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प्रश्न
State whether the following statement is true of false:
A student says that we can see an object because light from our eyes is reflected back by the object.
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उत्तर
False.We can see an object because light, on being reflected from the object, is scattered and diffused.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is refraction of light?
| Column I | Column II | Column III | |
| 1 | Dispersion | Long-sightedness | Twinkling of stars |
| 2 | Refraction | Splitting of white light into component colours | Convex lens |
| 3 | Hypermetropia | Change in the direction of the ray of light due to change in medium | Spectrum of seven colours |
Name the phenomenon responsible for the following effect:
When we sit in front of a plane mirror and write with our right hand, if appears in the mirror that we are writing with the left hand.
A ray of light strikes a plane mirror such that its angle of incidence is 30°. What angle does the reflected ray make with the mirror surface?
Define the following terms used in the study of reflection of light by drawing a labelled ray-diagram:
(a) Incident ray
(b) Point of incidence
(c) Normal
(d) Reflected ray
(e) Angle of incidence
(f) Angle of reflection
Why does a ray of light bend when it travels from one medium to another?
Fill in the following blank with suitable word:
Light travelling along a normal is ...............refracted.
What is meant by 'refraction of light'? Draw a labelled ray diagram to show the refraction of light.
When a light ray passes from air into glass, what happens to its speed? Draw a diagram to show which way the ray of light bends.
A coin in a glass tumbler appears to rise as the glass tumbler is slowly filled with water. Name the phenomenon responsible for this effect.
Match the Following
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) white Light | (1) Convex mirror |
| (b) Refraction | (2) Concave mirror |
| (c) Virtual images | (3) refraction |
| (d) Real images | (4) spectrum |
| (e) Prism | (5) ray of light from glass to air |
What do you understand by refraction of light?
Write scientific reason.
The sun appears on the western horizon for some time after sunset.
Write scientific reason.
The bottom of a pond appears raised.
Write scientific reason.
The coin disappears in a vessel as it is seen from a specific location. But as soon as the water is poured into the vessel to a certain level, the coin appears.
Explain with diagrams how refraction of incident light takes place from
- rarer to denser medium
- denser to rarer medium
- normal to the surface separating the two media.
What is refractive index?

The angle of incidence from air to glass at the point O on the hemispherical glass slab is.
Which surface will not reflect most of the light falling on them?
Match the following:
| Column I | Column II | ||
| 1. | r > 90 | a. | Light gazes at the surface of separation between the two modes. |
| 2. | r = 90 | b. | No refraction. |
| 3. | r < 90 | c. | Refracted ray away from the normal |
