QUESTION BANK

For the question numbers 1-5, two statements are given- one labelled Assertion (A) and the other labelled
Reason (R). Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below:

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. 
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. 
(c) A is true but R is false. 
(d) A is false but R is true. 

1. Assertion(A): The refractive index of a prism depends only on the kind of glass of which it is made
of and the colour of light. 
Reason(R): The refractive index of a prism depends on the refracting angle of the prism and the angle of
the minimum deviation. 

(b)

2. Assertion(A):Danger signals are red in colour. 

Reason(R):Red colour is scattered less. 

(a)

3. Assertion(A): Incident ray is directed towards the centre of curvature of spherical mirror. After
reflection it retraces its path. 
Reason(R): Angle of incidence i = Angle of reflection r = 0o. 

(a)

4. Assertion(A):The height of an object is always considered positive.

Reason(R):An object is always placed above the principal axis in the upward direction.

(a)

5. Assertion(A):Red light travels faster in glass than green.

Reason(R):The refractive index of glass is less for red than for green.

(a)

6. State the two laws of reflection of light

 Angle of Incidence =Angle of Reflection

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7.  State the two laws of refraction of light

8. Explain why a ray of light passing through the centre of curvature of a concave mirror, gets reflected
along the same path.

9. Distinguish between a real and a virtual image of an object. What type of image is formed (i) by a
plane mirror, (ii) on a cinema screen?

10. What is the nature of the image formed by a concave mirror if the magnification produced by the
mirror is +3?

11. Name the two phenomenon involved in the formation of a rainbow.

12. Between which two points of a concave mirror should an object be placed to obtain a magnification
of -3?
13. If a light ray IM is incident on the surface AB as shown, identify the correct emergent ray. 

14. A ray of light falls normally on a face of a glass slab. What are the values of angle of incidence and
angle of refraction of this ray? 

15. A girl was playing with a thin beam of light from her laser torch by directing it from different
directions on a convex lens held vertically. She was surprised to see that in a particular direction the beam
of light continues to move along the same direction after passing through the lens. State the reason for this
observation.

16. Light enters from air to a medium ‘X’. Its speed in medium‘X’becomes1.5× 108m/s. The speed of
light in air is 3x108m/s. Find the refractive index of medium ‘X’.

17. A ray of light, incident obliquely on a face of a rectangular glass slab placed in air, emerges from the
opposite face parallel to the incident ray. State two factors on which the lateral displacement of the
emergent ray depends. 

18. Draw a ray diagram to show refraction of light through a glass prism and label the angle of incidence,
emergence and deviation on it.

19. Draw ray diagrams to represent the nature, position and relative size of the image formed by a
convex lens for the object placed:
(a) at 2F1
(b) between F1 and the optical centre O of lens:

20. An object 2 cm high is placed at a distance of 64 cm from a white screen. On placing a convex lens at
a distance of 32 cm from the object it is found that a distinct image of the object is formed on the screen.
What is the focal length of the convex lens and size of the image formed on the screen? Draw a ray
diagram to show the formation of the image in this position of the object with respect to the lens.

21. a) A concave mirror produces three times enlarged image of an object placed at 10cm in front of
it. Calculate the focal length of the mirror. 

b) Show the formation of the image with the help of a ray diagram when an object is placed 6cm
away from the pole of a convex mirror. 

22.  A student wants to project the image of a candle flame on a screen 80cm in front of a mirror by
keeping the candle flame at a distance of 20cm from its pole.  
i) Which type of mirror should the student use? 
ii) Find the magnification of the image produced. 
iii) Find the distance between the object and its image. 

23. A concave lens has focal length of 20 cm. At what distance from the lens a 5 cm tall object be placed
so that it forms an image at 15 cm from the lens? Also calculate the size of the image formed. 

24. An object 50 cm tall is placed on the principal axis of a convex lens. Its 20 cm tall image is formed
on the screen placed at a distance of 10 cm from the lens. Calculate the focal length of the lens.
25. An object 2 cm in size is placed 30 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. At what
distance from the mirror should a screen be placed in order to obtain a sharp image? What will be the
nature and the size of the image formed? Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of the image in this
case.

26. How far should an object be placed from a convex lens of focal length 20 cm to obtain its image at a
distance of 30 cm from the lens? What will be the height of the image if the object is 6 cm tall?  

27. The image of an object placed at 60 cm in front of a lens is obtained on a screen at a distance of 120
cm from it. Find the focal length of the lens. What would be the height of the image if the object is 5 cm
high