SR+LT BIPC ALL BATCHES DAILY PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT

DAY – 8 (DT 11-04-2020)

SUBJECT : PHYSICS
Chapter : Ray Optics Lenses

PHYSICS
1. Find the angle of incidence,  for which reflected and refracted beams are perpendicular to each other.

 2 2 2 2

1) sin 1   2) cos1   3) tan 1   4) cot 1  
 3  3  3  3
Sol : From figure

   90o
   90o  
According to Snell’s law,
1  sin   sin 
3 3
or sin   sin  90o     cos 
2 2
3
or tan  
2
or cot   2 / 3
  cot 1  2 / 3
Key : 4
2. When a ray propagates from denser medium to rarer medium, deviation in ray   versus angle of
incidence  i  graph is

1) 2) 3) 4)
Sol : 1 sin i  2 sin r ;   i  r

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3. A thick slab made of a transparent material of refractive index is placed in a region. The medium
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above the slab is air and the refractive index of medium below the slab is 3/2 as shown in the figure. A
ray of light incident on slab at an angle 60o with vertical. At what angle with the normal ray will leave
the plate?

 3
  
 2
 1   4 
1) 30o 2) 45o 3) sin 1   4) cos 1  
 3 3 3
Sol : : According to Snell’s law

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1  sin60o  sin 
3
3 4 3 3
 sin  sin  
or 2 3 or 8
4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3
and sin   sin    sin 60o  sin     sin 
3 2 3 2 3 8 2
1
   sin 1  
 3
Key : 3
4. A ray of light is incident on a slab of refractive index   2 at an angle of incidence 60o as shown in the
figure. The thickness of slab is 1 m. The lateral shift in the ray is

 39  3 
1) 1 m 2) 0.5 m 3)  m 4) 2 m
 2 13 
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Sol : According to Snell’s law

1  sin 60o   sin r

3
or  2sin r
2
3
 sin r 
4
3 13
 cos r  1  
16 4
The lateral shifting is
t 4  3 13 1 3 39  3
d  t sec r sin  i  r    sin i cos r  cos i sin r        
cos r 13  2 4 2 4  2 13
Key : 3
5. A bird in air looks at fish vertically below it and inside the water in a tank. If the distance of fish as
estimated by the bird is 40 cm and that of bird as estimated by the fish is 50 cm. Then, the refractive
index of water is
1) 4/3 2) 1.5 3) 1.25 4) None of these
y'
Sol : Here,  
y

 y '   y  For observer in denser medium and object is in rarer medium

x
and  x'   For observer in rarer medium and object is in denser medium

According to the problem
 x ' y  40  For the bird
x
 y  40 ...(i)

and  y ' x  50  For the fish
or  y  x  50 ...(ii)
From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
 40
x   y  40  ; x   y  50; 1 
50
50 5
   1.25
40 4
Key :3
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6. A coin is placed under a glass slab of thickness h, whose refractive index varies as   1  y  0 , the
apparent depth of the coin below the surface of the slab will be

In  h  1 In  h  In  h  1
1) 2) 0 In  h  3) 4)
0 0 0
Sol : dy '  apparent depth (let)

dy  real depth (let)

dy
dy ' 

h h dy
  dy '  
0 0 0 1  y 
h
1 
y    In 1  y  
 0 0
1
y  In(1  h)
0
Key : 4
7. In the given figure, an insect P starts from rest with an acceleration 2cms2 towards an aquarium. Find
the time after which it observes that a fish F approaching it with a speed of 9cms1

1) 1 S 2) 2 S 3) 3 S 4) 4 S
4
1  , 2  1
Sol : For fish, 3
 2 1 1 1
   0
v u f 
l12  1 4
 0 
 v u or v 3u
3u dv 3 du
v 
 4 or dt 4 dt
dv 3
or   4  3cms 1 ;u i  0, ai  2cm / s 2 , vi  u  at  0  2t towards the insect
dt 4
 vret  v  vi  3  2t or 9  3  2t
 t 3s
Key : 3
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8. A paraxial beam of light incident on a slab of refractive index and thickness 15cm. The slab is placed
2
in air as shown in the figure. The converging point of the beam after refraction through slab is

1) At 5 cm rightward from point P 2) At 5 cm leftward from point P

3) At point P 4) None of these
Sol : The object shiftness due to slab
 1  2
 t  1    15  1    5cm
   3
The ray diagram of problem is shown in the figure

Key :1
3 4
9. A slab of refractive index and thickness of 18 cm is placed in water of refractive index . Find the
2 3
distance through which point object P shifted

