Geometrical Optics

EXERCISE # (S-1)
HCV Worked out Examples (Chapter No. -18 – 1, 2, 3, 4)

1. A concave mirror of focal length 20 cm is cut into two parts from the middle and the two parts
are moved perpendicularly by a distance 1 mm from the previous principal axis AB. If an
object is placed of a distance of 10 cm from the mirror on the line AB then, find the distance
between the images formed by the two parts?
2. A thin rod of length d/3 is placed along the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length = d
such that its image, which is real and elongated, just touches the rod. Find the length of the
image?
3. A cube of side length 1 mm is placed on the axis of a concave mirror at a distance of 45 cm

from the pole as shown in the figure. One edge of the cube is parallel to the axis. The focal
length of the mirror is 30 cm. Find approximate volume of the image.
45 cm f = 30 cm
4. An experimentalist devises a method for finding the radius of curvature of a convex mirror. He
uses a plane mirror strip between the object and the convex mirror and adjusts it till the two
virtual images formed by reflection at both the mirrors coincide without parallax. In his
observations, the object distance from the convex mirror is 0.5 m while it is 0.30 m in front of
the plane mirror. Find the radius of curvature (in cm) of the convex mirror.
5. Consider a concave mirror kept at origin with focal length 40 cm. Parallel rays which subtend
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an angle = radian are incident on it. A convex mirror is kept at a distance 25 cm from the
40
first mirror as shown. Find the y-coordinate of the image (in cm) formed by the system of
mirrors after two reflections.
y
f=10cm
f=40cm

O x
25cm
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6. A large temple has a depression in one wall. On the floor plan it appears as a indentation
having spherical shape of radius 2.50 m. A worshiper stands on the center line of the
depression, 2.00 m out from its deepest point, and whispers a prayer. Where is the sound
concentrated after reflection from the back wall of the depression?
7. A rod of length  is moving with constant speed 1 m/s towards the pole of a concave mirror of
focal length . Find the rate of change in length of the image of the rod (m m/s) at the moment
centre of the rod coincides with the centre of curvature of the mirror.
A O B
HCV Exercises (Chapter No.18 – 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13)
HCV Worked out Examples (Chapter No.18 – 7, 8, 9, 11, 12)

8. In the given figure rays incident on an interface would converge 2 cm below the interface if
they continued to move in straight lines without bending. But due to refraction, the rays will
bend and meet somewhere else. Find the distance of meeting point of refracted rays below the
interface (in cm). (Assuming the rays to be making small angles with the normal to the
interface)
n1 = 1
n2 = 5/2
2cm
9. The x-y plane is the boundary between two transparent media. Medium-1 with z > 0 has
refractive index 2 and medium-2 with z < 0 has a refractive index 2 . A ray of light in
medium-1 given by the vector A  6 3 î  8 3 ˆj 10kˆ is incident on the plane of separation.
Find the unit vector in the direction of refracted ray in medium-2.
2 2
10. A beam of parallel rays of width b propagates in glass at an angle  to its plane face. The beam
width after it goes over to air through this face is _______ if the refractive index of glass is .
11. A convergent beam is incident on two slabs placed in contact as shown in figure. Where will
the rays finally converge from the interface of B and air ?
12. A point object is placed 33 cm from a convex mirror of curvature radius = 40 cm. A glass plate
of thickness 6 cm and index 2.0 is placed between the object and mirror, close to the mirror.
Find the distance of final image from the object?
HCV Exercises (Chapter No. 18 – 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
HCV Worked out Examples (Chapter No.18 – 5, 6, 10, 13, 14)

13. A room contains air in which the speed of sound is 340 m/s. The walls of the room are made of
concrete, in which the speed of sound is 1700 m/s.
(a) Find the critical angle for total internal reflection of sound at the concrete–air boundary.
(b) In which medium must the sound be traveling to undergo total internal reflection?
14. A thin plate of transparent plastic is embedded in a thick slab of glass. The index of refraction
of the glass is n = 1.50 ; the index of refraction of the plate changes as shown in the diagram. A
beam of light passes through glass and strikes the surface of the plastic plate. The maximum
angle of incidence max which enables the beam to pass through the plate. Find max.
n
glass plastic glass

1.50
1.40
1.30
1.20
15. A ray of light enters a diamond (n = 2) from air and is being internally reflected near the
bottom as shown in the figure. Find maximum value of angle  possible ?

135°
90°
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HCV Exercises (Chapter No. 18 – 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
HCV Worked out Examples (Chapter No.18 – 15, 16, 17, 18)
16. A small object of length 1 mm lies along the principal axis of a spherical glass of radius R = 10
cm and refractive index is 3/2. The object is seen from air along the principal axis from left.
The distance of object from the centre is 5 cm. Find the size of the image. Is real, inverted ?
P Q
17. A narrow parallel beam of light is incident on a transparent sphere of refractive index 'n'. If the
beam finally gets focussed at a point situated at a distance = 2×(radius of sphere) from the
centre of the sphere, then find n?
18. A transparent sphere of radius R = 2.0 m has a mirrored surface on its right half as shown in
figure. A light ray travelling in air is incident on the left side of the sphere. The incident light
ray
(1) & exiting light ray
(2) are parallel & separated by distance d = 2.0 m. Then find the refractive index of the
material.
(Take : sin15°= 0.25)
(1)
" "
d = 2.0 "
(2)
" "
HCV Exercises (Chapter No. 18 – 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47)
HCV Worked out Examples (Chapter No.18 – 19 to 28)
19. A converging beam of rays is incident on a diverging lens. Having passed through the lens the
rays intersect at a point 15 cm from the lens. If the lens is removed, the point where the rays
meet will move 5cm closer to the mounting that holds the lens. Find the focal length (in cm) of
the lens without sign.
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20. A lens is placed at origin, with x-axis as its principal axis. A ray of light is incident on it from
x
the negative side of x-axis along the line y   0.1 , where x, y are in cm. Focal length of
400
lens is 20 cm. Find the equation of the ray after passing the lens.
21. The rays of a converging beam meet at a point A. A diverging lens is placed in their path in the
plane B. Plot the position of the point where the rays meet after passing through the lens. The
position of the principal foci F1, F2 is known.
F2
P
F1
A
B
22. A converging bundle of light rays in the shape of a cone with the semi–vertex angle of 37° falls
on a circular diaphragm of 14 cm diameter. A lens with a focal power of 25/3 diopter is fixed in
diaphragm. What will be the new semi vertex angle of cone (in degree)
23. A thin converging lens L1 forms a real image of an object located far away from the lens as
shown in the figure. The image is located at a distance 4l and has height h. A diverging lens of
focal length l is placed 2l from lens L1 at A. Another converging lens of focal length 2l is
placed 3l from lens L1 at B. Find the height of final image thus formed?
A B h
O l 2l 3l 4l
1
24. There is a hole in middle of a thin converging lens whose radius is × radius of the lens. The
2
lens has a focal length of 4 cm. A point object is kept 9 cm from a screen and this lens is kept in
between. It is seen that there is a single circular illuminated spot on the wall with a sharp edge
(as seen in figure). What is the distance of the lens from the object (in cm)? Consider the case
when the rays after refraction from the lens are converging in nature.
r
r/2 S
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25. Plane surface of a thin plano convex lens reflects 50% of light, while the curved surface is
completely transparent, if final image of ‘O’ after refraction through thin lens coincides with
the image formed due to partial reflection from plane surface. If distance between O and lens is
x (in m) then find the value of x/4. (Given = 3/2)
ROC = 300cm
air air
26. A plano convex lens (= 1.5) has a maximum thickness of 1 mm. If diameter of its aperture is
4 cm. Find
(i) Radius of curvature of curved surface;
(ii) Its focal length in air.
27. A point source of light is kept at a distance of 15 cm from a converging lens, on its optical axis.
The focal length of the lens is 10 cm and its diameter is 3 cm. A screen is placed on the other
side of the lens, perpendicular to the axis of lens, at a distance 20 cm from it. Then find the area
of the illuminated part of the screen?
28. A parallel paraxial beam of light is incident on the arrangement as shown µ A = 3/2, µB = 4/3,
the two spherical surfaces are very close and each has radius of curvature 10 cm. Find the point
where the rays are focussed. (w.r.t. point of entry)
10cm
B = 4/3
A
=3/2
29. A flint glass convex lens of focal length 16 cm is placed in contact with crown glass lens. The
refractive indices of crown glass for violet and red colour are v = 1.525, r = 1.515 and for
flint glass v' = 1.655 and r' = 1.645.
(a) Find the nature and focal length of the crown glass lens which will form an achromatic
combination with the flint glass lens.
(b) What is the focal length of the combination?
HCV Exercises (Chapter No. 18 – 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70,
71, 72, 73)
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EXERCISE # (S-2)
1. A light ray parallel to the x-axis strikes the outer reflecting surface of a sphere at a point
(2, 2, 0). Its center is at the point (0, 0, –1). The unit vector along the direction of the reflected
yz
rays is xiˆ  yiˆ  zkˆ . Find the value of 2
x
2. A point object is placed at the centre of curvature of a concave mirror (taken as origin). A plane
mirror is also placed at a distance of 10 cm from the object as shown. Consider two reflection
first at plane mirror and then at concave mirror (x0, y0).
x 0
Find the coordinates of the image thus formed are.
y0
y
91°
x
O
20cm
3. Find the co-ordinates of image of point object P formed after two successive reflection in
situation as shown in figure considering first reflection at concave mirror and then at convex.
y f2=20cm
f1=15cm
P P2
O 2mm
P1
20cm
M2
M1
50cm
4. A ray of light travelling in air is incident at grazing angle (incident angle = 90°) on a long
rectangular slab of a transparent medium of thickness t = 1.0 (see figure). The point of
incidence is the origin A(O, O). The medium has a variable index of refraction n(y) given by :
n (y) = [ky3/2 + 1]1/2, where k=1.0 m–3/2. The refractive index of air is 1.0.
y
AIR P(x1, y1)
t = 1m
B(x,y)
Medium x
(0,0) Air
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(i) Obtain a relation between the slope (dy/dx) of the trajectory of the ray at a point B (x, y)
in the medium and the incident angle (i) at that point.
(ii) Find the value of n sin i.
(iii) Obtain an equation for the trajectory y (x) of the ray in the medium.
(iv) Determine the coordinates (x1, y1) of the point P, where the ray the ray intersects the
upper surface of the slab-air boundary.
(v) Indicate the path of the ray subsequently.
5. A narrow beam of light passing through the hemisphere of material with refractive index n,
intersects at point O. Where does the beam converge (i.e. y in cm) if beam were to travel in the
opposite direction as shown in figure (b)? The value of x is given to be 10 cm. Radius of the
hemisphere is also10 cm.
(a) O (b)
x y
6. A light beam of diameter 3 R is incident symmetrically on a glass hemisphere of radius R
and of refractive index n = 3 . Find the radius of the beam at the base of hemisphere
3 R
air
n=
3
7. A surveyor on one bank of canal observes the images of the 4 inch mark and 17 ft mark on a
vertical staff, which is partially immersed in the water and held against the bank directly
opposite to him. He see that reflected and refracted rays come from the same point which is the
centre of the canal. If the 17 ft mark and the surveyor’s eye are both 6ft above the water level,
estimate the width of the canal, assuming that the refractive index of the water is 4/3. Zero
mark is at the bottom of the canal.
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8. A hollow sphere of glass of R.I. n has a small mark M on its interior surface which is observed
by an observer O from a point outside the sphere. C is centre of the sphere. The inner cavity
(air) is concentric with the external surface and thickness of the glass is every where equal to
the radius of the inner surface. Find the distance by which the mark will appear nearer than it
really is in terms of n and R assuming paraxial rays.
C M
O
air
glass
2R
4R
9. A parallel beam of light falls normally on the first face of a prism of small angle. At the second
face it is partly transmitted and partly reflected, the reflected beam striking at the first face
again, and emerging from it in a direction making an angle 6°30' with the reversed direction of
the incident beam. The refracted beam is found to have undergone a deviation of 1°15' from the
original direction. Find the refractive index of the glass and the angle of the prism.
10. A composite slab consisting of different media is placed infront of a concave mirror of radius
of curvature 150 cm. The whole arrangement is placed in water. An object O is placed at a
distance 20cm from the slab. The R.I. of different media are given in the diagram. Find the
position of the final image formed by the system.

