GEOMETRICAL OPTICS

Exercise - 1 Objective Problems | JEE Main

Section A - Plane Mirror 7. A point object is kept in front of a plane mirror. The
plane mirror is doing SHM of amplitude 2cm. The
1. A point source of light is placed in front of a plane mirror.
plane mirror moves along the x-axis and x-axis is
(A) Only the reflected rays close to the normal normal to the mirror. The amplitude of the mirror is
meet at a point when produced backward. such that the object is always infront of the mirror.
(B) All the reflected rays meet at a point when The amplitude of SHM of the image is
produced backward. (A) zero (B) 2 cm
(C) Only the reflected rays making a small angle
(C) 4 cm (D) 1 cm
with the mirror, meet at a point when produced
backward.
8. An insect of negligible mass is sitting on a block of
(D) Light of different colours make different images.
mass M tied with a spring of force constant k. The
block performs SHM with amplitude A infront of a
2. A watch shows the time as 3 : 25. What will be the
plane mirror placed as shown. The maximum speed
time that appears when seen through a plane mirror ?
of insect relative to its image will be
(A) 8 : 35 (B) 9 : 35
(C) 7 : 35 (D) 8 : 25 k
(A) A
M
3. If a ray of light is incident on a plane mirror at an
angle 60° from the mirror surface, then deviation A 3 k
(B)
produced by mirror is : 2 M
(A) 30° (B) 60° insect 60°
k M
(C) 90° (D) 120° (C) A 3
M

4. When light is reflected from a mirror a change occurs A k

in its : (D)
2 M
(A) phase, (B) frequency,
(C) wavelength, (D) speed
9. An object is initially at a distance of 100 cm from a
plane mirror. If the mirror approaches the object at
5. The images of clouds and trees in water always less
a speed of 5 cm/s. Then after 6 s the distance
bright than in reality –
between the object and its image will be :
(A) because water is forming the image dirty
(A) 60 cm (B) 140 cm
(B) because there is an optical illusion due to which
the image appears to be less bright (C) 170 cm (D) 150 cm
(C) because only a portion of the incident light is
reflected and quite a large portion goes mid water 10. Two mirrors are placed perpendicular to each other.
(D) because air above the surface of water contains A ray strikes the first mirror and after reflection from
a lot of moisture the first mirror it falls on the second mirror. The ray
after reflection from second mirror will emerge:
6. A rays is incident at an angle 38º on a mirror. The (A) Perpendicular to the original ray
angle between normal and reflected ray is (B) Parallel to the original ray
(A) 38º (B) 52º (C) At 450 to the original ray
(C) 90º (D) 76º (D) At 600 to the original ray
11. If an object is placed unsymmetrically between two 17. The largest distance of the image of a real object
plane mirrors, inclined at the angle of 600, then the from a convex mirror of focal length 20 cm can be :
total number of images formed is (A) 20 cm
(A) 5 (B) 4 (B) infinite
(C) 2 (D) infinite
(C) 10 cm

12. When a plane mirror AB is placed horizontally on (D) depends on the position of the object.
level ground at a distance of 60 metres from the
foot of a tower, the top of the tower and its image 18. A concave mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm
in the mirror subtends, an angle of 90° at B. The forms image of the sun. The diameter of the sun
height of the tower is : subtends an angle 1° on the earth. Then the diameter
(A) 30 metre of the image is (in cm) :
(A) 2/9 (B) /9
(B) 60 metre (C) 20 (D) /18
(C) 90 metre
(D) 120 metre.
A B 19. A convex mirror has a focal length = 20 cm. A
convergent beam tending to converge to a point 20
Section B, C, D, E - Mirror formula and cm behind convex mirror on principal axis falls on
Magnification, Veloci ty in it. The image if formed at
Spherical Mirror, Cutting of
(A) infinity (B) 40 cm
Mirrors, Combination of Mirrors,
Intensity of light (C) 20 cm (D) 10 cm

13. In image formation from spherical mirrors, only

paraxial rays are considered because they : 20. A candle is kept at a distance equal to double the
focal length from the pole of a convex mirror. its
(A) are easy to handle geometrically
magnification will be :
(B) contain most of the intensity of the incident light
(C) form nearly a point image of a point source 1 1
(A) – (B)
(D) show minimum dispersion effect. 3 3

14. A convex mirror has a focal length f. A real object, 2 2

(C) (D) –
placed at a distance f in front of it from the pole, 3 3
produces an image at
(A) 2 f (B) f/2 21. A concave mirror gives an image three times as large
(C) f (D)  as the object placed at a distance of 20 cm from it.
For the image to be real, the focal length should be :
15. If an object is 30 cm away from a concave mirror
of focal length 15 cm, the image will be (A) 10 cm (B) 15 cm

(A) erect (B) virtual (C) 20 cm (D) 30 cm

(C) diminished (D) of same size
22. The focal length of spherical mirror is
16. A concave mirror cannot form :
(A) Maximum for red light
(A) virtual image of virtual object
(B) Maximum for blue light
(B) virtual image of a real object
(C) real image of a real object (C) Maximum for white light
(D) real image of a virutal object (D) Same for all lights
Section F - Snell's Law, Apparent depth and 28. A ray of light travelling in glass (g = 3/2) is incident
Normal shift, Refraction through on a glass air surface at the critical angle. If a thin
a Glass slab, Lateral shift layer of water (w = 4/3) is now poured on the glass
air surface, at what angle will the ray of light emerge
23. When a wave is refracted : into air at the water air surface?
(A) its path must change (A) 60° (B) 30°
(B) its amplitude must change (C) 45° (D) 90o

(C) its velocity must change

29. Light traveling through three transparent
(D) its frequency must change substances follows the path shown in figure.
Arrange the indices of refraction in order from
24. A ray incident at a point at an angle of incidence of smallest to largest. Note that total internal reflection
60° enters a glass sphere of  = 3 and it is reflected does occur on the bottom surface of medium 2.
and refracted at the farther surface of the sphere. n1
The angle between reflected and refracted rays at n2
this surface is
(A) 50° (B) 90° n3
(C) 60° (D) 40°
(A) n1 < n2 < n3 (B) n2 < n1 < n3
(C) n1 < n3 < n2 (D) n3 < n1 < n2
25. A ray of light passes through a plane glass slab of
thickness t and refractive index  = 1.5. The angle 30. The critical angle of light going from medium A to
between incident ray and emergent ray will be medium B is . The speed of light in medium A is v.
(A) 0° (B) 30° The speed of light in medium B is :

(C) 45° (D) 60° v

(A) (B) v sin 
sin 
(C) v cot  (D) v tan 
26. A ray of light is incident on one face of a transparent
slab of thickness 15 cm. The angle of incidence is
31. Two transparent media A and B are separated by a
60°. If the lateral displacement of the ray on
plane boundary. The speed of light in medium A is
emerging from the parallel plane is 5 3 cm, the 2.0 × 108 m s–1 and in medium B is 2.5 × 108 ms–1.
refractive index of the material of the slab is The critical angle for which a ray of light going from
(A) 1.414 (B) 1.532 A to B is totally internally reflected is

(C) 1.732 (D) none –1  1  –1  2 

(A) sin   (B) sin  
2  5

Section G - Critical Angle and Total Internal –1  4  –1  1 

(C) sin   (D) sin  
Reflection (T.I.R.)  5  3

27. For two given statements : 32. A light ray is incident on a transparent sphere of
I. Critical angle is greater for violet light than for index = 2 , at an angle of incidence = 45°. What
red light. is the deviation of a tiny fraction of the ray, which
II. Diamonds shine in the dark. enters the sphere, undergoes two internal reflections,
(A) I true, II false (B) I false, II true and then refracts out into air?
(C) both true (D) both false (A) 270° (B) 240°
(C) 120° (D) 180°
Section H - Prism 37. A certain prism is found to produce a minimum
deviation of 38°. It produces a deviation of 44° when
33. A prism having refractive index 2 and refracting the angle of incidence is either 42° or 62°. What is
angle 30°, has one of the refracting surface polished. the angle of incidence when it is undergoing minimum
A beam of light incident on the other refracting surface deviation?
will retrace its path if the angle of incidence is : (A) 45° (B) 49°
(C) 40° (D) 55°
(A) 0° (B) 30°
(C) 45° (D) 60°
38. A beam of monochromatic light is incident at i =
50° on one face of an equilateral prism, the angle of
34. A triangular prism of glass is shown in figure. A ray emergence is 40°, then the angle of minimum
incident normally on one face is totally reflected. If deviation is :
 is 45°, the index of refraction of glass is : (A) 30° (B) < 30°
(C)  30° (D)  30°
I
Section I - Dispersion of Light
 39. The dispersion of light in a medium implies that:
O
(A) lights of different wavelengths travels with
different speeds in the medium
(B) lights of different frequencies travel with different
(A) Less than 2 (B) Equal to 2 speeds in the medium
(C) Greater than (D) None of the above. (C) the refractive index of medium is different for
2
different wavelengths
(D) all of the above.
35. An equilateral prism deviates a ray through 23º for
two angles of incidence differing by 23º. Find  of 40. Critical angle of light passing from glass to air is
the prism ? minimum for
(A) red (B) green
33 43
(A) (B) (C) yellow (D) violet
5 3

43 62 41. A medium has n v = 1.56, n r = 1.44. Then its

(C) (D) dispersive power is :
5 2
3 6
(A) (B)
50 25
36. A ray of light is incident at angle i on a surface of a
prism of small angle A & emerges normally from (C) 0.03 (D) none
the opposite surface. If the refractive index of the
material of the prism is , the angle of incidence i is 42. Indicate the correct statement in the following
nearly equal to : (A) The dispersive power depends upon the angle
of prism
A A (B) The angular dispersion depends upon the angle
(A) (B)
 (2 ) of the prism
(C) The angular dispersion does not depend upon
A the dispersive power
(C) A (D) 
2
(D) The dispersive power in vacuum is one
Section J - Refraction from a Spherical 46. A planoconcave lens is placed on a paper on which
Surface a flower is drawn. How far above its actual position
does the flower
43. The image for the converging beam after refraction Radius of
through the curved surface is formed at : appear to be ? curvature = 20 cm
(A) 10 cm air 3

(B) 15 cm t=20cm 2
n=3/2 n=1
(C) 50 cm
O
(D) none Paper
P x

30
R=20cm 47. A fish is near the centre of a spherical water filled
fish bowl. A child stands in air at a distance 2 R (R
40 is radius of curvature of the sphere) from the centre
(A) x = 40 cm (B) x = cm
3 of the bowl. At what distance from the centre would
the child's nose appear to the fish situated at the
40 180
(C) x = – cm (D) x = cm centre (R.I. of water = 4/3)
3 7
(A) 4R (B) 2R
(C) 3R (D) R
44. A narrow parallel beam of light is incident on a
transparent sphere of refractive index ‘n’. If the beam
48. A concave spherical surface of radius of curvature
finally gets focussed at a point situated at a distance
10 cm separates two medium x & y of refractive
= 2 × (radius of sphere) from the centre of the
index 4/3 & 3/2 respectively. If the object is placed
sphere, then find n?
along principal axis in medium X then
(A) 4/3 (B) 3/2
(A) image is always real
(C) 5/4 (D) 5/3
(B) image is real if the object
distance is greater than 90cm
45 An extended object of size 2 cm is placed at a distance
of 10 cm in air (n = 1) from pole, on the principal (C) image is always virtual
axis of a spherical curved surface. The medium on (D) image is virtual if the object distance is less than
the other side of refracting surface has refractive 90 cm
index n = 2. Find the position, nature and size of
image formed after single refraction through the Section K - Lens Maker formula and
curved surface. Magnification, Image formation
by convex and concave lens,
Combination of lens, Cutting of
n=1
2cm

n=2
lens
49. A thin lens of focal length f and its aperture diameter
10cm
d, forms a real image of intensity I. Now the central
ROC = 20cm d
part of the aperture upto diameter ( ) is blocked
2
(A) 30 cm from pole in the medium of refractive
index 1, virtual, erect and 4 cm in size. by an opaque paper. The focal length and image
(B) 40 cm from pole in the medium of refractive intensity would change to
index 1, virtual, erect and 4 cm in size. f I I
(C) 40 cm from pole in the medium of refractive (A) , (B) f ,
2 2 4
index 1, real, inverted and 4 cm in size.
(D)30 cm from pole in the medium of refractive 3f I 3I
(C) , (D) f,
index 1, virtual, erect and 6 cm in size. 4 2 4
50. When the object is at distances u1 and u2 the images 56. Two symmetric double convex lenses A and B have
formed by the same lens are real and virtual same focal length, but the radii of curvature differ
respectively and of the same size. Then focal length so that RA = 0.9 RB. If nA = 1.63, find nB.
of the lens is ; (A) 1.7 (B) 1.6
1 1 (C) 1.5 (D) 4/3
(A) u1u 2 (B) (u1  u 2 )
2 2
Section L - Power of lens and Mirror,
(C) u1 u 2 (D) 2(u1  u 2 )
Silverging of lens, Displacement
Method
51. Which of the following cannot form real image of a
real object ? 57. A lens of power + 2.0 D is placed in contact with
another lens of power – 1.0 D. The combination
(A) concave mirror (B) convex mirror
will behave like
(C) both mirror (D) none of these
(A) a converging lens of focal length 100 cm