1) 2 cm leftward 2) 2 cm rightward
3) 6 cm rightward 4) 2.25 cm leftward
 1   1   1   4 
Sol : Object shiftness  x  t 1  2   t 1    t 1    18 1  
 1     2 / 1   2   3 3 / 2 
 8 1
 18 1    18 
 9 9
2cm rightward
Key : 2
10. For normal incidence, find the equivalent refractive index of the combination slabs as shown in the
figure

1) 1.7 2) 1.81 3) 1.57 4) 1.9

Sol :

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 eq 
t i

15  8  10
t  2 3 1

i
15    8    10  
 3 4 2
i

33 33
   1.57
10  6  5 21
Key : 3
11. Find the position of image of point object P from silvered surface

1) 25 cm behind the silvered surface

2) 30 cm behind the silvered surface
3) 20 cm behind the silvered surface
4) None of the above
 1  1 
Sol : Object shiftness  t  1    15  1    5cm
   3/ 2

The image formation due to first refraction through slab is P1 . The image P1 behave as object for plane
mirror. The image P1 formed by plane mirror is P2 . The image P2 behaves as object for second times
refraction through the slab. The image due to second times refraction through slab is P3 . Now the shift is
5cm towards the mirror (towards left). The final position of the image  P3  from the mirror = 30-5=25cm
behind the mirror.
Key : 1
12. Find the angle of refraction in a medium    2  if light is incident in vacuum, making an angle equal
to twice the critical angle will be
 3  3 1  1 
1) sin 1   2) sin 1   3) sin 1   4) sin 1  
 4   2   3  3
Sol : Since the incident light is in rarer medium, total internal reflection cannot take place.
1
C  sin 1  30o ;  i  2C  60 o

Applying Snell’s law 1sin 60 o  2 sin r
3  3
sin r   r  sin 1  
4  4 
Key :1
13. In the given figure and answer the question at what distance will the bird appear to the fish?

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 1) 60cm 2) 84 cm 3) 76 cm 4) 55 cm
Sol : Here bird is an object and fish is an observer. Hence, apparent height observed by the fish
d d 36 36 4
d B|    d B|     40cm
nrel  nair  1.2 1.2 3
  4
 nwater   
3
For the fish, the bird will be observed at a distance d B| from the fish: d B  36  40  76cm
Key :3
14. In the below figure determine the apparent shift in the position of the coin. Also, find the effective
refractive index of the combination of the glass and water slab

1) 1 2) 1.22 3) 1.39 4) 1.67

 1   1 
Sol : Total apparent shift is s  t1  1    t2  1  
 1   2 
   
 1  1
 8  1    4.5 1    2  1.5  3.5cm
4 3
   
 3  2
The apparent depth of the coin from the top is t   8  4.5 3.5  9cm and the real depth of the coin
is t1  t2  8  4.5  12.5
Re al depth t t 12.5
Therefore, the effective refractive index is eff   1 2   1.39
Apparent depth t 9
Key :3
15. An object is placed at 8cm infront of a glass slab, whose one face is silvered as shown in figure. The
thickness of the slab is 6cm. If the image formed 10cm behind the silvered face, find the refractive
index of glass

1) 1.5 2) 1.7 3) 1.2 4) 1.3

Sol : At first surface,

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 0  2  d 2  8
d1 d 2 (8) d 2
Image I1 will serve as an object for the mirror and form an image I2 behind it at a distance of
(8  +6)cm

I2 will serve as an object for the first surface. The rays will reflect from the mirror.
d' d'
Again using 1  2
 1
d 1'  d 2  2 t   (8   12)
d 2'   (10  6)   16 cm
After substituting the values,   1.5
Key :1
16. A ray of light is incident on a glass sphere of refractive index 3/2. What should be the angle of
incidence so that the ray which enters the sphere does not come out of the sphere?
1) tan 1  2 / 3 2) 60o 3) 90o 4) 30o
1 2
Sol : ABO  OAB  C ; sin C  
 3

sin i 3
Applying Snell’s law at A 
sin  C 2
 3  2 
sin i      1 or i  90 o
 2  3 
Key :3
17. The velocity of light in a medium is half its velocity in air. If a ray of light emerges from such a
medium into air, the angle of incidence, at which it will be totally internally reflected, is
1) 15 o 2) 30o 3) 45o 4) 60o
1 c c 1
Sol : vm  c ;     2 or 2
2 Vm 1 c sin ic
2
1 1
Or sin ic  sin ce sin ic  ;  ic  30 o
2 
Key :2
18. One of the refracting surfaces of a prism of angle 30o is silvered. A ray of light incident at angle of
60o retraces its path. The refractive index of the material of prism is
1) 2 2) 3 3) 3/2 4) 2

