Plane Mirror

The power of plane mirror is [GUJCET 2015]

1.
(a) 00
0

2. A plane mirror reflectsa pencil of light to form a real image.

Then the pencil of light incident on the mirror is
[MP PMT 1997; DCE 2001, 03; KCET (Engg./Med.2002))
(a) Parallel UM Convergent
(c) Divergent (d) None of the above
3. A man runs towards a mirror at a speed 15 m/s The speed
of the image relative to the man is
[RPMT 1999; Kerala PET 2002]
I ms-I
(a) 15 ms

(c) 35 ms 1 (d) 20 ms 1
4. A man having height 6 m. He observes image of 2 m height
erect, then mirror used is [BCECE 2004]
(a) Concave Convex
(c) Plane (d) None of these
5. Two mirrors are inclined at an angle of 50 0. The number of
images formed for an object placed in. between the mirrors is
[MP PMT 2013]

6. A light bulb is placed between two plane mirrors inclined at

an angle of 60 0. The number of images formed are
AllMS 1997; RPMT 1999; KCET (Engg./Med.)1999;
AIEEE 2002; BCECE 2003; MP PMT 2003, 04;
Odisha JEE 2003, 12; MP PET 20041
6
5
Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other such that a ray
of light incident on the first mirror and parallel to the second
is reflected from the second mirror parallel to the first mirror.
The angle between the two mirrors is
[MP PET 2006; NEET (Karnataka)20131
(a) 30 0 (b) 45 0
600 (d) 75 0
8 A thick plane mirror shows a number of images of the
filament of an electric bulb. Of these, the brightest image is
the [RPMT 2003]
(a) First (b) Second
(c) Fourth (d)Last
9. A man is 180cm tall and his eyes are 10cm below the top
of his head. In order to see his entire height right from toe to
head, he uses a plane mirror kept at a distance of 1m from
him. The minimum length of the plane mirror required is
[DPMT 2001]
(a) 180cm (b) 90cm
(c) 85cm (d) 170cm
10. A personis in a room whose ceiling and two Ray Optics 1591 UNIVERSAL
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DEPOT
1960
adjacent walls 22.
are mirrors.How many images are formed A man runs towards mirror
[AFMC 20021 at a speed of 15m/ s. What is
the speed of his image
[CBSE PMT 20001
(a)7.5m/s
(b) 15 m/s
11. Two mirrorsat an angle 0 produce 5 images (c) 30 m/s (d) 45 m/s
of a point. 23. A small object is placed 10 cm infrontof
The number of images produced when 0 is a plane mirror.If
decreasedto you stand behind the object 30 cm from the
300 is mirror and look
[WB-JEE 20101 at its image, the distance focused for your eye will
be
(b) 10 [KCET (Engg.) 2001]
(c) 11 (d) 12. (a)60cm (b) 20 cm
12. A ray of light incidents on a plane mirror at an angle of
(c) 40 cm (d) 80 cm
300.
The deviation produced in the ray is 24. An object is at a distance of 0.5 m in front of a plane mirror.
[KCET 20091
(a) 300 (b) 60 0
Distance between the object and image is [CPMT 2002]
(c) 900
(a) 0.5 m
(d) 1200
(c) 0.25 m (d) 1.5 m
13. A ray of light is incidenting normally on a plane mirror. The 5. A beam of light from a source L is incidentnormallyon a
angle of reflection will be [MP PET 20001 plane mirror fixed at a certain distance x from the source.
(a) 00 (b) 90 0 The beam is reflectedback as a spot on a scale placed just
(c) Will not be reflected (d) None of the above above the source L. When the mirror is rotated through a
14. When light wave suffers reflection at the interface from air to small angle 9 , the spot of the light is found to move through
glass, the change in phase of the reflected wave is equal to a distance y on the scale. The angle 9 is given by