R = 150cm
=4/3 =1.5 =1.0 =1.5 =4/3

x
O
20cm
45cm 24cm 54cm 10cm
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11. The rectangular box shown is the place of lens. By looking at the ray diagram, answer the
following questions :
(1) I
Ray (1) (2)
O
axis
Ray (2)
X X
Y
(i) If X is 5 cm then what is the focal length of the lens ?
(ii) If the point O is 1 cm above the axis then what is the position of the image? Consider
the optical center of the lens to be the origin.
12. A luminous point P is inside a circle. A ray enters from P and after two reflections by the circle,
return to P. If  be the angle of incidence, a the distance of P from the centre of the circle and b
the distance of the centre from the point where the ray in its course crosses the diameter
ab
through P, prove that tan 
ab
13. A parallel beam of light of diameter 4 cm falls on a thin convex lens of focal length 40 cm and
then on a thin convex lens of focal length 10 cm as shown in figure (a). In figure (b) the second
lens is an equiconcave lens of focal length 10 cm. In both the cases, the second lens has an
aperture equal to 1cm and µ = 1.5. Compare the area illuminated by the beam of light on the
screen, which passes through the second lens in the two cases.
f = 40 f = 40
f = 10 f = 10
Screen
Screen
4cm
4cm
50cm 40cm 50cm 40cm
Figure (a) Figure (b)
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14. A convex lens of focal length 15 cm and a concave mirror
A
of focal 30cm are kept with their optic axes PQ and RS
1.2 cm
parallel but separated in vertical direction by 0.6 cm as P B Q
shown. The distance between the lens and mirror is 30 cm. R 0.6 cm
S
An upright object AB of height 1.2 cm is placed on the
optic axis PQ of the lens at a distance of 20 cm from the 20cm
30cm
lens. If A' B' is the image after refraction from the lens and
reflection from the mirror, find the distance of A'B' from the pole of the mirror and obtain its
magnification. Also locate positions of A' and B' with respect to the optic axis RS.
15. An observer holds in front of himself a thin symmetrical converging lens; a is the numerical
value of the radius of curvature of each face. He sees two images of his eyes, one erect and the
other inverted. Explain the formation of these images and assuming the refractive index of
glass to be 1.50, prove that he will see two erect images if the distance of the lens is less than
0.25a.
16. A point source of light is placed 60 cm away from screen. Intensity detected at point P is I.
Now a diverging lens of focal length 20 cm is placed 20 cm away from S between S and P. The
lens transmits 75% of light incident on it. Find the new value of intensity at P.
20 cm
P
S
60cm
17. Two rays travelling parallel to the principal axis strike a large plano-convex lens having a
refractive index of 1.60. If the convex face is spherical, a ray near the edge does not pass
through the focal point (spherical aberration occurs). If this face has a radius of curvature of
magnitude 20.0 cm and the two rays are h1 = 0.500 cm and h2 = 12.0 cm from the principal
axis, find the difference in the positions where they cross the principal axis.
C x
R
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18. Water level in the tank is decreasing at a constant rate of 1 cm/s. A small metal sphere is
moving downwards with a constant velocity 5 cm/s. Base of the tank is a concave mirror of
radius 40 cm. Find the velocity of the image seen [ Take aw = 4/3].
(a) directly
(b) after reflection at the mirror
1 cm/s
10 cm/s
R = 40cm
19. A man places his eye parallel to rim of a cylinder. When the cylinder is empty, the man cannot
see anything inside the cylinder. Now, the cylinder is filled by two immiscible liquids to the
top. Both the liquid layers have the same width. Now from the same position, the observer can
just see the base of the cylinder. The upper layer has refractive index 2 . If the height of the
cylinder is 2H and the diameter of the base is 3H then find out the refractive index of the lower
layer.
20. A large glass cube (n = 1.5) has a small air bubble below one surface. When a rupee coin
(diameter 2 cm) is placed directly over the bubble on the outside of the cube, the bubble cannot
be seen by looking down into the cube at any angle. However when a 50 paise coin
(diameter 1.5 cm) is placed directly over it, the bubble can be seen by the looking down into the
cube. What is the range of the possible depths d of the air bubble beneath the surface ?
d
O
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21. The refractive indices of the crown glass for violet and red lights are 1.51 and 1.49 respectively
and those of the flint glass are 1.77 and 1.73 respectively. A prism of angle 6° is made of crown
glass. A beam of white light is incident at a small angle on this prism. The other thin flint glass
prism is combined with the crown glass prism such that the net mean
Crown glass
deviation is 1.5° anticlockwise.
(i) Determine the angle of the flint glass prism.
(ii) A screen is placed normal to the emerging beam at a distance Flint glass
of 2m from the prism combination. Find the distance between

red and violet spot on the screen. Which is the top most colour
on screen. 2m
22. A prism of refractive index n1 & another prism of refractive index n2 are stuck together without
a gap as shown in the figure. The angles of the prisms are as shown. n1 & n2 depend on , the
10.8 10 4 1.80 10 4
wavelength of light according to n1 = 1.20  & n2 = 1.45  where  is in nm.
2 2
D
C
70°
n2
20
n1 °
60° 40°
A B
(i) Calculate the wavelength 0 for which rays incident at any angle on the interface BC
pass through without bending at that interface.
(ii) For light of wavelength 0, find the angle of incidence i on the face AC such that the
deviation produced by the combination of prisms is minimum.
23. Two rays are incident on a spherical mirror or radius of R = 5 cm parallel to its optical axis at
the distance h1 = 0.5 cm and h2 = 3 cm. Determine the distance x between the point at which
these rays intersect the optical axis after being reflected at the mirror.
24. Two spherical mirrors, one convex and the other concave, each of same radius of curvature R
are arranged coaxially at a distance of 2R from each other as shown in figure. A small circle of
radius a is drawn on the convex mirror. What is the radii of first three images of the circle.
2R
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25. The figure shows a very long circular cylinder of radius R made of glass µ g= 3/2 fixed to the
horizontal surface. The space between the cylinder and a vertical wall (plane mirror) is filled
with water of refractive index µw = 4/3, as shown in figure
.
Matter
Cylinder
C
R
2R 4R
Find the positions of the final image formed of an object O placed on the horizontal axis
passing through the centre of mass C of the cylinder as shown in figure. Express you answer
with respect to centre C of the cylinder. Consider only paraxial rays lying in the vertical plane
containing the point O and C.
26. An equilateral prism ABC is placed in air with its base side C lying horizontally along X-axis
as shown in the figure. A ray given by 3 z + x = 10 is incident at a point P on face AB of

prism
z A
B 60°
(0,0,0) C
y
(a) Find the value of µ for which the ray grazes the faces AC.
(b) Find direction of the finally refracted ray if  = 3/2.
(c) Find the equation of ray coming out of prism if bottom BC is silvered ?
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EXERCISE # (O-1)
1. Each of these diagrams is supposed to show two different rays being reflected from the same
point on the same mirror. Which option is correct.
(I) (II) (III)
(A) Only I (B) Only II (C) Only III (D) All
2. Figure shows a small concave mirror with CP as its principal axis. A ray XY is incident on the
mirror. Which of the four rays can be the reflected ray.
4
3 Y
2
C F P
1
X
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
3. A ray of light is incident on a concave mirror. It is parallel to the principal axis and its height
from principal axis is equal to the focal length of the mirror. The ratio of the distance of point B
to the distance of the focus from the centre of curvature is (AB is the reflected ray)
A
f
2 3 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 2 3 2
4. The distance of an object from a spherical mirror is equal to the focal length of the mirror. Then
the image:
(A) must be at infinity (B) may be at infinity
(C) may be at the focus (D) none
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5. AB is a boundary separating two media of different refractive
indices. A ray is incident on the boundary is partially reflected and (3)
partially transmitted.
Choose the CORRECT statement. A B
(A) 3 is incident ray and 1 is refracted ray

(1) (2)
(B) 2 is incident ray and 1 is partially reflected ray
(C) 1 is incident ray and 3 is refracted ray
(D) 3 is incident ray and 2 is partially reflected ray
6. Statement:1 You see a geostationary satellite above the horizon. You desire to communicate
with the satellite by sending a beam of laser light. You should aim your laser slightly higher
than the line of sight of the satellite.
Statement:2 Light bends away from the normal while moving from denser to rarer medium.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for
statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
7. As light from the sun enters the atmosphere, it refracts due to the small difference between the
speeds of light in air and in vacuum. The optical length of the day is defined as the time interval
between the instant when the top of the sun is just visibly observed above the horizon to the
instant at which the top of the sun just disappears below the horizon. The geometric length of
the day is defined as the time interval between the instant when a geometric straight line drawn
from the observer to the top of the sun just clears the horizon to the instant at which this line
just dips below the horizon?
(A) The optical length of a day is longer than geometrical length.
(B) The geometric length of the day is longer than optical length
(C) Optical length and geometrical length of day are equal.
(D) Cannot be determined.
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8. A ray of light travelling in a medium of refractive index  is incident at an angle  on a
composite transparent plate consisting of 50 plates of R.I. 1.01  , 1.02  , 1.03  , ........, 1.50
 . The ray emerges from the composite plate into a medium of refractive index 1.6  at angle
'x' . Then :
50
 1.01  5
(A) sin x    sin  (B) sin x  sin 
 1.5  8
50
8  1.5 
(C) sin x  sin  (D) sin x    sin 
5  1.01 
9. A ray R1 is incident on the plane surface of the glass slab (kept in air) of refractive index 2 at
an angle of incidence equal to the critical angle for this air glass system. The refracted ray R 2
undergoes partial reflection and refraction at the other surface. The angle between reflected ray
R3 and the refracted ray R4 at that surface is :
R1
R2
R3
R4
(A) 45° (B) 135° (C) 105° (D) 75°
10. What is the length of the image of the rod in mirror, according to the observer in air?
(refractive index of the liquid is )
L L
(A) L  L (B) L  (C) L  (D) None of these
 
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11. A pendulum of length is free to oscillate in vertical plane about point O in a medium of
refractive index . An observer in air is viewing the bob of the pendulum directly from above.
The pendulum is performing small oscillations about its equilibrium position. The equation of
trajectory of bob as seen by observer is:
O x-axis
 
y-axis
2
x2  y 
2
x2 y2  
2
(A) x + y =2 2
(B)  2  1 (C) 2     1 (D) x  y   
2 2
( / ) 2
 / 
12. When a pin is moved along the principal axis of a small concave mirror, the image position
coincides with the object at a point 0.5 m from the mirror, refer figure. If the mirror is placed at
a depth of 0.2 m in a transparent liquid, the same phenomenon occurs when the pin is placed
0.4 m from the mirror. The refractive index of the liquid is
(A) 6/5 (B) 5/4 (C) 4/3 (D) 3/2
13. A fish floats in liquid with its eye at the centre of an opaque walled full tank
of liquid of circular cross section. When the fish look upwards, it can see a
fish-eye view of the surrounding scene i.e. it is able to view the entire space d
above the liquid surface. The diameter of the tank is 30 cm, and the critical
angle for liquid is 37°. At what maximum depth below the surface of the
 3
liquid, d, must the fish be floating?  sin 370  
 5
(A) 16 cm (B) 20 cm (C) 11.25 cm (D) 25 cm
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14. Statement-1: A point source of light is placed inside water. A light detector present out side, in
air can detect light only in a conical region, with the apex at the source and circumscribing the
circle of illuminance.
Statement-2: Ray incident from denser to rarer medium undergoes total internal reflection
when the angle of incidence become more than the critical angle, this situation create a circular
region from which light escapes and is called circle of illuminance.
statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1.
15. A glass slab of width ‘t’, refractive index ‘’ is placed as


shown in the figure. If the point object, moves with a speed 2 O 2cm/s
cm/s towards the slab the speed observered will be
(A) 2 cm/s
t
(B) less than 2 cm/s
(C) greater than 2 cm/s
(D) dependent on the refractive index of surrounding medium
16. The optical density of turpentine is higher than that of water while its mass density is lower.
Figure shows a layer of turpentine floating over water in a container. For which one of the four
rays incident on turpentine in figure, the path shown is CORRECT ?
2 3 4
1
Air
Turpentine
Water
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17. An isosceles glass prism having refractive index  has one of its faces coated with silver. A ray
of light is incident normally on the other face (which is equal to the silvered face). The ray of
light is reflected twice on the same sized faces and then emerges through the base of the prism
perpendicularly. The angles of prism are
(A) 40°, 70°, 70° (B) 50°, 65°, 65° (C) 36°, 72°, 72° (D) data insufficient
18. In the diagram shown below, a point source O is placed vertically below the center of a circular
plane mirror. The light rays starting from the source are reflected from the mirror such that a
circular area A on the ground receives light. Now, a glass slab is placed between the mirror and
the source O. What will the magnitude of the new area on the ground receiving light?
Circular plane mirror Circular plane mirror
O O
(A) A
(B) Greater than A
(C) Less than A
(D) Cannot tell, as the information given is insufficient
19. Figure shows graph of deviation  versus angle of incidence for a light ray striking a prism.
Angle of prism is