52. A double convex lens has focal length 50 cm. The (B) a diverging lens of focal length 100 cm
radius of curvature of one of the surfaces is double (C) a converging lens of focal length 50 cm
of the other. Find the radii, if the refractive index of (D) a diverging lens of focal length 50 cm.
the material of the lens is 2.
(A) 150 cm, 75 cm (B) 125 cm, 150 cm 58. In the adjoining ray-diagram are given the
(C) 75 cm, 150 cm (D) 25 cm, 75 cm positions of an object O, image I and two lenses L1
and L2. The focal length of L1 is also given. Find
53. A thin symmetrical double convex the focal length of the lens L2.
lens of power P is cut into three A
part, as shown in the figure. Power
B
of A is :
C
P
(A) 2 P (B)
2
L1 L2
P
(C) (D) P
3 (A) 30 cm (B) – 30 cm
(C) –15 cm (D) None of these
54. A plano convex lens has a curved surface of radius
100 cm. If  = 1.5, then the focal length of the lens is
59. A thin equi-convex
(A) 50 cm (B) 100 cm  = 5/3
lens having radius
(C) 200 cm (D) 500 cm of curvature 10 cm is  = 5/4  = 3/2

placed as shown in
55. A biconvex lens has a focal
figure. Calculate focal length of the lens,
length of 10 cm. It is cut in half
if parallel rays are incident as shown.
and two pieces are placed as
shown. The focal length of the 120 160
(A) cm (B) cm
final combination is 7 7

(A) 10 (B) 20 180

(C) cm (D) None
(C) 40 (D) Not a lens 7
60. A convex lens of focal length 10 cm is placed 30 65. A compound microscope has a magnification power
cm in front of a second conves lens also of the of 100 when the image is formed at infinity. the
same focal length. A plane mirror is placed after objective has a focal length of 0.5 cm and the tube
the two lenses. Where should a point object be
length is 6.5 cm. Find the focal length of eyepiece.
placed in front of the first lens so that it images on
to itself ? (A) 1 cm (B) 2 cm
(A) 20 cm (B) 15 cm (C) 20 cm (D) 40 cm
(C) 30 cm (D) 25 cm

61. A concave mirror of focal length 30 cm is placed on 66. A telescope has an objective of focal length
the flat horizontal surface with its concave side up. 30 cm and an eyepiece of focal length 3.0 cm. It is
Water with refractive index 1.33 is poured into the focussed on an object of distance 2.0 meter. For
lens. Where should an object be placed if its image is seeing with relaxed eye, calculate the separation
to be captured on a screen with a magnification of between the objective and the eyepiece.
2?
(A) 33 cm (B) 27 cm
(A) 44.25 cm (B) 40.60 cm
(C) 33.75 cm (D) 38.50 cm (C) 38.3 cm (D) None of these

62. A convex lens is cut in half along its principal axis 67. A liquid of refractive index 1.6 is contained in the
and the two halves are separated by a distance of cavity of a glass specimen of refractive index 1.5 as
12 cm. An object is placed 6 cm in front of the lens shown in figure. If each of the curved surfaces has
as shown in Figure. Two sharp images are formed a radius of curvature of 0.20 m, the arrangement
on the screen placed 80 cm from the object. What behaves as a
is the focal length of the lens ?
(A) 12.50 cm
(B) 23.45 cm Glass

(C) 17.30 cm
(D) 19.55 cm
Liquid

63. A telephoto combination consists of convex lens of

focal length 30 cm and a concave lens of focal length (A) converging lens of focal length 0.25 m
15 cm, the separation between two lens is 27.5 cm. (B) diverging lens of focal length 0.25 m
Where should be the photographic plate placed in order (C) diverging lens of focal length 0.17 m
to photograph an object 10 m in front of the first lens? (D) converging lens of focal length 0.72 m
(A) 5 cm (B) 3 cm
(C) 4 cm (D) 6 cm 68. The focal lengths of the objective and
the eyepiece of a compound microscope are 2.0 cm
64. The source is placed 30 cm from a convex lens which and 3.0 cm, respectively. The distance between the
has a focal length of 20 cm. The source is initially objective and the eyepiece is 15.0 cm,. The final
located on the axis of the lens. The lens is then cut image formed by the eyepiece is at infiinity. The
into two halves in a plane along the principal axis. two lenses are thin. The distance, in cm, of the object
The two halves are separated by a distance of 4 and the image produced by the objective, measured
mm. What will be the locations of the image of the from the objective lens, are respectively
source? (A) 2.4 and 12.0 (B) 2.4 and 15.0
(A) 7 cm (B) 3 cm (C) 2.0 and 12.0 (D) 2.0 and 3.0
(C) 4 cm (D) 6 cm
69. An eye specialist prescribes spectacles having 72. In a simple microscope, if the final image is located
combination of convex lens of focal length 40 cm in at infinity then its magnifying power-
contact with a concave lens of focal length 25 cm. (A) 25/F (B) 25/D
The power of this lens combination in diopters is
(C) F/25 (D) (1+ 25/F)
(A) +1.5 (B) –1.5
(C) +6.67 (D) –6.67
73. An astronomical telescope has a magnifying power
10. The focal length of the eye piece is 20 cm. the
Section M - Chromatic Aberration and focal length of the objective is -
Achromatism, Optical (A) 2 cm (B) 200 cm
Instrument + Eye + Luminous
(C) (1/2) cm (D) (1/200) cm
Intensity

70. A real image of a distant object is formed by a 74. If F0 and Fe are the focal lengths of the objective
planoconvex lens on its principal axis. Spherical and eye-piece respectively for a Galilean telescope,
aberration its magnifying power is about

(A) is absent (A) F0 + Fe (B) F0 × Fe

(B) is smaller if the curved surface of the lens faces 1

(C) F0/Fe (D) F + Fe
the object 2 0
(C) is smaller if the plane surface of the lens faces
the object
75. A myopic person can not see objects lying beyond 2
(D) is the same whichever side of the lens faces the m. The focal length and power of the lens required
object. to remove this defect will be
(A) 1 m & 0.5 D (B) – 2m & – 0.5 D
71. The focal length of the objective of a microscope is- (C) 0.5 m & 0.5 D (D) – 0.5 m & 0.5 D
(A) Greater than the focal length of eye piece
(B) Lesser than the focal length of the eye piece
(C) Equal to the focal length of the eye piece
(D) Any of (A) (B) and (C)
Exercise - 2 (Level-I) Objective Problems | JEE Main

Section A - Plane Mirror 6. A light ray is incident on a

1. A unnumbered wall clock shows time 04 : 25 : 37, plane mirror, which after

where 1st term represents hours, 2nd represents getting reflected strikes
minutes & the last term represents seconds, What
another plane mirror, as
time will its image in a plane mirror show.
shown in figure. The angle 60°
(A) 08 : 35 : 23 (B) 07 : 35 : 23
between the two mirrors is
(C) 07 : 34 : 23 (D) None of these
60°. Find the angle ''
shown in figure.
2. There are two plane mirror with reflecting surface
(A) 60° (B) 30°
facing each other. Both the mirrors are moving with
speed v away from each other. A point object is (C) 45° (D) 90°
placed between the mirrors. The velocity of the image
from due to n-th reflection will be
7. A plane mirror of circular shape with radius
(A) nv (B) 2nV
r = 20 cm is fixed to the ceiling. A bulb is to be
(C) 3nv (D) 4nv placed on the axis of the mirror. A circular area of
radius R = 1 m on the floor is to be illuminated after
3. Two plane mirrors are placed parallel to each other reflection of light from the mirror. The height of the
at a distance L apart. A point object O is placed room is 3m. What is maximum distance from the
between them, at a distance L/3 from one mirror. center of the mirror and the bulb so that the required
Both mirrors form multiple images. The distance area is illuminated ?
between any two images cannot be
(A) 75 cm (B) 60 cm
(A) 3L/2 (B) 2L/3
(C) 65 cm (D) 90 cm
(C) 2L (D) None

4. A person's eye is at a height of 1.5 m. He stands in 8. A light ray I is incident on a plane mirror M. The
front of a 0.3m long plane mirror which is 0.8m mirror is rotated in the direction as shown in the
above the ground. The length of the image he sees figure by an arrow at frequency 9/ rev/sec. The
of himself is : light reflected the mirror is received on the wall W
(A) 1.5 m (B) 1.0 m at a distance 10m from the axis of rotation. When
(C) 0.8 m (D) 0.6 m the angle of incidence becomes 37° find the speed
of the spot (a point) on the wall?

5. A boy of height 1.5 m with his eye level at 1.4 m

stands before a plane mirror of length 0.75 m fixed
on the wall. The height of the lower edge of the
mirror above the floor is 0.8 m. Then :
(A) the boy will see his full image
(B) the boy connot see his hair
(C) the boy cannot see his feet (A) 960 m/s (B) 840 m/s
(D) the boy cannot see neither his hair nor his feet.
(C) 1000 m/s (D) 900 m/s
9. A plane mirror is moving with velocity 4iˆ  5jˆ  8kˆ . (A) 30° (B) 45°
(C) 60° (D) 75°
A point object in front of the mirror moves with a
velocity 3iˆ  4ˆj  5kˆ . Here k̂ is along the normal 14. An object is placed at a distance u from a concave
to the plane mirror and facing towards the object. mirror and its real image is received on a screen
The velocity of the image is placed at a distance of v from the mirror. If f is the
focal length of the mirror, then the graph between
(A) –3iˆ – 4ˆj  5kˆ (B) 3iˆ  4ˆj  11kˆ
1/v versus 1/u is
(C) –3iˆ – 4ˆj  11kˆ (D) 7iˆ  9ˆj  11kˆ 1 1
v v
Section B, C, D, E - Mirror formula and
Magnification, Veloci ty in (A) (B)
Spherical Mirror, Cutting of 1 1
Mirrors, Combination of Mirrors, u u
Intensity of light
1 1
10. A candle flame of 3 cm is placed at 300 cm from a v v
wall. A concave mirror is kept at distance x from the
wall in such a way that image of the flame on the
(C) (D)
wall is 9 cm. Then x is - 1
1
(A) 339 cm (B) 900 cm u u
(C) 450 cm (D) 423 cm
15. A rod of length 30 cm lies along the principal axis of
11. A convex mirror has a focal length f. An a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm in such a
object of height h is placed in front of it. If an erect way that its end closer to the pole is 20 cm away
image of height h/n is formed. The distance of the from the mirror. The length of the image is
object from the mirror is : (A) 10 cm (B) 15 cm
(A) nf (B) f/n (C) 2.5 cm (D) 5 cm
(C) (n + 1) f (D) (n – 1) f
Section F - Snell's Law, Apparent depth
12. The distance of an object from a spherical mirror is and Normal shift, Refraction
equal to focal length of the mirror. Then the image : through a Glass slab, Lateral
shift
(A) must be at infinity (B) may be at infinity
(C) may be at the focus (D) none 16. A mark at the bottom of a beaker containing liquid
appears to rise by 0.1m. The depth of the liquid is
13. The circular boundary of the concave mirror 1m. the refractive index of liquid is :
subtends a cone of half angle  at its centre of (A) 1.33 (B) 9/10
curvature. The minimum value of  for which ray (C) 10/9 (D) 1.5
incident on this mirror parallel to the principle axis
suffers reflection more than one is 17. 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
 C
(A) 8 m/s (B) 6 m/s
(C) 12 m/s (D) 4 m/s
Section G - Critical Angle and Total Internal (A) It is impossible to predict the behavior of the
Reflection (T.I.R.) light ray on the basis of the information supplied
(B) The sine of the angle of refraction of the
18. Which of the following statements is/are emergent ray will less than 0.8
correct about the refraction of light from a plane
(C) The ray will be internally reflected
surface when light ray is incident in denser medium.
(D) The sine of the angle of refraction of the
[C is critical angle]
emergent ray will be greater than 0.8.
(A) The maximum angle of deviation during


refraction is  C , it will be at angle of incidence Section H - Prism
2
is greater than C.
3
(B) The maximum angle of deviation for all angle of 22. A prism has a refractive index and refracting
2
incidences is  – 2C, when angle of incidence is
angle 90°. Find the minimum deviation produced
slightly less than C.
by prism.
(C) If angle of incidence is less than C then deviation
(A) 40° (B) 45°
increases if angle of incidence is also decreased.
(C) 30° (D) 49°
(D) If angle of incidence is greater than C then angle
of deviation decreases if angle of incidence is
increased. 23. A prism is made up of material of refractive index