[J & K CET 2004] [NEET 20171
(b) It/2 Y
(a)
Y
(d) 27t x
15. A lightbeam isbeing reflectedby using two mirrors,as in a x x
periscopeused in submarines. If one of the mirrorsrotates Y
by an angle 0, the reflected light will deviate from its original
path by the angl? [UPSEAT 20041
Spherical Mirror
(a) 20 0 1
(b) 0 1. A convex mirror of focal length f forms an image which is —
(d) 40 n
16. Two plane mirrors are at right angles to each
times the object. The distance of the object from the mirror is
other. A man
(MP PMT 20131
stands between them and combs his hair with his right hand.
In how many of the images will he be seen using his right n—l
(a) (n —l)f (b)
hand n
[MP PMT 1995; UPSEAT 20011
(a)None
(d) (n+l)f
17. A man of length h requires a mirror, to see his own complete 2. A diminished virtualimage can be formed only in
image of length at least equal to [MP PET 20031
[MP PMT 20021
(a) Plane mirror (b) A concave mirror
(c) A convex mirror (d) Concave-parabolic mirror
18. To get three images of a single object, one should have two 3. A 2.0 cm tall object is placed 15 cm in frontof a concave
mirror of focal length 10 cm. What is the size and nature of
plane mirrors at an angle of 20031
[AIEEE
the image [WB-JEE 2009; AMU (Engg.) 2012]
(a) 300 600 (a) •4 cm, real (b) 4 cm, virtual
(c) 900 (d) 1500 (c) 1.0 cm, real
19. (d) None of these
Focal length of a plane mirror is [RPMT20001 4. An objectis placedin frontof a convexmirrorof focal
(a) Zero (b) Infinite lengthf. Find the maximum and minimumdistanceof an
(c) Very less (d) Indefinite object from the mirror such that the image formed is real
20. A watch shows time as 3 : 25 when seen through a mirror, and magnified [Odisha JEE 2008)
time appeared willbe [RPMT 1997; JIPMER 2001, 021 (a) 2fand 00 (b) fand 2f
(a)8:35 (b) 9:35 (c) fand 0 (d) None of these
(c) 7:35 (d) 8:25 5. A square wire of side lcm is placed perpendicularto the
Aray of light is incident at 500 on the middle of one of the two principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 15cm at a
mirrors arranged
distance of 20 cm. The area enclosed by the image of the
at an angle of 600 between them. The ray wire is [Kerala PET 20091
then touches the second mirror, reflected back to the first 2
(a) 4 cm 2 (b) 6cm
mirror, making an angle of incidence of
(d) 8 cm 2
[MP PET 20051
(a) 500 (b) 60 0 (c) 2 cm 2
(c) 70 0 (e) 9 cm 2
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1592 Ray Optics
What will be the height of image when an object of 2 mmis
axis of the concave mirror at
15.
6. A point object is placed on the point of the mirror. Its placed on the axis of a convex mirror at a distance20 cmof
a distanceof 60 cm from the focal then focal length of radius of curvature 40 cm [Odisha PMT 20041
image is formed at the point of object,
[MP PET 20071 (a) 20 mm (b) 10 mm
the mirror is (d) 1 mm
(a)15cm (b) 30 cm (c) 6 mm
(c) 60 cm (d) 120 cm 16. A concave mirror of focal length 15 cm formsan image
7. The field of view is maximum for having twice the linear dimensions of the object. The
(a) Plane mirror (b) Concave mirror position of the object when the image is virtual will be
(c) Convex mirror (d) Cylindrical mirror [RPMT 2005]
8. The focal length of a concave mirror is f and the distance
(a)22.5cm (b) 7.5 cm
from the object to the principle focus is x. The ratio of the size (d) 45 cm
[Kerala PET 20051 (c) 30 cm
of the image to the size of the object is
17. Convergence of concave mirror can be decreasedby
