Question Bank 1

1. An object is placed at a distance of 40 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. If the object is
displaced through a distance of 20 cm towards the mirror, the displacement of the image will be
(1) 30 cm away from the mirror
(2) 36 cm away from the mirror
(3) 36 cm towards the mirror
(4) 30 cm towards the mirror
2. The refractive index of the material of a prism is and the angle of the prism is 30°.One of the two
refracting surfaces of the prism is made a mirror inwards, by silver coating. A beam of monochromatic
light entering the prism from the other face will retrace its path (after reflection from the silvered surface)
if its angle of incidence on the prism is
(1) 60° (2) 45° (3) Zero (4) 30°
3. An astronomical refracting telescope will have large angular magnification and high angular resolution,
when it has an objective lens of
(1) small focal length and large diameter
(2) large focal length and small diameter
(3) small focal length and small diameter
(4) large focal length and large diameter
4. A thin prism having refracting angle 10° is made of glass of refractive index 1.42. This prism is combined
with another thin prism of glass of refractive index 1.7. This combination produces dispersion without
deviation. The refracting angle of second prism should be
(1) 6° (2) 8° (3) 10° (4) 4°
5. A beam of light from a source L is incident normally on a plane mirror fixed at a certain distance x from
the source. The beam is reflected back as a spot on a scale placed just above the source I. When the mirror
is rotated through a small angle , the spot of the light is found to move through a distance y on the scale.
The angle q is given by

(1) (2) (3) (4)

6. A astronomical telescope has objective and eyepiece of focal lengths 40 cm and 4 cm respectively. To
view an object 200 cm away from the objective, the lenses must be separated by a distance :
(1) 37.3 cm (2) 46.0 cm (3) 50.0 cm (4) 54.0 cm
7. The angle of incidence for a ray of light at a refracting surface of a prism is 45°. The angle of prism is
60°. If the ray suffers minimum deviation through the prism, the angle of minimum deviation and
refractive index of the material of the prism respectively, are :

(1) (2) (3) (4)

8. Two identical thin plano-convex glass lenses (refractive index 1.5) each having radius of curvature of 20
cm are placed with their convex surfaces in contact at the centre. The intervening space is filled with oil
of refractive index 1.7. The focal length of the combination is
(1) –25 cm (2) –50 cm (3) 50 cm (4) –20 cm
9. The refracting angle of a prism is ‘A’, and refractive index of the material of the prism is cot(A/2). The
angle of minimum deviation is :
(1) 180° – 2A (2) 90° – A (3) 180° + 2A (4) 180° – 3A
10. In an astronomical telescope in normal adjustment a straight black line of length L is drawn on inside part
of objective lens. The eye-piece forms a real image of this line. The length of this image is l. The
magnification of the telescope is :

(1) (2) (3) (4)

11. The angle of a prism is ‘A’. One of its refracting surfaces is silvered. Light rays falling at an angle of
incidence 2A on the first surface returns back through the same path after suffering reflection at the
silvered surface. The refractive index , of the prism is :
 (1) 2 sin A (2) 2 cos A (3) cos A (4) tan A
12. If the focal length of objective lens is increased then magnifying power of :
(1) microscope will increase but that of telescope decrease.
(2) microscope and telescope both will increase.
(3) microscope and telescope both will decrease
(4) microscope will decrease but that of telescope increase
13. Which colour of the light has the longest wavelength?
(1) red (2) blue (3) green (4) violet
14. Pick the wrong answer in the context with rainbow.
(1) When the light rays undergo two internal reflections in a water drop, a secondary rainbow is formed.
(2) The order of colours is reversed in the secondary rainbow.
(3) An observer can see a rainbow when his front is towards the sun.
(4) Rainbow is a combined effect of dispersion refraction and reflection sunlight.
15. Two similar thin equi-convex lenses, of focal length f each, are kept coaxially in contact with each other
such that the focal length of the combination is F1. When the space between the two lenses is filled with
glycerine (which has the same refractive index (µ = 1.5) as that of glass) then the equivalent focal length
is F2. The ratio F1 : F2 will be :
(1) 2 : 1 (2) 1 : 2 (3) 2 : 3 (4) 3 : 4
16. In total internal reflection when the angle of incidence is equal to the critical angle for the pair of media in
contact, what will be angle of refraction?
(1) 180° (2) 0°
(3) equal to angle of incidence (4) 90°
17. An equiconvex lens has power P. It is cut into two symmetrical halves by a plane containing the principal
axis. The power of one part will be :

(1) 0 (2) (3) (4) P

18. A double convex lens has focal length 25 cm. The radius of curvature of one of the surfaces is double of
the other. Find the radii if the refractive index of the material of the lens is 1.5 :
(1) 100 cm, 50 cm (2) 25 cm, 50 cm
(3) 18.75 cm, 37.5 cm (4) 50 cm, 100 cm
19. A plano-convex lens of unknown material and unknown focal length is given. With the help of a
spherometer we can measure the
(1) focal length of the lens
(2) radius of curvature of the curved surface
(3) aperture of the lens
(4) refractive index of the material
20. An object is placed on the principal axis of a concave mirror at a distance of 1.5 f (f is the focal length).
The image will be at
(1) .3 f (2) 1.5 f (3) .1.5 f (4) 3 f
21. If the critical angle for total internal reflection from a medium to vacuum is 45°, then velocity of light
in the medium is,

