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Multiple Choice Questions

Choose annd write the correct option(s) in the following questions.

For aconcave mirror of focal length f, the minimum distance between the object and its real
image is: [CBSE 2023 (55/1/1)]
(a) zerO (6) f (c) 2f (d) 4f
9 The direction of ray of light incident on a concave mirror is shown by
PO while directions in which the ray would travel after reflection is 2 4
shown by four rays marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Fig. given alongside). Which
of the four rays correctly shows the direction of reflected ray?
[NCERT Exemplar]
(b) 2 F
(a) 1
(c) 3 (d) 4 3
P
3. Aray of monochromatic light propagating in air, is incident on the
surface of water. Which of the following will be the same for the
reflected and refracted rays? [CBSE 2023 (55/2/1)]
(a) Energy carried (b) Speed (c) Frequency (d) Wavelength
4. Ashort pulse of white light is incident from air to a glass slab at normal incidence. After
travelling through the slab, the first colour to emerge is [NCERT Exemplar]
(a) blue (b) green (c) violet (d) red
5./The optical densityof turpentine is higher than that of water while its mass density is lower.
Figure shows a layer of turpentine floating over water in a container. For which one of the four
rays incident on turpentine in the figure, the path shown is correct? [NCERT Exemplar]
1 2 3

Air

Turpentine

Water

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

6. A
beam of
1.5 x 10 light travels from air into a medium. Its speed and wavelength in the medium are
ms and 230 nm respectively. The wavelength of light in air will be
(CBSE 2023(55/2/1)]
(a) 230 nm (b) 345 nm (c) 460 nm (d) 690nm

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 7. Transmission of light in optical fibre is due to
(u) scatterng (b) diffraction
() refraction (d) multiple total internal reflection
8. You are given four sources of light each one providing alight of a single colour -
green and yellow. Suppose the angle of refraction for abeam of yellow light red, blue,
to a particular angle of incidence at the interface of two media is 90°. which of the
statements is correct if the source of yellow light is replaced with that of other corlights
respondi
fol owinngg
changing the angle of incidence? without
[NCERT Exemplar
(a) The bcam of red light would undergo total internal reflection.
(b) The bcam of red light would bend towards normal while it gets retracted
(c) The beam of blue light would undergo total internal reflection.
through the sCOnd meduce
(d) The beam of green light would bend away from the normal as it
second medium. gets refracted throush the
(9) Which of thefollowing is not due tototal internal reflection ?
(a) Working of optical fibre
(6) Difference between apparent and real depth of a
(c) pond
Mirage on hot summer days
(d) Brilliance of diamond
10. An object approaches a
convergent lens from the left of the lens with a uniform speed5 m/s
and stops at the focus. The image
(a) moves away from the lens with an
(b) moves away from the lens with an uniform speed 5 m/s.
[NCERT Exemplar]
(c) moves away from the lens with a uniform accleration.
(d) moves towards the lens with a non-uniform acceleration.
11. The radius of curvature of the non-uniform acceleration.
curved
index of the material of the lens be 1.5,surface of a plano-convex lens is 20 cm.
it If the refractive
(a) act as aconvex lens only for the will
(b) act as a concave lens for the objects that lie on its curved side. [NCERT Exemplar]
(c) act as aconvex lens objects that lie on itscurved side.
(d) act as a concave lensirrespective the side on which the object lies.
of
irrespective of side on which the object lies.
12.)A student measures the focal
from the lens and measuring length of a convex lens by putting an
object pin at a
the distance u' of the image
plotted by the student should look like pin. The graph betweendistance 'u
'u' and '

v(cm)
v(cm)
(a)
(b)
u(cm)
u(cm)