(a) dipping in [AFMC 2003]
x
(a)Water (b) Oil
(d) (c) Both (d) None of these
x x2 18. The focal length of a convex mirroris 20 cm itsradiusof
9. An objectis kept at a distanceof 60 cm from a concave curvature will be [MPPMT20011
(a) 10 cm (b) 20 cm
mirror. For getting a magnificationof — , focal length of the
(c) 30 cm (d) 40 cm
concave mirror required is [Kerala PET 2012] 19. A concave mirror is used to focus the image of a flowerona
(a)20 cm (b) 40 cm nearby well 120 cm from the flower. If a lateral
(c) —20cm (d) 30 cm magnification of 16 is desired, the distance of the flower
(e) 10 cm
from the mirror should be [MP PET 20061
10. A rod of length IOcm lies along the principal axis of a
(a)8 cm (b) 12 cm
concave mirror of focal length 10cm in such a way that its (c) 80 cm (d) 120 cm
end closer to the pole is 20cm away from the mirror. The 20. A virtual image larger than the object can be obtainedby
length of the image is [CBSE PMT (Mains) 2012] [MP PMT 2006; Kerala PET 20101
(a) 10cm (b) 15 cm (a) Concave mirror (b) Convex mirror
(c) 2.5 cm (d) 5cm (c) Plane mirror (d) Concave lens
21. An object is placed 40 cm from a concave mirrorof focal
Match the correspondingentriesof Column-I with Column-Il
length 20 cm. The image formed is
(Where m is the magnefication produced by the mirror)
[MP PMT/PET 1998; Gujarat CET 2007; Odisha JEE 20091
Column-I Column-Il (a) Real, inverted and same in size
(a) Convex mirror
(b) Real, inverted and smaller
(B) 1 (b) Concave mirror
(c) Virtual, erect and larger
(d) Virtual, erect and smaller
(C) c Real ima e
22. If the lower half of a concave mirror's reflectingsurfaceis
(D) 1 (d) Virtual image
made opaque, which of the following statementsdescribe
the image of an object placed infront of the mirror
[NEET (Phase-I) 20161 Intensity of the image will increase.
(a) b and c, b and c, b and d, a and d S2 : The image will show only half of the object.
(b) a and c, a and d, a and b, c and d S3 : No change in the image.
(c) a and d, b and c, b and d, b and c
A S4 : Intensity of the image will be reduced to half.
andd, b and d, b and c, a and d
[AMU (Med.) 20101
12. Giver point source of light, which of the following can
produce a parallel beam of light (a)SIonly (b) S2 only
[KCET 2005)
(a) Convex mirror (c) S2 and S3 (d) S4 only
(b) Concave mirror 23. Radius of cuwature of concave mirror is 40cm and thesize
(c) Concave lens of image is twice as that of object, then the objectdistanceis
(d) Two plane mirrors inclined at an angle of 90 0 [AFMC 1995; RPMT 2000; WB.JEE 20081
13. A person wants a real image of his own, 3 times (a) 60 cm (b) 20 cm
enlarged.
Where should he stand infrontof a concave mirror (c) 40 cm (d) 30 cm
of radius
of curvature30 cm
[KCET 20151 24. An object moving at a speed of 5m/ s towardsa concave
(a)30cm (b) 20 cm mirrorof focal length f = 1m is at a distanceof 9m.The
(c) 10 cm 2010]
(d) 90 cm average speed of the image is [AMU(Eng.)
14. For unit magnification, the distance of an
object from a
concave mirrorof focal length20 cm will be [MP (b)
PET 20111 10
(a) 20 cm (b) 10 cm
(c) 40 cm (d) 60 cm (d)
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25. An object 2.5 cm high is placed at a distance of 10 cm 2. A monochromatic beam of light is travelling from medium A
froma concave mirror of radius of curvature30 cm The size of refractiveindex ril to a mediumB of refractiveindex nt2.
of the image is [BVP 20031
In the mediumA, there are x number of waves in certain
