Chapter 22

Ray Optics
1. A transparent solid cylindrical rod has a refractive (1) Remain same

2 (2) Does not depend on colour of light

index of . It is surrounded by air. A light ray is
3 (3) Increase
incident at the mid-point of one end of the rod as (4) Decrease
shown in the figure.
4. A beaker contains water up to a height h1 and
kerosene of height h2 above water so that the total
height of (water + kerosene) is (h1 + h2). Refractive
index of water is 1 and that of kerosene is 2. The
apparent shift in the position of the bottom of the
beaker when viewed from above is [AIEEE-2011]

The incident angle  for which the light ray grazes  1  1 

(1)  1    h2   1    h1
along the wall of the rod is [AIEEE-2009]  1  2 

   2   1  1 
–1  3  
(1) sin  2  (2) sin–1   (2)  1    h2   1    h1
   3   1  2 

 1  1 
   1 (3)  1    h1   1    h2
–1  1 
(3) sin   (4) sin–1    1  2
 3   2 
 1  1
2. In an optics experiment, with the position of the (4)  1    h1   1    h2
 1  2
object fixed, a student varies the position of a
convex lens and for each position, the screen is 5. An object 2.4 m in front of a lens forms a sharp
adjusted to get a clear image of the object. image on a film 12 cm behind the lens. A glass
A graph between the object distance u and the plate 1 cm thick, of refractive index 1.50 is
image distance v, from the lens, is plotted using interposed between lens and film with its plane
the same scale for the two axes. A straight line faces parallel to film. At what distance (from lens)
passing through the origin and making an angle of should object be shifted to be in sharp focus on
45° with the x-axis meets the experimental curve film? [AIEEE-2012]
at P. The coordinates of P will be [AIEEE-2009] (1) 2.4 m (2) 3.2 m
(3) 5.6 m (4) 7.2 m
f f 
(1)  ,  (2) (f, f) 6. Diameter of a plano-convex lens is 6 cm and
2 2
thickness at the centre is 3 mm. If speed of light
(3) (4f, 4f) (4) (2f, 2f) in material of lens is 2 × 108 m/s, the focal length
of the lens is [JEE (Main)-2013]
3. When monochromatic red light is used instead of
blue light in a convex lens, its focal length will (1) 15 cm (2) 20 cm
[AIEEE-2011] (3) 30 cm (4) 10 cm

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7. The graph between angle of deviation () and angle
of incidence (i) for a triangular prism is represented
by [JEE (Main)-2013] A


 

(1) (2)
B C
O O
i i
1   1  1   
(1)   sin  sin  A  sin    
      

(3) (4) 1   1  1   
(2)   sin  sin  A  sin     
O O      
i i

 3 1   1  1   
8. A thin convex lens made from crown glass     (3)   cos  sin  A  sin     
 2      
has focal length f . When it is measured in two
1   1  1   
different liquids having refractive indices
4 5
and , (4)   cos  sin  A  sin     
3 3      
it has the focal lengths f1 and f2 respectively. The 11. An observer looks at a distant tree of height 10 m
correct relation between the focal lengths is with a telescope of magnifying power of 20. To the
[JEE (Main)-2014] observer the tree appears [JEE (Main)-2016]

(1) f1  f2  f (1) 10 times nearer (2) 20 times taller

(3) 20 times nearer (4) 10 times taller
(2) f1  f and f2 becomes negative
12. In an experiment for determination of refractive
(3) f2  f and f1 becomes negative index of glass of a prism by i – , plot, it was
found that a ray incident at angle 35°, suffers a
(4) f1 and f2 both become negative deviation of 40° and that it emerges at angle 79°.
In that case which of the following is closest to the
9. A green light is incident from the water to the air
maximum possible value of the refractive index?
- water interface at the critical angle(). Select the
[JEE (Main)-2016]
correct statement [JEE (Main)-2014]
(1) 1.6 (2) 1.7
(1) The entire spectrum of visible light will come
out of the water at an angle of 90° to the (3) 1.8 (4) 1.5
normal
13. A diverging lens with magnitude of focal length
(2) The spectrum of visible light whose frequency 25 cm is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a
is less than that of green light will come out converging lens of magnitude of focal length 20 cm.
to the air medium A beam of parallel light falls on the diverging lens.
(3) The spectrum of visible light whose frequency The final image formed is [JEE (Main)-2017]
is more than that of green light will come out (1) Real and at a distance of 40 cm from
to the air medium convergent lens
(4) The entire spectrum of visible light will come (2) Virtual and at a distance of 40 cm from
out of the water at various angles to the normal convergent lens
10. Monochromatic light is incident on a glass prism (3) Real and at a distance of 40 cm from the
of angle A. If the refractive index of the material of divergent lens
the prism is , a ray, incident at an angle , on the
face AB would get transmitted through the face AC (4) Real and at a distance of 6 cm from the
of the prism provided. [JEE (Main)-2015] convergent lens

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14. A convex lens is put 10 cm from a light source and 19. A monochromatic light is incident at a certain angle
it makes a sharp image on a screen, kept 10 cm on an equilateral triangular prism and suffers
from the lens. Now a glass block (refractive index minimum deviation. If the refractive index of the
1.5) of 1.5 cm thickness is placed in contact with material of the prism is 3, then the angle of
the light source. To get the sharp image again, the incidence is [JEE (Main)-2019]
screen is shifted by a distance d. Then d is
(1) 90° (2) 30°
[JEE (Main)-2019]
(3) 45° (4) 60°
(1) 1.1 cm away from the lens
20. A point source of light, S is placed at a distance
(2) 0.55 cm towards the lens L in front of the centre of plane mirror of width d
which is hanging vertically on a wall. A man walks
(3) 0
in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the
(4) 0.55 cm away from the lens mirror, at a distance 2L as shown below. The
distance over which the man can see the image of
15. Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other such
the light source in the mirror is [JEE (Main)-2019]
that a ray of light incident on the first mirror (M1)
and parallel to the second mirror (M2) is finally
reflected from the second mirror (M2) parallel to the
first mirror (M1). The angle between the two mirrors S
d
willl be [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 75° (2) 45°
L
(3) 90° (4) 60° 2L
16. A plano convex lens of refractive index 1 and focal
d
length f1 is kept in contact with another plano (1) (2) 3d
2
concave lens of refractive index 2 and focal length
f2. If the radius of curvature of their spherical faces (3) 2d (4) d
is R each and f1 = 2f2, then 1 and 2 are related 21. What is the position and nature of image formed
as [JEE (Main)-2019] by lens combination shown in figure? (f1, f2 are
(1) 21 – 2 = 1 (2) 32 – 21 = 1 focal lengths) [JEE (Main)-2019]

(3) 22 – 1 = 1 (4) 1 + 2 = 3 2 cm

17. The eye can be regarded as a single refracting

A B
surface. The radius of curvature of this surface is
O
equal to that of cornea (7.8 mm). This surface
separates two media of refractive indices 1 and 20 cm f1 = +5 cm f2 = –5 cm
1.34, Calculate the distance from the refracting
surface at which a parallel beam of light will come 20
to focus. [JEE (Main)-2019] (1) cm from point B at right; real
3
(1) 4.0 cm (2) 1 cm (2) 70 cm from point B at right; real
(3) 3.1 cm (4) 2 cm (3) 40 cm from point B at right; real
18. An object is at a distance of 20 m from a convex (4) 70 cm from point B at left; virtual
lens of focal length 0.3 m. The lens forms an
image of the object. If the object moves away from 22. Formation of real image using a biconvex lens is
shown below: [JEE (Main)-2019]
the lens at a speed of 5 m/s, the speed and
direction of the image will be [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 0.92 × 10–3 m/s away from the lens screen
2f
(2) 2.26 × 10–3 m/s away from the lens
2f f f
(3) 1.16 × 10–3 m/s towards the lens
(4) 3.22 × 10–3 m/s towards the lens

