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Class: XII Subject: Physics
Topic: RAY OPTICS
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 Multiple Choice Questions:
 4
1. A fish is near the centre of a spherical fish bowl filled with water  w   . A child
 3
is standing at a distance of 2R from the centre of the bowl, where R is the radius
of curvature of the bowl. The distance from the centre of the fishbowl, where the
child’s nose will appear to the fish is
A) R B) 2R C) 3R D) 4R
2. Two prisms A and B in contact with each other. The dispersive power of A and B
is 0.04 and 0.03 respectively. The angular dispersion produced by ‘A’ is 80. The
angular dispersion produced by the combination, if the combination does not
produce a net deviation is :
A) 140 B) 8 0 C) 6 0 D) 20
3. 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 of the first one is
1 1
A) m/s B) m/s C) 10 m/s D) 15 m/s
10 15
4. A point source S is placed at the bottom of a transparent block of height 10 mm
and refractive index 2.72. It is immersed in a lower
refractive index liquid as shown in the figure. It is
found that the light emerging from the block to the
liquid forms a circular bright spot of diameter 11.54
mm on the top of the block. The refractive index of the
liquid is
A) 1.21 B) 1.30 C) 1.36 D) 1.42
5. A hollow double concave lens is made of very thin transparent material. It can be
filled with air on either of two liquids L1 and L2 having refractive indices n1 and n2
respectively such that 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 L1
C) L1 and immersed in L2 D) L2 and immersed in L1
6. The radius of curvature of the face of a plano-convex lens silvered from plane
surface is 12 cm and its refractive index is 1.5. At what distance from the lens will
parallel rays incident on the convex face converge.
A) 5 cm B) 10 cm C) 12 cm D) infinity
7. A light beam is travelling in parallel blocks from Region I to Region IV. The
n n n
refractive index in Region I, II, III and IV are n0 , 0 , 0 and 0 , respectively. The
2 6 8
angle of incidence  in region I for which the beam just misses entering Region IV
is
3 1 1 1
A) sin 1   B) sin 1   C) sin 1   D) sin 1  
4 8 4  3
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8. A telescope is used to resolve two stars separated by 4.6 106 rad. If the wavelength
of light is 5460Å, what should be the aperture of the objective of the telescope?
A) 0.0448m B) 0.1448m C) 1.1448m D) 0.011m
9. A converging mirror is placed on the right hand side of a converging lens as shown
in the figure. The focal length of the mirror and the lens are 25cm and 20cm
respectively. The separation between the lens and the mirror is 40cm and their
principal axes coincide. A point source is placed on the principal axis at a distance
‘d’ to the left of the lens. If the final beam comes out parallel to the principal axis,
then the value of ‘d’ is ________ cm. Ans:23.33

10. A thin prism P1 with angle 3o and made from glass of refractive index 1.45 is combined
with another thin prism P2 made from glass of refractive index 1.54 to produce dispersion
without deviation. The angle of the prism P2 is ……….degree. Ans:2.50
0
11. A light ray is incident on a plane mirror at an angle of 30 with the horizontal. At
what angle with horizontal must a plane mirror be placed in its path so that it
becomes vertically upwards after reflection ?
0 0 0 0
A) 30 B) 60 C) 90 D) 45
12. The eye can be regarded as a single refracting surface. The radius of curvature of
this surface is equal to that of cornea (7.8 mm). This surface separates two media
of refractive indices 1 and 1.34. Calculate the distance from the refracting surface
at which a parallel beam of light will come to focus.
A) 1 cm B) 2 cm C) 4.0 cm D) 3.1 cm
1
13. In the figure a plane mirror is moving with a uniform speed of 5ms along
1
negative x-direction and observer O is moving with velocity of 10ms . What is the
velocity of image of a particle P, moving with a velocity as shown in the figure, as
observed by observer O ?

