Ray optics Assignment

6. The focal length of a planoconvex glass lens is 20 cm (μg

Part - A Physics =1.5). The plane face of it is silvered. An
illuminating object is placed at a distance of 60 cm from
Section - I: Single Correct the lens on its axis along the convex side. Then the
distance (in cm) of the image is
This section contains a total of 35 questions.
All questions in this section are mandatory.
For every correct response you shall be awarded 4 marks. (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 12
For every incorrect response 0 marks shall be deducted.
7. An object O is kept in front of plane mirror and mirror is
1. The difference in the speed of light in the two media A and given velocity ‘V’ w.r.t. ground as shown in figure. Object is
B(vA − vB) is 2.6 × 107 m/s. If the refractive index of the at rest w.r.t. ground. Find the velocity of image?
medium B is 1.47, then the ratio of the refractive index of
medium B to medium A is : (Given : speed of light in
vacuum c = 3 × 108 ms–1)

(a) 1.303
(b) 1.318
(c) 1.13
(d) 0.12 (a) V
2. An object is placed symmetrically between two plane (b) 2V
mirrors, inclined at an angle of 72°, then the total
(c) 2V sin θ
number of images observed is
(d) 2V cos θ
(a) 5 8. In normal adjustment, for a refracting telescope, the
(b) 4 distance between objective and eye piece is 30 cm. The
focal length of the objective, when the angular
(c) 2 magnification of the telescope is 2, will be:
(d) Infinite
(a) 20 cm (b) 30 cm
3. A telescope has an objective of focal length 100 cm and
an eyepiece of focal length 2.5 cm. If you look into the (c) 10 cm (d) 15 cm
objective (that is, into the wrong end) of this telescope,
9. A light ray is reflected by a mirror. If unit vectors along the
you will see distant objects reduced in size. By what factor
incident and normal direction are
will the angular size of objects be reduced?
k and Nˆ = ˆi then unit vector, R
1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
Iˆ = i− j+ ˆ
(a) 40 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 4
√3 √3 √3
along reflected direction is
4. An object is placed in front of a convex mirror at a distance
of 50 cm. A plane mirror is introduced covering lower half
of the mirror. If the distance between the object and the
plane mirror is 30 cm, it is found that there is no parallax
between the images formed by two mirrors. Then radius of
curvature of convex mirror is_________.

(a) 30 cm (b) 40 cm
(c) 25 cm (d) 15 cm

5. A parallel beam of white light falls on a convex lens.

Images of blue, red and green light are formed on other
side of the lens at distances x, y and z respectively from
(a)
1
the pole of the lens. Then :- (√2ˆi + √2ˆj − √3ˆ
k)
√7

(a) x > y > z (b)

−1 ˆ −1 ˆ −1 ˆ
i− j− k
(b) x > z > y
√3 √3 √3

(c) −
1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(c) y > z > x √3
i−
√3
j+
√3
k

(d) None
(d)
1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
i+ j+ k
√3 √3 √3

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10. A rod of length 10 cm lies along the principal axis of a Statement I and Statement II are true and the
concave mirror of focal length 10 cm in such a way that its (a) Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement
end closer to the pole is 20 cm away from the mirror. The I.
length of the image is :-
Statement I and Statement II are true but the
(b) Statement II is not the correct explanation of
(a) 2.5 cm Statement I.
(b) 5 cm (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(c) 10 cm (d) Statement I and Statement II are false.
(d) 15 cm 14. If we need a magnification of 375 from a compound
11. A ball is projected from top of the table with initial speed u microscope of tube length 150 mm and an objective of
at an angle of inclindation θ, motion of image of ball w.r.t focal length 5 mm, the focal length of the eye-piece,
ball will be ? should be close to :

(a) 2 mm (b) 33 mm
(c) 12 mm (d) 22 mm

15. A microscope is focused on an object at the bottom of a

bucket. If a liquid with refractive index is poured inside
5
3
the bucket, the microscope has to be raised by 30 cm to
focus the object again. The height of the liquid in the
bucket is:

(a) Must be projectile (a) 12 cm

(b) Must be straight line and vertical (b) 18 cm
(c) Must be straight line and horizontal (c) 75 cm
(d) May be straight line, depends upon value of θ (d) 50 cm
12. A glass hemisphere of radius R having refractive index 1.5 16. A glass concave lens is placed in a liquid in which it
is silvered on its flat face as shown in figure. A small object behaves like a convergent lens. If the refractive indices of
of height h is located at a distance 2R from the surface of glass and liquid are μg and μl respectively, then
hemisphere as shown in figure. The final image will form
(a) μg = 5μl
(b) μg > μl

(c) μg < μl
(d) μg = 2μl

17. In following figure, refractive index of material of prism is

√2. Find out the angle of incidence i?

