Chapter 32

Q1) Why can you see most objects?

a) They emit light
b) Light reflects off them
c) Light refracts through them
d) They absorb light

Q2) The ray of light that strikes a reflecting surface is called………..

a) Incident
b) Normal
c) Reflected
d) Refracted

Q3) The illustration shows a light ray striking an object. In the illustration, the light
ray striking the object is-

a) Absorbed
b) Reflected
c) Stopped
d) Refracted
Q4) Consider the diagram. Which one of the angles (A, B, C, or D) is the angle of
incidence?

a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D

Q5) A diffuse reflection is occurred when light waves hit the surface and scattered
randomly

a) True
b) False

Q6) A specular reflection is occurred when light waves are reflected in same way

a) True
b) False

Q7) What is reflection?

a) Reflection is the bouncing of light off the surface that it strikes on.
b) Reflection is the bending of light off the surface that it strikes on.
c) Reflection is the absorbing of light off the surface that it strikes on.
d) Reflection is the scattering of light off the surface that it strikes on.
Q8) Which of these statements is true?
a) Light does not travel in straight lines.
b) Light travels in straight lines
c) Light will only travel for about 2000km before it stops.
d) Light is stopped when it meets a solid object.

Q9) The normal line in the given diagram is represented by:

a) AB
b) AN
c) NB
d) MN

Q10) The angle between the normal and the incident ray is called ……….
a) Angle of incidence
b) Angle of coincidence
c) Angle of direction
d) Angle of reflection

Q11) The imaginary perpendicular line to a reflecting surface is called Normal line
a) True
b) False
Q12) When a light ray crosses the boundary of two different medium, it will be
refracted close or toward the normal line if
a) It moves from a medium of lower index of refraction to a medium with a higher
index.
b) It moves from a medium of higher index of refraction to a medium with a lower
index.
c) The two mediums have the same index of refraction
d) One medium should has zero index of refraction.

Q13) When a light ray crosses the boundary of two different medium, it will be
refracted away from the normal line if
a) It moves from a medium of lower index of refraction to a medium with a higher
index.
b) It moves from a medium of higher index of refraction to a medium with a lower
index.
c) The two mediums have the same index of refraction
d) One medium should has zero index of refraction.

Q14) if the angle of incidence is 35 degree, what is the angle between the incident ray
and reflecting surface
a) 45°
b) 35°
c) 90°
d) 55°

Q15) if angle of incidence is 50°, what is angle of reflection

a) 60°
b) 80°
c) 180°
d) 50°
Q16) A ray of light is incident towards a plane mirror at an angle of 30° with the
mirror surface. What will be the angle of reflection?
a) 30°
b) 60°
c) 70°
d) 50°

Q17) if the angle of incidence is along the normal line, what is the angle of reflection
a) 0°
b) 90°
c) 30°
d) 180°

Q18) A light ray strikes a reflective plane surface at an angle of 54° with the surface.
Calculate the angle of incidence.
a) 54°
b) 36°
c) 72°
d) 90°

Q19) A light ray strikes a reflective plane surface at an angle of 54° with the surface.
Calculate the angle of reflection.
a) 54°
b) 36°
c) 72°
d) 90°

Q20) A light ray strikes a reflective plane surface at an angle of 54° with the surface.
Calculate the angle made by the reflected ray and the surface.
a) 54°
b) 36°
c) 72°
d) 90°
Q21) A light ray strikes a reflective plane surface at an angle of 54° with the surface.
Calculate the angle between by the incident and reflected rays.
a) 54°
b) 36°
c) 72°
d) 90°

Q22) A ray of light refracts as it passes from glass into vacuum. Its angle of incidence
is 30°, and its angle of refraction is 60°, what is the index of refraction of the glass?
a) 1.33
b) 1.73
c) 1.91
d) 0.57

Q23) light travels from a vacuum, n1=1 to a material with n2=1.24 what will be the
velocity in the new medium
a) 2.65x108 m/s
b) 2.41x08 m/s
c) 2.04x108 m/s
d) 2.11x108 m/s

Q24) A ray of light passing through a gel with and index refraction of 1.5 has an
incidence angle of 30° as it transitions through a pane of glass. The angle of refraction
is 45°, what is the speed of light within the glass?
a) 1.5x108 m/s
b) 2.83x108 m/s
c) 2x108 m/s
d) 3.46x108 m/s
Q25) A ray of light is traveling through air at an angle of 30° to the vertical. It passes
into water and halves its angle to the vertical. What is the index of refraction of water?
a) 0.52
b) 1.52
c) 0.88
d) 1.93

Q26) A beam of light going through a medium with an index of refraction of 1.14 has
an angle of incidence of 48°. If the light refracted at the angle 39°. What is the index of
refraction for the second medium?
a) 0.98
b) 1.14
c) 1.55
d) 1.346

Q27) A ray of light initially travelling through the air enters a material at an angle of
30° with respect to the normal line. The light is this observed to bend toward the
normal by 5°. Calculate the index of refraction, n, of the material?
a) 1.2
b) 0.55
c) 1.18
d) 2.05

Q28) A laser initially moving through air enters a medium that has an index of
refraction n2=1.4. the beam’s angle with respect to the normal inside the material is
measured to be ϴ2=32°. Calculate the incident angle (the angle the laser made with
respect to the normal before entering the material)
a) 47.9°
b) 51.6°
c) 23.9°
d) 10°
Q29) Light travels from air n1=1 to water n2=1.33. if the angle of incidence is 27°,
determine the angle of refraction.
a) 20°
b) 29.9°
c) 25.5°
d) 27°

Q30) Suppose that a ray of light traveling through air strikes the surface of a body of
water(n=1.33), and the ray of light then begins traveling through the water. If the ray
of light from air hits the surface of the water at an angle of 60o from the horizontal,
then how far from the horizontal will the ray of light in water be bent?
a) 49.38 o
b) 22.08 o
c) 67.92 o
d) 40.62 o