Single Correct Choice Type

This Section contains 14 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices a), b)
c) and d) out of which ONLY ONE is correct. (Marking Scheme : +6, – 2)
1. A concave convex lens has an index of refraction 1.5 and the radii of curvature of its
surfaces are 10 cm and 20 cm. The concave surface is upwards and it is filled with oil
= 1.6. Find the focal length of oil glass combination.
(a) 18.18 cm (b) 15 cm
(c) 22 cm (d) 17.5 cm
2. A concave mirror of focal length 2 cm is placed on a glass slab as shown in the figure. Then
the image of object O formed due to reflection at mirror and then refraction by the slab.
(a) will be virtual and will be at 2 cm from the pole of the concave mirror
(b) will be virtual and formed on the pole of the mirror
(c) will be virtual and on the object itself
(d) none of these
3. A ray of light strikes a plane mirror at an angle of incidence 45° as shown in the figure.
After reflection, the ray passes through a prism of refractive index 1.50, whose apex angle
is 4°. The angle through which the mirror should be rotated if the total deviation of the ray
is to be 90° is
(a) 1° clockwise (b) 1° anticlockwise
(c) 2° clockwise (d) 2° anticlockwise
4. The figure shows a ray incident at an angle i = /3. If the plot drawn shown the variation of
1
|r – i| versus  k, (r = angle of refraction)
2
2
(a) the value of k1 is (b) the value of 1 = /3
3
(c) the value of 2 = /6 (d) the value of k2 is 1
5. If an object is placed at A (OA > f); Where f is the focal length of the lens the image is found
to be formed at B.A perpendicular is erected at O and C is chosen on it such that the angle
BCA is a right angle. Then the value of f will be
(a) AB/OC2 (b) (AC) (BC)/OC
(c) OC2/AB (d) (OC) (AB)/AC+BC
6. A beam of diameter ‘d’ is incident on a glass hemisphere as shown. If the radius of curvature
of the hemisphere is very large in comparison to d, then the diameter of the beam at the
base of the hemisphere will be
3 d 2
(a) d (b) d (c) (d) d
4 3 3
7. A flat glass slab of thickness 6 cm and index 1.5 is placed in front of a plane mirror. An
observer is standing behind the glass slab and looking at the mirror. The actual distance of
the observer from the mirror is 50 cm. The distance of his image from himself, as seen by
the observer is
(a) 94 cm (b) 96 cm (c) 98 cm (d) 100 cm
8. A concave-convex glass (index = 1.5) lens has radii of curvatures 60 cm and 40 cm
respectively. Its convex surface is silvered and it is placed on a horizontal table with concave
surface up. The concave surface is then filled with a liquid of index 2.0. The combination is
like a
(a) Concave mirror (b) Convex mirror
(c) Flat mirror (d) Convex lens
9. 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 (given sin–1 (3/5) = 37°)
(a) 37° (b) > 37° (c) 53° (d) < 53°
10. A point object is moving with velocity 10 m/s along the principal axis of a stationary lens.
The lens is free to move along its axis. The mass of the object and the lens is same. There
are no external forces on the system of object and the lens. If the collision is elastic then just
after the collision the speed of the image relative to ground will be
(a) zero, only if the lens is converging (b) zero, only if the lens is diverging
(c) zero, for any type of lens (d) 20 m/s, for any type of lens.
11. A plane mirror is made of glass slab (g = 1.5) 2.5 cm thick and silvered on back. A point
object is placed 5 cm in front of the unsilvered face of the mirror. What will be the position
of final image?
(a) 12 cm from unsilvered face (b) 14.6 cm from unsilvered face
(c) 5.67 cm from unsilvered face (d) 8.33 cm from unsilvered face
12. The refractive index of a prism is 2. This prism can have a maximum refracting angle of :
(a) 90° (b) 60° (c) 45° (d) 30°
13. Diameter of a plano-convex lens of focal length 36 cm is 6 cm. It’s thickness at the centre
is 5 mm. The speed of light in the material of the lens is :
(a) 108 ms–1 (b) 2.4 × 108 ms–1
(c) 12 × 108 ms–1 (d) 104
14. A rays of light falls on a glass sphere at angle of incidence 60°. The directions of incident
ray and emergent ray when produced meet at the same point on the surface of sphere. The
refractive index of material of glass sphere is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 2  3
Paragraph Type
This Section contains 2 paragraphs. Based upon the first paragraph 3 multiple choice
questions and based upon the second paragraph 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each of these questions has four choices a), b), c) and d) out of which ONLY
ONE is correct. (Maring Scheme : +3, – 1)
Paragraph for Questions 15 to 17
A cylindrical container of radius R filled with mercury m to a height h less than the height of the
cylinder H. It is rotated about its axis with an angular velocity . As expected the liquid surface
becomes curved. The light getting reflected from its surface is observed. Neglecting the affect
of surface tension solve the following questions.
15. The surface behaves as a
(a) Convex mirror (b) Concave mirror
(c) Convex lens (d) Concave lens
16. The equation that might represent the surface formed is
x 2 2g(y) 2 2g(y)
(a) y  (b) x  (c) x  (d) None of these
2g 2
2
17. If the mirror formed is to have a focal length of 15 cm, the angular velocity to be given is
(a) 4 rad/s (b) 0.4 rad/s
(c) 6 rad/s (d) 1 rad/s
Paragraph for Questions 18 to 20
3
A hollow sphere of glass of refractive index has a small object O on its inner surface. It is
2
observed from a point outside the sphere on the side opposite to the object. The inner surface A
and outer surface B are concentric and uniformly thick.
 Paragraph for Questions 18 to 20
3
A hollow sphere of glass of refractive index has a small object O on its inner surface. It is
2
observed from a point outside the sphere on the side opposite to the object. The inner surface A
and outer surface B are concentric and uniformly thick.
18. As light from the object refracts in surface A, the image is formed at a distance (from X) of
(a) 0.25 m (b) 0.3 m (c) 0.375 m (d) 0.4 m
19. Trace the path of the ray for refraction in the two surfaces, showing the final image. The
distance of the final image from the point object is
(a) 0.375 m (b) 0.75 m (c) 0.6 m (d) 0.036 m
3
20. If the refractive index of the medium is = 1 instead of   , the shift in the position is
2
(a) 0 (b) <0.036 m
(c) > 0.036 m (d) >0.5 m
Multiple Correct Choice Type
This Section contains 9 multiple choice questions. Each question has four choices a),
b) c) and d) out of which ONE OR MORE may be correct. (Marking Scheme : +4, 0)
21. Two refracting media are separated by a spherical interface as shown in the figure. PP’ is
the principal axis, 1 and 2 are the refractive indices of medium of incidence and medium of
P P'
refraction respectively. Then
(a) if 2 > 1, then there cannot be a real image of real object.
(b) if 2 > 1, then there cannot be a real image of virtual object.
(c) if 1 > 2, then there cannot be a virtual image of virtual object.
(d) if 1 > 2, then there cannot be a real image of real object.
22. A cubical block of glass of refractive index n1 is in contact with the surface of water of
refractive index n2. A beam of light is incident on vertical face of the block (see figure).
After refraction, a total internal reflection at the base and refraction at the opposite vertical
face, the ray emerges out at an angle . The value of is given by
1 1
(a) sin   n12  n 22 (b) tan   n12  n 22 (c) sin   (d) tan  
n12  n 22 n12  n 22
23. There are three optical media 1, 2, and 3 with their refractive indices 1 > 2 > 3. (TIR 
total internal reflection)
(a) when a ray of light travels from 3 to 1 no TIR will take place
(b) critical angle between 1 and 2 is less than the critical angle between 1 and 3
(c) critical angle between 1 and 2 is more than the critical angle between 1 and 3
(d) chances of TIR are more when ray of light travels from 1 to 3 as compared to the case
when it travels from 1 to 2
24. Parallel rays of light are falling on convex spherical surface of radius of curvature R = 20
cm as shown. Refractive index of the medium is = 1.5. After refraction from the spherical
surface parallel rays
(a) actually meet at some point
(b) appears to meet after extending the refracted rays backwards
(c) meet (or appears to meet) at a distance of 30 cm from the spherical surface
(d) meet (or appears to meet) at a distance of 60 cm from the spherical surface
25. Focal length of a lens in air is f. Refractive index of the lens is . Focal length changes to f1

