Description : The colour of the ocean appears to be blue because the sunlight falling on it is – (1) reflected (2) refracted (3) diffracted (4) scattered
Last Answer : (4) scattered Explanation: The reason the ocean is blue is due to the absorption and scattering of light. The blue wavelengths of light are scattered, similar to the scattering of blue light in the sky ... the red and weak in the blue, thus red light is absorbed quickly in the ocean leaving blue.
Description : The colour of the ocean appears blue because the sunlight falling on it is (a) Reflected (b) Refracted (c) Absorbed (d) Scattered
Last Answer : Ans:(d)
Description : Remote sensing techniques make use of the properties of ___________ emitted, reflected or diffracted by the sensed objects: (A) Electric waves (B) Sound waves (C) Electromagnetic waves (D) Wind waves
Last Answer : Answer: Option C
Description : In Fraunhofer diffraction pattern for single slit, a central maximum is obtained when angle of diffraction q is equal to zero. What it actually indicates? A. All the diffracted rays are parallel and focused ... are diffracted by the slit in all the directions D. The rays are reflected by the slit
Last Answer : A. All the diffracted rays are parallel and focused by slit at a single point on screen
Description : Winch of the following is not true about X-rays? (1) have low penetrating power (2) travel with the speed of light (3) Can be reflected or refracted (4) can affect photographic plates
Last Answer : (1) have low penetrating power Explanation: X-rays and gamma rays are photons, i.e. high-energy light-waves. When emitted by a source, for example, radium or cobalt, located outside the body, they ... they can be used in diagnostic medicine to image human bones or human organs made opaque by a dye.
Description : Which of the following is not true about X-rays? (1) have low penetrating power (2) travel with the speed of light (3) Can be reflected or refracted (4) can affect photographic plates
Last Answer : have low penetrating power
Description : The interference in thin films is because (a) The film reflects some light (b) The film is thin enough so that refracted ray is close to reflected ray (c) The reflected ray undergo path change of λ/2 (d) All of above
Last Answer : (d) All of above
Description : The sky appears blue because – (1) All colours interfere to produce blue (2) In white light, the blue component dominates (3) The atmosphere scatters blue colour more than the others (4) It is actually blue
Last Answer : (3) The atmosphere scatters blue colour more than the others Explanation: Diffuse sky radiation is solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by ... the atmosphere (approximately 25% of the incident radiation when the sun is high in the Sky.
Description : The sky appears blue because (1) all colours interfere to produce blue (2) in white light, the blue component dominates (3) the atmosphere scatters blue colour more than the others (4) it is actually blue
Last Answer : the atmosphere scatters blue colour more than the others
Description : Plate of Blue glass appears blue in sunlight because –
Last Answer : transmits the blue colour
Description : When a strong beam of light is passed through a colloidal solution, the light will – (1) be scattered (2) pass unchanged (3) be absorbed (4) be reflected
Last Answer : (1) be scattered Explanation: When a strong beam of light is passed through a colloidal solution, the light will be scattered.
Description : When a strong beam of light is passed through a colloidal solution, the light will (1) be scattered (2) pass unchanged (3) be absorbed (4) be reflected
Last Answer : be scattered
Description : The blue colour of sky is due to – (1) reflection of sunlight (2) refraction of sunlight (3) scattering of shorter wave-lengths of sunlight in the atmosphere (4) scattering of longer wave-lengths of sunlight in the atmosphere
Last Answer : (3) scattering of shorter wave-lengths of sunlight in the atmosphere Explanation: The blue colour of the sky is caused by the scattering of sunlight off the molecules of the atmosphere. This scattering, ... to the direction of the sun's light is predominantly in the blue end of the spectrum.
Description : The blue colour of sky is due to (1) reflection of sunlight (2) refraction of sunlight (3) scattering of shorter wavelengths of sunlight in the atmosphere (4) scattering of longer wavelengths of sunlight in the atmosphere
Last Answer : scattering of shorter wavelengths of sunlight in the atmosphere
Description : which of the following statements is not true for scattering of light? (a) Colour of the scattered tight depends on the size of particles of the atmosphere. (b) Red light is least scattered in the ... air scatter the blue, light more strongly than red. So the scattered blue light enters our eyes.
