Basic Terms in Ray Optics

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Basic Terms in Ray Optics: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Ray of Light, Beam of Light, Optics, Rectilinear Propagation of Light, Light, Light Energy, Pencil of Light, Convergent Beam of Light & Divergent Beam of Light etc.

Important Questions on Basic Terms in Ray Optics

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Draw the divergent beam of light.

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Draw convergent beam of light.

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Who produced Ray of Light by Madonna?

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A plane mirror produce a magnification of 

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When a ray of light is incident normally on a plane mirror then the angle of reflection will be?

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A clock hung on a wall has marks instead of numericals on its deal. On the adjusting wall, there is a plane mirror and the image of the clock in the mirror indicates the time 7:40. Then the time on the clock is

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A plane mirror is approaching you at 10 cmsec. Your image shall approach you with a velocity of 

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A ray of light is incident on plane mirror of an angle of incidence of 30o. The deviation produced by the mirror is

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The maximum illumination on a screen at a distance of 2m from a lamp is 25 lux. The value of total luminous flux emitted by lamp is

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A bulb of 100W is hanging at a height of one meter above the centre of a circular table of diameter 4m. If the intensity at a point on its rim is I0. Then intnesity at the centre of the table will be

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If luminous efficiency of lamp is z lumenwatt and its luminous intensity is 42 candela. Then power of the lamp is

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A perfectly reflecting mirror has an area of 1cm2. Light energy is allowed to fall on it for one hour at the rate of 10W cm-2. The force that acts on the mirror is

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A beam of light is generated by a laser is called-

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The ray from the sun is an example of a parallel beam of light.

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Differentiate between ray optics and wave optics.

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What do you understand by the term "optics"?

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Name the branch of physics which deals with the formation of images by mirrors and lenses.

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Choose the correct word from the following:
(straight, curved)
Light travels in a _____ line.

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What is the speed of light?

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Fill in the following blanks with suitable words:

 The image which cannot be projected onto a screen is called_____image.