CH 9 MCQ Ray Optics-1
CH 9 MCQ Ray Optics-1
CH 9 MCQ Ray Optics-1
1. A glass lens is immersed in water. What will be the effect on the power of lens?
(A) increase (B) decrease
(C) constant (D) not depends
2. How does the magnifying power of a telescope change on increasing the linear diameter of its
objective?
(A) Power increases on increases diameter
(B) Power decreases on decreases diameter
(C) Power remain constant on increases diameter
(D) Power doesn’t depends on diameter
3. An astronomical telescope has a large aperture to
(A) increase span of observation
(B) have low dispersion
(C) reduce spherical aberration
(D) have high resolution
4. Two lenses of focal lengths 20 cm and - 40cm are held in contact. If an object lies at infinity, image
formed by the lens combination will be a
(A) infinity
(B) 20cm
(C) 40cm
(D) 60cm
5. The characteristic feature of light which remains unaffected on refraction is
(A) speed
(B) frequency
(C) wavelength
(D) velocity of light
6. The air bubble inside water shine due to
(A) Reflection
(B) Refraction
(C) T.l.R
(D) None of these
7. How does the focal length of a convex lens changes if mono chromatic red light is used instead of
violet light?
(A) ) Focal length is increased when red light is used
(B) Focal length is decreased when red light is used
(C) Focal length is remain same when red light is used
(D) Not depends on color of light.
8. When a convex lens placed inside a transparent medium of refracting index greater than that of its
own material
(A) It behave as concave lens
(B) It behave as convex lens
(C) It behave as a glass slab
(D) It behave as a glass prism
9. The deviation of a ray on passing through a prism is (μ-1)A FOR
(A) All conditions
(B) small angle A
(C) ) Large angle A
(D) In minimum angle of deviation case.
10. A thin prism of 12° angle gives a deviation of 6°. The refracting index of a material of the prism
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(A) 3/2
(B) 4/3
(C) 8/9
(D)9/8
11. The radius of curvature of the convex surface of a plano- convex lens ,whose focal length Is
0.3m & the refractive index of material is 1.5 is
(A) 1.5m
(B) 0.15m
(C)0.5m
(D)1 .25m
12. The magnifying power of an astronomical telescope in the normal adjustment position Is
100.The distance between objective & the eyepiece is 101cm.what is the focal length of
objective.
(A) 100cm
(B) 1cm
(C) 50 cm
(D) 11cm
13. A Tank is filled with water to a height of 12.5cm.The apparent depth of a needle lying at
Bottom of tank is measured by a microscope to be 9.4cm.What is the refractive of water ?
(A) 1.33
(B) 1.5
(C) 1.13
(D) 1.45
14. Two thin lenses of focal lengths 20 cm and 25 cm are placed in contact. The effective power of the
combination is:
(A) 45 D
(B) 9 D
(C) 19 D
(D)6 D
15. The angle of deviation for a prism is greatest for:
(A) violet
(B) red.
(C) orange
(D) yellow
16. An astronomical refractive telescope has an objective of focal length 20 m and an eyepiece of focal
length 2 cm. Then
(i) the magnification is 1000
(ii) the length of the telescope tube is 20.02 m
(iii) the image formed of inverted
(iv) all of these
17. An astronomical refractive telescope has an objective of focal length 20 m and an eyepiece of focal
length 2 cm. Which one of the following is not possible?
(i) The length of the telescope tube is 20.02 m.
(ii) The magnification is 1000.
(iii) The image formed is inverted.
(iv) An objective of a larger aperture will increase the brightness and reduce chromatic aberration of
the image.
18. A concave mirror is held in water. What should be the change in the focal length of the mirror?
(i) Halved
39. An object placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length 0.15 m produces a virtual image,
which is twice the size of the object. The position of the object with respect to the mirror is
(1) –5.5 cm (2) –6.5 cm (3) –7.5 cm (4) –8.5 cm
40. When a light ray from a rarer medium is refracted into a denser medium, its
(1) Speed increases, wavelength increases (2) Speed decreases, wavelength increases
(3) Speed increases, wavelength decreases (4) Speed decreases, wavelength decreases
41. An equiconvex lens of focal length 15 cm is cut into two halves as shown in figure. Find the
focal length of each part?
