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Physics Light (Ray Optics) CTS-1

1. Two plane mirrors are inclined at angle  as shown in figure. If a ray parallel
to OB strikes the other mirror at P and finally emerges parallel to OA after A
two reflection then  is equal to:
P
 
(A) 90 (B) 60


(C) 45 (D) 30 O B

2. If incident ray MP and reflected ray QN are parallel to each other, find the angle  between the mirrors.
(A) 60
P Q


(B) 45 i1 i2
i1 i2
(C) 90
(D) 180
M N

3. A point source of light B is placed at a distance L in front of the centre of a mirror

B
of width ‘d’ hung vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a
line parallel to the mirror at a distance 2L from it as shown in figure. The greatest d

distance over which can see the image of the light source in the mirror is :
L
(A) d/2 (B) d 2L
(C) 2d (D) 3d
4. An object is moving with a velocity of 2i  3j  6k . A plane mirror whose reflecting surface is parallel to

y – z plane is moving with a velocity of i  j  k . What is the velocity of image as seen by a stationary
observer?
(A) j  4k (B) j  4k (C) i  3j  6k (D) 3j  6k

5. ˆ m / s and plane mirror is moving with velocity 4iˆ m/s as

An object is moving with velocity (2iˆ  3j)
shown. Find velocity of image.

(A) 8iˆ  2ˆj

(B) 10iˆ  3jˆ

(C) 8iˆ  3jˆ

(D) 2iˆ  6ˆj

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6. A beam of light form a source L is incident normally on a plane mirror fixed at a certain distance x from
the source. The beam is reflected back as a spot on a scale placed just above the source L. When the mirror
rotated through a small angle  , the spot of the light is found to move through a distance y on the scale.
The angle  is given by :
y x x y
(A) (B) (C) (D)
x 2y y 2x

7. An object is placed 40 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm. The image formed is :
(A) Real, inverted and same in size (B) Real, inverted and smaller
(C) Virtual, erect and larger (D) Virtual, erect and smaller

8. An object is placed at 20 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 10 cm. The image formed by the mirror
is:
(A) Real and at 20 cm from the mirror (B) Virtual and at 20 cm from the mirror
(C) Virtual and at 20/3 cm from the mirror (D) Real and at 20/3 cm from the mirror

9. An object 1 cm tall is placed 4 cm in front of a mirror. In order to produce an upright image of 3 cm height
one needs a
(A) Convex mirror of radius of curvature 12 cm
(B) Concave mirror of radius of curvature 12 cm
(C) Concave mirror of radius of curvature 4 cm
(D) Plane mirror of height 12 cm

*10. Two points P and Q lie on either side of an axis XY as shown. It is desired to produce an image of P at Q
using a spherical mirror, with XY as the optic axis. The mirror must be : P
(A) converging (B) diverging X Y
Q
(C) positioned to the left of P (D) positioned to the right of Q

*11. For a concave mirror:

(A) virtual image is always larger in size (B) real image is always smaller in size
(C) real image is always larger in size (D) real image may be smaller or larger in size

*12. From a concave mirror of focal length f, image is 2 times larger. Then the object distance from the mirror
is:
f 3f f 4f
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 4 3

13. In figure find the total magnification after two successive

reflections first on M1 and then on M2.
(A) +1

(B) –2

(C) +2

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14. A car is fitted with a convex side – view mirror of focal length 20 cm. A second car 2.8 m behind the first
car is overtaking the first car at a relative speed of 15 m/s. The speed of the image of the second car as seen
in the mirror of the first one is :
(A) 1/10 m/s (B) 1/15 m/s (C) 10 m/s (D) 15 m/s

15. What is the velocity (in cm s 1 ) of image in situation shown in figure. (O = object, f = focal length).

Object moves with velocity 10 cm/s and mirror moves with velocity 2cm s 1 as shown.

16. A transparent cube of 0.21 m edge contains a small air bubble. Its apparent distance when viewed through
one face of the cube is 0.10 m and when viewed from the opposite face is 0.04 m. The actual distance of
the bubble from the second face of the cube is :
(A) 0.06 m (B) 0.17 m (C) 0.05 m (D) 0.04 m

17. A fish in water (refractive index n) looks at a bird vertically above in the air. If y is the height of the bird
and x is the depth of the fish from the surface, then the distance of the bird as estimated by this fish is :
 1  1  1
(A) x  y  1   (B) y  x  1   (C) x  y  1   (D) x + ny
 n  n  n

18. A stationary swimmer S, inside a liquid of refractive index 1 is at a distance d from a fixed point P inside
the liquid. A rectangular block of width t and refractive index  2   2  1  is now placed between S and
P. S will observe P to be at a distance :
         
(A) d  t  1  1 (B) d  t 1  2  (C) d  t 1  2  (D) d  t  1  1
 2   1   1   2 

19. For the figure shown match the following:


45
1


30
2

 3
60

Column I Column II
(A) 1 /  2 1. 2
(B)  2 / 1 2. 1.5
(C)  2 / 3 3. 3

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20. A fish looking up through water sees the outside world contained in a circular horizon. If the refractive
index of water is 4/3 and the fish is 12 cm below the surface, the radius of this circle (in cm) is :
36
(A) 4 5 (B) 36 5 (C) 36 7 (D)
7
21. A light ray falls on a square slab at an angle 45°, what must be the minimum
index of refraction of glass, if total internal reflection takes place at the vertical
face?
3 3 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
22. The minimum value of refractive index n of a cylindrical solid rod placed
in air, so that the light entering through the flat surface of the rod does air
not cross the curved surface of the rod is : i
3
(A) (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 3
2
23. A ray of light traveling in glass ( g  3/ 2) is incident on a glass air surface at the critical angle. If a thin
layer of water ( w  4 / 3) is now poured on the glass air surface, at what angle will the ray of light
emerge into air at the water air surface ?
(A) 60° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 90°

24. A ray of light travels from an optically denser to rarer medium. The critical angle for the two media is c.
The maximum possible deviation of the ray will be:
(A) c (B)   2c (C) 2c (D) /2  c
25. 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 is 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
(A) (B)
2 2
3 3
(C) (D)
2 2

26. A fish rising up vertically toward the surface of water with speed 3ms1
observes a bird diving down vertically towards it with speed 9ms 1 . The
actual velocity of bird is :
(A) 4.5 ms 1 (B) 5.4 ms1
(C) 3.0ms 1 (D) 3.4ms 1

27. A glass (R.I. = 1.5) slab having thickness 6 cm is placed infant of a concave mirror of focal length
20 cm as shown. A point object O is placed on the axis of mirror at a distance of 27 cm from the pole. The
distance of final image from P is :
(A) 100 cm
(B) 98 cm
O p
(C) 102 cm
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28. A ray of light incident on a slab of transparent material is partly reflected from the surface and partly
refracted into the slab. The reflected and refracted rays are mutually perpendicular. The incident ray makes
an angle i with the normal to the slab. The refractive index of the slab is:
(A) tan 1  i  (B) cot 1  i  (C) sin 1  i  (D) cos 1  i 

29. A prism of refractive index 2 has a refracting angle of 60°. At what angle, a ray must be incident on it so
that it suffers a minimum deviation ?
(A) 45° (B) 60° (C) 90° (D) 180°
30. Refractive index of a prism is 7 / 3 and the angle of prism is 60°. The minimum angle of incidence of a
ray that will be transmitted through the prism is :
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 15° (D) 50°

31. Figure shows the graph of angle of deviation  versus angle of 

incidence i for a light ray striking a prism. The prism angle is :
(A) 30° (B) 45° 30

