What makes things visible - class-VI

what makes things visible

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The reflection from a concrete sidewalk is a diffused reflection.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

....... are drawn on light rays to show the direction in which light travels.

  1. RAYS
  2. ARROWS
  3. LINES
  4. LINE SEGMENTS
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Luminous objects emit light on their own.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an example of a self-luminous body?

  1. Sun
  2. Moon
  3. Electric bulb
  4. Earth
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a natural source of light?

  1. Electric lamp
  2. Electric filament
  3. Torch light
  4. Sunlight
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Light is _______________.

  1. An electromagnetic radiation
  2. A transverse wave
  3. Massless
  4. All of the above
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A source of light is :

  1. An object that can absorb light
  2. An object that can reflect light
  3. An object that can refract light
  4. An object that can give light
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a luminous body?

  1. A burning candle
  2. Earth
  3. Moon
  4. Tree
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a non-luminous body?

  1. burning candle
  2. sun
  3. stars
  4. earth
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The amount of light reflected depends upon

  1. the nature of material of the object
  2. the nature of the surface
  3. the smoothness of the surface
  4. all the above
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ray of light which falls on a mirror is called-

  1. Reflected ray
  2. Emergent ray
  3. Incident ray
  4. Transmitted ray
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Objects which emit light of their own are called -

  1. non- luminous objects
  2. transparent objects
  3. translucent objects
  4. luminous objects
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Light is a form of energy that causes sensation of warmth or coldness

  1. True
  2. False
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Reflection of the Sun's light from the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere causes.

  1. day and night
  2. tides
  3. eclipses
  4. twilight
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Select the odd one out (book, chair, table, burning candle)

  1. burning candle
  2. book
  3. chair
  4. table
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A star is a/an _____ source of light

  1. natural
  2. artificial
  3. false
  4. absolute
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The silvering on the back surface of a mirror can be done by

  1. Silver
  2. Mercury
  3. None
  4. All kind of shiny materials
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Light is a form of energy.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

We are able to see objects around us because ______________.

  1. The objects absorb all the light
  2. The light reflected from the object enters our eyes
  3. Light can be reflected
  4. Light travels in straight lines
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. Poor reflection from mirrors
  2. Absorption of some amount of light by mirrors
  3. Dispersion of light when the rays travel through the atmosphere
  4. Scattering of light by the mirrors
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

State whether true or false :

A rose appears red in white light as it absorbs red color and reflects all other colors.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the correct option

  1. Moon is a luminous object because it glows
  2. Moon is a luminous object because it is a source of light
  3. Sun is a luminous object because it is a source of light
  4. Sun is not a luminous object
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Choose the correct option regarding luminous objects

  1. All objects which glow are luminous objects
  2. Objects which is not source of light is luminous objects
  3. Objects which glow can be luminous objects
  4. None of the above
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a luminous object

  1. Sun
  2. Moon
  3. Bulb
  4. candle
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following are not non-luminous objects ?

  1. Moon
  2. Planets
  3. Sun
  4. Earth
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How are non luminous objects visible to eye ?

  1. Non-luminous objects give away light
  2. Non-luminous objects reflect the light falling on them
  3. Non-luminous objects disperse the light falling on them
  4. None of the above
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When Abhishek looked at a lighted torch through an object he could see a faint glow, but not the torch. The object is

  1. Transparent
  2. Opaque
  3. Translucent
  4. None of these
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. Both statements 1 and 2 are true and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1.
  2. Both statements 1 and 2 are true but statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1.
  3. Statement 1 is true but statement 2 is false.
  4. Statement 1 is false but statement 2 is true.
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is true?

  1. The image formed by a pinhole camera is inverted because light travels in a straight line.
  2. Light does not change its direction on reflection.
  3. As we move the object away from the light source, the shadow of the object becomes smaller.
  4. Reflection is possible only from polished surface.
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

We cannot see things in the absence of

  1. Air
  2. Water
  3. Light
  4. Earth
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Ray optics is valid when characteristic dimension are  

  1. much smaller than wavelength of light.
  2. of same order as wavelength of light
  3. much larger than wavelength of light
  4. none of the above
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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

  1. $2 \times 10^8 \,m/s$
  2. $2.25 \times 10^8 \,m/s$
  3. $3 \times 10^8 \,m/s$
  4. $2.5 \times 10^8 \,m/s$
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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 

  1. $\mu tc$
  2. $\dfrac { tc }{ \mu } $
  3. $\dfrac { t }{ \mu c } $
  4. $\dfrac { \mu t }{ c } $
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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?

  1. $65^o$
  2. $70^o$
  3. $75^o$
  4. $80^o$
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An invisible energy which  causes in us the sensation vision, is

  1. electrical
  2. sound
  3. light
  4. mechanical
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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:

  1. increased by $1\%$
  2. decreased by $1\%$
  3. increased by $2\%$
  4. decreased by $2\%$
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pick the only wrong statement in the following :

  1. Light travels with a speed greater than that of sound
  2. Light cannot travel through vacuum
  3. Light travels in a straight line
  4. Light is a wave motion
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A broader bundle of light rays is called a -

  1. Beam of light
  2. Ray of light
  3. Bundle of light
  4. None of these
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the wavelength range of visible light?

  1. $ 4 \times 10^{-7} m $ to $ 8 \times 10^{-7} m$
  2. $ 4 \times 10^{-9} m $ to $ 8 \times 10^{-9} m$
  3. $ 4 \times 10^{-5} m $ to $ 8 \times 10^{-5} m$
  4. $ 4 \times 10^{-6} m $ to $ 8 \times 10^{-6} m$
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

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.

  1. $\dfrac{\pi}{3}$
  2. $\dfrac{13\pi}{3}$
  3. $\dfrac{17\pi}{3}$
  4. $\dfrac{11\pi}{3}$