if lens is immersed in a liquid of refractive index and it becomes f2 if the lens is immersed
2
in a liquid of refractive index 2. Then
 f 3f
(a) f1  (b) f2 = – 2f (c) f 2   (d) Data is insufficient
2 2
26. A fish F, in the pond is at a depth of 0.8 m from water surface and is moving vertically
upwards with a velocity of 2 m/s. At the same instant a bird B at a height 6 m from water
surface is moving downward with a velocity of 3 m/s. [Both are on the same vertical line]
Then
(a) Velocity of B observed by F is equal to 4.25 m/s
(b) Velocity of B observed by F is equal to 6 m/s
(c) Velocity of F observed by B is equal to 6 m/s
(d) Velocity of F observed by B is equal to 4.5 m/s
27. A ray of light travelling in medium X, is incident on plane surface of two media X and Y and
gets refracted into medium Y. The angle of incidence is i and that of refraction is r. Graph
between sin i and sin r has been shown. Then
(a) Refractive index of medium X is greater than that of medium Y.
(b) Refractive index of medium Y is greater than that of medium X.
(c) Speed of light in medium Y is three-fourth of that in medium X.
(d) Total internal reflection cannot take place.
28. A projector, projects a 35mm film on 35 m wide screen at a distance of 40 m. For this
(a) Film should be at a distance of 4 cm from lens of the projector.
(b) Focal length of the lens (projector) is 3.99 cm.
(c) Focal length of the lens (projector) is 40 cm.
(d) Focal length is immaterial.
29. Rectangular slabs of equal thickness x are placed in contact one-above the other. The
0
refractive index varies from one end to the other, governed by,  (N)  0 
4N  9
with the Ist slab having an index of 0. Then
(a) TIR takes place at the top surface of the slab number N = 2
(b) for N < 2, TIR does not take place
(c) for N < 4, TIR takes place
(d) (N) cannot exceed 0

Matrix – Match Type

30. Column I Column II
(A) Concave mirror, u < f (p) Virtual, diminished image
(B) Convex mirror, u > f (q) Real, diminished image
(C) Concave mirror, f < u < 2f (r) Virtual, enlarged image
(D) Convex mirror, u < f (s) Real, enlarged image
31. Four rays of light parallel to optic axis and their path after passing through an optical system
are shown in table–1. Match the corresponding optical instrument from table 2
Column I Column II

(A) (p) Convex lens

(B) (q) Concave lens

(C) (r) Convex mirror

(D) (s) Concave mirror