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 If the whole set up is immersed in water without 26. Calculate the limit of resolution of a telescope
disturbing the object and the screen positions, objective having a diameter of 200 cm, if it has to
what will one observe on the screen? detect light of wavelength 500 nm coming from a
star. [JEE (Main)-2019]
[JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 457.5 × 10–9 radian (2) 305 × 10–9 radian
(1) Erect real image (2) No change
(3) 152.5 × 10–9 radian (4) 610 × 10–9 radian
(3) Image disappears (4) Magnified image
27. A convex lens (of focal length 20 cm) and a
23. A plano-convex lens (focal length f2, refractive index concave mirror, having their principal axes along the
2 , radius of curvature R) fits exactly into a plano- same lines, are kept 80 cm apart from each other.
concave lens(focal length f1, refractive index 1, The concave mirror is to the right of the convex
radius of curvature R). Their plane surfaces are lens. When an object is kept at a distance of 30
parallel to each other. Then, the focal length of the cm to the left of the convex lens, its image
combination will be [JEE (Main)-2019] remains at the same position even if the concave
mirror is removed. The maximum distance of the
R object for which this concave mirror, by itself would
(1) f1 – f2 (2)  2 – 1 produce a virtual image would be :
[JEE (Main)-2019]
2 f1 f2
(3) f  f (4) f1 + f2 (1) 30 cm (2) 25 cm
1 2
(3) 20 cm (4) 10 cm
24. In figure, the optical fiber is l = 2 m long and has
28. A concave mirror for face viewing has focal length
a diameter of d = 20 m. If a ray of light is
of 0.4 m. The distance at which you hold the
incident on one end of the fiber at angle
mirror from your face in order to see your image
1 = 40°, the number of reflections it makes before
upright with a magnification of 5 is
emerging from the other end is close to
[JEE (Main)-2019]
(Refractive index of fiber is 1.31 and sin 40° = 0.64)
(1) 0.32 m (2) 0.24 m
[JEE (Main)-2019]
(3) 1.60 m (4) 0.16 m
29. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm produces
images of the same magnification 2 when an
d
object is kept at two distances x1 and x2 (x1 > x2)
2 from the lens. The ratio of x1 and x2 is
40°
[JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 3 : 1 (2) 2 : 1
(1) 66000 (2) 55000
(3) 4 : 3 (4) 5 : 3
(3) 45000 (4) 57000
30. Diameter of the objective lens of a telescope is
25. An upright object is placed at a distance of 250 cm. For light of wavelength 600 nm coming
40 cm in front of a convergent lens of focal length from a distant object, the limit of resolution of the
20 cm. A convergent mirror of focal length 10 cm telescope is close to [JEE (Main)-2019]
is placed at a distance of 60 cm on the other side (1) 1.5 × 10–7 rad (2) 3.0 × 10–7 rad
of the lens. The position and size of the image
formed due to mirror will be [JEE (Main)-2019] (3) 2.0 × 10–7 rad (4) 4.5 × 10–7 rad

(1) 20 cm from the convergent mirror, twice the
size of the object
(2) 20 cm from the convergent mirror, same size
as the object
(3) 40 cm from the convergent lens, twice the size
of the object
(4) 40 cm from the convergent mirror, same size
as the object
31. A thin convex lens L (refractive index = 1.5) is
placed on a plane mirror M. When a pin is placed
at A, such that OA = 18 cm, its real inverted
image is formed at A itself, as shown in figure.
When a liquid of refractive index l is put between
the lens and the mirror, the pin has to be moved
to A, such that OA = 27 cm, to get its inverted
real image at A itself. The value of l will be
[JEE (Main)-2019]

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 A 34. The graph shows how the magnification m
produced by a thin lens varies with image distance
A
v. What is the focal length of the lens used?
[JEE (Main)-2019]
L m
M
O
C
4
(1) 2 (2)
3
v
a b
3
(3) 3 (4) b2 b 2c
2 (1) (2)
ac a
32. A ray of light AO in vacuum is incident on a glass
slab at angle 60° and refracted at angle 30° along
a b
OB as shown in the figure. The optical path length (3) (4)
c c
of light ray from A to B is : [JEE (Main)-2019]
35. The value of numerical aperture of the objective lens
A of a microscope is 1.25. If light of wavelength
60° 5000 Å is used, the minimum separation between
a O Vacuum two points, to be seen as distinct, will be :
glass
[JEE (Main)-2019]
b 30°
(1) 0.24 m (2) 0.38 m
B (3) 0.48 m (4) 0.12 m

2 3 2b 36. A concave mirror has radius of curvature of

(1)  2b (2) 2a 
a 3 40 cm. It is at the bottom of a glass that has
water filled up to 5 cm (see figure). If a small
2b particle is floating on the surface of water, its image
(3) 2a  (4) 2a + 2b as seen, from directly above the glass, is at a
3
distance d from the surface of water. The value of d
33. One plano-convex and one plano-concave lens of is close to (Refractive index of water = 1.33)
same radius of curvature ‘R’ but of different
materials are joined side by side as shown in the [JEE (Main)-2019]
figure. If the refractive index of the material of 1 is particle
1 and that of 2 is 2, then the focal length of the
combination is : [JEE (Main)-2019]
5 cm

1 2

1 2 (1) 11.7 cm (2) 6.7 cm

(3) 13.4 cm (4) 8.8 cm
37. A transparent cube of side d, made of a material
R R
(1) (2) of refractive index 2, is immersed in a liquid of
2  1 –  2  2 –  1 –  2 
refractive index 1 (1 < 2). A ray is incident on
the face AB at an angle (shown in the figure).
R 2R Total internal reflection takes place at point E on
(3) (4)
1 – 2 1 – 2 the face BC.

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 B E C 42. An object is gradually moving away from the focal
point of a concave mirror along the axis of the
mirror. The graphical representation of the
magnitude of linear magnification (m) versus
distance of the object from the mirror (x) is

2 correctly given by
(Graphs are drawn schematically and are not to
scale) [JEE (Main)-2020]
1
m
A D
1
Then must satisfy: [JEE (Main)-2019] (1) x
f 2f
1 1 1
(1)   sin  (2)   sin1
2 2
m

1  22 22
(3)   sin 1 (4)   sin1 1 1
12 12
(2) x
f 2f
38. If we need a magnification of 375 from a compound
microscope of tube length 150 mm and an
objective of focal length 5 mm, the focal length of
the eye-piece, should be close to m
[JEE (Main)-2020] 1
(1) 2 mm (2) 33 mm (3) x
f 2f
(3) 22 mm (4) 12 mm
39. A thin lens made of glass (refractive index
= 1.5) of focal length f = 16 cm is immersed in a m
liquid of refractive index 1.42. If its focal length in
fl 1
liquid is f l, then the ratio is closest to the (4) x
f
f 2f
integer
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) 17 (2) 1 43. The aperture diameter of a telescope is 5 m. The
(3) 5 (4) 9 separation between the moon and the earth is
4 × 105 km. With light of wavelength of 5500 Å,
40. The critical angle of medium for a specific the minimum separation between objects on the
wavelength, if the medium has relative permittivity
surface of moon, so that they are just resolved, is
4 close to [JEE (Main)-2020]
3 and relative permeability for this wavelength,
3
(1) 20 m (2) 200 m
will be [JEE (Main)-2020]
(3) 600 m (4) 60 m
(1) 60° (2) 45°
44. A vessel of depth 2h is half filled with a liquid of
(3) 15° (4) 30°
41. The magnifying power of a telescope with tube refractive index 2 2 and the upper half with
length 60 cm is 5. What is the focal length of its another liquid of refractive index 2. The liquids
eye piece? [JEE (Main)-2020]
are immiscible. The apparent depth of the inner
(1) 30 cm (2) 10 cm surface of the bottom of vessel will be
(3) 20 cm (4) 40 cm [JEE (Main)-2020]