19. Light passes from air into flint glass with index of 3 . The angle of prism is A. If the angle of
refraction n. What angle of incidence must the light minimum deviation is equal to the angle of the prism,
have so that the component of its velocity then the value of A is :
perpendicular to the interface remains same in both (A) 30° (B) 45°
medium? (C) 60° (D) 75°
1
(A) tan–1  n  (B) sin–1(1/n) 24. A ray of monochromatic light is incident on one
refracting face of a prism of angle 75°. It passes
through the prism and is incident on the other face
1 at the critical angle. If the refractive index of the
(C) cos–1   (D) tan–1 n
n material of the prism is 2, the angle of incidence
on the first face of the prism is
(A) 30° (B) 45°
20. The refractive index of water is 4/3 and that of glass
(C) 60° (D) 0°
is 5/3. Then the critical angle for a ray of light
entering water from glass will be:
(A) sin-1(4/5) (B) sin-1(5/4) Section I - Dispersion of Light
(C) sin-1(20/9) (D) sin-1(9/20) 25. A thin prism P1 with angle 4° made of glass of
refractive index 1.54 is combined with another thin
prism P2 made of glass of refractive index 1.72 to
21. A ray of light in a liquid of refractive index 1.4,
approaches the boundary surface between the liquid produce dispersion without deviation. The angle of
the prism P2 is :
and air at an angle of incidence whose sine is 0.8.
Which of the following statements is correct about (A) 3° (B) 2.6°
the behaviour of the light (C) 4° (D) 5.33°
26. Light of wavelength 4000 Å is incident at small angle 29. There is a small air bubble inside a glass sphere ( = 1.5)
on a prism of apex angle 4°. The prism has nv = 1.5 of radius 5 cm. The bubble is 7.5 cm below the surface
& nr = 1.48. The angle of dispersion produced by
4
the prism in this light is : of the glass. The sphere is placed inside water ( = )
3
(A) 0.2° (B) 0.08° such that the top surface of glass is 10 cm below the
(C) 0.192° (D) none surface of water. The bubble is viewed normally from
air. Find the apparent depth on the bubble.

27. A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue

and is incident on a right angled prism. The refractive Observer

index of the material of the prism for the above red,

green and blue wavelengths are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47 10cm
respectively. The prism will :
glass
C

water O

(A) 15 cm below the surface of water

45° (B) 10.5 cm below the surface of water
(C) 16.66 cm below the surface of water
(A) separate part of the red colors from the green (D) 13.5 cm below the surface of water
and blue colors.
(B) separate part of the blue colors from red and 30. A uniform, horizontal beam of light is incident upon
green colors. a quarter cylinder of radius R = 5 cm, and has a
(C) separate all the three colors from the other two refractive index 2 / 3 . A patch on the table for a
colors. distance ‘x’ from the cylinder is unilluminated, find
(D) not separate even partially any colour from the the value of ‘x’ ?
other two colors.

Section J - Refraction from a Spherical

Surface

28. A spherical surface of radius of curvature (A) 7.2 cm (B) 12.5 cm

10 cm separates two media X and Y of refractive (C) 5 cm (D) 10 cm
indices 3/2 and 4/3 respectively. Centre of the
spherical surface lies in denser medium. An object 31. A curved surface of radius R separates two medium of
is placed in medium X. For image to be real, the refractive indices 1 and 2 as shown in figures A and B
object distance must be
(A) greater than 90 cm
(B) less than 90 cm
(C) greater than 80 cm
(D) less than 80 cm
 35. An object is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a
convex lens of focal length 10 cm. On the other side
of the lens, a convex mirror is placed at its focus
such that the image formed by the combination
coincides with the object itself. The focal length of
the convex mirror is
Choose the correct statement(s) related to the real (A) 20 cm (B) 10 cm
image formed by the object O placed at a distance
(C) 15 cm (D) 30 cm
x, as shown in figure A
(A) Real image is always formed irrespective of the
36. An object is placed at a distance of 10 cm from a
position of object if 2>1
co-axial combination of two lenses A and B in
(B) Real image is formed only when x > R
contact. The combination forms a real image three
(C) Real image is formed due to the convex nature times the size of the object. If lens B is concave
of the interface irrespective of 1 and 2 with a focal length of 30 cm, what is the nature and
(D) None of these focal length of lens A ?
(A) Convex, 12 cm (B) Concave, 12 cm
Section K - Lens Maker formula and (C) Convex, 6 cm (D) Convex, 18 cm
Magnification, Image formation
by convex and concave lens,
Section L - Power of lens and Mirror,
Combination of lens, Cutting of
Silverging of lens, Displacement
lens
Method
32. When a lens of power P (in air) made of material of
refractive index  is immersed in liquid of refractive 37. A luminous object and a screen are at a fixed distance
index 0. Then the power of lens is : D apart. A converging lens of focal length f is placed
between the object and screen. A real image of the
 –1  – 0 object in formed on the screen for two lens positions
(A)  –  P (B) P
0  –1 if they are separated by a distance d equal to

 – 0 P (A) D(D  4f ) (B) D(D  4f )

(C)  – 1 .  (D) None of these
0
(C) 2D(D  4f ) (D) D 2  4f

33. An object is placed at 10 cm from a lens and real

38. In a compound microscope, the intermediate image is
image is formed with magnification of 0.5. Then
(A) virtual, erect, and magnified
the lens is :
(B) real, erect, and magnified
(A) concave with focal lenth of 10/3 cm
(C) real, inverted, and magnified
(B) convex with focal length of 10/3 cm
(D) virtual, erect, and reduced
(C) concave with focal length of 10 cm
(D) convex with focal length of 10 cm
39. A telescope has an objective of focal length 50 cm
and eyepiece of focal length 5 cm. The least distance
34. A thin linear object of size 1 mm is kept along the
of distinct vision is 25 cm. The telescope is focused
principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 10
for distinct vision on a scale 200 cm away from the
cm. The object is at 15 cm from the lens. The length
objective. Calculate the magnification produced.
of the image is :
(A) -2 (B) 3
(A) 1 mm (B) 4 mm
(C) 2 (D) -4
(C) 2 mm (D) 8 mm
Section M - Chromatic Aberration and 43. A telescope consisting of objective of focal length
Achromatism, Optical 60cm and a single lens eye piece of focal length
Instrument + Eye + Luminous 5cm is focussed at a distant object in such a way
Intensity that parallel rays emerge from the eye piece. If the
object subtends an angle of 2° at the objective, then
40. It is desired to make an achromatic combination of angular width of image will be.
two lenses (L1 & L2) made of materials having (A) 10° (B) 24°
dispersive powers  1 and 2 (<1 ). If the
(C) 50° (D) 1/60
combination of lenses is converging then
(A) L1 is converging (B) L2 is converging
44. A telescope has an objective lens of 10 cm. diameter and
(C) Power of L1 is greater than the power of L2
is situated at a distance of one kilometer from two objects.
(D) none of these The minimum distance between these two objects, which
can be resolved by the telescope, when the mean
41. When length of a microscope tube increases its wavelength of light is 5000 Å, is of the order of :–
magnifying power - (A) 5 m. (B) 5 mm.
(A) Decreases (B) Increase (C) 5 cm. (D) 0.5 m.
(C) Does not change (D)May increaseor decrease
45. Refractive index of violet,yellow and Red colour of
42. The magnifying power of an astronomical telescope light for a material of lens are 1.66, 1.64 & 1.62
can be increased, if we- respectively. If mean focal length of lens is 10cm
(A) Increase the focal length of the objective Then chromatic abberation between the colour of
violet and red will be
(B) Increase of the focal length of the eye piece
(A) 0.625cm (B) 0.125
(C) Decreases the focal length of the objective
(C) .02cm (D) 0cm
(D) Decrease the focal length of the objective and at
the same time increase the focal length of the eye piece.
Exercise - 2 (Level-II) Multiple Correct | JEE Advanced
A
Section A - Plane Mirror

40 cm
(A) 160 cm
(B) 320 cm B
1. A man of height 170 cm wants to see his complete

40 cm
(C) 360 cm
image in a plane mirror (while standing). His eyes
S A
are at a height of 160 cm from the ground. (D) 280 cm
20cm 40cm
(A) Minimum length of the mirror = 80 cm
(B) Minimum length of the mirror = 85 cm Section B, C, D, E - Mirror formula and
(C) Bottom of the mirror should be at a height Magnification, Veloci ty in
80 cm or less Spherical Mirror, Cutting of
Mirrors, Combination of Mirrors,
(D) Bottom of the mirror should be at a height
Intensity of light
85 cm

4. The image (of a real object) formed by a concave

2. A flat mirror M is arranged parallel to a wall W at a mirror is twice the size of the object. The focal length
distance l from it. The light produced by a point of the mirror is 20 cm. The distance of the object
source S kept on the wall is reflected by the mirror from the mirror is (are)
and produces a light spot on the wall. The mirror
(A) 10 cm (B) 30 cm
moves with velocity v towards the wall.
(C) 25 cm (D) 15 cm

5. In the figure shown consider the first reflection at

the plane mirror and second at the convex mirror.
AB is object.

velocity
(A) The spot of light will move with the speed v on
the wall A B C

(B) The spot of light will not move on the wall 120cm
10cm 10cm
(C) As the mirror comes closer the spot of light will 50cm
become larger and shift away from the wall with
speed larger then v
(A) the second image is real, inverted of 1/5th
(D) The size of the light on the wall remains the
magnification
same
(B) the second image is virtual and erect with
magnification 1/5
3. In figure shown AB is a plane mirror of length 40
cm placed at a height 40cm from ground. There is a (C) the second image moves towards the convex
light source S at a point on the ground. Which of mirror.
the following height(s) of a man (eye height) can (D) the second image moves away from the convex
see the image of the source if he is standing at a mirror.
point A on ground shown in figure.
6. A boy 2 m tall stands 40 cm in front of a mirror. He (A) real, and will remain at C
sees an erect image, 1 m high. Which of the (B) real, and located at a point between C
following is/are correct about the mirror : and 
(A) Concave (B) Convex (C) virtual, and located at a point between C and O
(C) f = 40 cm (D) f = 50 cm (D) real, and located at a point between C
and O

7. A luminous point object is moving along the principal

axis of a concave mirror of focal length 12 cm Section G - Critical Angle and Total
towards it. When its distance from the mirror is 20 Internal Reflection (T.I.R.)
cm its velocity is 4 cm/s. Which of the following is
wrong about the velocity of the image in cm/s at 10. In the diagram shown, a ray of light is incident on
that instant is the interface between 1 and 2 at angle slightly greater
than critical angle. The light surfers total internal
(A) 6, towards the mirror
reflection at this interface. After that the light ray
(B) 6, away from the mirror falls at the interface of 1 and 3, and again it suffers
(C) 9, away from the mirror total internal reflection. Which of the following
relations should hold true?
(D) 9, towards the mirror.

