(Ch-9) Ray DPP 7

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RAY OPTICS AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS (DPP-7)
1) When a ray of light enters a glass slab from air

a) Its wavelength decreases
b) Its wavelength increases
c) Its frequency increases
d) Neither its wavelength nor its frequency changes
2) A source emits sound of frequency 600 𝐻𝑧 inside water. The frequency heard in air (velocity of sound in
water = 1500𝑚/𝑠, velocity of sound in air = 300𝑚/𝑠) will be
a) 300 𝐻𝑧 b) 120 𝐻𝑧
c) 600 𝐻𝑧 d) 6000 𝐻𝑧
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
a) 1𝐷 b) −1 𝐷 c) 25 𝐷 d) 0.625 𝐷
4) The image forms by an objective of a compound microscope is
a) Virtual and diminished b) Real and diminished
c) Real and enlarged d) Virtual and enlarged
5) A telescope has an objective lens of focal length 150 cm and an eyepiece of focal length 5 cm. If a 50 m tall
tower at a distance of 1 km is observed through this telescope in normal setting, the angle formed by the
image of the tower is 𝜃, then 𝜃 is close to
a) 15° b) 60° c) 30° d) 1°
6) Diameter of a plano-convex lens is 6 cm and thickness at the centre is 3 mm. If speed of light in material of
lens is 2 × 108 𝑚/𝑠, the focal length of the lens is
a) 15 cm b) 20 cm c) 30 cm d) 10 cm
7) A plano-convex lens of refractive index 1.5 and radius of curvature 30 cm is silvered at the curved surface.
Now this lens has been used to form the image of an object. At what distance from this lens, an object be
placed in order to have a real image of the size of the object?
a) 20 cm b) 30 cm c) 60 cm d) 80 cm
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8) A thin convex lens made from crown glass 𝜇 = 2 has focal length 𝑓. When it is measured in two different
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liquids having refractive indices 3 and 3, it has the focal lengths 𝑓1 and 𝑓2 respectively. The correct relation
between the focal lengths is
a) 𝑓1 = 𝑓2 < 𝑓 b) 𝑓1 > 𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓2 becomes negative
c) 𝑓2 > 𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓1 becomes negative d) 𝑓1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓2 both become negative
9) The refractive index of glass is 1.520 for red light and 1.525 for blue light. Let 𝛿1 and 𝛿2 be angles of
minimum deviation for red and blue light respectively in a prism of this glass, then
a) 𝛿1 can be less than or greater than 𝛿2, depending upon the values of 𝛿1 and 𝛿2
b) 𝛿1 > 𝛿2
c) 𝛿1 < 𝛿2
d) 𝛿1 = 𝛿2
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10) A thin convex lens of focal length 𝑓 is put on a plane mirror as shown in the figure.
𝑎
When an object is kept at a distance 𝑑 from the lens-mirror combination, its image is formed at a distance 3
in front of the combination. The value of 𝑎 is
3
a) 3𝑓 b) 2 𝑓 c) 𝑓 d) 2 𝑓
11) Two plane mirrors 𝐴 and 𝐵 are aligned parallel to each other as shown in the figure. A light ray is incident at
an angle 30° at a point just inside one end of 𝐴. The plane of incidence coincides with the plane of the
figure.
The max number of times the ray undergoes reflections (including the first one), before it emerges out, is
a) 28 b) 30 c) 32 d) 34
12) An electric bulb illuminates a plane surface. The intensity of illumination on the surface at a point 2 m away
from the bulb is 5 × 104 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡 (𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛/𝑠𝑞. 𝑐𝑚). The line joining the bulb to the point makes an angle of 60°
with the normal to the surface. The intensity of the bulb in candela is
a) 40√3 b) 40 c) 20 d) 40 × 10−4
13) Monochromatic light is incident on a glass prism of angle 𝐴. If the refractive index of the material for the
prism is 𝜇, a ray, incident at an angle 𝜃, on the face 𝐴𝐵 would get transmitted through the face 𝐴𝐶 of the
prism provided
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a) 𝜃 > 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 [𝜇 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝐴 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 ( ))] b) 𝜃 < 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 [𝜇 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝐴 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛 −1 ( ))]
𝜇 𝜇
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c) 𝜃 > 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 [𝜇 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝐴 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛−1 (𝜇))] d) 𝜃 < 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 [𝜇 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝐴 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛 −1 (𝜇))]
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14) An observer can see through a pin-hole the top end of a thin rod of height ℎ, placed as shown as shown in
the figure.
The beaker height is 3ℎ and Its radius ℎ. When the beaker is filled with a liquid up to a height 2ℎ, he can see
the lower end of the rod. Then, the refractive index of the liquid is
a) 5/2 b) √5/2 c) √3/2 d) 3/2
15) A point source 𝑆 is placed at the bottom of a transparent block of height 10 mm and refractive index 2.72. It
is immersed in a lower refractive index liquid as shown in the figure.
It is found that the light emerging from the block to he liquid forms a circular bright spot of diameter 11.54
mm on the top of the block. The refractive index of the liquid is
a) 1.21 b) 1.30 c) 1.36 d) 1.42
16) A light ray travelling in glass medium is incident on glass-air interface at an angle of incidence 𝜃. The
reflected (𝑅) and transmitted (𝑇) intensities, both as function of 𝜃, are4 plotted. The correct sketch is
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17) A point object is placed at the centre of a glass sphere of radius 6 cm and refractive index 1.5. The distance
of the virtual image from, the surface of the sphere is
a) 2 cm b) 4 cm c) 6 cm d) 12 cm
18) A convex lens 𝐴 of focal length 20 cm and a concave lens of focal length 5 cm are kept along the same axis
with a distance 𝑑 between them. If a parallel beam of light falling on 𝐴 leaves 𝐵 as parallel beam, then the
distance 𝑑 (in cm) will be
a) 25 b) 15 c) 30 d) 50
19) The size of the image of an object, which is at infinity, as formed by a convex lens of focal length 30 cm is 2
cm. If a concave lens of focal length 20 cm is placed between the convex lens and the image at a distance of
26 cm from the convex lens, calculate the new size of the image.
a) 1.25 cm b) 2.5 cm c) 1.05 cm d) 2 cm
20) A point object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a thin plan convex lens of focal length 15 cm. The plane
surface of the lens is now silvered. The image created by the system is at
a) 60 cm to the left of the system