A) 30iˆ  10jˆ B) 10iˆ  30jˆ C) 30iˆ  20jˆ D) 10iˆ  20jˆ

14. A person looks into a spherical mirror. The size of image of his face is twice the
actual size of his face. If the face is at a distance of 20 cm, then find the nature of
radius of curvature of the mirror.
A) 70 cm B) 40 cm C) 80 cm D) 65 cm
15. Find the position of final image after three successive reflections taking first
reflection on m1 .

A) 12.5 cm from m1 B) 12.5 cm from m 2

C) 25 cm from m1 D) 25 cm from m 2
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16. A fish in an aquarium approaches the left wall at a rate of 2.5 ms 1 observes a fly
approaching it at 8 ms 1 . If the refractive index of water is (4/3), find the actual
velocity of the fly :

A) 3m/s B) 4.125m/s C) 3.175m/s D) 5.125 m/s

17. A ray of light is incident on a glass sphere of refractive index 3/2. What should be
the angle of incidence so that the ray which enters the sphere does not come out
of the sphere ?
A) tan 1  2 / 3 B) 60
0 0 0
C) 90 D) 30
18. A point object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a thin plano-convex lens of
focal length 15 cm. The plane surface of the lens is now silvered. The image created
by the system is at

A) 60 cm to the left of the system B) 60 cm to the right of the system

C) 12 cm to the left of the system D) 12 cm to the right of the system
19. A glass prism of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in water (refractive index 4/3). A
light beam incident normally on the face AB is totally reflected to reach the face
BC if

A) sin   8/9 B) 2/3  sin   8/9 C) sin   2/3 D) None of these

20. Two identical glass   g  3 / 2  equiconvex lenses of focal length f are kept in
contact. The space between the two lenses is filled with water  w  4 / 3 . The focal
length of the combination is :
f 4f 3f
A) f B) C) D)
2 3 4
21. A convex lens is put 10 cm from a light source and it makes a sharp image on a
screen, kept 10 cm from the lens. Now a glass block (refractive index 1.5) of 1.5 cm
thickness is placed in contact with the light source. To get the sharp image again,
the screen is sifted by a distance d. Then d is :
A) 1.1 cm away from the lens B) 0
C) 0.55 cm towards the lens D) 0.55 cm away from the lens
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22. Consider the situation shown in figure. Water    4 / 3 is filled in a beaker upto a
height of 10 cm.

A plane mirror is 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
23. Due to a vertical temperature gradient in the atmosphere, the index of refraction
varies. Suppose index of refraction varies as n  n0 1  ay , where n0 is the index of
refraction at the surface and ‘a’ = 2.0 106 m1. A person of height h = 2.0 m stands
on a level surface. Beyond what distance will he not see the run way ?

A) 2000 m B) 1000 m C) 200 m D) 100 m

24. Two thin prism are combined to form an achromatic combination.
For prism I, A  4 , R  1.35, Y  1.40, v  1.42.
For prism II,  'R  1.7,  'Y  1.8 and 1v  1.9.
Find the net mean deviation.
A) 0.960 B) 0.620 C) 0.480 D) 1.420
25. A biconvex lens is made of glass with refractive index 1.5 and has radii of
curvature 20 cm and 30 cm. If the 20 cm surface is silvered. What is the effective
focal length of the mirror formed ?

60
A) 35 cm B) –45 cm C) 50 cm D)  cm
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26. Calculate the dipreseive power of crown glass from the given data
 v  1.54 and  r  1.50
A) 0.077 B) 0.164 C) 0.01 D) 0.85

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27. In figure find the effective refractive index of the combination of the glass and
water slab.

A) 1.24 B) 1 C) 1.39 D) 1.82

28. Find the angle of refraction in a medium    2 if light is incident in vaccum,
making an angle equal to twice the critical angle.
 3
A) r  sin 1 
2

