A) Thermodynamics B) Biology C) Optics D) Acoustics
A) Diffraction B) Dispersion C) Reflection D) Refraction
A) Convex mirror B) Plane mirror C) Concave mirror D) Flat mirror
A) Angle of reflection B) 45 degrees C) 180 degrees D) 90 degrees
A) Cylindrical lens B) Bifocal lens C) Concave lens D) Convex lens
A) 299,792,458 meters per second B) 1 billion feet per second C) 500,000 miles per second D) 100,000 kilometers per second
A) Pupil B) Cornea C) Lens D) Iris
A) Blue B) Red C) Violet D) Green
A) Rayleigh scattering B) Diffraction C) Refraction D) Dispersion
A) Aristotle B) Plato C) Democritus D) Euclid
A) Greeks B) Persians C) Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians D) Romans
A) Alhazen B) Euclid C) Roger Bacon D) Plato
A) Robert Grosseteste B) Roger Bacon C) Johannes Kepler D) Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham)
A) Christiaan Huygens B) Isaac Newton C) René Descartes D) Johannes Kepler
A) Johannes Kepler B) Christiaan Huygens C) Robert Hooke D) Isaac Newton
A) Refraction through lenses experiment B) Prism dispersion experiment C) Reflective mirror experiment D) The double slit experiment
A) James Clerk Maxwell B) Isaac Newton C) Thomas Young D) Augustin-Jean Fresnel
A) Blackbody radiation B) Photoelectric effect C) Diffraction patterns D) Interference of light
A) James Clerk Maxwell B) Albert Einstein C) Max Planck D) Niels Bohr
A) Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens B) Paul Dirac and Albert Einstein C) Max Planck and Niels Bohr D) George Sudarshan, Roy J. Glauber, and Leonard Mandel
A) The first wearable eyeglasses B) The compound microscope C) The refracting telescope D) The spectacles
A) Thomas Aquinas B) Alhazen C) Roger Bacon D) Robert Grosseteste
A) Johannes Kepler B) Christiaan Huygens C) Isaac Newton D) Roger Bacon
A) James Clerk Maxwell and Max Planck B) Isaac Newton and Robert Hooke C) Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr D) Thomas Young and Augustin-Jean Fresnel
A) The spectacles B) The compound microscope C) The maser D) The refracting telescope
A) Light travels in straight lines. B) Light travels as an electromagnetic wave. C) Light travels randomly. D) Light travels in circular paths.
A) Planck's constant. B) Newton's law of motion. C) Huygens' principle. D) Fermat's principle, which states that light takes the path that can be traversed in the least time.
A) Front-back inversion B) Up-down inversion C) Left-right inversion D) No inversion
A) Spherical mirrors B) Corner reflectors C) Flat mirrors D) Parabolic mirrors
A) They scatter randomly. B) They converge at a common focus. 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) Real B) Inverted C) Magnified D) Virtual
A) The image is inverted. B) The image size is unchanged. C) The image is virtual. D) The image is upright.
A) n1 sin θ1 = n2 sin θ2 B) n1 + n2 = sin(θ1) + sin(θ2) C) n1/n2 = sin(θ1)/sin(θ2) D) n1 - n2 = sin(θ1) - sin(θ2)
A) n = c + v B) n = v/c C) n = cv D) n = c/v
A) It improves the resolution B) It has no effect on resolution C) It decreases the resolution D) It causes diffraction to disappear
A) Thermal noise B) Flicker noise C) Quantum noise D) Shot noise
A) LEDs B) Lasers C) Photodiodes D) Fiber optics cables
A) Optic nerve exit B) Cornea C) Lens D) Pupil
A) Constructive interference with increased amplitude B) Random interference patterns C) Destructive interference with decreased amplitude D) No change in wave amplitude
A) A spiral B) An ellipse C) A circle D) A single line
A) Diffraction B) Reflection C) Accommodation D) Refraction
A) Non-linear optics B) Statistical optics C) Illumination engineering D) Quantum optics
A) Partially polarised B) Fully polarised C) Unpolarised D) Circularly polarised
A) Cornea B) Retina C) Lens D) Fovea
A) Beams. B) Waves. C) Particles. D) Photons only.