b) 60 cm to the right of the system
c) 12 cm to the left of the system
d) 12 cm to the right of the system
21) A hollow double concave lens is made of very thin transparent material. It can be filled with air or either of
two liquids 𝐿1 and 𝐿2 having refractive indices 𝜇1 and 𝜇2 respectively(𝜇2 > 𝜇1 > 1). The lens will diverge a
parallel beam of light, if it is filled with
a) Air and placed in air b) Air and immersed in 𝐿1
c) 𝐿1 and immersed in 𝐿2 d) 𝐿2 and immersed in 𝐿1
22) A concave lens of glass, refractive index 1.5, has both surfaces of the same radius of curvature 𝑅. On
immersion in a medium of refractive index 1.75, it will behave as
a) Convergent lens of focal length 3.5 𝑅
b) Convergent lens of focal length 3.0 𝑅
c) Divergent lens of focal length 3.5 𝑅
d) Divergent lens of focal length 3.0 𝑅
23) An eye specialist prescribes spectacles having combination of convex lens of focal length 40 cm in contact
with a concave lens of focal length 25 cm. The power of this lens combination, in diopter is
a) ± 1.5 b) − 1.5
c) ± 6.67 d) − 6.67
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24) A convex lens is in contact with concave lens. The magnitude of the ratio of their focal lengths is 2/3. Their
equivalent focal length is 30 cm. What are their individual focal lengths?
a) −75, 50 b) −10, 15
c) 75, 50 d) −15, 10
25) Rays of light from the sun fall on a bio convex lens of focal length 𝑓 and the circular image of the sun of
radius 𝑟 is formed on the focal plane of the lens. Then
a) Area of image is 𝜋𝑟 2 and area is directly proportional to 𝑓
b) Area of image is 𝜋𝑟 2 and area is directly proportional to 𝑓 2
c) Intensity of the image increases if 𝑓 is increased
d) If lower half of the lens is covered with black paper, area will become half.
26) A bio convex lens of focal length 15 cm is in front of a plane mirror. The distance between the lens and the
mirror is 10 cm. A small object is kept at a distance of 30 cm from the lens. The final image is
a) Virtual and at a distance of 16 cm from the mirror
b) Real and at a distance of 16 cm from the mirror
c) Virtual and at a distance of 20 cm from the mirror
d) Real and at a distance of 20 cm from the mirror
27) The image of an object, formed by a plano-convex lens at a distance of 8 m behind the lens, is real and is
2
one-third the size of the object. The wavelength of light inside the lens is 3 times the wavelength in free
space. The radius of the curved surface of the lens is
a) 1 m b) 2 m c) 3 m d) 6 m
28) A bi-convex is formed with two thin plano-convex lenses as shown in the figure. Refractive index 𝑛 of the
first lens is 1.5 and that of the second lens is 1.2. Both the curved surfaces are of the same radius of
curvature, 𝑅 = 14 cm. For this bi-convex lens, for an object distance of 40 cm, the image distance will be
a) −280.0 𝑐𝑚 b) 40.0 𝑐𝑚
c) 21.5 𝑐𝑚 d) 13.3 𝑐𝑚
29) In a thin lens, spherical aberration can be reduced by
a) Using a monochromatic light
b) Using a doublet combination
c) Using a circular annular mask over the lens
d) Increasing the size of the lens
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30) An equilateral prism is placed on a horizontal surface. A ray 𝑃𝑄 is incident onto it. For minimum deviation,
a) 𝑃𝑄 is horizontal b) 𝑄𝑅 is horizontal
c) 𝑅𝑆 is horizontal d) Any one will be horizontal
31) A beam of white light is incident on glass-air interface from the glass to air such that green light just suffers
total internal reflection. The colors of the light which will come out of the air are
a) Yellow, Orange, Red b) Violet, Indigo, Blue