30°
15° 60°
(A) 30º (B) 45º (C) 60º (D) 75º
20. A given ray of light suffers minimum deviation in an equilateral prism P. If refractive index
increases slightly then the ray will now suffer
(A) greater deviation (B) no deviation
(C) same deviation as before (D) total internal reflection
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21. The curve of angle of incidence versus angle of deviation shown has 
been plotted for prism. The value of refractive index of the prism used 70°
is : 60°
(A) 3 (B) 2
i
40° 60° i1
3 2
(C) (D)
2 3
22. A beam of monochromatic light is incident at i = 50° on one face of an equilateral prism, the
angle of emergence is 40°, then the angle of minimum deviation is :
(A) 30° (B) < 30° (C)  30° (D)  30°
23. A ray incident at an angle 53° on a prism emerges at an angle 37° as shown. If the angle of
incidence is made 50°, which of the following is a possible value of the angle of emergence?
53° 37°
(A) 35° (B) 42° (C) 40° (D) 38°
24. Statement-1: When light falls on a sphere made of diamond total internal reflection takes place
which makes it shine more than a similar sphere made of common glass.
Statement-2: Refractive index for diamond is more than refractive index of cheap glass.
statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation
forstatement-1.
25. A light ray strikes a hexagonal ice crystal floating in the air as shown in the figure. The correct
path of ray may be ?
(A)
(B)
Incoming ray
(C)
(D)
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26. A light ray is incident on a transparent sphere of index = 2 , at an angle of incidence = 45°.
What is the deviation of a tiny fraction of the ray, which enters the sphere, undergoes two
internal reflections and then refracts out into air ?
(A) 270° (B) 240° (C) 120° (D) 180°
27. A beam of diameter ‘d’ is incident on a glass hemisphere as shown. If the radius of curvature of
the hemisphere is very large in comparison to d, then the diameter of the beam at the base of
the hemisphere will be
3 d 2
(A) d (B) d (C) (D) d
4 3 3
28. An air bubble is inside water. The refractive index of water is 4/3. At what distance from the air
bubble should a point object be placed so as to form a real image at the same distance from the
bubble:
(A) 2R (B) 3R
(C) 4R (D) The air bubble cannot form a real image
29. In a converging lens of focal length f, the distance between real

x1 x2
object and its real image is 4f. If the object moves x1 distance
y1 O y2 I
towards lens its image moves x2 distance away from the lens and
4f
when object moves y1 distance away from the lens its image moves
y2 distance towards the lens, then choose the correct option :
(A) x1 > x2 and y1 > y2
(B) x1 < x2 and y1 < y2
(C) x1 < x2 and y1 > y2
(D) x1 > x2 and y2 > y1
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30. A point object is placed on the principal axis of a converging lens and its image (I 1) is formed
on its principal axis. If the lens is rotated by an small angle  about its optical centre such that
its principal axis also rotates by the same amount then the image
(I2) of the same object is formed at point P. Choose the correct
option.
(A) Point P lies on the new principal axis.
(B) Point P lies on the old principal axis.
(C) Point P is anywhere between the two principal axes
(D) None of these
31. The two lenses shown are illuminated by a beam of parallel light from the left. Lens B is then
moved slowly toward lens A. The beam emerging from
lens B is :
(A) Initially parallel and then diverging
(B) Always diverging
(C) Initially converging and finally parallel
(D) Always parallel
32. A point object O moves from the principal axis of a converging lens in a direction OP. I the
image of O, will move initially in the direction:
P R
Q
I
O
S
U T
(A) IQ (B) IR (C) IS (D) IU
33. When the object is at distances u1 and u2 the images formed by the same lens are real and
virtual respectively and of the same size. Then focal length of the lens is :
1 u1  u 2
(A) u1 u 2 (B) (C) u1 u 2 (D) (u1  u 2 )
2 2
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34. 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
(A) convergent lens of focal length 3.5R
(B) convergent lens of focal length 3.0 R.
(C) divergent lens of focal length 3.5 R
(D) divergent lens of focal length 3.0 R
35. A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue and is incident on a right angled prism. The
refractive index of the material of the prism for the above red, green and blue wavelengths are
1.39, 1.44 and 1.47 respectively. The prism will
45°
(A) separate part of the red color from the green and blue colors
(B) separate part of the blue color from the red and green colors
(C) separate all the three colors from the other two colors
(D) not separate even partially, any colors from the other two colors
36. A prism of angle 3º is made of glass having refractive index 1.64. Two thin prisms made of
glass having refractive index 1.48 are intended to be coupled with the former prism to yield a
combination without an average deviation. Which of the following angles cannot correspond to
the two prism?
(A) 2º and 2º (B) 1.5º and 2.5º (C) 6º and 2º (D) 5.5º and 3.5º
37. Two thin prisms of flint glass, with refracting angles of 6º and 8º respectively, possess
dispersive powers in the ratio :
(A) 4 : 3 (B) 3 : 4 (C) 1 : 1 (D) 9 : 16
38. It is desired to make an achromatic combination of two lenses (L1 & L2) made of materials
having dispersive powers 1 and 2 (<1). If the combination of lenses is converging then
(A) L1 is converging
(B) L2 is converging
(C) Power of L1 is greater than the power of L2
(D) None of these
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EXERCISE # (O-2)
1. In which of the following diagrams the image formed is virtual and inverted ?
(A) (B) C
(C) C
(D) None of these
2. An infinitely long rod lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f. The near end of
the rod is at distance u > f from the mirror. Its image will have a length
uf uf f2 f2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
u f uf uf u f
3. A short linear object of length b lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f, at a
distance u from the mirror. The size of the image is approximately
 u f   f   u f 
1/2 2
 f 
(A) b   (B) b   (C) b   (D) b  
 f   u f   f   u f 
4. The table below lists object and image positions for four objects placed in front of mirrors,
using Cartesian sign convention with pole of the mirror as origin. In the following cases, the
case in which images is formed by a convex spherical mirror, is :
Object Position Image Position

(A) – 25.0 cm –16.7 cm
(B) – 5.0 cm 10.0 cm
(C) – 20.0 cm 5.71 cm
(D) – 40.0 cm 80.0 cm
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5. The graph shows the variation of v with change in u for a mirror. Points plotted above the point
P on the curve are for values of v
v
45º
u
(A) smaller than f (B) smaller than 2f (C) larger than 2f (D) larger than f
6. Which of the following graphs is the magnification of a real image against the distance of
object from the focus of a concave mirror?
m m m m
(A) (B) (C) (D)

x x x
x
7. An object is moving with constant speed v0, towards a concave mirror along its principal axis,
from a distance 4f0 as shown, where f0 is the focal length of mirror. The correct graph of speed
of image (vi) with time(t) is
object
v0 P.A.
4f0
focal length =f 0
vi vi vi vi
v0
v0 v0 v0 9
(A) 9 (B) 9 (C) 9 (D)
t t t t
f0 2f0 3f0 f0 2f0 3f0 f0 2f0 3f0 2f0
v v v v v v v v v v
8. A point source of light is 60 cm from a screen and is kept at the focus of a concave mirror
which reflects light on the screen. The focal length of the mirror is 20 cm. The ratio of average
intensities of the illumination on the screen when the mirror is present and when the mirror is
removed is :
(A) 36 : 1 (B) 37 : 1 (C) 49 : 1 (D) 10:1
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9. A bird is flying 3 m above the surface of water. If the bird is diving vertically down with
speed = 6 m/s, his apparent velocity as seen by a stationary fish underwater is :
(A) 8 m/s (B) 6 m/s (C) 12 m/s (D) 4 m/s
10. A ray of light travelling in air is incident almost along y-axis on medium y
of variable refractive index at the origin. The refractive index of the
medium changes according to the relation µ = 1 + x2. What is the light ray
x
vector at the point where the x coordinate becomes equal to 1 ?
Ray
 3 ˆ  1 ˆ 1  3 ˆ
(A)   i    j (B)   î    j
  2
2 2 2
 
 1   1 ˆ
(C)   î   j (D) None of these
2  2 
11. A quality control engineer working at the Davinci Glass Company has invented a new method
to measure the thickness of glass panes. By directing a laser beam at an incident angle of 45°
w.r.t. the glass, he notices that not one but two parallel beams are reflected. He measures the
distance between the reflected beams with an automated camera system, as shown. (The
camera is pointed directly at the reflected beams). Assuming that the index of refraction of
glass is 2 , and the distance between the reflected beams is measured to be 1 mm, how thick
is the glass ?
Camera
Laser Beam
45°
Glass
Laser
1 2 3
(A) mm (B) mm (C) mm (D) None of these
6 3 2
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12. The observer at O views two closely spaced spots on a vertical wall through an angled glass
slab as shown. As seen by observer, the spots appear.
(A) shifted upward (B) shifted downward

(C) spaced farther apart (D) spaced closer together
13. A ray of light strikes a cubical slab surrounded by air as shown in the figure. Then the
geometrical path length traversed by the light in the slab will be :
 3 3
(A) 2 3 m (B) 2m (C) 6m (D)    m
 2 2
14. 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 A
(A) Emerge at an angle of emergence sin 1  sec
2 2 
(B) Not emerge out of the prism
1 A
(C) Emerge at an angle of emergence sin 1  sec
2 4 
(D) None of these
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15. A thin isosceles prism with angle 4° and refractive index 5/4 is placed inside a transparent tube
with liquid (refractive index = 1.5) as shown. The deviation of light due to prism will be
(A) 0.8° upward (B) 0.8° downward (C) 0.67° upward (D) 0.67° downward
16. In the arrangement shown, separation between observer and object as seen by observer is
R=20 cm R=30 cm R=40 cm R=50 cm
1 5  5 4
O
20cm 10cm 10cm 10cm 10cm
(A) 60 cm (B) more than 60 cm (C) less than 60 cm (D) depends on 
17. Choose the incorrect ray diagram(s). All the rays shown are paraxial.
[ denotes converging lens and denotes diverging lens]
f0
f0
O f
(A) 2f (B) I
f
Meet at Infinity
L1
Optical axis of L1
(C) F O (D) O
I
f Optical axis of L2
L2
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18. Choose incorrect ray diagram [ denotes converging lens and denotes diverging lens] All
symbols have their usual meaning and all the rays shown are paraxial. (focal length of each lens
is F)
O O
(A) (B)
F F
I I
2F
O
F
(C) F (D)
Meet at In?nity
19. A point object is located 30 cm in front of a camera lens of aperture diameter 6 cm. The image
is focussed on the film plate. If the film plate is moved back 10 cm the width of the image blurs
to 1cm wide. Find the focal length of the lens.
(A) 20 cm (B) 10 cm (C) 30 cm (D) 40 cm
20. Look at the ray diagram shown, what will be the focal length of the 1 st and the 2nd lens, if the
incident light ray passes without any deviation ?
(A) –5 cm and +10 cm (B) +5cm and +10cm

(C) –5cm and +5cm (D) +5cm and – 5cm
21. A light ray hits the pole of a thin biconvex lens as shown in figure. The angle made by the
emergent ray with the optic axis will be nearly
(A) 0° (B) (1/3)° (C) (2/3)° (D) 2°
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22. In the given situation object and plane mirror are fixed while the lens is performing SHM
perpendicular to principle axis with an amplitude 4mm. At mean position of the lens the object
lies on the principal axis. Distance between two extreme positions of image formed by mirror is
(consider paraxial light rays)
f=20cm
O
30cm 50cm
(A) 1.2 cm (B) 2.4 cm (C) 0.8 cm (D) can not be determined
23. A point object O is placed at a distance of 20 cm in front of a equi-convex lens (g = 1.5) of
focal length 10 cm . The lens is placed on a liquid of refractive index 2 as shown. Image will
be formed at a distance h from lens. The value of h is
O
20 cm
 =2
(A) 5 cm (B) 10 cm (C) 20 cm (D) 40 cm
24. Consider a common mirage formed by super-heated air just above a roadway. A truck driver is
in a medium of  = 1.000 3 looks forward. He perceives the illusion of a patch of water ahead
on the road, where his line of sight makes an angle of 1.20° below the horizontal. Find the
index of refraction of the air just above the road surface. Take Cos(1.20°) = 0.99978. (Hint:
Treat this as a problem in total internal reflection).
(A) 1.00006 (B) 1.0001 (C) 1.00008 (D) None of these
25. A thin lens with focal length f is to be used as a magnifying glass. Which of the following
statements regarding the situation is true?
(A) A converging lens may be used, and the object be placed at a distance greater than 2f from
the lens.
(B) A diverging lens may be used, and the object be placed between f and 2f from the lens.
(C) A converging lens may be used, and the object be placed at a distance less than f from the
lens.
(D) A diverging lens may be used, and the object be placed at any point other than the focal
point.
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MULTIPLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS
26. An object AB is placed parallel and close to the optical axis between focus F and centre of
curvature C of a converging mirror of focal length f as shown in figure.
A B
C F
(A) Image of A will be closer than that of B from the mirror.

