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Q1. Light is made up of tiny particles called-

  1. Anuclear
  2. BNeutron
  3. CPositron
  4. Dphoton
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Answer: D) photon

Q2. What type of wave is a light wave?

  1. Atransverse
  2. Blongitudinal
  3. Cprogressive
  4. Dsharp
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Answer: A) transverse

Q3. The wave theory of light was established by whom?

  1. ANewton
  2. BHuygens
  3. CPlank
  4. DFaraday
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Answer: B) Huygens

Q4. Which of the following phenomena helps in deciding that light is a transverse wave?

  1. Ainterference
  2. BDiffraction
  3. Cpolarization
  4. DRefraction
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Answer: C) polarization

Q5. Who discovered the electromagnetic nature of light?

  1. ASnell
  2. BNewton
  3. CMaxwell
  4. DYoung
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Answer: C) Maxwell

Q6. Who first showed that light waves undergo diffraction?

  1. Agremandy
  2. BYoung
  3. CMaxwell
  4. DFoucault
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Answer: A) gremandy

Q7. Photoelectric effect was propounded by-

  1. ACompton
  2. BMaxwell
  3. CEinstein
  4. DNewton
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Answer: C) Einstein

Q8. Which of the following phenomena does not occur in both light and sound?

  1. ADiffraction
  2. Bpolarization
  3. Creflection
  4. DRefraction
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Answer: B) polarization

Q9. The bending of light from the edge of an obstacle is called-

  1. Adeflection
  2. BDiffraction
  3. CRefraction
  4. Dinterference
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Answer: B) Diffraction

Q10. Which of the following theories confirms the wave nature of light?

  1. ANewton's corpuscular theory
  2. BTheory of interference
  3. Celectromagnetic wave theory of light
  4. Dnone of these
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Answer: B) Theory of interference

Q11. The nature of light radiation is-

  1. Awave-like
  2. Bparticle-like
  3. Clike both waves and particles
  4. Dnot like a wave or a particle
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Answer: C) like both waves and particles

Q12. The phenomenon of light bouncing back after striking a smooth surface is called-

  1. Arefraction of light
  2. Breflection of light
  3. CDiffraction of light
  4. Dscattering of light
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Answer: B) reflection of light

Q13. The phenomenon of polarization in light proves that light waves are-

  1. Asharp
  2. Bprogressive
  3. Ctransverse
  4. Dlongitudinal
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Answer: C) transverse

Q14. The Sun is radiating energy at a rate of approximately 4 x 1026 joules per second. At what rate is the Sun's mass decreasing as it releases so much energy?

  1. A4Ɨ107 kg sāˆ’1
  2. B4Ɨ19 kg s-1
  3. C4Ɨ1011 kg sāˆ’1
  4. D4Ɨ1013 kg s-1
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Answer: B) 4Ɨ19 kg s-1

Q15. Who first discovered the speed of light?

  1. AGalileo
  2. BNewton
  3. CRomer
  4. DMichaelson
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Answer: C) Romer

Q16. In which is the velocity of light maximum?

  1. Adiamonds
  2. BWater
  3. Cvacuum
  4. Dhydrogen
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Answer: C) vacuum

Q17. With increase in temperature of the medium, the speed of light-

  1. Aincreases
  2. Bdecreases
  3. CIt remains the same
  4. Dusually falls down
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Answer: C) It remains the same

Q18. The speed of light in water, glass and diamond is in the following order:

  1. ADiamond > Glass > Water
  2. BWater > Glass > Diamond
  3. CGlass > Diamond > Water
  4. DDiamond > Water > Glass
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Answer: B) Water > Glass > Diamond

Q19. Approximately how much time does it take for light to travel from the Moon to the Earth?

  1. A8 minutes
  2. B8 seconds
  3. C1 second
  4. D100 seconds
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Answer: C) 1 second

Q20. Approximately how much time does it take for sunlight to reach us?

  1. A8 minutes
  2. B2 minutes
  3. C6 minutes
  4. D4 minutes
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Answer: A) 8 minutes

Q21. The velocity of light is-

  1. A3x108 cm/sec
  2. B3 x 10 8m/sec
  3. C3x108 km/sec
  4. D3 x 108mile/sec
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Answer: B) 3 x 10 8m/sec

Q22. Which part of the Sun is visible during a solar eclipse?

  1. Achromosphere
  2. Bcrown or corona
  3. Chalo
  4. DNo parts
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Answer: B) crown or corona

Q23. The maximum duration of a total solar eclipse is-

  1. A250 seconds
  2. B460 seconds
  3. C500 seconds
  4. D600 seconds
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Answer: B) 460 seconds

Q24. Solar eclipse occurs when-

  1. AThe moon is in the middle
  2. BThe earth is in the middle
  3. Cthe sun is in the middle
  4. DThe Sun, Moon and Earth are in a straight line and Jupiter is not in that line
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Answer: A) The moon is in the middle

Q25. Lunar eclipse occurs in-

  1. Aon the new moon day
  2. Bfull moon day
  3. CNew moon and full moon days
  4. Dcrescent moon day
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Answer: B) full moon day

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