c) All colors d) All colors expect green
32) Two beams of red and violet colors are made to pass separately through a prism (angle of the prism is 60°).
In the position of minimum deviation, the angle of refraction will be
a) 30° for both the colours
b) Greater for the violet color
c) Greater for the red color
d) Equal but not 30° for both the colours
33) An isosceles prism of angle 120° has a refractive index 1.44. Two parallel monochromatic rays enter the
prism parallel to each other in air as shown. The rays emerging from the opposite faces
a) Are parallel to each other b) Are diverging

−1 (0.72)
c) Make an angle 2[𝑠𝑖𝑛 − 30°] with each other d) Make an angle 2𝑠𝑖𝑛 −1 (0.72) with each other
34) In a compound microscope, the intermediate image is
a) Virtual, Erect and magnified
b) Real, erect and magnified
c) Virtual, erect and reduced
d) Virtual, erect and reduced
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35) The focal lengths of the objective and the eye-piece of a compound microscope are 2.0 cm and 3.0 cm,
respectively. The distance between the objective and the eyepiece is 15.0 cm. The final image formed by the
eyepiece is at infinity. The two lenses are thin. The distance in cm of the object and the image produced by
the objective, measured from the objective lens, are respectively
a) 2.4 and 12.0 b) 2.4 and 15.0
c) 2.0 and 12.0 d) 2.0 and 3.0
36) A ray 𝑂𝑃 of monochromatic light is incident on the face 𝐴𝐵 of prism 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 near vertex 𝐵 at an incident
angle of 60° (see figure).
If the refractive index of the material of the prism is √3, which of the following is/are correct?
a) The ray gets totally internally reflected at face 𝐶𝐷
b) The ray comes out through face 𝐴𝐷
c) The angle between the incident ray and the emergent ray is 90°
d) The angle between the incident ray and the emergent ray is 120°
37) A ray of light travelling in a transparent medium falls on a surface separating the medium from air at an
angle of incidence of 45°. The ray undergoes total internal reflection. If 𝜇 is refractive index of the medium
w.r.t. air, select the possible value(s) of 𝜇 from the following:
a) 1.3 b) 1.4 c) 15. D) 1.6
38) A concave mirror is placed on a horizontal table with its axis directed vertically upwards. Let 𝑂 be the pole
of the mirror and 𝐶 its centre of curvature. A point object is placed at 𝐶. It has a real image, also located at
𝐶. If the mirror is now filled with water, the image will be
a) Real and will remain at 𝐶
b) Real and located at a point between 𝐶 and infinity
c) Virtual and located at a point between 𝐶 and 𝑂
d) Real and located at a point between 𝐶 and 𝑂
39) A spherical surface of radius of curvature 𝑅 separates air (refractive index 1.0) from glass (refractive index
1.5). The centre of curvature is in the glass. A point object 𝑃 placed in air is found to have a real image 𝑄 in
the glass. The line 𝑃𝑄 cuts the surface at a point 𝑂 and 𝑃𝑂 = 𝑂𝑄. The distance 𝑃𝑂 is equal to
a) 5 𝑅 b) 3 𝑅 c) 2 𝑅 d) 1.5 𝑅
40) A double convex lens of refractive index 𝜇1 is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 𝜇2 . The lens will act
as
a) Diverging lens, if 𝜇1 > 𝜇2 b) Diverging lens, if 𝜇1 < 𝜇2
c) Converging lens, if 𝜇1 > 𝜇2 d) Converging lens, if 𝜇1 < 𝜇2
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41) A converging lens is used to form an image on a screen. When the upper half of the lens is covered by an
opaque screen,
a) Half the image will disappear
b) Complete image will be formed
c) Intensity of image will decrease
d) Intensity of image will decrease
42) A real image of a distant object is formed by a plano-convex lens on its principal axis. Spherical aberration
a) Is absent
b) Is smaller, if the curved surface of the lens faces the object
