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 There Are 35 MCQ’s in All Date : 01-11-2023

 Each Question Carries +4 Marks For The Correct Response & -1 For The Incorrect
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01. When a ray of light enters a medium of 04. A ray incident at a point at an angle of
refractive index , then it is observed that the incidence of 60o enters a glass sphere of
angle of refraction is half the angle of   3 , and is reflected and refracted at the
incidence. The value of angle of incidence farther surface of the sphere. The angle
will be between the reflected and refracted rays at
 this surface is
(a) 2sin1   (b) 2 cos-1 ()
2 (a) 50o (b) 90o
  (c) 60o (d) 40o
(c) cos1   (d) 2cos1  
2 2
05. A light beam is traveling from Region I to
02. An observer can see through a pin hole, the
Region Vi (in fig. The refractive indices of
top end of a thin rod of height h placed as
n0 n0 n
Regions I. II, II and IV are n0, , and 0 ,
shown in fig. The beaker height is 3 h and its 2 6 8
radius is h. When the beaker is filled with a respectively. The angle of incidence  for
liquid upto a height 2 h, he can see the lower which the beam just misses entering Region
end of the rod. Then the refractive index of IV is
the liquid is  3
(a) sin1   Region I Region II Region III Region IV
(a) 5/2  4 n0 n0 n0

2 6 8
(b) 5/ 2 1 n0
3h (b) sin1  
(c) 3/2 h 8

(d) 1 1

3/ 2 2h (c) sin1   (d) sin1  
 4  3
03. A converging lens forms a real image I on its
06. A fish in water (refractive index n) looks at a
optic axis. A rectangular glass slab of
bird vertically above in the air. If y is the
refractive index  and thickness t is
height of the bird and x is the depth of the
introduced between the lens and I. Image I
fish from the surface, then the distance of the
will move
bird as estimated by the fish is
(a) Towards the lens by t ( - 1)
 1  1
(b) Towards the lens by t (1 – 1/) (a) x  y 1   (b) x  y 1  
 n  n
(c) Away from the lens by t ( - 1)
 1
(c) x  y 1   (d) x + ny
(d) Away from the lens by t (1 – 1/)  n
07. The refractive index of water, glass and 8
(a) sin  B A
diamond are 1.33; 1.50 and 2.40 respective. 9 

What is the value of refractive index of 8

(b) sin  C
9
diamond relative to water and refractive
2 8 2
index of glass relative to diamond (c)  sin  (d) sin 
3 9 3
(a) 1.80; 0.625 (b) 0.554; 0.625
12. A rectangular glass slab ABCD of refractive
(c) 1.08; 1.60 (d) 0.554; 1.6
index n1 is immersed in water of refractive
08. Each quarter of a vessel of depth H is filled
index n2 (n1 > n2). A ray of light is incident at
with liquids of the refractive indices n1, n2, n3
the surface AB of the slab as shown in figure.
and n4 from the bottom respectively. The
The maximum value of the angle of
apparent depth of the vessel when looked
incidence amax, so that the ray comes out
normally is
only from the other surface CD is given by
H  n1  n2  n3  n4 
(a) A D
4
amax n1 n2
1 1 1 1
H     B C

(b)  1
n n2 n3 n4 
4
 n1  n2  n3  n4   n1 
  n 
(c) (a) sin1  cos sin 1  2 
4H  n2 
  n1 

1 1 1 1   1 
H     (b) sin1 n1 cos  sin 1 
(d)  1
n n2 n3 n4   n2 

2
n1 n2
09. The refractive index of water is 4/3 and that (c) sin1 (d) sin1
n2 n1
of glass is 5/3. What will be the critical angle
13. Light takes t1 sec to travel a distance x in
of the ray of light entering water from the
vacuum and the same light takes t2 sec to
glass?
travel 10 x cm in a medium. Critical angle for
(a) sin-1 4/5 (b) sin-1 5/4
corresponding medium will be
(c) sin-1 1/2 (d) sin-1 2/1
 10t2   t2 
10. A disc is placed on a surface of pond which (a) sin 1   (b) sin 1  
 t1   10t1 
has refractive index 5/3. A source of light is
 10t1   t1 
placed 4 m below the surface of liquid. The (c) sin 1   (d) sin 1  
 t2   10t2 
minimum radius of disc needed so that light
14. Light is incident normally on face AB of a
is not coming out is
prism as shown in fig. A liquid of refractive
(a)  (b) 3 m
index  is placed on face AC of the prism.
(c) 6 m (d) 4 m
The prism is made of glass of refractive index
11. A glass prism of refractive index 1.5 is
3/2. The limits of  for which total internal
 4
immersed in water  a w   . A light beam
 3 reflection takes place on face AC is
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incident normally on the face AB, fig. is (a)   3 A C
30o o
60o 60o 30
totally reflected to reach the face BC, if (b)   3 / 2 90o

B
 3 3 reflection is 45o, the refractive index (n) of
(c)   (d)   3 / 2
4 prism material is
15. A right angled hollow prism is filled with a 1
(a) n 
liquid. A ray of light entering the prism 2 45o

grazing one face emerges out grazing outer (b) n  2

face. Refractive index of the liquid is 1
(c) n  (d) n  2
(a) 1.73 (b) 1.33 2
(c) 1.54 (d) 1.41 20. In fig., shown, for an angle of incidence 45o,
16. A transparent solid cylindrical rod has a at the top surface, what is the minimum
2 refractive index needed for total internal
refractive index of . It is surrounded by
3 reflection at vertical face
air. A light ray is incident at the mid-point of 2 1
(a)
one end of the rod as shown in fig. 2 Air
45o