45. Two lenses of focal lengths 20 cm and - 40cm are held in contact. If an object lies at infinity,
image formed by the lens combination will be at
a. infinity
b. 20cm
c. 40cm
d. 60cm
46. In the minimum deviation position, the refracted ray in the prism is
1. Parallel to the base of prism.
2. Perpendicular to the base of prism.
3. Parallel to the any side of prism
4. None of the above
47. Due to refraction, the depth of an optically denser medium appears to be
50. Refractive index of water is 5/3. A light source is placed in water at a depth of 4 m. Then
what must be the maximum radius of disc placed on water surface so that the light of source
can be stopped ?
A. 3 m
B. 4m
C. 5m
D. Infinity
51. A short linear object of length b 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 image is approximately equal to
A. b ((u-f)/f)1/2
B. b ((f)/u-f)1/2
C. b ((u-f)/f)
D. b ((f)/u-f)2
52. A ray of light travels from the point A to B with a uniform speed. On its way, it is reflected by the
surface XX’. The path followed by the ray to take least time is
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
53. A Convex mirror of focal length f produces an image magnified m times. The distance of the
object from the mirror is
A. (m-1)f/m
B. (m+1)f/m
C. (m-1)f
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D. (m+1)f
54. A Thin lens of focal length f and its aperture has diameter d. it forms an image of intensity 3.
Now the central part of aperture upto diameter d/2 is blocked by an opaque paper. The focal
lenght and image intensity would change to
A. f/2, I/2
B. f, I/4
C. 3f/4, I/2
D. F, 3I/4
55. When a light ray from a rarer medium is refracted into a denser medium, its
(1) Speed increases, wavelength increases
(2) Speed decreases, wavelength increases
(3) Speed increases, wavelength decreases
(4) Speed decreases, wavelength decreases
56. Which of the following is possible application of fibre optics?
(1) Endoscopy
(2) High speed internet traffic
(3) Radio, TV & Telephone signals
(4) All of these
57. Two transparent media A and B are separated by a plane boundary. The speed of light in medium A is
2.0 x 108 ms-1 and in medium B is 2.5 × 108 ms-1. The critical angle for which a ray of light going from A to
