Ray optics - Critical Thinking

1.A point source of light B is placed at a distance L in front of the centre of a mirror of width d
hung vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at
a distance 2L from it as shown. The greatest distance over which he can see the image of the
d
light source in the mirror is(a)
(b) d
2d
3d
2
2.Two plane mirrors A and B are aligned parallel to each other, as shown in the figure. A
light ray is incident at an angle of 30 at a point just inside one end of A. The plane of
incidence coincides with the plane of the figure. The maximum number of times the ray
undergoes reflections (including the first one) before it emerges out is
(a)28
(b)30
(c)32
(d)34
3.A concave mirror of focal length 100cm is used to obtain the image of the sun which subtends an angle of 30'. The
diameter of the image of the sun will be(a) 1.74cm (b) 0.87cm
(c) 0.435cm (d) 100cm
4.A square of side 3cm is placed at a distance of 25cm from a concave mirror of focal length 10cm. The centre of the
square is at the axis of the mirror and the plane is normal to the axis. The area enclosed by the image of the square
(b) 6cm2
(c)16cm2
(d) 36cm2
is(a) 4cm2
5. short linear object of length I lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f at a distance u from the pole
of the mirror. The size of the image is approximately equal to

u f
(a) f

1
2

u f
(b) f

f
(c) f

u f

1
2

f
(d ) f

u f

f
lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f. One end of its magnified image
3
1
1
touches an end of the rod. The length of the image is ( a ) f
(b) f
(d ) f
(c) 2 f
2
4
7.A ray of light falls on the surface of a spherical glass paper weight making an angle a with the normal and is
refracted in the medium at an angle p. The angle of deviation of the emergent ray from the direction of the incident
( )
ray ( a )( )
( b ) 2 ( )
( d )( )
(c)
2
8.Light enters at an angle of incidence in a transparent rod of refractive index n. For what value of the refractive
index of the material of the rod the light once entered into it will not leave it through its lateral face whatsoever be
the value of angle of incidence ( a ) n > 2
(b) n = 1
( c ) n = 1.1
( d ) n = 1.3
6. A thin rod of length

9.A glass hemisphere of radius 0.04 m and R.l. of the material 1.6 is placed centrally over a cross mark on a paper (i)
with the flat face; (ii) with the curved face in contact with the paper. In each case the cross mark is viewed directly
from above. The position of the images will be
(a) (i) 0.04 m from the flat face; (ii) 0.025 m from the flat face
(b)(i) At the same position of the cross mark; (ii) 0.025 m below the flat face
(c)(i) 0.025 m from the flat face; (ii) 0.04 m from the flat face
(d)For both (i) and (ii) 0.025 m from the highest point of the hemisphere
10.One face of a rectangular glass plate 6 cm thick is silvered. An object held 8 cm in front of the first face, forms an
image 12 cm behind the silvered face. The refractive index of the glass is
(a) 0.4
(b) 0.8
(c) 1.2
(d)1.6
11.A rectangular glass slab ABCD, of refractive index n1. is immersed in water of refractive index n2 ( n1 > n2 ) . A ray
of light in incident at the surface AB of the slab as shown. The maximum value of the
angle of incidence max such that the ray comes out only from the other surface CD is

n
given by ( a ) sin 1 1 cos sin 1 2
n1

n2

( b ) sin 1 n1 cos sin 1

n2

 n1
n
( d ) sin 1 2

n2
n1
12. A diverging beam of light from a point source S having divergence angle , falls symmetrically
on a glass slab as shown. The angles of incidence of the two extreme rays are equal. If the thickness
of the glass slab is t and the refractive index n, then the divergence angle of the emergent beam is
1
1
( c ) sin 1
( d ) 2sin 1
( a ) Zero
(b )
n
n
13.A concave mirror is placed at the bottom of an empty tank with face upwards and axis vertical. When sunlight
4

falls normally on the mirror, it is focussed at distance of 32 cm from the mirror. If the tank filled with water =
3

height of 20 cm, then the sunlight will now get focussed at

(a)16 cm above water level
(b)9 cm above water level
(c)24 cm below water level
(d)9 cm below water level
14.An air bubble in sphere having 4 cm diameter appears 1 cm from surface nearest to eye when looked along
diameter. If a g = 1.5; the distance of bubble from, refracting surface is

