Rainbow -Multiple Choice Questions Quiz

Interactive MCQs on “Rainbow”:

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Question 1: What causes a rainbow to form?

(a) Refraction, dispersion, and reflection of sunlight in raindrops.
(b) Reflection of moonlight on water droplets.
(c) Absorption of light by clouds.
(d) Scattering of light in the atmosphere.

Question 2: What is the primary reason why rainbows appear as a circular arc in the sky?

(a) The circular shape of raindrops.
(b) The shape of the Earth's atmosphere.
(c) The refraction of sunlight.
(d) The observer's viewpoint on the ground.

Question 3: What are the primary colors of light that make up a rainbow?

(a) Red, blue, and green
(b) Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet
(c) Black and white
(d) Infrared and ultraviolet

Question 4: Why is the color red always on the outer edge of a primary rainbow?

(a) Red light has the highest energy.
(b) Red light is refracted the least by raindrops.
(c) Red light is absorbed by raindrops.
(d) Red light has the longest wavelength.

Question 5: What is the secondary rainbow, which appears outside the primary rainbow, caused by?

(a) Double reflection of sunlight in raindrops.
(b) Refraction and dispersion of moonlight.
(c) Scattering of light by particles in the air.
(d) Reflection and dispersion of sunlight in raindrops.

Question 6: Why are the colors in a secondary rainbow reversed compared to a primary rainbow?

(a) Due to interference of light waves.
(b) Due to the shape of the raindrops.
(c) Due to the longer path of light inside raindrops.
(d) Due to the shorter path of light inside raindrops.

Question 7: What is the name of the dark band that appears between the primary and secondary rainbows?

(a) Spectrum band
(b) Supernumerary band
(c) Umbra
(d) Penumbra

Question 8: What is the phenomenon called when a circular rainbow is observed around the shadow of an observer's head on a cloud or fog?

(a) Halo
(b) Corona
(c) Glory
(d) Spectrum

Question 9: What is the scientific name for a moonbow, which is a rainbow that occurs at night?

(a) Nocturnal rainbow
(b) Lunar rainbow
(c) Nightglow
(d) Starbow

Question 10: What is the term for the complete circular rainbow that occurs in the sky above the observer's head when viewed from an airplane?

(a) Ground rainbow
(b) Sky rainbow
(c) Full-circle rainbow
(d) Air rainbow