B suffers total internal reflection is
(1) sin-¹ 1/2
(3) sin-¹ 4/5
(2) sin-¹ 2/5
(4) sin-¹ ¾
58. An object is placed at a distance of f/2 from a convex lens. The image will be
(1) At one of the foci, virtual and double its size
(2) At 3f/2, real and inverted
(3) At 2f, virtual and erect
(4) At f, real and inverted
59. A glass concave lens is placed in a liquid in which it behaves like a convergent lens. The refractive index
of glass is
1. Greater than the refractive index of the liquid
2. Less than the refractive index of the liquid
3. Cannot be decided
4 None of the above.
60. The radii of curvatures of each of the surfaces of a convex lens (refractive index of the material is 1.5) is
20 cm. The focal length of the lens in air is
1. 20 cm
2. -20 cm
3. 40 cm
4. 10 cm
61. A glass lens is immersed in water. Its power will
1. Decrease
2. Increase
3. Remains same
4. None of the above
62. A thin equiconvex glass lens of refractive index 1.5 has power of 5D. When the lens is immersed in a
liquid of refractive index μ, it acts as a divergent lens of focal length 100 cm. The value of μ of liquid is
72. A lens behaves as a converging lens in air and as a diverging lens in water. The refractive index of the
material is :
a. Equal to unity
b. Equal to 1.33
c. Between unity and 1.33
d. Greater than 1.33
73. When a thin convex lens is put in contact with a thin concave lens of the same focal length , the
resultant combination had focal length equal to :
a. f/2
b. 2f
c. Zero
d. Infinity
74. A concave lens of focal length f produces an image 1/µ times the size of the object. The distance of the
object from the lens is :
a. (µ - 1)f
b. (µ - 1 )f/ µ
c. ( µ + 1 )f/ µ
d. ( µ + 1 )f
75. When length of a microscope tube increases, its magnifying power :
a. Decreases
b. Increases
c. Does not change
d. May increase or decrease
76. A microscope has an objective of 5mm focal length and eye piece of 30 mm focal length and the
distance between them is 150 mm . The magnification is :
a. 50
b. 100
c. 200
d. 250
77. The magnifying power of an astronomical telescope can be increased if we :
a. Increase the focal length of the objective
b. Increase the focal length of the eye piece
c. decrease the focal length of the objective
d. decrease the focal length of the objective and at the same time increase the focal length of the eye
piece
78. Two convex lenses of focal lengths 0.3 m and 0.05 m are used to make a telescope. The distance kept
between them is equal to :
a. 0.35 m
b. 0.25 m
c. 0.175 m
d. 0.15 m
79. When a ray of light goes from a rarer medium into a denser medium , then :
a. Speed of light is reduced
b. Frequency of light is increased
c. Wavelength of light is increased
d. None of the above effects will be observed.
80. A ray of light can suffer total internal reflection when it goes from :
a. Air to water
b. Water to glass
c. Glass to air
d. Air to glass
(a)49°
(b)θ–98°
(c)90°
(b)24.5°
107. A double convex thin lens, made of glass (µ = 1.5) has both radii of curvature of magnitude 20 cm.
Incident light rays parallel to principal axis of the lens will converge at a distance L such that:
(a)20cm
(b) 10 cm
(c) 15 cm
(d) 19 cm
108. A spherical surface of radius of curvature R separated air (RI 1.0) from glass ( RI 1.5). The center of
curvature in the glass a point object P in air 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 is equal to
a.5R b. 3R c. 2R d. 1.5 R
109. The focal length of an object of a telescope is 3 m and diameter 15 cm. Assuming for a normal eye, the
diameter of pupil 3mm for its complete use the focal eye piece must be
(a) 6 cm (b) 6.3 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 60 cm
110. Three right angled prisms of refractive indices n1, n2 and n3 are fixed together using an optical glue as
shown in figure. If a ray passes through the prisms without suffering any deviation, then
112. For a convex lens, if real image is formed the graph between (u + v) and u or v is as follows a
113. A fish rising vertically up towards the surface of water with speed 3 ms–1 observes a bird diving
vertically down towards it with speed 9 ms–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
114. 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 formed at the same place
(a) 6 cm (b) 9 cm (c) 12 cm (d) 15 cm
115. If m1 and m2 be the linear magnifications of the objective and eyepiece of a compound microscope,
then the magnifying power of the compound microscope is
124. A ray of light passes through an equilateral glass prism such that angle of incidence is equal to angle of
emergence. If the angle of emergence is ¾ times the angle of prism, the angle of deviation is
a. 300 b. 450 c. 600 d. 400
125. A small object is place at a distance of 15cm from two coaxial thin lenses in contact. The focal length
of each lens is 25cm. the distance between object and image when both the lenses are concave is
a. 6.8cm b. 75cm c. 8.2cm d. 90cm
126. The radius of curvature of convex surface of a Plano convex lens, whose focal length is 0.3m and
µ=1.5 is
a. 5cm b. 10 m c. 12cm d. 15cm
128. An object is seen through a simple microscope of focal length 10cm. The angular magnification
produced if the image is formed at the near point of the eye which is 20cm away from it is
a. 2 b. 3 c. 6 d. 4
130. When light is passed through a prism, the colour which deviates least is:
A. Red
B. Blue
C. Green
D. Violet
131. The principal behind optical fibre communication is:
A. Total internal reflection
B. Both Total external reflection and Total internal reflection
C. Refraction
D. Total internal Reflection and Refraction
132. How does the power of a convex lens vary, if the incident red light is replaced by violet light?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. No effect
D. First increases and then decreases
133. Two lenses of focal lengths 20 cm and - 40cm are held in contact. If an object lies at infinity, image
formed by the lens combination will be at
A. infinity
B. 20cm
C. 40cm
D. 60cm
134. A short pulse of white light incident from air to glass slab at normal incidence. After travelling through
the slab the first colour to emerge is
A. violet
B. blue
C. green
D. red
135. A glass lens is immersed in water. What will be the effect on the power of lens?
(a) increase
(b) decrease
(c) constant
(d) not depends
136. An equiconvex lens of focal length 15 cm is cut into two halves along principal axis. Find the focal
length of each part?