( c ) sin 1

(a) 1.2 cm
(b) 3.2 cm
(c)2.8 cm
(d)1.6 cm
15.An observer can see through a pin-hole the top end of a thin rod of height h, placed as
shown in the figure. The beaker height is 3h and its radius h. When the beaker is filled with a
liquid up to a height 2h, he can see the lower end of the rod. Then the refractive index of the

5
3
5
3
(d )
( b )
( c )
2
2
2
2
16. A ray of light is incident at the glass-water interface at an angle i, it emerges finally
parallel to the surface of water, then the value of g would be
liquid is ( a )

( a )

4
sin i
3

(b)

1
sin i

(c)

4
3

( d )1

17.A glass prism ( = 1.5 ) is dipped in water = as shown in figure. A light ray is
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incident normally on the surface AB. It reaches the surface BC after totally reflected, if
2
8
8
8
(d)It is not possible
( b ) < sin <
( c ) sin
( a ) sin
3
9
9
9
18.A convex lens A of focal length 20 cm and a concave lens B of focal length 5 cm arc kept along the same axis with
the distance d between them. If a parallel beam of light falling on A leaves B as a parallel beam, then distance d in
cm will be
(a) 25 (b) 15
(c) 30
(d) 50
19.Diameter of a plano-convex lens is 6 cm and thickness at the centre is 3 mm. If the speed of light in the material
of the lens is 2 x 108 m/s, the focal length of the lens is(a) 15 cm (b) 20 cm
(c) 30 cm
(d) 10 cm
20.A point object O is placed on the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 20 cm at a distance of 40 cm to the
left of it. The diameter of the lens is 10 cm. If the eye is placed 60 cm to the right of the lens at a distance h below
the principal axis, then the maximum value of h to see the image will be
(a) 0
(b) 5 cm
(c) 2.5 cm
(d) 10 cm
21.A luminous object is placed at a distance of 30 cm from the convex lens of focal length 20 cm. On the other side
of the lens, at what distance from the lens a convex mirror of radius of curvature 10 cm be placed in order to have
an upright image of the object coincident with it(a) 12 cm (b) 30 cm
(c) 50 cm
(d) 60 cm
22.Shown in the figure here is a convergent lens placed inside a cell filled with a liquid. The lens has
focal length + 20 cm when in air and its material has refractive index 1.50. If the liquid has refractive
index 1.60, the focal length of the system is (a)+ 80 cm
(b)-80 cm
(c)- 24 cm
(d)- 10 cm

23.A hollow double concave lens is made of very thin transparent material. It can be filled with air or either of two
liquids L 1 and L2 having refractive indices n1 and nz respectively ( n2 > n1 > 1) . The lens will diverge a parallel beam of
light if it is filled with(a)Air and placed in air
(b)Air and immersed in L 1
(c)L1 and immersed in L2
(d)L2 and immersed in L 1
24.A biconvex lens of focal length 15 cm is in front of a plane mirror. The distance between the lens and the mirror
is 10 cm. A small object is kept at a distance of 30 cm from the lens. The final image is
(a)Virtual and at a distance of 16 cm from mirror
(b)Real and at distance of 16 cm from the mirror
(c)Virtual and at a distance of 20 cm from the mirror
(d)Real and at a distance of 20 cm from the mirror
25.Which one of the following spherical lenses does not exhibit dispersion? The radii of curvature of the surfaces of
the lenses are as given in the diagrams

26.The size of the image of an object, which is at infinity, as formed by a convex lens of focal length 30cm is 2 cm. If
a concave lens of focal length 20 cm is placed between the convex lens and the image at a distance of 26 cm from
the convex lens, calculate the new size of the image (a) 1.25 cm (b) 2.5 cm
(c) 1.05 cm
(d) 2 cm
0
27.An achromatic prism is made by crown glass prism Ac = 19 and flint glass prism