v(cm)
v(cm)
(c)
(d)
u(cm)
u(cm)
Y

(13) Anshownequiconvex lens is cut into two halves along (i) XOX'
in the figure. Let/,f' andf" be the of the and (ii) YOY' as
lens of cach half in case () and of each focal lengths of complete X
half
Choose the correct statement from the followingin: case (ii) respectively.
(a) f= 2f and f" =| (b) f = f and f" f
(c) f= 2fand f" =2/ (d) f' = f and f" = 2f
Y
 Aray oflightt incident at an angle 8 on arefracting face of a prism emerges from the other face
normally.If the angle of the prism is 5° and the prism is made of a
incidence is material of refractive index
1.5. the angie of
(a) 7.5° (b) 5° (c) 15°
[NCERT Exemplar]
(d) 2.5°
15. Abeam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is
A
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. Blue
Green
The prism will Red
(a) not separate the three colours at all
45/
(0) separate the red colour part from the green and blue colours B C
i) separate the blue colour part from the red and green colours
(d) separate all the three colours from one another
16. Athin prism having refracting angle 10° is made of glass of refractiveindex 1.42. This prism is
combined with another thin prism of glass of refractive index 1.7. This combination
dispersion without deviation. This refracting angle of second prism should be produces
(a) 6° (b) 8° (c) 10° (d) 4°
17. Abiconcave lens of power P vertically splits into two
of each part will be
identical plano concave parts. The power
[CBSE 2020 (55/5/1)]
(a) 2P (b) P/2 (c) P (d) P/N2
18. A biconvex lens of glass having refractive index 1.47 is
immersed in a liquid. It becomes
invisible and behaves as a plane glass plate. The refractive index of the liquid is
(a) 1.47 [CBSE 2020 (55/1/1)]
(b) 1.62 (c) 1.33 (d) 1.51
I9. For a glass prism, the angle of minimum deviation will be smallest for the light of
(a) red colour
[CBSE 2020 (55/1/1)]
(b) blue colour (c) yellow colour (d) green colour
20. f the focal length of objective lens is increased then magnifying power of
(a) microScope will increase but that of telescopedecrease
microscope and telescope both willincrease
() microscope and telescope both will decrease
4) microSCope will decrease but that of telescope will increase
ur lenses of focal length +15 cm and +150 cm are available for making a telescope. To
Poduce the largest magnification, the focal length of the eyepiece should be
(a) +15 cm (c) -150 cm (d) -15cm
22.. The magnifying power(b)of+150 cm
atelescope is 9. When it is adjusted for parallel ravs the distance
between the objective and eyepiece is 20 cm. The focal length of lenses are
(a) 11 cm, 9 cm (b) 10 cm, 10 cm (c) 15 cm, 5 cm (d) 18 cm, cm
23. The focal length of the objective of a compound mieroscope is |CBSE 2020 (53 13)]
) greater than the focal length of eyepece
) lesser than the focal length of eyepiece
) equal o the focal length of eyepiece
a) equal to the
24. Larger aperture length of its tube
of objective lens in an astronomicaltelescope [CBSE 2020 (55 1 1))
) increases the of telescope.
h) resolving powel
)
decreases
Increases
the brightness of theimage.
the size of the image:
(d)
decreases the length ofthe telescope.
 25. A ray of light is incident on an equilateral glass prism placed on 2 horizomtal table. Foe
minimum deviation whích of the following is true?

(a) PO is horizontal (b) OR is horizontl

( ) RS is horizontal (d, Either PO or RS is horizontal
26. A thin glass (refractive index 1.5) lens has optical power of -5 D in air. Its optical power in
liquid with refractive index 1.7 will be
(b) + 1D lc)- 23D (d) + 23 D
(a) - 1D
5
27. Refractive index of water is .A.A light source wa at a depth of 4m. Then what
is placed in water
is
3 so that the light of source can be
must be the minimum radius of disc placed at water surface [HOTS
stopped? (d) infinite
(a) 3rn (h) 4 n lc) 3m
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NEP Assertion-Reason Questions

