REFRACTION -WORKING SESSION -01 ( Introducton )

The numberof waves in unlt length Is

(a) Wavelength (b) wavenumber time perlod (d) frequency
The reciprocal of frequency Is
a) Wavelength (b) wavenumber (c time perlod (d) frequency
The velocity of wave is 3X10m/s and wavelength is 3000A° then frequency is
105 (b) 10 (c) 10 (d) 10u
All EM waves
(a) Transverse (b Longitudinal
(c) an be either 'a' or b' (d) neither 'a' and b'
The EM waves between UV rays and IR 1s
(a) MW (b) Visible light (c) Xray RW
6. If time perlod is 2us and velocity is 3 X10 m/s then the wavelength is
(a) 600m (b) 300m (c) S00m. (d) 100m
7: Which EM waves has maximum wavelength
(a) MW (b) Vislble llght Xray RW
8. Which colour in visible spectrum has maximum wavelength
(a) Red (b) yelow (c) green (d) blue
When light interacts with obstacles of the order of wavelength of light then
(a) Ray optics Is valid (b) Wave optlcs Is valld
(c) anyone of them is valld (d) none Is valid
10. If the wave length Is 5000AU then wave number is
(a) 2x105 (b) 2x10 (c) 2x10 (d none

11. The number of waves in unlt tirne is

(a) Wavelength (b wavenumber (c time period (d) frequency
12. The reciprocal of time period is
(a) Wavelength (b wavenumber (c) time period frequency
then frequency in hertz is
13. The velocity of wave Is 3X1o'm/s and wavelength is 6000AU
(a) 5X104 (b) 5X 10 (c) 10 (d) 10
14. All longitudinal waves
Electromagnetic (b) mechanical
(a)
or "b' (d) neither 'a' and b'
(c) can be elther 'a'
15. The EM waves with highest frequency
(a) MW (b) VIsible light (c) Xray (d) RW
wavelength is
16. If time period is 3us and velocity is 3 X10m/s then the (d) 100m
(a) 600m (b) 900m (c) 500m
All EM waves in vacuum
travel with
17.
(a) same speed (b) different speed
depends on type of EM waves (d none
(c)
18. Which colour in visible spectrum has minimum wavelength
(b) yellow (c) green (d blue
(a) Red
 19. When light Interacts with obstacles greaterthan wavelength of lght then
valld
(a) Ray optlcs Is valld (b) Wave optlcs Is
(c) anyone of them is valid (d) none Is valld
20. Ifthe wave length is 1000AU then wave number ls
(a) 10 (b) 2x10o (c) 10 (d) none
21 The number of waves In one time perlod Is
(a) flve (b) two (d) one
22 (c) three
The reciprocal of
(a)
wavenumber s
Wavelength (b) wavevelocity time perlod (d) frequency
23.
ne velocity of wave is 3X10 m/s and wavelength is 1000AU then frequency in hertz is
a) SX104
(b) 105 10 (d) 10
24 (c)
Transverse can be
(a)
c) Electromagnetic
can be either 'a' or b'
(b) mechanlcal
neither 'a' and b'
25. (d)
The EM waves with lowest
(a) MW frequency RW
(b) Visible light (c) Xray
26. If time perlod is 4us and velocity ls 3 X10m/s then the wavelength is
a) 600m (b) 1200m (c) 500m (d) 100m
27. All EM waves
(a) require materlal mediurn for propagation (b) don't require material medium for propagation
(c) are only longitudinal (d) none
28. Which is the mean colour In visible spectrum has minlmum wavelength
(a) Red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
29. When light Interacts with obstacles greater than wavelength of llght then
(a) Ray optics Is valld (b) Wave optics 0s valid
anyone of them is valid (d) one Is valld
30. If the wave length Is 5000AU then wave number is
(a) 10 (b) 2x10 (c) 10 (d) none