(A

0
6=
and F V 1.66 , then resultant deviation for red coloured ray will be
) . If C v 1.5=

(a) 1.04

(b) 5

(c) 0.96

(d) 13.5

A
. The angle of minimum
2
deviation is(a) 180-3A
(b) 180+ 2A
(c) 90-A
(d) 180-2A
29.An isosceles prism of angle 120 has a refractive index of 1.44. Two parallel monochromatic rays
enter the prism parallel to each other in air as shown. The rays emerging from the opposite faces
(a)Are parallel to each other
(b)Are diverging
(c)Make an angle 2sin-1(0.72) with each other
(d)Make an angle 2{sin-1(0.72)-30} with each other
30.A ray of light is incident on the hypotenuse of a right-angled prism after travelling parallel to the base inside the
prism. If is the refractive index of the material of the prism, the maximum value of the base angle for which light
is totally reflected from the hypotenuse is
1
1
1
1
( a ) sin 1
( b ) tan 1
( c ) sin 1
( d ) cos 1

31. The refractive index of the material of the prism and liquid are 1.56 and 1.32 respectively.
What will be the value of 6 for the following refraction
13
11
3
1
( a ) sin
( b ) sin
( c ) sin
( d ) sin
11
13
2
2
32.A spherical surface of radius of curvature R separates air (refractive index 1.0) from glass (refractive index 1.5).
The centre of curvature is in the glass. A point object P placed in air is found to have a real image Q in the glass. The
line PQ cuts the surface at a point O, and PO = OQ. The distance PO is equal to
(a) 5 R
(b) 3 R
(c) 2 R (d) 1.5 R
33A plano-convex lens when silvered in the plane side behaves like a concave mirror of focal length 30cm. However,
when silvered on the convex side it behaves like a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. Then the refractive index of
its material will be(a) 3.0
(b) 2.0
(c) 2.5 (d) 1.5
34.A ray of light travels from an optically denser to rarer medium. The critical angle for the two media is C. The

maximum possible deviation of the ray will be ( a ) C

( c ) 2C
( d ) C
( b ) 2C
2

28.The refracting angle of prism is A and refractive index of material of prism is cot