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 v v
h h =
u
(1)
2
(2) 2  2 1 f
(2)
h 3
(3) (4) h 2
3 2 4
f u
45. There is a small source of light at some depth v v
=
4 u
f
below the surface of water (refractive index = )
3
(3)
in a tank of large cross-sectional surface area.
Neglecting any reflection from the bottom and
absorption by water, percentage of light that f u
emerges out of surface is (nearly) v v
=
[Use the fact that surface area of a spherical cap u
f
of height h and radius of curvature r is 2rh]
(4)
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) 34% (2) 21%
f u
(3) 50% (4) 17%
48. A point like object is placed at a distance of
46. 1 m in front of a convex lens of focal length
0.5 m. A plane mirror is placed at a distance of 2 m
Object
behind the lens. The position and nature of the final
image formed by the system is [JEE (Main)-2020]
20 16 12 8 4 (1) 2.6 m from the mirror, real
(cm)
(2) 1 m from the mirror, real
(3) 2.6 m from the mirror, virtual
A spherical mirror is obtained as shown in the (4) 1 m from the mirror, virtual
figure from a hollow glass sphere. If an object is 49. A double convex lens has power P and same radii
positioned in front of the mirror, what will be the of curvature R of both the surfaces. The radius of
nature and magnification of the image of the curvature of a surface of a plano-convex lens made
of the same material with power 1.5 P is
object? (Figure drawn as schematic and not to
scale) [JEE (Main)-2020] [JEE (Main)-2020]

(1) Inverted, real and unmagnified 3R

(1) (2) 2R
2
(2) Inverted, real and magnified
R R
(3) Erect, virtual and magnified (3) (4)
3 2
(4) Erect, virtual and unmagnified 50. A point object in air is in front of the curved surface
47. For a concave lens of focal length f, the relation of a plano-convex lens. The radius of curvature of
the curved surface is 30 cm and the refractive
between object and image distances u and v,
index of the lens material is 1.5, then the focal
respectively, from its pole can best be represented
length of the lens (in cm) is ______.
by (u = v is the reference line) [JEE (Main)-2020]
[JEE (Main)-2020]
v v 51. A light ray enters a solid glass sphere of refractive
=
f
u
index   3 at an angle of incidence 60°. The ray
(1) is both reflected and refracted at the farther surface
of the sphere. The angle (in degrees) between the
reflected and refracted rays at this surface is _____.
f u [JEE (Main)-2020]
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52. An observer can see through a small hole on the 57. A prism of angle A = 1° has a refractive index
side of a jar (radius 15 cm) at a point at height of  = 1.5. A good estimate for the minimum angle of
15 cm from the bottom (see figure). The hole is at N
deviation (in degrees) is close to . Value of N
a height of 45 cm. When the jar is filled with a 10
liquid up to a height of 30 cm the same observer is ____ . [JEE (Main)-2020]
can see the edge at the bottom of the jar. If the
58. The focal length f is related to the radius of
refractive index of the liquid is N/100, where N is
curvature r of the spherical convex mirror by
an integer, the value of N is ________.
[JEE (Main)-2020] [JEE (Main)-2021]
1
(1) f = r (2) f  – r
2
1
(3) f   r (4) f = –r
2
59. The same size images are formed by a convex lens
when the object is placed at 20 cm or at 10 cm
from the lens. The focal length of convex lens is
45 cm ________ cm. [JEE (Main)-2021]
60. A short straight object of height 100 cm lies before
the central axis of a spherical mirror whose focal
15 cm length has absolute value |f| = 40 cm. The image of
object produced by the mirror is of height 25 cm
15 cm and has the same orientation of the object. One
53. When an object is kept at a distance of 30 cm may conclude from the information :
from a concave mirror, the image is formed at a
[JEE (Main)-2021]
distance of 10 cm from the mirror. If the object is
moved with a speed of 9 cms –1 , the speed (1) Image is virtual, opposite side of convex
(in cms–1) with which image moves at that instant mirror
is _____. [JEE (Main)-2020]
(2) Image is virtual, opposite side of concave
54. In a compound microscope, the magnified virtual mirror
image is formed at a distance of 25 cm from the
(3) Image is real, same side of convex mirror
eye-piece. The focal length of its objective lens is
1 cm. If the magnification is 100 and the (4) Image is real, same side of concave mirror
tube length of the microscope is 20 cm, then the
61. Given below are two statements: one is labeled as
focal length of the eye-piece lens (in cm)
Assertion A and the other is labeled as Reason R.
is _____. [JEE (Main)-2020]
Assertion A : For a simple microscope, the angular
55. The distance between an object and a screen is
size of the object equals the angular size of the
100 cm. A lens can produce real image of the object
image.
on the screen for two different positions between the
screen and the object. The distance between these Reason R : Magnification is achieved as the small
two positions is 40 cm. If the power of the lens is object can be kept much closer to the eye than 25
 N  cm and hence it subtends a large angle.
close to   D where N is an integer, the value of
 100  In the light of the above statements, choose the
N is _____. [JEE (Main)-2020] most appropriate answer from the options given
56. A compound microscope consists of an objective below : [JEE (Main)-2021]
lens of focal length 1 cm and an eyepiece of focal (1) A is false but R is true
length 5 cm with a separation of 10 cm.
(2) A is true but R is false
The distance between an object and the objective
lens, at which the strain on the eye is minimum is (3) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the
correct explanation of A
n
cm. The value of n is _____.
40 (4) Both A and R are true and R is the correct
[JEE (Main)-2020] explanation of A

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62. A point source of light S, placed at a distance 65. The thickness at the centre of a plano convex lens
60 cm in front of the centre of a plane mirror of is 3 mm and the diameter is 6 cm. If the speed of
width 50 cm, hangs vertically on a wall. A man light in the material of the lens is 2 × 108 ms–1, the
walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to focal length of the lens is _____.
the mirror at a distance 1.2 m from it (see in the
[JEE (Main)-2021]
figure). The distance between the extreme points
where he can see the image of the light source in (1) 1.5 cm (2) 0.30 cm
the mirror is _______ cm. [JEE (Main)-2021]
(3) 15 cm (4) 30 cm
66. The image of an object placed in air formed by a
convex refracting surface is at a distance of 10 m
S
behind the surface. The image is real and is at
50 cm 2 rd
60 cm of the distance of the object from the surface.
3
2
1.2 m The wavelength of light inside the surface is
3
times the wavelength in air. The radius of the
63. The angle of deviation through a prism is minimum
x
when [JEE (Main)-2021] curved surface is m. The value of ‘x’ is
13
_________. [JEE (Main)-2021]

 67. Your friend is having eye sight problem. She is not

able to see clearly a distant uniform window mesh
and it appears to her as non-uniform and distorted.
The doctor diagnosed the problem as:
(A) Incident ray and emergent ray are symmetric
to the prism [JEE (Main)-2021]

