TOP 10 MCQs â LIGHT (Very Important) āĻĒā§āĻšā§° â āĻļā§ā§°ā§āώ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻāĻž āĻ āϤāĻŋ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ MCQ
1. The image formed by a plane mirror is: āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Real and inverted / āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϞā§āĻāĻž B) Virtual and erect / āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāĻž
C) Real and erect / āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāĻž D) Virtual and inverted / āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϞā§āĻāĻž
Ans: B) Virtual and erect / āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāĻž
Explanation: A plane mirror always forms a virtual and erect image. āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§ āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
2. The focal length of a plane mirror is: āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§° āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?
A) Infinite / āĻ
āϏā§āĻŽ B) Zero / āĻļā§āύā§āϝ
C) Equal to radius / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ⧰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ D) Negative / āĻāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ
Ans: A) Infinite / āĻ āϏā§āĻŽ
Explanation: A plane mirror can be considered as a mirror with infinite radius of curvature. āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§° āĻŦāĻā§ā§°āϤāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžā§°ā§āϧ āĻ āϏā§āĻŽ āϧ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
3. A concave mirror produces a real image when the object is: āĻ ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°ā§ ?
A) Between F and P / F āĻā§°ā§ P ā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ B) At focus / āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāĻāϤ
C) Beyond focus / āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāĻā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϤ D) Behind mirror / āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻĢāĻžāϞā§
Ans: C) Beyond focus / āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāĻā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϤ
Explanation: A concave mirror forms a real image when the object is beyond the focus. āĻ ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§ āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāĻā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋā§°āϤ āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
4. Which mirror is used as a rear-view mirror ? āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ āĻāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Concave mirror / āĻ
ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ B) Convex mirror / āĻāϤā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ
C) Plane mirror / āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ D) None / āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ
Ans: B) Convex mirror / āĻāϤā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ
Explanation: Convex mirrors provide a wider field of view. āĻāϤā§āϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
5. The refractive index depends on: āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϏ⧰āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ ?
A) Speed of Light / āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ B) Density of Medium / āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§° āĻāύāϤā§āĻŦ
C) Both A & B / A āĻā§°ā§ B āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻž D) None / āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ
Ans: C) Both A & B / A āĻā§°ā§ B āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻž
Explanation: Refractive index depends on the speed of light and optical density of the medium. āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϏ⧰āĻŖāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻšā§°ā§° āĻŦā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§° āĻāύāϤā§āĻŦā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
6. Light goes from denser to rarer medium it: āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻāύ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽāϞ⧠āĻ’āϞ⧠-
A) Bends towards normal / āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§
B) Bends away from normal / āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻāϤ⧰⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§
C) Stops / āĻĨāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ
D) Reflects / āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Ans: B) Bends away from normal / āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻāϤ⧰⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§
Explanation: Light bends away from the normal when it moves from denser to rarer medium. āĻĒā§āĻšā§° āĻāύ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽāϞ⧠āĻ’āϞ⧠āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻāϤ⧰⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
7. The SI unit of Power of Lens is: āϞā§āύā§āϏ⧰ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻžā§° SI āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋ ?
A) Meter / āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° B) Dioptre / āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻāĻžā§° C) Watt / ā§ąāĻžāĻ D) Joule / āĻā§āϞ
Ans: B) Dioptre / āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻāĻžā§°
Explanation: Power of lens is measured in dioptre. āϞā§āύā§āϏ⧰ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
8. A convex lens always forms: āĻāϤā§āϤāϞ āϞā§āύā§āϏ⧠āϏāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āύā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°ā§ ?
A) Real and Inverted / āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϞā§āĻāĻž B) Virtual and Erect / āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāĻž
C) Real and Erect / āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāĻž D) None / āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ
Ans: A) Real and Inverted / āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϞā§āĻāĻž
Explanation: A convex lens generally forms real and inverted images except when the object is within focus. āĻāϤā§āϤāϞ āϞā§āύā§āϏ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą āĻā§°ā§ āĻāϞā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
9. Magnification is positive when image is: āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ āϧāύāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻŋ -
A) Real / āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻ¤ā§ą B) Inverted / āĻāϞā§āĻāĻž C) Virtual and Erect / āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāĻž D) Smaller / āϏ⧰ā§
Ans: C) Virtual and Erect / āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāĻž
Explanation: Positive magnification indicates virtual and erect image. āϧāύāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ⧠āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
10. Which lens has negative power ? āĻā§āύ āϞā§āύā§āϏ⧰ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Convex lens / āĻāϤā§āϤāϞ āϞā§āύā§āϏ B) Concave lens / āĻ
ā§ąāϤāϞ āϞā§āύā§āϏ
C) Plane lens / āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ āϞā§āύā§āϏ D) Cylindrical lens / āύāϞāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϞā§āύā§āϏ
Ans: B) Concave lens / āĻ ā§ąāϤāϞ āϞā§āύā§āϏ
Explanation: Concave lens has negative focal length and negative power. āĻ ā§ąāϤāϞ āϞā§āύā§āϏ⧰ āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻā§ā§°āϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻāĻŖāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