35.An astronaut is looking down on earth's surface from a space shuttle at an altitude of 400 km. Assuming that the
astronaut's pupil diameter is 5 mm and the wavelength of visible light is 500 nm. The astronaut will be able to
resolve linear object of the size of about(a)0.5 m
(b)5 m
(c)50 m
(d)500 m
36.A car is fitted with a convex side-view mirror of focal length 20cm. A second car 2.8m behind the first car is
overtaking the first car at a relative speed of 15m/s. The speed of the image of the second car as seen in the mirror
1
1
of the first one is ( a ) m / s ( b ) m / s
( c )10m / s
( d )15m / s
10
15
37.A ball is dropped from a height of 20 m above the surface of water in a lake. The refractive index of water is 4/3.
A fish inside the lake, in the line of fall of the ball, is looking at the ball. At an instant, when the ball is 12.8 m above
the water surface, the fish sees the speed of ball as [ g = 10 m/s2 ]
(a) 9 m/s
(b) 12 m/s
(c) 16 m/s
(d) 21.33 m/s
38.A small source of light is to be suspended directly above the centre of a circular table of radius R. What should
be the height of the light source above the table so that the intensity of light is maximum at the edges of the table
R
R
compared to any other height of the source ( a )
(c) R
(b)
( d ) 2R
2
2
39.A light source is located at P 1 as shown in the figure. All sides of the polygon are equal. The
intensity of illumination at P 2 is I 0 . What will be the intensity of illumination at P3
I
3
3 3
3
I0
(b) 0
( c ) I0
(a)
( d ) I0
8
8
8
8
40. A container is filled with water ( =1.33) upto a height of 33.25 cm. A concave mirror is
placed 15 cm above the water level and the image of an object placed at the bottom is
formed 25 cm below the water level. The focal length of the mirror is
(a)10
(b)15
(c) 20
(d)25
41. A point object is moving on the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 24cm towards the mirror. When
it is at a distance of 60cm from the mirror, its velocity is 9cm / sec. What is the velocity of the image at that instant
(a)5cm / sec towards the mirror
(b)4cm / sec towards the mirror
(c)4cm / sec away from the mirror
(d)9cm / sec away from the mirror
42.A concave mirror is placed on a horizontal table with its axis directed vertically upwards. Let O be the pole of the
mirror and C its centre of curvature. A point object is placed at C. It has a real image, also located at C. If the mirror
is now filled with water, the image will be
(a)Real, and will remain at C
(b)Real, and located at a point between C and
(c)Virtual and located at a point between C and O
(d)Real, and located at a point between C and O
43.The diameter of moon is 3.5x103 km and its distance from the earth is 3.8x105 km. If it is seen through a
telescope whose focal length for objective and eye lens are 4 m and 10 cm respectively, then the angle subtended
by the moon on the eye will be approximately (a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 30
(d) 35
44.The focal length of an objective of a telescope is 3 metre and diameter 15 cm. Assuming for a normal eye, the
diameter of the pupil is 3 mm for its complete use, the focal length of eye piece must be
(a) 6 cm
(b) 6.3 cm
(c) 20cm
(d) 60cm
45.We wish to see inside an atom. Assuming the atom to have a diameter of 100 pm, this means that one must be
able to resolved a width of say 10 pm. If an electron microscope is used, the minimum electron energy required is
about(a) 1.5 keV
(b) 15 keV
(c) 150 keV (d) 1.5 keV
46.A telescope has an objective lens of 10 cm diameter and is situated at a distance of one kilometre from two
objects. The minimum distance between these two objects, which can be resolved by the telescope, when the mean
wavelength of light is 5000'A, is of the order of
(a) 0.5 m
(b) 5 m
(c) 5 mm
(d) 5 cm
47.Two point white dots are 1mm apart on a black paper. They are viewed by eye of pupil
diameter 3 mm. Approximately, what is the maximum distance at which dots can be resolved by
the eye ? [Take wavelength of light = 500 nm](a)6 m
(b) 3 m
(c)5 m
(d) 1 m
48.A convex lens of focal length 30 cm and a concave lens of 10 cm focal length are placed so as
to have the same axis. If a parallel beam of light failing on convex lens leaves concave lens as a parallel beam, then
the distance between two lenses will be(a) 40 cm (b) 30 cm
(c) 20 cm
(d)
10 cm

49.A small plane mirror placed at the centre of a spherical screen of radius R. A beam of light is falling on the
mirror. If the mirror makes n revolution per second, the speed of light on the screen after reflection from the mirror
nR
nR
will be ( a ) 4 nR
(c)
(d )
( b ) 2 nR
2
4
50.A room (cubical) is made of mirrors. An insect is moving along the diagonal on the floor such that the velocity of
image of insect on two adjacent wall mirrors is 10 cms-1. The velocity of image of insect in ceiling mirror is
10
( d )10 2cms 1
( c ) cms 1
(b) 20 cms-1
(a) 10 cms-1
2
51.Figure shows a cubical room ABCD with the wall CD as a plane mirror. Each side of the room is
3m. We place a camera at the midpoint of the wall AB. At what distance should the camera be
focussed to photograph an object placed at A (a)1.5 m (b)3 m (c)6 m (d) More Than 6 m
52. If an object moves towards a plane mirror with a speed v at an angle 6 to the
perpendicular to the plane of the mirror, find the relative velocity between the object and
the image ( a ) v
( b ) 2v
( c ) 2v cos
( d ) 2v sin
53. A plane mirror is placed at the bottom of the tank containing a liquid of refractive index n .P
is a small object at a height h above the mirror. An observer O-vertically above P outside the
liquid see P and its image in the mirror. The apparent distance between these two will be
1
2h
2h
( d ) h 1 +
( a ) 2 h
(b)
(c)

1

54. One side of a glass slab is silvered as shown. A ray of light is incident on the other side at
angle of incidence i = 45 . Refractive index of glass is given as 1.5. The deviation of the ray
of light from its initial path when it comes out of the slab is
(b)1800
(c)1200
(d)450
(a)900
4