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Sol : r2  0 o ; r1  A  30 o and i1  60 o

sin i1 sin 60o

   3
sin r1 sin 30o
Key :2
19. A bulb is placed at a depth of 2 7 cm in water and a floating opaque disc is placed over the bulb so
that the bulb is not visible from the surface. What is the minimum diameter of the disc?
1) 10 cm 2) 12 cm 3) 8 cm 4) 16 cm
h 2 7
Sol : R 
2 1  4
2

  1
 3
1 1 R h
sin C  , tan C  and tan C   R 
 2
 1 h  2 1

2 7
  6cm ; Diameter of disc= 2R= 12cm
7
3
Key :2
20. Light from a denser medium 1 passes to a rarer medium 2.When the angle of incidence is  the
partially reflected and refracted rays are mutually perpendicular. The critical angle will be
1) sin 1  cot   2) sin 1  tan   3) sin 1  cos  4) sin 1  sec  
2
Sol : 1 sin   2  sin  90o      tan 
1

2
For  C  1  sin  C  2  sin  90o    2  sin C   tan   C  sin 1  tan  
1
Key :2

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21. Light of wavelength 500 nm traveling with a speed of 2.0  108 ms 1 in a certain medium enters
another medium of refractive index 5/4 times that of the first medium, What are the wavelength and
speed in the second medium?
1) 400 nm, 1.6  108 m / sec 2) 400 nm, 2.5  108 m / sec
3) 500 nm, 2.5  108 m / sec 4) 625 nm. 1.6  108 m / sec
Sol : The refractive index, 1 n2 (from medium 1 to medium 2) for two given media 1 and 2 is given by
v1 1
1 n2  
v2 2
n 5
Now, 1 n2  2  ; c1  2.0 10 8 ms 1 ; 1  500 nm
n1 4
Hence, 2  400 nm ; c2  1.6  108 ms 1
Key :1
22. The critical angle for light going from medium X into medium Y is  . The speed of light in medium X
is v. The speed of light in medium Y is
1) v cos  2) v / cos  3) v sin  4) v / sin 
Sol : Clearly, x is denser medium.

sin  1 v v sin  v
Now, o
 Y  X  |  |  o
 v| 
sin 90 Y X v v sin 90 sin 
Key :4
23. A cubic container is filled with a liquid whose refractive index increases linearly from top to of
bottom. Which of the following represents the path of a ray of light inside the liquid?

1) 2) 3) 4)
Sol : Since the refractive index is changing, the light cannot travel in a straight line in the liquid as
shown in options 3 and 4. Initially it will bend towards normal and after reflecting from the bottom it
will bend away from the normal as shown below

Key :1
24. Consider the situation shown in figure. Water    4 / 3 is filled in a beaker upto a height of 10cm. A
plane mirror is fixed at a height of 5cm from the surface of water. Distance of image from the mirror
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Sol : Distance of first image  I1  formed after refraction from the plane surface of water is
d 10
d1   7.5 cm
w 4 / 3
Now, distance of this image is d 2  5  d1 = 5  7.5  12.5 cm from the plane mirror. Therefore,
distance of second image  I 2  will also be equal to d3  d 2  12.5 cm (behind the mirror)from the
mirror.
Key :2
25. A circular beam of light of diameter d=2cm falls on a plane surface of glass. The angle of incidence
is 60 o and refractive index of glass is   3 / 2 . The diameter of the refracted beam is
1) 4.00 cm 2) 3.0 cm 3) 3.26 cm 4) 2.52 cm
Sol : Let d | be the diameter of refracted beam.

d
From the figure cos 60o  then, d  PQ cos 60o and d |  PQ cos r
PQ
d| cos r d|
i.e.,   2 cos r or cos r  = d |  2d cos r
d cos 60 o PQ
sin i 3/2 1 2
From Snell’s law 1 sin i   sinr = sin r    ;  cos r  1  sin 2 r 
 3/ 2 3 3
2 2
 d |   2  2  4 cm  3.26 cm
3 3
Key : 3
26. Two identical glass  g  3 / 2  equi-convex lenses of focal length f each are kept in contact. The space
between the two lenses is filled with water  w  4 / 3 . The focal length of the combination is
1) 4f/3 2) 3f/4 3) f/3 4) f
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27. The radius of curvature of the left and right surface of concave lens of refractive index 1.5 are 10 cm
and 15 cm respectively, the refraction reactive index of liquid is 2. Find the equivalent of focal length

1) -12 cm 2) 12 cm 3) 20 cm 4) 10 cm
Sol : For L1
1 1 1 
  1  1   
f1  f1 f 2 
1 1 1
  2  1    
  10  10
 f1  10cm
1 1 1
For lens L2 ,    2  1   
f2  r1 r2 
 1 1
 1.5  1    
 10 15 
1  3  2  5
  
2  30  60
 f 2  12cm
1 1 1
For lens L3 ,   3  1   
f3  r1 r2 
1 1 1 1
or   2  1    
f3  15   15
 f 3  15cm
1 1 1 1
   
f f1 f 2 f 3
1 1 1 65 4 5
    
10 12 15 60 60
 f  12cm
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28. A parallel beam of light is incident on the system of two lenses of focal length f1  40cm and
f 2  10cm . What should be the distance between the two lenses, so that rays after refraction from both
lenses pass undeviated?