Last Answer : (c) Scattering of light Lakes place as various colours of white light travel with different speed in fir.
Description : Which of the following colour is least scattered by fog, dust or smoke : A. Violet B. Blue C. Red D. Yellow
Last Answer : C. Red
Description : ECE Board Exam March 1996 EIRP stands for _______________. A. effective isotropic refracted power B. effective and ideal radiated power C. effective isotropic reflected power D. effective isotropic radiated power
Last Answer : D. effective isotropic radiated power
Description : The Snell’s law can be derived from which type of incidence? a) Incidence angle b) Reflected angle c) Refracted angle d) Oblique incidence
Last Answer : d) Oblique incidence
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The minimum frequency of light for which no electrons are emitted, is called threshold frequency (B) Polarising angle of glass is 57.5° (C) At the polarising angle, the reflected and refracted rays are orthogonal (D) All the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : What factor determines whether a radio wave is reflected or refracted by the ionosphere?
Last Answer : Thickness of ionized layer.
Description : A light wave enters a sheet of glass at a perfect right angle to the surface. Is the majority of the wave reflected, refracted, transmitted, or absorbed?
Last Answer : Transmitted.
Description : It is the angle at which the propagating ray strikes the interface with respect to the normal. ∙ A. refracted angle ∙ B. incident angle ∙ C. reflected angle ∙ D. critical angle
Last Answer : incident angle
Description : When light falls on shiny surface it gets __________ . a) refracted b)reflected c)bent d)nothing happens
Last Answer : b)reflected
Description : The colour of sky appears blue due to – (1) reflection (2) refraction (3) scattering of shorter wave lengths (4) dispersion
Last Answer : (3) scattering of shorter wave lengths Explanation: The sunlit sky is blue because air scatters short-wavelength light more than longer wavelengths. Since blue light is at the short wavelength end of the ... that the human eye perceives blue when looking toward parts of the sky other than the sun.
Description : The colour of sky appears blue due to (1) reflection (2) refraction (3) scattering of shorter wave lengths (4) dispersion
Last Answer : scattering of shorter wave lengths
Description : Red is used as an emergency or danger signal as – (1) it is a striking colour (2) its wavelength is the longest (3) it is scattered (4) it has very high energy
Last Answer : (2) its wavelength is the longest Explanation: The effect of scattering is inversely related to the fourth power of the wavelength of a colour. Red has the highest wavelength of all the colours and is able to travel the longest distance through fog, rain, and the alike.
Description : Red is used as an emergency or danger signal as (1) it is a striking colour (2) its wavelength is the longest (3) it is scattered (4) it has very high energy
Last Answer : its wavelength is the longest
Description : The reddish hue of the Sun at sunset is due to the fact that (a) Sunlight is polarized horizontally when scattered by molecules of the atmosphere (b) Light of short wavelength is ... than light of long wavelength (d) Sunlight is polarized vertically when scattered by molecules of the atmosphere
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : Assertion : Rainbow is an example of the dispersion of sunlight by the water droplets. Reason: light of shorter wavelength is scattered much more than light of longer wavelength (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct ... of A.(c) A is true but R is false. (d) A is false but R is true.
Last Answer : (c) A is true but R is false.
Description : In sunlight, a rose appears red. In green light, the same rose appears – (1) red (2) black (3) green (4) yellow
Last Answer : (2) black Explanation: Any object which allows light to pass through it is known as a transparent object. The colour of any transparent object is the colour of the light transmitted by it. A red rose ... green light, it looks black because the red colour of the rose is absorbed by the green light.
