Shadows & Eclipses — Homi Bhabha Class 6 Physics MCQs with Solutions
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Q1 — Shadows & Eclipses · easy · theory
A shadow is formed when an opaque object blocks:
A. sound
B. light ✓ Correct
C. air
D. water
Solution: A shadow is the dark area formed when an opaque object comes in the path of light and stops it from passing.
Q2 — Shadows & Eclipses · easy · theory
Which three things are needed to form a shadow?
A. A mirror and some water
B. A source of light, an opaque object, and a screen (surface) ✓ Correct
C. Only complete darkness
D. Only an opaque object
Solution: To get a shadow you need light, an opaque object to block that light, and a surface (screen) on which the dark shadow falls.
Q3 — Shadows & Eclipses · easy · theory
The colour of a shadow is always:
A. the same colour as the object
B. white
C. red
D. dark (black) ✓ Correct
Solution: A shadow shows only where light is blocked, not the object colour, so it always looks dark (black), whatever colour the object is.
Q4 — Shadows & Eclipses · easy · theory
A shadow is always formed on the side of the object that is:
A. inside the object
B. away from the light (opposite side) ✓ Correct
C. right above the object
D. facing the light
Solution: Light is blocked by the object, so the shadow falls on the side opposite to the light source, away from the light.
Q5 — Shadows & Eclipses · medium · theory
In the early morning and late evening, when the Sun is low in the sky, shadows are:
A. very long ✓ Correct
B. not formed at all
C. very short
D. perfectly round
Solution: When the Sun is low, its light comes in at a slanting angle, so objects cast long shadows.
Q6 — Shadows & Eclipses · medium · theory
At noon, when the Sun is almost straight overhead, your shadow is:
A. the longest
B. behind you and huge
C. brightly coloured
D. the shortest ✓ Correct
Solution: With the Sun nearly overhead, light falls almost straight down, so the shadow is the shortest at noon.
Q7 — Shadows & Eclipses · medium · theory
A shadow can tell us about an object’s:
A. smell
B. colour
C. temperature
D. shape (outline) ✓ Correct
Solution: A shadow is a dark outline of the object, so it shows the object’s shape but not its colour, temperature or smell.
Q8 — Shadows & Eclipses · medium · theory
A solar eclipse happens when:
A. the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth ✓ Correct
B. the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon
C. the Sun comes between the Earth and the Moon
D. clouds simply cover the Sun
Solution: In a solar eclipse the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth, so the Moon’s shadow falls on the Earth and blocks the Sun.
Q9 — Shadows & Eclipses · hard · theory
A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon. For this, the three must lie in a line in the order:
A. Moon – Earth – Sun with the Moon in the middle
B. Sun – Moon – Earth with the Moon in the middle
C. Sun – Earth – Moon with the Earth in the middle ✓ Correct
D. Earth – Sun – Moon with the Sun in the middle
Solution: For a lunar eclipse the Earth must be between the Sun and the Moon (Sun – Earth – Moon), so the Earth’s shadow falls on the Moon.
Q10 — Shadows & Eclipses · hard · theory
A boy stands between a lamp and a wall. If he moves closer to the lamp, his shadow on the wall becomes:
A. larger ✓ Correct
B. smaller
C. exactly the same size
D. brightly coloured
Solution: Moving nearer the lamp, the boy blocks the spreading light closer to the source, so his shadow spreads out more on the wall and looks larger.