Light – Reflection and Refraction Class 10 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Understanding!

What is the formula for magnification obtained with a lens?

In the below diagram light is traveling through different media. It is noted by a scientist that ∠1 = ∠3 = ∠4 but ∠2 = ∠1. Which of the following statement would be correct?

Magnification produced by a rearview mirror fitted in vehicles

In the diagram shown below, a beam of light is traveling from inside a glass slab to air. Which of the marked paths will the ray of light take as it emerges from the glass slab?

Assertion (A): Refractive index has no units.

Reason (R):  The refractive index is the ratio of two similar quantities.

As a ray of light entered medium P from medium Q, its velocity increased.

What can be said about the refractive index of medium P as compared to that of medium Q?

Sumati wanted to see the stars of the night sky. She knows that she needs a telescope to see those distant stars. She finds out that the telescopes, which are made of lenses, are called telescopes and the ones which are made of mirrors are called reflecting telescopes.

So she decided to make a refracting telescope. She bought two lenses L₁ and L₂ out of which L₁ was bigger and L₂ was smaller. The larger lens gathers and bends the light, while the smaller lens magnifies the image. Big, thick lenses are more powerful. So to see far away, she needed a big powerful lens. Unfortunately, she realized that a big lens is very heavy.

Heavy lenses are hard to make and difficult to hold in the right place. Also since the light is passing through the lens, the surface of the lens has to be extremely smooth. Any flaws in the lens will change the image. It would be like looking through a dirty window.

Sumati bought not-so-thick lenses for the telescope and polished them. What advantages, if any, would she have with her choice of lenses?

A. Noor, a young student, was trying to demonstrate some properties of light in her science project work. She kept ‘X’ inside the box (as shown in the figure) and with the help of a laser pointer made light rays pass through the holes on one side of the box. She had a small butter paper screen to see the spots of light being cast as they emerged.

If the object inside the box was made of a material with a refractive index less than 1.5 then the

A. Noor, a young student, was trying to demonstrate some properties of light in her science project work. She kept ‘X’ inside the box (as shown in the figure) and with the help of a laser pointer made light rays pass through the holes on one side of the box. She had a small butter paper screen to see the spots of light being cast as they emerged.

What could be the ‘X’ that she placed inside the box to make the rays behave as shown?

Rajan takes the following two photographs of the text in a book, first while keeping a circular piece of glass on the book and then while holding it at some distance above the book.

Which of the following statements is true about the piece of glass?

Assertion (A): A convex mirror is used as a rearview/driver’s mirror.

Reason (R): Convex mirrors have a wider field of view as they are curved outwards. They also give an erect, though the diminished image.

Consider these indices of refraction:

• Glass: 1.52
• Air: 1.0003
• Water: 1.333

Based on the refractive indices of three materials, arrange the speed of light through them in decreasing order.

No matter how far you stand from this spherical mirror, your image always appears erect. The mirror may be:

The below lens has a focal length of 10 cm. The object of height 2 mm is placed at a distance of 5 cm from the pole. Find the height of the image.

Which of the following mirror is used by a dentist to examine a small cavity in a patient’s teeth?