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Multiple choice questions based on the experiment :

To determine the focal length of a concave mirror.
58. A student determines the focal length of a device X, by focussing the image of
a far off object on the screen positioned as shown in the figure alongside.
The device X is a :
(1) Convex lens
(2) Concave lens
(3) Convex mirror
(4) Concave mirror
59. The focal length of the concave mirror in the
experimental set up, shown alongside, equals :

(1) 10.3 cm

(2) 11.0 cm
(3) 11.7 cm

(4) 12.2 cm

60. While determining the focal length of a concave mirror, a student obtained the image of a distant object on a
screen. In order to get the focal length of the mirror, the student should measure the distance :
(1) between the object and the mirror only (2) between the screen and the mirror only
(3) between the object and the screen only
(4) between the screen and mirror as well as between the screen and the object
61. A student gets a blurred image of a distant object on a screen which is fixed at a place. In order to obtain a
sharp image on the screen, he will have to shift the mirror :
(1) towards the screen (2) away from the screen
(3) either towards or away from the screen (4) very far away from the screen
62. Four students A, B, C and D performed the experiment to determine the focal length of a concave mirror by
obtaining the image of a distant tree on a screen. They measured the distances between the screen and the
mirror as shown in the diagrams given below :

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

The correct value for focal length will be obtained by the student :
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
63. A student has to do the experiment on finding the focal length of a given concave mirror by using a distant
object. Out of the following ‘set-ups’ A, B, C and D available to him :
A : a screen, a mirror holder and a scale
B : a mirror holder, a screen holder and a scale
C : a screen holder and a scale
D : a mirror holder and a scale
The ‘set-up’ which is likely to give him the best result is :
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
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64. Four students A, B, C and D performed an experiment to determine the focal length of a concave mirror by
using a lighted candle kept at a considerable distance as the object. They represented the position of image
by drawing the following diagrams :

C F P C F P

(A) (B)

C F P C F P

(C) (D)
Which diagram describes the correct position of the image of the candle ?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
65. The parallel rays from the top of a distant tree are incident on a concave mirror forming its image on a
screen.

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

The diagram which shows the image of the tree on the screen correctly is :
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
66. In order to determine the focal length of a concave mirror, a student obtained a sharp image of the grill of a
window in the laboratory wall on a screen. His teacher suggested that to get better result for focal length, he
should focus a distant tree instead of the window grill. In which direction should the mirror be moved for
this purpose so as to get a sharp image of the tree on the screen ?
(1) behind the screen (2) away from the screen
(3) towards the screen (4) very far away from the screen
67. In order to determine the focal length of a concave mirror, a student obtained the sharp image of a distant
tree on a screen. In order to obtain a sharp image of a window grill of the laboratory on the same screen, in
which direction should the screen be moved ?
(1) very close to the mirror (2) very far away from the mirror
(3) slightly nearer to the mirror (4) slightly farther away from the mirror
Multiple choice questions based on the experiment :
To determine the focal length of a convex lens.
68. A student performs an experiment on finding the focal length of a convex lens by keeping a lighted candle
on one end of laboratory table, a screen on its other end and the lens between them as shown in the figure.
The positions of the three are adjusted to get a sharp image of the candle flame on the screen.
If now the candle flame were to be replaced by a distant lamp on a far away electric pole, the student would
be able to get a sharp image of this distant lamp on the screen by moving :
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Screen (S)
Candle (C) Lens (L)

(1) the screen in the direction of the lens or the lens in the direction of the screen
(2) the screen in the direction of the lens or the lens away from the screen
(3) the screen away from the lens or the lens in the direction of the screen
(4) neither the screen nor the lens.
69. A student obtained a sharp image of the grill of a window in the laboratory on a screen, using a convex lens.
For getting better results, her teacher suggested focussing of a distant tree instead of the grill. In which
direction should the lens be moved for this purpose to get a sharp image on the screen ?
(1) Towards the screen (2) Away from the screen
(3) Behind the screen (4) Very far away from the screen
70. A sharp image of a distant object is obtained on a screen by using a convex lens. In order to determine the
focal length of the lens, you need to measure the distance between the :
(1) lens and the object (2) lens and the screen
(3) object and the screen (4) lens and the screen and also between object and the screen
71. While performing the experiment to determine the focal length of a convex lens by using the sun as the
distant object, a student could not find a screen with stand. In the absence of a good screen, which of the
following method is the most appropriate and safe to be used by the student ?
(1) He should focus the image of the sun on his hand
(2) He should focus the image of the sun on his nylon shirt
(3) He should focus the image of the sun on a wall of the room
(4) He should focus the image of the sun on a carbon paper
72. While performing an experiment on determining the focal length of a convex lens, a student obtains a sharp
inverted image of the laboratory window grill on the screen and measures the distance between the screen
and the lens. She then repeats the experiment and takes a distant tree as the object in the second case. In
order to get a sharp image of the tree on the screen, she will now have to move the screen :
(1) slightly nearer to the lens (2) slightly farther away from the lens
(3) very close to the lens (4) very far away from the lens
73. While performing the experiment on the determination of focal length of a convex lens, four students obtained
the image of the same distant tree on the screen :