Section F - Snell's Law, Apparent depth

and Normal shift, Refraction
through a Glass slab, Lateral
shift k

8. A beam of light is converging towards a point. A

plane parallel plate of glass of thickness t, refractive
index  is introduced in the path of the beam. The (A) 1 > 2 < 3 (B) 12 –  22   23
convergent point is shifted by (assume near normal
(C) 12 – 32   22 (D) 12   22  23
incidence) :


 1  11. The figure shows ray incident at an angle

(A) t  1 –   O i = /3. If the plot drawn shown the variation of
 
|r – i| versus 1/2 = k, (r = angle of refraction)

 1  t
(B) t  1   
 
|r – i|
(C) nearer (D) away i

k
k1 k2
9. A concave mirror is placed on a horizontal table,
with its axis directed vertically upwards. Let O be 2
the pole of the mirror and C its centre of curvature. (A) the value of k1 is
3
A point object is placed at C. Its has a real image,
also located at C (a condition called auto-collimation). (B) the value of 1 = /6
If the mirror is now filled with water, then choose (C) the value of 2 = /3
the wrong statements about image : (D) the value of k2 is 1
Section H - Prism Section I - Dispersion of Light

12. A ray of light is incident normally on one face of 15. By properly combining two prisms made of different
30° – 60° – 90° prism of refractive index materials, it is possible to
5/3 immersed in water of refractive index 4/3 as (A) have dispersion without average deviation
shown in figure.
(B) have deviation without dispersion
(C) have both dispersion and average deviation
(D) have neither dispersion nor average deviation

Section J - Refraction from a Spherical

Surface

16. In the figure shown a point object O is placed in air

(A) The exit angle 2 of the ray is sin–1(5/8)
on the principal axis. The radius of curvature of the
(B) The exit angle 2 of the ray is sin–1( 5 / 4 3 ) spherical is 60 cm. If is the final image formed after
all the refractions and reflections.
(C) Total internal reflection at point P ceases if the
refractive index of water is increased to 5/ 2 3 by
dissolving some substance.
(D) Total internal reflection at point P ceases if the
refractive index of water is increased to 5/6 by
dissolving some substance.

(A) If d1 = 120 cm, then the ‘If’ is formed on ‘O’

13. For refraction through a small angled prism, the angle
for any value of d2.
of deviation :
(B) If d1 = 240 cm, then the ‘If’ is formed on ‘O’
(A) increases with the increase in R.I. of prism.
only if d2 = 360 cm.
(B) will decrease with the increase in R.I. of prism.
(C) If d1 = 240 cm, then the ‘If’ is formed on ‘O’
(C) is directly proportional to the angle of prism. for all value of d2.
(D) will be 2D for a ray of R.I. = 2.4 if it is D for a (D) If d1 = 240 cm, then the ‘If’ cannot be formed
ray of R.I = 1.2 on ‘O’.

14. For the refraction of light through a prism 17. Two refracting media are separated by a spherical
(A) For every angle of deviation there are two angles interface as shown in the figure. PP is the principal
of incidence. axis, 1,and 2 are the refractive indices of medium
(B) The light travelling inside an equilateral prism is of incidence and medium of refraction respectively.
necessarily parallel to the base when prism is set for Then:
minimum deviation.
(C) There are two angles of incidence for maximum
deviation.
P P
(D) Angle of minimum deviation will increase if
refractive index of prism is increased keeping the
outside medium unchanged if p>s.
 (A) if 2 > 1, then there cannot be a real image of 20. A convex lens forms an image of an object on screen.
real object. The height of the image is 9 cm. The lens is now
(B) if 2 > 1, then there cannot be a real image of displaced until an image is again obtained on the
virtual object. screen. The height of this image is 4 cm. The distance
(C) if 1 > 2, then there cannot be a virtual image between the object and the screen is 90 cm.
of virtual object. (A) The distance between the two positions of the
lens is 30 cm.
(D) if 1 > 2, then there cannot be a real image of
(B) The distance of the object from the lens is its
real object.
first position is 36cm.
(C) The height of the object is 6cm.
Section K - Lens Maker formula and (D) The focal length of the lens is 21.6 cm.
Magnification, Image formation
by convex and concave lens,
Section L - Power of lens and Mirror,
Combination of lens, Cutting of
Silverging of lens, Displacement
lens
Method
18. The radius of curvature of the left & right surface 21 In displacement method, the distance between
of the concave lens are 10 cm & 15 cm respectively. object and screen is 96cm. The ratio of length of
The radius of curvature of the mirror is 15 cm. two images formed by a converging lens placed
between them is 4.
air (A) Ratio of the length of object to the length of
water
(n=4/3)
shorter image is 2.
(B) Distance between the two positions of the lens
Glass
(n = 3/2) is 32 cm.
64
(A) equivalent focal length of the combination is (C) Focal length of the lens is cm .
3
–18 cm
(D) When the shorter image is formed on screen,
(B) equivalent focal length of the combination is
distance of the lens from the screen is 32 cm.
+36 cm
(C) the system behaves like a concave mirror
22. A pin is placed 10 cm in front of a convex lens of
(D) the system behaves like a convex mirror. focal length 20 cm, made of a material having
refractive index 1.5. The surface of the lens farther
19. If a symmetrical biconcave thin lens is cut into two away from the pin is silvered and has a radius of
identical halves. They are placed in different ways curvature 22 cm. Choose the wrong statement(s)
as shown : about the position and nature of the final image.

Object

Fig(i) Fig(ii) Fig(iii)

(A) three images will be formed in case (i)

(A) image will be 2.1 cm behind of silvered lens and real.
(B) two images will be formed in the case (i)
(B) image will be 11 cm infront of silvered lens and real.
(C) the ratio of focal lengths in (ii) & (iii) is 1
(C) image will be 1.7 cm infront of silvered lens and real.
(D) the ratio of focal lengths (in) (ii) & (iii) is 2 (D) image will be 1.4 cm behind of silvered lens and real.
23. An equiconvex lens, f1 = 10 cm, is placed 40 cm in 25. A thin, symmetric double convex lens of power P is
front of a concave mirror, f2 = 7.50 cm, as shown in cut into three parts A, B, and C as shown in Figure.
figure. An object 2 cm high is placed 20 cm to the The power of
left of the lens. (A) A is P
(B) A is 2P
(C) B is P/2
(D) C is P/4

26. In an astronomical telescope, the distance between

the objective and the eyepiece is 36 cm and the
final image is formed at infinity with a magnification
5. The focal length f0 of the objective and the focal
length fe of the eyepiece are
Choose the correct statement(s) about the position (A) f0 = 45 cm and fe = –9 cm
of the final image formed when leftward travelling (B) f0 = 50 cm and fe = 10 cm
rays once again pass through the lens. (C) f0 = 7.2 cm and fe = 5 cm
(A) Final image real inverted and lies 16.5 cm to left (D) f0 = 30 cm and fe = 6 cm
of lens.
(B) Final image real inverted and lies 15.6 cm to left Section M - Chromatic Aberration and
of lens. Achromatism, Optical
Instrument + Eye + Luminous
(C) overall magnification = –0.333 Intensity
(D) overall magnification = –0.467
27. A planet is observed by an astronomical refracting
telescope having an objective of focal length 16 m
24. A biconvex lens f1 = 20 cm, is placed 5 cm in front and an eyepiece of focal length 2 cm. Then,
of a convex mirror, f2 = 15 cm. An object of length (A) the distance between the objective and the
2 cm is placed at a distance 10 cm from the lens. eyepiece is 16.02 m.
(B) the angular magnification of the planet
is – 800
(C) the image of the planet is inverted
(D) the objective is larger than the eyepiece
O
28. Which of the following statements is/are correct :
(A) The inability of a lens to bring the light of
different colours to focus at a single point is called
Choose the correct statement(s) about the location
chromatic aberration.
and nature of the final image after the leftward
(B) The difference between focal lengths of the lens
travelling rays once again pass through the lens. for red and violet light i.e. fr–fv gives the measure of
(A) 51.1 cm right of lens, real, erect and magnified axial (or longitudinal) chromatic aberration.
Mathematically : fr–fv = × f
8 (C) The chromatic aberration in a lens is because of
(B) overall magnification =
3 the fact that it has different focal lengths for light of
different colours.
(C) 62.7 cm from lens, real, inverted and magnified
(D) Spectrometer is an optical instrument to obtain
(D) overall magnification = 3 and study the pure spectrum.
Exercise - 3 | Level-I Subjective | JEE Advanced

Section A - Plane Mirror 6. Find the angle of deviation (both clockwise and
anticlockwise) suffered by a ray incident on a plane
1. A small plane mirror is rotating at constant frequency mirror, at an angle of incidence 30°.
of n rotations per second. With what linear velocity
(in ms-1) will a light spot move along a spherical
30°
screen of radius of curvature of R metres if the mirror
is at the centre of curvature of the screen? M

2. A point source of light S is placed at a distance L in

front of the centre of a plane mirror PQ of width d 7. Figure shows a plane mirror onto which a light ray
hung vertically on a wall as shown in Figure. A man is incident. If the incident light ray is turned by 10°
walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to and the mirror by 20°, as shown, find the angle
the mirror at a distance 2L from it as shown. The turned by the reflected ray.
greatest distance over which he can see the image 10° Reflected ray
of the light source in the mirror is
30°

P 20°

L 8. An object is placed at (0, 0) and a plane mirror is

S
placed,inclined 30° with the x axis.
Q Man y axis
2L M

3. Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other at an 30°

angle 60°. If a ray of light incident on the first mirror Object (1, 0) x axis
is parallel to the second mirror, it is reflected from (0,0)

the second mirror. “Parallel to which mirror.” (a) Find the position of image.
(B) If the object starts moving with velocity 1 î m/s
4. Two mirrors are inclined at an angle  as shown in and the mirror is fixed find the velocity of image.
the figure. Light ray is incident parallel to one of the
mirrors. The ray will start retracing its path after 9. A point object is placed at (0, 0, 0) and a plane
third reflection if : mirror is placed parallel to YZ plane at x = 2. Find
the coordinate of image

10. A straight line joining the object point and image

 point is always perpendicular to the mirror, find
distance of 2nd image in II mirror from object.
3m

5. Images of an object placed between two plane mirrors

whose reflecting surfaces make an angle of 90° with
one another lie on a : I 10m II
Section B, C, D, E - Mirror formula and 15. In the figure shown find the total magnification after
Magnification, Veloci ty in two successive reflections first on M1 & then on M2
Spherical Mirror, Cutting of f=10cm f=–20cm
Mirrors, Combination of Mirrors,
Intensity of light

11. A driver stops his car at a red light. The car is fitted M2 M1
with side view mirror of focal length 10 m. An 10cm 30cm
ambulance is approaching the car at a constant speed
of 16 ms-1. The speed of image of the ambulance,
as seen by the driver in the side view mirror, when 16. In the figure shown if the object ‘O’ moves towards
it is at distance of 50 m from the mirror will be the plane mirror, then the image I (which is formed
after successive reflections from M 1 & M 2
respectively)
12. In case of concave mirror, the minimum distance
between a real object and its real image is :

13. A rod AB of length 5 cm is placed in front of a O

concave mirror of focal length 10 cm as shown in M2 M1
figure. The length of the image of AB formed by
the mirror is
17. A convex lens has a radius of curvature of magnitude
20 cm. Describe the image formed of an object of
B A P
height 2 cm placed 30 cm from the lens ?
5 cm 15 cm

Section F - Snell's Law, Apparent depth

and Normal shift, Refraction
through a Glass slab, Lateral
14. A beaker contains water (=4/3) filled to a height of shift
32 cm. A concave mirror is fixed 6 cm above the
surface of water as shown in figure. An object is 18. A small source of light is 4m below the surface of a
placed at the bottom of the beaker and its image is liquid of refractive index 5/3. In order to cut off all
formed 14 cm below the surface of water. The focal the light coming out of liquid surface, minimum
length of the mirror is diameter of the disc placed on the surface of liquid is

19. A fish looking up through the water sees the outside

6cm
world contained in a circular horizon. If the refrac-
14cm
tive index of water is 4/3 and fish is 12 cm below
i
the surface, the radius of the circle in cm is

32cm
20. A light ray falling at an angle of 60° with the surface
of a clean slab of ice of thickness 1.00 m is refracted
into it at an angle of 15°. Calculate the time taken
by the light rays to cross the slab. Speed of light in
vacuum = 3 × 108 m/s.
Object
21. An observer in air (n = 1) sees the bottom of a 25. A long solid cylindrical glass rod of refractive index
beaker filled with water (n = 4/3) upto a height of 3/2 is immersed in a liquid of refractive index
40 cm. What will be the depth felt by this observer.
3 3 / 4 . The end of the rod are perpendicular to
observer the central axis of the rod. a light enters one end of
the rod at the central axis as shown in the figure.
Find the maximum value of angle  for which internal
40cm
reflection occurs inside the rod?

