The albedo of a planet is indicative of its
transmission coefficient
reflection coefficient
absorption coefficient
adsorption coefficient
B.
reflection coefficient
The 'albedo' is a reflection coefficient of a heavenly body or planet.
Three observers A, B, C measure the speed of light coming from a source to be vA, vB and vC. The observer A moves away from the source at the same speed. The observer B stays stationary. The surrounding space is vacuum everywhere. Then
vA > vB > vC
vA < vB < vC
vA = vB = vC
vA = vB > vC
The refractive index of water is 1.33. The direction in which a man under water should look to see the setting sun is
49° to the horizontal
90° with the vertical
49° to the vertical
along the horizontal
A fish, looking up through the water sees the outside world contained in a circular horizon. If the refractive index of water is 4/3 and the fish is 12 cm below the surface of water, the radius of the circle in centimetre is
A given ray of light suffers minimum deviation in an equilateral prism P. Additional prisms Q and R of identical
shape and material are now added to P, as shown in the figure. The ray will suffer
same deviation
greater deviation
total internal reflection
no deviation
The aperture of the objective lens of a telescope is made large so as to
increase the resolving power of the telescope
increase the magnifying power of the telescope
to focus on distant objects
make image aberrationless
A lamp hanging 4 metres above the table is lowered by 1 metre. The illumination on the table
decreased by 25%
increased by 25%
decreased by 66.7%
increased by 77.7%
If a ray of light in a denser medium enters into a rarer medium at an angle of incidence i, the angle of reflection and refraction are respectively r and r'. If the reflected and refracted rays are at right angles to each other, the critical angle for the given pair of media is
sin-1 (tan r')
sin-1 (tan r)
tan-1 (sin i)
cot (tan i)
A thread is tied slightly loose to a wire frame as in figure and the frame is dipped into a soap solution and taken out. The frame is completely covered with the film. When the portion A is punctured with a pin, the thread
becomes concave towards A
becomes convex towards A
either (a) or (b) depending on the size of A with respect to B
remains in the initial position