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