(B) Image of AB will be parallel to the optical axis.
(C) Length of image is equal to AB.
(D) Length of image is more than AB.
27. In the figure shown consider the first reflection at the plane mirror and second at the convex
mirror. AB is object.
V
A B
10cm 10cm
120cm
50cm
(A) the second image is real, inverted of 1/5th magnification w.r.t AB

(B) the second image is virtual and erect with magnification 1/5 w.r.t AB
(C) the second image moves towards the convex mirror
(D) the second image moves away from the convex mirror.
28. A fish, F in the pond, is at a depth of 0.8 m from water surface and is moving vertically
upwards with velocity 2 ms–1. At the same instant, a bird B is at a height of 6m from water
surface and is moving downwards with velocity 3 ms–1. At this instant both are on the same
vertical lines as shown in the figure. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
B
6m
3 ms–1
Air
Water
0.8m 2 ms–1
( = 4/3)
F
(A) Height of B, observed by F (from itself) is equal to 8.00 m.
(B) Depth of F, observed by B (from itself) is equal to 6.60 m.
(C) Velocity of B, observed by F (relative to itself) is equal to 5.00 ms –1.
(D) Velocity of F, observed by B (relative to itself) if equal to 4.50 ms –1.
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29. For the system as shown in the figure, the image formed by the concave mirror.
u
2u
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n=3/2
\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
u
x
O
\ \\\\
\\\
(A) will have speed greater than the speed of the object.
(B) will move in the direction of motion of the mirror.
(C) will have speed greater than the speed of the mirror.
(D) moves away from the mirror.
30. The nature of object and image given with each of the optical condition is shown. Choose the
correct option(s)
I O
(A) Virtual image Virtual object
/////////////////////
(B) Virtual image I OReal object

////////////////
(C) Real object O I Virtual image

////
///////
O I
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(D) Real object Virtual image

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31. A glass prism is immersed in a hypothetical liquid. The curves showing the refractive index n
as a function of wavelength  for glass and liquid are as shown in the figure. When a ray of
white light is incident on the prism parallel to the base :
n Liquid
Glass
O yellow 
(A) yellow ray travels without deviation (B) blue ray is deviated towards the vertex
(C) red ray is deviated towards the base (D) there is no dispersion
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32. The figure shows a ray incident at an angle i = /3. If the plot drawn shows the variation of | r –
1
i | versus  k , (r = angle of refraction)
2
2
1 r–i|
2 1
i
k
k1 k2
2 
(A) the value of k1 is (B) the value of 1 
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
(C) the value of 2  (D) the value of k2 is 1
3
33. For the refraction of light through a prism
(A) For every angle of deviation there are two angles of incidence.
(B) The light travelling inside an equilateral prism is necessarily parallel to the base when
prism is set for minimum deviation.
(C) There are two angles of incidence for maximum deviation.
(D) Angle of minimum deviation will increase if refractive index of prism is increased keeping
the outside medium unchanged if P > S
34. A cubic container is filled with a liquid whose refractive index increases linearly from top to
bottom. Which of the following figures may represent the path of a ray of light inside the
liquid?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
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35. Following are graphs of angle of deviation versus angle of incidence

 
(a) (b) (c)

i
i< C i i
Based on the above graphs mark the correct options
(A) Graph-a may be a part of the graph for ray of light that is incident on rarer medium.
(B) Graph-b may be for ray of light that is incident on rarer medium.
(C) Graph-c may be a part of the graph for ray of light that is incident on denser medium.
(D) Graph-b may be a part of the graph for ray of light that is reflected from a plane mirror
36. In the figure shown a point object O is placed in air on the principal axis. The radius of
curvature of the spherical surface is 60 cm. If is the final image formed after all the refractions
and reflections.
ng = 3/2
d1
d2
(A) If d1 = 120 cm, then the ‘I f’ is formed on ‘O’ for any value of d2.
(B) If d1 = 240 cm, then the ‘I f’ is formed on ‘O’ only if d2 = 360 cm.
(C) If d1 = 240 cm, then the ‘I f’ is formed on ‘O’ for all values of d2.
(D) If d1 = 240 cm, then the ‘I f’ cannot be formed on ‘O’.
37. Optical axis of a thin equi-convex lens is the X-axis. The co-ordinate of a point object and its
image are (–20 cm, 1 cm) and (25 cm, –2 cm) respectively
(A) the lens is located at x = 5 cm (B) the lens is located at x = –5 cm
(C) the focal length of the lens is 10 cm (D) the focal length of the lens is 15 cm
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38. The principal axis of an optical device is along y = –1, image of a small body placed at (–30, 3)
is formed at a point (60, –3). Then the optical device is
(A) A convex lens of focal length 20 cm
(B) A concave mirror of focal length 60 cm
(C) A concave lens of focal length 20 cm
(D) A convex mirror of focal length 60 cm
39. A concave lens is placed in the path of a uniform parallel beam of light falling on a screen as
shown. Then
C
A
O
B
D
Screen
(A) intensity of light will be the uniform everywhere on the screen.

(B) intensity in the region AB will be lesser than what it would be in the absence of the lens.
(C) in the region AC and BD, the intensity will be lesser than what it would be in the absence
of the lens.
(D) in the region AC and BD, the intensity will be more than what it would be in the absence
of the lens.
40. In displacement method, the distance between object and screen is 96 cm. The ratio of length of
two images formed by a convex lens placed between them is 4.84 :
(A) Ratio of the length of object to the length of shorter image is 11/5.
(B) Distance between the two positions of the lens is 36 cm.
(C) Focal length of the lens is 20.625 cm.
(D) Distance of the lens from the shorter image is 30 cm.
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41. Figure shows a convex lens cut symmetrically into two equal halves and separated laterally by
a distance h. point object O placed symmetrically at a distance 30 cm, from the lens halves,
within the focus, forms two images separated by a distance d. A plot of d versus h is shown in
figure. The focal length of the lens is
d
6cm
h
O 3cm
30cm
O 1cm 2cm h
(A) 22.5 cm (B) 40 cm (C) 45 cm (D) 20 cm
42. Which of the following silvered lenses kept in air may form real image of a real object.
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(A) (B) (C) (D)

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43. A man wanted to get a picture of a Zebra. He photographed a white donkey after fitting a glass
with black streaks onto the objective of his camera.
(A) the image will look like a white donkey on the photograph.
(B) the image will look like a Zebra on the photograph.
(C) the image will be more intense compared to the case in which no such glass is used.
(D) the image will be less intense compared to the case in which no such glass is used.
3
44. A lens is formed by a material having refecting index & radii of curvature 20 cm & 10 cm.
2
Then choose the correct option(s) :
(A) If lens is concavo-convex & light is falling on the surface having radius of curvature 20
cm, then focal length is 40 cm
(B) If lens is concavo-convex & light is falling on the surface having radius of curvature 10
cm, then focal length is –40 cm
(C) If lens is convexo-concave & light is falling on the surface having radius of curvature 20
cm, then focal length is 40 cm
(D) If lens is convexo-concave & light is falling on the surface having radius of curvature 10
cm, then focal length is –40 cm
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COMPREHENSION TYPE QUESTIONS
Paragraph for Question 45 and 46
If Snell's law is found valid for two media, whose refractive indexes have opposite signs, the
incident and the refracted rays must lay on the same side of the normal at the point of
incidence. In the figure is shown a ray crossing the interface between two media makes angle
1 and 2 with the normal in medium–I and medium–II of refractive indexes 1 and 2.
Refractive indexed of these media have opposite signs.
Normal
1
Medium-I
O
2 Medium-II
Snell's law is expressed for the above situation as usual by the equation 1sin1=2sin2.
Therefore, to satisfy equation 1sin1=2sin2, the angles 1 and 2 must also have opposite
signs.
45. A self–luminous point object placed at distance x0 from a slab of transparent material of
negative refractive index is viewed through it as shown in the figure. Thickness of the slab is d,
refractive index of material of the slab with respect to the outside medium is  = –1. For
different magnitudes of value of x0 and d the observer may find real or virtual image of the
object. Which of the following statement is true? Do not use any sign conventions.
A B
slab
Object observer
(A) If x0 > d image is virtual and for x0 < d image is real.

(B) If x0 < d image is virtual and for x0 > d image is real.
(C) If x0  d image is virtual and for x0 > d image is real.
(D) If x0 > d image is virtual and for x0 d image is real.
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46. Suppose a virtual object is placed instead of a real object at a distance x0 from the surface A of
the slab. Now which of the following statement is true? Do not use any sign conventions.
(A) If x0 < d a real image is formed outside the slab and for, x0> d a virtual image is formed
inside the slab.
(B) If x0< d a real image is formed and for x0>d a virtual image is formed and in both the case
the image is outside the slab.
(C) For both the cases x0 < d and x0 > d a real and erect image is formed outside the slab.
(D) For both the cases x0 < d and x0 > d a real and inverted image is formed outside the slab.
Paragraph for Question No. 47 to 49

When a wave reaches at boundary of any medium it get partially refracted and partially
reflected. Direction of refracted as well as reflected ray can be given by Snell’s law.
sini sinr
 vi = velocity of incident wave
vi vr
vr = velocity of reflected/refracted wave
For the reflected wave of same type, vi = vr as the wave returns to the same medium. Thus
sin i = sin r  i = r.
It is observed that when a longitudinal wave reaches at a surface, it generates longitudinal and
transverse wave. These two waves get reflected and transmitted in direction suggested by
Snell’s law.
Given that velocity of longitudinal wave in steel = 4000 m/s
velocity of longitudinal wave in cast iron = 3000 m/s
velocity of transverse wave in steel = 3200 m/s
velocity of transverse wave in cast iron = 1600 m/s
Longitudinal waves come at boundary of cast iron and steel from cast iron at angle of incidence i.
n
longitudinal
wave
i
cast iron
steel
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47. If the longitudinal wave is incident at an angle of 30°, then the angle between the refracted
longitudinal and reflected transverse wave will be
2 4 2 4
(A) sin 1  sin 1 (B) sin 1  sin 1
3 15 3 15
2 4 5 2
(C)   sin 1  sin 1 (D)  sin 1
3 15 6 3
48. If the angle of incidence of longitudinal wave is such that produced longitudinal wave just fails
to enter steel, then the angle of reflection for transverse wave will be:
3 2 4 
(A) sin–1 (B) sin–1 (C) sin–1 (D)
4 5 5 2
49. Choose the CORRECT statement :

(A) For any angle of incidence, we can never get transverse wave in steel.
(B) Reflected longitudinal wave will be closer to normal than reflected transverse wave
(normal is taken towards cast iron)
(C) Refracted transverse wave will bend towards the normal.
(D) Refracted longitudinal wave will bend away from the normal.
Paragraph for Question 50 & 51

An object O is placed at the bottom of a pond of depth 1m. A fish is lying at the bottom of the
pond as shown in figure.
50. If refractive index of the liquid is 2 , what will be minimum distance between fish and the
object so that image of the object can be seen by the fish.
(A) 3m (B) 2m (C) 1m (D) none of these
51. Suppose fish is observing the image and object starts moving vertically upwards. Pick the
correct option
(A) image will not move (B) image will move vertically upwards
(C) image will move vertically downward (D) none of these
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Paragraph for Question 52 & 54
Frustrated TIR (F-TIR): In optics, when light rays traveling in a denser medium strike at
medium boundary at an angle greater than critical angle, TIR occurs and a surface wave which
is called Evanescent wave forms in rarer medium. An evanescent wave is a near-field standing
wave with an intensity that exhibits exponential decay with distance (less than wavelength)
from the boundary at which the wave is formed. Imagine that a beam of light traveling within a
block of glass is internally reflected at a boundary. Presumably if you pressed another piece of
glass against the first, the air-glass interface would be made to vanish and the beam would then
propagate onward undisturbed. Further more, this transition from total to no reflection occurs
gradually as the air film between them thinned out as explained above, when third medium with
a higher refractive index (than the low-index second medium) is placed within less than several
wavelengths distance from the interface between the first medium and the second medium, the
evanescent wave will be different from the one under "ordinary conditions" and it will pass
energy across the second into the third medium (evanescent wave coupling). This process is
called "frustrated" total internal reflection (FTIR) and is very similar to quantum tunneling. An
example of application of this principle is automatic Wiper speed control found in high end
cars like Skoda, Audi, BMW etc.
Figure shows an example of an optical system designed to detect the amount of water present
on the windshield of a car to adjust the wiper speed. As shown in this figure, we can use the
windshield as a waveguide to guide the light from a source located at one end (bottom of the
windshield) to a detector located in the opposite end. The light suffers total-internal reflection
(TIR) at the glass-air interface. However, when rain drops are present, some of the light will
suffer frustrated TIR escaping outside the waveguide. Since we know the power of the light
source, a given drop in power can be correlated to the amount of water present and used to
adjust the wiper speed.
Frustrated
TIR
Detector
Rain drop
TIR

TIR
Wiper speed control system

Source
52. Choose the CORRECT statement.