(C) 60° (D) 75° i

15 60
32. 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 :
(A) 90 A (B) 180 2A (C) 180 3A (D) 180  2A

33. The angle of prism is A. One of its refracting surfaces is silvered. Light rays falling at an angle of
incidence 2A on the first surface return back through the same path after surface suffering reflection at the
silvered surface. The refractive index  , of the prism is:
1
(A) 2sin A (B) 2cos A (C) cos A (D) tan A
2
34. White light is incident on one of refracting surfaces of a prism of angle 5°. If the refraction indices for red
and blue colours are 1.641 and 1.659 respectively, the angular separation between two colours when they
emerge out of the prism is :
(A) 0.9° (B) 0.09° (C) 1.8° (D) 1.2°

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Physics Light (Ray Optics) CTS-2

1. A point object O is placed in front of a glass rod having

spherical end of radius of curvature 30 cm. The image
would be formed at :
(A) 30 cm left (B) Infinity
(C) 1 cm to the right (D) 18 cm to the left

2. A glass sphere of radius R = 10 cm is kept inside water.

A point object O is placed at 20 cm from A as shown in
figure. Find the position and nature of the image (From
O A
B) when seen from other side of the sphere. Given 10 cm B
 g  3/ 2 and  w  4 / 3 . 20 cm

(A) 200 cm, virtual (B) 100 cm, real (C) 100 cm, virtual (D) 300 cm, virtual

3. A ray is incident at an angle 60° on a sphere which is made of

material having refractive index = 3 , find angle by which the
emergent ray is deviated.
(A) 30° (B) 15° 60

(C) 45° (D) 60°

4. In the situation as shown in figure the curved part is  1

hemispherical. The separation between images of the object O as  2

seen by observers A and B will be. A 20cm B

O
(A) 5 cm (B) 10 cm   1.5
 1
(C) 20 cm (D) 40 cm
20cm
*5. Which of the following form(s) a virtual and erect image for all positions of the object?
(A) Convex lens (B) Concave lens (C) Convex mirror (D) Concave mirror

6. A concave lens of glass, refractive index 1.5 has both surfaces of same radius of curvature R.
On immersion in a medium of refractive index 1.75, it will behave as a :
(A) convergent lens of focal length 3.5 R (B) convergent lens of focal length 3.0 R
(C) divergent lens of focal length 3.5 R (D) divergent lens of focal length 3.0 R

7. The radius of the convex surface of a plano-convex lens is 20 cm and the refractive index of material of the
lens is 1.5. The focal length of lens is :
(A) 30 cm (B) 50 cm (C) 20 cm (D) 40 cm

*8. A thin, symmetric double-convex lens of power P is cut into three parts A, B and C as
A
shown. The power of :
P P B C
(A) A is P (B) A is 2P (C) B is (D) B is
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*9. The figure shows positions of object O and its diminished image I. This is possible if:
(A) a convex mirror is placed to the right of I
(B) a convex mirror is placed between O and I
Principal axis
(C) a concave lens is placed to the right of I
(D) a concave lens is placed between O and I
O I

*10. An object is placed at a distance 40 cm from a convex lens of

M
focal length =20cm A concave mirror of focal length 30 cm is also
L
place on other side of lens at a distance 100 cm. Final image of
object is formed through lens after reflection from mirror ; then
(A) The final image is real, erect and of half of the size of object O
(B) The final image is real, inverted and same size of object. 40cm 100cm
(C) Distance between final image and mirror is 60 cm
(D) Distance between final image and lens is 40 cm.

Direction for Q.(11-12)

Two equiconvex lenses of glass ( g  1.5) and of focal length 20 cm 10 cm are kept in contact.

11. What is the equivalent focal length if they are kept in air.
(A) 20 cm (B) 20/3 cm (C) 10/3 cm (D) 15 cm
 4
12. What is the equivalent focal length if the system is placed in water    
 3
(A) 20/3 cm (B) 40/3 cm (C) 20 cm (D) 80/3 cm
13. A biconvex lens is formed with two thin plano-convex lenses as shown
in the figure. Refractive index n of the first lens is 1.5 and that of the
second lens is 1.2. Both the curved surfaces are of the same radius of
curvature R = 14 cm. For this biconvex lens, for an object distance of 40
cm, the image distance will be :
(A) –280.0 cm
(B) 40.0 cm
(C) 21.5 cm
(D) 13.3 cm

14. Two identical thin planoconvex lenses of refractive index n are silvered, one on the plane side and the
other on the convex side. The ratio of their local length is :
n2 n n 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) n
n n 1 n
15. Focal length of the plano-convex lens is 15 cm. A small object is
placed at A as shown in the figure. The plane surface is silvered. The
image will form at.
(A) 60 cm to the left of lens (B) 12 cm to the left of lens
A 20 cm
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16. The concave side of a plano-concave glass (   3/ 2 ) lens has a radius of curvature 50 cm and its plane
side is silvered. An object of size 6 mm is placed perpendicular to the axis of the lens at a distance of 10
cm infront of its concave face. Find the size of the image (in mm) formed by this silvered lens.

17. A converging lens of focal length f1 is placed in front of and coaxially with a convex mirror of focal length
f2. Their separation is d. A parallel beam of light incident on the lens returns as a parallel beam from the
arrangement.
(A) d  |f 2 |  2|f1 | (B) d  f1  2 |f 2 | (C) d  | f1 |  |f 2 |
(D) If the entire arrangement is immersed in water, the conditions will remain unaltered.

18. A diverging lens of focal length f1 is placed in front of and coaxially with a concave mirror of focal length
f2. Their separation is d. A parallel beam of light incident on the lens returns as a parallel beam from the
arrangement.
(A) d  |f 2 |  2 |f1 | (B) d  2|f 2 |  |f1 | (C) d  |f 2 |  |f1 |
(D) If the entire arrangement is immersed in water, the conditions will remain unaltered.

19. Behind a thin convex lens having both the surfaces of same radius
10cm, a plane mirror has been placed a shown in figure. The image of
an object at a distance 40 cm from the lens is formed at the same
position of object. What is the refractive index of the lens?
(A) 1.5 (B) 5/3 (C) 9/8 (D) None of these

*20. In displacement method, the distance between object and screen is 96cm. The ratio of length of two
images formed by a converging lens placed between them is 4.
(A) Ratio of the length of object to the length of shorter image is 2
(B) Distance between the two positions of the lens is 32 cm
64
(C) Focal length of the lens is cm
3
(D) When the shorter image is formed on screen, distance of the lens from the screen is 32 cm.

21. A converging lens of 20 cm focal length is cut along the line AB as shown in figure. The part of the lens
shown shaded in the diagram is now used to form an image of a point object P placed 30 cm, away from it
on the line XY, which is perpendicular to the plane of the lens. The image of P will be formed.