Description : In sunlight a rose appears red. In green light, the same rose appears (1) red (2) black (3) green (4) yellow
Last Answer : black
Description : To an astronaut in the spacecraft, the sky colour appears to be (a) Blue (b) White (c) Black (d) Orange red
Last Answer : Ans:(c)
Description : In absence of atmosphere, the colour of sky appears (a) blue (b) black (c) red (d) yellow
Last Answer : (b) black
Description : The sky appears blue because of – (1) Atmospheric water vapour (2) Scattering of light (3) Reflection on sea water (4) Emission of blue wavelength by the sun
Last Answer : (2) Scattering of light Explanation: The sky is blue because the molecules in the air scatter light in the higher wavelengths (that is, the blue light), while lower wavelength light (that is ... reflected down from the scattering is blue, therefore a blue sky. This is called Rayleigh scattering.
Description : The sky appears blue because of (1) Atmospheric water vapour (2) Scattering of light (3) Reflection on sea water (4) Emision of blue wavelength by the sun
Last Answer : Scattering of light
Description : The colour of scattered light depends on (a) Size of scattering particles (b) Wavelength of light (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above
Last Answer : (c) Both (a) and (b)
Description : Sun appears red in colour at sun-rise and sunset due to – (1) the fact that sun emits only red colour at that time (2) red light having longer wave length scatters away (3) that sun Comes out of the mountains (4) that all other colours scatter away except red
Last Answer : (4) that all other colours scatter away except red Explanation: According to Rayleigh's law, the intensity of scattered light varies inversely as the fourth power of its wavelength. Sunlight consists of ... have to travel a larger part of the atmosphere because they are very close to the horizon.
Description : Sun appears red in colour at sunrise and sunset due to (1) the fact that sun emits only red colour at that time (2) red light having longer wave length scatters away (3) that sun comes out of the mountains (4) that all other colours scatter away except red
Last Answer : that all other colours scatter away except red
Description : Carrot is orange in colour because (1) It grows in the soil (2) It is not exposed to sunlight (3) It contains carotene (4) The entire plant is orange in colour
Last Answer : It contains carotene
Description : My mother wants to have her ashes scattered on the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. Do I need any sort of permission and where is the best spot for this?
Last Answer : Just go do it. Who’s gonna know? What can it possibly harm?
Description : Photochemical smog is formed from automobile exhaust (A) By reaction of hydrocarbon & nitric oxide in presence of sunlight (B) Appears only on sunny days (C) Is harmful for crops and trees also besides causing eye irritation & asthma (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Description : Which of the following waves are diffracted by an obstacle of size 1 cm? (a) Light waves (b) Sound waves (c) Ultrasonic waves (d) X-rays
Description : The condition for minima in Fraunhofer diffraction for single slit is asinθ = mλWhat is ‘θ’? A. Angle of incidence of incident rays at the slit B. Angle at which diffracted rays strikes the screen C. Angle between slit and screen D. Angle of diffraction at which rays are diffracted at slit
Last Answer : D. Angle of diffraction at which rays are diffracted at slit
Description : The conditions for the production of constructive and destructive interference are reversed due to the fact that on striking the thin film -------. A. Two rays of splitted light undergo phase ... two rays of splitted light undergo phase change of 180° C. Light is diffracted, light is polarized
Last Answer : A. Two rays of splitted light undergo phase change of 180°
Description : Redraw the given diagram and show the path of the refracted ray: -Physics
Last Answer : This is your Answer.
Description : An object which absorbs all colours and reflects none appears: (1) White (2) Grey (3) Blue (4) Black
Last Answer : (4) Black Explanation: A surface that absorbs all colours, reflecting none, is said to be black. Black is not a colour; it absorbs all the colours of the visible spectrum and reflects none of them to the eyes. White is a colour.
Description : The sky appears blue due to – (1) Rayleigh scattering (2) Mie scattering (3) Back scattering (4) None of the above
Last Answer : (1) Rayleigh scattering Explanation: The blue colour of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little ... absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky.
Description : The sky appears blue due to (1) Rayleigh scattering (2) Mie scattering (3) Back scattering (4) None of the above
Last Answer : Rayleigh scattering