 3
B) r  sin 1 
4

 3
C) r  cos 1 
8
  
D) r  cos
1
3
     
29. Focal length of the objective of a terrestrial telescope is 80 cm and it is adjusted
for parallel rays, then its magnifying power is 20. If the focal length of erecting
lens is 20 cm, then full length of telescope will be (in cm)
A) 84 B) 100 C) 124 D) 164
30. A short sighted person can see objects most distincity at a distance of 16 cm. If
he wears spectacles at a distance of 1 cm from the eye, then their focal length to
see distinctly at a distance at a distance of 26 cm :
A) 25 cm, convex B) 25 cm, concave
C) 37.5 cm, convex D) 37.5 cm concave
31. The focal lengths of the eyepiece and the objective of an astronomical telescope
are 2 cm and 100 cm respectively. The magnifying power of the telescope for
normal adjustment and the length of the telescope is :
A) 50, 106 cm B) 150, 150 cm C) 50, 102 cm D) 25, 54 cm
32. A convergent lens of power 16D is used as a simple microscope. The
magnification produced by the lens, when the final image is formed at least
distance of distinct vision is :
A) 6 B) 4 C) 7 D) 5
33. In the situation shown, three lenses of focal lengths 20 cm, 30 cm and 36 cm are
held coaxial such that separation between first and second lens is 12 cm and
between second and third lens is 10 cm. If the final image of an object, at
distance of 30 cm from the first lens, is at a distance 10x cm from middle lens,
then ‘x’ is : Ans:7.00

34. The velocity of light in glass whose refractive index with respect to air is 1.5 is
2 108 ms 1. In a certain liquid the velocity of light is found to be 2.5 108 ms 1. The
refractive index of the liquid with respect to air is : Ans:1.20
35. A crown glass prism and a flint glass prims are combined to produce dispersion
without deviation. Mean refractive indices of crown and flint glass are respectively
1.5 and 1.6. Ratio of angle of crown glass prism to that of flint prism is : Ans:1.20
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36. A cube of side 15 cm is having an air bubble. The bubble appears at 6 cm from
one face and at 4 cm from opposite face. The refractive index of cube is : Ans:1.50
37. Light from a point source in air falls on a spherical glass surface (  1.5 and
radius of curvature 20 cm). The distance of the light source from the glass
surface is 100cm. The image is formed at x m. The value of x is : Ans:1.00
38. A ray of light incident at an angle  on a refracting face of a prism emerges from
the other face normally. If the angle of the prism is 50 and the prism is made of
material of refractive index 1.5, the angle of incidence is :
A) 7.50 B) 50 C) 150 D) 2.50
39. A biconvex thin lens is prepared from glass of refractive index 3/2. The two
bounding surfaces have equal radii of 25 cm each. One of the surfaces is silvered
from outside to make it reflecting. Where should an object be placed before this
lens so that the image coincides with the object.
A) 20 cm B) 6.25 cm C) 12.5 cm D) 25 cm
40. A double convex lens is made of glass which has refractive index 1.55 for violet rays
and 1.50 for red rays. If the focal length of violet rays is 20 cm, the focal length of
red rays is :
A) 9 cm B) 18 cm C) 20 cm D) 22 cm
41. The X–Z plane separates two media A and B of refractive indices  A  1.5 and  B  2.
A ray of light travels from A to B, its direction in two media are given by unit vectors.
uˆ A  aiˆ  bjˆ and uˆB  ciˆ  djˆ respectively, then :
a 4 a 3 b 4 b 3
A)  B)  C)  D) 
c 3 c 4 d 3 d 4
42. An optical fibre consists of core of 1 surrounded by a cladding of  2  1. A beam
of light enters from air at an angle  with axis of fibre. The highest  for which ray
can be travelled through fibre is :

A) cos 1 22  12 B) sin 1 12   22 C) tan 1 12  22 D) sec1 12  22
43. A convergent lens of power 16D is used as a simple microscope. The magnification
produced by the lens, when the final image is formed at least distance of distinct
vision is :
A) 6 B) 4 C) 7 D) 5
44. Two blocks each of mass m lie on a smooth table. They are attached to two other
masses as shown in the figure. The pulleys and strings are light. An object O is
kept at rest on the table. The sides AB & CD of the two blocks are made reflecting.
The acceleration of two images formed in those two reflecting surfaces with respect
to each other is :