(A) The energy carried by evanescent wave is zero in both TIR and FTIR.
(B) The energy carried by evanescent wave is non-zero in both TIR and FTIR.
(C) The energy carried by evanescent wave is zero in TIR and non-zero in FTIR.
(D) The energy carried by evanescent wave is non-zero in TIR and zero in FTIR.
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53. In the following systems which should not be based on FTIR?
(A) Credit card swiping system (B) Thumb attendance system
(C) Finger print scanner (D) Multi touch screen
54. For the wiper speed control system to work, the angle of incidence on the glass air interface is
, then
 water   water 
(A)   sin 1  (B)   sin 1 
 glass   glass 
   
 air     air 
(C) sin 1      sin 1  water  (D)   sin 1 
 glass   glass   glass 
     
Paragraph for Questions 55 and 56
There is a spherical glass ball of refractive index 1 and another glass ball of refractive index 2
inside it as shown in figure. The radius of the outer ball is R 1 and that of inner ball is R2. A ray
is incident on the outer surface of the ball at an angle i1.
1
B
i2 C
r2
A r1 O D
i1 2
R2
R1
55. Find the value of r1
 sin i1      1 
(A) sin 1   (B) sin 1 1 sin i1  (C) sin 1  1  (D) sin 1  
 1   sin i1   1 sin i1 
56. Find the value of r2
 R   R   R 1  1  R 2 
(A) sin 1  1 sin i1  (B) sin 1  2 sin i1  (C) sin 1  1  (D) sin  sin i1 
 2 R 2   2 R1   1R 2 sin i1   1R1 
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A turnip sits before a thin converging lens, outside the focal point of the lens. The lens is filled
with a transparent gel so that it is flexible; by squeezing its ends toward its center [as indicated
in figure(a)], you can change the curvature of its front and rear sides.
Squeeze
Figure(a)
57. When you squeeze the lens, the image.

(A) moves towards the lens (B) moves away from the lens
(C) shifts up (D) remains as it is
58. When you squeeze the lens, the lateral height of image.
(A) increases (B) decreases (C) remains same (D) data insufficient
59. Suppose that a sharp image must be formed on a card which is at a certain distance behind the
lens [figure(b)], while you move the turnip away from the lens, then you should
Card
Figure(b)
(A) decrease the squeeze of the lens

(B) increase the squeeze of the lens
(C) keep the card and lens as it is.
(D) move the card away from the lens
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MATRIX MATCH TYPE QUESTIONS
60. Light is incident at surface PQ of prism as shown in column I then match the column I with
column II (surrounding medium is air in all cases)
Column I Column II
Q
A=100°
i=45°
(A) (P) Total internal reflection takes place at surface QR.
40° 40° R
P
2
Q
A=30°
i=45°
(B) (Q) Light emerges normally from the surface QR
75° 75° R
P
2
Q
A=90°
i=90°
(C) (R) Light emerges parallel to surface QR
45° 45° R
P
2
Grazing incidence
60°
(D) (S) The light ray emerges from face PR perpendicularly

30°
R
P = 2
Normal incidence
(T) When light ray passes through the prism it is
parallel to the base PR.
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61. A very small circular object is kept in front of an optical device as shown in figure. The plane
of object is parallel to the optical device. Match the images as seen by the observer (ignoring
magnification):
A B
object optical device
Column-I (Probable image) Column-II (Device)
(A) (P) Plane mirror (The observer is at A)
(B) (Q) Concave mirror (The observer is at A)
(C) (R) Convex mirror (The observer is at A)
(D) (S) Convex lens (The observer is at B)
(T) Concave lens (The observer is at B)
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62. Medium of lens in (R), (S), (T) is denser than surroundings
Column-I Column-II
(A) Real erect image cannot be formed (P) Object placed in front of a convex mirror
\\\\
\\\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\
\
(B) Virtual erect image cannot be formed (Q) Converging beam incident on a convex
mirror
\\\\
\\\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\
\
(C) Real inverted image cannot be formed (R) Object placed in front of a lens having the
shape as shown
(D) Virtual inverted image cannot be formed (S) Object placed infront of a lens having the
shape as shown
(T) Object placed infront of a silvered lens as shown

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\
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EXERCISE # (JM)
1. Two lenses of power – 15D and +5D are in contact with each other. The focal length of the
combination is- [AIEEE-2007]
(1) – 20 cm (2) – 10 cm (3) + 20 cm (4) + 10 cm
2. A student measures the focal length of a convex lens by putting an object pin at a distance ‘u’
from the lens and measuring the distance ‘v’ of the image pin. The graph between ‘u’ and ‘v’
plotted by the student should look like-
v(cm) v(cm) v(cm) v(cm)
(1) (2) (3) (4)

O u(cm) O u(cm) O u(cm) O u(cm)
2
3. A transparent solid cylindrical rod has a refractive index of . It is surrounded by air. A light
3
ray is incident at the mid-point of one end of the rod as shown in the figure. [AIEEE - 2009]
The incident angle  for which the light ray grazes along the wall of the rod is :-
 2   1   3
(3) sin–1  
1
(1) sin–1   (2) sin–1   (4) sin–1  
 3  3 2  2 
4. Let the x–y plane be the boundary between two transparent media. Medium 1 in z 0 has a
refractive index of 2 and medium 2 with z < 0 has a refractive index of 3 . A ray of light in
medium 1 given by the vector A  6 3iˆ  8 3 ˆj 10kˆ is incident on the plane of separation. The
angle of refraction in medium 2 is :- [AIEEE - 2011]
(1) 60° (2) 75° (3) 30° (4) 45°
5. A car is fitted with a convex side-view mirror of focal length 20 cm. A second car 2.8 m behind
the first car is overtaking the first car at a relative speed of 15 m/s. The speed of the image of
the second car as seen in the mirror of the first one is:- [AIEEE- 2011]
1 1
(1) 10 m/s (2) 15 m/s (3) m/ s (4) m/ s
10 15
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6. When monochromatic red light is used instead of blue light in a convex lens, its focal length
will :- [AIEEE- 2011]
(1) Does not depend on colour of light (2) Increase
(3) Decrease (4) Remain same
7. A beaker contains water up to a height h1 and kerosene of height h2 above water so that the
total height of (water + kerosene) is (h1 + h2). Refractive index of water is µ1 and that of
kerosene is µ2. The apparent shift in the position of the bottom of the beaker when viewed from
above is :- [AIEEE- 2011]
(1) 1   h2  1   h1 (2) 1   h1  1   h2

1 1 1 1
 µ1   µ2   µ1   µ2 
(3) 1   h1  1   h2 (4) 1   h2  1   h1

1 1 1 1
 µ 1   µ2   µ1   µ2 
8. An object 2.4 m in front of a lens forms a sharp image on a film 12 cm behind the lens. A glass
plate 1 cm thick, of refractive index 1.50 is interposed between lens and film with its plane
faces parallel to film. At what distance (from lens) should object be shifted to be in sharp focus
on film ? [AIEEE- 2012]
(1) 5.6 m (2) 7.2 m (3) 2.4 m (4) 3.2 m
9. The graph between angle of deviation () and angle of incidence (i) for a triangular prism is
represented by [JEE Mains- 2013]
(1) (2) (3) (4)
10. Diameter of a plano-convex lens is 6cm and thickness at the centre is 3 mm. If speed of light in
material of lens is 2 × 108 m/s, the focal length of the lens is : [JEE Mains–2013]
(1) 15 cm (2) 20 cm (3) 30 cm (4) 10 cm
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11. Monochromatic light is incident on a glass prism of angle A. If the refractive index of the
material of the prism is , a ray, incident at an angle , on the face AB would get transmitted
through the face AC of the prism provided : [JEE Mains–2015]
   1  
(1)   sin 1  sin  A  sin 1   
     