(a) 9.2 cm (b) 10.5 cm
distance. In the medium B, there are y number of waves in
(c) 5.6 cm (d) 7.5 cm
the same distance. Then, refractiveindex of medium A with
26. An object is placed at 15 cm infront of a concave mirror [KCET 20121
respectto medium B is ...
whosefocal length is 10 cm. The image formed will be
(Odisha JEE 2010, 121 Y x
(b)
(a) Magnified and inverted x Y
(b) Magnified and erect x x
(c) Reduced in size and inverted
Y
(d) Reduced in size and erect
27. A convex mirror has a focal length f. A real object is placed 3. For the same angle of incidence, the angles of refraction in
at a distancef in front of it from the pole produces an image media 'P, 'Q', 'R' and 'S' are 500, 400 300 200 respectively.
at [AFMC 2005] The speed of light is minimum in medium [MH CET 20151
(a) Infinity
(c) f/2 (d) 2f
4. Light waves travel from optically rarer medium to optically
28. A point object is placed at a distanceof 30 cm from a
denser medium. Its velocity decreases because of change in
convex mirror of focal length 30cm. The image will form at
[JIPMER 1999, 2002; MP PMT 2012; J & K CET 20121
[GUJCET 2015]
(a) Frequency (b) Wavelength
(a)Infinity (b) Focus
(c) Amplitude (d)Phase
(c) Pole (d) 15 cm behind the mirror
5. When light travels from one medium to the other of which
29. Under which of the following conditions will a convex mirror the refractiveindex is different,then which of the following
of focal length f produce an image that is erect, diminished will change [AMU 2001;BVP 20031
andvirtual [AMU (Engg.) 20011 (a) Frequency, wavelength and velocity
(a) Onlywhen u>f (b) Only whenu = f (b) Frequency and wavelength
(c) Only when u < f (d) Always (c) Frequency and velocity
30. A concave mirror gives an image three times as large as the (d) Wavelengthand velocity
objectplaced at a distance of 20 cm from it. For the image 6. A light wave has a frequencyof Hz and a
to be real, the focal length should be wavelengthof metresin a medium.The refractive
[SCRA 1998;JIPMER 20001 index of the mediumis [CBSE PMT 2007; WB-JEE 20091
(a) 10 cm (b) 15 cm (a) 1.5 (b) 1.33
(c) 20 cm (d) 30 cm (c) 1.0 (d) 0.66
31. A point object is placed at a distance of 10 cm and its real 7. White light is incident normally on a glass slab. Inside the
imageis formedat a distanceof 20 cm from a concave glassslab (KCET 20121
mirror.If the object is moved by 0.1 cm towardsthe mirror, (a) Red light travels faster than other colours
the image will shift by about [MPPMT 20001 (b) Violet light travels faster than other colours
(c) Yellow light travels faster than other colours
(a) 0.4 cm away from the mirror
(d) All colours travel with the same speed
(b) 0.4 cm towardsthe mirror
8. When light wave suffer reflection at the interface between air
(c) 0.8 cm away from the mirror
and glass, the change of phase of reflectedwave is equal to
(d) 0.8 cm towards the mirror [MP PET 20091
32. An object is placed at a distance of 40 cm from a concave (a) Zero (b) jr/2
mirror of focal length 15 cm. If the object is displaced
through a distance of 20 cm towards the mirror, the 9. Monochromaticlight is refracted from air into the glass of
displacement of the image will be [NEET 20181 refractive index g. The ratio of the wavelength of incident
(a) 30 cm away from the mirror and refractedwaves is
(b) 36 cm away from the mirror [MPPMT 1996, 2003; JIPMER 2000; Gujarat 20071
(c) 30 cm towards the mirror
(d) 36 cm towards the mirror

