PRACTICAL BASED QUESTIONS

Prepared by:
[Link] mouli

1. A student wants to find the angle of deviation for a glass prism experimentally. Draw
a ray diagram for it.
2. Draw the path of light ray passing through a rectangular glass slab. Label the angle
of incidence, angle of refraction and angle of emergence in it.
3. Reena sitting on the last bench in the class can not read the writing on the
white board clearly but she can read the book lying on her desk. Give the name of
the eye defect from which she is suffering. What type of lens in the spectacles
would be used to cure her eye defect.
4. Draw the path of light ray passing through a prism. Label the angle of incidence and
angle of deviation in the ray diagram.
5. Sushil went to an eye specialist for check up. He prescribed him to use spectacles
of lens of + 0.1D.
(i)Name the eye defect he is suffering from (ii)Find he focal length of spectacle
lens.
6. The current flowing through a resistor and the potential difference developed across
its ends are shown in the given diagrams.

The value of resistance of the resistor is ______ [ANSWER : 5Ω]

7. An ammeter has 20 divisions between mark 0 and mark 2 on its scale. The least
count of the ammeter is _____ [ANSWER: 0.1A]
8. In a voltmeter there are 20 divisions between the 0 mark and 0.5 mark. The least
count of the voltmeter is ________ [ANSWER: 0.025V]
9. Which one of the given four milliammeters would you use for measurement of
current flowing in a circuit ? [ ANSWER : II ; Lesser the least count, more accurate
the device is]
 [Link] given diagram shows the milliammeter reading connected in a circuit.

The value of current flowing in the circuit is _________ [ANSWER: 130mA]

11. An experiment to trace the path of a ray of light through a glass slab was
performed by four students A,B,C and D. They reported the following measurements
of angle of incidence i, angle of refraction r and angle of emergence e. Which
student performed the experiment cautiously ? [ANSWER : A and D]

Student Angle i Angle r Angle e

A 300 200 290
B 400 300 410
C 500 360 490
D 600 350 610
12. The path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism is shown below.

In this diagram the angle of prism, angle of incidence, angle of emergence and angle of
deviation respectively has been represented by __________ [ANSWER: O,X,M and Z]

13. A student was asked by his teacher to find the image distance for various object
distances in case of given convex lens. He performed the experiment and the
observations are as mentioned in the table. Find the serial number of wrong
observation from the table. [ANSWER :3]

Object
distance image
[Link] (cm) distance(cm)
1 60 15
2 48 16
3 36 21
4 24 24
5 18 36
6 16 48
14.A student traces the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass slab
and marks the angle of incidence i, angle of refraction r, angle of emergence e . The
correctly marked angle(s) is/are ___________ [ANSWER: Angle r only ]

15. Suppose you have focussed on a screen the image of candle flame placed at the
farthest end of the laboratory table using a convex lens. If your teacher suggests you
to focus the parallel rays of the sun, reaching your laboratory table, on the same
screen, What you are expected to do is to move the _________ [ANSWER : (i)]
(i)lens slightly towards the screen (ii) lens slightly away from the screen.
(iii)lens slightly towards the sun. (iv)lens and screen both towards the sun.

16.A student while doing the experiment on tracing the path of a ray of light passing
through a rectangular glass slab, measured the three angles marked as Ө 1,Ө2 and Ө3 in
the figure. His measurements could be correct if he were to find that _____

[ANSWER:(ii)]

(i)Ө1 < Ө2 < Ө3 (ii) Ө1 < Ө2 but Ө1 = Ө3 (iii) Ө1 > Ө2 > Ө3 (iv)Ө1 > Ө2 but Ө2 = Ө3

17. In an experiment to study the relationship between potential difference

across a resistor and current passing through it.; following readings are obtained.
Then draw the V-I graph and calculate resistance of the resistor.

