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The colour of a green leaf, when white light passing through a yellow filter is applied on it is:

  1. black

  2. yellow

  3. red

  4. green


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A yellow filter allows only yellow colour to pass through it. A leaf looks green because leaf reflects green colour and absorbs the rest. Thus, the yellow light passing through the filter will be absorbed by the green leaf. Thus, no colour will be reflected by the leaf making it appear black.

The path along which light travels is called a ........

  1. ray

  2. line

  3. line segment

  4. none


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The path along which light travels is called a Ray.

A beam of light gets reflected from a plane mirror and a real image is formed. The incident beam should be 

  1. Parallel

  2. Convergent

  3. Divergent

  4. Plane mirror cannot form a real image


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  1. Plane mirrors don't usually form real images They form virtual images of real objects. However, things can be arranged so that a plane mirror does form a real image. A convergent light beam can do this. So the answer is "convergent"

  2. When at convergence point, a convergent beam of light is incident on the plane mirror, a real image is formed at the point

During reflection when light gets reflected form a surface 

  1. it selects the path that takes the least time

  2. it selected the path that takes the maximum time

  3. it selects the shortest path

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

it selects the path that takes the least time.

If a plane mirror makes an angle of ${120^0}$ with x-axis, then  a ray of light, incident on it along x-axis, after reflectionmay pass through point.

  1. (1,1)

  2. $\left( {1,\sqrt 3 } \right)$

  3. (3,1)

  4. (1,2)


Correct Option: B

When red glass is heated in dark room, it will seem:

  1. black

  2. purple

  3. green

  4. yellow


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When a red glass is heated to a high temperature it will glow with green light.

Light shows:

  1. Curvilinear propagation

  2. Rectilinear propagation

  3. Random propagation

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Light shows Rectilinear propagation.
Rectilinear Propagation of Light is the tendency of light to travel in straight Lines.

We can see the objects only when:

  1. reflected light from the objects reaches our eyes

  2. the objects absorb all the light

  3. when the objects allow all the light to pass through them

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Objects can pnly be seen when light falls onto the object and is reflected back to our eyes to form an image on the retina.

A narrow beam of light that is moving in a defined direction is:

  1. wave

  2. compression

  3. ray

  4. rarefaction


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A light ray is a narrow beam of light that is moving in a defined direction. Alternatively, a beam of light consists of lot of light rays parallel to each other.

We cannot see anything in a dark room because:

  1. everything is black in colour

  2. our eyes do not work in darkness

  3. light from the room does not reach our eyes

  4. all the light gets scattered


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

We can only see objects when light falls into are eyes after being reflected from the objects.