1st Year Physics Chapter 10 Optical Instruments Mcqs With Answers

1st Year Physics Chapter 10 Optical Instruments Mcqs With Answers is about optical instruments based on principles of Reflection and Refraction. Every optical instrument has its own magnifying and resolving power. For the purpose of viewing small objects, a microscope is used. Different microscopes are used for different purposes. An Astronomical Telescope is used to see distant objects. In order to study spectra of different light sources, Spectrometer is used.  Fibre optic is a very thin wire used to send information within a form of light. It is also used to send sound waves. But the information can be lost in fibre optics due to some defects.

1st Year Physics Chapter 10 Key Points

  • Magnifying power and resolving power of Optical Instruments
  • Simple Microscope
  • Compound Microscope
  • Astronomical Telescope
  • Spectrometer
  • Speed of light
  • Fibre Optics / its principle/ its types
  • Signal Transmission and conversion of sound
  • Losses of power

 

1st Year Physics Chapter 10 Optical Instruments Mcqs

 

Question#1. Large astronomical telescopes are of which type?

  • Refraction
  • Reflection
  • Diffraction
  • Dispersing

Answer

Answer

Reflection

Question#2. A point where the incident parallel rays of light converge or appear to diverge after passing through a lens is called?

  • Center of curvature
  • Focus
  • Optical center
  • Aperture

Answer

Answer

Focus

Question#3. Who invented photophone?

  • Graham Bell
  • Galileo
  • Torricelli
  • Maxwell

Answer

Answer

Graham Bell

Question#4. In going from a denser to rare medium a ray of light is?

  • Undaviated
  • Bent away from the normal
  • Bent towards the normal
  • Polarized

Answer

Answer

Bent away from the normal

Question#5. Typical fibre optic communication system uses the light of which wavelength?

  • 1.3μm
  • 1.3nm
  • 13μm
  • 13nm

Answer

Answer

1.3μm

Question#6. The diamond shines due to:

  • Interference
  • Diffraction
  • Scattering
  • Total internal reflection

Answer

Answer

Total internal reflection

Question#7. If a lens is covered with wax then?

  • Intensity becomes double
  • The image will not formed
  • Intensity will remain the same
  • Intensity will become half

Answer

Answer

Intensity will become half

Question#8. The minimum distance between an object and its real image in a convex lens is:

  • 2 f
  • 2.5 f
  • 3 f
  • 4 f

Answer

Answer

4 f

Question#9. If an object is placed away from ‘2f’ of a converging lens, then the image will be?

  • Real and erect
  • Virtual and erect
  • Real and inverted
  • Virtual

Answer

Answer

Real and inverted

Question#10. If the length of the telescope is 96cm the focal lengths of its lenses is:

  • 100cm, -4cm
  • -80cm, -6cm
  • 90cm, -6cm
  • 90cm, 6cm

Answer

Answer

90cm, -6cm

Question#11. The magnifying power of a simple microscope:

  • Increase with increase in focal length
  • Increase with decrease in focal length
  • No effect with decrease or increase with the focal length
  • List distance of distinct vision

Answer

Answer

Increase with decrease in focal length

Question#12. Image of an object 5 mm high is only 1 cm high. Magnification produced by a lens is:

  • 0.5
  • 0.2
  • 1
  • 2

Answer

Answer

2

Question#13. The speed of light in the medium of the refractive index of 1.5 is?

  • 2×108ms-1
  • 3×108ms-1
  • 0.5×108mms-1
  • 1.5×108ms-1

Answer

Answer

2×108ms-1

Question#14. Least distance of distinct vision of normal and healthy people:

  • Increases with increase in age
  • Decreases with increase in age
  • Neither increases nor decreases
  • Becomes infinite after 60 years

Answer

Answer

Increases with increase in age

Question#15. In a convex lens of large aperture fails to converge the light rays incident on it to a single point, it is said to suffer from?

  • Chromatic aberration
  • Spherical aberration
  • Both spherical and chromatic
  • Distortion

Answer

Answer

Spherical aberration

Question#16. Two convex lenses of equal focal length ‘f’ are placed in contact, the resultant focal length of the combination is:

  • Zero
  • f
  • 2 f
  • f/2

Answer

Answer

f/2

Question#17. A convex length of focal length ‘f1’ and concave lens of focal length ‘f2’ are placed in contact. The focal length of the combination is:

  •  f2 + f1
  • f2 – f1
  • f1f2  / f2 + f1
  • -f1f2 / f1 – f2

Answer

Answer

-f1f2 / f1 – f2

Question#18. Final image produced by a compound microscope with respect to the object is?