   1   A
(2)   cos  sin  A  sin 1   
1
     
   1  
(3)   cos1  sin  A  sin 1    B C
     
   1  
(4)   sin 1  sin  A  sin 1   
     
12. In an experiment for determination of refractive index of glass of a prism by i – , plot, it was
found that a ray incident at angle 35°, suffers a deviation of 40° and that it emerges at angle
79°. In that case which of the following is closest to the maximum possible value of the
refractive index ? [JEE Mains–2016]
(1) 1.6 (2) 1.7 (3) 1.8 (4) 1.5
13. A diverging lens with magnitude of focal length 25 cm is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a
converging lens of magnitude of focal length 20 cm. A beam of parallel light falls on the
diverging lens. The final image formed is : [JEE Mains–2017]
(1) real and at a distance of 40 cm from convergent lens.
(2) virtual and at a distance of 40 cm from convergent lens.
(3) real and at a distance of 40 cm from the divergent lens.
(4) real and at a distance of 6 cm from the convergent lens.
14. A convex lens is put 10 cm from a light source and it makes a sharp image on a screen, kept 10
cm from the lens. Now a glass block (refractive index 1.5) of 1.5 cm thickness is placed in
contact with the light source. To get the sharp image again, the screen is shifted by a distance d.
Then d is: [JEE Main-2019]
(1) 0.55 cm away from the lens (2) 1.1 cm away from the lens
(3) 0.55 cm towards the lens (4) 0
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15. Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other such that a ray of light incident on the first mirror
(M1) and parallel to the second mirror (M2) is finally reflected from the second mirror (M2)
parallel to the first mirror (M1). The angle between the two mirrors will be : [JEE Main-2019]
(1) 90° (2) 45° (3) 60° (4) 75°
16. A plano convex lens of refractive index μ1 and focal length f1 is kept in contact with another
plano concave lens of refractive index μ2 and focal length f2. If the radius of curvature of their
spherical faces is R each and f1 = 2f2, then μ1 and μ2 are related as : [JEE Main-2019]
(1) μ1 + μ2 = 3 (2) 2μ1 – μ2 = 1 (3) 2μ2 – μ1 = 1 (4) 3μ2 – 2μ1 = 1
17. The variation of refractive index of a crown glass thin prism with wavelength of the incident
light is shown. Which of the following graphs is the correct one, if Dm is the angle of minimum
deviation? [JEE Main-2019]
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
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18. An object is at a distance of 20 m from a convex lens of focal length 0.3 m. The lens forms an
image of the object. If the object moves away from the lens at a speed of 5 m/s, the speed and
direction of the image will be : [JEE Main-2019]
–3
(1) 0.92 × 10 m/s away from the lens
(2) 2.26 × 10–3 m/s away from the lens
(3) 1.16 × 10–3 m/s towards the lens
(4) 3.22 × 10–3 m/s towards the lens
19. A monochromatic light is incident at a certain angle on an equilateral triangular prism and
suffers minimum deviation. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is 3 , then the
angle of incidence is :- [JEE Main-2019]
(1) 45° (2) 90° (3) 30° (4) 60°
20. A point source of light, S is placed at a distance L in front of the centre of plane mirror of width
d which is hanging vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel
to the mirror, at a distance 2L as shown below. The distance over which the man can see the
image of the light source in the mirror is : [JEE Main-2019]
d
(1) d (2) 2d (3) 3d (4)
2
21. What is the position and nature of image formed by lens combination shown in figure?(f1, f2 are
focal lengths) [JEE Main-2019]
20
(1) cm from point B at right , real
3
(2) 70 cm from point B at left; virtual
(3) 70 cm from point B at right, real
(4) 40 cm from point B at right; real
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22. A plano-convex lens (focal length f2, refractive index 2, radius of curvature R) fits exactly into
a plano-concave lens (focal length f1, refractive index 1, radius of curvature R). Their plane
surfaces are parallel to each other. Then, the focal length of the combination will be :
[JEE Main-2019]
2f1f 2 R
(1) (2) (3) f1 – f2 (4) f1 + f2
f1  f 2 2  1
23. Formation of real image using a biconvex lens is shown below :
If the whole set up is immersed in water without disturbing the object and the screen position,
what will one observe on the screen ? [JEE Main-2019]
(1) Erect real image (2) Image disappears (3) Magnified image (4) No change
24. An upright object is placed at a distance of 40 cm in front of a convergent lens of focal length
20 cm. A convergent mirror of focal length 10 cm is placed at a distance of 60 cm on the other
side of the lens. The position and size of the final image will be [JEE Main-2019]
(1) 20 cm from the convergent mirror, twice the size of the object
(2) 20 cm from the convergent mirror, same size as the object
(3) 40 cm from the convergent mirror, twice the size of the object
(4) 40 cm from the convergent mirror, same size as the object
25. Calculate the limit of resolution of a telescope objective having a diameter of 200 cm, if it has
to detect light of wavelength 500 nm coming from a star. [JEE Main-2019]
(1) 610×10–9 radian (2) 457.5×10–9 radian
(3) 152.5×10–9 radian (4) 305×10–9 radian
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26. A convex lens (of focal length 20 cm) and a concave mirror, having their principal axes along
the same lines, lare kept 80 cm apart from each other. The concave mirror is to the right of the
convex lens. When an object is kept at a distance of 30 cm to the left of the convex lens, its
image remains at the same position even if the concave mirror is removed. The maximum
distance of the object for which this concave mirror, by itself would produce a virtual image
would be : [JEE Main-2019]
(1) 20 cm (2) 25 cm (3) 10 cm (4) 30 cm
27. A concave mirror for face viewing has focal length of 0.4m. The distance at which you hold the
mirror from your face in order to see your image upright with a magnification of 5 is:
[JEE Main-2019]
(1) 0.16 m (2) 1.60 m (3) 0.32 m (4) 0.24 m
28. A thin convex lens L (refractive index = 1.5) is placed on a plane mirror M. When a pin is
placed at A, such that OA = 18 cm, its real inverted image is formed at A itself, as shown in
figure. When a liquid of refractive index µ l is put between the lens and the mirror, the pin has to
be moved to A', such that OA' = 27 cm, to get its inverted real image at A' itself. The value of
µl will be :
[JEE Main-2019]
4 3
(1) 2 (2) (3) (4) 3
3 2
29. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm produces images of the same magnification 2 when an
objects is kept at two distances x1 and x2 (x1 > x2) from the lens. The ratio of x1 and x2 is :
[JEE Main-2019]
(1) 5: 3 (2) 4 : 3 (3) 2 : 1 (4) 3 : 1
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30. One plano-convex and one plano-concave lens of same radius of curvature 'R' but of different
materials are joined side by side as show n in the figure. If the refractive index of the material
of 1 is 1 and that of 2 is 2, then the focal length of the combination is : [JEE Main-2019]
R R
(1) (2)
1  2 2(1  2 )
2R R
(3) (4)
1  2 2  (1  2 )
31. A ray light AO in vacuum is incident on a glass slab at angle 60° and refracted at angle 30°
along OB as shown in the figure. The optical path length of light ray form A to B is :
[JEE Main-2019]
2 3
(1)  2b (2) 2a + 2b
a
2b 2b
(3) 2a  (4) 2a 
3 3
32. The graph shows how the magnification m produced by a thin lens varies with image distance
. What is the focal length of the lens used ? [JEE Main-2019]
a b b2 b2c
(1) (2) (3) (4)
c c ac a
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33. A transparent cube of side d, made of a material of refractive index 2, is immersed in a liquid
of refractive index 1(1 < 2). A ray is incident on the face AB at an angle (shown in the
figure). Total internal reflection Likes place at point E on the face BC. [JEE Main-2019]
Then  must satisfy :
1 1 22 22
(1)   sin 1 (2)   sin 1 (3)   sin 1  1 (4)   sin 1
1
2 2 12 12
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EXERCISE # (JA)
1. A convex lens of focal length 30 cm forms an image of height 2 cm for an object situated at
infinity. If a convcave lens of focal length 20 cm is placed coaxially at a distance of 26 cm in
front of convex lens then size image would be [IIT JEE-2003 (Scr)]
(A) 2.5 cm (B) 5.0 (C) 1.25 (D) None
2. A meniscus lens is made of a material of refractive index 2. Both its surfaces have radii of
curvature R. It has two different media of refractive indices 1 and 3 respectively, on its two
sides (see figure). Calculate its focal length for 1 < 2 < 3, when light is incident on it as
shown. [IIT JEE-2003]
1 < 2 < 3
1 2 3
R R
3. A ray of light is incident at the glass–water interface at an angle i, it emerges finally parallel to
the surface of water, then the value of µg would be : [IIT JEE-2003]
Air
r
w = 4/3
r
Water
Glass
i
(A) (4/3) sin i (B) 1/sin i (C) 4/3 (D) 1
4. White light is incident on the interface of glass and air as shown in the figure. If green light is
just totally internally reflected then the emerging ray in air contains [IIT JEE-2004 (Scr)]
Green
Glass
White
(A) yellow, orange, red (B) violet, indigo, blue

(C) all colours (D) all colours except green
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5. A ray of light is incident on an equilateral glass prism placed on a horizontal table. For
minimum deviation which of the following is true ? [IIT JEE-2004 (Scr)]
Q R
S
P
(A) PQ is horizontal (B) QR is horizontal

(C) RS is horizontal (D) Either PQ or RS is horizontal.
6. A point object is placed at the centre of a glass sphere of radius 6 cm and refractive index 1.5.
The distance of the virtual image from the surface of the sphere is [IIT JEE-2004 (Scr)]
(A) 2 cm (B) 4 cm (C) 6 cm (D) 12 cm
7. Figure shows an irregular block of material of refractive index 2 . A ray of light strikes the
face AB as shown in the figure. After refraction it is incident on a spherical surface CD of
radius of curvature 0.4 m and enters a medium of refractive index 1.514 to meet PQ at E. Find
the distance OE upto two places of decimal. [IIT JEE-2004]
B C
45°
P O Q
E
=1 = 2 =1.514
60°
A D
8. An object is approaching a thin convex lens of focal length 0.3 m with a speed of 0.01 m/s.
Find the magnitudes of the rates of change of position and lateral magnification of image when
the object is at a distance of 0.4 m from the lens. [IIT JEE-2004]
3
9. The ratio of powers of a thin convex and thin concave lens is and equivalent focal length of
2
their combination is 30 cm. Then their focal lengths respectively are [IIT JEE-2005 (Scr)]
(A) 75, – 50 (B) 75, 50 (C) – 15, 10 (D) – 75, 50
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10. Figure shows object O. Final image I is formed after two refractions and one reflection is also
shown in figure. Find the focal length of mirror. (in cm) : [IIT JEE-2005 (Scr)]
15cm
25cm
n=4/3
33.25cm
I
O
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 25
11. Two identical prisms of refractive index 3 are kept as shown in the figure. A light ray strikes
the first prism at face AB. Find, [IIT JEE-2005]
B D
60° 60°
60° 60°
A C E
(a) the angle of incidence, so that the emergent ray from the first prism has minimum
deviation.
(b) through what angle the prism DCE should be rotated about C so that the final emergent ray
also has minimum deviation.
12. AB and CD are two slabs. The medium between the slabs has refractive index 2. Find the
minimum angle of incidence of Q, so that the ray is totally reflected by both the slabs.
[IIT JEE- 2005]
A Q = 2 B
= 2
C = 3 D
P
13. A point object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a thin plano-convex lens of focal length 15
cm, if the plane surface is silvered. The image will form at [IIT JEE-2006]
A
15cm
O
L
20cm
B
(A) 60 cm left of AB (B) 30 cm left of AB (C) 12 cm left of AB (D) 60 cm right of AB
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14. Parallel rays of light from Sun falls on a biconvex lens of focal length f and the circular image
of radius r is formed on the focal plane of the lens. Then which of the following statement is
correct? [IIT-JEE 2006]
(A) Area of image r2 directly proportional to f
(B) Area of image r2 directly proportional to f2
(C) Intensity of image increases if f is increased.
r 2
(D) If lower half part is converted by black sheet the area of the image is equal to
2
15. Some laws/processes are given in Column-I. Match these with the physical phenomena given in
Column-II. [IIT JEE-2006]
Column-I Column-II
(A) Intensity of light received by lens (P) Radius of aperture (R)
(B) Angular magnification (Q) Dispersion of lens
(C) Length of telescope (R) Focal length f0, fe
(D) Sharpness of image (S) Spherical aberration
16. The graph between object distance u and image distance v for a lens is given below. The focal
length of the lens is : [IIT JEE-2006]
(A) 5 ± 0.1 (B) 5 ± 0.05 (C) 0.5 ± 0.1 (D) 0.5 ± 0.05
17. A ray of light travelling in water is incident on its surface open to air. The angle of incidence is
, which is less than the critical angle. Then there will be [IIT JEE-2007]
(A) only a reflected ray and no refracted ray
(B) only a refracted ray and no reflected ray
(C) a reflected ray and a refracted ray and the angle between them would be less than 180° – 2
(D) a reflected ray and a refracted ray and the angle between them would be greater than 180° – 2
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18. STATEMENT-1
The formula connecting u, v and f for a spherical mirror is valid only for mirrors whose sizes
are very small compared to their radii of curvature.
because [IIT JEE-2007]
STATEMENT-2
Laws of reflection are strictly valid for plane surfaces, but not for large spherical surfaces.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True
19. In an experiment to determine the focal length (f) of a concave mirror by the u-v method, a
student places the object pin A on the principal axis at a distance x from the pole P. The student
looks at the pin and its inverted image from a distance keeping his/her eye in line with PA.
When the student shifts his/her eye towards left, the image appears to the right of the object
pin. Then : [IIT JEE-2007]
(A) x < f (B) f < x < 2f (C) x = 2f (D) x > 2f
20. Two beams of red and violet colours are made to pass separately through a prism (angle of the
prism is 60°). In the position of minimum deviation, the angle of refraction will be:
[IIT JEE-2008]
(A) 30° for both the colours (B) greater for the violet colour
(C) greater for the red colour (D) equal but not 30° for both the colours
21. A light beam is traveling from Region I to Region IV (Refer Figure). The refractive index in
n n n
Regions I, II, III and IV are n0, 0 , 0 and 0 , respectively. The angle of incidence  for
2 6 8
which the beam just misses entering Region IV is figure [IIT JEE-2008]
Region I Region II Region III Region IV
n0
— n0
— n0
—
n0  2 6 8
0 0.2m 0.6m
 3 1 1 1
(A) sin 1   (B) sin 1   (C) sin 1   (D) sin 1  
 4 8  4  3
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22. An optical component and an object S placed along its optic axis are given in Column I. The
distance between the object and the component can be varied. The properties of images are
given in Column II. Match all the properties of images from Column II with the appropriate
components given in Column I Indicate your answer by darkening the appropriate bubbles of
the 4 × 4 matrix given in the ORS. [IIT JEE-2008]
Column I Column II
S
(A) (P) Real image
S
(B) (Q) Virtual image
S
(C) (R) Magnified image
S
(D) (S) Image at infinite
23. A ball is dropped from a height of 20 m above the surface of water in a lake. The refractive
index of water is 4/3. A fish inside the lake, in the line of fall of the ball, is looking at the ball.
At an instant, when the ball is 12.8 m above the water surface, the fish sees the speed of ball as
[ g = 10 m/s2.] [IIT JEE- 2009]
(A) 9 m/s (B) 12 m/s (C) 16 m/s (D) 21.33 m/s
24. A student performed the experiment of determination of focal length of a concave mirror by u-
v method using an optical bench of length 1.5 m. The focal length of the mirror used is 24 cm.
The maximum error in the location of the image can be 0.2 cm. The 5 sets of (u, v) values
recorded by the student (in cm) are : (42, 56), (48, 48), (60, 40), (66, 33), (78, 39). The data set(s)
that cannot come from experiment and is (are) incorrectly recorded, is (are) : [IIT-JEE 2009]
(A) (42, 56) (B) (48, 48) (C) (66, 33) (D) (78, 39)
25. 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 [IIT JEE-2010]
(A) virtual and at a distance of 16 cm from the mirror
(B) real and at a distance of 16 cm from the mirror
(C) virtual and at a distance of 20 cm from the mirror
(D) real and at a distance of 20 cm from the mirror
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26. A ray OP of monochromatic light is incident on the face AB of prism ABCD near vertex B at
an incident angle of 60° (see figure). If the refractive index of the material of the prism is 3,
which of the following is (are) correct? [IIT JEE-2010]
B
O 60° C
P 135°
90° 75°
A D
(A) The ray gets totally internally reflected at face CD
(B) The ray comes out through face AD
(C) The angle between the incident ray and the emergent ray is 90°
(D) The angle between the incident ray and the emergent ray is 120°
27. Two transparent media of refractive indices 1 and 3 have a solid lens shaped transparent
material of refractive index 2 between them as shown in figures in Column II. A ray
traversing these media is also shown in the figures. In Column I different relationships
between 1, 2 and 3 are given. Match them to the ray diagrams shown in Column II.
[IIT JEE-2010]
Column I Column II
(A) 1 <  2 (P) 3 2 1
(B) 1 >  2 (Q)