P.d (v) in volts 0.5 1 2 3 4

current (I) in amperes 1.6 3.4 6. 10. 13.
7 2 2
18. A student draws the following circuit diagram for the experiment on studying the
dependence of current(I) on P.D(V) across a resistor. The parts labelled as X,Y and
Z in this diagram are respectively.
19. A ray of light travelling in air strikes perpendicularly on the surface of glass slab.
What is the magnitude of angle of incidence, angle of refraction? Will the ray
of light suffer any refraction ?
20. In your laboratory you trace the path of light rays through a glass slab for
different values of angle of incidence(i) and in each case measured the values of
the corresponding angle of refraction (r) and angle of emergence (e). On the basis
of your observation, your correct conclusion is: [ANSWER: (d)]

a) i = e < r (b) i < e < r (c) i > e > r (d) i = e > r

21. In an experiment to study the relationship between potential difference

across a resistor and current passing through it ; draw the corresponding circuit
diagram showing the correct polarities of ammeter and voltmeter.

22. In an experiment to find equivalent resistance of two resistors connected

in series ; draw the corresponding circuit diagram showing the correct
polarities of ammeter and voltmeter

23. In an experiment to find equivalent resistance of two resistors connected

in parallel ; draw the corresponding circuit diagram showing the correct
polarities of ammeter and voltmeter.

24. A student obtains a sharp image of the distant window(W) of the school
laboratory on the screen (S) using a concave mirror (M) to determine its focal
length. Which of the following distance should be measured to get the focal
length of the mirror? [ANSWER: b ]

(a)MW (b)MS (c)SW (d) MW-MS

25. A student used a device (X) to obtain/focus the image of a well

illuminated distant building on a screen(S) as shown below in the diagram.
Select the correct statement about the device (X) [ANSWER: D]
 (A) The device is concave lens of focal length 8cm.
(B) The device is convex mirror of focal length 8cm.
(C) The device is convex lens of focal length 4cm.
(D) The device is convex lens of focal length 8cm.
26. In this diagram , the angle of incidence, the angle of emergence and and
the angle of deviation respectively have been represented by [ANSWER: c ]

(a) Y, p, z (b) x, q, z (c) p, y, z (d) p, z, y

[Link] the given ray diagrams and select the correct statement from the
following. [ANSWER:D]

(A)Device X is concave mirror and device Y is convex lens , whose focal lengths
are 20cm and 25cm respectively.
(B) Device X is concave lens and device Y is concave mirror , whose focal
lengths are 10cm and 25cm respectively.
(C) Device X is concave lens and device Y is convex mirror , whose focal lengths
are 20cm and 25cm respectively.
(D) Device X is convex lens and device Y is concave mirror , whose focal lengths
are 20cm and 25cm respectively.
 [Link] their experiment, on finding the equivalent resistance , of two resistors,
connected in parallel, three students connected the voltmeter in their circuits,
in three ways X,Y,Z shown here. [ANSWER: (a)]

The voltmeter has been in correctly connected in

(a) Case X only (b) case Y only (c) case Z only (d) All the three cases.
[Link] only correct statement for the two circuits (X) and (y) shown below is.
[ANSWER: (c)]

(a) R1 and R2 are connected in series in both the circuits.

(b) R1 and R2 are connected in parallel in both the circuits.
(c) R1 and R2 are connected in parallel in circuit (X) ; connected in series in
circuit (Y).
(d) R1 and R2 are connected in parallel in circuit (X) ; connected in series in
circuit (Y).
30. Observe the figures K, L,M,N given below.
The correct way of connecting the ammeter and voltmeter with a series
combination of two resistors in a circuit for finding their equivalent resistance ,
is shown in the diagram. [ANSWER: (b)]
 (a) K (b) L (c) M (d) N

31. The correct set up for studying the dependence of the current on the potential
difference across a resistor is: [ANSWER:(a)]

(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D

32. Two students A and B set up their circuits as shown below using identical values
for the two resistors and all other devices. [ANSWER:(b)]

The observed readings of the ammeter and voltmeter, by the two students are
labelled as (iA , vA) and (iB , vB) respectively. The readings are likely to be related as
(a) (iA=iB); (vA=vB) (b)(iA>iB); (vA=vB) (c) (iA = iB); (vA > vB) (d) (iA < iB) ; (vA > vB)
33. A student obtains a blurred image of an object on a screen by using a concave
mirror. In order to obtain a sharp image on the screen , he will have to shift the
mirror [ANSWER : (c)]
(a)Towards the screen
(b)away from the screen
(c)either towards or away from the screen depending upon the position of the object
(d)to a position very far away from the screen
[Link] focal length of the concave mirror in the experimental set up shown below,
equals [ANSWER : 11.0 cm]

