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FIITJEE PRACTICE SHEET
TOPIC : LIGHT Class : X (PHYSICS)
NAME : ................................... ENROLL NO. : ............................... BATCH: ...............................
1. Light is incident normally on face AB of a prism as shown in A
Liquid
C
figure. A liquid of refractive index is placed on face AC of the 60° 30°
prism. The prism is made of glass of refractive index 3/2. The 90°
limits of for which total internal reflection cannot takes place on
B
face AC is
3 3 3 3 3 3
(a) >> (b) (c) 3 (d)
4 2 4 2
2. A ray of light falls on the surface of a spherical glass paper weight making an angle with the
normal and is refracted in the medium at an angle . The angle of deviation of the emergent ray
from the direction of the incident ray is
(a) ( -) (b) 2( -) (c) ( -)/2 (d) ( + )
3. An object O is placed in front of a small plane mirror M2
M1 and a large convex mirror M2 of focal length f. The M1
distance between O and M1 is x, and the distance
between M1 and M2 is y. The images of O formed by
M1 and M2 coincide. The magnitude of f is
O
x y
x −y
2 2
x +y
2 2
x + y2
2
(a) (b) (c) x – y (d)
2y 2y x− y
4. A ray of light moving along the unit vector − iˆ − 2 ˆj undergoes refraction at an interface of two
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media, which is x-z plane. The refractive index for y > 0 is 2 while for y < 0 it is . The unit vector
2
along which the refracted ray moves is
− 3iˆ − 5 ˆj − 4iˆ − 3 ˆj − 3iˆ − 4 ˆj 3iˆ + 5 ˆj
(a) (b) (c) (d)
34 5 5 34
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5. In the given situation, for what value of i, the
incidence ray will retrace its initial path Air
i 1 2
90° 45°
2 2
1 sin − sin 1 sin − sin
−1 −1
(a) cos–1 (b) sin–1
4 21 4 21
1 1
(c) sin–1 2 sin − sin (d) cos–1 2 sin − sin
−1 −1
4 2 2 4 2 2
6. Light incident on a surface separating two media is partly reflected and
partly refracted as shown in the figure
[ c is critical angle and n1 < n2], i
n1 90º
then
n2 n1 n2 r
sin i = tan i =
(a)
(n1 + n22 )1/ 2
2
(b)
n2
(c)
sin c = cot i (d) sin c = seci
7. A cylinder is filled with a liquid of refractive index . The radius of the observer
cylinder is decreasing at a constant rate K. The volume of the liquid inside
the container remains constant at V. The observer and the object O are in
a state of rest and at a distance L from each other. The apparent velocity
of the object as seen by the observer, (when radius of cylinder is r) L
object
(1 − )2 KV (1 − )2 KV (1 − )2 K (1 − ) K
(a) (b) (c) (d)
( r 3 ) ( Lr 2 ) 2
8. A system of coordinates is drawn in a medium whose refractive y
2
index varies as = , where 0 y 1 . A ray of light is P
1+ y2 H
incident at origin at an angle 600 with y –axis as shown in the
figure. At point P ray becomes parallel to x-axis. The value of H is x
O
600
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1/ 2
2
( 3 ) − 1 ( )
1/ 2
2 1/ 2 1/ 2
(a) − 1 (b) (c) (d) 3 +1
3 3
9. The radius of curvature of the left and right surface of the
concave lens are 10 cm and 15 cm respectively. The radius Air
Water
of curvature of the mirror is 15 cm
(a) equivalent focal length of the combination is –18 cm
(n = 4/3)
Glass
(b) equivalent focal length of the combination is +36 cm (n = 3/2)
(c) the system behaves like a concave mirror
(d) the system behaves like a convex mirror
10. The refractive index of the material of the prism and liquid are 1.56 and 1.32 respectively. What will be
the value of for the following refraction
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(a) sin
11
11 A
(b) sin
13
3
(c) sin
2
1
(d) sin
2
11. A container is filled with water ( = 1.33) upto a height of 33.25 cm. A concave mirror is placed 15 cm
above the water level and the image of an object placed at the bottom is formed 25 cm below the water
level. The focal length of the mirror is
(a) 10 15
cm
(b) 15
=1.33
25
(c) 20 33.25
cm
cm
(d) 25
12. The apparent depth of water in cylindrical water tank of diameter 2R cm is reducing at the rate of x
cm/minute when water is being drained out at a constant rate. The amount of water drained in c.c. per
minute is (n1 = refractive index of air, n2 = refractive index of water)
(a) x R2 n1/n2 (b) x R2 n2/n1
(c) 2 R n1/n2 (d) R2 x
13. The separation between the screen and a concave mirror is 2r. An isotropic point source of light is placed
exactly midway between the mirror and the point source. Mirror has a radius of curvature r and reflects