Section G - Critical Angle and Total

Internal Reflection (T.I.R.)
Section H - Prism
22. A cubical block of glass of refractive index n1 is in
contact with the surface of water of refractive index 26. A equilateral prism provides the least deflection angle
n2. A beam of light is incident on vertical face of the 46º in air. Find the refracting index of an unknown
block (see figure). After refraction, a total internal liquid in which same prism gives least deflection angle
reflection at the base and refraction at the opposite of 30º.
vertical face, the ray emerges out at an angle . The
value of  is given by 27. A ray incident at angle 53° on a prism energes at an
angle at 37° as shown. If the angle of incidence is
made 50°, which of the following is a possible value
of the angle of emergence.

37°
53°

7
28. R.I. of a prism is and the angle of prism is 60°.
23. A ray of light enters a diamond (n = 2) from air and is 3
being internally reflected near the bottom as shown in
The limiting angle of incidence of a ray that will be
the figure. Find maximum value of angle  possible ? tansmitted through the prism is :

29. A prism (n = 2) of apex angle 90° is placed in air

(n = 1). What should be the angle cf incidence so
that light ray strikes the second surface at an angle
of 60°

Section I - Dispersion of Light

24. Light from a luminous point on the lower face of a
2 cm thick glass slab, strikes the upper face and the 30. A plane glass slab is placed over various coloured
totally reflected rays outline a circle of radius 3.2 letters. The letter which apears to be raised the least
cm on the lower face. What is the refractive index is :
of the glass.
31. A certain material has refractive indices 1.56, 1.60 37. An objects is placed 21 cm in front of a concave
and 1.68 for red, yellow and violet light respectively. mirror of radius of curvature 10 cm. A galss slab of
(a) Calculate the dispersive power. thickness 3 cm and  = 1.5 is then placed close to
(B) Find the angular dispersion produced by a thin the mirror in the space between the object and the
prism of angle 6° made of this material. mirror . The position of final image formed is

32. A flint glass prism and a crown glass prism are to be

combined in such a way that the deviation of the mean
ray is zero. The refractive index of flint and crown
Section K - Lens Maker formula and
Magnification, Image formation
glasses for the mean ray are 1.620 and 1.518
by convex and concave lens,
respectively. If the refracting angle of the flint prism is
Combination of lens, Cutting of
6.0°, what whould be the refracting angle of crown
lens
prism?
38. Lenses are constructed by a material of refractive
33. A ray of light on a trans- parent sphere with centre index 1.50. The magnitude of the radii of curvature
at C as shown in figure. The ray emergesfrom the are 20 cm and 30 cm. Find the focal lengths of the
sphere parallel to line AB. Find the refractive index possible lenses with the above specifications.
of the sphere.

39. Given an optical axis MN & the positions of a real

object A B and its image A B, determine
diagramatically the position of the lens (its optical
centre O) and its foci. Is it a converging or diverging
Section J - Refraction from a Spherical lens? Is the image real or virtual?
Surface
A
34. A spherical surface of radius 30 cm separates two
M B'
transparent media A and B with refractive indices 4/3 N
and 3/2 respectively. The medium A is on the convex B
side of the surface. Where should a point object be
placed in medium A so that the paraxial rays A'
becomes parallel after refraction at the surface?
40. A thin lens made of a material of refractive index 2
35. A narrow parallel beam of light is incident paraxially
has a medium of refractive index 1 on one side and
on a solid transparent sphere of radius r. What
should be the refractive index if the beam is to be a medium of refractive index 3 on the other side.
focused (a) At the surface of the sphere, (B) at the The lens is biconvex and the two radii of curvature
centre of the sphere. has equal magnitude R. A beam of light travelling
parallel to the principal axis is incident on the lens.
36. An object is placed 10 cm away from a glass piece Where will the image be formed if the beam is
(n = 1.5) of length 20 cm bound by spherical
incident from (a) the medium 1 and (B) from the
surfaces of radii of curvature 10 cm. Find the
position of final image formed after twice medium 3 ?
refractions.
20cm 41. A converging lens and a diversing mirror are placed
air
air at a separation of 15 cm. The focal length of the
B lens is 25 cm and that of the mirror is 40 cm. Where
object A n=1.5
should a point source be placed between the lens
ROC=10cm
10cm
and the mirror so that the light, after getting reflected
ROC=10cm
by the mirror and then getting transmitted by the
lens, comes out parallel to the principal axis?
42. A thin plano-convex lens acts like a concave mirror Paragraph (49-50)
of focal length 0.2 m when silvered from its plane A person’s far point is 2 m and his near point is 50
surface. The refractive index of the material of the cm. Find the nature, focal length and power of the
lenss is 1.5. The radius of curvature of thhe convex lenses, he must use to
surface of the lens will be 49. see distant objects and

50. read a book clearly, The least distance of distinct

Section L - Power of lens and Mirror,
vision is 25 cm.
Silverging of lens, Displacement
Method
51. Calculate the maximum angular magnification pro-
43. 2 identical thin converging lenses brought in contact duced by a magnifying glass of 5 cm focal length.
so that their axes coincide are placed 12.5 cm from Distance of distinct vision = 25 cm.
an object. What is the optical power of the system
& each lens, if the real image formed by the system Section M - Chromatic Aberration and
of lenses is four times as large as the object? Achromatism, Optical
Instrument + Eye + Luminous
Intensity
44. A convex & a concave lens are brought it close contact
along their optical axes. The focal length of the convex 52. The convex side of a thin concavo-convex lens of
lens is 10 cm. When the system is placed at 40 cm glass of refractive index 1.5 has a radius of curvature
from an object, a sharp image of the object is formed of 20 cm. The concave surface has a radius of
on a screen on the other side of the system. Determine curvature of 60 cm. What is the focal length of the
the optical power of the concave lens if the distance  lens? The convex side is silvered and placed on a
between the object & the screen is 1.6m. horizontal surface. What is the effective focal length
of the silvered lens? The concave part is filled with
water with refractive index 1.33. What is the
45. A point source of light is kept at a distance of 15 cm
effective focal length of the combined glass and water
from a converging lens, on its optical axis. The focal
lens? If the convex side is silvered, what is the new
length of the lens is 10 cm and its diameter is 3 cm.
effective focal length of the silvered compound lens?
A screen is placed on the other side of the lens,
perpendicular to the axis of lens, at a distance 20
53. A compound microscope with an objective of 1.0
cm from it. Then find the area of the illuminated
cm focal length and an eye-piece of 2.0 cm focal
part of the screen ?
length has a tube of length of 20 cm. Calculate the
46. A plano-convex lens, when silvered on the plane side,
magnifying power of the microscope, if the final
behaves like a concave mirror of focal length 30 cm.
image is formed at the near point of the eye.
When it is silvered on the convex side, it behaves like
a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. Find the
54. To remove myopia (short sightedness) a lens of
refractive index of the material of the lens.
power 0.66D is required. The distant point of the
eye is approximately
Paragraph (47-48)
47. Find the angle of a prism of dispersive power 0.021 55. An astronomical telescope has a magnifying power
and refractive index 1.53 to form an achromatic 10. The focal length of eyepiece is 20 cm. The focal
combination with prism of angle 4.2° and disper- length of objective is
sive power 0.045 having refractive index 1.65.
56. A person can not see the objects clearly placed at a
distance more than 40 cm. He is advised to use a
48. Find the resultant deviation.
lense of power
Exercise - 3 | Level-II Subjective | JEE Advanced
Section A - Plane Mirror Section F - Snell's Law, Apparent depth and
Normal shift, Refraction through
1. A person is in a room whose ceiling and two adjacent
a Glass slab, Lateral shift
walls are mirrors. How many images are formed ?
5. The apparent depth of water in cyclindrical water
2. Two plane mirrors of length L are separated by tank of diameter 2R cm is reducing at the rate of x
distance L and a man M2 is standing at distance L cm min–1 when water is being drained out at a
from the connecting line of mirrors as shown in constant rate. The amount of water drained in cc
figure. A man M1 is walking in a straight line at per minute is (n1 = refractive index of air, n2 =
distance 2L parallel to mirrors at speed u, then man refractive index of water)
M2 at O will be able to see image of M1 for total
time : 6. A transparent cube of 15 cm edge contains a small
air bubble . Its apparent depth when viewed through
u M1 one face is 6 cm and when viewed through the
L
opposite face is 4 cm. Then. the refractive index of
M2 the material of the cube is
O
L
L Section G - Critical Angle and Total
Internal Reflection (T.I.R.)
2L 7. A surveyor on one bank of canal observed the image
of the 4 inch and 17 ft marks on a vertical staff,
Section B, C, D, E - Mirror formula and which is partially immersed in the water and held
Magnification, Veloci ty in against the bank directly opposite to him, coincides.
Spherical Mirror, Cutting of If the 17 ft mark and the surveyor’s eye are both 6ft
Mirrors, Combination of Mirrors, above the water level, estimate the width of the canal,
Intensity of light assuming that the refractive index of the water is 4/3.

3. An observer whose least distance of distinct vision 8. A ray of light travelling in air is incident at grazing
is ‘d’, views his own face in a convex mirror of angle (incidence angle = 90º) on a medium whose
radius of curvature ‘r’. Prove that magnification refractive index depends on the depth of the medium.
r The trajectory of the light in the medium is a parabola,
produced can not exceed . y = 2x2. Find, at a
d  d2  r2
depth of 1 m in the
medium.
4. A thief is running away in a car with velocity of 20
(i) the refractive index
m/s. A police jeep is following him, which is sighted
of the medium and
by thief in his rear view mirror which is a convex
(ii) angle of incidence .
mirror of focal length 10 m. He observes that the
image of jeep is moving towards him with a velocity
9. A ray of light from a denser medium strike a rarer
of 1cm/s. If the magnification of the mirror for the
medium. The angle of reflection is r and that of
jeep at that time is 1/10. Find
refraction is r’. The reflected and refracted rays
(a) actual speed of jeep
make an angle of 90º with each other. The critical
(b) rate at which magnification is changing
angle will be
Assume that police jeep is on axis of the mirror.
Section H - Prism Section K - Lens Maker formula and
10. An isosceles triangular glass prism stands with its Magnification, Image formation
base in water as shown. The angles that its two by convex and concave lens,
equal sides make with the base are  each. An Combination of lens, Cutting of
incident ray of light parallel to the water surface lens
internally reflects at the glass-water interface and
subsequently re-emerges into the air. Taking the 14. In the figure shown, find the relative speed of
refractive indices of glass and water to be 3/2 and 4/3 approach/separation of the two final images formed
after the light rays pass through the lens, at the
2
respectively, show that  must be at least tan 1 moment when u = 30 cm. The speed object = 4 cm/s.
17 The two lens halves are placed symmetrically w.r.t.
or 25.9º. the moving object.