(a)10.3 cm (b)11.0 cm ( c)11.7 cm (d)12.2cm

35. A student carries out the experiment of tracing the path of a ray of light through
a rectangular glass slab , for two different values of angle of incidence: i=30 0 and
i=[Link] set of values of angle of refraction(r) and the angle of emergence (e) ,she
likely to observe in the two cases that [ANSWER: (c)]
0 0 0 0
(a) r = 30 , e = 20 and r = 45 , e ≈ 28
(b) r = 200 , e ≈ 300 and r = 450 , e ≈ 280
(c) r ≈ 200 , e ≈ 300 and r ≈ 250 , e ≈ 450
(d) r = 300 , e ≈ 200 and r ≈ 250 , e ≈ 450 .
36. Students A and B connect the two resistors R 1 and R2 given to them in the
manner shown below:

And then insert at X and Y into the measuring circuit shown below.

We can say that

(a)Both the students will determine the equivalent resistance of the series
combination of R1 and R2.
(b) Both the students will determine the equivalent resistance of the parallel
combination of R1 and R2.
(c)Student A will determine the equivalent resistance of the series combination while
student B will determine the equivalent resistance of the parallel combination of
R1 and R2.
(d) Student A will determine the equivalent resistance of the series combination
while student B will determine the equivalent resistance of the parallel combination
of R1 and R2.
37. A student does the experiment on studying the dependence of current(i) flowing
on the applied potential difference(v) by connecting the points X and Y of his
circuit to the terminals marked:
A: (a1, d1) B:(b1 , c1) C:(a1 , c1) D:(b1 , d1)
For the two resistors shown below :

The average value of the ratio V/I would then be equal to each other for each of
the pairs [ANSWER:(a)]

(a) (A,C) and (B,D) (b) (A,D) and (B,C) (c)(A,B) and (C,D) (d)(A,B) and (A,C)
[Link] students set-up the glass slab experiment as shown.
The correct fixing of the pins p 1 and p2 for defining the incident ray and of the pins
p3 and p4 for finding the emergent ray has been done by the student. [ANSWER: (c)]

(a)A (b)B (c)C (d)D

39. While performing the experiment to trace the path of a ray of light passing
through a glass prism , four students marked the path of the incident ray and the
emergent ray in the diagrams in the manner shown below. [ANSWER: (c)]

The correct path of the rays has been shown by

(a) I (b) II (c) III (d) IV
40. Select from the following the best set-up for tracing the path of a ray of light
through a rectangular glass slab.
 (a) I (b) II (c) III (d) IV
[Link] of the five incident ray diagrams shown in the figure, find the three rays that
are obeying the laws of refraction and may be used for locating the position of image
formed by a convex lens. [ANSWER:(b)]

(a)1, 2 and 3 (b)2,3 and 4 (c)3, 4 and 5 (d) 1, 2 and 4

[Link] the following ray diagrams. [ANSWER:(c)]
The diagrams showing the correct path of the ray after passing through the lens are:
(a) II and III only (b) I and II only (c) I, II and III (d)I , II and IV
43.A student has obtained an image of a distant object on a screen to determine
the focal length F1 of the given lens. His teacher after checking the image, gave him
another lens of focal length F 2 and asked to focus the same object on the screen.
The student found that to obtain a sharp image he has to move the lens away from
the screen. From this finding we may conclude that both the lenses given to the
student were : [ANSWER: (b]
(a)Concave and F1 < F2 (b)Convex and F1 < F2 (c)Convex and F1 > F2 (d)Concave and F1 > F2
[Link] the following observation table showing variation of image-distance (v) with
object-distance (u) in case of a convex lens and answer the questions that follow with
out doing any calculation:

Object
distance image
[Link] (cm) distance(cm)
1 -100 +25
2 -60 +30
3 -40 +40
4 -30 +60
5 -25 +100
(a)What is the 6 -15 +120 focal length of the convex
lens ? Give reason to justify your answer.
(b)Write the serial number of the observation which is not correct. On what basis
you have arrived at this conclusion ?
44. For the circuits A and B shown below , the voltmeter readings would be:

(a) 0.6 V in circuit A and 2.5 V in circuit B.

(b) 0 V in both circuits
(c) 5 V in both circuits.
(d) 0 V in circuit A and 3 V in circuit B.