PHYSICS

PHYSICS (RAY OPTICS) ASSIGNMENT

1. A tall man of height 6 feet, want to see his full image. (3) One point propagating in the same direction
Then required minimum length of the mirror will be:-
(1) 12 feet (2) 3 feet (4) Two points propagating in two different non
parallel directions
(3) 6 feet (4) Any length

2. A bubble in glass slab ( = 1.5) when viewed from one 8. An object is immersed in a fluid. In order that the
side appears at 5 cm and 2cm from other side, then object becomes invisible, it should.
thickness of slab is:- (1) Bahave as a perfect reflector
(1) 3.75 cm (2) 3 cm (2) Absorb all light falling on it
(3) 10.5 cm. (4) 2.5 cm (3) Have refractive index one
3. A disc is placed on a surface of pond which has (4) Have refractive index exactly matching with that
5 of the surrounding fluid
refractive index . A source of light is placed 4 m
3
below the surface of liquid. The minimum radius of 9. What should be the maximum acceptance angle at the
disc will be so light is not coming out air–core interface of an optical fibre if n1 and n2 are
(1)  (2) 3m. the refractive indices of the core and the cladding,
(3) 6m. (4) 4m. respectively

4. A ray of light travelling in air haves wavelength , n 12 – n 22

(1) sin–1(n2/n1) (2) sin–1
frequency n, velocity v and intensity I. If this ray
enters into water than these parameter are ', n',
v' and I' respectively. Which relation is correct
 1 n2   1 n1 
(1)  = ' (2) n = n' (3)  tan  (4)  tan 
(3) v = v' (4) I = I'  n1   n2 
5. Optical fibre are based on :–
(1) Total internal reflection 10. The frequency of a light wave in a material is
(2) Less scattering 2 × 10 14 Hz and wavelength is 5000 Å. The
(3) Refraction refractive index of material will be :
(4) Less absorbtion coefficient
(1) 1.33 (2) 1.40
6. For the given incident ray as shown in figure, the
condition of total internal refraction of this ray the (3) 1.50 (4) 3.00
minimum refractive index of prism will be :–
11. A small coin is resting on the bottom of a beaker filled
45° Incident with a liquid. A ray of light from the coin travels upto
ray the surface of the liquid and moves along its surface
(see figure).

3 1 2 1
(1) (2)
2 2
3 7
(3) (4) How fast is the light travelling in the liquid ?
2 6
(1) 1.2 × 108 m/s (2) 1.8 × 108 m/s
7. A beam of light composed of red and green rays is
incident obliquely at a point on the face of a (3) 2.4 × 108 m/s (4) 3.0 × 108 m/s
rectangular glass slab. When coming out on the
opposite parallel face, the red and green rays emerge
from :–
(1) Two points propagating in two different parallel
directions
(2) One point propagating in two different directions
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12. If the magnitude of dispersive powers of two lenses (1) 2 × 108 m/Sec. (2) 2.25 × 108 m/Sec.
are 0.024 and 0.036. Then their focal lengths will be for (3) 2.5 × 108 m/Sec. (4) 3 × 108 m/Sec.
abberation free combination.
20. Wavelength of light in air is 6000Å if refractive index of
(1) 30 cm, -40 cm (2) 30 cm, -45 cm
water is 4/3 then its wavelength in water will be
(3) 10 cm, 30 cm (4) 20 cm, -35 cm
(1) 8000 Å (2) 6000 Å
13. Velocity of light in glass, whose refractive index w.r.t. (3) 4500 Å (4) 3500 Å
air is 1.5, is 2x108 m/Sec. In a certain liquid the velocity
21. If an object is placed 10 cm in front of a concave mirror
of light is found to be 2.5x108 m/Sec. The refractive
of focal length 20 cm, the image will be
index of liquid w.r.t. air is
(1) Diminished, upright, virtual
(1) 0.64 (2) 0.80
(2) Enlarged, upright, virtual
(3) 1.20 (4) 1.44
(3) Diminished, inverted, real
14. A virtual image three times the size of the object is (4) Enlarged, upright, real
obtained with a concave mirror of radius of 22. Monochromatic light is refracted from air into the glass
curvature 36 cm. The distance of the object from of refractive index The ratio of the wavelength of
the mirror is - incident and refracted waves is –
(1) 5 cm (2) 12 cm (1) 1 :  (2) 1 : 
(3) 10 cm (4) 20 cm (3) : 1 (4) 1 : 1

