Light, Reflection & Refraction (āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°, āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϏ⧰āĻŖ)


Q: What type of wave is light ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āϕ⧇āύ⧇āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āϤ⧰āĻ‚āĻ— ?


Ans: Transverse wave āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āφāύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āϤ⧰āĻ‚āĻ—


Explanation: Light has oscillating electric and magnetic fields perpendicular to its motion. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āφ⧰⧁ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāϕ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻ—āϤāĻŋā§° āĻĻāĻŋāĻļā§° āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: How does light travel ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇ ?


Ans: In a straight line āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āϏ⧋āϜāĻž ⧰⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ


Explanation: Light travels straight in a uniform medium. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻŽāϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āϏ⧋āϜāĻžāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: Where does light travel fastest ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°ā§‡ āĻ•’āϤ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻ—āϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇ ?


Ans: In vacuum āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ


Explanation: Vacuum has no particles to slow light. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻŖāĻž āύāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻšā§‡ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻ—āϤ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: What is the speed of light in vacuum ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύāϤ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°ā§° āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


Ans: 3 × 10⁸ m/s āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: ā§Š × ā§§ā§Ļ⁸ āĻŽāĻŋ/āϛ⧇


Explanation: It is the fastest speed in nature. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻāχāĻŸā§‹ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϤ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĨ¤


Q: How many laws of reflection are there ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύ⧰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž ?


Ans: Two āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž


Explanation: Reflection follows two laws. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: What are the laws of reflection ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύ⧰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻ•āĻŋ ?


Ans: Incident ray, reflected ray, and normal lie in same plane; angle of incidence equals angle of reflection. āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āφāĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤ ā§°āĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ, āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāĻŋāϤ ā§°āĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϤāϞāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇; āφāĻĒāϤāύ āϕ⧋āĻŖ = āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύ āϕ⧋āĻŖāĨ¤


Explanation: These rules explain how light reflects from surfaces. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻāχ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§‡ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: What kind of image does a plane mirror form ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āϕ⧇āύ⧇āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇ ?


Ans: Virtual āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ•


Explanation: Plane mirrors form upright images behind the mirror. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: Which mirror gives a straight image at any distance ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āϝāĻŋāϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϤ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ ?


Ans: Plane mirror or convex mirror āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻŦāĻž āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ


Explanation: Both mirrors form upright images. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āϟāĻž āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇āχ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: What is the focal length of a plane mirror ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§° āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


Ans: Infinity āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻ…āϏ⧀āĻŽ


Explanation: Rays neither converge nor diverge in a plane mirror. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖāϤ ā§°āĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžā§°āĻŋāϤ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q: Where to place an object in a concave mirror for a real, inverted, same-size image ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą, āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āφāĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ•’āϤ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ ?


Ans: At the center of curvature āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϤāĻžā§° āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ


Explanation: Image forms at the center with same size. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āφāĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āφ⧰⧁ āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q: What kind of image does a convex mirror form ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āϕ⧇āύ⧇āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇ ?


Ans: Upright, diminished, virtual āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āϏ⧋āϜāĻž, āϏ⧰⧁ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ•


Explanation: Convex mirrors always form small upright images. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧰⧁ āφ⧰⧁ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: What is the mirror formula ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻ•āĻŋ ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: 1/f=1/v+1/u


Explanation: It relates focal length, object distance, and image distance. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āχāϝāĻŧāĻžāϤ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ, āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋā§° āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§° āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ• āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧁āĻ“ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q: Which mirror is used to make a solar furnace ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϏ⧌⧰ āϚ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϞ⧀ āϤ⧈āϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧈ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


Ans: Concave mirror āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ


Explanation: Concave mirrors focus sunlight at one point. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āĻ¸ā§‚ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āϤ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: What is the lens formula ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§° āĻ•āĻŋ ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: 1/f = 1/v − 1/u


Explanation: It relates focal length, image distance, and object distance. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻāχ āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°āχ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ, āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋā§° āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ• āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q: Which mirror is used inside cars ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€āϤ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


Ans: Convex mirror āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ


Explanation: Convex mirrors provide a wider field of view. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q: Which mirror is used as a side mirror in vehicles ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϝāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāĻšāύ⧰ āĻ›āĻžāχāĻĄ āĻŽāĻŋā§°ā§° āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


Ans: Convex mirror āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ


Explanation: It helps reduce blind spots. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āχ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q: Which mirror has a negative focal length ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§° āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• ?