11. 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
15. In the figure shown ‘O’ is point object. AB is
beam striking at the first face again, and emerging
from it in a direction making an angle 6º30’ with the principal axis of the converging lens of focal length
reversed direction of the incident beam. The refracted F. Find the distance of the final image from the lens.
beam is found to have undergone a deviation of 1º15’
from the original direction. Find the refractive index
of the glass and the angle of the prism.

Section J - Refraction from a Spherical

Surface
12. A concave mirror has the form of a hemisphere with
a radius of R = 60 cm. A thin layer of an unknown 16. The rectangular box shown is the place of lens. By
transparent liquid is poured into the mirror. The looking at the ray diagram, answer the following
mirror-liquid system forms one real image and questions.
another real image is formed by mirror alone, with (i) If X is 5cm then what is the focal length of the
the source in a certain position. One of them lens ?
coincides with the source and the other is at a
(ii) If the point O is 1 cm above the axis then what is
distance of l = 30 cm from source. Find the possible
the position of the image ? Consider the optical center
value(s) refractive index  of the liquid.
of the lens to be the origin.
13. 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
Section L - Power of lens and Mirror, Section M - Chromatic Aberration and
Silverging of lens, Displacement Achromatism, Optical
Method Instrument + Eye + Luminous
Intensity
17. A pin is placed 10 cm in front of convex lens of
focal length 20 cm and refractive index 1.5. The 20. The focal length of the objective of an astronomical
surface of the lens farther away from the pin is sil- telescope is 75 cm and that of the eye-piece is 5 cm.
vered and has a radius of curvature of 22 cm. How If the final image is formed at the least distance of
far from the lens is the final image formed ? distinct vision from the eye, calculate the magnify-
ing power of the telescope.
18. The height of the image formed by a converging
lens on a screen is 8 cm. For the same position of Paragraph for (21-22)
the object and screen again an image of size 12.5 A detective uses a converging lens of focal length
cm is formed on the screen by shifting the lens. The 12 cm to examine the fine details of some cloth
height of the object fibers found at the scene of a crime.

21. What is the maximum magnification given by the

19. A ray of light is incident at an angle 60° on the face
lens?
of a prism having refractive angle 30°.The ray emerg-
ing out of the prism makes an angle 30° with the
incident ray .  through which it emerges from the 22. What is the magnification for relaxed eye viewing?
surfece .
Exercise - 4 | Level-I Previous Year | JEE Main

1. A fish looking up through the water sees the outside 6. Two lenses of power –15D and +5D are in Contact
world, contained in a circular horizon. If the refractive with each other. The focal length of the combination
index of water is 4/3 and the fish is 12 cm below the is (AIEEE 2007)
water surface, the radius of this circle in cm is (A) –20 cm (B) –10 cm
(AIEEE 2005) (C) +20 cm (D) +10 cm
36
(A) 36 7 (B) 7. A student measures the focal length of a convex
7
lens by putting an object pin at a distance u from
(C) 36 5 (D) 4 5 the lens and measuring the distance v of the image
pin. The graph between u and v plotted by the student
2. Two point white dots are 1 mm apart on a black paper. should look like (AIEEE 2008)
v (cm) v (cm)
They are viewed by eye of pupil diameter 3 mm.
Approximately, what is the maximum distance at which
these dots can be resolved by the eye ? [Take
wavelength of light = 500 nm] (AIEEE 2005) (A) (B)
(A) 5 m (B) 1 m
O u (cm) O u (cm)
(C) 6 m (D) 3 m
v (cm) v (cm)

3. A thin glass (refractive index 1.5) lens has optical

power of –5 D in air. Its optical power in a liquid
medium with refractive index 1.6 will be (C) (D)
(AIEEE 2005)
O u (cm) O u (cm)
(A) 1 D (B) –1 D
(C) 25 D (D) –25 D
8. In an optics experiments, with the position of the object
fixed, a student varies the positions of a convex lens
4. A light ray is incident perpendicular to one face of a
and for each position, the screen is adjusted to get a
90° prism and is totally internally reflected at the
clear image of the object. A graph between the object
glass-air interface. If the angle of reflection is 45°,
we conclude that for the refractive index n as distance u and the image distance v, from the lens, is
(AIEEE 2005) plotted using the same scale for the two axes. A
straight line passing through the origin and making an
1 angle of 45° with the x-axis meets the experimental
(A) n 
2 curve at P. The coordinates of P will be (AIEEE 2009)
(B) n  2  f f
(A) (2 f , 2 f ) (B)  , 
1 45° 2 2
(C) n 
2 (C) ( f , f ) (D) (4 f , 4 f )
45°
(D) n  2
9. A transparent solid cylinder rod has a
5. The refractive index of glass is 1.520 for red light 2
and 1.525 for blue light. Let D1 and D2 be angles of refractive index of . It is surrounded by air. A
3
minimum deviation for red and blue light respectively
in a prism of this glass. Then (AIEEE 2006) light ray is incident at the mid point of one end of
(A) D1 < D2 (B) D1 = D2 the rod as shown in the figure.
(C) D1 can be less than or greater than D2 depending
upon the angle of prism

(D) D1 > D2
 The incident angle  for which the light ray grazes 15. Let the x-z plane be the boundary between two
along the wall of the rod is (AIEEE 2009) transparent media. Medium 1 in z  0 has a
 3 refractive index of 2 and medium 2 with z < 0
1  1 1
(A) sin   (B) sin  2  has a refractive index of
2   3 . A ray of light in
 2   1  medium 1 given by the vector
1 1 
(C) sin  (D) sin  A  6 3 ˆi  8 3jˆ  10 kˆ is incident on the plane
 3   3 
of separation. The angle of refraction in medium 2
10. As the beam enters the medium, it will (AIEEE 2010) is (AIEEE 2011)
(A) diverge (B) converge (A) 45° (B) 60°
(C) 75° (D) 30°
(C) diverge near the axis and converge near the
periphery
(D) travel as a cylindrical beam 16. A car is fitted with a convex side-view mirror of
focal length 20 cm. A second car 2.8 m behind the
11. The speed of light in the medium is (AIEEE 2010) first car is overtaking the first car at a relative speed
(A) minimum on the axis of the beam of 15m/s. The speed of the image of the second car
(B) the same everywhere in the beam as seen in the mirror of the first one is (AIEEE 2011)
(C) directly proportional to the intensity 1
(D) maximum on the axis of the beam (A) m/s (B) 10 m/s
15
1
12. A beaker contains water up to a height h1 and kerosene (C) 15 m/s (D) m/s
of height h2 above water so that the total height of 10
(water + kerosene) is (h1 + h2). Refractive index of 17. An object 2.4 m in front of a lens forms a sharp
water is 1 and that of kerosene is  2 . The apparent image on a film 12 cm behind the lens. A glass plate
shift in the position of the bottom of the beaker when 1 cm thick, of refractive index 1.50 is interposed
viewed from above is- (AIEEE 2011) between lens and film with its plane faces parallel to
film. At what distance (from lens) should to be in
 1  1  1  1
(A) 1    h2  1    h1 (B) 1    h1  1    h2 sharp focus of film ? (AIEEE 2012)
1 2 1 2
(A) 7.2 m (B) 2.4 m
 1  1  1  1 (C) 3.2 m (D) 5.6 m
(C) 1    h1  1    h2 (D) 1    h2  1    h1
1 2 1 2

18. The graph between angle of deviation () and angle

13. When monochromatic red light is used instead of of incidence (i) for a triangular prism is represented by
blue light in a convex lens, its focal length will
(AIEEE 2011) [JEE Main 2013]
(A) does not depend on colour of light
(B) increase  
(C) decrease (D) remain same

14. Statement I : On viewing the clear blue portion of (A) (B)

the sky through a Calcite Crystal, the intensity of
transmitted light varies as the crystal is rotated. O O
i i
Statement II : The light coming from the sky is
polarized due to scattering of sun light by particles
in the atmosphere. The scattering is largest for blue
light. (AIEEE 2011)  

(A) Statement I is false, Statement II is true

(B) Statement I is true, Statement II is true
(C) Statement I is true, Statement II is true, Statement (C) (D)
II is the correct explanation of Statement I
(D) Statement I is true, Statement II is true; Statement O O
i i
II is not correct explanation of Statement I
  3
19. A thin convex lens made from crown grass       1  1  

 2 (B)  < cos–1  sin  A  sin     
has focal length f. When it is measured in two      
4 5
different liquids having refractive indices and ,   1  1  

3 3 (C)   sin–1  sin  A  sin     
it has the focal length f1 and f2 respectively. The      
correct relation between the focal lengths is :
(JEE Main 2014)   1  1  

(D)  > sin–1  sin  A  sin    
(A) f2 > f and f1 becomes negative     
(B) f1 and f2 both become negative
(C) f1 = f2 < f
23. An observer looks at a distant tree of height 10m
(D) f1 > f and f2 becomes negative
with a telescope of magnifying power of 20. To the
20. A green light is incident from the water to the air - observer the tree appears : (JEE Main 2016)
water interface at the critical angle (). Select the (A) 10 times nearer. (B) 20 times taller.
correct statement. (JEE Main 2014) (C) 20 times nearer (D) 10 times taller.
(A) The spectrum of visible light whose frequency
is more than that of green light will come out to the 24. In an experiment for determination of refractive index
air medium. of glass of a prism by i -, plot, it was found that a
(B) The entire spectrum of visible light will come ray incident at angle 35°, suffers a deviation of 40°
out of the water at various angles to the normal. and that it emerges at angle 79°. In that case which
(C) The entire spectrum of visible light will come of the following is closest to the maximum possible
out of the water at an angle of 90º to the normal. value of the refractive index ? (JEE Main 2016)
(D) The spectrum of visible light whose frequency (A) 1.6 (B) 1.7
is less than that of green light will come out to the (C) 1.8 (D) 1.5
air medium.
25. A diverging lens with magnitude of focal length 25
21. On a hot summer night, the refractive index of air
cm is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a
is smallest near the ground and increases with height
converging lens of magnitude of focal length 20 cm.
from the ground. When a light beam is directed
A beam of parallel light falls on the diverging lens.,
horizontally, the Huygens' principle leads us to
The final image formed is : (JEE Main 2017)
conclude that as it travels, the light beam :
(A) real and at a distance of 6 cm from the
(A) bends downwards (JEE Main 2015)
convergent lens.
(B) bends upwards
(B) real and at a distance of 40 cm from convergent
(C) becomes narrower
lens.
(D) goes horizontally without any deflection
(C) virtual and at a distance of 40 cm from
convergent lens.
22. Monochromatic light is incident on a glass prism of
(D) real and at distance of 40 cm from the divergent
angle A. If the refractive index of the material of
lens.
the prism is , a rav, incident at an angle , on the
face AB would get transmitted through the face
AC of the prism provided : (JEE Main 2015)

B C

  1  1  

(A)  > cos–1  sin  A  sin     
     
Exercise - 4 | Level-II Previous Year | JEE Advanced

1. The ratio of powers of a thin convex and thin 5. A point object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from
concave lens is 3/2 and equivalent focal length of a thin plano-convex lens of focal length 15 cm, if
their combination is 30 cm. Then their focal lengths the plane surface is silvered. The image will form at
respectively are [JEE 2005 (Scr)] [JEE 2006]
(A) 75, –50 (B) 75, 50
(C) 10, –15 (D) –75, 50

2. 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) :
[JEE 2005(Scr)]

(A) 60 cm left of AB (B) 30 cm left of AB

(C) 12 cm left of AB (D) 60 cm right of AB

6. Graph of position of image vs position of point object

(A) 10 (B) 15 from a convex lens is shown. Then, focal length of
(C) 20 (D) 25 the lens is [JEE 2006]

3. What will be the minimum angle of incidence such

that the total internal reflection occurs on both the
surfaces? [JEE 2005]