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

Which diagram shows the formation of image correctly ?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
74. A student was given the following suggestions by his classmates for performing the experiment on finding
the focal length of a convex lens :
(A) Select any object very far away from the laboratory window
(B) Select a well illuminated object far (but not very far) from the laboratory window
(C) Keep all the lights of the laboratory on
(D) Place the lens between the object and the screen
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(E) Place the screen between the object and the lens
(F) Obtain the sharpest image of the object on the screen
He can perform the experiment better by following the suggestions :
(1) A, D, F (2) B, C, E (3) C, F, B (4) D, F, B
75. For performing an experiment, a student was asked to choose one concave mirror and one convex lens from
a lot of mirrors and lenses of different kinds. The correct procedure adopted by her will be :
(1) To choose a mirror and lens which can form an enlarged and erect image of an object.
(2) To choose a mirror which can form a diminished and erect image and a lens which can form an enlarged
and erect image of the object.
(3) To choose a mirror which can form an enlarged and erect image and a lens which can form a diminished
and erect image of an object.
(4) To choose a mirror and a lens which can form a diminished and erect image of an object.
76. A teacher gives a convex lens and a concave mirror of focal length of about 20 cm each to his student and
asks him to find their focal lengths by obtaining the image of a distant object. The student uses a distant tree
as the object and obtains its sharp image, one by one, on a screen. The distances d1 and d2 between the lens/
mirror and the screen in the two cases and the nature of their respective sharp images are likely to be :
(1) (20 cm, 40 cm) and (erect, erect) (2) (20 cm, 40 cm) and (inverted, erect)
(3) (20 cm, 20 cm) and (inverted, inverted) (4) (20 cm, 20 cm) and (erect, inverted)
77. Three students measured the focal length of a convex lens using parallel rays from a distant object. All of
them measured the distance between the lens and the inverted image on the screen.
(i) Student A saw a sharp image on the screen and labelled the distance as f1
(ii) Student B saw a slightly larger blurred image on the screen and labelled the distance as f2
(iii) Student C saw slightly smaller blurred image on the screen and labelled the distance as f3
The relation between the three measurements would most likely be :
(1) f1 = f2 = f3 (2) f1 < f2 < f3 (3) f3 < f1 < f2 (4) f1 < f2 and f1 = f3
78. A student has to do the experiment on finding the focal length of a given convex lens by using a distant
object. She can do her experiment if she is also made available :
(1) a lamp and a screen (2) a scale and a screen
(3) a lamp and a scale (4) only a screen
79. A student performs an experiment to estimate the focal length of a convex lens by obtaining the image of a
distant window on a white screen. The image formed on the white screen is :
(1) virtual, erect and magnified (2) real, erect and magnified
(3) real, inverted and diminished (4) virtual, inverted and diminished
80. Four students A, B, C and D performed an experiment to determine the focal length of a convex lens by
using a lighted candle kept at a considerable distance as the object. They represented the position of image
by drawing the following diagrams :

F F 2F F F 2F
O O

(A) (B)

F 2F F F 2F
F
O O

(C) (D)
Which diagram describes the correct position of image of the candle ?
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
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Multiple choice questions based on the experiment :
To trace the path of a ray of light through a rectangular glass slab for different
angles of incidence. Measure the angle of incidence, angle of refraction, angle of
emergence and interpret the results.
81. A student performs the experiment on tracing the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass
slab for different angles of incidence. He measures the angle of incidence – i, angle of refraction – r and
angle of emergence – e for all his observations. He would find that in all cases :
(1) – i is more than – r but (nearly) equal to – e (2) – i is less than – r but (nearly) equal to – e
(3) – i is more than – e but (nearly) equal to – r (4) – i is less than – e but (nearly) equal to – r
82. A student does the experiment on tracing the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass slab
for different angles of incidence. He can get a correct measure of the angle of incidence and the angle of
emergence by following the labelling indicated in figure :

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

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
83. A student suggested the following ‘guidelines’ to his friend for doing the experiment on tracing the path of
a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass slab for three different angles of incidence :
A. Draw the ‘outline’ of the glass slab at three positions on the drawing sheet.
B. Draw ‘normals’ on the top side of these ‘outlines’ very near their left end.
C. Draw the incident rays on the three ‘outlines’ in directions making angles of 30°, 45°, 60° with the normals
drawn.
D. Fix two pins vertically on each of these incident rays at two points nearly 1 cm apart.
E. Look for the images of the ‘heads’ of these pins while fixing two pins from the other side, to get the
refracted rays.
When he showed these ‘guidelines’ to his teacher, the teacher corrected and modified the ‘guidelines’
labelled as
(1) B, C, E (2) B, D, E (3) B, C, D (4) C, D, E
84. A student traces the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass slab.