3 2 1
(C) 2 =  3 (R)
3 2 1
(D) 2 >  3 (S)

3 2 1
(T)
3 2 1
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28. The focal length of a thin biconvex lens is 20 cm. When an object is moved from a distance of
25 cm in front of it to 50 cm, the magnification of its image changes from m25 to m50. The ratio
m25
is [IIT JEE-2010]
m50
29. Image of an object approaching a convex mirror of radius of curvature 20 m along its optical
25 50
axis is observed to move from m to m in 30 seconds. What is the speed of the object in
3 7
km per hour? [IIT JEE-2010]
 5
30. A large glass slab     of thickness 8 cm is placed over a point source of light on a plane
 3
surface. It is seen that light emerges out of the top surface of the slab from a circular area of
radius R cm. What is the value of R? [IIT JEE-2010]
31. A light ray traveling in glass medium is incident on glass-air interface at an angle of incidence
. The reflected (R) and transmitted (T) intensities, both as function of , are plotted. The
correct sketch is [IIT JEE- 2011]
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
4 7
32. Water (with refractive index = ) in a tank is 18 cm deep. Oil of refractive index lies on
3 4
water making a convex surface of radius of curvature ‘R = 6 cm’ as shown. Consider oil to act
as a thin lens. An object ‘S’ is placed 24 cm above water surface. The location of its image is at
‘x’ cm above the bottom of the tank. Then 'x' is [IIT JEE-2011]
S
=1.0
R=6cm
=7/4
=4/3
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33. 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: [IIT JEE-2012]
n=1.5
n=1.2
R=14cm
(A) –280.0 cm (B) 40.0 cm (C) 21.5 cm (D) 13.3 cm

Most materials have the refractive index, n>1. So, when a light ray from air enters a naturally
sin 1 n 2
occurring material, then by Snell's law,  , it is understood that the refracted ray
sin 2 n1
bends towards the normal. But it never emerges on the same side of the normal as the incident
ray. According to electromagnetism, the refractive index of the medium is given by the
c
relation, n      rr , where c is the speed of electromagnetic waves in vacuum, v its
v
speed in the medium, r and r are the relative permittivity and permeability of the medium
respectively.
In normal materials, both r and r are positive, implying positive n for the medium. When both
r and r are negative, one must choose the negative root of n. Such negative refractive index
materials can now be artificially prepared and are called meta-materials. They exhibit
significantly different optical behaviour, without violating any physical laws. Since n is
negative, it results in a change in the direction of propagation of the refracted light. However,
similar to normal materials, the frequency of light remains unchanged upon refraction even in
meta-materials. [IIT JEE-2012]
34. For light incident from air on a meta-material, the appropriate ray diagram is
1 1
Air Air
(A) Meta-material (B) Meta-material 2

2
1 1
Air Air
(C) Meta-material (D) Meta-material

2
2
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35. Choose the correct statement.
(A) The speed of light in the meta-material is v = c |n|
c
(B) The speed of light in the meta-material is v 
|n|
(C) The speed of light in the meta material is v = c.
(D) The wavelength of the light in the meta-material (m) is given by m = air |n|, where air is
the wavelength of the light in air
36. A ray of light travelling in the direction

1 ˆ
2
 
i  3 ˆj is incident on a plane mirror. After reflection,
it travels along the direction

1 ˆ
2
 
i  3 ˆj . The angle of incidence is: [IIT JEE-2013]
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 75°
37. The image of an object, 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
the wavelength in free space. The radius of the curved surface of the lens is : [IIT JEE-2013]
(A) 1 m (B) 2 m (C) 3 m (D) 6 m
38. A right angled prism of refractive index µ 1 is placed in a rectangular block of refractive index
µ2, which is surrounded by a medium of refractive index µ 3, as shown in the figure. A ray of
light 'e' enters the rectangular block at normal incidence. Depending upon the relationships between
µ1, µ2, and µ3, it takes one of the four possible paths 'ef', 'eg', 'eh' or 'ei'. [IIT JEE-2013]
f
45°
e g
1 h
i
2 3
Match the paths in List I with conditions of refractive indices in List II and select the correct
answer using the codes given below the lists :
List I List II
P. ef 1. 1  2 2
Q. eg 2. 2 1 and 2 3
R e h 3. 1 2
S e i 4. 2  1  2 2 and 2  3
Codes : P Q R S P Q R S
(A) 2 3 1 4 (B) 1 2 4 3
(C) 4 1 2 3 (D) 2 3 4 1
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39. A transparent thin film of uniform thickness and refractive index n1 = 1.4 is coated on the
convex spherical surface of radius R at one end of a long solid glass cylinder of refractive index
n2 = 1.5, as shown in the figure. Rays of light parallel to the axis of the cylinder traversing
through the film from air to glass get focused at distance f1 from the film, while rays of light
traversing from glass to air get focused at distance f2 from the film. Then [IIT JEE Adv.-2014]
n1
Air n2
(A) |f1| = 3R (B) |f1| = 2.8 R (C) |f2| = 2R (D) |f2| = 1.4 R
40. A point source S is placed at the bottom of a transparent block of height 10 mm and refractive
index 2.72. It is immersed in a lower refractive index liquid as shown in the figure. It is found
that the light emerging from the block to the liquid forms a circular bright spot of diameter
11.54 mm on the top of the block. The refractive index of the liquid is [IIT JEE Adv.-2014]
Liquid
Block
S
(A) 1.21 (B) 1.30 (C) 1.36 (D) 1.42
41. Four combinations of two thin lenses are given in List I. The radius of curvature of all curved
surfaces is r and the refractive index of all the lenses is 1.5. Match lens combinations in List I
with their focal length in List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the
lists. [IIT JEE Adv.-2014]
List I List II
P. 1. 2r
Q. 2. r/2
R. 3. –r
S. 4. r
Code:
(A) P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-4 (B) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1
(C) P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3 (D) P-2, Q-1, R-3, S-4
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42. Consider a concave mirror and a convex lens (refractive index = 1.5) of focal length 10 cm
each, separated by a distance of 50 cm in air (refractive index = 1) as shown in the figure. An
object is placed at a distance of 15 cm from the mirror. Its erect image formed by this
combination has magnification M1. When the set- up is kept in a medium of refractive index
M2
7/6, the magnification becomes M2. The magnitude is [IIT JEE Adv.-2015]
M1
15 cm
50 cm
43. Two identical glass rods S1 and S2 (refractive index = 1.5) have one convex end of radius of
curvature 10 cm. They are placed with the curved surfaces at a distance d as shown in the
figure, with their axes (shown by the dashed line) aligned. When a point source of light P is
placed inside rod S1 on its axis at a distance of 50 cm from the curved face, the light rays
emanating from it are found to be parallel to the axis inside S 2. The distance d is
[IIT JEE Adv.-2015]
S1 P S2
cm d
(A) 60 cm (B) 70 cm (C) 80 cm (D) 90 cm
44. A monochromatic beam of light is incident at 60° on one face of an equilateral prism of
refractive index n and emerges from the opposite face making an angle (n) with the normal
d
(see the figure). For n = 3 the value of  is 60° and  m The value of m is
dn
[IIT JEE Adv.-2015]
60° 
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Paragraph (For questions No. 45 & 46)
Light guidance in an optical fiber can be understood by considering a structure comprising of
thin solid glass cylinder of refractive index n1 surrounded by a medium of lower refractive
index n2. The light guidance in the structure takes place due to successive total internal
reflections at the interface of the media n1 and n2 as shown in the figure. All rays with the angle
of incidence i less than a particular value im are confined in the medium of refractive index n1.
The numerical aperture (NA) of the structure is defined as sin im. [IIT JEE Adv.-2015]
n1 > n1
Air Cladding n2
 Core
i n1
45. For two structures namely S1 with n1  45 / 4 and n2 = 3/2 and S2 with n1 = 8/5 and n2 = 7/5
and taking the refractive index of water to be 4/3 and that of air to be 1, the correct option(s)
is(are)
(A) NA of S1 immersed in water is the same as that of S2 immersed in a liquid of refractive
16
index
3 15
6
(B) NA of S1 immersed in liquid of refractive index is the same as that of S2 immersed in
15
water
4
(C) NA of S1 placed in air is the same as that of S2 immersed in liquid of refractive index
15
(D) NA of S1 placed in air is the same as that of S2 placed in water
46. If two structures of same cross-sectional area, but different numerical apertures NA1 and NA2
(NA2 < NA 1) are joined longitudinally, the numerical aperture of the combined structure is
NA1NA2
(A) (B) NA1 + NA2 (C) NA1 (D) NA2
NA1  NA2
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47. A parallel beam of light is incident from air to an angle  on the side PQ of a right angled triangular
prism of refractive index n  2 . Light undergoes total internal reflection in the prism at the face
PR when  has a minimum value of 45°. The angle  of the prism is [IIT JEE Adv.-2016]
P


n= 2
Q R
(A) 15° (B) 22.5° (C) 30° (D) 45°
48. A plano-convex lens is made of a material of refractive index n. When a small object is placed
30 cm away in front of the curved surface of the lens, an image of double the size of the object
is produced. Due to reflection from the convex surface of the lens, another faint image is
observed at a distance of 10 cm away from the lens. Which of the following statement(s) is(are)
true? [IIT JEE Adv.-2016]
(A) The refractive index of the lens is 2.5
(B) The radius of curvature of the convex surface is 45 cm
(C) The faint image is erect and real
(D) The focal length of the lens is 20 cm
49. A transparent slab of thickness d has a refractive index n (z) that increases with z. Here z is the
vertical distance inside the slab, measured from the top. The slab is placed between two media
with uniform refractive indices n1 and n2 (> n1), as shown in the figure. A ray of light is
incident with angle i from medium 1 and emerges in medium 2 with refraction angle f with a
lateral displacement l.
n1= constant i
1
n(z)
z
d
2
n2= constant l
f
Which of the following statement (s) is (are) true? [IIT JEE Adv.-2016]
(A) n1 sin i = n2 sin f (B) n1 sin i = (n2 – n1) sin f
(C) l is independent of n2 (D) l is dependent on n (z)
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50. A small object is placed 50 cm to the left of a thin convex lens of focal length 30 cm. A
convex spherical mirror of radius of curvature 100 cm is placed to the right of the lens at a
distance of 50 cm. The mirror is tilted such that the axis of the mirror is at an angle  = 300 to
the axis of the lens, as shown in the figure.
f = 30 cm

(–50, 0) (0,0) R x
=
10
0c
50 cm m
(50+50 3, –50)
If the origin of the coordinate system is taken to be at the centre of the lens, the coordinates (in
cm) of the point (x, y) at which the image is formed are [IIT JEE Adv.-2016]
(A) (0, 0) 
(B) 50  25 3, 25  (C) (25, 25 3)
 125 25 
(D) 
 3
,
3