Inthe following questions, a statement of Assertion(A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the
correct answer out of the following choices.
(a) Both Aand R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(6) Both Aand Rare true but Ris not the correct explanation of A.
(c) Ais true but R is false.
(d) Ais false and R is also false.
1. Assertion(4) : Diamond glitters brilliantly.
Reason (R) : Diamond reflects sunlight strongly.
2. Assertion (A) : A convex mirror cannot form real images.
Reason
(R) : Convex mirror converges the parallel rays that are incident on it.
[CBSE Sample Paper-2021]
3. )Assertion (4) : In a telescope, objective lens has greater focal length than eye piece but in a
oscope objective has smaller focal length than eve piece. By inverting
telescope, a microscope cannot be formed.
Reason (R) : The difference in focal lengths of objective and eye lens in telescope is much
(R)
larger than in microscope.
4. Assertion (4) : A convex lens of focal length 30 cm can't be used as a simple microscope in
normal setting.
Reason (R) :: For normal setting, the angular magnification of simple[CBSE is M= Df.
microscope
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 5. Assertion(4) : or observing trafic at back, the driver mirror is convex mirro.
Reason (R) : A convex mirror has much larger field of view than a plane mirror.
Assertion(4) : In astronomical telescope, the objective lens is of large aperture.
Reason (R) : Larger is the aperture, smaller is the magnifying p0wer.
7. Assertion (4) : The speed of light in glass depends
C
on colour of light.
Reason (R) : The speed of light in glass v, . the refractive index (n,) of glass is different
for different colours.
8. Assertion (4) : Aray of light is incident from outside on a glass sphere surrounded by air. This
interface.
ray may suffer total internal reflection at second
from the
Reason (R) : If a ray of light goes from denser to rarer medium, it bends away
[AIIMS 2017]
normal.
3. ASsertion (4) : In compound microscope, the objective lens is taken of small focal length.
Keason (R) : This increases the magnifying power of microscope.
10.) Assertion(4) : Ifa convex lens is kept in water, its convergence power decreases. relative to air.
less than that
Keason (R) : Therefractive index of convex lens relative to water is
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NEP Case-based/Passage-based Questions

Read the paragraph given below and answer the questions that follow:
Sparking Brilliance of Diamond: The total internal reflection
of the light is used in polishing diamonds to create a sparking Critical angle
brilliance. By polishing the diamond with specific cuts, it is
adjusted so that the most of the light rays approaching the surface
are incident with an angle of incidence more than critical angle.
Hence, they suffer multiple reflections and ultimately come out
of diamond from the top. This gives the diamond asparking
brilliance. [CBSE Sample Paper-2021] TotalAir Diamond
() Light cannot easily escape a diamond without multiple reflection
internal reflections. This is because
(a) its critical angle with reference to air is too large.
(b) its critical angle with reference to air is too small.
(c) the diamond is transparent.
(d) rays always enter at angle greater than critical angle.
(ii) The critical angle for a diamond is 24.4°. Then its refractive index is
(a) 2.42 (6) 0.413
(c) I (d) 1.413
(i) The basic reason for the extraordinary sparkle of suitably cut diamond is that
(a) it has low refractive index
(b) it has high
transparency
() ithas high refractive index
(d) it is very hard
 diamond cut in two different shapes.
(iv) The following diagram shows same

will be:
The brilliance of diamond in the second diamond
(a) less than the first (6) greater than first
(c) same as first (d) will depend on the intensity of light
OR
A diamond is immersed in a liquid with a refractive index greater than water. Then the
critical angle for total internal reflection will
(a) depend on the nature of the liquid (b) decrease
(c) remain the same (d) increase
2. Mirage in Deserts:
To a distant observer, the light appears to be
coming from somewhere below the ground. The
observer naturally assumes that light is being
reflected from the ground, say, by a pool of water
near the tall object.
Such inverted images of distant tall objects cause an MIRAGE
optical illusion to the observer. This phenomenon AN OPTICAL ILLUSION
is called mirage. This type of mirage is especially common in hot deserts.
[CBSE Sample Paper-2022, Term-2]
(i) Which of the following phenomena is prominently involved in the formation of mirage in
deserts?
(a) Refraction, Total internal Reflection
(b) Dispersion and Refraction
(c) Dispersion and scattering of light
(d) Total internal Rellection and diffraction
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(ii) A diver at a depth 12 m inside water". g sees the sky in a cone of semi- vertical angle
(a) sin-4 (0) tan-I4
3 3
(c) sin 3
4 (d) 90°
(iii) In an optical fibre, if n, and n, are the refractive indices of the core and cladding, then
which among the following, would be a correct equation?
(d) n, > no
respecttoair
(iv) A diamond is immersed in such a liquid which has its refractive index Withcriticalangle of
as greater than the refractive index of water with respect to air. Then the interface will
diamond-liquid interface as compared to critical angle of diamond -water
(a) dependon thealure of the liquid only () decrease
(c) remain the same (d) increase
 OR
The following figure shows a cross-section of a light pipe' made of a glass fiber of
refractive index 1.68. The outer covering of the
dex l.44. What is the range of the angles of the pipe is made of a material of refractive
incident rays with the axis of the pipe
for the following phenomena to occur.

