Optics Refraction at Plane Surfaces

Test

Time: 30 mins

1. Let the refractive index of a denser medium with respect to a rarer medium be n 12 and its critical angle be C. At an angle
of incidence A when light is travelling from denser medium to rarer medium, a part of the light is reflected and the rest is
refracted and the angle between reflected and refracted rays is 90 0. Angle A is given by : (JEE Mains 2017)
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(A) tan (sin C ) (B) 1 / tan (sin C ) (C) sin (tan C ) (D) 1 / sin (tan C )

2. In an experiment for determination of refractive index of glass of a prism by i , plot, it was found that a ray incident at
angle 350, suffers a deviation of 400 and that it emerges at angle 790. n that case which of the following is closest to the
maximum possible value of the refractive index? (JEE Mains 2016)
(A) 1.5 (B) 1.6 (C) 1.7 (D) 1.8

3. A hemispherical glass body of radius 10 cm and refractive index 1.5 is silvered on its curved
surface. A small air bubble is 6 cm below the flat surface inside it along the axis. The position of

the image of the air bubble made by the mirror is: (JEE Mains 2016)
(A) 14 cm below flat surface (B) 30 cm below flat surface (C) 20 cm below flat surface (D) 16cm below flat surface

4. The angle of a prism is A. One of its refracting surfaces is silvered. Light rays falling at an angle of incidence 2A on the first
surface returns back through same path after suffering reflection at silvered surface. The refractive index , of the prism is
(A) 2 sinA (B) 2 cosA (C) 0.5 cosA (D) tan A (AIPMT 2014)

5. A thin prism having refracting angle 100 is made of glass of refractive index 1.42. This prism is combined with another
thin prism of glass of refractive index 1.7. This combination produces no deviation. The refractive angle of prism should be,
(A) 60 (B) 80 (C) 100 (D) 40 (NEET 2017)

6. The angle of incidence for a ray of light at a refracting surface of a prism is 45 0. The angle of prism is 600. If the ray suffers
minimum deviation through the prism, the angle of minimum deviation and refractive index of the material of the prism
respectively, are (NEET 2016)
(A) 450 , 1/2 (B) 300 , 2 (C) 450 , 2 (D) 300 , 1/2

7. Match the corresponding entries of column-1 with coloumn-2 (m is the magnification produced by the mirror)
Column-1 Column-2 (NEET 2016)
(A) m = 2 (a) Convex mirror
(B) m = 1/2 (b) Concave mirror
(C) m = +2 (c) Real image
(D) m = + 1/2 (d) Virtual image

(1) A b and c, B b and c, C b and d, D a and d

(2) A a and c, B a and d, C a and b, D c and d
(3) A a and d, B b and c, C b and d, D b and c
(4) A c and d, B b and d, C b and c, D a and d

8. An air bubble in a glass slab with refractive index 1.5 (near normal incidence) is 5 cm deep when viewed from one surface
and 3 cm deep when viewed from the opposite face. The thickness (in cm) of the slab is (NEET 2016)
(A) 16 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12

9. The refracting angle of a prism is A, and refractive index of the material of the prism is cot(A/2). The angle of minimum
deviation is (AIPMT 2015)
(A) 90o A (B) 180o + 2A (C) 180o 3A (D) 180o 2A

10. You are asked to design a shaving mirror assuming that a person keeps it 10 cm from his face and views the magnified
image of the face at the closest comfortable distance of 25 cm. The radius of curvature of the mirror would then be
(A) 30 cm (B) 24 cm (C) 60 cm (D) -24 cm (JEE Mains 2015)

11. Monochromatic light is incident on a glass prism of angle A. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is , a
ray, incident at angle , on the face AB would get transmitted through the face AC of prism provided, (JEE Mains 2015)
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(A) > sin1 [ sin( sin1 ( ))] (B) < sin1 [ sin( sin1 ( ))]

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(C) > cos 1 [ sin( + sin ( ))] (D) < cos 1 [ sin( + sin ( ))]

12. 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 prism will: (AIPMT 2015)
(A) separate all the three colours from one another
(B) not separate the three colours at all
(C) separate the red colour part from the green and blue colours
(D) separate the blue colour part from the red and green colours

13. A monochromatic beam of light is incident at 60 on one face of an equilateral prism of

refractive index n and emerges from the opposite face making an angle (n) with the
normal (see the figure). For n = 3 the value of is 60 and d/dn = m. The value of m is

(JEE Advanced 2015)

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