55.Consider the situation shown in figure. Water e = is filled in a beaker upto a

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height of 10 cm. A plane mirror fixed at a height of 5 cm from the surface of water.
Distance of image from the mirror after reflection from it of an object O at the bottom
of the beaker is(a)15 cm
(b)12.5 cm
(c)7.5 cm
(d)10 cm
56. In an experiment to determine the focal length (f) of a concave mirror by the u - u method, a student places the
object pin A on the principal axis at a distance x from the pole P. The student looks at the pin and its inverted image
from a distance keeping his/her eye in line with PA . When the student shifts his/her eye towards left, the image
appears to the right of the object pin. Then ( a ) x < f
(b) f < x < 2 f
(c) x = 2 f
(d ) x < 2 f
57.Two transparent slabs have the same thickness as shown. One is
made of material A of refractive index 1.5. The other is made of two
materials B and C with thickness in the ratio 1 : 2 . The refractive index
of C is 1.6. If a monochromatic parallel beam passing through the slabs
has the same number of waves inside both, the refractive index of B
is(a) 1.1
(b) 1.2
(c) 1.3
(d) 1.4
58. An object is placed infront of a convex mirror at a distance of 50 cm. A plane mirror is introduced covering the
lower half of the convex mirror. If the distance between the object and plane mirror is 30 cm, it is found that there
is no parallax between the images formed by two mirrors. Radius of curvature of mirror will be
50
(a) 12.5 cm (b) 25 cm
(d) 18 cm
( c ) cm
3
59.A cube of side 2 m is placed in front of a concave mirror focal length lm with its
face P at a distance of 3 m and face Q at a distance of 5 m from the mirror. The
distance between the images of face P and Q and height of images of P and Q
are(a)1 m, 0.5 m, 0.25 m
(b)0.5 m, 1 m, 0.25 m
(c)0.5 m, 0.25 m, 1m
(d)0.25 m, 1m, 0.5 m
60. A small piece of wire bent into an L shape with upright and horizontal portions of equal lengths, is placed with
the horizontal portion along the axis of the concave mirror whose radius of curvature is 10 cm. If the bend is 20 cm

from the pole of the mirror, then the ratio of the lengths of the images of the upright and horizontal portions of the
wire is(a) 1 : 2
(b)3:1
(c) 1 : 3
(d)2:1
61. The image of point P when viewed from top of the slabs will be
(a)2.0 cm above P
(b)1.5 cm above P
(c)2.0 cm below P
(d) 1 cm above P
62. A fish rising vertically up towards the surface of water with speed 3 msJ observes a bird
diving vertically down towards it with speed 9ms-1 . The actual velocity of bird is
(a)4.5 ms-1
(b)5. ms-1
(c)3.0 ms -1
(d)3.4 ms-1
63.A beaker containing liquid is placed on a table, underneath a microscope which can be moved along a vertical
scale. The microscope is focussed, through the liquid onto a mark on the table when the reading on the scale is a. It
is next focussed on the upper surface of the liquid and the reading is b. More liquid is added and the observations
are repeated, the corresponding readings are c and d. The refractive index of the liquid is
d c b+ a
d b
d b
bd
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d )
d c b+ a
d c b+ a
d b
a+bcd
64.Two point light sources are 24 cm apart. Where should a convex lens of focal length 9 cm be put in between
them from one source so that the images of both the sources are fortned at the same place
(a)' 6cm
(b) 9cm
(c) 12 cm
(d) 15 cm
3
4
and a g =
and a w
65.There is an equiconvex glass lens with radius of each face as R=
. If there is water in
2
3
object space and air in image space, then the focal length is
3R
(c)
( a ) 2R
(b) R
( d ) R2
2
66. A prism having an apex angle 40 and refraction index 1.5 is located in front of a vertical
plane mirror as shown in figure. Through what total angle is the ray deviated after
(b)40 (c)1780
(d)20
reflection from the mirror(a)1760
67. An optical fibre consists of core of 1 surrounded by a cladding of 1 < 2 A beam of light enters from air at an
angle a with axis of fibre. The highest a for which ray can be travelled through fibre is