(B) The refracted ray inside the prism becomes (1) Myopia and hypermetropia
parallel to its base (2) Presbyopia with Astigmatism
(C) Angle of incidence is equal to that of the angle (3) Myopia with Astigmatism
of emergence
(4) Astigmatism
(D) When angle of emergence is double the angle
68. Three rays of light, namely red (R), green (G) and
of incidence
blue (B) are incident on the face PQ of a right
Choose the correct answer from the options given angled prism PQR as shown in the figure.
below:
[JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) Only statement (D) is true
P
(2) Statements (B) and (C) are true
(3) Only statements (A) and (B) are true B

(4) Statements (A), (B) and (C) are true G

R
64. The refractive index of a converging lens is 1.4.
What will be the focal length of this lens if it is 45°
Q R
placed in a medium of same refractive index?
Assume the radii of curvature of the faces of lens The refractive indices of the material of the prism
are R1 and R2 respectively. [JEE (Main)-2021] for red, green and blue wavelength are 1.27, 1.42
and 1.49 respectively. The colour of the ray(s)
R1R2 emerging out of the face PR is:
(1) R  R (2) Zero
1 2
(1) Blue (2) Green
(3) 1 (4) Infinite (3) Red (4) Blue and Green
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69. Region I and II are separated by a spherical (1) refraction is not possible
surface of radius 25 cm. An object is kept in
(2) angle of refraction is 30°
region I at a distance of 40 cm from the surface.
The distance of the image from the surface is (3) angle of refraction is 24.41°
[JEE (Main)-2021] (4) angle of refraction is 53.4°
74. A prism of refractive index  and angle of prism A
I II
is placed in the position of minimum angle of
25 cm deviation. If minimum angle of deviation is also A,
O C then in terms of refractive index value of A is
I = 1.25 II = 1.4
[JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) 18.23 cm (2) 9.52 cm
 
(1) 2cos1   (2) cos1  
(3) 37.58 cm (4) 55.44 cm 2 2
70. An object viewed from a near point distance of
25 cm, using a microscopic lens with magnification    1
(3) sin1   (4) sin1  
‘6’, gives an unresolved image. A resolved image is 2  2 
observed at infinite distance with a total
magnification double the earlier using an eyepiece 75. A ray of light entering from air into a denser
along with the given lens and a tube of length 0.6 4
m, if the focal length of the eyepiece is equal to medium of refractive index , as shown in figure.
3
____ cm. [JEE (Main)-2021] The light ray suffers total internal reflection at the
71. A ray of light passes from a denser medium to a adjacent surface as shown. The maximum value of
rarer medium at an angle of incidence i. The angle  should be equal to [JEE (Main)-2021]
reflected and refracted rays make an angle of 90°
with each other. The angle of reflection and
refraction are respectively r and r. The critical
angle is given by [JEE (Main)-2021] 


= 4
 3

r 5 7
(1) sin1 (2) sin1
4 3

5 7
(3) sin1 (4) sin1
(1) sin–1 (tanr) (2) sin–1(cotr) 3 4
(3) sin–1(tanr) (4) tan–1(sini) 76. A prism of refractive index n1 and another prism of
refractive index n2 are stuck together (as shown in
72. A ray of light passing through a prism (  3) the figure). n1 and n2 depend on , the wavelength
suffers minimum deviation. It is found that the of light, according to the relation
angle of incidence is double the angle of refraction
within the prism. Then, the angle of prism is 10.8  1014 1.8  1014
n1  1.2  and n  1.45 
_______ (in degrees). [JEE (Main)-2021] 2
2
2
73. A ray of laser of wavelength 630 nm is incident at
The wavelength for which rays incident at any angle
an angle of 30° at the diamond-air interface. It is
going from diamond to air. The refractive index of on the interface BC pass through without bending
diamond is 2.42 and that of air is 1. Choose the at that interface will be ______ nm.
correct option. [JEE (Main)-2021] [JEE (Main)-2021]

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 80. An object is placed beyond the centre of curvature
D C of the given concave mirror. If the distance of the
90° object is d1 from C and the distance of the image
C
70° formed is d2 from C, the radius of curvature of this
N n2 mirror is: [JEE (Main)-2021]
i
20 d1d2 d1d2
n1 ° (1) d  d (2) d  d
60° 40° 1 2 1 2
A B
2d1d2 2d1d2
77. The expected graphical representation of the (3) d  d (4) d  d
variation of angle of deviation ‘’ with angle of 1 2 1 2
incidence ‘i’ in a prism is : [JEE (Main)-2021] 81. Find the distance of the image from object O,
formed by the combination of lenses in the figure:
Y Y
[JEE (Main)-2021]
 
f = +10 cm f = – 10 cm f = +30 cm
(1) (2)
X X
i i
O
Y Y

  30 cm 5 cm 10 cm

(3) (4) (1) 75 cm (2) 10 cm

(3) Infinity (4) 20 cm
X X
i i 82. Curved surfaces of a plano-convex lens of refractive
index 1 and a plano-concave lens of refractive
78. Car B overtakes another car A at a relative speed index 2 have equal radius of curvature as shown
of 40 ms –1. How fast will the image of car B in figure. Find the ratio of radius of curvature to the
appear to move in the mirror of focal length 10 cm focal length of the combined lenses.
fitted in car A, when the car B is 1.9 m away from [JEE (Main)-2021]
the car A? [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) 0.2 ms–1 (2) 0.1 ms–1
(3) 4 ms–1 (4) 40 ms–1 2
1
79. An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm from a
convex lens. A convex mirror of focal length 15 cm
is placed on other side of lens at 8 cm as shown
in the figure. Image of object coincides with the (1) 2 – 1 (2) 1 – 2
object.
1 1
(3)    (4)   
2 1 1 2
Image 83. An object is placed at the focus of concave lens
Object Image in having focal length f. What is the magnification and
the absence distance of the image from the optical centre of the
of mirror
12 cm 8 cm
lens? [JEE (Main)-2021]

1 f
When the convex mirror is removed, a real and (1) 1,  (2) ,
2 2
inverted image is formed at a position. The
distance of the image from the object will be _____ 1 f
(cm). [JEE (Main)-2021] (3) , (4) Very high, 
4 4
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84. Two plane mirrors M1 and M2 are at right angle to
each other shown. A point source ‘P’ is placed at
‘a’ and ‘2a’ meter away from M 1 and M 2
respectively. The shortest distance between the
images thus formed is: (Take 5  2.3 )
[JEE (Main)-2021]
a P
88. A light wave travelling linearly in a medium of dielectric
constant 4, incidents on the horizontal interface
separating medium with air. The angle of incidence
for which the total intensity of incident wave will be
reflected back into the same medium will be :
(Given : relative permeability of medium r = 1)
[JEE (Main)-2022]

M1 2a (1) 10° (2) 20°

(3) 30° (4) 60°

M2 89. The difference of speed of light in the two media A and

B(A – B) is 2.6 × 107 m/s. If the refractive index of
(1) 2 10a (2) 2.3a
medium B is 1.47, then the ratio of refractive index of
(3) 4.6a (4) 3a medium B to medium A is: (Given: speed of light in
85. Cross-section view of a prism is the equilateral vacuum C = 3 × 108 ms–1) [JEE (Main)-2022]
triangle ABC shown in the figure. The minimum
deviation is observed using this prism when the (1) 1.303 (2) 1.318
angle of incidence is equal to the prism angle. The
time taken by light to travel from P (midpoint of (3) 1.13 (4) 0.12
BC) to A is _______ × 10–10 s. (Given, speed of
90. A light ray is incident, at an incident angle 1, on the
3 system of two plane mirrors M1 and M2 having an
light in vacuum = 3 × 108 m/s and cos30° = ) inclination angle 75° between them (as shown in
2
figure). After reflecting from mirror M1 it gets reflected
[JEE (Main)-2021]
back by the mirror M2 with an angle of reflection 30°.
A
The total deviation of the ray will be ________
degree. [JEE (Main)-2022]
10 cm 10 cm