A) 5 g/6 B) 5 g/3 C) g/3 D) 17 g/6

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45. With a concave mirror, an object is placed at a distance x1 from the principal focus,
on the principal axis. The image is formed at a distance x2 from the principal focus.
The focal length of the mirror is :
xx x1
A) x1 x2 B) 1 2 C) D) x1 x2
2 x2
46. The focal lengths of the eyepiece and the objective of an astronomical telescope are
2 cm and 100 cm respectively. The magnifying power of the telescope for normal
adjustment and the length of the telescope is :
A) 50, 106 cm B) 150, 150 cm C) 50, 102 cm D) 25, 54 cm
47. In a compound microscope the objective and the eye-piece have focal lengths of
0.95 cm and 5 cm respectively, and are kept at a distance of 20 cm. The last image
is formed at a distance of 25 cm from the eye-piece. Calculate the total
magnification.
A) 94 B) 84 C) 60 D) 88
48. A quarter cylinder of radius R and refractive index 1.5 is placed on a table. A point
mR
object P is kept at a distance of from it. Find the value of m for which a ray
3
from P will emerge parallel to the table as shown in the figure. (Assume only paraxial
rays) Ans : 4.00

49. If refractive index of medium be a function of ‘y’ such that a ray entering at origin
at grazing incidence into the medium from air follows a parabolic path y  x 2 as
shown in figure. The refractive index of the medium is given by ny  1
The value of n is : Ans :4.00

50. An astronomical telescope has an angular magnification of magnitude 5 for distant

objects. The separation between the objective and eye-piece is 36 cm and the final
image is formed at infinity.
Fo 100
If  . The value of x is : Ans :20.00
Fe x
51. Focal length of the objective of a terrestrial telescope is 80 cm and it is adjusted for
parallel rays, then its magnifying power is 20. If the focal length of erecting lens is
20 cm, then full length of telescope will be (in cm) Ans :164.00
52. In the situation shown, slab is close to the lens. The distance (in cm) between the
lens & the mirror so that final image of object is formed on object itself may be :

A) 83 B) 85 C) 86 D) 87
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53. In the figure, ABC is the cross section of a right angled prism and BCDE is the
cross section of a glass slab. The value of  so that light incident normally on the
face AB does not cross the face BC is

A)   37 B)   37 C)   53 D)   53
0 0 0 0

54. A combination of concave and convex lens in contact is placed over a plane mirror.
When a pin P is placed as shown in the figure, the image is formed at the position
of the pin itself. The focal length of the convex lens is 10 cm.
Then the focal length of the concave lens is :
A) 40 cm
40
B) cm
3
C) 20 cm
20
D) cm
3
55. A ray of light travelling in a denser medium strikes the boundary of a rarer medium.
The ray gets partially reflected and refracted. The angle of reflection is r and that
of refraction is r  . If the reflected and refracted rays make an angle of 90 o with
each other then the critical angle for the pair of media is
A) sin 1  tan r  B) tan 1  sin r  C) sin 1  tan r D) tan 1  sin r
56. In the given situation for what value of i, the incidence ray will retrace its initial
path

  n    n 
A) cos 1  n1 sin   sin 1 2   B) sin 1  n1 sin   sin 1 2  
 4 2n1    4 2n1  
  n    n 
C) sin 1  n2 sin   sin 1 1   D) cos1  n2 sin   sin 1 1  
 4 2n2    4 2n2  
57. Two point white dots are 1 mm apart on a black paper. They are viewed by an eye
of pupil diameter 3mm. Approximately, what is the maximum distance at which
these dots can be resolved by the eye? (Take wavelength of light = 500 nm)
A)6m B) 3m C) 1m D) 5m
58. A ray of light falls normally on a refracting face of a prism of refractive index 1.5. If
4
the ray just fails to emerge from the prism, then the angle of prism is sin 1   . The
k
value of k is _______. Ans:6.00
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59. A container is filled with water    1.33 upto a height of 33.25cm. A concave
mirror is placed 15cm above the water level and the image of an object placed at
the bottom is formed 25cm below the water level. Focal length of the mirror is