15. A rectangular tank of depth 8 meter is full of water (= 23. A point object is moving on the principal axis of a
4/3), the bottom is seen at the depth concave mirror of focal length 24 cm towards the
mirror. When it is at a distance of 60 cm from the mirror,
its velocity is 9 cm/sec. What is the velocity of the
(1) 6 m (2) 8/3 m
image at that instant -
(3) 8 m (4) 10 m
(1) 5 cm/sec. (2) 12 cm/sec
16. Wavelength of green light is 5460Å is incident at air- (3) 4 cm/sec (4) 9 cm/sec
glass surface, if refractive index of glass is 1.5 then
value of wavelength in glass will be 24. A watch shows time as 3 : 25 when seen through a
mirror, time appeared will be -
(1) 5450 Å (2) 4861
(3) 3640 Å (4) None of the above (1) 8 : 35 (2) 9 : 35
(3) 7 : 35 (4) 8 : 25
17. An object 5 cm tall is placed 1 m from a concave
spherical mirror which has a radius of curvature of 25. A plane mirror produces a magnification of
20 cm. The size of the image is - (1) –1 (2) +1
(1) 0.11 cm (2) 0.50 cm (3) Zero (4) Between 0 and + 
(3) 0.55 cm (4) 0.60 cm
26. A concave mirror gives an image three times as large as
18. A boy stands straight infront of a mirror at a distance the object placed at a distance of 20 cm from it. For the
of 30 cm away from it. He sees his erect image whose image to be real, the focal length should be -
height is 1/5th of his real height. The mirror he is using
is - (1) –10 cm (2) –15 cm
(1) Plane mirror (2) Convex mirror (3) –20 cm (4) –30 cm
(3) Concave mirror (4)Plano-concave mirror
27. A ray of light is incident on the surface of separation of
19 If refractive index of glass is 3/2 and refractive index of a medium with the velocity of light at an angle 450 and
water is 4/3 and velocity of light in glass is is refracted in the medium at an angle 300. What will be
2 × 108 m/Sec then velocity in water will be the velocity of light in the medium.
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(1) sin–1 (sin r)
(1) 1.96 × 10 m/s
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(2) 2.12 × 10 m/s
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(2) sin–1 (tan r')
(3) 3.18 × 10 m/s
8
(4) 3.33 × 10 m/s
8
(3) sin–1 (tan i)
28. A concave mirror of focal length f (in air) is immersed in (4) tan–1 (sin i)
water (= 4/3). The focal length of the mirror in water
will be 35. When light is refracted from air into glass

4 (1) Its wavelength and frequency both increase

(1) f (2) f
3
3 7
(3) f (4)
4 3
29. An object is placed 40 cm from a concave mirror of
focal length 20 cm. The image formed is
(1) Real, inverted and same in size
(2) Real, inverted and smaller
(3) Virtual, erect and larger
(2) Its wavelength increases but frequency remains
unchanged
f (3) Its wavelength decreases but frequency remains
unchanged
(4) Its wavelength and frequency both decrease
36. A point object is placed at a distance of 10 cm and its
real image is formed at a distance of 20 cm from a concave
mirror. If the object is moved by 0.1 cm towards the
mirror, the image will shift by about.