B P C
86. A glass tumbler having inner depth of 17.5 cm is
kept on a table. A student starts pouring water
 4
   3  into it while looking at the surface of
 
water from the above. When he feels that the
tumbler is half filled, he stops pouring water. Up to
what height, the tumbler is actually filled?
[JEE (Main)-2021]
91. Consider a light ray travelling in air is incident into a
(1) 11.7 cm
medium of refractive index 2n . The incident angle
(2) 7.5 cm
is twice that of refracting angle. Then, the angle of
(3) 10 cm
incidence will be: [JEE (Main)-2022]
(4) 8.75 cm
87. Two identical thin biconvex lenses of focal length
1  n 
15 cm and refractive index 1.5 are in contact with (1) sin1  n  (2) cos  
 2
each other. The space between the lenses is filled
with a liquid of refractive index 1.25. The focal length 1  n 
(3) sin1  2n  (4) 2cos  
of the combination is ___ cm. [JEE (Main)-2022]  2

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92. A convex lens has power P. It is cut into two halves
along its principal axis. Further one piece (out of the
two halves) is cut into two halves perpendicular to the
principal axis (as shown in figures). Choose the
incorrect option for the reported pieces.
96. The speed of light in media ‘A’ and ‘B’ are
2.0 × 1010 cm/s and 1.5 × 1010 cm/s respectively. A
ray of light enters from the medium B to A at an
incident angle ‘’. If the ray suffers total internal
reflection, then [JEE (Main)-2022]

[JEE (Main)-2022] 3

(1)   sin1  
4

2
(2)   sin1  
3

3
(3)   sin1  
4

3
(4)   sin1  
P P 4
(1) Power of L1  (2) Power of L2 
2 2
97. Which of the following statement is correct?
P
(3) Power of L3  (4) Power of L1 = P
2 [JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) In primary rainbow, observer sees red colour on
93. If a wave gets refracted into a denser medium, then
the top and violet on the bottom
which of the following is true? [JEE (Main)-2022]
(2) In primary rainbow, observer sees violet colour
(1) Wavelength, speed and frequency decreases
on the top and red on the bottom
(2) Wavelength increases, speed decreases and
frequency remains constant (3) In primary rainbow, light wave suffers total internal
reflection twice before coming out of water drops
(3) Wavelength and speed decreases but frequency
remains constant (4) Primary rainbow is less bright than secondary
rainbow
(4) Wavelength, speed and frequency increases
98. For an object placed at a distance 2.4 m from a lens,
94. The refracting angle of a prism is A and refractive
a sharp focused image is observed on a screen
index of the material of the prism is cot (A/2). Then
the angle of minimum deviation will be : placed at a distance 12 cm form the lens. A glass
plate of refractive index 1.5 and thickness 1 cm is
[JEE (Main)-2022] introduced between lens and screen such that the
(1) 180 – 2A glass plate plane faces parallel to the screen. By
what distance should the object be shifted so that a
(2) 90 – A
sharp focused image is observed again on the
(3) 180 + 2A
screen? [JEE (Main)-2022]
(4) 180 – 3A
(1) 0.8 m
95. A parallel beam of light is allowed to fall on a
transparent spherical globe of diameter 30 cm and (3) 3.2 m
refractive index 1.5. The distance from the centre of
the globe at which the beam of light can converge (3) 1.2 m
is________ mm. [JEE (Main)-2022]
(4) 5.6 m

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99. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm is placed in front
of a convex mirror with principal axis coinciding each
other. The distance between the lens and mirror is
10 cm. A point object is placed on principal axis at
a distance of 60 cm from the convex lens. The image
formed by combination coincides the object itself.
The focal length of the convex mirror is_______cm.
102. A thin prism of angle 6° and refractive index for yellow
light (nY)1.5 is combined with another prism of angle
5° and nY = 1.55. The combination produces no
dispersion. The net average deviation () produced by

 1
the combination is   . The value of x is __________.
x

[JEE (Main)-2022] [JEE (Main)-2022]

1 1
100. The graph between and for a thin convex lens
u v
in order to determine its focal length is plotted as
shown in the figure. The refractive index of lens is 1.5
and its both the surfaces have same radius of
curvature R. The value of R will be ______ cm.
(where u = object distance, v = image distance)

103. In normal adjustment, for a refracting telescope, the

101. In the given figure, the face AC of the equilateral
prism is immersed in a liquid of refractive index ‘n’.
For incident angle 60° at the side AC the refracted
light beam just grazes along face AC. The refractive
distance between objective and eye piece is 30 cm.
The focal length of the objective, when the angular
magnification of the telescope is 2, will be:
[JEE (Main)-2022]

x
index of the liquid n  . The value of x is _______.
4 (1) 20 cm (2) 30 cm

(Given refractive index of glass = 1.5) (3) 10 cm (4) 15 cm

[JEE (Main)-2022] 104. The power of a lens (biconvex) is 1.25 m–1 in particular
medium. Refractive index of the lens is 1.5 and radii
of curvature are 20 cm and 40 cm respectively. The
refractive index of surrounding medium

[JEE (Main)-2022]

9
(1) 1.0 (2)
7

3 4
(3) (4)
2 3

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105. An object O is placed at a distance of 100 cm in front (1) 1.732 (2) 1.333
of a concave mirror of radius of curvature 200 cm as
(3) 1.414 (4) 2.732
shown in the figure. The object starts moving towards
the mirror at a speed 2 cm/s. The position of the 109. Light travels in two media M1 and M2 with speeds
image from the mirror after 10 s will be at ____ cm. 1.5 × 108 ms–1 and 2.0 × 108 ms–1 respectively. The

[JEE (Main)-2022] critical angle between them is: [JEE (Main)-2022]

1  3  1  2 
(1) tan   (2) tan  
 7 3

1  3  1  2 
(3) cos   (4) sin  
4 3

110. A ray of light is incident at an angle of incidence

106. In an experiment with a convex lens, the plot of the
image distance () against the object distance ()
measured from the focus gives a curve = 225. If
all the distances are measured in cm. The magnitude
of the focal length of the lens is _______ cm.
60º on the glass slab of refractive index 3 . After
refraction, the light ray emerges out from other
parallel faces and lateral shift between incident ray
and emergent ray is 4 3 cm. The thickness of
the glass slab is ______ cm. [JEE (Main)-2022]

[JEE (Main)-2022]

107. The X-Y plane be taken as the boundary between two

transparent media M1 and M2. M1 in Z  0 has a
refractive index of 2 and M2 with Z < 0 has a
refractive index of 3 . A ray of light travelling in M1
along the direction given by the vector