The incident angle  for which the light ray 3 

(b)
grazes along the wall of the rod is 2
(a) sin-1 (1/2) 1
 (c) (d) 2 1
(b) sin 1
 3 / 2 2
21. Fig. shows a maximum of blue, green and
(c) sin 1
2/ 3  (d) sin 1
1/ 3 red coloured rays incident normally on a
17. A ray of light enters from a rarer to a denser right angled prism. The critical angles of the
medium. The angle of incidence is i. Then material of the prism for red, green and blue
the reflected and refracted rays are mutually are 46o, 44o and 43o respectively. The
perpendicular to each other. The critical arrangement wills separate B
43o
44o
G
angle for the pair of media is R
46o
45o

(a) sin-1 (cot i) (b) cos-1 (tan i) (a) Green colour from red and blue
(c) sin-1 (tan i) (d) tan-1 (sin i) (b) All the three colours
18. A light ray from air is incident (as shown in (c) Red colour from blue and green
fig. at one end of a glass fiber (refractive (d) Blue colour from red and green

index  = 1.5) making an incidence angle of 22. Refractive index of a medium is . The
60o on the lateral surface, so that it incidence angle is twice that of refracting
undergoes total internal reflection. How angle. The angle of incidence is
much time would it take to traverse the  
(a) cos1   (b) sin1  
straight fiber of length 1 km? 2 2
60o

Air
(a) 3.33  s
Glass
(c) 2cos1   (d) sin-1 
2
(b) 6.67  s
23. In Vacuum, to travel distance 'd' light takes
(c) 5.77  s (d) 3.85  s
time 't' and in medium to travel distance '5d',
19. A light ray is incident perpendicular to one
takes time 'T'. The critical angle of the
face of 90o prism and is totally internally
medium is
reflected at glass air interface. If the angle of
 5T   5t 
(a) sin 1   (b) sin1  
 t   3T 
  5t   3t  29. A ray of light falls on a transparent sphere
(c) sin1   (d) sin 1  
T   5T  with centre at C as shown in fig. The ray
24. A place sound wave travelling with velocity emerges from the sphere parallel to line AB.
'v' in a medium A reaches a point on the The refractive index of the sphere is
interface of medium A and medium B. If (a) 3/2 C
A o
B
60
velocity of sound in medium B is 2v, the (b) 2
angle of incidence for total internal reflection
(c) 1/2 (d) 3
of the wave will be greater (sin 30o = 0.5
30. Water (with refractive index = 4/3) in a tank
o
and sin 90 =1)
is 18 cm deep. Oil of refractive index 7/4 lies
(a) 15o (b) 30o
on water making a convex surface of radius
(c) 45o (d) 90o
of curvature R = 6 cm as shown. Consider
25. Diameter of a plano-convex lens is 6 cm and
oil to act as a thin lens. An object S is placed
thickness at the centre is 3 mm, figure. If
24 cm above water surface. The location of
speed of light in material of lens is 2  10 8
its image is at x cm above the bottom of the
m/s, the focal length of the lens is:
tank. Then x is :
R = 6 cm  = 1.0
(a) 15 cm
3mm
(a) 2 (b) 3  = 7/4
(b) 20 cm  = 4/3
(c) 4 (d) 5
(c) 30 cm
31. A transparent sphere of radius R and
(d) 10 cm
refractive index  is kept in air. At what
26. The focal length of a biconvex lens of
distance from the surface of the sphere
refractive index 1.5 is 0.06 m. Radii of
should a point object be placed so as to form
curvature are in the ratio 1 : 2. Then radii of
a real image at the same distance from the
curvatures of two lens surfaces are
sphere?
(a) 0.045 m, 0.09 m (b) 0.09 m, 0.18
R
(a)  R (b)
(c) 0.04 m, 0.08 m (d) 0.06 m, 0.12 m  1
27. An air bubble inside a glass sphere of radius R
(c) (d) R/
0.02 m,  = 1.5 appears at a depth of 0.01  1
m from the surface through which it is 32. An air bubble inside a glass sphere of radius
viewed. Actual position of the bubble from 0.02 m and  = 1.5 appears at a depth of
the surface is 0.01 m from the surface through which it is
(a) 0.0009 m (b) – 0.012 m viewed Actual position of bubble from the
(c) 0.015 m (d) 0.02 m surface is
28. Diameter of a Plano-convex lens is 6 cm and (a) 0.009 m (b) 0.012 m
thickness at the centre is 3 mm. If the speed (c) 0.015 m (d) 0.02 m
of light in the material of the lens is 2  108 33. A point object O is placed in front of a glass
metre per sec, the focal length of the lens is rod having spherical end of radius of
(a) 15 cm (b) 20 cm curvature 30 cm. The image would be
(c) 30 cm (d) 10 cm formed at
O Air Glass
(a) 30 cm left
15 cm 30 cm
(b) Infinity
 (c) 1 cm to the right (d) 18 cm to the left 35. A Plano convex lens fits exactly into a Plano
34. A point object O is kept at a distance of concave lens. Their plane surfaces are
OP = 0. The radius of curvature of the parallel to each other. If the lenses are made
spherical surface APB is CP = R. The of different materials of refractive indices 1,
refractive index of the media is n1 and n2, and 2 and R is the radius of curvature of the
which are as shown in the diagram. Then, curved surface of the lenses, then focal
(1) If n1 > n2, image is virtual for all values length of the combination is
of u R R
(a) (b)
(2) If n2 = 2 n1, image is virtual when R > u 2(1  2 ) 2(1  2 )
(3) The image is real for all values of u, n1 R 2R
(c) (d)
and n2. Here, the correct statement/s (1  2 ) (2  1 )

is/are A

(a) Only (2) i

O C
(b) Both (1) and (2) P
n1 n2
(c) Only (1) B

(d) (1), (2) and (3)