REFRACTION OF LIGHT

LEVEL 1

1. When a beam of light strikes a glass slab a part of it is:

a) Reflected c) Transmitted
b) Absorbed d) All of these
2. The phenomenon due to which a Ray of light deviates from its path while travelling
from one optical medium to another optical medium is called:
a) Dispersion c) Reflection
b) Refraction d) Diffraction
3. When a Ray of light travelling in an optically denser medium, emerges into an
optically denser medium it:
a) Deviates towards the normal c) Does not deviate
b) Deviates away from the normal d) Gets Reflected
4. A ray of light strikes a glass slab at 90°. The angle of incidence is:
a) 90° c) Less than 90° but not 0
b) Zero d) None of these
5. Two medium 'a' and 'b' have same refractive index. A ray of light travelling from
medium 'a' to medium 'b' will suffer:
a) Refraction at the interfaces c) Party gets absorbed in medium
b) Partly suffer reflection at the 'b'
interfaces d) Both b) and c)
6. Are of light on entering from medium 'a' to medium 'b' not suffer refraction. The angle
of incidence in medium 'a' is:
a) 90° c) 45°
b) Zero d) 60°
7. During sunrise or sunset, the sun appears bigger because the rays of light coming from
it pass through:
a) Larger length of atmosphere c) The earth gets closer to Sun
b) Smaller length of atmosphere d) None of these
8. The highest refractive index is of:
a) Glass c) Diamond
b) Water d) Cold air
9. During spear fishing, a fisherman aims at the:
a) Tail of the fish c) Slightly ahead of the head of
b) Head of the fish fish
d) None of these
10. When a ray of light enters into another optical medium, it's wavelength and velocity
change. The material in which wavelength and velocity decrease maximum, when the
ray is travelling through air is:
a) Alcohol c) Glass
b) Diamond d) Water
11. A thick glass slab with the silver outside forms multiple images on account of:
a) Reflection of light
b) Dispersion of light
c) Refraction of light
d) Both reflection and refraction of light
12. The velocity of light in air is 3 × 108 m/s and in glass is 2 × 108 m/s. Find the refractive
index of glass.
 a) 0.5 c) 2.5
b) 1.5 d) 3.5
13. The velocity of light in air is 3 × 10 8 m/s. Calculate the velocity of light in diamond or
refractive index 2.5.
a) 0.2 × 108 m/s c) 2.2 × 108 m/s
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b) 1.2 × 10 m/s d) 3.2 × 108 m/s
14. The angle of refraction in a glass block of refractive index 1.5 is 19°. Calculate angle
of incidence.
a) 1.5 sin 19 c) 3.5 sin 19
b) 2.5 sin 19 d) 4.5 sin 19
15. A coin is placed at a depth of 15 cm in a beaker containing water. The refractive index
of water is 4/3, height through which the image of the coin is raised.
a) 0.75 cm c) 2.75 cm
b) 1.75 cm d) 3.75 cm
16. The floor of a water tank appears at a depth of 2.5 m. If the refractive index of water is
1.33 find the actual length of water.
a) 1.325 m c) 3.325 m
b) 2.325 m d) 4.325 m
17. A stone placed at the bottom of a water tank appears raised by 80 cm. If the refractive
index of water is 4/3, find the actual depth of water in the water tank.
a) 50 cm c) 250 cm
b) 150 cm d) 320 cm
18. For total internal reflection to take place a ray of light must:
a) Travel from denser to rarer medium
b) From rarer to denser medium
c) Medium does not play any role
d) None of these
19. The critical angle for glass is 42°. The corresponding angle of refraction is:
a) 0° c) Between 42° and 90°
b) 90° d) No angle of refraction
20. The critical angle for a material X is 45°. The total internal reflection will take place, if
