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Physics Questions for Competitive Exams

The document contains a series of physics problems and concepts related to optics, including lenses, mirrors, and light behavior. It presents multiple-choice questions regarding image formation, refraction, and the properties of light in various scenarios. The problems are designed for educational purposes, likely for students studying physics in India.

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SRI CHAITANYA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,INDIA.

A.P,TELANGANA,KARNATAKA,TAMILNADU,MAHARASHTRA,DELHI,RANCHI,CHANDIGARH
PHYSICS

1. A convex lens produces a real image m times 4. A short linear object of length L lies on the
the size of the object. What will be the axis of a spherical mirror of focal length f at
distance of the object from the lens? a distance u from the mirror. Its image has an
axial length L ' equal to :
 m 1 
(1)  f (2) (m-1)f 2 1/2
 m   f  u  f  
(1) L  (2) L 
 m 1  m 1 u  f    f 
(3)  f (4)
 m  m 2 2
u  f    f 
(3) L  (4) L 
2. Assertion: In optical fibre, the diameter of  f  u  f  
the core is kept small.
5. One side of a glass slab is silvered as shown
Reason: This smaller diameter of the core in figure. A ray of light is incident on the
ensures that the fibre should have incident other side at an angle of incidence i  45º .
angle more than the critical angle required Refractive index of glass is given as 1.5. The
for total internal reflection. deviation of the ray of light from its initial
path when it comes out of the slab is :
(1) If both the assertion and reason are true
and reason explains the assertion.
(2) If both the assertion and reason are true
but reason does not explain the assertion.
(3) If assertion is true but reason is false.
(4) If assertion is false but reason is true.
(1) 90º (2) 180º
3. A planoconvex lens when silvered on the
(3) 120º (4) 45º
plane side behaves like a concave mirror of
6. There are two spherical surfaces of radii
focal length 60 cm. However, when silvered
30cm and 60cm. They can be arranged in
on the convex side it behaves like a concave
different ways to get different converging
mirror of focal length 20 cm. Then the
lens. If all lenses are made of glass of
refractive index of the lens is
3
(1) 3.0 (2) 1.5   . Then find theratio of maximum and
2
(3) 1.0 (4) 2.0 minimum focal lengths obtained
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) 1.5

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7. Match the following. 10 10
(1) m (2) m
Column-I Column-II 3 7
3 7
(3) m (4) m
10 10
P) At surface AC,
TIR will take place 9. Unpolarized light of intensity I is incident on
a system of two polarized, A followed by B.
A)
l
The intensity of emergent light is . If a
2
Q) At surface AC, third polarizer C is placed between A and B
light will be the intensity of emergent light is reduced to
refracted l
. The angel between the polarizers A and
B) 3
C is  , then
1 1
R) Ray refracted at
 2 4 1 4
AB will be parallel (1) cos     (2) cos    
 3 3
to base BC
1 1
C)  1 2  2 2
(3) cos     (4) cos    
3  3
S) Ray refracted at 10. In the adjacent diagram. CP represents
AB will not be wavefront and AO and BP corresponding
parallel to base BC two rays. One particular condition on for
D) destructive interference at P between the ray

T) Light will graze BP and reflected ray OP is cos   ,
nd
the surface AC
where n is
(1) A – P,S; B – Q, R; C – Q,S; D – P,S
(2) A – Q,S; B – Q, T; C – P,Q; D – P,S
(3) A – P,R; B – Q, R; C – Q,S; D – P,T
(4) A – R,S; B – Q, S; C – Q,R; D – P,S
8. A large temple has a depression in one wall.
On the floor plan, it appears as an indentation
having a spherical shape of radius 2.50 m. A
worshiper stands on the centreline of the
depression, 2.00m out from its deepest point, (1) 2 (2) 4
and whispers a prayer. Where is thesound (3) 3 (4) 1
concentrated after refelection from the black
wall of the depression?
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11. A ray of light  R 1  is incident on a glass slab

at an angle equal to critical angel of glass-air


system. The refracted ray  R 2  undergoes
partial relfection and refraction at other
surface of slab. The angle between the 3
(A) if d is at O maxima will be observed
reflected ray  R 3  and refracted ray  R 4  is 2
11 3
(B) if d is , then intensity at O will be
6 4
of maximum intensity
(C) if d is 3 , O will be a maxima
7 3
(D) if d is , the intensity at O will be
6 4
of maximum intensity
(1) A, B are correct
0 0
(1) 45 (2) 135 (2) A, B, C are correct