A) -15.25cm B) 22cm C) -18.31cm D) -10.4cm

60. A combination of two thin lenses with focal length f1 and f 2 respectively forms an
image of distant object at distance 60 cm when lenses are in contact. The position
of this image shifts by 30 cm towards the combination when two lenses are
separated by 10 cm. The corresponding values of f1 and f 2 are :
A) 30 cm, 60 cm B) 20 cm, 30 cm C) 15 cm, 20 cm D) 20 cm, 15 cm
61. A convex lens of refractive index 1.5 and focal length 18 cm in air is immersed in
water. The change in focal length of the lens will be _______ cm. (Given refractive
4
index of water = )
3
A) 34 B) 44 C) 14 D) 54
62. An observer can see through a pinhole the top end of a thin rod of height h, placed
as shown in figure. The beaker height is 3h and its radius h. When the beaker is
filled with a liquid upto a height 2h, he can see the lower end of the rod. Then the
refractive index of the liquid is :

A) 5/2 B) (5/ 2) C) (3/ 2) D) 3/2

63. Choose the correct alternative corresponding to the object distance ‘u’, image
distance ‘v’ and the focal length ‘F’ of a converging lens from the following :
(i) The average speed of the image as the object moves with uniform speed from
3F F
distance to is greater than the average speed of the image as the object moves
4 2
F F
with same speed from distance to .
2 4
(ii) The minimum distance between a real object and its real image in case of a
converging lens is 4F where F is its focal length.
A) Both are correct B) Both are incorrect
C) (i) is correct, (ii) is incorrect D) (i) is incorrect, (ii) is correct

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64. 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) 5R B) 3R C) 2R D) 1.5R
3
65. A prism has a refractive index and refracting angle 900. Find the minimum
2
deviation produced by prism.
A) 40 0 B) 450 C) 30 0 D) 550
66. The resolving power of telescope whose lens has a diameter of 1.22 m for a
wavelength of 5000Å is :
A) 2 105 B) 2  106 C) 2  102 D) 2  104
67. An object is moving towards a stationary plane mirror with a speed of 2m/s.
Velocity of the image w.r.t. the object is :
A) 2 m/s B) 4 m/s C) 1 m/s D) None of these
68. A point object is placed at a distance of 0.4 meters from a convex lens of focal length
0.2 m. The lens is cut into two equal parts each of which is displaced vertically by
3 mm away from the optic axis as shown in figure. Mark the correct statements.

(1) Image is formed at a distance of 0.4 meter from the lens.

(2) Number of images formed are 2.
(3) Separation between images is 12 mm.
(4) Separation between images is 6 mm.
A) Only 1,2 are correct B) Only 1,2 & 3 are correct
C) Only 2,3 are correct D) Only 1,2 & 4 are correct
69. A long rectangular slab of transparent medium of thickness d is placed on a table
with length parallel to x-axis and width parallel to y-axis. A ray of light is travelling
along y-axis at origin. The refractive index  of the medium varies as,   1  x.
The refractive index of air is 1. The value of x, where the ray intersects the upper
surface of the slab-air boundary is :

d2 d2
A) B) C) 2 d D) 4 d
2 4
70. An object is placed 1.5 m in front of the curved surface of a plano-covex lens whose
flat surface is silvered. A real image is formed 300 cm in front of the lens. The focal
length of the lens (without silvering) is _______cm. Ans:200

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71. A fish is moving up vertically with speed 4cm/s inside a pond. A
bird is moving vertically downward (see figure). Velocity of the bird
w.r.t. fish is 16 cm/s downward. Find out the actual velocity of the
4
bird (in cm/s). Given refractive index of water is . Ans: 9.00
3

72. The speed of light in media ‘A’ and ‘B’ are 2.0 x 1010 cm/s and 1.5 x 1010 cm/s
respectively. A ray of light enters from the medium B to A at an incident angle ' '
If the ray suffers total internal reflection, then
3 2 3 3
A)   sin 1   B)   sin 1   C)   sin 1   D)   sin 1  
4 3 4 4
1 1
73. The graph between and for a thin convex lens in order to determine its focal
u v
length is plotted as shown in the figure. The refractive index of length is 1.5 and
its both the surfaces have same radius of curvatures R. The value of R will be
……… cm. ( Where u = object distance, v = image distance) Ans:10.00