At a distance of R from silvered surface, on the right

(a)
side
(b) On the object itself
(c) At hemisphere surface
At a distance of 2R from the silvered surface, on left
(d)
side.
13. Statement I: The angle subtended at the eye by an object
is equal to the angle subtended at the eye by the
virtual image produced by a magnifying glass so the (a) 45°
magnification produced is one.
Statement II: During image formation through magnifying (b) sin–1(
1
)
glass, the object as well as its image are at the same 2√2
position. (c) 60°

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(d) sin–1( (b) cm

√3 20
) 7
2√2
(c) 3 cm
18. A reflecting telescope is to be made by using spherical
mirror of radius of curvature 1.2 m and an eye piece with a (d) 2 cm
focal length of 1.25 cm. For maximum strain position of 24. The light rays from an object have been reflected towards
eye, what will be the angular magnification? (For normal an observer from a standard flat mirror. The image
eye least distance of vision is 25 cm) : observed by the observer is:
A. Real
(a) 22.7 (b) 50.4 B. Erect
(c) 48.5 (d) 118.2 C. Smaller in size than the object
D. Laterally inverted
19. A person has been using spectacles of power −1.0 Dioptre Choose the most appropriate answer from the options
for distant vision and a separate reading glass of power 2.0 given below:
Dioptres. What is the least distance of distinct vision for
this person? (a) B and D only

(a) 50 cm (b) A and D only

(b) 10 cm (c) A, C and D only

(c) 30 cm (d) B and C only

(d) 40 cm 25. A plane mirror reflecting a ray of incident light is rotated

through an angle θ about an axis through the point of
20. A glass slab (μ = 1.5) of thickness 2 cm is placed on a incidence in the plane of the mirror perpendicular to the
spot. The shift of the spot if it is viewed from the top (for plane of incidence, then:
near normal incidence) is
(a) The reflected ray does not rotate
(a) cm
2
3 (b) The reflected ray rotates through an angle θ
(c) The reflected ray rotates through an angle 2θ
(b) cm
4
3 (d) None of these
(c) cm For a prism with angle of prism 90°, angle of emergence is
1
26.
60° when angle of incidence is 60°. Find put the refractive
3

(d)
5
cm index of the material?
3
21. Critical angle of incidence for a pair of optical media is 45∘ (a) √3
. The refractive indices of first and second media are in the
ratio: (b)
√3
2
(a) √2 : 1
(c) √
3
(b) 1 : 2 2
(d) √2
(c) 1 : √2
(d) 2 : 1 27. There is a small source of light at some depth below the
surface of water (refractive index = 4/3) in a tank of large
22. Consider dispersion of light through thin prism having cross sectional surface area. Neglecting any reflection
angle of prism as 3°. Refractive indices of this prism for red from the bottom and absorption by water, percentage of
and violet light are 1.54 and 1.56 respectively. Find the light that emerges out of surface is (nearly) : [Use the fact
angular separation between these two colors in the that surface area of a spherical cap of height h and radius
spectrum (in degree)? of curvature r is 2πrh]

(a) 30 (b) 9.30 (a) 50% (b) 34%

(c) 0.060 (d) 4.50 (c) 17% (d) 21%

23. A point source of light is embedded inside a glass sphere 28. An object placed in front of a concave mirror of focal
having radius 10 cm. It is 5 cm below the surface. What is length 0.15 m produces a virtual image, which is twice the
the apparent depth of point source when viewed size of the object. The position of the object with respect
normally? (refractive index of glass is 1.5) to the mirror is