51. A monochromatic light is travelling in a medium of m n – m n

refractive index n = 1.6. It enters a stack of glass layers m–1 n – (m–1) n
from the bottom side at an angle  = 30°. The interfaces
of the glass layers are parallel to each other. The ~~ ~
~
refractive indices of different glass layers are
3 n – 3n
monotonically decreasing as nm = n – mn, where nm is 2 n – 2n
the refractive index of the m slab and n = 0.1 (see the 1
th
n – n
figure). The ray is refracted out parallel to the interface n

between the (m – 1)th and mth slabs from the right side of
the stack. What is the value of m ? [IIT JEE Adv.-2017]
52. For an isosceles prism of angle A and refractive index , it is found that the angle of minimum
deviation m = A. Which of the following options is/are correct ? [IIT JEE Adv.-2017]
(A) At minimum deviation, the incident angle i1 and the refracting angle r1 at the first
refracting surface are related by r1 = (i1 /2)
(B) For this prism, the refractive index  and the angle of prism A are related as
1 1   
A= cos  
2 2
(C) For this prism the emergent ray at the second surface will be tangential to the surface when
 A 
the angle of incidence at the first surface is i1 = sin–1 sin A 4cos2 1  cos A
 2 
(D) For the angle of incidence i1 = A, the ray inside the prism is parallel to the base of the
prism
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53. Sunlight of intensity 1.3 kW m–2 is incident normally on a thin convex lens of focal length 20
cm. Ignore the energy loss of light due to the lens and assume that the lens aperture size is
much smaller than its focal length. The average intensity of light, in kW m–2, at a distance 22
cm from the lens on the other side is __________. [IIT JEE Adv.-2018]
54. A wire is bent in the shape of a right angled triangle and is placed in front of a concave mirror
of focal length ƒ, as shown in the figure. Which of the figures shown in the four options
qualitatively represent(s) the shape of the image of the bent wire? (These figures are not to
scale.) [IIT JEE Adv.-2018]
(A ) (B)
(C) (D)
55. A thin convex lens is made of two materials with refractive indices n1 and n2, as shown in
figure. The radius of curvature of the left and right spherical surfaces are equal, f is the focal
length of the lens when n1 = n2 = n. The focal length is f + f when n1 = n and n2 = n + n.
Assuming n << (n – 1) and 1 < n < 2, the correct statement(s) is/are, [IIT JEE Adv.-2019]
n f
(1) If  0 then 0
n f
(2) For n = 1.5, n = 10–3 and f = 20 cm, the value of |f | will be 0.02 cm (round
off to 2nd decimal place).
f n
(3) The relation between and remains unchanged if both the convex
f n
surfaces are replaced by concave surfaces of the same radius of curvature.
f n
(4) 
f n
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56. A planar structure of length L and width W is made of two different optical media of refractive
indices n1 = 1.5 and n2 = 1.44 as shown in figure. If L >> W, a ray entering from end AB will
emerge from end CD only if the total internal reflection condition is met inside the structure.
For L = 9.6 m. if the incident angle  is varied, the maximum time taken by a ray to exit the
plane CD is t × 10–9 s, where t is _____. [IIT JEE Adv.-2019]
8
[Speed of light c = 3 × 10 m/s]
57. Three glass cylinders of equal height H = 30 cm

and same refractive index n = 1.5 are placed on a
horizontal surface as shown in figure. Cylinder I
has a flat top. cylinder II has a convex top and
cylinder III has a concave top. The radii of
curvature of the two curved tops are same
(R = 3 m). If H1, H2, and H3 are the apparent
depths of a point X on the bottom of the three
cylinders, respectively, the correct statement(s) is/are: [IIT JEE Adv.-2019]
(1) H2 > H1 (2) H2 > H3
(3) H3 > H1 (4) 0.8 cm < (H2 –H1) < 0.9 cm
58. A monochromatic light is incident from air on a refracting surface of a prism of angle 75° and
refractive index n0 = 3 . The other refracting surface of the prism is coated by a thin film of
material of refractive index n as shown in figure. The light suffers total internal reflection at the
coated prism surface for an incidence angle of   60°. The value of n2 is _______.
[IIT JEE Adv.-2019]
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59. An optical bench has 1.5 m long scale having four equal divisions in each cm. While measuring
the focal length of a convex lens, the lens is kept at 75 cm mark of the scale and the object pin
is kept at 45 cm mark. The image of the object pin on the other side of the lens overlaps with
image pin that is kept at 135 cm mark. In this experiment, the percentage error in the
measurement of the focal length of the lens is_______. [IIT JEE Adv.-2019]
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ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE # (S-1)
 10 
1. 2mm 2. d/2 3. 16 mm3 4. 25 5. 2 6.  3 m
 
32
7. , Expanding 8. 5
9
3 ˆ 2 2ˆ 1 ˆ b(1  2 cos2 )1/2
9. r i j k (angle of incidence = 60°; r = 45°) 10.
5 2 5 2 sin 
1
11. 8 12. 42 cm 13. (a) sin 1   ; (b) air 14.  = 53°
5
8 4
15.  < sin–1 (2 sin 15°) 16. mm 17. 18. 2 19. 30
3 3
x
20. y  0.1 21. Real, below principal axis, anywhere b/w P & F1
400
22. 53 23. 2h 24. d = 6 cm 25. 3 26. (i) 0.2 m; (ii) 0.4 m
  2
27.  4  cm 28. 17.5 cm
 
29. (a) f = –20 cm, (b) + 80 cm, convergent achromatic lens
EXERCISE # (S-2)
1. 32 2. 0180 3. 30 cm, –14 mm
4
dy x
4. (i) tan    cot i ; (ii) 1; (iii) y = k2   (iv) 4.0, 1 ; (v) It will become parallel to x-axis
dx 4
10 dI R
5. v1 = 20 cm; d0 = 10 cm;   dI  5cm 6. 7. 16 feet
2 1 3
13
8. (n–1)R/(3n –1) 9.  , A  20 10. On the object itself
8
11. (i) 10 cm, (ii) (10, 2) 13. 81
14. 15 cm left of the mirror, magnification = 1.5 (–15 cm, –1.5 cm; –15 cm, 0.3 cm)
52
15. 0.25 a 16. 0.27 I 17. cm
3
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59
18. (a) vi = 4 cm/s downwards; (b) cm/s upwards
4
5 3 5 5  4
19. 20.  cm  d  cm  21. (i) 20, (ii) mm
2  8 2  9
5
22. (i) 0 = 600 nm, n = 1.5 (ii) i = sin–1 (0.75) = 48.59° 23. cm
8
a a a 15R
24. ; ; 25. ,3R
3 11 41 4
2
26. (a) (b) Normal to surface (c) Retrace the path, 3z  x  10
3
EXERCISE # (O-1)
1. A 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. D 7. A
8. B 9. C 10. B 11. C 12. D 13. B 14. D
15. A 16. B 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. A 21. A
22. B 23. D 24. D 25. C 26. A 27. D 28. D
29. C 30. B 31. A 32. C 33. B 34. A 35. A
36. D 37. C 38. B
EXERCISE # (O-2)
1. B,C 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. C 6. D 7. C
8. D 9. A 10. A 11. C 12. A 13. C 14. A
15. C 16. A 17. ABC 18. ACD 19. A 20. C 21. C
22. B 23. D 24. C 25. C 26. AD 27. BC 28. BD
29. ABC 30. ACD 31. ABC 32. BCD 33. BCD 34. AD 35. ABD
36. AB 37. BC 38. AB 39. BD 40. ABCD 41. BD 42. AC
43. AD 44. AD 45. D 46. C 47. C 48. B 49. D
50. B 51. C 52. C 53. A 54. C 55. A 56. A
57. A 58. B 59. A
60. (A) P; (B)Q; (C)RT; (D)PT;
61. (A) PQR; (B)Q; (C)S; (D)ST;
62. (A) PRST; (B)Q; (C)PQST; (D)PRST;
75 75
EXERCISE # (JM)
1. (2) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4. (4) 5. (4) 6. (2) 7. (3)
8. (1) 9. (3) 10. (3) 11 (4) 12. (4) 13. (1) 14. (1)
15. (3) 16. (2) 17. (1) 18. (3) 19. (4) 20. (3) 21. (3)
22. (2) 23. (2) 24. 25. (4) 26. (3) 27. (3) 28. (2)
29. (4) 30. (1) 31. (2) 32. (2) 33. (3)
EXERCISE # (JA)
3R
1. A 2. f v 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C
3 1
1.514  0.4
7.  6.06 m correct upto two places of decimal
0.1
8. 0.09 m/s; Magnitude of the rate of change of lateral magnification is 0.3 s–1.
9. C
10. Actual Answer is 18.30 cm but nearest possible option is (C) 20 cm.
11. (a) i = 60°, (b) 60° (anticlockwise)
12. 60° 13. C 14. B 15. (A)P; (B)R; (C)R; (D) PQR;
16. B 17. C 18. C 19. B 20. A 21. B
22. (A)PQRS; (B)Q; (C)PQRS; (D) PQRS;

23. C 24. CD 25. B 26. ABC
27. (A)PR; (B)QST; (C)PRT; (D) QS;
28. 6 29. 3 30. 6 31. C 32. 2 33. B 34. C
35. B 36. A 37. C 38. D 39. AC 40. C 41. B

42. 7 43. B 44. 2 45. AC 46. D 47. A 48. AD
49. ACD 50. C 51. 8 52. ACD 53. 130.00 54. D 55. 1,2,3
56. 50 57. 1,2 58. 1.50 59. 0.69
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EXERCISE # (S-1)

HCV Worked out Examples (Chapter No. -18 – 1, 2, 3, 4)

3. A cube of side length 1 mm is placed on the axis of a concave mirror at a distance of 45 cm

HCV Exercises (Chapter No.18 – 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13)

HCV Worked out Examples (Chapter No.18 – 7, 8, 9, 11, 12)

HCV Worked out Examples (Chapter No.18 – 5, 6, 10, 13, 14)

glass plastic glass

6. A light beam of diameter 3 R is incident symmetrically on a glass hemisphere of radius R

really is in terms of n and R assuming paraxial rays.

position of the final image formed by the system.

=4/3 =1.5 =1.0 =1.5 =4/3

50cm 40cm 50cm 40cm

Figure (a) Figure (b)

of 2m from the prism combination. Find the distance between

as shown in the figure. A ray given by 3 z + x = 10 is incident at a point P on face AB of

(b) Find direction of the finally refracted ray if  = 3/2.

(I) (II) (III)

(A) Only I (B) Only II (C) Only III (D) All

(A) 3 is incident ray and 1 is refracted ray

(A) 45° (B) 135° (C) 105° (D) 75°

(A) 6/5 (B) 5/4 (C) 4/3 (D) 3/2

15. A glass slab of width ‘t’, refractive index ‘’ is placed as

Circular plane mirror Circular plane mirror

(A) 30º (B) 45º (C) 60º (D) 75º

(A) 35° (B) 42° (C) 40° (D) 38°

29. In a converging lens of focal length f, the distance between real

(A) IQ (B) IR (C) IS (D) IU

Object Position Image Position

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) shifted upward (B) shifted downward

(A) 60 cm (B) more than 60 cm (C) less than 60 cm (D) depends on 

(A) –5 cm and +10 cm (B) +5cm and +10cm

(A) 0° (B) (1/3)° (C) (2/3)° (D) 2°

(A) 5 cm (B) 10 cm (C) 20 cm (D) 40 cm

(A) Image of A will be closer than that of B from the mirror.

(A) the second image is real, inverted of 1/5th magnification w.r.t AB

(B) Virtual image I OReal object

(C) Real object O I Virtual image

(D) Real object Virtual image

(C) There are two angles of incidence for maximum deviation.

(a) (b) (c)

Based on the above graphs mark the correct options

(A) intensity of light will be the uniform everywhere on the screen.

(A) 22.5 cm (B) 40 cm (C) 45 cm (D) 20 cm

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) If x0 > d image is virtual and for x0 < d image is real.

(D) If x0 > d image is virtual and for x0 d image is real.

Paragraph for Question No. 47 to 49

49. Choose the CORRECT statement :

Paragraph for Question 50 & 51

Wiper speed control system

52. Choose the CORRECT statement.

Paragraph for Questions 55 and 56

55. Find the value of r1

56. Find the value of r2

57. When you squeeze the lens, the image.

(A) decrease the squeeze of the lens

(A) (P) Total internal reflection takes place at surface QR.

(B) (Q) Light emerges normally from the surface QR

(C) (R) Light emerges parallel to surface QR