2 cm
A B 2 cm
5 cm
X Y
P
30 cm

(A) on XY (B) 1 cm below XY

(C) 1.5 cm below XY (D) 0.5 cm above XY

*22. A thin, symmetric double convex lens of power P is cut into three parts
A, B and C as shown in Figure. The power of :
(A) A is P
(B) A is 2P
(C) B is P/2
(D) C is P/4
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JEE Mains Light (Ray Optics) CPQ

1. Two plane mirrors are inclined at 70 . A ray incident on one mirror at angle,  after reflection falls on
second mirror and is reflected from there parallel to first mirror. The value of  is :
(A) 45 (B) 30 (C) 55 (D) 50
2. A tall man of height 6 feet, want to see his full image. Then required minimum length of the mirror will be:
(A) 12 feet (B) 3 feet (C) 6 feet (D) any length
3. The image formed by a convex mirror of focal length 30 cm is a quarter of the size of the object. The
distance of the object from the mirror is:
(A) 30 cm (B) 90 cm (C) 120 cm (D) 60 cm
4. Radius of curvature of concave mirror is 40 cm and the size of image is twice as that of object, then the
object distance is:
(A) 60 cm (B) 20 cm (C) 40 cm (D) 30 cm
5. If an object is placed 10 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm, the image will be :
(A) Diminished, upright, virtual
(B) Enlarged, upright, virtual
(C) Diminished, inverted, real
(D) Enlarged, upright, real
6. A point object is placed at a distance of 10 cm and its real image is formed at a distance of 20 cm from
concave mirror. If the object is moved by 0.1 cm towards the mirror, the image will shift by about.
(A) 0.4 cm away from the mirror
(B) 0.4 cm towards the mirror
(C) 0.8 cm away from the mirror
(D) 0.8 cm towards the mirror

7. Under which of the following conditions will a convex mirror of focal length f produce an image that is
erect, diminished and virtual
(A) Only when 2f  u  f
(B) Only when u = f
(C) Only when u < f
(D) Always

8. What will be the height of image when an object of 2 mm is placed on the axis of a convex mirror at a
distance 20 cm of radius of curvature 40 cm?
(A) 20 mm (B) 10 mm (C) 6 mm (D) 1 mm

9. A rod of length 10 cm lies along the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm in such a way
that its end closer to the pole is 20 cm away from the mirror. The length of the image is:
(A) 10 cm (B) 15 cm (C) 2.5 cm (D) 5 cm

10. When an object is kept at a distance of 20 cm from a concave mirror, the image is formed at a distance of
10 cm. If the object is moved with a speed of 4 m/s, find the speed with which the image moves
(A) 10 cm/sec (B) 1 m/sec (C) 4 m/sec (D) 0.4 m/sec

11. The refractive index of water is 1.33. What will be the speed of light in water?
(A) 4 108 m / s (B) 1.33108 m / s (C) 3 108 m / s (D) 2.25 108 m / s

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12. A beam of light is converging towards a point I. A plane parallel plate of glass of thickness t, refractive
index  is introduced in the path of the beam. The convergent point is shifted by (assume near normal
incidence)

 1  1  1  1
(A) t 1   away (B) t 1   away (C) t  l   nearer (D) t 1   nearer
       

13. A ray of light travelling in a transparent medium of refractive index  , fall on a surface separating the
medium from air at an angle of incidence of 45 . For which of the following value of  the ray can
undergo total internal reflection?
(A)  1.33 (B)  1.40 (C)  1.50 (D)  1.25

14. The speed of light in media M1 and M 2 are 1.5  108 m / s and 2.0 108 m / s respectively.A ray of light
enters from medium M1 to M 2 at an incidence angle i. If the ray suffers total internal reflection, the value
of i is :
 2  3
(A) Equal to sin 1   (B) Equal to or les than sin 1  
 3 5
 3  2
(C) Equal to or greater than sin 1   (D) Less than sin 1  
 4  3
15. A small coin is resting on the bottom of a beaker filled with liquid. A ray
of light from the coin travels upto the surface of the liquid and moves
along its surface. How fast is the light travelling in the liquid?
(A) 2.4 108 m / s (B) 3.0 108 m / s
(C) 1.2 108 m / s (D) 1.8108 m / s

16. A disc is placed on a surface of pond which has refractive index 5/3. A source of light is placed 4 m below
the surface of liquid. The minimum radius of disc needed so that light is not coming out is:
(A)  (B) 3m (C) 6m (D) 4m
17. A ray of light from a denser medium strikes a rarer medium as shown in figure. The reflected and refracted
rays make an angle of 90° with each other. The angles of reflection and refraction are r and r  . The critical
angle would be :
(A) sin 1 (tan r)
(B) sin 1 (sin r)
(C) cos1 (tan r)
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18. In a thin prism of glass (refractive index 1.5), which of the following relations between the angle of
minimum deviations m and angle of refraction r will correct
r
(A) m  r (B) m 1.5r (C) m  2r (D) m 
2
19. The refractive index of the material of a prism is 2 and the angle of the prism is 30 . One of the two
refracting surfaces of the prism is made a mirror inwards, by silver coating. A beam of monochromatic
light entering the prism from the other face will retrace its path (after reflection from the silvered surface)
if its angle of incidence on the prism is:
(A) 60 (B) 45 (C) 30 (D) Zeor

20. The angle of incidence for a ray of light at a refracting surface of a prism is 45 . The angle of prism 60 .
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
1 1
(A) 45, 2 (B) 30, (C) 45, (D) 30 , 2
2 2
21. For the angle of minimum deviation of a prism to be equal to its refracting angle, the prism must be made
of a material whose refractive index.
(A) Lies between 2 and 1 (B) Lies between 2 and 2
(C) Is less than 1 (D) Is greater than 2

22. A ray of light is incident on a 60 prism at the minimum deviation position. The angle of refraction at the
first face (i.e., incident face) of the prism is :
(A) zero (B) 30 (C) 45 (D) 60

23. 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. Calculte the
distance from the refracting surface at which a parallel beam of light will come to focus.
(A) 4.0 cm (B) 1 cm (C) 3.1 cm (D) 2 cm

24. 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:
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 16

25. Focal length of a convex lens of refractive index 1.5 is 2 cm. Focal length of lens when immersesd in a
liquid of refractive index of 1.25 will be:
(A) 10 cm (B) 2.5 cm (C) 5 cm (D) 7.5 cm

26. An object is at a distance of 20 m from a convex lens of focal length 0.3 m. The lens forms an image of the
object. If the object moves away from the lens at a speed of 5 m/s. the speed and direction of the image
will be :
(A) 2.26 103 m / s away from the lens (B) 3.22 103 m / s towards the lens
(C) 1.16  103 m / s towards the lens (D) 0.92  103 m / s away form the lens

27. What is the position and nature of image formed by lens

combination shown in figure? ( f1, f 2 are focal lengths)
(A) 70 cm form point B at right ; real
20
(B) cm from point B at right, real
3
(C) 40 cm from point B at right, real
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28. 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, screen is shifted by a distance d. Then d is:
(A) 0.55 cm towards the lens (B) 0
(C) 1.1 cm away from the lens (D) 0.55 cm away from the lens

29. A converging beam of rays is incident on a diverging lens. Having passed through the lens the rays interest
at a point 15 cm from the lens on the opposite side. If the lens is removed the point where the rays meet
will move 5 cm closer to the lens. The focal length of the lens is :
(A) 5 cm (B) –10 cm (C) 20 cm (D) –30 cm

30. A convex lens is dipped in a liquid whose refractive index is equal to the refractive index of the lens. Then
its focal length will
(A) become zero (B) become infinite
(C) become small, but non-zero (D) remain unchanged

31. A plano-convex lens (focal length , refractive index  2 , radius of curvature R) fits exactly into a plano –
concave lens (focal length f1 , refractive index 1 radius of curvature R). Thir plane surfaces are parallel to
each other. Then, the focal length of the combination will be:
R 2f1f 2
(A) f1  f 2 (B) (C) f1  f 2 (D)
 2 1 f1  f 2
32. Two identical glass ( g  3/ 2) equiconvex lenses of focal length f each 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) (B) f (C) (D)
3 3 4
33. A plano convex lens fits exactly into a plano concave lens. Their plane surfaces are parallel to each other.
If lenses are made of different materials of refractive indices 1 and  2 and R is the radius of curvature of
the curved surface of the lenses, then the focal length of the combination is:
R 2R R R
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(1  2 ) ( 2  1 ) 2(1   2 ) 2(1  2 )