4. Two identical prisms of refractive index 3 are kept

(A) 0.50 ± 0.05 cm (B) 0.50 ± 0.10 cm
as shown in the figure. A light ray strikes the first
(C) 5.00 ± 0.05 cm (D) 5.00 ± 0.10 cm
prism at face AB. Find, [JEE 2005]

B D
7. Parallel rays of light from Sun falls on a biconvex
60° 60° lens of focal length f and the circular image of radius
r is formed on the focal plane of the lens. Then
60° 60° which of the following statement is correct?
A C E (A) Areaof imager2 directly proportional to f
(a) the angle of incidence, so that the emergent ray (B) Area of image r2 directly proportional to f2
from the first prism has minimum deviation. (C) Intensity of image increases if f is increased.
(B) through what angle the prism DCE should be
(D) If lower half of the lens is covered with black
rotated about C so that the final emergent ray also
paper area of image will become half. [JEE 2006]
has minimum deviation.
8. A simple telescope used to view distant objects has 12. Two beams of red and violet colours are made to
eyepiece and objective lens of focal lengths fe and pass separately through a prism (angle of the prism
f0, respectively. Then [JEE 2006] is 60°). In the position of minimum deviation, the
Column I Column II angle of refraction will be - [JEE 2008]
(A) Intensity of light (P) Radius of aperature R
(A) 30° for both the colours
received by lens (Q) Dispersion of lens
(B) Angular magnification (R) focal length f0, fe (B) greater for the violet colour
(C) Length of telescope (S) spherical aberration (C) greater for the red colour
(D) Sharpness of image
(D) equal but not 30° for both the colours

9. A ray of light travelling in water is incident on its

surface open to air. The angle of incidence is , 13. A light beam is travelling from Region I to
which is less than the critical angle. Then there will
Region IV (Refer Figure). The refractive index in
be [JEE 2007]
(A) only a reflected ray and no refracted ray n0 n 0 n
Regions I, II, III and IV are n0, , and 0 ,
(B) only a refracted ray and no reflected ray 2 6 8
(C) a reflected ray and a refracted ray and the angle respectively. The angle of incidence  for which the
between them would be less than 180° – 2 beam just misses entering Region IV is Figure :
(D) a reflected ray and a refracted ray and the angle
between them would be greater than 180° – 2 [JEE 2008]

10. Statement - I
The formula connecting u, v and f for a
spherical mirror is valid only for mirros whose size
are very small compared to their radii of curvature
because [JEE 2007]
Statement - II
Laws of reflection are strictly valid for plane sur-
faces, but not for large spherical surfaces.
(A) Statement-I is True, Statement - II is True; –1  3  –1  1 
(A) sin   (B) sin  
Statement-II is a correct explanation for Statement-I 4 8
(B) Statement-I is True, Statement - II is True;
Statement - II is NOT correct explanation for
–1  1  –1  1 
Statement-I (C) sin   (D) sin  
4  3
(C) Statement-I is True, Statement-II is False
(D) Statement-I is False, Statement-II is True

14. An optical component and an object S placed along

11. In an experiment to determine the focal length (f) of
its optic axis are given in Column-I. The distance
a concave mirror by the u–v method, a student
places the object pin A on the principal axis at a between the object and the component can be varied.
distance x from the pole P. The student looks at the The properties of images are given in Column -II.
pin and its inverted image from a student shifts his/ Match all the properties of images from Column-II
her eye towards left, the image appears to the right with the appropriate components given in Column
of the object pin. Then [JEE 2007] -I. Indicate your answer by darkening the
(A) x < f (B) f < x < 2f appropriate bubbles the 4 × 4 matrix given in the
(C) x = 2f (D) x > 2f ORS. [JEE 2008]
 Column-I Column -II (A) The ray gets totally internally reflected at face
CD
(B) The ray comes out through face AD
(A) (p) Real image
(C) The angle between the incident ray and the
emergent ray is 90°
(D) The angle between the incident ray and the
(B) (q) Virtual image emergent ray is 120° [JEE 2010]

B
O
60°
(C) (r) Magnified image C
135°

(D) (s) Image at infinity 90° 75°

A D

15. A ball is dropped from a height of 20 m above the

surface of water in a lake. The refractive index of
18. The focal length of a thin biconvex lens is 20 cm.
water is 4/3. A fish inside the lake, in the line of fall
When an object is moved from a distance of 25 cm
of the ball, is looking at the ball. At an instant, when
in front of it to 50 cm the magnification of its image
the ball is 12.8 m above the water surface, the fish
sees the speed of ball as [Take g = 10 m/s2] m 25
changes from m25 to m50 The ratio m is
[JEE 2009] 50

(A) 9 m/s (B) 12 m/s [JEE 2010]

(C) 16 m/s (D) 21.33 m/s

19. A biconvex lens of focal length 15 cm is in front of a

16. A student performed the experiment of determination
plane mirror. The distance between the lens and the
of focal length of a concave mirror by u–v method
mirror is 10 cm. A small object is kept at a distance
using an optical bench of length 1.5 meter. The focal
of 30 cm from the lens. The final image is :
length of the mirror used is 24 cm. The maximum
error in the location of the image can be 0.2 cm. [JEE 2010]
The 5 sets of (u, v) values recorded by the student (A) virtual and at a distance of 16 cm from the mirror
(in cm) are (42,56) (48,48), (60,40), (66, 33) (78,39).
The data set(s) that cannot come from experiment (B) real and at a distance of 16 cm from the mirror
and is (are) incorrectly recorded, is (are) [JEE 2009] (C) virtual and at a distance of 20 cm from the mirror
(A) (42,56) (B) (48,48) (D) real and at a distance of 20 cm from the mirror
(C) (66,38) (D) (78,39)

17. A ray OP of monochromatic light is incident on the 20. A large glass slab ( = 5/3) of thickness 8 cm is
face AB of prism ABCD near vertex B at an incident placed over a point source of light on a plane surface.
angle of 60° (see figure). If the refractive index of It is seen that light emerges out of the top surface
the material of the prism is 3 , which of the of the slab from a circular area of radius R cm.
following is (are) correct ? What is the value of R ? [JEE 2010]
21. Image of an object approaching a convex mirror of Directions: Questions number 23 – 24 are based on
radius of curvature 20 m along its optical axis is the following paragraph.
An initially parallel cylindrical beam travels in a
25 50
observed to move from m to m in 30 medium of refractive index (I) = 0 + 2I , where
3 7
0 and 2 are positive constants and I is the intensity
seconds. What is the speed of the object in km per
of the light beam. The intensity of the beam is
hours ? [JEE 2010] decreasing with increasing radius. [JEE 2010]
23. As the beam enters the medium, it will
22. Two transparent media of refractive indices 1 and (A) diverge (B) converge
3 have a solid lens shaped transparent material of (C) diverge near the axis and converge near the
refractive index 2 between them as shown in figure periphery
in Column - II. A ray traversing these media is also (D) travel as a cylindrical beam
shown in the figure. In Column I different
relationships between 1, 2 and 3 are given. Match
24. The initial shape of the wave front of the beam is
them to the ray diagrams shown in Column II
(A) convex (B) concave
[JEE 2010]
(C) convex near the axis and concave near the
Column I Column II periphery
(D) planar

3 2 1 25. The speed of light in the medium is

(A) 1 < 2 (P)
(A) minimum on the axis of the beam
(B) the same everywhere in the beam
(C) directly proportional to the intensity I
(D) maximum on the axis of the beam

3 2 1 26. A light ray traveling in glass medium is incident on

(B) 1 > 2 (Q) 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

100% 100%
T
(C) 2 = 3 (R)  3 2 1 T
Intensity

Intensity

(A) (B)
R R

0 90° 0 90°

(D) 2 > 3 (S)  3 2 1

100% 100%
T T
Intensity

Intensity

(C) (D)
(T)  3 2 1
R R
0 90° 0 90°
 where c is the speed of electromagnetic waves in
4
27. Water (with refractive index = ) in a tank is 18 vaccum, v its speed in the medium, r and  r are
3
the relative permittivity and permeability of the
7
cm deep. Oil of refractive index lies on water medium respectively. In normal materials, both  r
4
making a convex surface of radius of curvature and  r are positive, implying positive n for the
R = 6 cm as shown. Consider oil to act as a thin medium.
lens. An object 'S' is placed 24 cm above water
When both  r and  r are negative, one must choose
surface. The location of its image is at 'x' cm above
the bottom of the tank. then 'x' is [JEE 2011] the negative root of n. Such negative refractive index
materials can now be artificially prepared and are
S
called meta-materials. They exhibit significantly
different optical behavior, without violating any
R = 6 cm 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. [JEE 2012]
29. Choose the correct statement.
28. A bi-convex lens is formed with two thin plano- (A) the speed of light in the meta-material is v  c n
convex lenses as shown in the figure. Refractive
index n of the first lens is 1.5 and that of the second c
(B) The speed of light in the meta-material is v  n
lens is 1.2. Both the curved surfaces are of the same
radius of curvature R = 14 cm. For this bi-convex (C) The speed of light in the meta-material is v = c.
lens, for an object distance of 40 cm, the image (D) The wavelength of the light in the meta-material
distance will be – [JEE 2012]
m  is given by  m   air n , where  air is the
n=1.5 n=1.2
wavelength of the light in air.

30. For light incident from air on a meta-material, the

appropriate ray diagram is
R =14cm
(A) –280.0 cm (B) 40.0 cm
(C) 21.5 cm (D) 13.3 cm

Paragraph for Question Nos. 29 to 30

Most materials have the refractive index, (A) (B)
n > 1. So, when a light ray from air enters a naturally
sin 1 n 2
occuring material, then by Snell's law, sin   n ,
2 1

it is understood that the refracted ray 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 (C) (D)

c
medium is given by the relation, n      r  r ,
v
31. The image of an object, formed by a plano-convex Codes :
lens at a distance of 8 m, behind the lens, is real and P Q R S
is one-third the size of the object. The wavelength
(A) 2 3 1 4
2 (B) 1 2 4 3
of light inside the lens is times the wavelength in
3 (C) 4 1 2 3
free space. The radius of the curved surface of the
(D) 2 3 4 1
lens is – [JEE 2013]
(A) 1 m (B) 2 m
34. A point source S is placed at the bottom of a
(C) 3 m (D) 6 m
transparent block of height 10 mm and refractive
index 2.72. It is immersed in a lower refractive index
liquid as swhon in the figure. It is found that the
1 ˆ
32. A ray of light travelling in the direction
2
i  3jˆ  light emerging from the block to the liquid forms a
circular bright spot of diameter 11.54 mm on the
is incident on a plane mirror. After reflection, it travels
top of the block. The refractive index of the liquid
1 ˆ is- [JEE 2014]
along the direction
2
 
i  3jˆ . The angle of
(A) 1.21
incidence is : [JEE 2013] (B) 1.30
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 1.36
(C) 60° (D) 75° (D) 1.42

33. A right angled prism of refractive index µ1 is placed 35. Four combinations of two thin lenses are given in
in a rectangular block of refractive index µ2. which List I. The radius of curvature of all curved surface
is surrounded by a medium of refractive index µ3,as is r and the refractive index of all the lenses is 1.5.
shown in the figure, A ray of light ‘e’ enters the Match lens combinations in List I with their focal
rectangular block at normal incidence. Depending length in List II and select the correct answer using
upon the relationships between µ1,µ2,and µ3, it takes the code given below the lists. [JEE 2014]
one of the four possible paths ‘ef’, ‘eg’, ‘eh’ or ‘ei’.
List I List II