Refraction of Li ht at Plane Surfaces 10. A ray of light travelling in the direction —(i + •ISj)A is incident
TO an observer on the earth the stars appear to twinkle. This
can be ascribed to [AFMC 1995; KCET 20061 on a plane minor. After reflection,it travels along the direction
1
(a) The fact that stars do not emit light continuously — (i —Jäj). The angle of incidence is WEE (Advanced) 20131
(b) Frequent absorption of star light by their own atrnosphere 2
(c) Frequent absorption of star light by the earth's abnosphere (a) 30
0 (b) 450
(d) The refractiveindex fluctuations in the earth's atmosphere (c) 600 (d) 75 0
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air into -water, the qUantity

11. A ray of light st-ikes a transparentrectangular slab (of refractive 18. When a light wave goes from
that remains unchanged is its [AMU 1995;
index ) at an angle of incidence of 450. The angle between CPMT 1997; AFMC 1998, 2003;
RPET 1996, 2000, 03;
the reflectedand refractedrays is [Odisha JEE 2010] UPSEAT 1999, 2000; RPMT 1999, 2000;
(a) 750 (b) 90 0 MP PMT 2000; MP PET 2000, 02; DCE 2001;-BHU 2001;
(c) 105 0 (d) 1200 KCET 2009; DPMT 2003; Pb. PMT 2003; MH CET 20041
12. A beam of monochromatic blue light of wavelength 4200 Å (a) Speed (b) Amplitude
in air travels in water of refractive index 4/3. Its wavelength (c) Frequency (d) Wavelength
in water willbe (DCE 1999, 2003; MP PET 2001; 19. A point sourceS is placed at the bottomof a transparent
UPSEAT 2000, 01; WB-JEE 2009; Odisha JEE 2010] block of height 10 mm and refractive index 2.72. It is
(a) 4200 Å (b) 5800 Å immersed in a lower refractive index liquid as shown in the
(c) 4150Å (d) 3150Å figure. It is found that the light emerging from the •blockto
13. A light is traveling from air into a medium. Velocity of light the liquid forms a circular bright spot of diameter 11.54 mm
on the top of the block. The refractive index of the liquid is
in a mediumis reducedto 0.75 timesthe velocityin aar. [JEE (Advanced) 20141
Assume that angle of incidence 'i' is very small, the deviation
Liquid
of the ray is [MH CET 20151
i

Block
(d) s
4 (a) 1.21 (b) 1.30
14. The xy plane is the boundary beWveen00 transparentmedia. (c) 1.36 (d)1.42
Medium 1 with z 20 has a refractiveindex of and 20. A ray of light is incidenton a surfaceof glass slab at an
angle 450 . If the lateral shift produced per unit thicknessis
medium 2 with z 0 has refractiveindex of . A ray of light
1
-— m, the angle of refractionproduced is [KCET 20091
in medium I given by the vector + 8Jäj —10k is
incident of plane of separation.Find the unit vector in the
tan -I — 2
direction of the refractedray in medium 2 [AIEEE 2011] (a) (b) tan -1 1 —
2
(a) 300 (b) 450
(c) 600 (d) 750 2 2
(c) sin -1 1 — — (d) tan I
15. A vessel of depth 2d cm is half filled with a liquid of refractive 3 vs-I
index and the upper half with a liquid of refractiveindex
21. Each quarterof a vessel of depth H is filled with liquidsof
p. The apparent depth of the vessel seen perpendicularly is the refractive indices m, n2, n3 and n4 from the bottom
[KCET 20071 respectively. The apparent depth of the
vessel when looked
1 normallyis [AMU (Engg.) 2000; Kerala PET 20101
1

