Practice Worksheet-Ray

1. When light comes from air to glass, the refracted ray is bent towards the normal.
Why?
2. What is the critical angle for a material of refractive index √3 ?
3. In the following ray diagram, calculate the speed of light in the liquid of unknown
refractive index.
4. What happens to the focal length of a convex lens when it is immersed in water?
The refractive index of the material of lens is greater than that of water.
5. A glass lens of refractive index 1.45 disappears when immersed in a liquid. What
is the value of the refractive index of the liquid?
6. A biconcave lens made of transparent material of refractive index 1.25 is

immersed in water of refractive index 1.33. Will the lens behave like a converging
or diverging lens? Give the reason.
7. A biconvex lens made of transparent material of refractive index 1.25 is immersed

in water of refractive index 1.33. Will the lens behave like a converging or
diverging lens? Give the reason.
8. A beam of light converges at point P. Now a lens is placed in the path of the
convergent beam 12 cm from P. At what point does the beam converge if the lens
is (i) a convex lens of focal length 20 cm, (ii) a concave lens of focal length 16 cm?
9. Monochromatic light of wavelength 589 nm is incident from air on a water surface.

If refractive index for water is 1.33, find the wavelength, frequency, and speed of
the refracted light.
10. Calculate the distance of an object of height from a concave mirror of radius of
curvature 20 cm to obtain a real image of magnification is 2. Also find the location
of the image.
11. The optical density of turpentine is higher than that of water while its mass
density is lower and shows a layer of turpentine floating over water in a container.
For which one of the four rays incident on turpentine in the path shown is
correct?
12. . A concave lens is placed in water. Will there be any change in focal length? Give
the reason.
13. Light from a point source in air falls on a convex spherical glass surface of
refractive index 1.5 and radius of curvature 20 cm. The distance of light source
from the glass surface is 100 cm. At what position is the image formed?
14. A double convex lens is made of a glass of refractive index 1.55, with both faces of
the same radius of curvature. Find the radius of curvature required if the focal
length is 20 cm.
15. A spherical convex surface of radius of curvature 20 cm, made of glass (n = 1.5) is
placed in air. Find the position of the image formed, if a point object is placed at
30 cm in front of the convex surface on the principal axis.
16. An object is kept in front of a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. The image
formed is real and three times the size of the object. Calculate the distance of the
object from the mirror.
17. A ray of light incident normally on one face of a right isosceles

prism is totally reflected as shown in figure. What must be the
minimum value of refractive index glass? Give relevant
calculations.
18. (a) A ray of light is an incident normally on the face AB of a

right-angled glass prism of refractive index nga = 1.5. The prism
is partly immersed in a liquid of unknown refractive index.
Find the value of refractive index of the liquid so that the ray
grazes along the face BC after refraction through the prism. (b)
Trace the path of the rays if it were incident normally on the
face AC.
19. A ray of light passing from air through an equilateral glass prism undergoes
minimum deviation when the angle of incidence is 4/3 th of the angle of prism.
Calculate the speed of light in the prism.
20. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm and a concave lens of focal length 15 cm are
kept 30 cm apart with their principal axes coincident. When an object is placed 30
cm in front of the convex lens, calculate the position of the final image formed by
the combination. Would this result change if the object were placed 30 cm in front
of the concave lens? Give the reason.
21. Find the position of the image formed of an object ‘O’ by the lens combination
given in the figure.
22. For the same angle of incidence, the angle of refraction in two media A and B
are 25° and 35° respectively. In which one of the two media is the speed of light
lesser?
23. A ray of light falls on a transparent sphere with centre C as shown in the figure.
The ray emerges from the sphere parallel to the line AB. Find the angle of
refraction at A if refractive index of the material of the sphere is √3 .
24. A concave mirror of focal length 15 cm forms are image having twice the linear
dimensions of the object. The position of the object, when the image is virtual,
will be:
(a) 22.5 cm (b) 7.5 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 45 cm
25. Monochromatic light of wavelength 589 nm is incident from air on a water
surface. If for water is 1.33, find the wavelength, frequency and speed of the
refracted light.
26. Calculate the distance of an object of height from a concave mirror of radius of
curvature so as to obtain a real image of magnification. Also find the location of
the image.
27. A spherical convex surface of radius of curvature 20 cm, made of glass (n = 1.5)
is placed in air. Find the position of the image formed, if a point object is placed
at 30 cm in front of the convex surface on the principal axis.
28. Calculate the speed of light in a medium whose critical angle is 45°. Does
critical angle for a given pair of media depend on wave length of incident light?
Give reason.

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1. When light comes from air to glass, the refracted ray is bent towards the normal.

2. What is the critical angle for a material of refractive index √3 ?

6. A biconcave lens made of transparent material of refractive index 1.25 is

7. A biconvex lens made of transparent material of refractive index 1.25 is immersed

9. Monochromatic light of wavelength 589 nm is incident from air on a water surface.

17. A ray of light incident normally on one face of a right isosceles

18. (a) A ray of light is an incident normally on the face AB of a

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