EASY
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT
Earn 100

For the myopic eye, the defect is cured by

50% studentsanswered this correctly

Important Questions on Light

EASY
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

An optician holds a test card 50 cm behind a patient. The patient then looks in the plane mirror which is 100 cm away. How far away from the patient's eyes is the image of the test card?

Question Image

 

EASY
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

The diagram shows a ray P Q R travelling through a glass slab. Which option in the table gives the correct name for all three rays?

Question Image

  P Q R
A Incident ray Emergent ray Refracted ray
B Incident ray Refracted ray Emergent ray
C Emergent ray Incident ray Refracted ray
D Emergent ray Refracted ray Incident ray

 

EASY
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

A narrow beam of white light is passed through a glass prism as shown in the figure.

Question Image

Which of the following is the correct order of colours emerging from the prism?

  P Q R
A Red Blue Green
B Red Green Blue
C Blue Green Red
D Blue Red Green

 

EASY
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

A parallel beam of light is incident on a converging lens parallel to its principal axis. As one moves the source of light away from the lens on its principal axis, the intensity of light

MEDIUM
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

Three light bulbs are concealed from an observer by an opaque wall as shown. Without shifting the positions of the observer and the bulbs, the images of which of the bulbs can the observer see from the plane mirror?

Question Image

 

MEDIUM
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

Match the column I with column II and column III and select correct option from the codes given below. (Note: These columns are for convex lens.)

Column l (Position of the object) Column ll (Position of the image) Column lll
(Type of image)
a Object beyond 2 F i At 2 F p Real,
inverted, large
b Object at 2 F ii Same side as the object q Virtual, erect, magnified
c Object between F and 2 F iii Beyond 2 F r Real, inverted, same size
d Object within the focal length iv Between F and 2 F s Real, inverted, diminished

 

EASY
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT
Read the given statements and select the correct option.
Statement 1: A beam of light emitted by the point source placed in water always diverges in air.
Statement 2: The refracted ray moves away from normal when a ray goes from a denser medium to a rarer medium.
EASY
8th Foundation
IMPORTANT

Consider the following statements and select the option which correctly identifies true (T) and false (F).
(i) Part that gives colour to the eye is iris.
(ii) Transparent outer layer that refracts light is lens.
(iii) Retina is a light sensitive layer of the eye.
(iv) Cornea is a region without any sensory cells.

  i ii iii iv
A F T F T
B T F T T
C T T F F
D F F T T