Light - Chapter Wise CBSE Solved Question and Answer Based On NCERT
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Q1: Give an example to show that the path of light is always straight and never curved.
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Light emitted by a torch light and light emitted from the headlights of a vehicle.
Q2: The bouncing of light by any smooth surface, like a mirror, is called__________________.
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Reflection of light.
Q3: What is image of an object?
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Due to the reflection of light, the impression of an object formed in a mirror is called the image of the object.
Q4: As the distance of the object from the mirror increases, the distance of the image also increases. True/ False.
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True
Q5: Placing a mirror near lights, and table lamps reflects the light over a larger area, and makes the room appear brighter. True/ False.
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True.
Q6: Images that cannot be captured on a screen are called __________________.
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Virtual images.
Q7: Ravi is looking in a mirror; his right hand will appear to be at ____________ in its image in the mirror.
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Left side
Q8: Why the word ‘AMBULANCE’ is painted left-right inversed on the vehicle?
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So that when the driver of a vehicle in front looks into his rear - view mirror, can read ambulance written on it quickly and give way to it.
Q9: The image formed by a plane mirror is
The same size as that of the object
Left-right inversed
Erect and virtual
All of the above
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All of the above.
Q10: State the principle used in creating a mirror image.
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Principle of reflection
Q11: Name the mirror having curved reflecting surface.
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Spherical mirror
Q12: Name the two types of spherical mirror.
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Concave mirror and convex mirror.
Q13: State uses of concave mirror.
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Concave mirrors are used by dentists to obtain a magnified image of the teeth. They are also used in solar heaters or solar concentrators, and as reflectors in flashlights, and headlights of cars and scooters.
Q14: State uses of convex mirror.
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Convex mirror are used as reflectors at sharp turns and tricky or ‘blind’ corners and in parking lots, and as rear-view mirrors in cars and on motorcycles.
Q15: What is virtual image?
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The image formed by a plane mirror cannot be captured on a screen, and is called a virtual image.
Q16: What is real image?
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Images that can be captured on a screen are known as real images.
Q17: Give an example of real image.
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In a camera, images are real and can be captured on the negative, which acts as a screen.
Q18: In an opaque spherical surface, the silvered surface acts as a mirror. True/ False.
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True
Q19: What happens when light rays are incident on a concave lens?
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When light rays are incident on a concave lens, they bend outwards or diverge.
Q20: What is the name for concave lens?
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Diverging lens
Q21: What kind of image is formed by concave lens?
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Upright, virtual and smaller than the object.
Q22: Name an object made from concave lens.
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Peep holes contain concave lenses.
Q23: A convex lens converges light rays. Therefore, it is also called a ___________________.
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Converging lens
Q24: What kind of image is formed by convex lens?
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Virtual, erect and magnified.
Q25: State various applications of lenses.
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Lenses are used in magnifying glasses, peep holes, cameras, bioscopes, binoculars, telescopes, microscopes and projectors.
Q26: A refracting telescope uses a concave and a
Concave mirror
convex lens
Both a and c
Convex mirror
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Both a and c.
Q27: How rainbow is formed in the sky?
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A rainbow is formed by the refraction and reflection of the sun’s rays through raindrops.
Q28: When does rainbow appear in the sky?
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When it is raining in one part of the sky and sunny in another, a rainbow appears.
Q29: Although sunlight appears white, it is composed of _________________colours.
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Seven
Q30: The colours in a rainbow are not the colours of sunlight. True/ False.
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False.
Q31: An image formed by a______________mirror is always of the same size as that of the object.
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Plane
Q32: A concave mirror always forms a real image. True/ False.
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False
Q33: Which type of lens forms always a virtual image?
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A concave lens always forms a virtual, erect and smaller image than the object.
Q34: What is the focal length of a plane mirror?
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Infinite
Q35: State the relation between radius of curvature and focal length of spherical mirrors.
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Radius of curvature = 2 X focal length.
R = 2f.
Q36: Out of convex mirror and concave mirror, whose focus is situated behind the mirror?