1) 10 cm 2) 50 cm 3) 30 cm 4) 40 cm
Sol : From figure, it is clear that, F1 should be common focus of both convex and concave lenses. Then
convergence by convex lens will be nullified by divergence by diverging lens

Separation between lenses

 d  40  10  30cm
Key : 3
29. Diameter of a plano-convex lens is 6 cm and thickness at the centre is 3 mm. If the speed of light in
material of lens is 2  108 ms 1 . the focal length of the lens is
1) 15 cm 2) 20 cm 3) 30 cm 4) 10 cm
3  c
Sol : n  n  
2  v
2
32   R  3  R 2

2 2 2 2
 3  R  2 R  3   3  R
 R  15cm
 1 1 1 
1  3  1     n  1    
    1   f  R1 R2  
f  2  15 
 and R1  1 R2  15 
 f  30cm
Key : 3
30. The image of an abject, formed by a plano-convex lens at a distance of 8 m behind the lens, is real and
is one-third the size of the object. The wavelength of light inside the lens is 2/3 times and the
wavelength in free space. The radius of the curved surface of the lens is
1) 1 m 2) 2 m 3) 3 m 4) 6 m
 1 3
Sol :   air  
medium  2 / 3 2
1 v
Further m 
3 u

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 v
3
 u  24m (Real object)
 v   8m (Real image)
1 1 1  1 1
Now,    (   1)   
v u f  R  
1 1  3  1 
     1  
8 24  2   R 
 R  3m
Key : 3
31. A biconvex lens is formed with two thin plano-convex lenses as shown in the figure. Refractive index n
of the first lens is 1.5 and that of the second lens is 1.2. Both the curved surfaces are of the same radius
of curvature R  14 cm . For this biconvex lens, for an object distance of 40 cm, the image distance will
be

1) -280.0 cm 2) 40.0 cm 3) 21.5 cm 4) 13.3 cm

Sol : Using the lens formula
1 1 1 1 1
   
v u F f1 f 2
1 1 1 1
or   
v u f1 f 2
1  1 1   1 1 
   n1  1      n2  1   
u  R1 R2   R '1 R2 
Substituting the values, we get
1 1  1  1 1 
  1.5  1     1.2  1   
v 40  14     14 
Solving this equations, we get
v  40cm
Key : 2
32. A biconvex lens of focal length 15 cm is in front of a plane mirror. The distance between the lens and
the mirror is 10 cm. A small object is kept at a distance of 30 cm from the lens. The final image is
1) Virtual and at a distance of 16 cm from the mirror
2) Real and at a distance of 16 cm from the mirror
3) Virtual and at a distance of 20 cm from the mirror
4) Real and at a distance of 20 cm from the mirror
Sol : Object is placed at distance 2f from the lens. So first image l2 will be formed at distance 2f on other
side. This image will behave like a virtual object for mirror. The second image l2 will be formed at
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 Now, applying lens formula
1 1 1
 
v u f
1 1 1
  
v 10 15
or v  6 cm
Therefore, the final image is at distance 16 cm from the mirror. But this image will be real.
This is because ray of light is travelling from right to left
Key : 2
33. A concave lens of glass, refractive index 1.5 has both surfaces of same radius of curvature R. on
immersion in a medium of refractive index 1.75, it will behave as a
1) Convergent lens of focal length 3.5 R 2) Convergent lens of focal length 3.0 R
3) Divergent lens of focal length 3.5 R 4) Divergent lens of focal length 3.0 R
Sol : Therefore, the final image is formed at 12 cm to the left of the lens system
R1   R , R2   R ,  g  1.5 and m  1.75
1  g  1 1 
   1   
f  m   R1 R2 

Substituting the values, we have

1  1.5  1 1 1
  1   
f  1.75    R R  3.5R
f  3.5R
Key : 1
34. Find the focal length of the lens shown in figure. The radii of curvature of both the surfaces are equal to
R.

