Physics
Write true or false for each statement:
(a) Water is optically denser than glass.
(b) A ray of light when passes from glass to air, bends towards the normal.
(c) The speed of light is more in glass than in water.
(d) The depth of a pond when seen from above appears to be less.
(e) Light travels at a lower speed in water than in air.
(f) Light travels in the same straight line path while passing through different media.
(g) The angle formed between the normal and the refracted ray is known as the angle of incidence.
(h) At the point of incidence, a line drawn at right angles to the surface, separating the two media, is called the normal.
(i) Image is formed by a mirror due to refraction of light.
(j) Rays of light incident parallel to the principal axis pass through the focus after reflection from a concave mirror.
(k) A convex mirror is used as a shaving mirror.
(l) The focal length of a convex mirror is equal to its radius of curvature.
(m) A concave mirror converges the light rays, but a convex mirror diverges them.
(n) A virtual image formed by a spherical mirror is always erect and situated behind the mirror.
Reflection of Light
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Answer
(a) False
Correct Statement — Water is optically rarer than glass.
(b) False
Correct Statement — A ray of light when passes from glass to air, bends away from the normal.
(c) False
Correct Statement — The speed of light is less in glass than in water.
(d) True
(e) True
(f) False
Correct Statement — The direction of light changes from its initial path when passing through different media.
(g) False
Correct Statement — The angle formed between the normal and the refracted ray is known as the angle of refraction.
(h) True
(i) False
Correct Statement — Image is formed by a mirror due to reflection of light.
(j) True
(k) False
Correct Statement — A concave mirror is used as a shaving mirror.
(l) False
Correct Statement — The focal length of a convex mirror is half of its radius of curvature.
(m) True
(n) True
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Assertion (A) : Convex mirrors are used as a vigilance mirror.
Reason (R) : Convex mirrors form magnified images.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
- Assertion is true but reason is false
- Assertion is false but reason is true
Fill in the blanks:
(a) Water is optically …………… than air.
(b) Air is optically …………… than glass.
(c) When a ray of light travels from water to air, it bends …………… the normal.
(d) When a ray of light travels from air to glass, it bends …………… the normal.
(e) Refractive index of water is 4/3, so the apparent depth is …………… of the real depth.
(f) The splitting of white light into its constituent colours is called …………… .
(g) A …………… mirror is obtained on silvering the outer surface of a part of a hollow glass sphere.
(h) Radius of curvature of a spherical mirror is …………… its focal length.
(i) The angle of incidence for a ray of light passing through the centre of curvature of a spherical mirror is …………… .
(j) A …………… mirror always forms a virtual image.
(k) A concave mirror forms a virtual image for an object placed …………… .
Match the following:
Column A Column B (a) White light (i) convex mirror (b) Refraction (ii) concave mirror (c) Virtual images (iii) refraction (d) Real images (iv) spectrum (e) Prism (v) ray of light from glass to air State the speed of light in:
(a) air
(b) water and
(c) glass.