A) Thermodynamics B) Acoustics C) Biology D) Optics
A) Reflection B) Dispersion C) Diffraction D) Refraction
A) Concave mirror B) Convex mirror C) Flat mirror D) Plane mirror
A) 90 degrees B) 180 degrees C) 45 degrees D) Angle of reflection
A) Cylindrical lens B) Bifocal lens C) Concave lens D) Convex lens
A) 500,000 miles per second B) 100,000 kilometers per second C) 1 billion feet per second D) 299,792,458 meters per second
A) Cornea B) Lens C) Iris D) Pupil
A) Blue B) Violet C) Red D) Green
A) Dispersion B) Diffraction C) Rayleigh scattering D) Refraction
A) Plato B) Euclid C) Democritus D) Aristotle
A) Persians B) Romans C) Greeks D) Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians
A) Euclid B) Roger Bacon C) Plato D) Alhazen
A) Johannes Kepler B) Roger Bacon C) Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham) D) Robert Grosseteste
A) René Descartes B) Johannes Kepler C) Christiaan Huygens D) Isaac Newton
A) Johannes Kepler B) Robert Hooke C) Christiaan Huygens D) Isaac Newton
A) Prism dispersion experiment B) Reflective mirror experiment C) Refraction through lenses experiment D) The double slit experiment
A) James Clerk Maxwell B) Thomas Young C) Augustin-Jean Fresnel D) Isaac Newton
A) Diffraction patterns B) Blackbody radiation C) Interference of light D) Photoelectric effect
A) Max Planck B) Niels Bohr C) James Clerk Maxwell D) Albert Einstein
A) George Sudarshan, Roy J. Glauber, and Leonard Mandel B) Paul Dirac and Albert Einstein C) Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens D) Max Planck and Niels Bohr
A) The first wearable eyeglasses B) The refracting telescope C) The spectacles D) The compound microscope
A) Robert Grosseteste B) Thomas Aquinas C) Alhazen D) Roger Bacon
A) Isaac Newton B) Roger Bacon C) Christiaan Huygens D) Johannes Kepler
A) Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr B) Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke C) James Clerk Maxwell and Max Planck D) Thomas Young and Augustin-Jean Fresnel
A) The compound microscope B) The maser C) The spectacles D) The refracting telescope
A) Light travels randomly. B) Light travels in straight lines. C) Light travels as an electromagnetic wave. D) Light travels in circular paths.
A) Huygens' principle. B) Planck's constant. C) Fermat's principle, which states that light takes the path that can be traversed in the least time. D) Newton's law of motion.
A) No inversion B) Front-back inversion C) Up-down inversion D) Left-right inversion
A) Flat mirrors B) Corner reflectors C) Spherical mirrors D) Parabolic mirrors
A) They converge at a common focus. B) They scatter randomly. C) They diverge away from the focus. D) They pass through without changing direction.
A) Chromatic aberration B) Coma aberration C) Astigmatism D) Spherical aberration
A) Magnified B) Inverted C) Virtual D) Real
A) The image is virtual. B) The image is upright. C) The image is inverted. D) The image size is unchanged.
A) n1 - n2 = sin(θ1) - sin(θ2) B) n1/n2 = sin(θ1)/sin(θ2) C) n1 sin θ1 = n2 sin θ2 D) n1 + n2 = sin(θ1) + sin(θ2)
A) n = v/c B) n = cv C) n = c + v D) n = c/v
A) It causes diffraction to disappear B) It has no effect on resolution C) It decreases the resolution D) It improves the resolution
A) Quantum noise B) Thermal noise C) Flicker noise D) Shot noise
A) Fiber optics cables B) Photodiodes C) Lasers D) LEDs
A) Pupil B) Cornea C) Optic nerve exit D) Lens
A) Destructive interference with decreased amplitude B) Constructive interference with increased amplitude C) Random interference patterns D) No change in wave amplitude
A) A single line B) A spiral C) An ellipse D) A circle
A) Refraction B) Accommodation C) Reflection D) Diffraction
A) Statistical optics B) Illumination engineering C) Non-linear optics D) Quantum optics
A) Unpolarised B) Circularly polarised C) Partially polarised D) Fully polarised
A) Retina B) Lens C) Fovea D) Cornea
A) Particles. B) Waves. C) Photons only. D) Beams.