(c) 2d 1 1
4
16. A wave has velocity u in medium P and velocity 2u in H 1 1 1 1
medium Q. If the wave is incident in medium P at an angle (d)
of 300 then the angle of refractionwill be [J & K CET 20051
22. The refractive indices of glass
(a) 300 (b) 45 0
and water w.r.t. air are 3/2 and
4/3 respectively.The refractive
index of glass w.r.t. waterwill
(c) 600 (d) 900 be [BHU 1997;JIPMER 1997,
2000; MH CET (Med.)1999;
17. Light travels through a glass plate of thickness t and
having
MP PET 2000; Pb. PET 2002; Kerala PMT20071
(a) 8/9
refractive index n. If c is the velocity of light in vacuum, (b) 9/8
the (c) 7/6
time taken by the light to travel this thickness of glass (d) None of these
is 23. A microscope is focussed
[CBSE PMT 1996; MP PMT 1999, 2001, 13; DCE on a mark on a piece of paper and
20061 then a slab of glass of thickness
1.5 is placed over the 3 cm and refractiveindex
nc (b) tnc mark. How should be microscope
moved to get the mark in
focus again
nt [CBSE PMT 2006; UP CPMT 2006;
(a) 1 cm downward MP PET 20121
n
(c) I cm upward
(b) 2 cm upward
(d) 4.5 cm downward
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A glassslab of thickness 3 cm and refractiveindex 3/2 is
placedon ink mark on a piece of paper. For a person 32. The reason of seeing the Sun a little before the sunrise is
lookingat the mark at a distance 5.0 cm above it, the [MP PMT 2001; Odisha JEE 20031
distanceof the mark will appear to be
(a) Reflection of the light (b) Refraction of the light
[Kerala PMT 20051
(c) Scattering of the light (d) Dispersion of the light
(a) 3.0 cm (b) 4.0 cm
33. An object is immersedin a fluid. In order that the object
(c) 4.5 cm (d) 5.0 cm
becomes invisible, it should [AllMS 2004]
25, Light travels with a speed of 2 x 108 m/ s in crown glass of (a) Behave as a perfectreflector
refractiveindex 1.5. What is the speed of light in dense flint (b) Absorb all light falling on it
glassof refractive index 1.8 [VITEEE 20081 (c) Have refractiveindex one
(a) 1.33 x 108 m/ s (b) 1.67 x 108 m/ s (d) Have refractiveindex exactly matching with that of the
(c) 2.0x10 8 m/s (d) 3.0x 108 m/ s surrounding fluid
34. A ray of light is incidenton the surface of a glass plate of
26. A fish in water (refractive index n) looks at a bird vertically
thicknesst. If the angle of incidence 9 is small, the emerging
abovein the air. If y is the height of the bird and x is the
ray would be displaced side ways by an amount [take n=
depthof the fish from the surface, then the distance of the [AllMS 20071
refractive index of glass]
birdas estimated by the fish is [KCET 20081 t9(n—1)/n
(a) t0n/(n+ 1) (b)
1 1
(c) t0n/(n —1) (d) t9(n+ 1)/ n
n n 0
35. On a glass plate a light wave is incident at an angle of 60 . If
1
the reflected and the refracted waves are mutually
n perpendicular, the refractive index of material is
27. In refraction,light waves are bent on passing from one [HaryanaCEE 1996; KCET 2000; DCE 20091
medium to the second medium, because, in the second
(a)
medium [AllMS 2006; AFMC 2006] 2
(a) The frequency is different 3 1
(d)
(b) The coefficient of elasticity is different
(c) The speed is different
(d) The amplitude is smaller 36. Refractive index of glass is — and refractive index of water

28. A transparentcube of 15 cm edge contains a small air

4
bubble.Its apparent depth when viewed through one face is is If the speed of light in glass is 2.00 x 108 m/s, the
cm.
6 cm and when viewed through the opposite face is 4
speed in water will be [RPMT1997;
Then the refractive index of the material of the cube is
20061 VITEEE 2008; Kerala PET 2012]
[CPMT 2004; MP PMT 2005; RPMT
(a)2.0 (b) 2.5 (a) 2.67 x 10 8 m/s