74. The magnification produced by a thin convex lens is –3, when a real object is at
distance 10cm from lens. Then the minimum distance between real object and its
real image formed by the lens is ________ cm. Ans:30.00
75. In a compound microscope, the focal lengths of two lenses are 1.5cm and 6.25cm.
An object is placed at 2cm from objective and the final image is formed at 25cm
from the eyepiece. The distance between the two lenses is (in cm) Ans:11.00
76. A particle of mass m moving with a speed u strikes a smooth horizontal surface
at an angle 450. The particle rebounds at an angle  with speed v , if coefficient of
1
restitution is , then the angle  is
3

A) 300 B) 450 C) 600 D) 370

77. If light travels a distance x in time t1 in vacuum and 10x distance in time t2 in a
certain medium, then find the critical angle for total internal reflection, of the
medium.
 20t   10t  t   t 
A) sin 1  1  B) sin 1  1  C) sin 1  1  D) sin 1  2 
 t2   t2   t2   10t1 
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78. An astronomical telescope has objective and eyepiece of focal lengths 40cm and
4cm respectively. To view an object 200cm away from the objective for a relaxed
vision, at what distance the lenses must be separated (in cm)? Ans:54.00
79. A fish is rising up vertically inside a pond with a velocity 4 cm s–1, notices a bird,
which is diving downwards. The velocity of the bird appears to be 16 cm s–1 to the
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fish. The actual velocity of the diving bird is (refractive index of water is )
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(A) 12 cm/s (B) 9 cm/s (C) 8 cm/s (D) 7.5 cm/s
80. An object is kept at a distance of 16cm from a thin lens and the image formed is
real. If the object is kept at a distance of 6cm from the same lens, the image formed
is virtual. If the sizes of the images formed are equal the focal length of the lens will
be
A) 21 cm B) 11 cm C) 15 cm D) 17 cm
81. A narrow parallel beam of light is incident on a transparent sphere of refractive
index n. If the beam finally gets focused at a point situated at a distance =2 ×
(radius of sphere) from the centre of the sphere, then find n?
4 3 4 2
A) B) C)  D)
3 2 6 3
82. The refractive index of the crown glass for violet and red lights are 1.51 and 1.49
respectively and those of flint glass are 1.77 and 1.73 respectively. A narrow beam
of white light is incident at a small angle of incident on shown combination of thin
prism. Find net dispersion (only magnitude) if mean deviation is zero. Ans:.0.04

83. A uniform thin rod of length 10 cm is placed along the principal axis of a concave
mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm. If the nearer end of the rod is at a distance of
15 cm from pole of mirror, then the length of image of rod will be :
34 30 20 40
A) cm B) cm C) cm D) cm
3 7 3 3
84. An object of 2cm height is placed at a distance of 30cm in front of a concave mirror
with radius of curvature 40cm. The magnitude of height of the image is ____cm.
Ans:4.00
85. A plano-convex lens of focal length 10cm is silvered at its plane face. The distance
d at which an object must be placed in order to get its image on itself is

A) 5cm B) 20cm C) 10cm D) 2.5cm

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86. Find out the equivalent focal length of the combination of lenses shown in the
figure. Surrounding medium is air.

A) – 15 𝑐𝑚 B) 15 cm C) − 7.5 cm D) 7.5 cm
87. A mirror of radius of curvature 20cm and an object which is placed at a distance
of 15cm are both moving with velocities 1m/s and 10m/s as shown in the figure.
The velocity of the image at this situation is

A) 15cm/s B) 30cm/s C) 45cm/s D) 60cm/s

88. A point object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a thin plano-convex lens of
focal length 15 cm and   1.5 . The curved surface is silvered. The image will
form at