3 R R R 3 R
1) 2) 3 3) 3 4)
3  1  2  1  2  1 3  1
Sol : For an object placed at infinity, the mage after first refraction will be formed at v1
    1
 2 1  2 ---------------(i)
v1  R
The image after second refraction will be found at v2
    2
 3 2  3 ---------(ii)
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 Adding (i) and (ii)
3 3  1 3 R
  v2 
v2 R 3  1
3 R
Therefore focal length will be
3  1
Key : 4
35. Two similar plano-convex lenses are combined together in three different ways as shown in the figure.
The ratio of the focal lengths in three cases will be

1) 2:2:1 2) 1:1:1 3) 1:2:2 4) 2:1:1

Sol : In each case two plano-convex lens are placed close to each other, and
1 1 1 1 1 2 f
      F 
F f1 f 2 f f f 2
Key : 2
36. A point object O is placed in front of a glass rod having spherical end of radius of curvature 30 cm. The
 3
image would be formed at    
 2

1) 30 cm left 2) Infinity 3) 1 cm to the right 4) 18 cm to the left

Sol : By using by formula

Key :1
37. A ray of light falls on a transparent sphere with centre at C as shown in figure.
The ray emerges from the sphere parallel to line AB. The refractive index of the sphere is

1) 2 2) 3 3) 3 / 2 4) 1/ 2
Sol :

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 From external angle theorem
i 60
2r  i  r    30o
2 2
From Snell’s law
1 sin i   sin r  1 sin 60o    sin 30o
sin 60o 3/2
 o
  3
sin 30 1/ 2
Key :2
38. Refraction takes place at a convex spherical boundary separating glass-air medium. For the image to
be real, the object distance   g  3 / 2  should be/is
1) greater than three times the radius of curvature of the refracting surface
2) greater than two times the radius of curvature of the refracting surface
3) greater than the radius of curvature of the refracting surface
4) independent of the radius of curvature of the refracting surface
    1
Sol : Applying 2  1  2
v u R

1 1.5 1  1.5  1 3 1
  or  
v  u  R v 2u 2 R
1 3
For v to be positive,  or u  3R
2 R 2u
Key :1
39. A lens forms a real image of on object. The distance from the object to the lens is x cm and that from
the lens to the image is y cm. The graph (see figure) shows the variation of y with x. It can be
deduced that the lens is

1) converging and of focal length 10 cm

2) converging and of focal length 20 cm
3) converging and of focal length 40 cm
4) diverging and of focal length 20 cm
Sol : A diverging lens is ruled out because both x and y are positive values. Both x and y equal 20cm at
their smallest sum, which occurs when x  y  40cm  4 f ;  f  10cm
This indicates a converging lens of focal length = 10cm
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40. Consider an equiconvex lens of radius of curvature R and focal length f. If f > R, the refractive index
 of the material of the lens
1) is greater than zero but less than 1.5
2) is greater than 1.5 but less than 2.0
3) is greater than 1.0 but less than 1.5
4) None of these
1  1 1 
Sol :     1    ; R  10 cm
f  R1 R2 
 1 1 10
f |  3  1   ; f | 
 10 10  4
1 1 4 1 2 4
     ; f eq  10 / 3 cm
f eq 20 10 20 20 10
Key : 3
41. An object is kept at a distance of 16cm from a thin lens and the image formed is real. If the object is
kept at a distance of 6cm from the same lens, the image formed is virtual. If the sizes, of the images
formed are equal, the focal length of the lens will be
1) 15 cm 2) 17 cm 3) 21 cm 4) 11 cm
Sol : Only convex lens can form a real well as virtual image. So, the given lens is convex lens.
Let f is the focal length of the lens and n the magnitude of magnification.
In the first case, when the image is real:
 v  16 ;   16n
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 16
So, applying   ;   or 1   ----(i)
v u f 16 n 16 f n f
In the second case, when image is virtual
u   6, v   6 n and f   f
1 1 1 1 6
   ; 1   -------(ii)
6 n 6 f n f
Adding (i) and (ii), we get
22
2 or f  11 cm
f
Key :4
42. A pint object O is placed on the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 20cm at a distance of
40cm to the left of it. The diameter of the lens is 10cm. If the eye is placed 60cm to the right of the
lens at a distance h below the principal axis, then the maximum value of h to see the image will be
1) 0 cm 2) 5 cm 3) 2.5 cm 4) 10 cm
Sol :

