Chapter 4: Dispersion of Light - Science Mcqs for Grade 7 - Set 5

1)   If red, green and blue are mixed together, the formed color of light will be

a. blue
b. violet
c. indigo
d. white
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: white

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2)   Like sound, light travels as a

a. wave
b. heat
c. radiation
d. volume
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: wave

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3)   The scientist who presented the theory of dispersion of light was

a. French
b. English
c. Chinese
d. Spanish
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ANSWER: English

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4)   The dispersion of white light into seven different colors is known as

a. dispersion
b. spectrum
c. prism
d. multi light bands
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: spectrum

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5)   The index that identifies each object is known as

a. rare active index
b. refractive index
c. reflective index
d. bending index
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: refractive index

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6)   If an object is extremely dense, light

a. passes through it
b. never passes through it
c. leaves it at once
d. never leaves it
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: never leaves it

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7)   An example of a device in which convex lens is used, is

a. mirror
b. telescope
c. spectacles
d. contact lenses
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: telescope

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8)   The disk spun on rainbow to join its seven colors in order to make the effect of white light is known as

a. Rainbow disk
b. Newton disk
c. Newton's color disk
d. Rainbow color disk
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Newton's color disk

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9)   Light travels fastest through

a. vacuum
b. air
c. solids
d. liquids
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: vacuum

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10)   Cones are also sensitive to

a. secondary colors
b. tertiary colors
c. mixed colors
d. primary colors
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: primary colors

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11)   Refractive index' of ice is

a. 0.5
b. 1.5
c. 1.33
d. 1.31
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1.31

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12)   The light that has passed through a filter, is always

a. dim
b. bright
c. sharp
d. blur
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: dim

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13)   A red car looks red because it

a. reflects all colors except red
b. absorbs all colors except green and blue
c. absorbs all colors except indigo
d. reflects red color and absorbs others
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: reflects red color and absorbs others

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14)   Refractive index' of silicon is

a. 2.34
b. 3.22
c. 4.01
d. 4.02
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4.01

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15)   Who applied the word 'spectrum' to describe the rainbow of colors that combine to form white light?

a. Isaac Newton
b. Joseph Von Fraunhofer
c. Michael Faraday
d. Georg von Reichenbach
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Isaac Newton

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16)   In concave lenses, a distant object appears

a. upright
b. virtual
c. magnified
d. inverted
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: inverted

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17)   A red "filter"

a. allows green and blue color to pass
b. allows red color to pass
c. allows all colors to pass except red
d. allows yellow color to pass
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: allows red color to pass

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18)   As the light moves from one medium to another, its

a. amplitude changes
b. speed changes
c. frequency and wavelength change
d. wavelength changes only
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: speed changes

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19)   An example of 'refraction' of light is

a. water
b. wall
c. brick
d. metal
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: water

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20)   To form other colors like brown, peach, purple etc. the colors that are required, are

a. red, yellow and green
b. red, blue and orange
c. green, blue and yellow
d. red, green and blue
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: red, green and blue

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