Ans: Convex mirror āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ


Explanation: Convex mirrors have virtual focus behind the mirror. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§° āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤


Q: If magnification is negative, what is the nature of the image ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


Ans: Real and inverted āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āφ⧰⧁ āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž


Explanation: Negative magnification means inverted image. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q: Which mirror does a dentist use to see enlarged teeth ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĻāĻžāρāϤ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰āĻ•ā§ˆ āϚāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāϕ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰⧇ ?


Ans: Concave mirror āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ


Explanation: Concave mirrors form magnified images. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: What is the radius of curvature of a spherical mirror ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ—ā§‹āϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§° āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϤāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ āĻ•āĻŋ ?


Ans: Distance between mirror and center of curvature āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϤāĻžā§° āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻžāϜ⧰ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ


Explanation: Radius of curvature is represented by R. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϤāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧāĻ• R āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q: Which mirror is used in headlights ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻšā§‡āĻĄāϞāĻžāχāϟāϤ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


Ans: Concave mirror āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ


Explanation: It produces a strong parallel beam of light. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āχ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰āĻžāϞ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: What kind of image is formed by a car mirror ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧀⧰ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āϕ⧇āύ⧇āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇ ?


Ans: Upright āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āϏ⧋āϜāĻž


Explanation: Convex mirrors form upright images. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: What is the relation between focal length and radius of curvature ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϤāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāϜ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋ ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: f = u/2


Explanation: Focal length is half the radius of curvature. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϤāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ⧰ āĻ…ā§°ā§āϧ⧇āĻ•āĨ¤


Q: Where to place an object in a concave mirror for virtual, upright, enlarged image ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖāϤ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧈ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ•’āϤ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ ?


Ans: Between pole and focus āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§‹āϞ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ


Explanation: Image becomes magnified and upright. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–āύ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āφ⧰⧁ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q: Which mirror always gives upright image of distant objects ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āĻĻā§‚ā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ ?


Ans: Convex mirror āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ


Explanation: Convex mirrors always form upright virtual images. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: What is the focal length of a concave lens ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧰ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


Ans: Negative āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ•


Explanation: Concave lenses diverge light rays. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžā§°āĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: Which object produces a smaller image ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇ ?


Ans: Convex mirror āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ


Explanation: Convex mirrors produce diminished images. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāϪ⧇ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: Does the speed of light vary in different media ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°ā§° āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ— āĻšāϝāĻŧāύ⧇ ?


Ans: Yes āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻšāϝāĻŧ


Explanation: Light slows down in denser media. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϘāύ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āϧ⧀⧰⧇ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: Why does an object appear shallower in water ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϤ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āϝ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?


Ans: Due to refraction of light āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϏ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇


Explanation: Light bends when moving from water to air. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āϞ⧈ āĻ¯ā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§° āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āĻŦ⧇āρāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q: What is the unit of magnification ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ⧰ āĻāĻ•āĻ• āĻ•āĻŋ ?


Ans: Dimensionless āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻāĻ•āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§€āύ


Explanation: Magnification is a ratio. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤāĨ¤


Q: How many principal foci does a lens have ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧰ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ ?


Ans: Two āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž


Explanation: One focus lies on each side of the lens. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧰ āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹āĻĒāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


Q: Magnification of a concave lens āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ āĻ•āĻŋ ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: m = − v/u


Explanation: Concave lenses form virtual diminished images. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇ āϏ⧰⧁ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: How is refractive index defined ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϏ⧰āĻŖ āϏ⧂āϚāĻ• āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻ•ā§ˆ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: n = sin⁥i / sin⁥r


Explanation: It measures bending of light in a medium. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āχ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦ⧇āρāϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q: Which material has the highest refractive index ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϕ⧋āύ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϏ⧰āĻŖ āϏ⧂āϚāĻ• āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ ?


Ans: Diamond āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻšā§€ā§°āĻž


Explanation: Diamond bends light strongly. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻšā§€ā§°āĻžāχ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āρāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


Q: Which lens is converging ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϕ⧋āύ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϏāĻžā§°ā§€ ?


Ans: Convex lens āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ


Explanation: Convex lenses converge light rays. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§° āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Q: Which lens is diverging ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āϕ⧋āύ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžā§°ā§€ ?


Ans: Concave lens āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ


Explanation: Concave lenses spread light rays outward. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻšā§°ā§° ā§°āĻļā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϞ⧈ āĻ…āĻĒāϏāĻžā§°āĻŋāϤ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