Paper Set : Set 1

Chapter : Marks : 30
Logo 1)Ray optics
Time : 30 min

Negative Marks : 0

1) The wavelength of light from a given source is 6000Å. The wavelength of this light when
it travels through a medium of refractive index 1.5 is
A) 3000Å B) 4000Å C) 5000Å D) 6000Å

2) A double convex air bubble in water behaves as [ PYQ : 2023 ]

A) convergent lens B) divergent lens C) plane slab D) concave mirror

3) A particle executes linear SHM along the principal axis of convex lens of focal length 8
cm. The mean position of oscillation is at 14 cm from the lens with amplitude 1 cm. The
amplitude of oscillating image of the particle in nearly. [ PYQ : 2020 ]
A) 1 cm B) 3 cm C) 4 cm D) 2 cm

4) Which of the following is not involved in the formation of secondary rainbow? [ PYQ :
2023 ]
A) Refraction B) Angular dispersion C) Interference
D) Total internal reflection

5) The length of a microscope is 14 cm and its magnifying power is 25 for relaxed eye. The
focal length of the eyes lens is 5 cm. The distance of the object from the objective is
A) 2.4 cm B) 2.5 cm C) 3.6 cm D) 1.8 cm

6) A myopic person can see things clearly which lie between 8 cm and 100 cm from his
eyes. His near point with the correcting lens will be
A) at + 8.7 cm B) at - 8.7 cm C) at + 25 cm D) at 17.4 cm

7) For a light ray to undergo total internal reflection (i = angle of incidence, ic = critical
angle) [ PYQ : 2024 ]
A) light travels from denser to rarer medium and i < ic .

B) light travels from rarer to denser medium and i < ic .

C) light travels from denser to rarer medium and i < ic .

D) light travels from rarer to denser medium and i < ic .

8) In compound microscope, the focal length and aperture of the objective used is
respectively [ PYQ : 2017, 18 ]
A) large and large B) large and small C) short and large
D) short and small

9) Light propagates linearly due to its

 A) frequency B) wavelength C) velocity D) wave nature

10) A person can see objects lying between 50 cm and 100 cm. What power of lens will be
use for reading a book? (Distance of L.D.V. is 25 cm)
A) +2 D B) -2 D C) +0.2 D D) -0.2 D

11) In displacement method if D is the distance of the object and screen and 'd' is the
separation between the two positions of the lens, then the ratio of magnified image to
that of the object is
2 2
D D D+d D+d
A) B) C) D)
d d D−d D−d

12) An object is placed at the focus of concave mirror of focal length 20 cm. The distance of
the image is
A) 10 cm B) 20 cm C) 40 cm D) infinity

13) The brilliance of diamonds is due to [ PYQ : 2019 ]

A) dispersion of light B) polarisation of light C) refraction of light
D) total internal reflection of light

14) A person is observing a bacteria through a compound microscope. For better analysis
and to improve the resolving power he should [ PYQ : 2024 ]
A) increase the wavelength of light.
B) increase the refractive index of the medium between the object and
objective lens.
C) decrease the focal length of the eyepiece.
D) decrease the diameter of the objective lens.

15)

A glass prism is immersed in water as shown. A beam of light is incident normally on the
face ab and is internally reflected from face so as to be incident normally on face bd . If
3 4
R. I. of glass of and that of water is , what is the value of θ ?
2 3
8 2 8 2
A) sin θ > B) sin θ < C) sin θ > D) None of the above
9 3 9 3
16) The prism has refracting angle 'A'. The second refracting surface of the prism is silvered.
Light ray falling on first refracting surface with angle of incidence "2A', reaches the
second surface and returns back through the same path due to reflection at the silvered
surface. The refractive index of the material of the prism is [ PYQ : 2023 ]
1 1
A) sin A B) cos A C) 2 sin A D) 2 cos A
2 2

17) The critical angle for a ray of light from glass to air is θ and refractive index of glass with
respect to air is n. If a ray of light is incident from air to glass at an angle θ, then
corresponding angle of refraction is [ PYQ : 2020 ]

−1 1 −1 1 −1 1 −1 1
A) sin B) cos C) sin D) cos
n n n2 n2

18) A glass plate has thickness t and refractive index μ . At what angle of incidence (from
air), the reflected and refracted rays by plate be perpendicular to each other?
−1 −1 −1 −1
A) sin μ B) cos μ C) cot μ D) tan μ

19) ∘ ∘
The refractive angles of two crown glass prisms are 10 and 20 respectively. What is
the ratio of their dispersive powers?
A) 1:2 B) 2:1 C) 1:1 D) 1:4

20) A plane mirror produces a magnification of [ PYQ : 2024 ]

A) -1 B) +1 C) zero D) +2

21) Refractive index of a glass convex lens is 1.5. The radius of curvature of each of the two
surfaces of the lens is 20 cm. The ratio of the power of the lens when immersed in a
liquid of refractive index 1.25 to that when placed in air is [ PYQ : 2023 ]
A) 2:3 B) 2:5 C) 3:2 D) 5:2

22) A myopic person can see things clearly lying between 8 cm and 100 cm from his eyes.
The lens which enables his to see the moon should have a focal length of
A) +100 cm B) -100 cm C) infinity D) zero

23) The size of the real image produced by a convex lens of focal length F is m times the
size of the object. The image distance from the lens is [ PYQ : 2020 ]
m−1 F
A) F (m − 1) B) F (m + 1) C) D)
F m−1

24) ∘
When a light ray is incident on a prism at an angle of 45 , the minimum deviation is
obtained. If refractive index of material of prism is 2, then angle of prism will be
π 1 ∘ ∘ 1
sin = , sin 30 = cos 60 = [ PYQ : 2020 ]
4 2 2

∘ ∘ ∘ ∘
A) 75 B) 30 C) 45 D) 60

25) An object is placed at a distance u from a concave mirror and its real image is formed
on the screen placed at distance v from the mirror. If f is the focal length of the mirror,
 1 1
then the graph between versus is ( magnitude only ).
v u

A) B) C)

D)

26) 1
A convex mirror of focal length f produces image th of the size of the object. The
n
distance of the object from the mirror is
n−1 n+1
A) (n − 1) f B) f C) f D) (n + 1) f
n n

27) In the phenomena of refraction of light, which of the following characteristics remains
unchanged? [ PYQ : 2021 ]
A) Intensity B) Amplitude C) Frequency D) Velocity

28) The refractive index of the material of crystal is 1.68 and that of oil is 1.2. When a ray of
light passes from oil to glass, its velocity will change by a factor [ PYQ : 2019 ]
A) 2/3 B) 3/4 C) 5/6 D) 5/7

29) Which one of the following is not the correct formula for refractive index of glass w. r. t.
a
air μg (i = angle of incidence, r = angle of refraction) [ PYQ : 2019 ]

a
λ air a sin i a
vglass a
λ glass
A) μg = B) μg = C) μg = D) μg =
λ glass sin r vair λ air

30)

A beam of light passes from medium 1 to medium 2 to medium 3 as shown in the

diagram. What may be concluded about the three refractive indices n1 , n2 and n3 ? [
PYQ : 2022 ]
A) n1 > n2 > n3 B) n1 > n3 > n2 C) n2 > n3 > n1 D) n2 > n1 > n3