Saturday, 13 June 2020

Questions on light


LIGHT
NATURE OF LIGHT & SOURCES OF LIGHT

1) Newton proposed ________ theory of light
                Ans : corpuscles

2) Corpuscles are _____ by the reflecting surface
                Ans : repelled

3) Corpuscles are ______ by the refracting surface
                Ans : attracted

4) Wave theory of light was proposed by __________
                Ans : Huygens

5) According to Newton, the  colours of light are due to difference in the ______ of corpuscles.
                Ans : different sizes

6) Light rays can be produced from __________ body
                Ans : luminous

7) Examples of luminous bodies are _______
                Ans: Sun, Stars

8) Maxwell proposed _________ theory of light
                Ans : electromagnetic

9) Light consists of radiations called ________
                Ans : photons

10) Light waves are ________
                Ans : transverse

11) In a ripple tank , crest of the light wave, behaves as _____ lens
                Ans : convex

12) In a ripple tank the trough of light wave behaves as ______ lens
                Ans : concave

13) In a ripple tank _____ band is formed due to crests
                Ans : bright

14) In a ripple tank _____ band is formed due to troughs
                Ans : dark

15) Speed of light in vacuum is  _________
                Ans : 3 x 10  8  m/sec

Visual Photometry:

1) The visual light is an energy on the _______
                Ans : flow

2) Example for self luminous body is ________
                Ans : Sun

3) Unit of luminous flux is ________
                Ans : Lumen

4) Sun light has its maximum radiant energy close to ________
                Ans: green light

LASER:

1)Laser stands for __________
                Ans : Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

2) The light used in destroying ICBM  is in itself is __________
                Ans : Laser

3) First laser was called _________
                Ans : pulsed laser

4) The basic scientific principle behind a laser was put forward by ________
                Ans : Dr. Charles

5) ICBM stands for _____
                Ans : Inter Continental Ballistic Missile

6) The property coherence in Laser is called ________
                Ans : temporal coherence

7) Lack of coherence makes ordinary light an ______
                Ans : optical noise

8) Coherence makes a laser light _____
                Ans : optical music

9) The important characteristic properties of laser are ________
                Ans : 1) coherence  2) directionality
                          3) monochromacity and high intensity

10) Example for monochromatic light is _______
                Ans : sodium lamp

11) Laser emits light only in one dirction.  This is called _____ of laser light.
                Ans: directionality

12) The process of achieving population inversion is called _________
                Ans : pumping ( It is a word used in Lasers)

13) The process of electrons being released on their own from the excited states in atoms and emitting incoherent light is called ________
                Ans : spontaneous emission

14) _______ are used for bloodless surgery
                Ans : Lasers

15) Lasers are used now for __________
                Ans : drilling, cutting materials

16) Lasers are used in guided ______ and to deflect enemy target
                Ans : missiles

17) Lasers employed in special 3-dimensional photography are called _______
                Ans : Holography

18) The development of lasers which helped in establishing a new revolutionary method of communications called __________
                Ans : fibre optic communication

19) The spread of wavelength about the maximum intensity is  called ______
                Ans : Band width

20) Ruby laser is an example for ______
                Ans : solid laser

21) Helium – Neon laser is an example for _______
                Ans : gaseous laser

22) The three dimensional photography is called _____
                Ans : Holography

23) The process of achieving “population inversion” is called_____
                Ans : pumping

24) By ______ large energy can be concentrated into an extremely small band width.
                Ans : Monochromacity

25) The light from an ordinary light source spreads out uniformly in all directions and forms ______ wave fronts around it.
                Ans : spherical



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