SRI CHAITANYA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,INDIA.

A.P,TELANGANA,KARNATAKA,TAMILNADU,MAHARASHTRA,DELHI,RANCHI,CHANDIGARH
PHYSICS
RAY OPTICS AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS

1. Reflection OA  OB 2
(1) (2)
1. Ray optics is not valid, when the dimensions 2 OA  OB
of objects interacting with light
2  OA 2  OB
(3) (4)
(A) of the same order as the wave length of OB OA
light
5. A concave mirror produces a real image
(B) much smaller than the wavelength of twice the size of the object when place at a
light distance of 30 cm from it. At what distance
(C) much larger than the wavelength of from the mirror should the object be placed
light so that the image becomes four times the size
(1) A and B are correct of the object?

(2) B and C are correct (1) 20cm (2) 25cm

(3) A and C are correct (3) 30cm (4) 40cm

(4) A, B and C are correct 6. A point object is moving with a speed before
an arrangement of two mirrors as shown in
2. A person standing in the centre of a room figure. Obtain the velocity of image in
15 m high looks into a plane mirror fixed on
mirror M1 with respect to image in mirror
the wall. Then the minimum length of the
plane mirror for him to see the full length M2 .
image of the wall behind him is equal to
(1) 15 m (2) 7.5 m
(3) 5 m (4) 9m
3. If the mirror moved towards the stationary
object with speed ‘2V’ the image will move (1) 2vsin  (2) vsin 
(1) towards the object with 2v speed (3) 2v cos (4) v cos 
(2) towards the object with ‘4v’ speed
(3) away the object with 2v speed
7. A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror
(4) away the object with ‘v’ speed along a vector 3iˆ  4ˆj  5kˆ .The normal on

4.
1 1
For a convex mirror    graph OA and incident point is along 3iˆ  4ˆj . Then unit
v u vector along the reflected ray is:
OB are the intercepts of -x-axis and y-axis.
1
The focal length ‘f ’ (1)
5 2
 3iˆ  4ˆj  5kˆ 

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 1 11. If a lifeguard sitting outside the pool notices
(2) 
5 2
 3iˆ  4ˆj  5kˆ  a child drowning, wants to reach the child in
shortest time. For this he has to move along.
1
(3)
5 2
 3iˆ  4ˆj  5kˆ  (1) Shortest path
(2) He must follow the path followed by a
1 light ray obeying Snell’s law, from his
(4)
5 2
 3iˆ  4ˆj  5kˆ 
position and child
8. An object is placed in front of a convex (3) He must travell on the bank upto a
mirror at a distance of 60 cm. A plane mirror normal line to his position from bank
is intro-duced covering the lower half of the (4) A jig jag path
convex mirror. If the distance between the
12. When a transparent glass slab with parallel
object and the plane mirror is 35 cm, it is
sides is placed on letters ‘B’ and ‘R’ which
found that there is no parallax between the
are in blue and red colour respectively and
images formed by the two mirrors. What is
viewed normally then
the radius of curvature of the convex mirror?
(1) Blue appears farther
(1) 22 cm (2) 25 cm
(2) Red appears farther
(3) 17.5 cm (4) 24 cm
(3) Both appears at same depth
9. A concave mirror of focal length 12 cm and
a convex mirror of focal length 16 cm are (4) The colours of letters appear different
placed facing each other 48 cm apart. A point 13. Which of the following is true ?
object is placed between the mirrors, on their a) Due to atmospheric refraction, the
common axis and 18cm from the concave apparent shift in the direction (line of sight)
mirror. Find over all magnification produced of the sun is about 0.50
by the successive reflections, first at concave
b) Refraction of light when passes from a
mirror and then at convex mirror.
medium to another is due to difference in
(1) 2.0 (2) 0.38 velocity of light different in different media
(3) 0.76 (4) 2.38 (1) both a and b are false
10. A car is fitted with a convex side -view (2) a is true and b is false
mirror of focal length 20cm. Asecond car
(3) a is false and b is true
2.4m behind the first car is overtaking the
first car at relative speed of 13m/s. The speed (4) both a and b are true
of the image of the second car as seen in the 14. Which of the following is not application of
mirror of the first one is TIR ?
1 1 (1) Working of an optical fibre
(1) m/s (2) m/s
13 12 (2) Bending of light by 900 or 1800 by
1 prisms
(3) 13 m/s (4) m/s
24 (3) Silvery shining of air bubble in water
2. Refraction (4) Divering of incident parallel beam by
an air bubble in water

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15. An object ‘O’ is placed at 8 cm in front of a 18. Find the lateral magnification produced by
glass slab, whose one face is silvered as the combination of lenses shown in figure.
shown in figure. The thickness of the slab is 30 cm to 20 cm
6 cm. If the image formed 10 cm behind the
silvered face, find the refractive index of
glass
10 cm
6 cm

(1) -2 (2) +2
O A B (3) +1.5 (4) -1.5
19. Find the position of final image formed, from
object is
(1) 1.5 (2) 2.5
f = 10 cm f = -10 cm
(3) 1.33 (4) 2.2
16. An object is placed on the principle axis of a
x
concave mirror of focal length 5 cm at a O
distance of 21 cm from it. A glass slab is
placed between the mirror at a distance and 15 cm
25 cm
the object at a distance 5 cm from mirror. as
shown in figure. The distance of final image (1) 10 cm (2) 30 cm
formed by the mirror, from mirror (3) 50 cm (4) 20 cm
20. The net deviation produced in the incident
ray for the optical instrument shown in
figure. (Take refractive index of the prism
material as 2)

300

(1) 5.64 cm (2) 6.67 cm

(3) 7.67 cm (4) 20 cm 60
17. An object is placed at a distance of 15 cm
(1) 660 CW (2) 1260 ACW
from a convex lens of focal length 10 cm on
the other side of the lens, a convex mirror is (3) 540 ACW (4) 540 CW
placed such that the image formed by
combination coincides with the object itself.
Find the focal length of concave mirror.
(1) 10 cm (2) 40 cm
(3) 30 cm (4) 20 cm

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