(c) 1.6 (d) 1.5 (c) 1.78x108 m/s

refractive
29. Velocityof light in a medium is 1.5 x 108m/ s. Its 37. Monochromaticlight of frequency 5x 1014Hz travelling in
index will be [Pb. PET 2000] vacuum enters a medium of refractive index 1.5. Its
wavelength in the medium is
[MP PET/ PMT 1995; Pb. PET 20031
media with (a)4000Å
A ray of light passes through four transparent (b) 5000Å
in the figure. (d) 5500Å
refractiveindices PI, "2, '13,and A as shown (c) 6000Å
emergentray 38. Monochromatic light of wavelength 589 nm is incident from
The surfacesof all media are parallel. If the
have air on a water surface. The refractiveindex of water is 1.33.
CD is parallel to the incident ray AB, we must 20061
LILT-JEE (Screening) 2001; DCE The wavelength of the refracted light is [AMU PMT 20091
(a) 589 nm (b) 443 nm
(c) 333 nm (d) 221 nm
39. Which of the following is not a correct statement
[MPPET 1997; Kerala PMT2006]
(a) The wavelength of red light is greater than the
wavelength of green light
is 01 (b) The wavelength of blue light is smaller than the
incident angle
Whenlight travels from glass to air, the wavelength of orange light
and the refracted angle is 02 . The true
relation is (c) The frequency of green light is greater than the
[Odisha PMT 20041 frequency of blue light
(d) The frequency of violet light is greater than the
(b) 01<02 frequency of blue light
able
(c) 01>02 (d) Not prea•c
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DEPOT
statement is true [Odisha JEE
The mean distance of sun 48. Which of the following 20021
from the earth is 1.5 x 108Km Velocity of light is constant in all media
(nearly). The time taken by (a)
the light to reach earth from the vacuum is maximum
sun is (b) Velocity of light in
[Pb. PET 2003] same in all reference frames
(a)0.12min (c) Velocity of light is
(b) 8.33 min identical form in all referencefram
(c) 12.5 min (d) Laws of nature have
(d) 6.25 min over various coloured letters,
41. The refractiveindex and the permeability 49. A plane glass slab is kept the
of a medium are letter which appears least raised
is
respectively 1.5 and 5 x 10-7Hm-l . The relativepermittivity [BHU 1998, 2005; J & K CET
of the medium is nearly 20041
[KeralaPET2009] (a) Blue (b) Violet
(a) 25 (d) Red
(b) 15 (c) Green
(c) 81 time taken (in seconds) to cross a glassof
(d) 10 50. What is the
thickness4 mm and p = 3 by light
42. A fish at a depth of 12 cm in water is 1997; BHU 1998, 2005; MP PMT/PET
viewed by an observer [AFMC 1998;
on the bank of a lake. To what height
the image of the fish is Pb. PMT 1999, 2001; MH CET 2000,02,04;
raised.
[MP PET 2005; RPMT 2005] MP PET 2001; WB-JEE 2012; GUJCET 20141
(a)9 cm (b) 12 cm
-11 (b) 11
(c) 3.8 cm
43.
(d) 3 cm (C) 16x10 Il (d) 8x10
When light is refracted from air into glass
51. Ray optics is valid, when characteristic dimensions are
MP PET 1996, 99; RPMT 1997, 2000, 03; [CPMT 20011
MP PMT 1999;MH CET 20041
(a) Its wavelength and frequency both increase (a) Of the same order as the wavelength of light
(b) Its wavelength increases but frequency remains (b) Much smaller than the wavelength of light
(c) Of the order of one millimetre
unchanged
(d) Much larger than the wavelength of light
(c) Its wavelength decreases but frequency remains
52. The refractive index of water is 1.33. What will be thespeed
unchanged
of light in water [CBSE PMT 1996; KCET 1998;
(d) Its wavelength and frequency both decrease
UPSEAT 2000; CPMT 2002; MP PMT20121
44. A mark at the bottomof a liquid appearsto rise by 0.1 m.
The depth of the liquid is 1 m. The refractiveindex of the
liquid is [CPMT 1999; Pb. PMT 1999; Odisha JEE 2012] (c) 4x10 8 m/ s (d) 1.33x108 m/s
9 53. The refractiveindex of water, glass and diamondare1.33,
(a) 1.33 (b)
10 1.50, 2.40 respectively. The refractive'index of diamond
10 relative to water and of glass relative of diamond,
(c) 9 (b) 1.5 respectively are nearly [J & K CET 20061
45. A microscopeis focussedon a coin lying at the bottomof a (a)1.80, 0.625 (b) 0.554, 0.625
beaker. The microscopeis now raised up by I cm. To what (c) 1.80, 1.6 (d) 0.554, 1.6
depth should the water be poured into the beaker so that coin is 54. Maximum lateral displacement of a ray of light incidenton a
slab of thickness t is [J & K CET 20061
again in focus ? (Refractiveindex of water is — ) [BHU 2003)
(a) t
(b)
4
(a) 1 cm (b) — cm t
3
(c) 3 cm 4
(d) 4 cm
46. An under water swimmeris at a depth of 12 m below 55. The optical path of a
the monochromatic light is same if it goes
surfaceof water.A bird is at a heightof 18 m from through 4.0 cm of glass or 4.5 cm
the of water. If therefractive
surface of water, directly above his eyes. For the index of glass is 1.53, the
swimmer refractive index of the wateris
the bird appears to be at a distance from the
surface of [UPSEAT 2002]
(a) 1.30
water equal to (Refractive Index of water is 4 (b) 1.36
(c) 1.42
3 (d) 1.46
56. A and B are two parallel
[KCET (Engg.) 20011 sided transparent slabs of refractive
(a) 24 m indices
(b) 12 m and nt2 respectively. A ray is incident at an angle
(c) 18 m 0 on the surfaceof
separationof A and B and after
47. The wavelength of light in air and some refraction from B into air
other medium are grazes the surface of B. Then
respectively la and . The refractiveindex of
medium is [WB-JEE 20161
[RPMT 20031 (a) 1
sin 0 = 1
nt2
(b) sinO =
(d) None of these
(c) sin 0 n2
0=
(d) sin
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42 43 b 44 d 45
36. Assertion The refractive index of a prism depends only 41 b
on the kind of glass of which it is made Of and
the colour of light
Reason The refractiveindex of a prism depends upon Refraction at Curved Surface
the refracting angle of the prism and the angle
of minimum deviation [AllMS 20001
37. Assertion It is impossible to photograph a virtual image. 10
Reason The rays which appear diverging from a
13 14 15
virtual image fall on the camera and a real 11 12
image is captured. 16 17 18 19 bc 20