A) Charles Townes B) Albert Einstein C) Arthur Schawlow D) Theodore Maiman
A) 200 to 900 nm. B) 500 to 800 nm. C) 300 to 600 nm. D) 400 to 700 nm.
A) Material dispersion B) Anomalous dispersion C) Waveguide dispersion D) Normal dispersion
A) Michelson interferometer B) Antireflective coating C) Interference filter D) Dielectric mirror
A) Meters B) Diopters C) Lumens D) Watts
A) 100% B) 50% C) 75% D) Around 38%
A) Presbyopia B) Hyperopia C) Astigmatism D) Myopia
A) 3.0×108 m/s. B) 1.5×108 m/s. C) 4.0×108 m/s. D) 2.5×108 m/s.
A) Cone cells B) Rod cells C) Lens cells D) Retina cells
A) By increasing wave amplitude B) By using destructive interference C) By aligning wave crests and troughs D) By using constructive interference
A) Exposure ∝ ApertureArea - ExposureTime × SceneLuminance B) Exposure ∝ (ApertureArea × ExposureTime) / SceneLuminance C) Exposure ∝ ApertureArea × ExposureTime × SceneLuminance D) Exposure ∝ ApertureArea + ExposureTime + SceneLuminance
A) Rainbows B) Mirages C) Coronas D) Halos
A) Geometrical optics B) Fourier optics C) A vector model D) A scalar model
A) Lens cells B) Rod cells C) Cone cells D) Retina cells
A) Chirp rate B) Dispersion delay parameter (D) C) Phase shift D) Wavelength modulation
A) Microwaves B) Lasers C) Masers D) Radios
A) 1982 B) 1960 C) 1958 D) 1974
A) James Clerk Maxwell B) Niels Bohr C) Albert Einstein D) Isaac Newton
A) Orthopedic surgery B) Neurosurgery C) Open-heart surgery D) Bloodless surgery
A) Anisotropic materials B) Gradient-index (GRIN) materials C) Homogeneous materials D) Isotropic materials
A) The Ehrenstein illusion. B) The Zöllner illusion. C) The café wall illusion. D) The Ames room illusion.
A) Interferometry B) Huygens–Fresnel principle C) Optics D) Superposition
A) Abbe number B) Refractive index C) Propagation constant D) Group velocity
A) Finite element method B) Kirchhoff diffraction equation C) Gaussian beam propagation D) Fourier optics
A) Snell's law B) Fresnel's law C) Malus's law D) Brewster's law
A) Brocken spectre B) Novaya Zemlya effect C) Fata Morgana D) Green flash
A) Cornea B) Pupil C) Lens D) Retina
A) Fourier optics B) Numerical modeling techniques like the finite element method C) Geometrical optics D) Gaussian beam propagation
A) Linear polarisation B) Elliptical polarisation C) Circular polarisation D) Random polarisation
A) Tyndall effect B) Compton effect C) Rayleigh effect D) Brillouin effect
A) Laserdisc player B) Barcode scanner C) Compact disc player D) Fiber-optic communication system
A) Circular or elliptical polarisation B) Unpolarised C) Random polarisation D) Linear polarisation
A) Interference patterns. B) Chromatic aberrations. C) Diffraction effects. D) Monochromatic aberrations.
A) Dielectric mirrors B) Michelson interferometers C) Thin film filters D) Antireflective coatings
A) Hyperopia B) Presbyopia C) Myopia D) Astigmatism
A) Rayleigh spot B) Bragg peak C) Airy disk D) Fresnel zone
A) Maxwell's equations B) The Kirchhoff diffraction equation C) Huygens' principle D) Gaussian beam propagation
A) Geometrical optics B) Huygens–Fresnel principle C) The finite element method D) Gaussian beam propagation
A) James Gregory B) Francesco Maria Grimaldi C) Isaac Newton D) Robert Hooke
A) Constructive interference with increased amplitude B) No change in wave amplitude C) Destructive interference with decreased amplitude D) Random interference patterns
A) Absorption effects B) Emission effects C) Scattering effects D) Polarisation effects
A) Étienne-Louis Malus B) Albert Einstein C) James Clerk Maxwell D) Niels Bohr
A) Waveguide dispersion B) Material dispersion C) Anomalous dispersion D) Normal dispersion |