34. For a plano convex lens ( 1.5) has radius of curvature 10 cm. It is silvered on its plane surface. Find
focal length after silvering.
(A) 10 cm (B) 20 cm (C) 15 cm (D) 25 cm

35. Consider a system of thin lenses and mirror as shown in the figure. Refractive indices of media are given
as 1,  2 and 3 and radii of curvature of interfaces are given as R1 ,R 2 and R 3 then find the magnitude
of focal length of the system (Take 1 ,  2  2,  3  3 and R1  R, R 2  R 3  2R )

R R R R
(A) F (B) F (C) F (D) F
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36. An eqiconvex lens is cut into two halves along (i) XOX and (ii) YOY as shown in the figure. Let
f ,f ,f  be the focal lengths of the complete lens, of each half in case (i), and of the each half in case (ii),
respectively.
Choose the correct statement form the following :
(A) f   f ,f   2f
(B) f   2f ,f   f
(C) f   f ,f   f
(D) f   2f ,f   2f

37. The focal length of converging lens is measured for violet, green and red colours. It is respectively
f v ,f g ,f r . We will get
(A) fv  fr (B) fg  f r (C) f v  fg (D) fg  fr

38. A ray of light traveling in the direction 1 2(i  3 j) is incident on a plane mirror. After reflection, it
travels along the direction 1 2(i  3 j) . The angle of incidence is :
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 75°
39. The number of images formed by the lens as
shown in the figure is :
(A) 1
1  2
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4

40. P is a point on the axis of a concave mirror. The image of P, formed by the mirror, coincides with P.A
rectangular glass slab of thickness t and refractive index  is now introduced between P and the mirror.
For the image of P to coincide with P again, the mirror must be moved.
(A) towards P by    1 t (B) away from P by    1 t
(C) towards P by t 11/   (D) away from P by t 11/  

41. The refractive index of glass is 1.520 for red light and 1.525 for blue light. Let D 1 and D2 be angles of
minimum deviation for red and blue light, respectively, in a prism of this glass. Then,
(A) D1 < D2 (B) D1 = D2
(C) D1 can be less than or greater than D2 depending upon the angle of prism
(D) D1 > D2

42. A point source of light is placed in front of a plane mirror as

shown in the Figure. Determine the length of reflected path of
light on the screen  .
(A) L
(B) 2L
(C) 3L/2
(D) L/2

43. A Plano convex lens of refractive index 1.5 and radius of curvature 30 cm is silvered at the curved surface.
Now this lens has been used to form the image of an object. At what distance from this lens an object be
placed in order to have a real image of the size of the object?
(A) 20 cm (B) 30 cm (C) 60 cm (D) 80 cm

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44. There is a concave lens of focal length 'f ' . A ray is incident on the lens given by y = b along positive x-
axis. The equation of the refracted ray will be : (b is positive constant)
bx bx Y
(A) y b (B) y b
f f
bx fx
(C) y b (D) y b O X
f b
45. A ray of light is incident on the left vertical face of a glass cube of refractive
index  2 , as shown in figure. The plane of incident is the plane of the page,
1 B
and the cube is surrounded by liquid  1  . What is the largest angle of
incidence 1 for which total internal reflection occurs at the top surface ? A 2c c
1
2 2 2
   
(A) sin 1   2   1 (B) sin 1   2   1
 1   1 
2 2
   
(C) sin 1   1   1 (D) sin 1   1   1
 2   2 

46. A luminous object and a screen are at a fixed distance D apart. A converging lens of focal length f is
placed between the object and screen. A real image of the object is formed on the screen for two position
of the lens separated by a distance d, then the ratio of the two image sizes for these two position of the lens
is :
2 2 2 2
 2D  d  D  d  D  2d   D  2d 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
 2D  d  D  d  D  2d   D  2d 

47. A small filament is at the centre of hollow glass sphere of inner and
outer radii 8 cm and 9 cm respectively. The refractive index of glass
OA = 8 cm
is 1.5. Calculate the position of the image with respect to B of the OB = 9 cm
filament when viewed from outside the sphere. O   1.5
(A) 0.9 cm (B) 9 cm A B
Air Air
(C) –9 cm (D) 9.1 cm Glass
48. An isosceles prism of angle 120° has a refractive index 1.44. Two parallel
monochromatic rays enter the prism parallel to each other in air as shown. The rays
emerging from the opposite faces.
(A) are parallel to each other (B) are diverging 120
(C) make an angle 2 sin 1  0.72   30  with each other
 
(D) make and angle 2sin1  0.72  with each other

49. An equilateral prism is placed on a horizontal surface. A ray PQ is incident onto it. For minimum
deviation :
Q R
(A) PQ is horizontal (B) QR is horizontal S
P
(C) RS is horizontal (D) Any one will be horizontal

50. The given lens is broken into four parts and rearranged as shown. If the initial
focal length is f then after rearrangement the equivalent focal is : 12
(A) f (B) f /2
3 4 In air
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51. An eye specialist prescribes spectacles having combination of convex lens of focal length 40 cm in contact
with a concave lens of focal length 25 cm. The power of this lens combination in diopters is:
(A) + 1.5 (B) –1.5 (C) + 6.67 (D) –6.67

52. A concave lens of glass, refractive index 1.5 has both surface of same radius of curvature R. On immersion
in a medium of refractive index 1.75, it will behave as a :
(A) convergent lens of focal length 3.5 R (B) convergent has of focal length 3.0 R
(C) divergent lens of focal length 3.5 R (D) divergent lens of focal length 3.0 R

53. A double convex lens, made of a material refractive index 1 , placed inside 2
2
two liquids of refractive indices  2 and 3 , as shown  2  1  3 . A wide, 1
parallel beam of light is incident on the lens from the left. The lens will give
3 3
rise to:
(A) a single convergent beam (B) two different convergent beams
(C) two different divergent beams (D) a convergent and a divergent beam

54. What if the power of lens (eye spectacles) to be used, for a person whose far point is at 200 cm ?
(A) 1.0 D (B) 0.5 D (C)  0.5D (D) 1.5 D

55. The minimum angle of deviation of a prism of refractive index  is equal to its refracting angle.
The refracting angle of prism is :
(A) 2cot 1   / 2  (B) 2 tan 1   / 2  (C) 2sin 1   / 2  (D) 2cos1   / 2 

56. Critical angle of glass is 1 and that of water is 2 . The critical angle for water and glass surface would
 3 4
be  g  ,    
 2 3
(A) less than 2 (B) between 1 and 2 (C) greater than 2 (D) less than 1

57. One of the refracting surface of a prism of angle 30° is silvered. A ray of light incident at an angle of 60°
retraces its path. The refractive index of the material of prism is:
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 3/2 (D) 2

58. An object is placed infront of a concave mirror of focal length f. A virtual image is formed with a
magnification of 2. To obtain a real image of same magnification, the object has to moved by a distance:
(A) f (B) f /2 (C) 3f /2 (D) 2f /3

59. Consider the situation shown in Figure. Water (  4 / 3) is filled in a

beaker up to a height of 10 cm. A plane mirror is fixed at a height of 5
cm from the surface of water. of an object O at the bottom of the
beaker after reflection from mirror is :
(A) 15 cm
(B) 12.5 cm
(C) 7.5 cm
(D) 10 cm

60. The angle of prism is 30°. The rays incident at 60°, at one refracting face, suffer a deviation of 30°. The
angle of emergence is :
(A) 0° (B) 30° (C) 60° (D) 90°