the angle of incidence in the denser medium is:
a) Less than 45°
b) 90°
c) More than 45° but less than 90°
d) Less than 45° but not zero degree
21. Diamonds sparkle more than the glass, because they have:
a) Smaller critical angle than the glass
b) Larger critical angle than the glass
c) Critical angle plays no role
d) None of these
22. Small air bubbles rise in a fish tank a silvery when viewed from some particular angle
because of the phenomenon of:
a) Reflection c) Total internal reflection
b) Refraction d) Dispersion
23. An isosceles totally reflecting prism can reflect rays through an angle of:
a) 60° c) 180°
b) 90° d) Both b) & c)
24. Aa)ray
60°of light is incident on the face of an equilateral
c) 120°
prism at angle of 90°. The ray
gets
b) 90°
totally reflected on the second refracting face. d)
The180°
total deviation produced in the
25. A
path
crack
of rays
in the
is: window pane appears silvery when viewed from some particular angle.
This phenomenon is due to:
a) Reflection of light c) Total internal reflection of light
b) Refraction of light d) Dispersion of light
26. When an equilateral prism is in minimum deviation position the angle of incidence is:
a) Greater than the angle of c) Equal to the angle of emergence
emergence d) None of these
b) Smaller than the angle of
emergence
27. A prism has:
a) Two rectangular and three c) Three rectangular and three
triangular surfaces triangular surfaces
b) Two triangular and three d) None of these
rectangular surfaces
28. When a ray of light passes through an equilateral glass prism:
a) It suffers refraction on the first refracting surfaces
b) It suffers refraction on both the refracting surfaces
c) It bends towards the base on both refracting surfaces
d) Both b) and c)
29. An object when placed in front of a convex lens forms a real image of 0.5
magnification. If the distance of the image from the lens is 24 cm, the focal length of
the lens is:
a) 2 cm c) 6 cm
b) 4 cm d) 8 cm
30. What's lens forms a real image 4 times magnified when placed at a distance of 6 cm
from the lens. Calculate the focal length of the lens.
a) 2.8 m c) 6.8 m
b) 4.8 m d) 8.8 m
31. A converging lens has a focal length 40 cm. Calculate its power.
a) – 1.5 D c) – 2.5 D
b) + 1.5 D d) + 2.5 D
32. A lens which forms a real image has a focal length 8 cm. Calculate its power.
a) 11.5 D c) 12.5 D
b) + 11.5 D d) + 12.5 D
33. The focal length of a concave lens is 10 cm. Calculate its power.
a) 11.5 D c) 10 D
b) + 11.5 D d) + 10 D
34. The point on the principal axis of a convex lens, such that rays of light starting from it
on passing through the lens, move parallel to the principal axis is called:
a) first focal point c) optical centre
b) second focal point d) aperture of lens
35. A convex lens can be regarded as a set of prisms and a glass slab, such that refracting
angle of the prisms:
a) continuously decreases in outward direction
b) continuously increases in outward direction
c) remains same in outward direction
d) none of these
36. A lens forms an inverted image of an object equal to its own size. The object is:
 a) beyond infinity and 2F1 c) between 2F1 and F1
b) at 2F1 d) in between F1 and optical centre
37. A convex lens will form a virtual, erect and enlarged image, when the object is:
a) between 2F1 and F1 c) 2F1 and infinity
b) 2F1 d) F1 and optical centre
38. A concave lens always forms:
a) real, inverted and enlarged image
b) virtual, inverted and enlarged image
c) virtual, erect and diminished image
d) virtual, erect and enlarged image

