Light – Reflection – Question Bank
- A plane mirror ____ all light that falls on it.
Answer: reflects
- A ray of light falling on a mirror is:
Answer: Incident light
- An image that can be obtained on screen is _____ image.
Answer: real
- An image that cannot be obtained on screen is called _____ image.
Answer: virtual
- When light is reflected, angles of incidence and reflection are ____.
Answer: same
- Image formed by plane mirror is ____.
Answer: virtual
- Mirror used in dressing table is ____.
Answer: plane mirror
- Irregular reflection is also called ____ reflection.
Answer: non uniform
- An instrument used in submarines to look above the water is:
Answer: Periscope
- Change of sides of object and its image in plane mirror is called ___.
Answer: Lateral inversion
- Ray of light which bounces off surface of mirror is called incident ray.
Answer: False
- Ray of light which bounces off surface of mirror is called as:
Answer: reflected ray
- Image formed in plane mirror is laterally inverted.
Answer: True
- Periscope is used by barbers to show the back of head.
Answer: False
- Regular reflection is produced when light falls on walls.
Answer: False
- Periscope does not work in foggy weather.
Answer: True
- Angle of incidence is twice the angle of reflection.
Answer: False
- Periscope has ____ mirrors.
Answer: 2
- When a plane mirror is rotated through an angle of 5 deg. the reflected ray moves through an angle of?
Answer: 10 deg.
- Mirror ___ the path of light.
Answer: changes
- Reflection of light in mirror takes place at:
Answer: silver surface
- Red paint on mirror is to:
Answer: protect the silver coating
- Sometimes in a mirror instead of silver, ___ coating is used.
Answer: aluminium
- Perpendicular drawn to surface at point of incidence is:
Answer: normal
- Angle between incident ray and normal is:
Answer: incident angle
- For normal incidence, the angle of reflection is
Answer: 0
- If angle of incidence is 45 degrees then the angle of reflection is
Answer: 45 degrees
- Angle of incidence is always equal to angle of
Answer: reflection
- Regular reflection is also called as:
Answer: specular reflection
- Irregular reflection is also called as:
Answer: diffused reflection
- In a real image rays of light
Answer: really intersect
- In a virtual image, rays of light after reflection:
Answer: appear to diverge
- Image formed on a cinema screen is:
Answer: real image
- For candle kept at distance of 5 cm in front of mirror, distance between candle and its image is:
Answer: 10 cm
- Interchange of left and right sides in the image formed in a plane mirror is called
Answer: lateral inversion
- An alphabet which appears as it is after lateral inversion is:
Answer: M
- Which is not a characteristic of image formed by plane mirror:
Answer: it is real
- In a kaleidoscope
Answer: 3 plane mirrors are inclined at 60 deg to each other
- In a periscope:
Answer: 2 parallel mirrors are kept at 45 deg to normal
- Regular reflection will occur at which of these surfaces?
Answer: plane mirror
- A _____ is a line drawn perpendicular to the surface of the mirror.
Answer: normal
- A normal is a line drawn ________ to the surface of mirror.
Answer: perpendicular
- You cannot see an image in a rough surface because of:
Answer: scattering
- Reflected light passes through a real image but not a virtual image
Answer: true
- A real image can be seen a virtual image cannot.
Answer: false
- A virtual image can be formed on a screen a real image cannot.
Answer: false
- A virtual and real image both can be formed on a screen.
Answer: false
- Image formed in a periscope is:
Answer: virtual and upright
- White light is composed of ____ colours.
Answer: 7
COLOR THEORY
- White light can break up into range of colors called:
Answer: spectrum
- Who proved white light consists of seven colors?
Answer: Newton
- Secondary colors are formed from primary colors.
Answer: True
- Primary colors are formed from secondary colors.
Answer: False
- Primary colors are:
Answer: RBG
- Which is false?
Answer: Y+C+M=W
- Additive primary colors are:
Answer: RBG
- Subtractive colors are:
Answer: YCM
- For subtractive color mixing ____ are used.
Answer: filters
- If projector is fitted with both red and green filters;
Answer: no light is transmitted
- Cyan, magenta and yellow mixed together forms ____ color.
Answer: black
- When additive primary colors are combined;
Answer: white is formed