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61. A convex lens produces a real image m times the size of the object. What will be the distance of the object
from the lens ?
 m 1  m 1   m  1
(A)  f (B)  m  1 f (C)  f (D)
 m   m  f
62. A plano-convex lens of refractive index 1.5 and radius of curvature 30 cm is silvered at the curved surface.
Now this lens has been used to form the image of an object. At what distance from this lens an object be
placed in order to have a real image of the size of the object ?
(A) 20 cm (B) 30 cm (C) 60 cm (D) 80 cm

63. A plano-convex lens has focal length f = 20 cm. If its plane surface is silvered, then the new focal length
will be:
(A) 10 cm (B) 15 cm (C) 20 cm (D) 25 cm

64. An object is placed in front of a convex lens focal length 20 cm. A convex mirror of radius of curvature 15
cm is placed before the lens at ….. cm so that object and image coincide.
(A) 25 cm (B) 455 cm (C) 40 cm (D) None of these

65. A bi-convex lens becomes a concave lens, if it is immersed in a liquid of :

(A) Same refractive index (B) Less refractive index
(C) Greater refractive index (D) None of the above
66. A point object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a thin plano-convex lens of focal length 15 cm. if the
plane surface is silvered. The image will form at :
(A) 60 cm (B) 30 cm (C) 12 cm (D) 60 cm

67. A vessel of height 2d is half-filled with a liquid of refractive index 2 and the other half with a liquid of
refractive index n. (The given liquids are immiscible). Then the apparent depth of the inner surface of the
bottom of the vessel (neglecting the thickness of the bottom of vessel) will be :

(A)
n
(B)

d n 2  (C)
2n
(D)
nd

d n 2  n 2 
d n 2  d 2
68. A ray of light is incident normally on one face of a right angled isosceles prism. It then grazes the
hypotenuse. The refractive index of the material of the prism is :
(A) 1.33 (B) 1.414 (C) 1.5 (D) 1.732

69. Convex lens is placed between object and screen. The size of object is 3 cm and an image of height 9 cm is
obtained on the screen. When the lens is displaced to a new position, what will be the size of image on the
screen?
(A) 1 cm (B) 2 cm (C) 3 cm (D) 4 cm

70. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm and a convex mirror of focal length 20 cm are joined. Then they will
behave as.
(A) a convex mirror(B) concave mirror (C) a concave lens (D) plane mirror

71. Two lenses of power –15D and + 5D are in contact with each other. The focal length of the combination is:
(A) + 10 cm (B) –20cm (C) –10 cm (D) + 20 cm
72. A beam of the light, consisting of red, green and blue colours, is incident on a right-angled prism, as
shown. The refractive indices of the material of the prism for the above red, green and blue wavelength are
1.39, 1.44 and 1.47 respectively. The prism will :
(A) separate part of the red colour from the green and blue colours 45
(B) separates part of the blue colour from the red and green colours
(C) separates all the three colours from one another 90 45
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73. A point source of light ‘O’ is kept on the principal axis of a thin plano-convex
lens of radius of curvature 20 cm as shown. The refractive index of material of X
lens is 3/2, then medium towards right of plane surface is water of refractive O n2  4 / 3
index 4/3 and the medium on the left side of curved surface of lens is air. Air Water
Considering only paraxial rays, the distance ‘x’ of the point source ‘O’ from the n1  3 / 2
lens such that the rays become parallel on entering the water will be :
(A) 10 cm (B) 20 cm (C) 40 cm (D) None of these

74. A convex lens is in contact with a concave lens. The magnitude of the ratio of their focal lengths is 2/3.
Their equivalent focal length is 30 cm. What are their individual focal length?
(A) –15, 10 (B) –10, 15 (C) 75, 50 (D) –75, 50

75. An equiconvex lens (n = 1.5) is placed in air. What is the focal length of the lens? (Radius of curvature =
R).
(A) R/2 (B) –R (C) –R/2 (D) R

76. A transparent solid cylindrical rod has a refractive index of 2 / 3 .

It is surrounded by air. A light ray is incident at the midpoint of one
end of the rod as shown in the figure. The incident angle  for
which the light ray grazes along the wall of the rod is :
1  3  2   1 
(A) sin 1   (B) sin 1  (C) sin 1  (D) sin 1 
 2  2   3

 3

 
77. The graph between angle of deviation () and angle of incidence (i) for a triangular prism is represented
by :

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

78. A vitual image larger than the object can be obtained by :

(A) Concave mirror (B) Convex mirror (C) Plane mirror (D) Concave lens

79. An object is placed at a distance of 40 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. If the object is
displaced through a distance of 20 cm towards the mirror, the displacement of the image will be :
(A) 30 cm away from the mirror (B) 36 cm away from the mirror
(C) 30 cm towards the mirror (D) 36 cm towards the mirror

80. A thin prism having refracting angle 10 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 produceds dispersion without
deviation. The refracting angle of second prism should be:
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 4

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81. A person can see clearly objects only when they lie between 50 cm and 400 cm from his eyes. In order to
increase the maximum distance of distinct vision to infinity, the type and power of the correcting lens, the
person has to use, will be
(A) convex, +2.25 diopter (B) concave, –0.25 diopter
(C) concave, –0.2 diopter (D) +0.15 diopter

82. A lens having foal length f and aperture of diameter d form an image of intensity I. Aperture of diameter
d
in central region of lens is covered by a black paper. Focal length of lens and intensity of image now
2
will be respectively.
I 3f I 3I f I
(A) f and (B) and (C) f and (D) and
4 4 2 4 2 2
83. A boy is trying to start a fire by focusing sunlight on a piece of paper using an equiconvex lens of focal
length 10 cm. The diameter of the sun is 1.39  109 m and its mean distance from the earth is 1.5 1011 m .
What is the diameter of the sun’s image on the paper?
(A) 6.5  105 m (B) 12.4 104 m (C) 9.2 104 m (D) 6.5 104 m

84. The frequency of a light wave in a material is 2  1014 Hz and wavelength is 5000 Å . The refractive index
of material will be :
(A) 1.50 (B) 3.00 (C) 1.33 (D) 1.40

85. A beam of light composed of red and green ray is incident obliquely at a point on the face of rectangular
glass slab. When coming out on the opposite parallel face, the red and green ray emerge form
(A) Two points propagating in two different non parallel directions
(B) Two points propagating in two different parallel directions
(C) One point propagating in two different directions
(D) one point propagating in the same directions

86. A ray of light travailing in air have wavelength  , frequency n, velocity v and intensity I. If this ray enters
into water than these parameters and , n, v and I respectively. Which relation is correct form
following?
(A)    (B) n  n (C) v  v (D) I  I

87. Rainbow is formed due to

(A) scattering and refraction (B) internal reflection and dispersion
(C) reflection only (D) diffraction and dispersion

88. A lens is placed between a source of light and a wall. It forms images of area A1 and A 2 on the wall, for its
two different positions. The area of the source of light is :
A1  A 2 1 1 A1  A 2
(A) (B)  (C) A1A 2 (D)
2 A1 A 2 2
3
89. Time taken by sunlight to pass through a window of thickness 4mm whose refractive index is is:
2
(A) 2  104 s (B) 2 108 s (C) 2 1011s (D) 2  1011s

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90. 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 an angle  , on the face AB would get transmitted through the face AC of the
prism provided.