(1) 1.5 × 108 m/s (2) (3) m/s (4) 3 × 108 m/s
22. The power of a biconvex lens is 10 dioptre and the radius of curvature of each surface is 10 cm. Then
the refractive index of the material of the lens is,

(2) (3) (4)

(1)
23. A ray is incident at an angle of incidence i on one surface of a small angled prism (with angle of prism A)
and emerges normally from the opposite surface. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is ,
then the angle of incidence is nearly equal to
 1) 2) 3) 3)
24. A lens of large focal length and large aperture is best suited as an objective of an astronomical telescope
since
1) a large aperture contributes to the quality and visibility of the images
2) a large area of the objective ensures better light gathering power
3) a large aperture provides a better resolution
4) all of the above.
25. A convex lens ‘A’ of focal length 20 cm and a concave lens ‘B’ of focal length 5 cm are kept along the
same axis with a distance ‘d’ between them. If a parallel beam of light falling on ‘A’ leaves ‘B’ as a
parallel beam, then the distance ‘d’ in cm will be
1) 15 2) 50 3) 30 4) 25
26. Find the value of angle of emergence from the prism. Refractive index of the glass is .

1)30° 2) 45° 3) 90° 4) 60°

27. A point object is placed at a distance of 60 cm from a convex lens of focal length 30 cm. If a plane mirror
were put perpendicular to the principal axis of the lens and at a distance of 40 cm from it, the final image
would be formed at a distance of

1) 30 cm from the lens, it would be a real image

2) 30 cm from the plane mirror, it would be a virtual image
3) 20 cm from the plane mirror, it would be a virtual image
4) 20 cm from the lens, it would be a real image

Answer Key
1) 2 2) 2 3) 4 4) 1 5) 4 6) 4 7) 2 8) 2 9) 1
10) 3 11) 2 12) 4 13) 1 14) 3 15) 2 16) 4 17) 4 18) 3
19) 2 20) 1 21) 2 22) 4 23) 4 24) 4 25) 1 26) 4 27) 4

Hints and Solutions

1. (2) using mirror formula,

When object is displaced by 20 cm towards mirror

Now,
 So,

Therefore image shifts away from mirror by = 60 – 24 = 36 cm

2. (2) For retracing the path, light ray should be normally incident on silvered face.
A = r + O r = 30°

Applying Snell’s law at point M,

or

3. (4) For telescope, angular magnification

So, focal length of objective lens should be large.

Angular resolution . So, D should be large.

So, objective lens of refracting telescope should have large focal length (f0) and large diameter D for
larger angular magnification.
4. (1) For dispersion without deviation
( -1)A1 + ( '-1)A2 = 0
( -1)A1 = ( '-1)A2
(1.42–1) × 10° = (1.7–1)A2
4.2 = 0.7A2 A2 = 6°
5. (4) When mirror is rotated by angle q reflected ray will be rotated by .

6. (4) Given: Focal length of objective, f0 = 40cm

Focal length of eye – piece fe = 4 cm
image distance, v0 = 200 cm
Using lens formula for objective lens

Tube length
7. (2) i = 45°;A = 60°;
Angle of minimum deviation, = 2i – A = 30°
Refractive index of material of prism

8. (2) Using lens maker’s formula,

Therefore, the focal length of the combination is – 50 cm.

9. (1) As we know, the refractive index of the material of the Prism

10. (3)
Magnification by eye piece

or

Magnification,
11. (2)

According to Snell’s law

12. (4) Magnifying power of microscope
Hence with increase f0 magnifying power of microscope decreases

Magnifying power of telescope

Hence with increase f0 magnifying power of telescope increases
13. Longest wavelength is of red colour
14. An observer can see a rainbow when his back is towards the Sun

15. and
16. At critical angle

angle of refraction = 90°

17. Focal length do not change → Power do not change
18. For the double convex lens
f=25cm, R1=R and R2=−2R (sign convention)

19. Sphere meter is used to measure radius of curvature of the curved surface.

20. By using mirror formula

We have

21.

22.
 (for equi-convex lens)

23. Normal emergence

i2 = r2= 0
A = r1 + r 2 = r 1
For small angle

Large aperture(1) of the objective lens provides better resolution ∴ Good quality of image is formed and
24. ;

also it gathers more light.

25.

d = fA – fB = 20 – 5 = 15 cm
26.

Snell’s law ;
27. Using lens formula for first refraction from convex lens

The plane mirror will produce an image at distance 20 cm to left of it.

For second refraction from convex lens, u = –20 cm, v = ? , f = 30 cm
Thus the final image is virtual and at a distance,
60 – 40 = 20 cm from plane mirror.