P  4 3iˆ – 3 3 jˆ  5kˆ , is incident on the plane of
separation. The value of difference between the angle
of incident in M1 and the angle of refraction in M2 will
111. A small bulb is placed at the bottom of a tank
be ______ degree. [JEE (Main)-2022]
containing water to a depth of 7 m . T he
108. Light enters from air into a given medium at an angle
4
of 45° with interface of the air-medium surface. After refractive index of water is . The area of the
3
refraction, the light ray is deviated through an angle
surface of water through which light from the bulb
of 15° from its original direction. The refractive index
can emerge out is x m 2 . The value of x is
of the medium is [JEE (Main)-2022]
________. [JEE (Main)-2022]



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Chapter 22

Ray Optics
1. Answer (3) 6. Answer (3)

R
6 cm
0.3 cm
 1 

f + C = 90° C = sin–   
 

Using Snell's law c

  1.5
v
sin 
= R2 = 32 + (R – 0.3)2
sin 
 R2 = 9 + R2 + 0.09 – 0.6R
 sin =  cos C
 0.6R = 9.09
1 9.09
 sin =  1 – = 2 – 1  R=  15 cm.
2 0.6

 1 R 15
Now, f  
  = sin  
–1 = 30 cm.
 3    1 0.5

2. Answer (4) 7. Answer (3)

|u| 8. Answer (2)
At point P
By Lens maker's formula
|u| = |v| = x
1  3/2  1 1 
 – 1  – 
1 1 1 P f1  4/3   R1 R2 
Since  
v u f 45°
|v| 1  3/2  1 1 
 u = 2f  – 1  – 
f2  5/3  1R R 2
3. Answer (3)
1 3  1 1 
1  1 1    – 1  – 
 (  1)    f 2   R1 R2 
f R
 1 R2
 f1 = 4f & f2 = –5f
Now, blue > red 9. Answer (2)
 fblue < fred
sin c  1

4. Answer (4)
air
 1
Apparent shift = t 1  
  c Water
5. Answer (3)

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 For greater wavelength (i.e. lesser frequency) is 13. Answer (1)
less
So, c would be more. So, they will not suffer f1 = 25 cm f2 = 20 cm
reflection and come out at angles less then 90°.
10. Answer (1)
sin  =  sin r1 I1

sin
 sin r1 =
 25 cm 15 cm

1  sin  
 r
 r1 = sin  r2 For converging lens
 1

  
u = –40 cm which is equal to 2f
 sin    Image will be real and at a distance of 40 cm
r2 = A – sin1  
   from convergent lens.
14. Answer (4)
1 
1
 r2 < sin   2f  10 cm  f  5 cm


 sin   1  1 
A  sin1    sin  
   
O O P
 1  sin  
 A  sin1    sin1  

    
 2
Shift = O O  = 1.5  1  
 3
 1  1   sin  = 0.5 cm
 sin  A  sin    
 
  
 O P  9.5 cm
1 1 1
  1  1     
   sin  A  sin      sin  v u f
    
1 1 1
  
v 9.5 5
1   1  1   
 sin   sin  A  sin      
     v = 10.55 cm

Shift = 0.55 cm away
11. Answer (3)
15. Answer (4)
By defination of magnification in telescope object
will appear 20 times nearer to the observer.
M1
12. Answer (4)
From the given data, A = i + e –  = 74°,  = 40° 2

 A  m  A 
sin  sin 
 2   2 
Now,   
 A A
sin   sin  
2 2 
M2
sin57
     1.39
sin37 3  = 180°
Nearest value is 1.5   = 60°

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16. Answer (1) 3
sin i  3 sin30 
2
1 1  i = 60°
  1  1
f1 R
20. Answer (2)
1 1
  2  1
f2 R
<
1 1
2(1  1)   2  1
R R d
 d/2
21  2  1

< d/2
17. Answer (3)
R = 7.8 mm d d
1.34 1 1.34  1 = 1
   = 1.34 <
v u  7.8 mm  

As u = –   v = f
d
L <
1.34 0.34 2L
 
f 7.8 mm

d y
 1.34  7.8  
f=   mm d / 2 2L
 0.34 

 f = 3.07  3.1 cm  y=d

18. Answer (3) Hence, the distance over which the image can be
1 1 1 seen is d + d + d = 3d.
 
v u f
21. Answer (2)
u = –20 m, f = 0.3
1 1 1 For lens A
 
v 0.3 20
1 10 1 1 1 1
   
v 3 20 v ( 20) 5

60
v m 20
197  v  cm
3
3
 3 
v image    5 For lens B
 197 
= 1.16 × 10–3 m/s toward the lens. 20
u  2
19. Answer (4) 3

For minimum deviation the ray passes 14

symmetrically u  cm
3

1 1 1
60°   
v 14 5
30° 3

 v = 70 cm

 r = 30° Image is real and right of B.

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22. Answer (3) 25. Answer (2)

1 3 2  3
  – 1
Initially,   for glass   40  20
f 2 R  2 v1   40 cm
 f=R (40  20)
Now for water w = 4/3
u2 = 60 – 40 = 20 cm
4 2 64R
   f 
3f  6R 32
20  10
 f  = 4R = 4f  v2   20 cm
(20  10)
Now object in placed is between focus and lense,
so there will not be any real image on screen.
 Image traces back to object itself as image
23. Answer (2)
formed by lens is a centre of curvature of
For plano-convex lens
mirror.
1 2  1
 ...(i)
f2 R 26. Answer (2)
For plano – concave lens
1    1 1.22
  1  ...(ii) 
f1  R  D

1.22  500  10 9 1.22  500  109

 
200  102 2
Now for combination
 = 305 × 10–9 radian
 2 1 2  1
  27. Answer (4)
v1  
1  2  2  1
 
v '1 v1 R f = 20 cm
1 1 1  1
 
f v '1 
1 – 30 cm 60
1 (2  1 ) 1 1
   80 cm
f R f1 f2

R 1 1 1
 f     
2 1 v u f
24. Answer (4)
1 × sin 40° = 1.31 sin 1 1 1
  
0.64 v 30 20
 sin      30
1.31
l = 20 m × cot 1 30  20 10
 
v 20  30 20  30
2
 N
20  10 6  cot 
v = 60 cm
6
2  10
  57735 So clearly radius of curvature of mirror is 20 cm.
20  3
Now if the object is placed within focal plane i.e.
N  57000 10 cm then image formed by mirror is virtual.

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28. Answer (1) 32. Answer (4)
1 1 1 From the given figure A
 
V U 40
a a
V  cos 60  60°
 5 AO
U
O
1 1 1 AO = 2a
   b
5U U 40 30°
b
U = – 32 cm  cos 30  B
BO
29. Answer (1)
2b
BO 
1 1 1 3
  
v u f
 Length of optical path = AO + BO × 3
 v = (± 2u)
= 2a + 2b
1 1 1 3 1 33. Answer (3)
    
2u u 20 2u 20
Focal length of plano-convex lens-
 u1 = 30 cm
R
f1 
And
1

1

1  1 – 1
u 2u 20
Focal length of plano concave lens-
1 1 –R
   u2  10 f2 
2u 20   2 – 1
30 For the combination of two lens-
 3
10
1 1 1  – 1 2 – 1
   1 –
30. Answer (2) feq f1 f2 R R

1.22  1 – 2
 
D R
1.22  600  10 9 R
   100  2.92  107  feq 
250 1 – 2
  = 3 × 10–7 rad 34. Answer (4)
31. Answer (2) As the graph between magnification (m) and image
distance (v) varies linearly, then
fL = 18 cm
m = k1v + k2
1 2 v
 0.5   R  18 cm  k1v  k2
18 R 
u
1  1 1 k
 (l  1)      k1  2
f2  18  u v
k2 1
1 1 ( l  1) 1   l  1  –  k1
   v u
27 18 18 18
1
 2 = 3(2 – l) = 6 – 3 l Clearly, k1  and k2  1 here
f
4 1 b
 l   f  
3 slope of m  v graph c