A. -30cm
B. -20cm
C. 30cm
D. 15cm
137. Name the device used to observe magnified image of microscopic objects.
A. Telescope
B. microscope
C. Periscope
D. Kaleidoscope
138. Name the device used to observe distinct image of long distance objects.
A. Telescope
B. microscope
C. Periscope
(D) Kaleidoscope
139. An equiconvex lens of focal length 15 cm is cut into two halves along aperture. What is the focal
length of each part?
a) 90 x
b) 150 x
c) 180 x
d)35 x
149. A ray of light passes through a prism of angle 600 and refractive index 1.414. the angle of minimum
deviation will be
a) 15o
b) 300
c) 450
d) 600
150. Radii of curvature of both the surfaces of a lens are equal(R) and it is made of material of refractive
index 1.5. Its focal length will be
a)±R
b)±2R
c)± R/2
d) Zero
151. When a light wave get refracted into a denser medium the speed of propagation
a) Increases but the wavelength decreases.
b) Decreases but the wavelength increases
c) as well as wavelength increases
d) as well as wavelength decreases.
152. A concave lens of focal length 20cm is kept in contact with a convex lens of focal length 10cm .the
combination will have a focal length of
158 . A ray of light strikes a transparent rectangular slab of refractive index √2 at an angle of incidence 45°.
The angle between reflected and refracted ray is
(a) 75
(b) 90
(c)105
(d)120
159. Two identical glass (μ = 3/2) equiconvex lenses of focal length f are kept in contact. The space between
two lenses is filled with water (μ = 4/3) the focal length o the combination is
(a) f
(b) f/2
(c) 4f/3
(d) 3f/4
160. A given convex lens of glass having refractive index μ = 32 can behave as concave when it is held in a
medium of μ equal to
A. 1
B. 32
C. 23
D. 74
164. An air bubble is formed inside water. What change will be observed?
A. It acts as converging lens
B. It acts as diverging lens
C. It acts as a plain glass sheet
D. Cannot say with certainty
166. Two lenses of power +15D and -5D are kept in contact with each other forming a combination lens.
The effective power and focal length of the combination is
A. 10D, 10 cm
B. 5D, 5cm
C. -10D, 20cm
D. -5D, -10 cm
167. A convex lens is used to form an image on a screen. When the upper half of the lens is covered by an
opaque screen,
A. Half of the image will disappear
B. Complete image will formed with same intensity
C. Complete image will formed with increase intensity
D. Complete image will formed with decrease intensity
169. A short pulse of white light is incident from air to glass slab at normal incidence. After travelling
through the slab, the first colour to emerge is
A. Violet
B. Blue
C. Red
D. Green
170. The focal length of convex lens when incident by violet rays of light is f cm. When the incident violet
light is replaced by red light, the new focal length will be
A. Less than f cm
B. Greater than f cm
C. Equal to f cm
D. Equal to zero
171. If the value of critical angle is 300 for total internal reflection from given optical fibre, then the speed of
light in that fibre is
A. 3x108m/s
B. 1.5x108m/s
C. 6x108m/s
D. 4.5x108m/s
174. An object approaches a convergent lens from the left of the lens with a uniform speed 5m/s and stops
at focus. The image
A. Moves away from the lens with a uniform speed 5m/s
B. Moves away from the lens with a uniform acceleration
C. Moves away from the lens with non-uniform acceleration
D. Moves towards the lens with non-uniform acceleration
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