ANSWER KEY :
1, b 2. 3. a 4. 5. b6. 7. 8. 9, 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. b 15. C 16. b 17. 18. 19, 20.
21. d 22. 23. b 24. C 25. d 26. 27. b 28. b 29. 30.
 WORKING SESSION -01 (REFRACTIVE NDEX)
ad number of light waves in l mofa beam of light of wave length 2600 A.U. glass
Wavelength of light in alr is through 8 mm thlck
5000 A.U. find number of light waves passing
plate of refractive index 1.6. certain
Number of number of waves la x cm of a
waves in 6 cm path in to the
medium. If the RI of the medlum is 1.5vacuum
find the f
index l.6. Find the velocity, wve
l e a m of wavelength 4000 A.U. enters a glass of refractive
length and frequency of thelight beam in glass,enters
(e=3xa10®medlum
m/a] of refractive indez 1.6. Find te
velodtk or wavelength 6000 AU. in alr
velocity, wave length and freguency ofthe lghtDetemlne
beam in glass, (o= 3 x10 ma
the velocity, wavelength and frequencyY O
ligbt in vacuum Is 3 x 108 ms,
Breen ight of wavelength 6270 A.U in glass, Retractive index ofglass is L.5..
Determine its wAvelength and requency
wavelengthb of blue light in air is 4860 x 10-10 m.
water of refractive index 1.33.
(c=3x 10 m/s]
through water surface. Deterralne its wavelengta a
gat of wavelength 6870 AU is refracteddis 44 x 1014, Refractive index of water is 1.35.
requency in water, ifits freguency in airis 8 x 104 Hz. Determjne the wave number of the beam o
ne trequency of a beam of ight in alr
light. [c= 3 x 100 m/s)
refracted Determine the wavelengt
through a piece of diamond.diamond
ght of wavelength 4310 AU is Retractive index of is 242. [c = 3 x 10
ligbt beam in diamond,
dthe frequency of the
m/s] and wavelength of a beam
water is 1.125. The velocity velocity
index of glass with respect to and wavelength 1n
Lhe refractive and 4860 A.U respectively. Determine its
OL ight in glass are 2 x 10s m/s
retractive
Water.
monochromatio Mght of wavelength 4000 AU. In a medium of
Find the wave number for in glass if u =
indez 1.33.
of fight in air is 2.5 x 10 per metre. Find its wAvelength
S. The wave number of a beam
1.6 for glass. ught when it passes from air to glass. Refractive
ofa ray of 3 x 104|
4. Determine the change in wavelength ray of light t is
i 6 x 1014 Hz. Velocity of light in air, c=
the
index of glass is 1.5. Frequency of wavelength of violet
4000 A.U in glass. If
m/s.
wavelength 6400 A.U in air has wavelength of THEIR RI TO BE SAME)
Red light of (ASSUME
light in air is 4400 A.U, ind ita wavelength in glass.
4000 A.U ls incident normally on athe glass 3slab
taken
of
beam of wavelength slab is half
A mopochromatic light takea by the beam of light
to fll on the glass from the
thickness 20 cm. The time Calculate the distance of the fight source is 1.5.
through the glass slab. Refractive indez of glass
by the beam to travel frequency and wavelength of ligbt In glass.
the
glass surface. Find air
light in is 3x 105 ms. in diamond is 0.771 x 10
n/s. Refractlve index
Velocity of ray In glass and
The diference in velocities of a fight respectively. Find the velocity of ight in24alr.
Find
17. diamond and glass are 2.42 and diamond with respect to air are 14 and respectively.
1-5
diamond w.r.t.
of
Refractive indices of glycerine and Ia dinmond. Then Gnd the reractive index of
and
A glycerine
the speed of light10®inm/s. respectively.
glycerine. c = 3 x orange ight and blue lfght are 1.561 and 1.589
The refractive indices of quartz for oforange and blue light in quartz. wavelength ofehe wellew
velocities
9. Find the difference between
4860 AU and in water 3664 A.U. If the
light in air is
Wavelength of blue determine its wavelength in water.
A.U, and diamond given that
in glassrespectively
light in aír is 6890 air is 3 x 10 m. Calculate the velocity of light and 2.42
Velocity of light inof glass and diamoad with respect to air are 1.5 surface of a glass slab of R.I.
1.6.
refractive indices Incident on the
wavelength 4310 A0 is Hz
in air is 6.8 x 104 medium.
A heaa of light of of lightln glass, Irits frequency
Deteraine the wavelength and frequency is 5270 A° in air and 4350 A° in a
certain
a monochromatic ray of llght
The wAvelength of given mediumn,
23. velocities of light ín air and the
Find the ratio of
 WORKING SESSION -08 MCA (REFRACTIVE INDEX)
LEVEL 1 MCQ'S
1
Wnen ight travels from one medlum to the other of whleh the refractlve index is different, then which
following wll change
(a) Frequency, wavelength and
velocity (b)Frequency and wavelength
(c) Frequency and velocity (d)Wavelength and velocity
2 Ught of different colours propagates
through air
(9) with the velocity of alr (b)With dlferent veloctes (c)With the velocity of sound (d)Having the equal velocit
3
Monochromatic light is refracted from alr into the elass of refractive index p. The ratio of the wavelengr
Incident and refracted waves is
(a) 1:p (b) 1: (c)e:1 (d) 1:1
Amonochromatic beam of light passes from a denser medlum into a rarer medium. As a resuk 4
(a) Its velocity Increases (b) Its velocity decreases (c)lts frequency decreases (d)its wavelength decreases
5. Refractive index fora material for infrared Ilght is
(a) Equal to that of ultraviolet light (b)Less than for ultraviolet light
(c) Equal to that for red colour of llght (d)Greater than that for ultraviolet light
6. A beam of light propagating in medium A with index of refraction n (A) passes across an interface into mediui
with Index of refractlon n(8). The angle of indidence ls greater than the angle of refraction; vA) and B) denote
speed of light in Aand B. Then which of the following is true
(a) vA) >B) and nA) >n8) (bluA) >v(B) and nA) <n[B)
(c) vA) <v(8) and nA) >n\8) (d}vA) <vB) and n\A) <n(8)
7 When a light wave goes from air into water the quantity that remalns unchanged is its
(b) Amplitude (c)Frequency (d)Wavelength
(a) Speed
3. Which of the following Is not a corect statement
(a) The wavelength of red light is greater than the wavelength of green light
orange light
(6) The Wavelength of blue ligbt is smaller than the wavelength of light
(c) The frequency of green light is greater than the frequency of blue
of blue light
(d) The frequency of violet light is greater than the frequency
When light Is refracted from air Into glass
Increase (b)lts wavelength Increases but frequency remains unchang
(a) Its wavelength and frequency both
(c) Its wavelength decreases but frequency remains unchanged (d)lts wavelength and frequency both decrease
generally
0. On heating a lquid, the refractlve index
(b) Increases or decreases depending on the rate of heating
(a) Decreases
(c) Does not change (d) Increases