For measuring the angle of incidence, he must position the protractor in the manner shown in figure :
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
85. A student performed the experiment of glass slab and with
different angles of incidence measured the angles of S.No. Angle of Angle of Angle of
refraction and emergence in each case. He then recorded incidence refraction emergence
his observations as given in the table. A 30° 25° 30°
The correct observation is : B 40° 42° 40°
(1) A (2) B C 50° 50° 50°
(3) C (4) D D 60° 60° 62°
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86. Four students A, B, C and D showed the following traces of the path of a ray of light passing through a
rectangular glass slab.

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

The trace most likely to be correct is that of student :
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
87. In an experiment on tracing the path of a ray of light through a rectangular glass slab, four students A, B, C
and D used the following values of the angle of incidence and the distance between the feet of the two pins
(fixed on the incident rays) :
(A) 30°, 45°, 60° and 1 cm (B) 30°, 45°, 60° and 6 cm
(C) 20°, 50°, 80° and 10 cm (D) 20°, 50°, 80° and 15 cm
Out of these, the best choice is that of the student :
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
88. A student while doing the experiment on tracing the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular
glass slab measured the three angles marked as θ1, θ2 and θ3 in the figure.

q1

q2

q3

His measurements could be correct if he were to find :

(1) θ1< θ2 < θ3 (2) θ1 < θ2 but θ1 = θ3 (3) θ1 > θ2 > θ3 (4) θ1 > θ2 but θ2 = θ3
89. In the experiment on
tracing the path of a ray
of light passing through
a rectangular glass slab,
the correct setting of the
protractor (D), for
measuring the angle of
incidence ( ∠i ), and the (K) (L) (M) (N)
angle of emergence
( ∠e ) correspond, respectively, to diagrams :
(1) K and M (2) K and N (3) L and M (4) L and N
90. Four students A, B, C and D selected the following items from the materials available in the science laboratory
to perform an experiment to study the refraction of light through a glass slab :
(A) convex lens, glass slab, pins, drawing board, white paper, scale
(B) glass slab, pins, drawing board, scale, white paper, protractor
(C) glass slab, glass prism, candle, screen, pins, scale, drawing board, protractor
(D) concave mirror, pins, glass slab, protractor, white paper, drawing board
Correct choice of the items required is made by the student :
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
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91. In an experiment to trace the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass slab, four students
measured the angles of incidence (i), angles of refraction (r) and angles of emergence (e) as shown in the
diagrams :

i i
i i
r
r
r r

e
e e
e

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

The correct measurement is given in the diagram :
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
92. A teacher asked four students to record the observations of the experiment on tracing the path of a ray of
light through a rectangular glass slab. The students recorded their observations under the following headings :
(1) Angle of incidence, Angle of refraction, Angle of reflection
(2) Angle of incidence, Angle of deviation, Angle of emergence
(3) Angle of incidence, Angle of reflection, Angle of emergence
(4) Angle of incidence, Angle of refraction, Angle of emergence
N1
The correct observations were recorded by the student : P
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
Q

93. An experiment for tracing the path of a ray of light through a glass slab N3
was set up in the laboratory and ray diagram was drawn as shown here. N2
The teacher asked the students to identify the refracted ray. The correct R
answer is :
(1) SR (2) RQ
(3) N1N2 (4) QP S
N4

94. A student traces the path of a ray of light passing through a

rectangular glass slab for three different values of angle of
incidence ( ∠i ) namely 30°, 45° and 60°. He extends the direction
of incident ray by a dotted line and measures the perpendicular
distance ‘l’ between the extended incident ray and the emergent
ray. He will observe that :
(1) ‘l’ keeps on increasing with increase in angle of incidence
(2) ‘l’ keeps on decreasing with increase in angle of incidence l
(3) ‘l’ remains the same for all three angles of incidence.
(4) ‘l’ is the maximum for ∠i = 45° and is less than this value 60°
both for ∠i = 30° and ∠i = 60° 30°
90°
Air
Glass

95. A ray of light is incident on a parallel-sided glass slab as shown in the 33°
figure. The angle of refraction for this ray of light is likely to be : 90°
57°
(1) 60° (2) 33°
(3) 57° (4) 30°