21 22 c 23 24 25

nswers 26

31
27

32 c
28

33

38
d
29

34

39
a
c

b
30

35

36 37 40 b

41 42 c 43 a
Plane Mirror 46 d 47 b 48 49 b 50 d
53 b 54 b 55
51 52 a
10 56 d 58 a 59 d 60 c
12 13 14 15
61 62 63 64 c 65 b
16 17 18 19 20
c 68 a 69 70
21 22 b 23 24 25
71 c 72 a 73 74 75
Spherical Mirror 76 77 c 78 79 b 80 d

81 82 83
10
86 87 89
.11 12 13 14 15
91 92 93 95
17 18 19 20
96 98 d 99 d
121 a 22 d 23 24 25
ts101 102 103 104 d 105
27 28 29 d 30
32 ,106 107

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10
11 12 13 14 15
11 12 13
16 17 14 15
18 19 20
16 17 18
b 22 b 23 24 25 19 d 20 c
27 28 29 21 b 22 a
30 23 24 25
32 33 d 34 b 35 26 d 27 d 28 29 b 30 b
V 36 37 a 38 b 39 c 40 b 31 32 b
'41 42 c 33 d 34 35 c
43 44 c 45 d
36 37
47 48 b 49 d 38 c 39 40 a
50 a
51 52 53 41 b
54 d 55 42 43 d 44 45 d
47 b a
48 c 49 c 50
Total Internal Reflection 51 52 53 55
b 54

61 b 62 63 d 64 a
11 12 13 14 66
b 68 c 69 c 70
16 17 18 19 20
71 72
21 b 22 a 23 24 73 74 75
25
26 27 76 c 77 b 80 d
28 29 30 78 d
31 32 c 33 a 34 c 81 82
35 83 a 84 c 85
87 88 89