20
A) 60 cm left AB B) cm cm right of AB
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20
C) cm left of AB D) 60 cm right of AB
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90. A point source of light is placed 4m below the surface of water of refractive index
5/3. The minimum diameter of a disc, which should be placed over the source, on
the surface of water to cut-off all light coming out of water is
A) 1m B) 4m C) 3m D) 6m
91. A biconvex lens is made of glass with refractive index 1.5 and radii of curvature
20cm and 30cm. If the surface whose radius is 20cm silvered, the effective focal
length of the optical device formed is
60 60
A)  cm B) cm
11 11
79 69
C)  cm D)  cm
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92. A concave mirror of radius of curvature 20cm and a point source of light in front
of it on its principal axis are at separation 15 cm. If both are moving at speed
1m/s and 10m/s respectively away from each other as shown the speed of image
is x m/s. The value of x is
Ans:45.00

93. A ray of light is incident at an angle of incidence 600 on the glass slab of
refractive index 3 . After refraction, the light ray emerges out from other
parallel faces and lateral shift between incident ray and emergent ray is 4 3 cm.
The thickness of the glass slab is _________cmAns:12.00
94. An object is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a convex lens of focal length 10 cm.
On the other side of the lens, a convex mirror is placed at its focus such that the
image by the combination coincides with the object itself. What is the focal length
(in cm) of the convex mirror?Ans:10

95. A glass rod having square cross section is bent in the shape as shown in the figure.
The radius of the inner semi circle is R and width of the rod is d. Find the maximum
d
value of so that the light that enters at A will emerge at B. ( glass  1.5 )
R

A) 0.5 B) 1.5 C) 4.5 D) 7.5

96. An object is placed at a distance of 15cm from a convex lens of focal length 10cm
on the other side of the lens, a convex mirror is placed at its focus such that the
image formed by combination coincides with the object itself. The focal length of
convex mirror is

A) 2cm B) 5cm C) 7cm D)10cm

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97. A lens has a power of +5 diopters in air. Its power if completely immersed in water
is  a w  and a g  
4 3
 3 2
A) +0.75 dioptre B) +1.25 dioptre C) -0.75 dioptre D) -2 dioptre
98. There is a small air bubble inside a glass sphere    1.5 of radius 10cm. The
bubble is 4.0cm below the surface and is viewed normally from the outside. The
apparent depth of the bubble is
A) 3cm below the surface B) 6cm below the surface
C) 3cm below the centre D) 6cm below the centre
99. In an astronomical telescope in normal adjustment, a straight black line of length
L is drawn on the objective lens. The eye piece forms a real image of this line. The
length of the image is l. The magnification of the telescope is
L L L Ll
A) B)  1 C)  1 D)
l l l Ll
17
100. The rms speed of a particle of mass 5 10 kg in their random motion in air at S.T.P.
(Boltzman’s constant K  1.38 1023 J / K ) is n 103 m / s where n = (Nearest
integer)Ans:15.00
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101. Refractive index of a prism is and the angle of prism is 60 o . The minimum
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angle of incidence of a ray that will be transmitted through the prism is
A) 30 o B) 45o C) 15o D) 50 o

102. In the arrangement shown in figure a point object O, is placed as shown. If the final
image is formed at object position, the focal length of the concave lens is _______
cmAns: -20.00

103. Magnification of a compound microscope is 30. Focal length of eye piece is 5cm
and image is formed at a distance of distinct vision of 25cm. The magnification of
the objective lens is _____Ans:5.00
105. A point source of light is placed at a depth h = 0.5m below the surface of a liquid
 5
    . Then, find the percentage of incident light energy that escape directly
 4
from the liquid surface. Ans:20.00
106. A light ray is incident, at an incident angle 1, on the system of two plane mirrors
M1 and M2 having an inclination angle 75o between them (as
shown in figure). After reflecting from mirror M1 it gets
reflected back by the mirror M2 with an angle of reflection 30 o
. The total deviation of the ray will be _______ degree. Ans:210

