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MCQ Questions
1. The diagram below shows a plane mirror placed at a distance of 400cm in front of a girl. If the doctor's test card is fixed at 70cm behind the eyes of the girl, what is the distance of the image from the girl?

a. 470m b. 800m c. 870m d. 940m 2. The diagram shows a ray of light moving from air to plastic. Which ratio is the refractive index of plastic?

ANSWER -- C

3. The image seen on the translucent screen of a pinhole camera is a. real and inverted b. real and upright c. virtual and inverted d. virtual and upright 4. An object is placed in front of a pinhole camera. An image is seen at the centre of the translucent screen when viewed from behind. If the object is now moved slightly nearer and to the observer's right, the image becomes a. larger and moves to the observer's right b. larger and moves to the observer's left c. smaller and moves to the observer's right d. smaller and moves to the observer's left 5. A light ray does not undergo refraction at a boundary between two media of different optical densities if its angle of incidence is a. zero o b. 45 o c. 90 o d. 180 6. An object is placed in front of a lens at a distance less than the focal length of the lens. The image formed will be a. real, inverted and diminished b. real, upright and magnified c. virtual, inverted and magnified d. virtual, upright and magnified 7. If the size of the image formed by a converging lens is the same as the object, the object distance is a. less than the image distance b. equal to the image distance c. less than the focal length of the lens d. equal to the focal length of the lens 8. Which of the following instruments does not contain lenses? a. microscope b. camera c. binoculars d. periscope 9. A boy walks at a speed of 5m/s towards a plane mirror. The boy and his image in the mirror are moving a. towards each other at a speed of 5m/s b. away from each other at a speed of 5m/s c. towards each other at a speed of 10m/s d. away from each other at a speed of 10m/s 10. The size of an image formed in a pinhole camera may be increased by a. placing the object nearer to the camera b. reducing the size of the object c. decreasing the distance between the pinhole and the screen

d. making the pinhole bigger

11. In total internal reflection, the angle of incidence is a. less than the critical angle b. greater than the critical angle c. less than the angle of reflection d. greater than the angle of reflection 12. Total internal reflection can take place in glass and not in air because glass is a. optically denser than air b. less transparent than air c. more transparent than air d. as optically dense as air 13. The image formed by a slide projector is usually a. real, inverted and diminished b. real, inverted and magnified c. virtual, upright and magnified d. virtual, inverted and diminished 14. Red light cannot be dispersed by a glass prism because it a. has a high frequency b. has a long wavelength c. does not have component colours d. is not refracted in glass 15. White light is dispersed using a prism by means of a. reflection b. refraction c. diffraction d. interference 16. A student uses a converging lens to produce an enlarged virtual image of a scale she wishes to read accurately. The focal length of the lens is 10cm. What is a suitable distance between the scale and the lens? a. 8cm b. 10cm c. 15cm d. 20cm