(3) 1050 (4) 950 (3) B, C, D are correct


(4) All are correct
12. The focal length of a mirror is given by
14. A point object is moving with velocity
2 1 1
  . If in the measurement of u and v0 = 10iˆ m/s along x-axis as shown in figure.
f v u
Relative velocity of its image in mirror M1
v, the errors are equal to p each, then the with respect to mirror image velocity in M2 is
relative error in f is (Take sin 37° = 0.6)
y M2
p1 1 1 1
(1)    (2) P   
2u v u v
37°
p1 1 1 1
(3)    (4) P   
2u v u v x
v0
13. Two point monochromatic and coherent
sources of light of wavelength  are placed
on the dotted line in front of an infinite
screen. The source emit waves in phase with
each other. The distance between S1 and S2 M1
is ‘d’ while their distance from the screen is
(1) 9 m/s (2) 10 m/s
much larger
(3) 12 m/s (4) 15 m/s

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15. A container is filled with water (µ = 1.33) 18. A wavefront AB passing through a system C
upto a height of 33.25 cm. A concave mirror emerges as DE. The system C could be
is placed 15 cm above the water level and the
image of an object placed at the bottom is
A D
formed 25 cm below the water level. The
C
focal length of the mirror is
?

B E

15 cm (1) a slit (2) a biprism


(3) a prism (4) a glass slab
µ =1.33 25 cm 19. Consider fraunhofer diffraction pattern
I
33.25 cm obtained with a single slit illuminated at
O normal incidence. At the angular position of
the first diffraction minimum, the phase
(1) 10 (2) 15 difference (in radians) between the wavelets
(3) 20 (4) 25 from the opposite edges of the slit is
16. A slab of glass of refractive index 1.5 and (1)  (2) 2 
thickness 3cm is placed with the faces
(3)  /4 (4)  /2
perpendicular to the principal axes of a
concave mirror. If the radius of curvature of 20. A point source S is placed at the bottom of
the mirror is 10 cm, the distance at which an different layers as shown in figure. The
object must be placed from the mirror so that refractive index of the bottom most layer is
image coincides with the object is -  o . The refractive index of any other upper
(1) 9 cm (2) 10 cm layer is
(3) 11cm (4) 12 cm
17. A ray of light is incident normally on the first
refracting face of the prism of refracting
angle A. The ray of light comes out at
grazing emergence. If one half of the
prism(shaded position) is knocked off, the
same ray will
(1) suffer a deviation of A/4 0
(n)  0  Where = 1, 2… A ray of
4n  18
(2) not emerge out of the prism
light starts from the source S as shown. Total
1
(3) emerge at an angle of sin–1  sin A / 4  internal reflection takes place at the upper
2 
surface of a layer having n equal to
(4) emerge at an angle of emergence
(1) 3 (2) 5
–1  1 
sin  sec A / 2  (3) 4 (4) 6
 2 

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21. A mango tree is at the bank of a river and one (4)
of the branch of tree extends over the river. A
tortoise lives in the river. A mango falls just
above the tortoise. The acceleration of the
mango falling from tree as it appears to the
tortoise is (refractive index of water is 4/3
and the tortoise is stationary)
23. The graph between sine of angle of refraction
(1) g (2) 3g/4
in medium 2 and sine of angle of
(3) 4g/3 (4) none of these
incidence in medium 1 indicates that
22. A ray of light travels from a medium of
refractive index to air. Its angle of
incidence in the medium is , measured from
the normal to the boundary, and its angle of
deviation is is plotted against which of
the following best represents the resulting
curve
(1)
(1) Total internal reflection can take place
(2) Total internal reflection cannot take place
(3) Any of (1) and (2)
(4) Data is incomplete
24. The apparent depth of water in cylindrical

(2) water tank of diameter is reducing at


the rate of minute when water is being
drained out at a constant rate. The amount of
water drained in per minute is
refractive index of air, refractive index
of water)
(3) n  n 
(1)  x R 2   1  (2) x R 2  2 
 n2   n1 

n 
(3) 2 R  1  (4)  r 2 x
 n2 

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