is
- $\mu tc$
- $\dfrac { tc }{ \mu } $
- $\dfrac { t }{ \mu c } $
- $\dfrac { \mu t }{ c } $
It is necessary to illuminate the bottom of a well by reflected solar beam when the light is incident at an angle $40^o$ to the vertical. At what angle to the horizontal should a plane mirror be placed?
- $65^o$
- $70^o$
- $75^o$
- $80^o$
An invisible energy which causes in us the sensation vision, is
- electrical
- sound
- light
- mechanical
The illumination on the screen, in case of a movie hall if the distance between the projector and the screen is increased by $1%$ will be:
- increased by $1\%$
- decreased by $1\%$
- increased by $2\%$
- decreased by $2\%$
Pick the only wrong statement in the following :
- Light travels with a speed greater than that of sound
- Light cannot travel through vacuum
- Light travels in a straight line
- Light is a wave motion
A broader bundle of light rays is called a -
- Beam of light
- Ray of light
- Bundle of light
- None of these
What is the wavelength range of visible light?
- $ 4 \times 10^{-7} m $ to $ 8 \times 10^{-7} m$
- $ 4 \times 10^{-9} m $ to $ 8 \times 10^{-9} m$
- $ 4 \times 10^{-5} m $ to $ 8 \times 10^{-5} m$
- $ 4 \times 10^{-6} m $ to $ 8 \times 10^{-6} m$
In a YDSE with two identical slits, when the upper slit is covered with a thin, perfectly transparent sheet of mica, the intensity at the centre of screen reduces to $75%$ of the initial value. Second minima is observed to be above this point and third maxima below it. Which of the following can be a possible value of phase difference caused by the mica sheet.
- $\dfrac{\pi}{3}$
- $\dfrac{13\pi}{3}$
- $\dfrac{17\pi}{3}$
- $\dfrac{11\pi}{3}$