(4) Virtual, erect and smaller (1) 0.4 cm away from the mirror
30. The time taken by sunlight to cross a 5 mm thick glass (2) 0.4 cm towards the mirror
plate (= 3/2) is (3) 0.8 cm away from the mirror
(1) 0.25 × 10–10 s (2) 0.167 × 10–10 s (4) 0.8 cm towards the mirror
37. Relation between critical angles of water and glass is
(3) 2.5 × 10–10 s (4) 1.0 × 10–10 s
(1) Cw> Cg (2) Cw< Cg
31. A mark at the bottom of a liquid appears to rise by 0.1
m. The depth of the liquid is 1 m. The refractive index of (3) Cw= Cg (4) Cw= Cg = 0
the liquid is – 38. A ray of light travelling in air have wavelength  ,
frequency n, velocity V and intensity I. If this ray enters
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(1) 1.33 (2) into water than these parameters are ' , n', v' and I'
10
respectively. Which relation is correct from following-
10
(3) (4) 1.5 (1) ' (2) n = n'
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(3) v = v' (4) I = I'
32. The minimum distance between the object and its real
39. A man is 180 cm tall and his eyes are 10 cm below the
image for concave mirror is
top of his head. In order to see his entire height right
(1)  (2) 2 from toe to head, he uses a plane mirror kept at a distance
(3) 4 (4) Zero of 1 m from him.The minimum length of the plane mirror
required is
33. If an observer is walking away from the plane mirror
with 6 m/sec. Than the velocity of this image with (1) 180 cm (2) 90 cm
respect to observer will be (3) 85 cm (4) 170 cm
(1) 6 m/sec (2) – 6 m/sec
40. The focal length of a convex mirror is 20 cm its radius of
(3) 12 m/sec (4) 3 m/sec curvature will be
(1) 10 cm (2) 20 cm
34. A ray of light is incident at an angle i from denser to
(3) 30 cm (4) 40 cm
rare medium. The reflected and the refracted rays are
mutually perpendicular. The angle of reflection and the 41. Light travels through a glass plate of thickness t and
angle of refraction are respectively r and r'. then the having refractive index n. If c is the velocity of light in
critical angle will be
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vacuum. the time taken by the light to travel this 48. The focal length of a concave mirror is 50 cm. where an
thickness of glass is object be placed so that its image is two times magnified,
real and inverted -
t
(1) (2) tnc (1) 75 cm (2) 72 cm
nc
(3) 63 cm (4) 50 cm
nt tc
(3) (4)
c n 49. An object of height 7.5 cm is placed in front of a convex
42. A ray of light propagates from glass (refractive index = mirror of radius of curvature 25 cm at a distance of 40
3/2) to water ( refractive index = 4/3). The value of the cm. The height of the image should be -
critical angle (1) 2.3 cm (2) 1.78 cm
(3) 1 cm (4) 0.8 cm
 8
(1) sin–1 (1/2) (2) sin–1  9 
  50. A square of side 3 cm is placed at a distance of 25 cm
from a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. The centre
(3) sin–1 (8/9) (4) sin–1 (5/7)
of the square is at the axis of the mirror and the plane is
43. Brilliance of diamond is due to normal to the axis. The area enclosed by the image of
the wire is -
(1) Shape
(1) 4 cm2 (2) 6 cm2
(2) Cutting
(3) 16 cm2 (4) 36 cm2
(3) Reflection
(4) Total internal reflection 51. The focal length of a concave mirror is 12 cm. Where
should an object of length 4 cm be placed, so that a real
44. A diminished virtual image can be formed only in
image of 1 cm length is formed ?
(1) Plane mirror
(1) 48 cm (2) 3 cm
(2) A concave mirror
(3) 60 cm (4) 15 cm
(3) A convex mirror
(4) Concave- parabolic mirror 52. The wavelength of light in two liquids 'x' and 'y' is 3500
Å and 7000Å , then the critical angle will be
45. Critical angle of light passing from glass to air is
(1) 60° (2) 45°
minimum for
(3) 30° (4) 15°
(1) Red (2) Green
(3) Yellow (4) Violet 53. An object is lying at a distance of 90 cm from a concave
mirror of focal length 30 cm. The position and nature of
46. Two plane mirrors are at 45° to each other. If an object image formed by it will be
is placed between them then the number of images will
(1) 45 cm, of the size of object
be
(2) 90 cm, smaller than object
(1) 5 (2) 9
(3) 30 cm, bigger than object
(3) 7 (4) 8
(4) – 45 cm of the smaller the object
47. 'Mirage' is a phenomenon due to
54. An object of height 1.5 cm is situated at a distance of
(1) Relfection of light
15 cm from a concave mirror. The concave mirror forms
(2) Reflraction of light its real image of height 3.0 cm. The focal length of con-
(3) Total internal reflection of light cave mirror will be
(4) Diffraction of light (1) – 10 cm (2) – 20 cm (3) 20 cm (4) 30 cm

55. When a ray of light is incident normally on a plane

mirror then the angle of reflection will be
(1) 0° (2) 90° (3) 180° (4) – 90°

56. An object is situated at a distance of 15 cm from a

convex mirror of focal length 30 cm. The position of the
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image formed by it will be- 64. Assertion : If the angle between the two plane mirror
is 72° and the object is asymmetrically placed between
(1) – 5 cm (2) 10 cm (3) – 10 cm (4) + 5 cm the two mirrors, then 5 images of the object will be
formed
57. A ray is incident at 30° angle on plane mirror. What will
Reason : For given system of mirror the total number
be deviation after reflection from mirror.
of images formed due to successive reflection is equal
(1) 120° (2) 60° (3) 30° (4) 45° to either

58. Two plane mirrors are lying perpendicular to each other, 3 60  3 60  3 60 

or accordingly as is odd or even
there is lamp in between mirrors. Then No. of images of   
lamp will be respectively
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 6
65. Assertion : For given system ( = 72°), number of
59. Assertion : A point object is placed at a distance of images formed is 4
26 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 26 cm. The
Reason : A plane mirror always form a virtual image
image will form at infinity. of a real object

1 (1) A
Reason : For above given system the equation
u (2) B ect
obj
/ 2
(3) C
1 1 / 2
+ = gives v =  (4) D 
v f
66. Assertion : The power of a converging lens is positive
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
and that of a diverging lens is negative
60. Assertion : A convex mirror is used as a driver's mirror
1
Reason : Because convex mirror's field of view is large Reason : Because P =
f
and images formed are virtual, erect and diminished. (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
67. Assertion :– For a plane mirror the focal length is
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D infinite and magnification is 1.

