CHAPTER (7) DESPERATION OF LIGHT PART ONE: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1= A ray of white light, incident upon a glass prism, is dispersed into its various colour components.
Which one of the following colours experiences the greatest amount of

refraction?

a. Orange.

(b). Violet.

C. Red.

D. Green.

2= Colour depends on what characteristic of light?

a. Its frequency .

(b).its wavelength .

C. both of these.

d. neither of these.

3= Two colours of light which mix to make white light are called:

A. Primary colours.

b. Secondary colours.

(C). Complementary colours.

d. Phosphors.

4= Rainbow is formed due to:

a. Interference of light.

b. Absorption of light.

(c).Dispersion of light.

d. Diffraction of light .

5= White light is a mixture of:

(A).seven colours .

b. nine colours.

c. fourteen colours.

d. fifteen colours.
6= Colours known as primary colours are:

a. red and green.

b. red, yellow and green.

c. red, blue and orange.

(D).red, green and blue.

7= Name of scientist who presented theory of dispersion of light was:

a. John Dalton.

(B).Isaac Newton.

c. Albert Einstein.

d. Martin Charles burgh.

8= ______________ is one of the most beautiful examples of spectrum formed due to the dispersion
of light in nature:

(A).Rainbow.

b. Dispersion.

c. Sky.

d. Sun.

9. Two colours are said to be complementary if their sum is:

a. Red.

b. Yellow.

c. Black.

(D).White.

PART TWO: STRUCTURAL QUESTIONS

1. White light is mixture of seven colours. Name them?

Ans: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.

2. Define the term dispersion of light?

Ans: the splitting up of white light into seven colours on passing through a transparent medium like a
glass prism is called dispersion of light .

3. What is a spectrum?
Ans: the band of seven colours obtains on the screen, when white light splits intuits component colours
is called spectrum.

4. Which colour of the spectrum has:

a. Maximum refraction.

b. Minimum refraction.

Ans: a. Maximum refraction = violet

B. Minimum refraction = red

5. Differentiate between monochromatic light and polychromatic light?

Ans:monochromatic light: light of a single colour or single wavelength.

 Polychromatic light: a light which is made up of two or more colours.

6. Why is red light used as a universal danger signals?

Ans: the red light has largest wavelength among the spectral colours and hence, is least scattered.

7. Explain what would happen if a red filter is placed in the path of the white light?

Ans: that is left to be transmitted is red light.

8. Explain why the sky appears blue during the day?

Ans: when the white sunlight passes through the atmosphere, the violet, indigo and blue wavelength.

SUMMARY

1. The phenomenon due to which a which a white light splits into its component colours when passed
through a prism is called dispersion

2. The band of seven colours obtained on the screen, when a white light splits into its component
colours is called the spectrum

3. A Light of a single colour or single wavelength is called monochromatic light.

4. A light which made of two or more colours is called polychromatic light.