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35. Answer (1) 150  250 
 375  1  
1.22 5  fe 
min 
D 250
 12.5  1 
D fe
 1.25
2f 250
 fe   21.7
1.22f 1.22  5000  1010 11.5
dmin  
D 2.50  fe  22 mm
= 0.24 m
39. Answer (4)
36. Answer (4)
1 1 1 
 (1.5  1)    Lens Maker’s formula
1 1 1 fa R
 1 R 2
 
V U 20
1  1.5  1 1 
  1 
1 1 1
  fe  1.42   R1 R2 
V 5 20
fe (1.5  1)1.42 1.42 142
1 1 1     9
  fa 0.08 0.16 16
V 20 5

1 3 40. Answer (4)


V 20 For relative permittivity = 3,  = 30
 20 
d   5  3 / 4 4 4
 3  For relative permeability  ,   0
3 3
35   = 400

4
d = 8.8 cm 0  0 v 1
 
37. Answer (4)  c 2
2sinr1 > 1 1 r1 2
r2 1
1 sin c 
 sin r1   2
2
 c = 30°
 
r1  sin1  1  41. Answer (2)
 2 
Objective
1sin = 2sinr2 = 2sin (90° – r1)
Eye-piece
2 
sin   sin (90  r1 )  2 cos r1
1 1

 22  12 
1  2 
   sin
 1 2 
 

 2 
1
   sin  2  1
2 fo fe
 1  For telescope
38. Answer (3) Tube length (L) = fo + fe

L D fe
m 1   and magnification (m) 
f0  fe  fo

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 where fo and fe are focal length of objective and
= 2(1 – 7 /4)
eyepiece
 fo + fe = 60 1  7 /4
Fraction of energy transmitted =
and fe = 5fo 2
 fo = 50 cm
= 17%
fe = 10 cm
46. Answer (1)
42. Answer (4)
At focus magnification is  R
f   4 cm
2
And at x = 2f, magnification is 1.
m u  10 cm

Using mirror formula

(0, 0) f 2f x
1 1 1
43. Answer (4)  
v u f
O2
1 1 1
 
 a v 10 4
O1
20
v  cm.
d 3
f
 So image would be real, inverted and smaller than
  1.22 object.
a
Distance O1O2 = ()d 47. Answer (4)
  Theoretical
  1.22  d
 a
48. Answer (1)
10 5 3
(1.22)(5500  10 )  4  10  10

5
0.5
= 5368 × 10–2 m
I1 I2
= 53.68 m O
44. Answer (4)

h 1  2 1m 1m 1m 1m

2  2 2
h
Image formed by one will be object for other.

t1 t2 h h 3h
D     1 1 1
1 2 2 2 2 2 2    v1  1 m
v1 1 0.5
45. Answer (4)
I2 will be formed in behind the mirror.
3
sin  =
4
1 1 1
   v 3  0.6 m
v 3 3 0.5
7 
cos  =
4
So, final image will be formed at 2.6 m from the
 = 2(1 – cos ) mirror, real.

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49. Answer (3)

1 2(  1)
P 
f R
45°
(  1)
1.5P 
R

R 15
 R  r
3

50. Answer (60) 15 15

1  1 1 
Lens-maker formula  (  1)    15
f  R1 R2 

for plano-convex lens. 1sin45° = 2sinr

R1   then R2 = – R
1  5 158
R 30      1.58 
f    60 cm. 2 5 2 100

  1 1.5  1
53. Answer (1)
51. Answer (90)
For concave mirror

1 1 1
R T
 
v u f
60° P O
r
r v 10 1
r m  –  
S u 30 3
Q i
vimage = vobject (m2)

QR is reflected ray and QS is refracted ray. QT is 1

 vimage = 9   1 cm/s
tangent and OQ is normal. 9

54. Answer (06.25)

Now, .sin60° = 3 sinr
For compound microscope the magnification when
3 1 final image by eye-piece is formed at
  2 sin r  sin r   r  30
2 2 D = 25 cm (least distance for clear vision)

Yet again 3 sinr = sini  i = 60° L D

m  1    100
f0  fe 
 Angle between QR and QS  (RQS) = 90°
52. Answer (158)
20  25 
See the figure  1    100
1  fe 
For r
25 25
 1 f  5  f  4
15 5 e e
15
r 25
30  fe   6.25 cm
4

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55. Answer (476) 58. Answer (3)

x
100 – x
100
Clearly 100 – x – x = 40
 60 = 2x r
f 
 x = 30, And 100 – x = 70 2

1 1 1 as f is positive for convex mirror.

 
70 30 f 59. Answer (15)
Let magnification be m.
100 1 1
  
21 100 f 21 In case-I (Real Image)

 21  1 1 1
 f   
 mu1 u1 f
 100 
In case-II (Virtual Image)
1  100 
 Power =   4.76
f  21  1 1 1
 
mu2 u2 f
N
 4.76
100 f f
  
 N = 476 20  f 10  f
56. Answer (50.00) f = 15 cm
f0 = 1 cm 60. Answer (1)
fe = 5 cm
Image is diminished and magnification is positive.
 It is possible if object is placed in front of
10 cm convex mirror.

Image by objective is formed at the focus of eye- 61. Answer (4)

piece Though image size is bigger than object size, the
 For objective, v = 5, u, f = 1 cm angular size of the image is equal to the angular
size of object
1 1 1 1 1
   1  62. Answer (150.00)
5 u 1 5 u
AB = 2 × (50 + 25) cm = 150 cm
5 50
 | u |  cm  |u | cm
4 40 B
 n = 50
50 cm
57. Answer (05)
min  (  1)A 25 cm 25 cm

N 0.6 m 0.6 m
  (1.5  1)1
10
A
 N=5

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63. Answer (4) 68. Answer (3)

P
i e

45°
For minimum deviation, 

i=e
and refracted ray is parallel to the base. 45°
R
64. Answer (4)

1  2  1 1  1
   1   sin C   2
f  1  R1 R2  

 = 1.41
1  1.4   1 1 
  1  
 f  1.4   R1 R2  Red = 1.27 < 1.41

 f=  Only red will emerge

65. Answer (4) 69. Answer (3)
 = 1.5
2 1 2  1
 
2 v u R
d 
R 2  (R  t )2   
2
R 1.4 1.25 1.4  1.25
 
v 40 25
d2
2Rt 
4
1.4 0.15 1.25
  
v 25 40
d2 36
R   15 cm
8t 8  0.3 v  –37.58 cm

1 (1.5  1) 70. Answer (25)


f 15
D
f = 30 cm m1  1   f  5 cm
f
66. Answer (30)
LD LD
 2 1  2  1 m2   fe   25 cm
 = fo fe fo × m2
v u R
1 = 1, 2 = 1.5 71. Answer (1)

1.5 1 1.5  1
 =
10 15 R P
30 r
R= m
13
90°
67. Answer (3)
r
Myopia with Astigmatism causes distant objects to
be blurry and distorted.