LEVEL 2

1. How should the light enter the glass to produce a large amount of bending?
a) Obliquely, making a small angle of incidence
b) Obliquely, making a large angle of incidence
c) Perpendicular to the glass surface
d) All of the above
sin i
2. For a certain parallel-sided glass block, the value of is 1.50.
sin r

A ray of light passes through the light and emerges at an angle of 60° to the surface of
the block. What is the value of the angle marked X?
a) 19.5° c) 40°
b) 35° d) 48.5°
3. A ray of light is incident on one side of a rectangular glass block. Its path is plotted
through the block and out through another side. Which path is not possible?

4. A ray of red light enters a semi-circular glass block normal to the curved surface.
Which diagram shows the partial reflection and refraction of the ray?
5. Absolute refractive index of some materials A, B, C and D are given as below.

In which medium does light travel the fastest?

a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
6. A ray of light enters a glass block at an angle of incidence i, angle of refraction are in
the glass.

Several different values of i and r are measured and a graph is drawn of sin i against
sin r. Which graph is correct?

7. Assertion (A) In case of refraction of light through glass slab, angle of incidence is
equal to angle of emergence.
Reason (R) A glass slab is cuboid made of glass in which refraction occurs twice from
the corresponding parallel surfaces.
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) R is true but A is false
8. Array of light travels from a medium of refractive index n 1 to a medium of refractive
sin i
index n2. If the angle of incidence is i and angle of refraction is r, then is equal
sin r
to:
a) n1 n1
d)
b) n2 n2
n2
c)
n1
9. Which of the following is true for rays coming from infinity?
a) Two images are formed
b) Continuous image is formed between focal points of upper and lower lens
c) One image is formed
d) None of the above
10. Two lenses of power – 3.5 d and + 1.0 D are placed in contact with each other. What is
the focal length of this combination?
a) 10 cm c) 30 cm
b) 20 cm d) 40 cm
11. The image when obtained from a concave lens of focal length f is magnified up to n
times the size of the object. What is the distance of the object from the lens?
a) ( )1−n
n
f ( )
c) 1− f
1
n

b) ( )1+n
n
f ( )
d) 1+ f
1
n
12. When the object is at infinity, what is the nature of image formed by concave lens?
a) Real, inverted and large c) Virtual, erect and enlarged
b) Real, inverted and same size d) Virtual, erect and diminished
13. A convex lens of focal length 40 cm, concave lens of focal length 40 cm and a concave
lens of focal length 15 cm are placed in contact. The power of the combination in
dioptre is:
a) + 1.5 c) + 6.67
b) – 1.5 d) – 6.67
14. The diagram shows an object O placed 3 cm away from a converging lens of focal
length 6 cm.

What type of image is produced?

a) Real, upright and diminished c) Virtual, upright and magnified
b) Real, inverted and magnified d) Virtual, inverted and diminished
15. A needle placed 45 cm from a lens forms an image on a screen placed 90 cm on the
other side of the lens. What is the power of the lens?
a) + 10 D c) + 3.33 D
b) – 10 D d) – 3.33 D
16. Consider the following statements in contact with the sign conventions for spherical
lens and choose the correct one.
I. All the distances are measured from the pole of the lens.
II. The distances are measured against the direction of incident light are taken as
negative.
III. The distances measured downward and perpendicular to the principal axis were
taken as negative.
a) Only I c) Only III
b) Only II d) All are incorrect
17. If two convex lenses are in contact with each other,
a) The diverging power increases c) The diverging power decreases
b) The converging power increases d) The converging power decreases
18. A double convex lens, made of a material of refractive index μ1, is place inside two
liquids of refractive indices μ2 and μ3 as shown μ2 > μ1 ≥ μ3. A wide, parallel beam
of light is incident on the lens from the left. The lens will give rise to:

a) A single convergent beam d) A convergent and divergent

b) Two different convergent beams beam
c) Two different divergent beams

ANSWERS

LEVEL 1

1. a) 11. d) 21. c) 31. d)

2. b) 12. b) 22. c) 32. d)
3. b) 13. b) 23. d) 33. c)
4. b) 14. a) 24. c) 34. a)
5. b) 15. d) 25. c) 35. a)
6. b) 16. c) 26. b) 36. b)
7. a) 17. d) 27. b) 37. d)
8. d) 18. a) 28. d) 38. c)
9. a) 19. b) 29. d)
10. b) 20. c) 30. b)

LEVEL 2

1. b) 6. a) 11. a) 16. a)
2. a) 7. a) 12. d) 17. b)
3. c) 8. c) 13. d) 18. d)
4. d) 9. a) 14. c)
5. b) 10. d) 15. c)