( a ) cos 1 22 12
( c ) tan 1 12 22

( b ) sin 1 12 22
( d ) sec1 12 22

68.A rod of glass ( = 1.5) and of square cross section is bent into the shape shown in the
figure. A parallel beam of light falls on the plane flat surface A as shown in the figure. If d is the
d
width of a side and R is the radius of circular arc then forwhat maximum value of
light
2
entering the glass slab through surface A emerges from the glass through B
(a)1.5
(b)0.5
(c)1.3
(d) None of these
69.The slab of a material of refractive index 2 shown in figure has curved surface APB of
radius of curvature 10 cm and a plane surface CD. On the left of APB is air and on the
right of CD is water with refractive indices as given in figure. An object O is placed at a
distance of 15 cm from pole P as shown. The distance of the final image of O from P, as
viewed from the left is (a) 20 cm
(b) 30 cm
(c) 40 cm
(d) 50 cm
70.A double convex lens, lens made of a material of refractive index 1 , is placed inside
two liquids or refractive indices 2 and 3 , as shown. 2 > 1 > 3 .A wide, parallel beam of
light is incident on the lens from the left. The lens will give rise to
(a)A sinale convergent beam
(b)Two different convergent beams
(c)Two different divergent beams
(d)A convergent and a divergent beam
71.The distance between a convex lens and a plane mirror is 10 cm. The parallel rays incident
on the convex lens after reflection from the mirror form image at the optical centre of the lens.
Focal length of lens will be
(a)10 cm
(b)20 cm
(c)30 cm
(d) cannot be determined

72.A compound microscope is used to enlarge an object kept at a distance 0.03m from it's objective which consists
of several convex lenses in contact and has focal length 0.02m. If a lens of focal length 0.1m is removed from the
objective, then by what distance the eye-piece of the microscope must be moved to refocus the image
(a) 2.5 cm
(b) 6 cm
(c) 15 cm
(d) 9 cm
73.If the focal length of the objective lens and the eye lens are 4 mm and 25 mm respectively in a compound
microscope. The length of the tube is 16 cm. Find its magnifying power for relaxed eye position
(a) 32.75
(b) 327.5
(c) 0.3275
(d) None of the above
74.Three right angled prisms of refractive indices n 1 , n 2 and n 3 are fixed
together using an optical glue as shown in figure. If a ray passes through the
prisms without suffering any deviation, then ( a ) n=
n=
n3
1
2

( b ) n=1

n2 n3

( c )1 + n1 = n2 + n3

( d )1 + n22 = n12 + n32

75.In a compound microscope, the focal length of the objective and the eye lens are 2.5 cm and 5 cm respectively.
An object is placed at 3.75 cm before the objective and image is formed at the least distance of distinct vision, then
the distance between two lenses will be (i.e. length of the microscopic tube)
(a) 11.67 cm
(b) 12.67 cm
(c) 13.00 cm (d) 12.00 cm
76.In a grease spot photometer light from a lamp with dirty chimney is exactly balanced by a point source distance
10 cm from the grease spot. On clearing the chimney, the point source is moved 2 cm to obtain balance again. The
percentage of light absorbed by dirty chimney is nearly(a) 56%
(b) 44%
(c) 36%(d) 64%
77.The separation between the screen and a plane mirror is 2r. An isotropic point source of light is placed exactly
midway between the mirror and the screen. Assume that mirror reflects 100% of incident light. Then the ratio of
illuminances on the screen with and without the mirror is(a) 10 : 1
(b)10:9
(c) 1 0 : 9
(d)9:1
78.The separation between the screen and a concave mirror is 2r. An isotropic point source of light is placed exactly
midway between the mirror and the screen. Mirror has a radius of curvature r and reflects 100% of the incident
light. Then the ratio of illuminances on the screen with and without the mirror is
(a) 10 : 1
(b) 2 : 1
(c) 1 0 : 9
(d) 9 : 1
79.The apparent depth of water in cylindrical water tank of diameter 2R cm is reducing at the rate of x cm/minute
when water is being drained out at a constant rate. The amount of water drained in c.c. per minute is (n1 =
refractive index of air, n2 = refractive index of water)
n
n
n
( a ) x 2 R 2 1
( b ) x R 2 2
( c ) 2 R 1
( d ) R2 x
n2
n1
n2
80.A point object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a thin plano-convex lens of focal
length 15 cm , if the plane surface is silvered. The image will form at
(a)60 cm left of AB
(b)30 cm left of AB
(c)12 cm left of AB
(d)60 cm right of AB
81. A bi-convex lens of focal length f forms a circular image of sun of radius r in focal plane.
( a) r 2 f
(b) r 2 f 2
(c)If lower half part is covered by black sheet, then area of the image is equal to