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 n sinc = 1 A 
  cos1  
2 2
1
sin c  
n  A  2cos1  
2
i=r
75. Answer (2)
r + r + 90° = 180°
4 3
r = 90° – r = 90° – i sin    1  sin  
3 4
cosr= cos(90° – i)
4
cosr = sini ...(i) sin   1  sin 
3
nsini= sinr ...(ii)
n = tanr 4 9
 sin   1
3 16
1
 tan r 
sin c 4 7 7
 
3 16 3
sinc = cotr
76. Answer (600)
sinc= tanr
For no deviation n1 = n2
c = sin–1 (tanr)
10.8  1014 1.8  1014
72. Answer (60) 1.2   1.45 
2 2
For minimum deviation r1 = r2 = A/2
given i = 2r 9  1014
0.25 
2
sin i sin 2r
 
sin r sin r 3
   106  6  107 m
5
 = 600 nm
 cos r 
2
77. Answer (2)
 r = 30°

 A = 60°
73. Answer (1)
min
 1 
C  sin1   i
 2.42  i0

 > C 78. Answer (2)

hence, refraction is not possible
1 1 1 1 1 1 19
74. Answer (1) Here,      v 
v u f v 190 10 2
m = A
A v 2  du 
 dv 
  2 
 A  m   dt  u  dt 
sin  
  2 
 A 2
sin    19 
  2 
2  dv 
      40
 dt   190 
sin A A
   2cos  
A 2 –1
sin     40  –0.1 m/s
2 400

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79. Answer (50) 82. Answer (2)

1 1 1
 
I f f1 f2
O Cm
1 2

12 cm 8 cm 30 cm

Distance of image from object = 50 cm

80. Answer (4)

Here distance from focus

 1  1
 (1  1)    (2  1)   
R  R
   R
object distance, x    d1 
2 

R
R   (1  1)  (1  2 )  (1  2 )
image distance, y    d2  f
2 
83. Answer (2)
Now xy = f2
1 1 1
2
 
R  R  R v f f
   d1   d 2  
2  2  4
1 2 f
   v 
v f 2
R2 R R2
   d1  d2   d1d2 
4 2 4
v 1
m m
u 2
2d1d2
 R
d1  d 2
84. Answer (3)

81. Answer (1)

I1 a
1st refraction

1 1 1
   v1  15 4a
v1 –30 10
d

for 2nd refraction I2

2a

1 1 1
   v2  
v 2 10 10
 d  (2a)2  (4a)2

for 3rd refraction

 2 5a
Ray will converge at focus of L3 at 30 cm right of
it. = 4.6a

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85. Answer (5) for the concave lens made up of liquid

 A  m  1  2 1
sin    1.25  1      cm
 2  fl  R 30
 2
A
sin now for equivalent lens
2
1 2 1
 
A  m fe fl fl
i  A  m  A 1 2
2
2 1 3 1
   
A 15 30 30 10
  2cos  3
2
or fe = 10 cm
88. Answer (4)
3
0.10 
t
PA
 2 n  K   2 (n  refractive index)
v 108 So for TIR
3
3
 1
  sin1  
=5× 10–10 sec n
86. Answer (3)  > 30
Only option is 60°
89. Answer (3)

c
Speed of light in a medium 
n
H
 According to given information,
x
c c
  2.6  107
nA nB

x
Hx nB 2.6  107
  1  nB
nA 3  108
 1
x 1    H n
   n  1.13
B

A
H
x 90. Answer (210)
1 
x = 10 cm
87. Answer (10)

1  e  1 1 
  1  
fl  m   R R 
 1 2 

here |R1| = |R2| = R

1 2 1
  1.5  1   
fl1  R  15
On first reflection angel of deviation is 90° and on
1 1 second reflection angle of deviation is 120°
  or R  15 cm
R 15 so total deviation is  = 90° +120° = 210°

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91. Answer (4) 95. Answer (225)
According to the law,


1 sin   2n  sin  
2

 n
 cos 
2 2
1.5 0.5
1st refraction: –0
v1 15
1  n 
   2cos    v1 = 45 cm
 2
1 1.5 –0.5
2nd refraction: – 
92. Answer (1) v 2 15 –15

1  1 1  1 1 1 4
We know P      1     v  30  10 
f 30
 R1 R2  2

 v2 = +7.5 cm
1  1 1  2  Distance from centre = 22.5 cm
L1 :     1     P1     1    P
f1  R1 R2  R 96. Answer (4)

3  108
 1 A   1.5
1  1 2  108
L2 :     1    P2 
f2  R1  R
3  108
B  2
1.5  108
1  1   1
L3 :     1     P3  For TIR
f3  R2  R
 > ic
93. Answer (3)  1.5 
  sin1  
 2 
Frequency is independent of medium. For denser
medium, wavelength and speed both would 3
  sin1  
decrease. 4

94. Answer (1) 97. Answer (1)

In primary rainbow, observer sees red colour on the
  A top and violet on the bottom.
sin  m 
 2   cot A /2 98. Answer (2)

sin  A /2  The shift produced by the glass plate is

 1  1  1
  A d  t  1    1  1    cm
 cos A /2  sin  m     1.5  3
 2 
So final image must be produced at

 A m  A  1 35
    12  3  cm = 3 cm from lens so that glass plate
2 2 2  
must shift it to produce image at screen. So
  – 2A = m
1 1 1 1 1
Option (A) is correct    
12 240 f 35 / 3 u

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 1 3 1 1 102. Answer (4)
  
u 35 12 240
 net =  1 + 2
or u = – 560 cm
= |(1 – 1)A1 – (2 – 1)A2|
so shift = 5.6 – 2.4 = 3.2 m
99. Answer (10) = |3° – 2.75°|

1
net 
4

 x=4

103. Answer (1)

fo
 m
fe

1 1 1 fo
   2 …(i)
v u f fe

1 1 1 and, l = fo + fe
 
v 60 20
 30 = fo + fe …(ii)
1 1 1 1  3 2
   
v 60 20 60 60 fo
 30  fo 
 v = +30 cm 2
 Radius of curvature of mirror = 30 – 10 = 20 cm
2
 30   fo
20 3
 fmirror =  10 cm
2
 fo = 20 cm
100. Answer (10)
f = 10 cm 104. Answer (2)

1 1 1 
    1    1  2  1 1 
f  R R   f     1  R  R 
 1  1 2 
1 1.5  1 2
 
10 1 R 1.25  1.5   1 1 
 100     1  20  40 
 1  
1 1

10 R
1  1.5   4  2 
 80     1  80
R = 10 cm  1 

101. Answer (27) 1.5 1

  1 6
1.5 sin60° = 4 sin90° 1

1.5 7
1.5 
3 3 3
 
27

x   6
1
2 4 4 4

x = 27 1.5  6 9
 1  
7 7
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105. Answer (400) 3
 tan ic 
The object after 10 second will be at u = –80 cm. 7

1 1 1 8000 3
So   v   400 cm ic  tan1
v 80 100 20 7
106. Answer (15) 110. Answer (12)

Using Newton’s formula for lenses,

= f2 = 225  f = 15
107. Answer (15)
Normal will be –kˆ so

1 sin60º  3  sinr
  r = 30º
P  nˆ
cos i    l1  4 3  2
P  nˆ
 8 3 cm
5 1
  Thickness, t = l1 cos30º
10 2
 i = 60° 3
8 3
and using snells law 2
=4×3
2 sin60  3 sinr
= 12 cm
3 111. Answer (9)
 3 sin r
2
 r = 45°
So, i – r = 15°
108. Answer (3)
1 × sin45° = × sin30°
1 2
  
2 1
sin ic
 2 So r  h
1  sin2 ic
= 1.414
So A = r2
109. Answer (1)
h 2 sin2 ic
Critical angle between them 
1  sin2 i c
 2 v1
sin ic  
1 v 2 9
7 
16 79
   9
3 9 7
sin ic  1
4 16

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