100% of the incident light. Then the ratio of illuminances on the screen with and without the mirror is
(a) 10 : 1 (b) 2 : 1
(c) 10 : 9 (d) 9 : 1
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14. A point source of light S is placed at the bottom of a vessel containing a
liquid of refractive index 5/3. A person is viewing the source from above
the surface. There is an opaque disc D of radius 1 cm floating on the D
surface of the liquid. The centre of the disc lies vertically above the
source S. The liquid from the vessel is gradually drained out through a
tap. The maximum height of the liquid for which the source cannot be
S
seen at all from above is
(a) 1.50 cm (b) 1.64 cm
(c) 1.33 cm (d) 1.86 cm
15. A lens when placed on a plane mirror then object needle and its image coincide at 15
cm. The focal length of the lens is
(a) 15 cm
(b) 30 cm
(c) 20 cm
(d)
16. In an experiment of find the focal length of a concave mirror a graph is drawn between the magnitudes
of u and v. The graph looks like
v v
(a) (b)
u u
v v
(c) (d)
u u
17. As the position of an object (u) reflected from a concave mirror is varied, the position of the image (v) also
varies. By letting the u changes from 0 to + the graph between v versus u will be
v
(a) v (b)
u u
v v
(c) u (d) u
18. When light is incident on a medium at angle i and refracted into a second medium at an angle r, the graph
of sin i vs sinr is as shown in the graph. From this, one can conclude that
sin r
30o
sin i
(a) Velocity of light in the second medium is 1.73 times the velocity of light in the I medium
(b) Velocity of light in the I medium is 1.73 times the velocity in the II medium
(c) The critical angle for the two media is given by
1
sin ic =
3
1
(d) sin ic =
2
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19. The graph between the lateral magnification (m) produced by a lens and the distance of the image (v) is
given by
(a) m (b) m
0 0
v v
(c) m (d) m
0 0
v v
20. The graph shows variation of v with change in u for a mirror. Points plotted above the point P on the curve
are for values of v v
(a) Smaller then f
(b) Smaller then 2f
P
(c) Larger then 2f
(d) Larger than f
45°
u
21. The graph shows how the magnification m produced by a convex thin lens varies with image distance v.
What was the focal length of the used
b
(a)
c m
b
(b) b
ca
bc
(c)
a a c
v
c
(d)
b
22. Which of the following graphs shows appropriate variation of refractive index with wavelength
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
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23. For a concave mirror, if real image is formed the graph between and is of the form
u v
1/v
(a) (b) 1/v
1/u 1/u
1/v 1/v
(c) (d)
1/u 1/u
24. The graph between u and v for a convex mirror is
v v
(a) f f (b) f f
u u
(c) v (d) v
f f f f
u u
25. For a convex lens, if real image is formed the graph between (u + v) and u or v is as follows
u+v u+v
(a) (b)
4f 4f
2f u or v 2f u or v
u+v u+v
(c) (d)
4f
u or v 2f u or v
26. Which of the following graphs is the magnification of a real image against the distance from the focus of
a concave mirror
y y
(a) (b)
m m
x x
Distance Distance
(c) y (d) y
m m
x Distance x
Distance
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27. A graph is plotted between angle of deviation () and angle of incidence (i) for a prism. The nearly correct
graph is
y
y
(a) (b)
O x
i
O x
i
y
y
(c) (d)
O x
i
O x
i
28. If x is the distance of an object from the focus of a concave mirror and y is the distance of image from the
focus, then which of the following graphs is correct between x and y
y
(a) y (b)
x
x
y y
(c) (d)
x x
29. A ray of light travels from a medium of refractive index to air. Its angle of incidence in the medium is i,
measured from the normal to the boundary, and its angle of deviation is . is plotted against i which of
the following best represents the resulting curve
2 2
a) (b)
1 1
O /2 O /2
i i
(c) 2
(d) 2
1 1
O /2 i O /2
i
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30. The distance v of the real image formed by a convex lens is measured for various object distance u. A
graph is plotted between v and u, which one of the following graphs is correct
(a) (b)
v v
u u
(c) (d)
v v
u u
31. For a convex lens the distance of the object is taken on X-axis and the distance of the image is taken on
Y-axis, the nature of the graph so obtained is
(a) Straight line (b) Circle
(c) Parabola (d) Hyperbola
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