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Light Olympiad

The document contains 15 multiple choice questions about optics concepts like mirrors, lenses, refraction and total internal reflection. The questions cover topics like image formation by plane and curved mirrors, critical angle, refraction through different media and lenses.

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Light Olympiad

The document contains 15 multiple choice questions about optics concepts like mirrors, lenses, refraction and total internal reflection. The questions cover topics like image formation by plane and curved mirrors, critical angle, refraction through different media and lenses.

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1. An object is at a distance of 0.5 m in front of a plane mirror.

Distance between the


object and image is
(1) 0.5 m (2) 1 m (3) 0.25 m (4) 1.5 m
2. To get three images of a single object, one should have two plane mirrors at an angle
of
(1) 30 (2) 60 (3) 90 (4) 150

3. An object is placed at 20 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 10 cm. The image
formed by the mirror is
(1) Real and at 20 cm from the mirror (2) Virtual and at 20 cm from the mirror
(3) Virtual and at 20 / 3 cm from the mirror (4) Real and at 20 / 3 cm from the mirror

4. What will be the height of image when an object of 2 mm is placed on the axis of a
convex mirror at a distance 20 cm of radius of curvature 40 cm?
(1) 20 mm (2) 10 mm (3) 6 mm (4) 1 mm

5. A plane glass slab is kept over various coloured letters, the letter which appears least
raised is
(1) Blue (2) Violet (3) Green (4) Red

6. If the critical angle for total internal reflection from a medium to vacuum is 30, the
velocity of light in the medium is
(1) 3  108 ms−1 (2) 1.5  108 ms−1 (3) 6  108 ms−1 (4) 3  108 ms−1

7. A thin rod of length f/3 lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f. One
end of its magnified image touches an end of the rod. The length of the image is
1 1
(A) f (B) f (C) 2f (D) f
2 4

8. An object is placed in front of a convex mirror at a distance of 50cm. A plane mirror is


introduced covering the lower half of the convex mirror. If the distance between the
object and plane mirror is 30cm, it is found that the images formed by two mirrors are
along same line. Radius of curvature of mirror will be
50
(A) 12.5cm (B) 25cm (C) cm (D) 18 cm
3
9. A ray of light incident normally on an isosceles right angled prism travels as shown in
the figure. The least value of the refractive index of the prism must be
A

90o
C B

(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 1.5 (4) 2.0


10. A glass prism of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in water
(R.I. = 4/3). The beam of light incident normally on the face AB is A
B

totally reflected to reach the face BC, if
(1) sin   8/9 (2) sin  < 2/3
(3) 2/3 < sin  < 8/9 (4) None of these C

11. A person can see clearly only upto a distance of 25 cm. He wants to read a book placed
at a distance of 50 cm. What kind of lens does he require for his spectacles and what
must be its power
(1) Concave, – 1.0 D (2) Convex, + 1.5 D
(3) Concave, – 2.0 D (4) Convex, + 2.0 D

12. Two beams of light are incident normally on water (R.I. = 4/3). 2 1
If the beam 1 passes through a glass (R.I. = 3/2) slab of
height h as shown in the figure, the time difference for both
the beams for reaching the bottom is
(1) Zero (2) h/6C h
6h h
(3) (4)
C 6C

13. A ray of light from a denser medium strikes a rarer medium at


angle of incidence i. The reflected and refracted rays make an i r Denser
angle of 90° with each other. The angles of reflection and
refraction are r & r respectively. The critical angle is r’
(1) sin-1 (tan r) (2) sin-1 (cot i) Rarer

(3) tan-1 (Sin r) (4) tan-1 (sin i)


14. A candle flame 3cm is placed at distance of 3m from a wall. How far from wall must a
concave mirror be placed in order that it may form an image of flame 9cm high on the
wall
(1) 425cm (2) 300cm (3) 450cm (4) 650cm

15. Figure given below shows a beam of light


converging at point P. When a convex lens of focal
length 16cm is introduced in the path of the beam
at a place O shown by dotted line such that OP
becomes the axis of the lens, the beam converges
at a distance x from the lens. The value x will be
equal to
(1) 12cm (2) 24/3cm
(3) 36/5cm (4) 48/7cm

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