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PART – III : PHYSICS

Single Correct Choice Type

This Section contains 10 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

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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

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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
(a) d (b) d
4

d 2
(c) (d) d
3 3

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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.

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Multiple Correct Choice Type
This Section contains 5 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)

11. 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
refraction respectively. Then

P P'

(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.

12. 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

(a) sin   n12  n 22 (b) tan   n12  n 22

1 1
(c) sin   (d) tan  
n12  n 22 n12  n 22

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13. 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

14. 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

15. 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
(a) f1  (b) f2 = – 2f
2

3f
(c) f 2   (d) Data is insufficient
2

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