(a) 0 <i< 90° (b) 0 <i< 60°

(c) 0 <i<45° (d) 0 <i< 30°
3. Compound Microscope:
Acompound microscope consists of two converging lenses. One of them, of smaller aperture
and smaller focal length is called objectçve and the other of slightly larger aperture and slighly
larver focal length is called eye-piece. Both the lensesare fitted in a tube with an arrangement
o ary the distance between them. Atiny object is placed in front of the objective at a distance
slightly greater than its focal length. The objective produces the image of the object which acts
as an object for the eye-piece. The eye piece, in turn produces the final magnified image.
[CBSE Sample Paper 2022, Term-2]
Eyepiece
-u
D

Objective L1
B

A"
A BE
A

B"
eye-piece are
microscope the images formed by the objective and the
a compound
respectively. (b) real, virtual
(a) virtual, real
(d) real, real
(c) virtual, virtual
(ii) The magnification due to acompound microscope does not depend upon
(a) the aperture of the objective and the eye-piee
(b) the focal length ofthe objective: andthe eye-piece
(c) the length of the tube
(d) the colour of the light used
 (iii) Which of the following is not correct in the context of a compound microsconei
(a) Both the lenses are of short focal lengths.
(6) The magnifying power increases by decreasing the focal lengths of the two lenee
(c) The distance between the two lenses is more than f, + ).
(d) The microscopc can beuscd as atelescopc by interchanging the twolenses.
(iv) Acompound microscope consists of an objective of 10X and an eye-piece of
magnification due to the microscope would be 20X. The
(a) 2 (b) 10
(c) 30 (d) 200
OR
The focal lengths of objectiveand eye-piece of acompound microscope are 1.2 cm and 3.0
respectively. The object is placed at a distance of 1.25 cm from the objective. If the Fot
image is formed at infinity, the magnifying power of the microscope would be
(a) 100 (b) 150
(c) 200 (d) 250
r4. Refraction through Prism: Strontium titanate is a rare
oxide a A
natural mineral found in Siberia. It is used as a substitute for
diamond
because its refractive index and critical angle are 2.41 and 24.5°, 60°
respectively, which are approximately equal to the refractive index
and critical angle of diamnond. It has all the
properties of diamond.
Even an expert jeweller is unable to differentiate
and strontium titanate. A ray of light is between diamond
of an equilateral triangular prism ABC incident normally on one face
made of strontium titanate.
(i) The necessary conditions for total [CBSE 2023 (55/1/1),Modified
internal
reflection is
(a) the angle of incidence in
denser medium must be smaller than the
media critical angle for two
(b) the angle of refraction in
media denser medium must be greater than the critical angle for two
(c) the angle of incidence in
media denser medium must be greater than the critical angle tor two
(d) none of these
(ii) The speed of light ina
(a) 3 x 10 m/s
medium whose critical angle is 30° is
(c) 1.5 x 10* mn/s (b) 2 × 10 m/s
(ii) Dispersion power depends (d) 2.5 X 10 m/s
(a) height of the prism upon
(c) material of prism (b) angle of prism
(iv) A ray of light incident at an (d) the shape of prism
angle on
other normally. If the angle of the prism is refracting face of a prism emerges trom
refractive index 1.5, the angle of incidence is30 and the prism is made up ofamaterat
(a) 30°
(c) 60°
(b) 45°
(d) 90°
OR
When light rays are incident on a prism at an
obtained. If refractive index of prism is /2, thenangle of 45°, the minimum
the angle of prism will be
deviaton
(a) 60°
(b) 40°
(c) 50°
(d) 30°
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