h 5 1 20 5
  or h  cm  cm  2.5 cm
20 40 8 8 2
Key :3
43. An equiconvex lens is made from glass of refractive index 1.5. If the radius of each surface is
changed from 5cm to 6cm, then the power
1) remains unchanged 2) increases by 3.33 D 3) decreases by 3.33 D 4) decreases by 5.5
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  200 
Sol : P  1.5  1    20 D
 5 
 200 
P|  1.5  1    16.67 D
 6 
Decrease in power  20 D  16.67 D  3.33 D
Key :3
44. A point object is placed at a distance of 25cm from a convex lens of focal length 20cm. If a glass slab
of thickness t and refractive index 1.5 is inserted between the lens and the object, the image is formed
at infinity. The thickness t is
1) 10 cm 2) 5 cm 3) 20 cm 3) 15 cm
Sol : Image will be formed at infinity if object is placed at focus of the lens, i.e., at 20cm from the lens.
 1  1  5 1.5
Hence, shift = 25 – 20 =  1    or 5  1   t or t   15 cm
   1.5  0.5
Key :4
45. A lens forms a virtual, diminished image of an object placed at 2m from it. The size of image is half
of the object. Which one of the following statements is correct regarding the nature and focal length
of the lens?
1) Concave, f  1m 2) Convex, f  1m 3) Concave, f  2m 4) Convex, f  2m
f 1 f
Sol : m ,  ; 2 f  f  2 or f  2cm
f u 2 f 2
f  2 meter. Since the image is virtual as well as diminished, therefore the lens is concave.
Key :3
46. A convex lens of power +6 dioptre is placed in contact with a concave lens of power -4 dioptre. What
will be the nature and focal length of this combination?
1) Concave, 25cm 2) Convex, 50cm 3) Concave, 20cm 4) Convex, 100cm
Sol : Power of combination   6  4 D  2D
100
Power 
f  in cm 
100
2  in cm  or f  in cm   50
f
Since the net power is positive, therefore the combination shall behave like a convex lens
Key :2
47. A convex lens of focal length 1.0m and a concave lens of focal length 0.25m are 0.75m apart. A
parallel beam of light is incident on the convex lens. The beam emerging after refraction from both
lenses is
1) parallel to the principal axis
2) convergent 3) divergent 4) none of the above
Sol : Power of system
1 1 d 1 1 0.75
    
f1 f 2 f1 f 2 1 0.25 1 0.25 
 1  4  3  3  3  0
Since power of the system is zero, therefore the incident parallel beam of light will remain parallel
after emerging from the system
Key :1

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48. A ray of light travelling in glass    3 / 2 is incident on a horizontal glass-air surface at the critical
angle  C . If a thin layer of water    4 / 3 in now poured on the glass-air surface, the angle at which
the ray emerges into air at the water-air surface is
1) 60 o 2) 45o 3) 90 o 4) 180 o
Sol :  g sin c  1 sin 90o or  g sin  c  1
When water is poured,  w sin r   g sin  c or  w sin r  1
Again, a sin    w sin r
Or  a sin   1 or sin   1 or   90 o
Key :3
49. A ray of light enters a rectangular glass slab of refractive index 3 at an angle of incidence 60 o . It
travels a distance of 5 cm inside the slab and emerges out of the slab. The perpendicular distance
between the incident and the emergent rays is

5
1) 5 3 cm 2) cm 3) 5 3 / 2 cm 4) 5 cm
2
sin 60o sin 60o 3 1 1
Sol :  3 or sin r1  or sin r1    or r1  30o
sin r1 3 2 3 2

r
(i-r)

d 5
Now, sin  i1  r1   or d  5sin  i1  r1  or d  5sin  60o  30o   5sin 30 o  cm
5 2
Key :2

50. A point object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a thin plano-convex lens of focal length 15
cm. The plane surface of the lens is now silvered. The image created by the system is at

1) 60 cm to the left of the system 2) 60 cm to the right of the system

3) 12 cm to the left of the system 4) 12 cm to the right of the system
1 1 1
Sol : Refraction from lens  
v1 20 15
 
 v  60cm  ve  direction
i.e. first image is formed at 60 cm to the right of lens system.
Reflection from mirror
After reflection from the mirror, the second image will be formed at a distance of 60 cm to the left of
lens system.
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 1 1 1
   ve  divection
v3 60 15
or v3  12cm
Therefore, the final image is formed at 12 cm to the left of the lens system
Key : 3
51. An object is placed at a distance of 15cm from a convex lens of focal length 10cm. On the other side
of the lens, a convex mirror is placed at its focus such that the image formed by the combination
coincides with the object itself. The focal length of the convex mirror is
1) 20 cm 2) 10 cm 3) 15 cm 4) 30 cm
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 32
Sol :   or   or  or v  30 cm
v 15 10 v 10 15 v 30

Clearly, the rays coming from the convex lens should fall normally on the convex mirror. In other
words, the rays should be directed toward the centre of curvature of the convex mirror.
 2 f  20 cm or f  10 cm
Key :2
52. Behind a thin converging lens having both the surfaces of the same radius 10cm, a plane mirror has
been placed. The image of an object at a distance of 40cm from the lens is formed at the same
position. What is the refractive index of the lens?