r2
2

(d)If f is doubled, intensity will increase

82.The image of a small electric bulb fixed on the wall of a room is to be obtained on the opposite wall 4m away by
means of a large convex lens. The maximum possible focal length of the lens required for this purpose will be
(a) 0.5 m
(b) 1.0 m
(c) 1.5 m
(d) 2.0 m
83. A light bulb is at a depth of D below the surface of water. An opaque disc of radius R is placed on the surface of
water just above the bulb. The bulb is not at all seen through the surface of water, then (n = Refractive index of
water)
D
D
D
d ) R D n2 1
(=
(a) R = 2
(b) R > 2
(c) R < 2
n 1
n 1
n 1

84.A concave mirror of focal length ' f1 ' is placed at a distance of 'd' from a convex lens of focal length ' f 2 ' . A beam
of light coming from infinity and falling on this convex lens - concave mirror combination returns to infinity. The
distance 'd' must equal ( a ) f1 + f 2
( b ) f1 + f 2
( c ) 2 f1 + f 2
( d ) 2 f1 + f 2

Graphical Questions

1.In an experiment to find the focal length of a concave mirror a graph is drawn between themagnitudes of u and v.
The graph looks like

2. As the position of an object (u) reflected from a concave mirror is varied, the position of the image (v) also varies.
By letting the u changes from 0 to + the graph between v versus u will be

3. When light is incident on a medium at angle i and refracted into a second medium at an angle r, the graph of sin i
us sinr is as shown in the graph. From this, one can conclude that
(a)Velocity of light in the second medium is 1.73 times the velocity of light in the I medium
(b)Velocity of light in the I medium is 1.73 times the velocity in the II medium
1
1
(d) sin ic =
(c)The critical angle for the two media is given by sin ic =
2
3
4.The graph between the lateral magnification ( m ) produced by a lens and the distance of the image (u) is given by
5.

The graph shows variation of v with change in u for a mirror. Points plotted above the point P on
the curve are for values of v
(b) Smaller then 2 f
(a) Smaller then f
(c) Larger then 2 f (d) Larger than f
6.The graph shows how the magnification m produced by a convex thin lens varies with
image distance v. What was the focal length of the used lines
b
b
bc
c
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d )
c
ca
a
b
7.Which of the following graphs show appropriate variation of refractive index , with wavelength

8.For a concave mirror, if real image is formed the graph between

1
1
and is of the form
u
v

9.The graph between u and v for a convex mirror is

10. For a convex lens, if real image is formed the (u + v) and u or v is as follows

11. Which of the following graphs is the magnification of a real image against the distance from the focus of a
concave mirror

12. A graph is plotted between angle of deviation ( ) and angle of incidence (i) for a prism. The nearly correct
graph is

13.A student measures the focal length of a convex lens by putting an object pin at a distance 'u' from the lens and
measuring the distance 'v' of the image pin. The graph between 'u' and 'v' plotted by the student should look like

14.For a small angled prism, angle of prism A, the angle of minimum deviation ( ) varies with the refractive index
of the prism as shown in the graph
(a)Point P corresponds to = 1
A
(b)Slope of the line PQ =
2
(c)Slope = A
(d)None of the above statements is true