A) Arthur Schawlow B) Charles Townes C) Albert Einstein D) Theodore Maiman
A) 300 to 600 nm. B) 500 to 800 nm. C) 400 to 700 nm. D) 200 to 900 nm.
A) Waveguide dispersion B) Material dispersion C) Anomalous dispersion D) Normal dispersion
A) Interference filter B) Dielectric mirror C) Antireflective coating D) Michelson interferometer
A) Diopters B) Lumens C) Meters D) Watts
A) 75% B) 100% C) 50% D) Around 38%
A) Hyperopia B) Presbyopia C) Astigmatism D) Myopia
A) 4.0×108 m/s. B) 2.5×108 m/s. C) 1.5×108 m/s. D) 3.0×108 m/s.
A) Cone cells B) Lens cells C) Retina cells D) Rod cells
A) By using constructive interference B) By aligning wave crests and troughs C) By using destructive interference D) By increasing wave amplitude
A) Exposure ∝ ApertureArea + ExposureTime + SceneLuminance B) Exposure ∝ (ApertureArea × ExposureTime) / SceneLuminance C) Exposure ∝ ApertureArea - ExposureTime × SceneLuminance D) Exposure ∝ ApertureArea × ExposureTime × SceneLuminance
A) Coronas B) Rainbows C) Mirages D) Halos
A) A vector model B) A scalar model C) Geometrical optics D) Fourier optics
A) Rod cells B) Lens cells C) Cone cells D) Retina cells
A) Chirp rate B) Dispersion delay parameter (D) C) Phase shift D) Wavelength modulation
A) Lasers B) Radios C) Masers D) Microwaves
A) 1960 B) 1974 C) 1958 D) 1982
A) Isaac Newton B) Albert Einstein C) Niels Bohr D) James Clerk Maxwell
A) Open-heart surgery B) Bloodless surgery C) Neurosurgery D) Orthopedic surgery
A) Homogeneous materials B) Anisotropic materials C) Isotropic materials D) Gradient-index (GRIN) materials
A) The Zöllner illusion. B) The Ehrenstein illusion. C) The Ames room illusion. D) The café wall illusion.
A) Interferometry B) Huygens–Fresnel principle C) Superposition D) Optics
A) Refractive index B) Group velocity C) Propagation constant D) Abbe number
A) Kirchhoff diffraction equation B) Gaussian beam propagation C) Fourier optics D) Finite element method
A) Malus's law B) Brewster's law C) Fresnel's law D) Snell's law
A) Brocken spectre B) Green flash C) Novaya Zemlya effect D) Fata Morgana
A) Cornea B) Retina C) Lens D) Pupil
A) Gaussian beam propagation B) Numerical modeling techniques like the finite element method C) Geometrical optics D) Fourier optics
A) Linear polarisation B) Random polarisation C) Elliptical polarisation D) Circular polarisation
A) Brillouin effect B) Compton effect C) Rayleigh effect D) Tyndall effect
A) Barcode scanner B) Laserdisc player C) Fiber-optic communication system D) Compact disc player
A) Circular or elliptical polarisation B) Random polarisation C) Linear polarisation D) Unpolarised
A) Diffraction effects. B) Monochromatic aberrations. C) Chromatic aberrations. D) Interference patterns.
A) Antireflective coatings B) Michelson interferometers C) Thin film filters D) Dielectric mirrors
A) Hyperopia B) Presbyopia C) Myopia D) Astigmatism
A) Fresnel zone B) Airy disk C) Bragg peak D) Rayleigh spot
A) Maxwell's equations B) Gaussian beam propagation C) Huygens' principle D) The Kirchhoff diffraction equation
A) Huygens–Fresnel principle B) Gaussian beam propagation C) Geometrical optics D) The finite element method
A) Robert Hooke B) James Gregory C) Isaac Newton D) Francesco Maria Grimaldi
A) Destructive interference with decreased amplitude B) No change in wave amplitude C) Constructive interference with increased amplitude D) Random interference patterns
A) Emission effects B) Polarisation effects C) Scattering effects D) Absorption effects
A) Albert Einstein B) Niels Bohr C) James Clerk Maxwell D) Étienne-Louis Malus
A) Anomalous dispersion B) Normal dispersion C) Material dispersion D) Waveguide dispersion |