   1      1  
(A)   cos 1  sin  A  sin 1     (B)   cos 1  sin  A  sin 1    
             
   1      1  
(C)   sin 1   sin  A  sin 1     (D)   sin 1  sin  A  sin 1    
             

91. A thin convex lens of focal length f is put on a plane mirror as shown in the figure. When an object is kept
a
at a distance a from the lens-mirror combination, its image is formed at a distance in front of the
3
combination. The value of a is:
(A) f
(B) 2f
(C) 3f
3
(D) f
2

92. 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 35 , suffers a deviation of 40 and that it emerges at angle 79 . In that case which
of the following is closest to the maximum possible value of the refractive index?
(A) 1.5 (B) 1.6 (C) 1.7 (D) 1.8

93. A convex lens, of focal length 30 cm, a concave lens of focal length 120 cm, and a plane mirror are
arranged as shown. For an object kept at a distance of 60 cm from the convex lens, the separation between
the lenses is 20 cm. The final image, formed by the combination, is a real image, at a distance of

(A) 60 cm from the convex lens (B) 60 cm from the concave lens
(C) 70 cm from the convex lens (D) 70 cm from the concave lens

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94. 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 seen
(A) 14 cm below flat surface
(B) 20 cm below flat surface
(C) 16 cm below flat surface
(D) 30 cm below flat surface
95. A particle is oscillating on the x-axis with an amplitude 2 cm about the point x 0 = 10 cm, with frequency
 . A concave mirror of focal length 5 cm is placed at the origin (see figure). Identify the correct
statements.

(1) The image executes periodic motion.

(2) The image executes non-periodic motion.
(3) The turning points of the image are asymmetric w.r.t the image of the point at x 10cm .
100
(4) The distance between the turning point of the oscillation of the image is cm
21
(A) 2, 4 (B) 2, 3 (C) 1, 3, 4 (D) 1, 4

96. A planoconvex lens becomes an optical system of 28 cm focal length when its plane surface is silvered and
illuminated from left to right. If the same lens is instead silvered on the curved surface and illuminated
from other side, it acts like an optical system of focal length 10 cm. the refractive index of the material of
lens is:
(A) 1.75 (B) 1.51 (C) 1.55 (D) 1.50

97. A ray of light is incident at an angle of 60 on one face of a prism of angle 30 . The emergent ray of light
makes an angle of 30 with incident ray. The angle made by the emergent ray with second face of prism
will be:
(A) 0 (B) 45 (C) 90 (D) 30

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JEE Advanced Light (Ray Optics) CPQ

*1. In the diagram shown, a light ray is incident on the lower medium boundary at an angle if 45° with the
normal. Which of the following statements is(are) true ?
(A) If  2  2 , then angle of deviation is 45°
(B) If  2  2 , then angle of deviation is 90°
(C) If  2  2 , then angle of deviation is 135°
(D) If  2  2 , then angle of deviation is 0°

2. A glass sphere, refractive index 1.5 and radius 10 cm,

has a spherical cavity 5 cm concentric with it.
A narrow beam of parallel light is directed into the
sphere. Find the final image and its nature.
(A) 25 cm left of S4, virtual
(B) 25 cm right of S4, real
(C) 15 cm left of S4, virtual
(D) 20 cm right of S4, virtual

3. A particle moves towards a concave mirror of focal length 30 cm along its axis with a constant speed of 4
cm/s. What is the speed in cm/s of its image when the particle is at 90 cm from the mirror ?

4. There are two thin identical equiconvex lens of different refractive indices but of same radius of curvature
R = 60 cm put inside water close together. The focal length of combined lens is 30 cm in water then find
sum of refractive indices of two lens.    4 / 3

5. Two identical equiconvex thin lenses L1 and L2 of surface radius

R, are separated by a distance 2R such that their principal axis
coincide. The refractive index of the material of lenses is 3/2 O I
and the space between the lenses is filled with a liquid of
1.5R
refractive index 4/3. An object O placed in front of lens L1 on L1 L2 R
the axis and its image I is formed at a distance 1.5R behind L2.
If total separation between O and I is x R then find x.
2R
6. A ray parallel to principal axis is incident at 30° from normal to a
concave mirror at point M having radius of curvature R. The point on M
principal axis where the ray is focused is Q then PQ is: 30

R R P
(A) (B) P
2 3 Q C
2R  R  1 
(C) (D) R 1  
2  3

7. When an object is placed at a distance of 25cm from a concave mirror, the magnification is m1. The object
is moved 15cm further away from the mirror with respect to the earlier position, and the magnification
becomes m2. If m1/m2 = 4 then find the focal length (in cm) of the mirror (Assume image is real and m1, m2
are numerical values of transverse magnification of the image)

8. A vessel, whose bottom is flat and perfectly reflecting, is filled with water (index = 4/3) upto
height = 40 cm. A point object in air above is moving towards the water surface with constant
speed = 4 m/s. What is the relative speed of its final image (in m/s), as seen by the object itself, at a
moment when the object is 30 cm above the water surface ?
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*9 An object and a screen are fixed at a distance d apart. When a lens of focal length f is moved between the
object and the screen, sharp images of the object are formed on the screen for two positions of the lens.
The magnifications produced at these two positions are M1 and M2.
(A) d > 2f (B) d > 4f (C) M1M2 = 1 (D) |M1 |  |M 2 |  1
Paragraph for Questions 10 - 12
A ray of light falls on an equilateral prism ABC as shown. Face AC of the prism is polished.
10. What is the refractive index  of the material of the prism so that when the ray falls on face BC
(after reflecting from AC) it makes an angle 60°with it :
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 1.5
11. With the value of  calculated above find total deviation, when the ray of light finally emerges from BC :
(A) 120 (B) 180 (C) 150 (D) 90
12. Angle of emergence for the same value of refractive index, when AC would not be polished
(A) 30 (B) 45 (C) 60 (D) None of these
*13. A ray of light from a denser medium strike a rarer medium at an angle of incidence i (see figure). The
reflected and refracted rays make an angle of 90 with each other. The angles of reflection and refraction
are r and r ' the critical angle is :
i r
(A) sin 1  tan r  (B) sin 1  tan i 

(C) sin 1  tan r ' (D) tan 1  sin i  r'

14. A transparent sphere of radius R and refractive index  is kept in air. At what distance from the surface of
the sphere should a point object be placed so as to form a real image at the same distance from the sphere?
R R
(A) R / (B) R (C) (D)
 1  1
*15. A fish F in the pound is at a depth of 0.8 m from water surface and
moving vertically upwards with velocity 2 ms1 . At the same instant a B
3 ms 1
bird B is at a height of 6m from water surface and is moving downwards 6m
1
with velocity 3ms . At this instant both are on the same vertical line as
shown in figure. Which of the following statement is(are) correct : Air
Water
(A) Height of B, observed by F (from itself) is equal to 5.30 m    4 / 3
0.8 m 2 ms 1
(B) Depth of F, observed by B (from itself) is equal to 6.60 m F
(C) Height of B, observed by F (from itself) is equal to 8.80 m
(D) None of these

*16. In previous question :

(A) Velocity of B, observed by F (relative to itself) is equal to 4.25ms1
(B) Velocity of B, observed by F (relative to itself) is equal to 6 ms1
(C) Velocity of B, observed by F (relative to itself) is equal to 5.50 ms 1
(D) Velocity of F, observed by B (relative to itself) is equal to 4.50 ms1

17. A point object is placed at a distance of 25 cm from a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. If a glass slab of
thickness t and refractive index 1.5 is inserted between the lens and the object the image is formed at
infinity. The thickness t is:
(A) 10 cm (B) 5 cm (C) 20 cm (D) 15 cm