:
 To an
observer
on the earth the stars appear to twinkle.
le) The fact that stars do This con be descrlbed to
not
emlt Iight contlnuousy
(0)
Frequent absorptlon of star light by thelr own
3 ) Frequent absorptlon of star lght by the atmosphere
(o) The refractve Index earth's atmosphere
fluctuatons
The ratlo of the refractlve Index of
In the earth's
atmosphere
(a) Less than unlty red lght to blue lIght In alr ls
(c) Greater than
(b) Equal to unlty
unity (0) Less as well as greater than unity depondlng upon the experlmental arrangement
The refractve Index of a plece of transparent quartz Is the
(a) Red Ilght grcatest lor
(b) Volet light (c)Green llght (d)Yollow lilght
eldatve ndex of a certaln glass ls 1.5 for lght whose wavelangth In vacuum Is 6000 A. The wavelengin or
light when It passes
through glass is
(a) 4000 ¢ (b) 6000 A (d)15000 A
(c)9000 A
ne index of refraction of diamond is 2.0. veloclty ofllaht In dlamond In cm/second Is approximately
(a) 6x10 (b) 3.0x100 (c) 2* 10 (d) 1.5 10w
8nt wave has afrequency of 4x10" Hz and awavelength of $xl0 meters In amedlum. The refractve Index o
the medium is
(a) 1.s (b) 1.33 (c)1.0 (d}0.66
Elecromagnetic radiation of frequency n, wavelength , traveling with veloclty v in alr, enters a dass sab
refractive Index . Th¿ frequency, wavelength and velocity of llght in the glass slab will be respectively

What is thetime taken (in seconds) to cross a glass of thickness 4 mm and 3 by lght (a)4x10 (b)
2x10-! (c) l6 x10 (d)8x10
Which of the following Is a correct relation
(a) 4 * H e (c)4x, =0 (d)4l4A
The time taken by sunlight to cross a 5mm thick glass plate (u3/2) Is
(a) 0.25»x 100 (b) 0.167 x10 (c) 2.5 x10- s (d) 1.0x10
Ught takes 8 mln 20 sec to reach from sun on the earth. If the whole atmosphere s flled with water, the light will
take the time (.A=4/3)
(a) 8 mln 20 sec (b) 8 min (c)6 min 11 sec (a)11 min 6 sec
The refractlve Indlces of glass and water w.r.t. alr are 3/2 and 4/3 respectively. The refractlve Index of glass W.r.t
water will be
(b) 9/8 (c)7/6 (d)None of these
(a) 8/9
Ray optlcs falls when
(a) The slze of the obstacle lIs 5 cm (b)The slze of the obstacle Is 3 cm
(c) The size of the obstacle is less than or equal to wavelength of llght (d)la) and (b) both
Abeam of monochromatle blue light of wavelength 4200Ã in alr travels In water (u-4/3). Its wavelength Ir
water will be

(a) 2800 A (b) 5600 A (c)3150 A (d4000 A

fehe soeed of light In vacuum is C mlu, thern the veloctyof light In a medlum of refrectlve Index 1.5
(a) Is 1.5 xC (b) Is C (cls (djCan have any velocity
26. When light enters from alrto water, then lts
(a) Frequency Increases and speed decreases
(b) Frequency Is same but the wavelength Is smaller In water than In ale
(c) Frequency Is same but the wavelength In water Is greater than in alr
(Frequency decreases and wavelength ls smaller In water than in alr
Refrtive Index of glass is and refractlve Index of
water ls .fthe speed of light In glass ls
speed In water will be 2.00 z10
(a) 2.67 x10 m/s (b) 2.25 x10 m/s
8. Monochromatdc llght of frequencyY (c)1.78x10 m/s (dH.50 x1o m/s
Sx10" Hz traveling In vacuum enters a
wavelength in the medlum is medium of refractlve Index 15
(o) 4000 A (b) 5000A
29. The time requlred to pass the (c)6000 A (d)sso0 A
llght through a glass slab of 2 mm thlck is (l.s)
(a) 10 (b) 10
10s (d) 10
30. Absolute refractlve Indices of glass and
water are and . The ratlo of veloclty of
be llght In glass and water