(a) 4 cm (a) –5.5 cm

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(b) +6.5 cm 33. A biconvex lens of refractive index 1.5 has a focal length of
20 cm in air. Its focal length when immersed in a liquid of
(c) –7.5 cm
refractive index 1.6 will be :
(d) +7.5 cm
29. Statement I: The image formed by a concave lens is (a) +16 cm
always virtual. (b) +160 cm
Statement II: The rays emerging from a concave lens never
meet on the principal axis. (c) −160 cm
(d) −16 cm
Statement I and Statement II are true and the
34. If one face of a prism of prism angle 30° is silvered, and
(a) Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement
the incident ray retraces its initial path, what is the angle
I.
of incidence? ( Given refractive index of prism = √2 )
Statement I and Statement II are true but the
(b) Statement II is not the correct explanation of (a) 30°
Statement I.
(b) 45º
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(d) Statement I and Statement II are false. (c) 60°
(d) 37°
30. The effective power of a combination of 5 identical convex
lenses which are kept in contact along the principal axis is 35. Statement I: The objective and the eye-piece of a
25 D. The focal length of each of the convex lenses is: compound microscope should have short focal lengths.
Statement II: Magnifying power of a compound
(a) 20 cm microscope is inversely proportional to the focal lengths of
both the lenses.
(b) 50 cm
(c) 500 cm Statement I and Statement II are true and the
(d) 25 cm (a) Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement
I.
31. Rays from a lens are converging towards a point P , as
Statement I and Statement II are true but the
shown in figure. How much thick glass plate having
(b) Statement II is not the correct explanation of
refractive index 1.6 must be located between the lens and
Statement I.
point P , so that image will be formed at P ′ ?
(c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false.
(d) Statement I and Statement II are false.

Section - II: Numerical

This section contains a total of 25 questions.
All questions in this section are mandatory.
For every correct response you shall be awarded 4 marks.
(a) 0.8 cm For every incorrect response 0 marks shall be deducted.
(b) 1.6 cm
36. A simple telescope consisting of an objective of focal
(c) 5 cm length 60 cm and a single eye lens of focal length 5 cm is
focussed on a distant object in such a way that parallel
(d) 2.4 cm
rays emerge from the eye lens. If the object subtends an
32. The refractive index of a converging lens is 1.4. What will angle of 2° at the objective then find the angular width of
be the focal length of this lens if it is placed in a medium of the image (in degree).
same refractive index? (Assume that the radii of curvature
of the faces of the lens are R1 and R2 respectively)

(a) 1
(b) Infinite

(c)
R1R2
R1 − R2
(d) Zero

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37. A light ray is incident, at an incident angle θ1, on the 42. A ray of light is incident at an angle of incidence 60∘ on the
system of two plane mirrors M1 and M2 having an glass slab of refractive index √3. After refraction, the light
inclination angle 75∘ between them (as shown in ray emerges out from other parallel face and the lateral
figure). After reflecting from mirror M1 it gets reflected shift between incident ray and emergent ray is 4√3 cm.
back by the mirror M2 with an angle of reflection 30∘. The The thickness of the glass slab is _______ cm.
total deviation of the ray will be _____ degree.
43. A ray of light traveling in glass (μ = 3/2) is incident on a
horizontal glass air surface at the critical angle θc. If a thin
layer of water (μ = 4/3) is now poured on the glass air
surface, the ray of light emerge into air at the water air
surface at an angle of π/k radians find the value of k.

38. Two vertical parallel mirrors A and B are separated by 10

cm. A point object O is placed at a distance of 2 cm from
mirror A. The distance of the second nearest image behind
mirror A from the mirror A is ....... cm.

44. A convex lens of refractive index 1.5 and focal length 18

cm in air is immersed in water. The change in focal length
of the lens will be _____ cm.
(Given: The refractive index of water = )
4
3
45. A thin cylindrical rod of length 10 cm is placed horizontally
on the principle axis of a concave mirror of focal length 20
cm. The rod is placed in such a way that the mid-point of
the rod is at 40 cm from the pole of the mirror. The length
of the image formed by the mirror will be cm. The value
x
39. An object is placed on the principal axis of a convex lens 3
of focal length 10 cm as shown. A plane mirror is placed of x is ...........
on the other side of the lens at a distance of 20 cm. The 46. A point source of light S, placed at a distance 60 cm in
image produced by the plane mirror is 5 cm inside the front of the center of a plane mirror of width 50 cm, hangs
mirror. The distance of the object from the lens is ___ cm. vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror
along a line parallel to the mirror at a distance 1.2 m
from it (see in the figure). The distance between
the extreme points where he can see the image of the light
source in the mirror is .......... cm.