c) Is smaller, if the plane surface of the lens faces the object
d) Is the same, whichever side of the lens faces the object.
43) A short linear object of length 𝑏 lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length 𝑓 at a distance 𝑢 from
the pole of the mirror. The size of the image is appropriately equal to
𝑢−𝑓 1/2 𝑓 1/2
a) 𝑏 ( ) b) 𝑏 (𝑢−𝑓 )
𝑓
𝑢−𝑓 𝑓 2
c) 𝑏 ( ) d) 𝑏 (𝑢−𝑓 )
𝑓
44) A transparent thin film of uniform thickness and refractive index 𝑛1 = 1.4 is coated on the convex spherical
surface of radius 𝑅 at one end of a long solid glass cylinder of refractive index 𝑛2 = 1.5, as shown in the
figure.
Rays of light parallel to the axis of the cylinder traversing through the film from air to glass get focused at
distance 𝑓1 from the film, while rays of light traversing from glass to air get focused at distance 𝑓2 from the
film. Then
a) |𝑓1 | = 3𝑅 b) |𝑓1 | = 2.8𝑅
c) |𝑓1 | = 2𝑅 d) |𝑓1 | = 1.4𝑅
45) Two identical glass rods 𝑆1 and 𝑆2 (refractive index=1.5) have one convex end of radius of curvature 10 cm.
They are placed with the curved surfaces at a distance 𝑑 as shown in the figure, with their axes (shown by
the dashed line) aligned.
When a point source of light 𝑃 is placed inside rod 𝑆1 on its axis at distance of 50 cm from the curved face,
the light rays emanating from it are found to be parallel to the axis inside 𝑆2 . The distance 𝑑 is
a) 60 cm b) 70 cm c) 80 cm d) 90 cm
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46) Astronomical telescope has an angular magnification of magnitude 5 for distant objects. The separation
between the objective and the eyepiece is 36 cm and the final image is formed at infinity. The focal length 𝑓0
of the objective and the focal length 𝑓0 of the eyepiece are
a) 𝑓0 = 45 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒 = −9𝑐𝑚 b) 𝑓0 = 50 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒 = 10𝑐𝑚
c) 𝑓0 = 7.2 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒 = 5𝑐𝑚 d) 𝑓0 = 30 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒 = 6𝑐𝑚
47) A planet is observed by an astronomical refractive telescope having of focal length 16 m and an eyepiece of
focal length 2 cm.
a) The distance between the objective and the 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
48) In an optics experiment, with the position of the object fixed, a student varies the position of a convex lens
and for each position, the screen is adjusted to get a clear image of the object. A graph between the object
distance 𝑢 and the image distance 𝑣, from the lens, is plotted using the same scale for the two axes. A
straight line passing through the origin and making an angle 45° with the 𝑥 −axis meets the experimental
curve at 𝑃. The coordinates of 𝑃 will be
𝑓 𝑓
a) (2𝑓, 2𝑓) b) (2 , 2) c) (𝑓, 𝑓) d) (4𝑓, 4𝑓)
49) The graph shows the relationship between object distance 𝑢 and image distance 𝑣 for a equiconcvex lens.
The focal length of the convex lens is
a) 0.50 ± 0.05 𝑐𝑚 b) 0.05 ± 0.10 𝑐𝑚

c) 5.00 ± 0.05 𝑐𝑚 d) 5.00 ± 0.10 𝑐𝑚
50) In an experiment to determine the focal length (𝑓) for a concave mirror by 𝑢 − 𝑣 method, a student places
the object pin 𝐴 on the principal axis at a distance 𝑥 from the pole 𝑃. The student looks at the pin and its
inverted image from a distance keeping his/her eye in line with 𝑃𝐴. When the student shifts his/her eye
towards left, the image appears to the right of the object pin. Then
a) 𝑥 < 𝑓 b) 𝑓 < 𝑥 < 2𝑓
c) 𝑥 = 2𝑓 d) 𝑥 > 2𝑓

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RAY OPTICS AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS (DPP-7)

1) When a ray of light enters a glass slab from air

a) 60 cm to the left of the system

a) Yellow, Orange, Red b) Violet, Indigo, Blue

a) Are parallel to each other b) Are diverging

a) 0.50 ± 0.05 𝑐𝑚 b) 0.05 ± 0.10 𝑐𝑚

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