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18. A concave mirror is placed on a horizontal table, with its axis directed vertically upwards. Let O be the
pole of the mirror and C its centre of curvature. A point object is placed at C. It has a real image, also
located at C. If the mirror is now filled with water, the image will be :
(A) real, and will remain at C
(B) real, and located at a point between C and 
(C) virtual, and located at a point between C and O
(D) real, and located at a point between C and O

*19. The radius of curvature of the left and right surface of the concave lens are 10 cm and 15 cm respectively.
The radius of curvature of mirror is 15 cm:
(A) Equivalent focal length of the combination is –18 cm
Air
(B) Equivalent focal length of the combination is +36 cm
Glass
(C) The system behaves like a convex mirror (n = 4/3)
Glass
(D) The system behaves like a concave mirror (n = 3/2)
20.  
An equiconvex lens of glass g  1.5 of focal length 10 cm is silvered on one side. It will behave like a:
(A) concave mirror of focal length 10 cm (B) concave mirror of focal length 5.0 cm
(C) concave mirror of focal length 2.5 cm (D) convex mirror of focal length 20 cm

21. A point object O is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a convex lens of focal length 15 cm as shown in
figure. A convex mirror of focal length 5 cm, is placed at distance 20 cm from Lens. The 10 cation of final
image is:
(A) 10 cm Left of Lens
(B) 40 cm Right of Lens
(C) 20 cm Right of Lens O
(D) on object 30cm 20cm

*22. Refractive index of an equilateral prism is 2:

(A) minimum deviation from this prism can be 30
(B) minimum deviation from this prism can be 45
(C) at angle of incidence = 45 , deviation is minimum
(D) at angle of incidence = 60 , deviation is minimum

*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 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 compare to the case when it travel
from 1 to 2

24. A long rectangular slab of transparent medium is placed on a horizontal

table with its length parallel to x-axis and width parallel to the y-axis as y

shown in diagram. A ray of light traveling in air makes a grazing

incidence on face AB on the slab as shown. The refractive index  of D C
medium varies as   3y  1 . The path of light ray is given by :
3 2
(A) y  2 ln x (B) y x A B
4
Light ray x
2x 2 3 3 (air)
(C) y (D) y  x
3 2
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*25. Which of the following statements is correct about the refraction of light from a plane surface when light
ray goes from denser to rarer medium [C is critical angle]

(A) The maximum angle of deviation during refraction is  C , it will be at angle of incidence C
2
(B) The maximum angle of deviation for all angle of incidences is   2C , when angle of incidence is
slightly greater than C
(C) If angle of incidence is less than C then deviation increases if angle of incidence is also increased
(D) If angle of incidence is greater than C then angle of deviation decreases if angle of incidence is
increased
26. A concave mirror is placed over a beaker containing water of
(   1.33 ) and image of the object placed at the bottom of
beaker is formed at a distance of 25 cm from the top then focal
length of the mirror is :
(A) 10 cm
(B) 15 cm
(C) 20 cm
(D) 25 cm

27. Let the x-y plane be the boundary between two transparent media. Medium 1 in z  0 has refractive index
of 2 and medium 2 with z  0 has a refractive index of 3 . A ray of light in medium 1 given by the

vector A  6 3i  8 3 j 10k is incident on the plane of separation. The angle of refraction in medium 2
is:
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 75°

28. What should be the value of distance d so that final image is formed on the object itself. (Focal Length of
the lenses are written on the lenses.)

(A) 10 cm (B) 20 cm (C) 5 cm (D) None of these

29. A light ray is reflected by a mirror. If unit vectors along the incident and normal direction are
ˆI  1 i  1 ˆj  1 kˆ and N
ˆ  ˆi , then unit vector, R̂ along reflected direction is:
3 3 3
1
(A)
7
 2iˆ  2ˆj  3kˆ 
1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(B) i j k
3 3 3
1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(C)  i j k
3 3 3
1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(D) i j k
3 3 3

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*30. A ray OP of monochromatic light is incident on the face AB of prism B

O
ABCD near vertex B at an incident angle of 60 (see figure). If the
60 C
refractive index of the material of the prism is 3 , which of the following 135
is(are) correct ?
(A) The ray gets totally internally reflected at face CD
(B) The ray comes out through face AD
(C) The angle between the incident ray and the emergent ray is 90 90 75
(D) The angle between the incident ray and the emergent ray is 120° A D

*31. In the figure light is incident at an angle  which is slightly C n1 D

n1 n1  n2
greater than the critical angle. Now, keeping the incident A B n3
A B
fixed a parallel slab of refractive index n3 is placed on
n2 
surface AB. Which of the following statements are correct : n2 
(A) total internal reflection occurs at AB for n 3  n1
(B) total internal reflection occurs at AB for n 3  n1 Fig. (A)
Fig. (B)
(C) the ray will return back to the same medium for all values of n 3
(D) total internal reflection occurs at CD for n 3  n1

32. A thin equi-convex glass lens (   1.5) is being placed on the top of a
vessel of height h = 20 cm as shown in the figure. A luminous point
source is being placed at the bottom of the vessel on the principle axis of
the lens. When air is on both the sides of the lens, the image of luminous
point source is found at a distance 20 cm from the lens outside the vessel.
When the air inside the vessel is being replaced by a liquid of refractive
index '  ' , the image of the same source is formed at a distance 30 cm
from the lens outside the vessel. The value of '  ' is:
10 20 15 12
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 9 9
33. A parallel beam of light is incident from air at an angle  on the
side PQ of a right angled triangular prism of refractive index
n  2. Light undergoes total internal reflection in the prism at the
face PR when  has a minimum value of 45 . The angle  of the
prism is :
(A) 15 (B) 22.5
(C) 30 (D) 45

34. A monochromatic light is travelling in a medium of refractive

index n = 1.6. It enters a stack of glass layers from the bottom
side at an angle   30. The interfaces of the glass layers are
parallel to each other. The refractive indices of different glass
layers are monotonically decreasing as n m  n  mn, where
n m is the refractive index of the mth slab and n  0.1 (see the
figure). The ray is refracted out parallel to the interface between
th
the  m  1 and m th slabs from the right side of the stack.
What is the value of m?

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35. Figure shows a concavo-convex lens. What is the condition on

the refractive indices so that the lens is diverging ?
(A) 23  1   2
(B) 23  1   2
(C) 3  2(1   2 )
(D) None of these
36. A linear object AB is placed along the axis of a concave mirror.
The object is moving towards the mirror with speed U. The
speed of the image of the point A is 4U and the speed of the
image of B is also 4U but in opposite direction. If the centre of
the line AB is at a distance L from the mirror then find out the
length of the object.
(A) 3L/2 (B) 5L/3 (C) L (D) None of these

*37. A fish F, in the pond is at a depth of 0.8m from the water surface
and is moving vertically upward with velocity 2ms 1 . At the
same instant, a bird B is at a height of 6m from the water surface
and is moving downward with velocity 3ms1 . At this instant,
both are on the same vertical line as shown in Figure. Which of
the following statements are correct ?
(A) Height of B, observed by F (from itself), is equal to 5.30 m
(B) Depth of F, observed by B (from itself), is equal to 6.60 m
(C) Height of B, observed by F (from itself), is equal to 8.80 m
(D) None of the above

*38. A real object is placed infront of a convex mirror (focal length f). It moves towards the mirror, the image
also moves. If Vi = speed of image and V0 = speed of the object and u is the distance of object from mirror
along principal axis then :
(A) Vi  V0 if | u |  | f | (B) Vi  V0 if | u |  | f |
(C) Vi  V0 if | u |  | f | (D) Vi  V0 if | u |  | f |
 3
*39. In the situation as shown in figure  cos53   .
 5

(A) velocity of image w.r.t. mirror is 22iˆ  24 ˆj

(B) velocity of image w.r.t. mirror is 44iˆ  24 ˆj
(C) velocity of image w.r.t. ground is 46iˆ  24 ˆj
(D) velocity of image w.r.t. ground is 24iˆ  24 ˆj

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Paragraph for Questions 40 - 41

A point object O is placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. A glass slab of refractive index
  3/ 2 and thickness 6 cm is inserted between the object and mirror.

