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RT-1 MCQ
PHYSICS
GRADE: XII A TOTAL MARKS: 50
NAME: __________ TIME:2 hrs.

1. Calculate its focal length if the radii of curvature of a double convex lens are 10
cm, and 20 cm and its refractive index is 1.75.
a) 50 cm b) 13 cm c) 8.9 cm d) 8 cm

2. Identify the Lens Maker’s Formula.

a) f=(μ-1) (1/R1–1/R2) b) 1/f=(μ-1)(1/R1–1/R2)
c) 1/f=(μ+1)(1/R1–1/R2) d) 1/f=(μ-1)(1/R1+1/R2)

3. Find the magnification of the lens if the focal length of the lens is 10 cm and the
size of the image is -30 cm.
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

4. What is the difference in a deviation between any two colors called?

a) Linear dispersion b) Angular dispersion
c) Mean deviation d) Mean dispersion

5. Which one of the following is not an illustration of the scattering of light?

a) The blue color of the sky b) The white color of the clouds
c) Rainbow d) The red color of danger signals

6. Calculate the dispersive power of crown glass where μV=1.456 and μR=1.414.
a) 0.0096 b) 0.45 c) 0.96 d) 0.096

7. Which of the following is used to increase the range of a telescope?

a) Increasing the focal length
b) Decreasing the focal length
c) Increasing the diameter of the objective
d) Decreasing the diameter of the objective
8. A boy uses spectacles of focal length -50 cm. Name the defect of the vision he is
suffering from.
a) Astigmatism b) Hypermetropia c) Myopia d) Presbyopia

9. Which among the following relates scattering and wavelength of the particle?
a) Rayleigh scattering
b) Photon scattering
c) Wave theory
d) Cauchy’s formula

10. For a telescope, the larger the diameter of the objective lens
a) Greater the resolving power
b) Greater the magnifying power
c)Smaller the resolving power
d)Smaller the magnifying power

11. If we need a magnification of 375 from a compound microscope of tube length

150mm and an objective of focal length 5mm.the focal length of the eyepiece
should be close to:
a) 22mm b)2mm c)12mm d)33m
12. Find the value of ‘X’ and ‘h’ for the following diagram
 a) X= 40 cm, h= 10cm b) X= 30 cm, h= 4 cm
c) X= 20cm, h= 6cm d) X=60 cm, h= 8 cm
13. The radius of curvature of curved surface of plano-convex lens is 20 cm.if the
refractive index of the material of the lens be 1.5.then the focal length of the
lens will be:
a)20 cm b) -20 cm c) 40 cm d) -40 cm
14. Calculate the refractive index of the material of an equilateral prism for which
the angle of minimum deviation is 60°.
a) 3 / √2 b)√3 c)1/2 d) 1/ √2

15. A lens immersed in a transparent liquid is not visible. Under what condition can
this happen?
a) Less refractive index
b) Higher refractive index
c) Same refractive index
d) Total internal reflection is zero
16. The refractive index of glass is 1.5 for light whose wavelength in a vacuum is
6000Å. The wavelength of this light when it passes through the glass.
a)4000Å b)6000Å c)9000Å d)15000Å
17. Two light sources are combined to form interference fringes. The electric field
of the light form two source is E1 = E0cosωt and E2= E0 cos(ωt+ᴨ), what
happens to the interference fringes?
a) Bright fringes will be observed
b) Dark fringes will be observed
c)The fringes will be completely washed out
d)The intensity will remain constant across the screen
18. In Young’s double slit experiment using sodium light (λ = 5898 Å), 92 fringes are
seen. If green color (5461 Å) is used, how many fringes will be seen?
a) 62 b) 99 c) 67 d) 85

19.The condition for observing Fraunhofer diffraction from a single slit is that the
light wavefront incident on the slit should be:
a) Spherical b) Cylindrical c) Plane d) None of these
20.Which of the following light phenomena confirms the transverse nature of
light?
a) Refraction of light b) Diffraction of light
c) Dispersion of light d) Polarization of light

21.Two coherent monochromatic light beams of intensities I and 4I are

superimposed. The maximum and minimum possible intensities in the
resulting beam are:
a) 9I and I b) 5I and I c) 9I and 3I d) 5I and 3I
22. The fringe width in a Young’s double slit experiment can be increased if we
decrease:
a) Width of slits b) Separation of slits
c) Wavelength of light used d) Distance between slits and screen

23.Which of the following is a form of light whose photons share the same
frequency and whose wavelengths are in phase with one another?
a) Coherent sources b) Incoherent sources
c) Electromagnetic waves d) Sunlight

24.In Young’s double-slit experiment with monochromatic light, how is fringe

width affected, if the screen is moved closer to the slits?
a) Independent b) Remains the same c) Increases d) Decreases

25.Interference takes place due to:

a) Amplitude changes b) Velocity change
c) Intensity d) Phase difference

26.In Young’s double-slit experiment, lights of green, yellow, and orange colors
are successively used. Write the fringe widths for the three colors in increasing
order.
a) βG < βY < βO b) βO < βY < βG c) βO < βG < βY d) βY < βG < βO