(a) 4:3 (b) 9:8 (c)8 :9 (d 3:4

LEVEL 2 MCQ's
Alight wave has a frequency of
Index of the medium Is 4x104 Hz and a wavelength of sx10* meters in a
medium. The refra
(a) 1.5 (b) 1.33 (c)1.0 (d)0.66
2 Monochromatic light Is refraced from alr into the glass of refractive index . The ratlo of the wavelengt
Incident and refracted waves is
(a) 1: # (b) 1: (C) #:1 () 1:1
Llght travels through a glass plate of thlckness tand
In vacuum, the time taken by the light to travel this having refractive index n. If c is the velocity of li
thickness of glass is
(a) ne (b) tnc (()
4. The length of the oplcal path af two media In
contact of length d, and d, of refractlve indices 4 and
respectively, Is
(a) 4d+Hd, (b) 4d+d (C)
5 If , represents refracive Index when a light ray goes
from medium /to medium , then the prod1
a *h as ls equal to
(a) A (©) (d)
6. The wavelength of light diminlshes Umes (ue133 for water) In a medium. Adiver
looks at an object whose natural colour Is green. from Inside wa
He sees the object as
 (a) Green (b) Blue (C) Yellow (d) Red

H. mn
ror a colour of light the wavelenoth for alr la 6000 A and In water the wavelength is 450O
speed of light In water will be
(a) 5.x10Wmis 4.0x 10ms (d) Zero
(b) 2.25 *10 m/s (C)

and refcactlve Index of waler ls , the speed of lighl In glass is 20 410

heirdcive Index of glass Is
s, the speed in water will be 1.50 x10 Ms
(a) 2.67 x10 m/s (b) 2.25 xI0 ms (c) 1.78 xt0 ms (d) index 1.5.
enters a medlum of refractive
Monochromatlc light of frequency Sx104 Hz travelllng n vacuum
lts wavelength in the medlum s
6000 A . (d 5500 A
(a) 4000 A (b) 5000 A (c)

has a wavelength in glass ( (d)

1.5) equal to
in alr. It
gO. ight of wavelength Is 7200 A 10800 A 7201.5 A
(a) 7200 A (b) 4800 A (C)
(u3/2)ls
cross a 5 mm thick glass plate (d) 1.0x10-*,
The tlme taken by sunllght to (c) 2.5 x10-l
(b) 0.167 x10s a nanosecond will be
(a) 0.25x 10-10 s light in glass (refractive index =1.5) In 20 cm
travelled by
2. The distance (b) 40 cm (c) 30 cm (d)
(a) 45 cm
from air into glass
When light is refracded frequency
3
and both increase unchanged
(a) Its wavelength Increases but frequency remains unchanged
(b) wavelength decreases but frequency remans
(c) Its wavelength and frequency both decraase
(d) Its wavelength characteristic dimenslons are
optics is valid, when
B4. Ray wavelength of light
order as the
(a) Of the same wavelength of light
than the
(b) Much smaller one millimetre
(c) Of the orderof the wavelength oflight light In water
(d) Much larger
than
1.33. What will be the speed of 1.33 x10 ms
water
index of is 4x10 mls (d)
The refractlve mis (c) l.S)
(b) 2.25 x 10 mm thick Is (
(a) 3x10 mls
he light through a glass slab of 2
required to pass 10s (d)
16. The time (b) 10-!" s (C) index of glass with
respect to air
and the refracthve
(a) 10s respect to alr ls 473
refractive index of water with wilh respect lo glass is
The
refractive Index of waler
Is 3/2. The
(d) 2 relation
(C) angle ls o,. The true
the refracted
(a)? Incldent angle Is 0, and
from glass to air, the
When light travels
is

(a) , -8, (b) 4 <o, Nol prodicinblo

19. Velocity of light In a medlum ls I.3x 0'mia. ts rolraclvo Index wll bo
(a) 8 (b) 6 2
20. The frequency of a lght ray ls 6x10"Iz.l1s Irequency when It propagatos In o modlum of rofrocilvo Ind
1.5, will be

(a) 1.67 x10 (b) 9.10 x10" Ne (C

LEVEL 3 MCOS ( HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS - HOTS)