61. Assertion : In visible light r < v R v

Reason :– Because F = =  and m = – =+
2 –u
Reason : This follows from cauchy's formula
1.
B C (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
=A+ 2 + 4 68. Assertion :– We can decide the nature of a mirror by
 
observing the size of erect image in the mirror (see
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D figure)
62. Assertion : When the object moves with a velcoity

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v , its image in the plane mirror moves with a velocity

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of –5 v . With respect to the object.
O I O I O I
Reason : The minimum height of the mirror to be
required to see the full image of man of height h is
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h m< 1 m= 1 m> 1
5 convex mirror plane mirror concave mirror

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D Reason :– The minimum distance between a real
object and its real image in a concave mirror is zero.
63. Assertion : Critical angle is minimum for violet colour
1  (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
Reason : Because critical angle c = sin–1   and  69. Assertion :– As light travels from one medium to
µ
another, the speed of light change.
1
 Reason :– Speed is the characteristic of medium so

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D it will change.
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
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69. Assertion :- In a concave mirror if x and y are the mirrors or lenses.
distances of the object and its image respectively from Reason : There is no loss of intensity in total internal
the focus, then the focal length of the mirror is xy . reflection.
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
1 1 1
Reason :- In above case   reduces to 77. Assertion : By roughening the surface of a glass sheet
v u f
its transparency can be reduced.
1 1 1 Reason : Glass sheet with rough surface absorbs more
 = xy=f2.
f x f y f
light.
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
70. Assertion :- A star will appear to twinkle if seen from
78. Assertion : Diamond glitters brilliantly.
free space (say moon).
Reason :- An air bubble inside water behave like a
convergent lens. Reason : Diamond does not absorb sunlight.

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

Answer Key
71. Assertion :- A beam of white light when passed
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5
through a hollow prism, cannot give spectrum.
Ans. 2 3 2 2 1
Reason :- Because refractive index of air inside and Q.No. 6 7 8 9 10
outside the prism is same, so no refraction and hence
Ans. 3 1 4 2 4
no deviation will take place.
Q.No. 11 12 13 14 15
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D Ans. 2 2 3 2 1
72. Assertion :- The twinkling of stars is due to the fact Q.No. 16 17 18 19 20
that refractive index of the earth's atmosphere Ans. 3 3 2 2 3
fluctuates. Q.No. 21 22 23 24 21
Reason :- In cold countries, the phenomenon of Ans. 2 3 3 1 2
looming (i.e ship appears in the sky) takes place, Q.No. 26 27 28 29 30
because refractive index of air decreases with height. Ans. 2 2 1 1 1
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D Q.No. 31 32 33 34 35
73. Assertion :- Critical angle is maximum for red colour Ans. 3 4 3 3 3
in water-air system for visible light. Q.No. 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. 1 1 2 2 4
1 Q.No. 41 42 43 44 45
Reason :- Because sinC= and r (refractive index Ans. 3 3 4 3 4
µ
of red colour) is minimum for visible light. Q.No. 46 47 48 49 50
Ans. 3 3 1 2 1
Q.No. 51 52 53 54 55
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
Ans. 3 3 4 1 1
74. Assertion :- The minimum distance between a real Q.No. 56 57 58 59 60
object and its real image formed by a convex lens is Ans. 2 1 1 4 1
4f. Q.No. 61 62 63 64 65
Reason :- Convex mirror and concave lens form a Ans. 1 4 1 1 2
virtual and erect image for all positions of the real Q.No. 66 67 68 69 70
object. Ans. 1 2 1 1 4
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D Q.No. 71 72 73 74 75
Ans. 1 2 1 2 3
75. Assertion :- 11 english alphabets donot show lateral
Q.No. 76 77 78
inversion.
Reason :- If some portion of a mirror is covered, the Ans. 1 1 2
intensity of image will increase.
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
76. Assertion : The images formed by total internal
reflections are much brighter than those formed by