27.What would be the resultant intensity at a point of destructive interference, if

there are two identical coherent waves of intensity I 0 producing an
interference pattern?
a) 5 I0 b) 2 I0 c) I0 d) zero
 28.Which of the following factors does the intensity of light depend on?
a) Frequency b) Wavelength c) Amplitude d) Velocity

29. Give the SI unit of the magnetic field.

a) Ampere b) Tesla c) Oersted d) Weber

30. Identify the condition under which the force acting on a charge moving
through a uniform magnetic field is minimum.
a) θ = 90o b) θ = 180o c) θ = 270o d) θ = 340o
31. An electron moving with a velocity of 15 ms-1 enters a uniform magnetic field of
0.2 T, along a direction parallel to the field. What would be its trajectory in this
field?
a) Elliptical b) Straight path c) Helical d) Circular

32. Which of the following will experience a maximum force, when projected with
the same velocity perpendicular to the magnetic field: (i) α-particle, and (ii) β-
particle?
a) Both α-particle and β-particle b) None
c) β-particle d) α-particle
33. Calculate the speed of an electron if it travels in a circular path of radius 50 cm in
a magnetic field of 5 × 10-3 T.
a) 440 × 107 m/s b) 4 × 107 m/s c) 44 × 107 m/s d) 0.4 × 107 m/s

34.What is the magnetic field inside a pipe?

a) Unity b) Infinity c) Zero d) Two

35. A chamber is maintained at a uniform magnetic field of 5 × 10-3 T. An electron

with a speed of 5 × 107 ms-1 enters the chamber in a direction normal to the field.
Calculate the radius of the path.
a) 15.7 cm b) 5.7 cm c) 25.7 cm d) 75.7 cm
36.Which of the following particles cannot be accelerated using a cyclotron?
a) Neutron b) α-particle c) Deuteron d) Proton

37.A cyclotron has an oscillatory frequency of 12 MHz and a dee radius of 50 cm.
Calculate the magnetic field required to accelerate deuterons of mass 3.3 × 10 -
27
Kg and charge 1.6 × 10-19 C.
a) 25.6 T b) 75.5 T c) 1.56 T d) 7.56 T

38.Give the SI unit of magnetic permeability of free space.

a) T A m-2 b) T A-2 m c) T A-1 m d) T A m2

a) ∮ B .dl = μ0I b) ∮ B .dl = μ0/I c) ∮ B .dl = 2μ0I d) ∮ B .dl = 4μ0/I

39. Identify the expression for ampere’s circuital law from the following?

40.Pick out the expression for intensity of magnetization from the following.
a) I = M2/V b) I = M/V2 c) I = V/M d) I = M/V

41.Which of the following is another term for magnetization?

a) Magnetic neutrality b) Magnetic polarization
c) Magnetic power d) Magnetic moment

42.Which of the following is not a basic property of magnets.

a) Magnet exists as a monopole b) Attractive property
c) Directive property d) Like poles repel and unlike poles attract

43.Give the SI unit of magnetic dipole moment.

a) A-2m b) Am-2 c) A2m d) Am2

44.A magnetized needle of the magnetic moment 20 JT-1 is placed at 60o with the
direction of the uniform magnetic field of magnitude 9 T. What is the torque
acting on the needle?
a) 225 J b) 625 J c) 155.8 J d) 318 J
45.The relative permeability of a medium is 500. What is its magnetic susceptibility?
a) 500 b) 501 c) 49.9 d) 499

46.Find the correct combination regarding relative permeability and magnetic

susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance.
a) μr > 1, χ < 0 b) μr < 1, χ > 0 c) μr < 1, χ < 0 d) μr > 1, χ > 0

47.Arrange the following in the increasing order of magnetic susceptibility.

a) Paramagnetic < Diamagnetic < Ferromagnetic
b) Paramagnetic < Ferromagnetic < Diamagnetic
c) Ferromagnetic < Paramagnetic < Diamagnetic
d) Diamagnetic < Paramagnetic < Ferromagnetic

48. Which one of the following, when suspended freely, slowly sets itself parallel to
the direction of the magnetic field?
a) Ferromagnetic materials b) Diamagnetic materials
c) Paramagnetic materials d) Ferrimagnetic materials

49.Which one of the following is feebly repelled by a magnet?

a) Diamagnetic materials b) Paramagnetic materials
c) Ferromagnetic materials d) Ferrimagnetic materials

50. Which among the following has a relative permeability much larger than 1?
a) Diamagnetic materials b) Ferromagnetic materials
c) Paramagnetic materials d) Ferrimagnetic materials
1. C 36.a
2. B 37.c
Answers
3. C 38.c
4. B 39.a
5. c 40.d
6. D 41.b
7. d 42.a
8. c 43.d
9. a 44.c
10.A 45.d
11.A 46.d
12.B 47.d
13.C 48.c
14.B 49.a
15.C 50.b
16.A
17.B
18.B
19.C
20.A
21.A
22.A
23.A
24.D
25.d
26.A
27.D
28.c
29.b
30.b
31.b
32.d
33.c
34.c
35.b