1) 1.5 2) 5/3 3) 9/8 4) None of these

Sol : When “O ” acts as the focal point then only the rays of light after reflection from the mirror again
focus at O. Here u = v = f

1  1 1  1 1 1
Also,     1         1   
f  R1 R2  40  10 10 
1  2
    1      9 / 8
40  10 
Key :3
53. What should be the value of distance d so that final image is formed on the object itself. (Focal
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 1) 10 cm 2) 20 cm 3) 5 cm 4) None of these
Sol :

Image after refraction from first lens

1 1 1
  ; v1  
v1 10 10
Image after second refraction from concave lens,
1 1 1
 
v  20
Hence, v=−20cm
∣v∣=d+10cm (If final image is formed on object itself)
hence, d=10cm

Key :1
54. A convex lens placed in contact with a mirror as shown. If the space between them is filled with
water, its power will

1) decrease 2) increase 3) remain unchanged

4) can increase or decrease depending on the focal length
1 2 1 2 1 1
Sol :     
F f1 f m f1  f1

1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2
|
         
F f1 f f m f f1 f1 f  f1 f 

f is –ve, F |  F
Key :1
55. A cube of side 2m is placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length 1m with its face A at a
distance of 3m and face B at a distance of 5m form the mirror. The distance between images of faces
A and B and heights of images of A and B are, respectively

1) 1 m, 0.5 m, 0.25 m 2) 0.5 m, 1 m, 0.25 m 3) 0.5 m, 0.25 m, 1 m 4) 0.25 m, 1 m, 0.5 m

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Sol : For A:
u  3m , v1  ?, f  1m
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
      1   or v1  
u1 f u 1 3 3 3 2
For B:
1 1 1 1 1 4 5
  or   1   or v2   m
v2 1 5 v2 5 5 4
3  5 3 5 1
Now, v1  v2           m  0.25 m
2  4 2 4 4
l v v  3  1 
Again, 1   1 or l1   1 O       1 m
O u u  2  3 
l v  5  1 
Again, 2   2 or l2        2  0.5m
O u  4   5 
Key :4
56. A plano-convex lens when silvered on the plane side behaves like a concave mirror of focal length
60cm. However, when silvered on the convex side, it behaves like a concave mirror of focal length
20cm. Then, the refractive index of the lens is
1) 3.0 2) 1.5 3) 1.0 4) 2.0
1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Sol :    ;  
F f1 f1 f m F f1 f m

1 1 1 R
Or  2    1    or F 
F R  2    1
R
Now, 60  or 120    1  R ------ (i)
2    1
1 1 1 1 2 1
Again,     
F f1 f1 f m f1 R / 2

1 2 2
 2    1        1  1
 R R R
R
Or F 
2
R
Now, 20  or 40   R (ii)
2
Dividing (i) by (ii), we get
120    1 R 120 3
  1 or     1.5
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Key :2

57. A source of light is located at double focal length from a convergent lens. The focal length of the lens
is f = 30cm. At what distance from the lens should a flat mirror be placed, so that the rays reflected
from the mirror are parallel after passing through the lens for the second time?
Sol : Object is at a distance of 2 f  60 cm from the lens. Image formed by lens I1 , should be at a distance
60cm from the lens. Now l2 , the image formed by plane mirror should lie at focus or at a distance of
30cm from the lens. Hence, the mirror should be placed at distance 45cm from the lens as shown in
figure.

58. In the figure, an air lens of radii of curvature 10cm  R1  R2  10cm  is cut in a cylinder of glass
 3
   . The focal length and the nature of the lens is
 2

1) 15 cm, concave 2) 15cm, convex 3) , neither concave nor convex

4) 0, concave
Sol : For air lens in glass, focal length of air lens,
1 1 1   2   1  1 
  g a  1       1        f  15 cm
f  R1 R2   3  10  10  
So, nature of lens is concave type.
Key :1
59. A thin symmetric double convex lens of power P is cut into three parts A, B and C as shown. The
power of

1) C is P 2) A is 2P 3) B is P/2 4) B is 3/2P
1
f 
Sol : Focal length of lens be P
P
focal length of A is f hence power is P but the focal length of B is 2f hence the power of B is .
2
Key :3
60. White light is incident on the interface of glass and air as shown in the figure. If green light is just
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 1) yellow, orange, red 2) violet, indigo, blue 3) all colours
4) all colours except green
1 1
Sol : Critical angle, sin C  ;  C  sin 1  
 