P. 1. 2r

Q. 2. r/2

R. 3. -r
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 : [JEE 2013] S. 4. r
List I List II
Code :
(P) e  f 1. µ1> 2 µ2
(A) P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-4
(Q) e  g 2. µ2>µ1 and µ2>µ3
(B) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1
(R) e  h 3. µ1=µ2
(C) P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3
(S) e  i 4. µ2<µ1< 2 µ2 and µ2>µ3 (D) P-2, Q-1, R-3, S-4
36. A transparent thin film of uniform thickness and 39. A monochromatic beam of light is incident at 60°
on one face of an equilateral prism of refractive
refractive index n1=1.4 is coated on the convex index and emerges from the opposite face making
spherical surface of radius R at one end of a long an angle
solid glass cylinder of refractive index n2 = 1.5, as  (n) with the normal (see
shown in the figure. Rays of light parallel to the axis the figure). For n = 3 the
of the cylinder traversing through the film from air to d 60°
value of  is 60° and
glass get focused at distance f1 from the film, while dn
= m. The value of m is-
rays of light traversing from glass to air get focused at [JEE Advance 2015]
distance f2 from the film. Then [JEE 2014]
(A) f1  3R PASSAGE
Paragraph 40 to 41
(B) f1  2.8R Light guidance in an optical fiber can be understood
by considering a structure comprising of thin solid
(C) f2  2R glass cylider of refractive index n1 surrounded by a
medium of lower refractive index n2. The light
(D) f 2  1.4R 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
37. Consider a concave mirror and a convex lens rays with the angle of incidence i less than a particular
(refractive index = 1.5) of focal length 10 cm each, value im are confined in the medium of refractive
separated by a distacne of 50 cm in air (refractive index n 1. The numerical aperture (NA) of the
index = 1) as shown in the figure. An object is placed structure is defined as sin im. [JEE Advance 2015]
n1>n2
at a distacne of 15 cm from the mirror. Its erect
Air Cladding n2
image formed by this combination has magnification
M 1. When the set-up is kept in a medium of Core
refractive index 7/6, the magnification becomes M2. i n1

M2
The magnitude M is [JEE Advance 2015]
1
40. 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
16
of S2 immersed in a liquid of refractive index
3 15
(B) NA of S1 immersed in liquid of refractive index
38. Two identical glass rode S1 and S2 (refractive index =
16
1.5) have one convex end of radius of curvature 10 is the same as that of S2 immersed in water
15
cm. They are placed with the curved surfaces at a (C) NA of S1 placed in air is the same as that of S2
distance d as shown in the figure, with their axes 4
(shown by the dashed line) aligned. When a point immersed in liquid of refractive index
15
source of light P is placed inside rod S1 on its axis at a (D) NA of S1 placed in air is the same as that of S2
distance of 50 cm from the curved face, the light rays placed in water
emanating from it are found to be parallel to the axis 41. If two structures of same cross-sectional area, but
inside S2. The distance d is [JEE Advance 2015] different numerical apertures NA1 and NA2 (NA2
S1 S2
< NA1) are joined longitudinally, the numerical
P aperture of the combined structure is
50 cm d
NA1NA2
(A) 60 cm (B) 70 cm (A) NA  NA (B) NA1 + NA2
1 2
(C) 80 cm (D) 90 cm (C) NA1 (D) NA2
42. A parallel beam of light is f=30cm
incident from air at angle 
/
on the side PQ of a right P
//
/

/


//
angled triangular prism of x

//
(–50,0) (0,0)

// ///

R=
refractive index n  2 .

10
0
Light undergoes total internal

cm
50 cm
reflection in the prism at the
face PR when  has a
minimum value of 45°. The Q
n= 2
R
50  50 3,  50
angle  of the prism is If the origin of the coordinate system is taken to be
[JEE Advance 2016]
(A) 15° (B) 22.5° at the centre of the lens, the coordinates (in cm) of
(C) 30° (D) 45° the point (x, y) at which the image is formed are
(A) (0, 0)
43. A plano-convex lens is made of a material of
refractive index n. When a small object is placed (B) (50 – 25 3, 25)
30 cm away in front of the curved surface of the
lens, an image of double the size of the object is
(C) (25,25 3)
produced. Due to reflection from the convex surface
of the lens, another faint image observed at a
distance of 10 cm away from the lens. Which of (D) (125/ 3,25 3)
the following statement(s) is(are) true?
[JEE Advance 2016]
(A) The refractive index of the lens is 2.5 46. Diameter of a plano-convex lens is 6 cm and
(B) The radius of curvature of the convex surface thickness at the centre is 3 mm. If speed of light in
is 45 cm material of lens is 2 × 108 m/s, the focal length of
(C) The faint image is erect and real
(D) The focal length of the lens is 20 cm the lens is : [JEE Advance 2016]
(A) 30 cm (B) 10 cm
44. A transparent slab of thickness d has a refractive
index n(z) that increases with z. Here z is the vertical (C) 15 cm (D) 20 cm
distance inside the slab, measured from the top. The
slab is placed between two media with uniform 47. For an isosceles prism of angle A and refractive
refractive indices n1 and n2 (>n1), as shown in the
figure. ray of light is incident with angle i from index , it is found that the angle of minimum
medium 1 and emerges in medium 2 with refraction deviation m = A. Which of the following options is/
angle f with a lateral displacement l.
[JEE Advance 2016] are correct? [JEE Advance 2017]
(A) At minimum deviation, the incident angle i1 and
n = constant
1 the refracting angle r1 at the first refracting surface
n(2) are related by r1 = (i1/2)
z d
(B) For this prism, the refractive index  and the
n2 = constant l 2
1 
angle of prism A are related as A  cos 1  
Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true? 2 2
(A)  is independent of n2
(B)  is dependent on n(z) (C) For the angle of incidence i1 = A, the ray inside
(C) n1 sin 2 = n2 sin f the prism is parallel to the base of the prism
(D) n1 sin l = (n2 – n1) sinf
(D) For this prism, the emergent ray at the second
45. A small object is placed 50 cm to the left of a thin surface will be tangential to the surface when the
convex lens of focal length 30 cm. A convax spheri- angle of incidence at the first surface is
cal mirror of radius of curvature 100 cm is placed
to the right of the lens at a distance of 40 cm. The  A 
mirror is tilted such that the axis of the mirror is at i1  sin1 sin A 4 cos2  1  cos A 
 2 
an angle  = 30º to the axis of the lens, as shown in
the figure. [JEE Advance 2016]
48. A monochromatic light is travelling in a medium of 50. A wire is bent in the shape of a right angled triangle
refractive index n = 1.6. It enters a stack of glass and is placed in front of a concave mirror of focal
layers from the bottom side at an angle  = 30°. length f, as shown in the figure. Which of the figures
The interfaces of the glass layers are parallel to shown in the four options qualitatively represent(s)
each other. The refractive indices of different glass the shape of the image of the bent wire ? (These
layers are monotonically decreasing as nm = n – figures are not to scale.) ? [JEE Advance 2018]
mn, where nm is the refractive index of the mth
slab and n = 0.1 (see the figure). The ray is
refracted out parallel to the interface between the
(m–1)th and mth slabs from the right side of the stack.
What is the value of m? [JEE Advance 2017]
m
m-1

3
2
1

(A)

49. Sunlight of intensity 1.3kW 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 (B)
m–2, at a distance 22 cm from the lens on the other
side is __________. [JEE Advance 2018]

(C)

(D)
Exercise - 1 Objective Problems | JEE Main

1. B 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. C
8. C 9. B 10. B 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. B
15. D 16. A 17. A 18. D 19. A 20. B 21. B
22. D 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. C 27. D 28. D
29. D 30. A 31. C 32. A 33. C 34. C 35. C
36. C 37. B 38. B 39. D 40. D 41. B 42. B
43. A 44. A 45 B 46. A 47. C 48. C 49. D
50. B 51. B 52. C 53. D 54. C 55. A 56. A
57. A 58. C 59. C 60. A 61. C 62. D 63. B
64. C 65. B 66. C 67. B 68. A 69. B 70. B
71. B 72. A 73. B 74. C 75. B

Exercise - 2 (Level-I) Objective Problems | JEE Main

1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C
6. A 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. C
11. D 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. D
16. C 17. A 18. D 19. D 20. A
21. C 22. C 23. C 24. B 25. A
26. D 27. A 28. A 29. D 30. C
31. D 32. C 33. B 34. B 35. B
36. C 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. B
41. A 42. A 43. B 44. B 45. A

Exercise - 2 (Level-II) Multiple Correct | JEE Advanced

1. B,C 2. B,D 3. A,B,D 4. A,B 5. B,C
6. B,C 7. A,B,D 8. A,D 9. A,B,C 10. B,C,D
11. B,C,D 12. A,C 13. A,C 14. B,C,D 15. A,B,C
16. A,B 17. A,C 18. A,C 19. A,C 20. B,C,D
21. ABCD 22. A,C,D 23. B,C 24. A,B 25. A,C
26. A,B 27. A,B,C,D 28. A,B,C,D

Exercise - 3 | Level-I Subjective | JEE Advanced

1. 4nR 2. 3d 3. first mirror 4.  = 30° 5. circle
6. 120° anticlockwise and 240° clockwise. 7. 30° clockwise
8. Positioin of image = (1 cos 60°, –1 sin 60°), Velocity of image=1 cos 60° i , +1 sin 60° j m / s
4
9. (4, 0, 0) 10. 20 m 11. ms-1 12. 0 13. 10 cm
9
14. 20 cm 15. +2 16. towards right 17. Real, inverted, height = 4 cm
2
18. 3m 19. 12 × 3 / 7 20.  10 –8 sec 21. 30 cm 22. sin   n12  n22
3
 3 1 41  1  8
23. sin1   24. 25. sin–1  38° 30°

 2  4  26. 5 2
27. 28.
 3
29. 90° 30. red 31. (a) 1/5 = 0.2° (b) 0.72° 32. 7.2° 33. 3
34. 240 cm away from the seperating surface
35. (a) 2, (b) not possible, it will focus close to the centre if the refractive index is large
36. 50 cm 37. –4.93 cm 38. ± 24 cm, ± 120 cm 39. Converging
 3R  1R
40. (a) 2 –  –  (b) 2 –  –  41. 1.67 cm from the lens 42. 0.2 m
2 1 3 2 1 3

20
43. 10D, Optical power of each lens = 5D 44. – D = – 6.7 D 45. (/4) cm2
3
46. 1.5 47. –11.04° 48. –3.12° 49. –0.5D
90
50. +2D 51. 6 52. F cm 53. 270
13
54. 151.5 cm 55. 200cm 56. – 2.5 D

Exercise - 3 | Level-II Subjective | JEE Advanced

6L r
1. 7 2. 3. Proved (  )
u d  d2  r 2

xR 2n2
4. (a) 21 m/s, (b) 1 × 10–3 /sec 5. n1
6. 1.5

7. 16 Feet 8.  = 3, sin–1(1/3)
13
9. sin–1 (tan r) 10. Proved 11. = , A = 2°
8
12. 1.5 or ( 5 - 1) 13. 2/3 d 14. 8/5 cm/s
(3 f  2d)fd
15. l 16. 10cm, 10, 2 17. 12 cm 18. 10 cm
4fd  2d2  f 2
19. 0° 20. – 18 21. 3.1 22. 2.1

Exercise - 4 | Level-I Previous Year | JEE Main

1. B 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. C
8. A 9. D 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. C
15. A 16. A 17. D 18. C 19. D 20. D 21. B
22. C 23. B 24. D 25. B

Exercise - 4 | Level-II Previous Year | JEE Advanced

1. C 2. C 3. 60° 4. (a) i = 60°, (b) 60° (anticlockwise)
5. C 6. C 7. B 8. (A) P; (B) R; (C) R; (D) P, Q, S
9. C 10. C 11. B 12. A 13. B
14. (A)  p, q, r & s, (B)  q, (C)  p, q, r & s, (D)  p, q, r & s
15. C 16. C,D 17. A,B,C 18. 6 19. B
20. 6 cm 21. 3 22. (A)  P, R ; (B)  Q,S,T ; (C)  P, R, T ; (D)  Q,S
23. B 24. D 25. A
26. After Critical angle all the rays are Reflected and so No transmition occurs.
27. 2 cm 28. B 29. B 30. C 31. C
32. A 33. D 34. C 35. D 36. A,C
37. 7 38. B 39. 2 40. A,C 41. D
42. A 43. A, D 44. A, B, C 45. C 46. A
47. ACD 48. 8 49. 130 kW/m2 50. D