  • Real and inverted
  • Real and erect
  • Virtual and erect
  • Virtual and inverted

Answer

Answer

Virtual and inverted

Question#19. For normal adjustment, length of astronomical telescope is:

  • fo + fe
  • fo – fe
  • fo / fe
  • fe / fo

Answer

Answer

fo + fe

Question#20. A surfboard moves at an aped of 5ms-1on the crests of the wave. The distance between wave crests is 10m. What is the frequency of the wave motion?

  • 2 Hz
  • 5 Hz
  • 10 Hz
  • 0.5 Hz

Answer

Answer

0.5 Hz

Question#21. Dispersion effect may produce an error in light signals. This type of error is minimum in:

  • Single-mode step-index fiber
  • Multimode step-index fiber
  • Multimode graded-index fiber
  • Monomode step-index fiber

Answer

Answer

Multimode graded-index fiber

Question#22. Light signals pass through multimode graded-index fiber due to?

  • Continuous refraction
  • Total internal reflection
  • Both continuous refraction and total internal reflection
  • Diffraction

Answer

Answer

Both continuous refraction and total internal reflection

Question#23. Which one type of fibre is more suitable for transmission of signals in which white light is used?

  • Mono mode step-index fibre
  • Multimode step-index fibre
  • Multi-mode graded-index fibre
  • Single-mode step-index fibre

Answer

Answer

Multi mode graded-index fibre

Question#24. Critical angle is that incident angle in denser medium for which angle of refraction is.

  • 45°
  • 90°
  • 180°

Answer

Answer

90°

Question#25. There is a noticeable boundary between core and cladding for?

  • Multimode step-index fibre
  • Multi-mode graded-index fibre
  • Single-mode step-index fibre
  • All types of fibre

Answer

Answer

Multi mode graded-index fibre

Question#26. The electrical signals change into light signals for transmission through optical fibre. A light pulse represents.

  • Zero (0)
  • One (1)
  • Both zero (0) and one (1)
  • Either zero (0) or one (1)

Answer

Answer

One (1)

Question#27. A lens, which is thicker at the center and thinner at the edges, is called?

  • Concave lens
  • Convex lens
  • Plano-convex lens
  • Plano concave lens

Answer

Answer

Convex lens

Question#28. A spectrometer is used to find?

  • Wavelength flight
  • Refractive index of the prism
  • The wavelength of different colors
  • All of the above

Answer

Answer

All of the above

Question#29. If a convex lens of focal length ‘f’ is cut into two identical halves along the lens diameter, the focal length of each half is?

  • f
  • f/2
  • 2f
  • 3f/2

Answer

Answer

2f

Question#30. A convex and concave lens of focal length ‘f’ are in contact. The focal length of the combination will be?

  • Zero
  • f/2
  • 2f
  • Infinite

Answer

Answer

Infinite

Question#31. If the red light is replaced by blue light illuminating the object in a microscope the resolving power of the microscope?

  • Increases
  • Decreases
  • Remain the same
  • Become half

Answer

Answer

Increases

Question#32. In optic fiber transmission system __________ are used to regenerate the dim light signal.

  • Diodes
  • Repeaters
  • Laser
  • Transformer

Answer

Answer

Repeaters

Question#33. Magnification of the astronomical telescope is?

  • fo + fe
  • fo / fe
  • fe / fo
  • (1 + fo/fe) L/fo

Answer

Answer

fo / fe

Question#34. The equation αmin = 1.22 λ/D was devised by?

  • Newton
  • Einstein
  • Raleigh
  • Planks

Answer

Answer

Raleigh

Question#35. The central image in a compound microscope is:

  • Virtual, erect, and magnified
  • Real, inverted, and smaller than object
  • Virtual, erected and magnified
  • Erect, virtual and smaller than final image

Answer

Answer

Erect, virtual and smaller than final image

Question#36. Michelson calculated the speed of light using the instrument?

  • Spectrometer
  • Galvanometer
  • Interferometer
  • None of these

Answer

Answer

Interferometer

Question#37. Michelson devised the formula to calculate speed of light?

  • c = 4fd
  • c = 8fd
  • c = 16fd
  • c = 5/2 fd

Answer

Answer

c = 16fd

Question#38. The function of collimator in spectrometer is?

  • To produce parallel beam of light
  • To filter the light rays
  • To make them mutually perpendicular
  • No function

Answer

Answer

To produce parallel beam of light

Question#39. In optic fibre transmission, the repeaters are separated through a distance of _________ km in newer system.

  • 300km
  • 200km
  • 100km
  • 20km

Answer

Answer

100km

Question#40. Which color has the maximum angle of deviation in prism?

  • Red
  • Blue
  • Orange
  • Green

Answer

Answer

Blue

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