40. The distance between object and its 3 times magnified

virtual image as produced by a convex lens is 20 cm. The
focal length of the lens used is _______ cm.
41. In an experiment for estimating the value of the
focal length of a converging mirror, the real image of an
object placed at 40 cm from the pole of the mirror is
formed at a distance of 120 cm from the pole of the 47. Light from a point source in air falls on a convex curved
mirror. These distances are measured with a surface of radius 20 cm and refractive index 1.5. If the
modified scale in which there are 20 small divisions in 1 source is located at 100 cm from the convex surface, the
cm. The value of the error in the measurement of the focal image will be formed at _______ cm from the object.
length of the mirror is cm. The value of x is .......... .
1
x

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48. An object viewed from a near point distance of 25 cm, 54. A hemispherical bowl of radius 10 cm is filled with liquid of
using a microscopic lens with magnification 6, gives an
refractive index μ = . A glass plate of refractive index 1.5
4
unresolved image. A resolved image is observed at infinite 3
distance with a total magnification double the earlier is placed on the top of bowl. If for the observer above the
using an eyepiece along with the given lens and a tube of plate the shift in position of a point P on the bottom is 3
length 0.6 m, if the focal length of the eyepiece is equal to cm find the thickness (in cm) of glass plate?
______ cm.
49. The radius of curvature of each surface of a convex lens
having refractive index 1.8 is 20 cm. The lens is now
immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.5. The ratio of the
power of the lens in air to its power in the liquid will be
x : 1. The value of x is .......... .
50. A distant hot air balloon subtends 0.25° at the objective
55. A prism of angle A = 1° has a refractive index µ = 1.5. A
lens of an astronomical telescope. The image subtends
good estimate for the minimum angle of deviation (in
1.5° at eyepiece when viewed with relaxed eye. The
objective and eyepiece are in a 35 cm long tube. Find the degrees) is close to . Value of N is ______.
N

focal length (in cm) of the eyepiece lens?

10
56. In the given figure, the face AC of the equilateral prism is
51. Two transparent media having refractive indices 1.0 and immersed in a liquid of refractive index 'n'. For incident
1.5 are separated by a spherical refracting surface of angle 60° at the side AC, the refracted light beam just
radius of curvature 30 cm. The centre of curvature of the grazes along face AC. The refractive index of the liquid
surface is towards the denser medium and a point object
is placed on the principle axis in the rarer medium at a . The value of x is_________ . (Given refractive
√x
n=
distance of 15 cm from the pole of the surface. The
4
index of glass = 1.5)
distance of the image from the pole of the surface is
.......... cm.
52. An object 'o' is placed at a distance of 100 cm in front of a
concave mirror of radius of curvature 200 cm as shown in
the figure.
The object starts moving towards the mirror at a speed of 2
cm/s. The position of the image from the mirror after 10 s
will be at ……. cm.

57. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm is placed in front of

convex mirror with principal axis coinciding each other.
53.
The graph between and for a thin convex lens in order The distance between the lens and mirror is 10 cm. A point
1 1

object is placed on principal axis at a distance of 60

u v
to determine its focal length is plotted as shown in the
figure. The refractive index of length is 1.5 and its both the cm from the convex lens. The image formed
surfaces have same radius of curvatures R. The value of R by combination coincides the object itself. The focal
will be ____cm. length of the convex mirror is _____ cm.
(Where u = object distance , v = image distance) 58.
Two immiscible liquids of refractive indices and
8 3
5 2
respectively are put in a beaker as shown in the figure. The
height of each column is 6 cm. A coin is placed at the
bottom of the beaker. For near normal vision, the apparent
depth of the coin is cm. The value of α is ____.
α
4

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59. Find the deviation of light ray (in degree) produced by the 60. A thin prism of angle 6º and refractive index for yellow light
(nY) = 1.5 is combined with another prism of angle 5º and
prism. Refractive index of the prism is . (For small
4
3 nY = 1.55. The combination produces no dispersion. The
angles, sin θ ≈ θ).
net average deviation (δ) produced by the combination is
1 ∘
( ) . The value of x is ..... .
x

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