40. Find the position and nature of the final image when the distance x shown in figure, is 5 cm.
(A) 11 cm, virtual (B) 17 cm, real (C) 14 cm, real (D) 20 cm, virtual

41. Find the position and nature of the final image when the distance x shown in figure, is 20 cm.
(A) 17 cm, virtual (B) 17 cm, real (C) 12 cm, virtual (D) 15 cm, virtual

Paragraph for Questions 42 - 44

A point object O is placed at a distance of 0.3 m from a convex lens (focal
length 0.2 m) cut into two halves each of which is displaced by 0.0005 m
as shown in figure.

42. What will be the location of the image ?

(A) 30 cm, right of lens (B) 60 cm, right of lens
(C) 70 cm, left of lens (D) 40 cm, left of lens

43. If this arrangement will generate more than one image, then what will be the total number of images ?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 5

44. Find the spacing between the images so formed.

(A) 0.1 cm (B) 0.5 cm (C) 0.3 cm (D) 1 cm

Paragraph for Questions 45 - 46

A convex lens of focal length 40 cm is held at a distance 12 cm
coaxially above a concave mirror of focal length 18 cm.
45. A luminous point object placed d cm above the lens on
its axis gives rise to an image coincident with itself, then
the value of d is equal to :
(A) 15 cm (B) 30 cm
(C) 24 cm (D) 18 cm

46. If the convex lens is replaced by a concave lens of focal

length 60 cm, it gives rise to an image coincident with
itself. Then the value of d is :
(A) 20 cm (B) 30 cm (C) 40 cm (D) 60 cm

47. A ray of light is incident an angle of 60° on one face of a prism which has refracting angle of 30°. The ray
emerging out of the prism makes an angle of 30° with the incident ray. If the refractive index of the
material of the prism is   a , find the value of a.

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48. A rectangular glass slab ABCD of refractive index n, is immersed in

water of refractive index n 2 (n1  n 2 ) . A ray of light is incident at the
surface AB of the slab as shown. The maximum value of the angle of
incidence  max such that the ray comes out from the other surface CD is
given by :
n   n      1  
(A) sin 1  1 cos  sin 1  2    (B) sin 1  n1 cos  sin 1    
   
 n 2   n1       n 2   
n  n 
(C) sin 1  1  (D) sin 1  2 
 n2   n1 
49. In an experiment to determine the focal length (f) of a concave mirror by the u –v method, a student places
the object pin A on the principal axis at a distance x from the pole P. The student looks at the pin and its
inverted image from a distance keeping his/her eye in line with PA. When the student shifts his/her eyes
towards left, the image appears to the right of the object pin. Then,
(A) x<f (B) f < x < 2f (C) x<f (D) f > x > 2f

50. Two identical glass rods S1 and S2 (refractive index = 1.5) have one convex end of radius of curvature 10
cm. They are placed with the curved surfaces at a distance d as shown in the figure, with their axes (shown
by the dashed line) aligned. When a point source of light P is placed inside rod S1 on its axis at a distance
of 50 cm from the curved face, the light rays emanating from it are found to be parallel to the axis inside
S2. The distance d is:

(A) 60 cm (B) 70 cm (C) 80 cm (D) 90 cm

51. A large glass slab (  5 / 3) of thickness 8 cm is placed over a point source of light on a plane surface. It
is seen that light emerges out of the top surface of the slab form a circular area of radius R cm. What is the
value of R ?

52. Image of an object approaching a convex mirror of radius of curvature 20 m along its optical axis is
observed to move from 25/3 m to 50/7 m in 30s. What is the speed of the object in km per hour?

53. Water (with refractive index = 4/3) in a tank is 18 cm deep. Oil

of refractive index 7/4 lies on water making a convex surface of
radius of curvature R = 6 cm as shown. Consider oil to act as a
thin lens. An object S is placed 24cm above water surface. The
location of its image is at ‘x’ cm above the bottom of the tank.
Then x is_________.

54. Consider a concave mirror and a convex lens (refractive index =

1.5) of focal length 10 cm each, separated by a distance of 50 cm
in air (refractive index = I) as shown in the figure. An object is
placed at a distance of 15 cm from the mirror. Its erect image
formed by this combination has magnification M1. When the set-
up is kept in a medium of refractive index 7/9, the magnification
M2
becomes M2. The magnitude is __________.
M1

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55. Match the correct u – v graph with optical system using Cartesian sign conventions.
Column I Column II
v
+f

(A) Concave mirror (p) +f

u

+f
(B) Convex mirror (q) u
–f
v
v

–f
(C) Concave lens (r) u

–f

v
+f

(D) Convex lens (s) u

-f

56. MATCH THE FOLLOWING :

Column I Column II

(A) Diverging lens (p) Focal length does not change on dipping in water

(B) Converging lens (q) Always forms a virtual, erect and diminished image of a real object

(C) Concave mirror (r) Can form virtual, erect and magnified image of a real object

(D) Convex mirror (s) Can form a real, inverted and diminished image of a real object

57. MATCH THE FOLLOWING :

Column-1 Column-2
st
(A) Object placed between optic centre and 1 (p) Image is inverted
principal focus in a diverging lens
(B) Object placed between optic center and 1st (q) Image is erect
principal focus of a converging lens
nd
(C) Object placed between optic centre and 2 (r) Image is of greater size than the
principal focus of a diverging lens object
nd
(D) Object placed between optic centre and 2 (s) Image is of smaller than the object
principal focus of a converging lens

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58. An optical component and an object S placed along its optic axis are given in Column 1. The distance
between the object and the component can be varied. The properties of image are given in Column 2.
Match all the properties of image from Column 2 with the appropriate components given in Column 1.

Column - I Column -II

(A) (P) Real image

(B) (Q) Virtual image

(C) (R) Magnified image

(D) (S) Image at infinity

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Answer : Light (Ray Optics)

CTS-1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

B C D D B D A C B AC

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

AD AB C B 0 A D D [A – 2; B – 1; C - 3]

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

D B B D B B A C A A

30 31 32 33 34

A B D B B

CTS-2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A C D B BC A D AC BC BD

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

B D B B B 5 B B C ABCD

21 22

C AC

CPQ (Mains)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

D B B D B A D D D B

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

D A C C D B A A B D

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

B B C C C C A D D B

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

B D A A A A A A A D

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

A C A A A B C C B B

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51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

B A D B D C B A B A

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

A A A D C C B B A A

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

C A C A D D B A B A

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

B C C B B B B C C C

91 92 93 94 95 96 97

B A A B C C C

CPQ (Advanced)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

AB A 1 4 5 D 20 8 BC B

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

C B AB C BC BD D D AD C

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

D AC ACD B ABCD C B A C ABC

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

AC B A 8 B C BC AC BC B

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

A B A C A C 3 A B B

51 52 53 54 55 56

6 3 2 7 (A – r) ; (B – p) ; (C – q) ; (D – s) (A-q) ; (B-r, s) ; (C-p, r, s) ; (D-p, q)

57 58

(A-q, r; B-q, r; C-q, s; D-q, s) (A-p, q, r, s; B-q ; C-p, q, s, s; D-p, q, r, s)

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