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107. A particle moving towards a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm has a speed of 9
m/s when it is 30 cm away from the focus. The speed of the image is ______
m/sAns:4
108. A cylindrical vessel of diameter 12 cm contains 800 cm3 of water. A
cylindrical glass piece of diameter 8.0 cm and height 8.0 cm is placed
in the vessel. If the bottom of the vessel under the glass piece is seen
by the paraxial rays (see figure), locate its image from bottom. The
index of refraction of glass is 1.50 and that of water is 1.33.
A)2.1 cm B) 7.1 cm
C) 15 cm D) 20 cm
109. A fish looking upwards through the water seeing the outside world contained in a
circular horizon. If the refractive index of water is 4/3 and the fish is 12cm below
x
the surface, the radius of this circle in cm is , x  Ans:36
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110. A lens forms a real image of an object at a distance of 20 cm. It is observed that on
placing another identical lens in contact with it, the image gets shifted by 10 cm
towards the combination. The power of the lens is
A) 5D B) 2.5 D C) 10 D D) 2 D
111. Two prisms A and B in contact with each other. The dispersive power of A and B
is 0.04 and 0.03 respectively. The angular dispersion produced by ‘A’ is 8 0 . The
angular dispersion produced by the combination, if the combination does not
produce a net deviation is
A) 140 B) 8 0 C) 6 0 D) 20
112. A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on a right
angled prism. The refractive index of the material of the prism for the above red,
green and blue wavelengths are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47 respectively. The beam
emerging from prism will have :

A) the red colour separated from the green and blue colours
B) the blue colour separated from the red and green colours
C) the green colour separated from the red and blue colors
D) red, green and blue merged into single emergent beam
113. A ray is incident on combination of two right angular prisms placed in air of
refractive indices as shown in the figure. The angle of incidence is 45o . The total
angle of deviation in degree is
A) 30
B) 60
C) 90
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114. A point source of light S, placed at a distance 60 cm in front of the centre of a
plane mirror of width 50cm, hands vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of
the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a distance 1.2m from it (see
figure). The distance between the extreme point where he can see the image of
the light source in the mirror is _________cm Ans:150.00

115. A vessel of depth 2h is half filled with a l iquid of refractive index 2 2 and the
upper half with another liquid of refractive index 2 . The liquids are immiscible.
The apparent depth of the linear surface of the bottom of vessel will be:
h h h 3
A) B) C) D) h 2
2 2 2 1 3 2 4

 3
116. A ray of light is incident normally on the prism     immersed in a liquid as
 2
shown in the figure. The largest value for the angle  so that ray is totally
reflected at the face AC is 300. The refractive index of the given liquid is

3 3 4 3 3
A) B) C) D)
2 4 3 4
117. A ray of light of incident at the top surface of a transparent slab. Find minimum
value of its refractive index, so that TIR will occur at its vertical face

A)   1  sin 2  0 B)   1  sin 2  0 C)   1  cos 2 0 D)   1  cos 2 0

118. A prism of refractive index  and angle A is placed in the minimum deviation
position. If the angle of minimum deviation is A, then the value of A in terms of
 is
   1  
A) sin 1   B) sin 1 C) 2cos1   D) cos 1  
2 2 2 2
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119. 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 liquid is

5 5 3 3
A) B) C) D)
2 2 2 2
120. A small object stuck on the surface of a glass sphere (  1.5) is viewed from the
Diametrically opposite position. Find transverse magnification.Ans:3.00
121. In a compound microscope, the focal lengths of two lenses are 1.5 cm and 6.25
cm an object is placed at 2cm from objective and the final image is formed at
25cm from the eye lens. The distance between the two lenses is (in cm)
A) 6 B) 7.75 C) 9.25 D) 11
122. A ray of light travelling from glass to air is incident at angle i. Maximum angle of

deviation suffered for any angle of incidence is , then refractive index of glass is
2

A) 2 B) 3 C) 2 D) 4/3
123. A quarter cylinder of radius R and refractive index 1.5 is placed on a table. A point
object P is kept at a distance of mR from it. Find the value of m for which a ray
from P will emerge parallel to the table as shown in the figure.

4 2 8 5
A) B) C) D)
3 3 3 3

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