And as  decreases with increase in  yellow, orange, red have higher wavelength than green, so 
will be less for these rays, and so critical angle for these rays will be high, hence if green is just
totally internally reflected then yellow, orange and red rays will emerge out.
Key :1
61. Given a slab with index n=1.33 and incident light striking the top horizontal face at angle i as shown
in figure. The maximum value of i for which total internal reflection occurs is

1) sin 1  0.77  2) cos 1  0.77  3) sin 1  0.77  4) sin 1  0.38 

Sol : For TIR to take place,

90o  r   C or r  90o   C
sin i
From the relation, n  ; sin i  n sin r
sin r
Since, for TIR to take place r  90o   C
 i  sin 1 n sin r or i  sin 1 n cos C 

 1   1 
Or i  sin 1 n 1  2  or i  sin 1 1.33 1 
 n  2 
1.33 

or i  sin 1 0.77 

Key :1
62. A plane mirror is placed horizontally inside water    4 / 3 . A ray falls normally on it. Then mirror
is rotated through an angle  . The minimum value of  for which ray does not come out of the water
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  3 1 3 3
1)  / 4 2) sin 1   3) sin 1   4) 2sin 1  
 4 2 4 4
Sol : The reflected ray will rotate by angle 2 . For TIR to take place at water – air boundary
1 1 3
sin 2  sin  C or sin 2    sin 1  
 2 4
Key :3
63. A diverging beam of light from a point source S having divergence angle  , falls symmetrically on a
glass slab as shown in figure. The angles of incidence of the two extreme rays are equal. If the
thickness of the glass slab is t and the refractive index n, then the diverge angle of the emergent beam
is

1 1
1) zero 2)  3) sin 1 4) 2sin 1  
n n
Sol : Since rays after passing through the glass slab just suffer lateral displacement. So, angle between
emergent ray is also  .
Key :2
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64. The graph shows how the inverse of magnification produced by a convex thin lens varies with
m
object distance u. What was the focal length of the lens used?

b b bc c
1) 2) 3) 4)
c ca a b
1 1 1 uf v f
Sol :   ; v  or  m 
v u f u f u u f
1 1
    u 1
m  f 
1 b
Comparing this with equation of straight line, is the slope of line, which is .
f c
Key :1
65. A ray of light travels from an optically denser medium towards rarer medium. The critical angle for
the two media is C. The maximum possible angle of deviation of the ray is
 
1)  C 2)   2C 3) 2C 4)  C
2 2
Sol : When the ray passes into the rarer medium, the deviation is     0. This can have a maximum
 
value of    C
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For   C and  
2
When the total internal reflection occurs. The deviation is     2, the minimum value of  being C.
The maximum value of     2C .
Key :2
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66. When a ray is refracted from one medium to another, the wavelength changes from 6000 A to 4000 A
.The critical angle for the interface will be
2  2   2  2 
1) cos1   2) sin 1   3) sin 1   4) cos 1  
3  3  3  3
1   
Sol : As 1 2   2  1 
sin C 1 2 sinC
6000 1 2
   C  sin 1  
4000 sin C 3
Key : 3
67. A thin convergent glass lens   1.5 has a power of +5.0D. When this lens is immersed in a liquid of
refractive index l it acts as diverging lens of focal length 100cm. The value of l should be
3 4 5
1) 2) 3) 4) 2
2 3 3
Sol : When the lens in air, we have
1  g  a  1 1
Pa     
fa  a  R1 R2 
When the lens is in liquid, we have
1  g  l  1 1 
Pl    
fl l  R1 R2 
Given, Pa  5, Pl  1, a  1,  g  1.5
5
On solving, we get l 
3
Key :3
68. A convex lens of focal length f is placed some where in between an object and a screen. The distance
between object and screen is x. If numerical value of magnification produced by lens is m, focal
length of lens is
2 2

1)
mx
2)
mx
3)
 m  1
x 4)
 m  1
x
2 2
 m  1  m  1 m m
Sol : Here, x  u  v -------(i)
f f v
m 
f u f
Image is real, magnification is negative
f   m  1
m  u  f
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From m   v   m  1 f
f
 m  1 f  m  1 f
Put in Eq. (i) x   
m
mx
f  2
 m  1
Key :1
69. A transparent cube of 0.21m edge contains a small air bubble. Its apparent distance when viewed
through one face of the cube is 0.10m and when viewed from the opposite face is 0.04m. The actual
distance of the bubble from the second face of the cube is
1) 0.06 m 2) 0.17 m 3) 0.05 m 4) 0.04 m
real depth
Sol : Refractive index 
apparent depth

x 0.21  x
   0.21 0.04  x  0.04  0.10 x
0.04 0.10
0.21 0.04
x  0.06m
0.14
Key :1

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