Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Chapter 10
1. How will the image formed by a convex lens be affected, if the central portion of the lens is
wrapped in black paper as shown?
(a) No image will be formed
(b) Full image will be formed but it is less bright
(c) Full image will be formed but without central portion
(d) Two images will be formed
2. A biconvex lens can form a virtual image if the object is placed:
(a) between lens and focus (b) between f and 2f
(c) at focus (d) at infinity
3. Two thin lenses of focal lengths 20 cm and 25 cm are placed in contact. The effective power of the combination is:
(a) 45 D (b) 9D (c) D (d) 6D
4. An object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a convex lens of focal length 10 cm. The image is formed on the
other side of the lens at a distance:
(a) 20 cm (b) 10 cm (c) 40 cm (d) 30 cm
5. An astronomical telescope of tenfold angular magnification has a length of 44 cm. The focal length of objective is:
(a) 4 cm (b) 40 cm (c) 44 cm (d) 440 cm
6. An electron microscope is superior to an optical microscope in:
(a) having better resolving power (b) being easy to handle
(c) low cost (d) quickness of observation
7. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm produces a virtual image twice the size of the real object. Then the distance of
the object from lens is:
(a) 20 cm (b) 30 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 60 cm
8. A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror at an angle of incidence of 30. The deviation produced by mirror is:
(a) 30 (b) 60 (c) 90 (d) 120
9. Length of compound microscope is:
(a) fo + f e (b) qo + pe (c) qe + po (d) None
10. A biconvex lens of focal length 2m is cut into two plano-convex lenses. The focal length of each lens is:
(a) 4m (b) 8m (c) 16 m (d) 32 m
11. Angle subtended by one face of the mirror used by Michelson in his experiment to measure speed of light is:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12. A myopic patient uses:
(a) Convex lens (b) Concave lens (c) Cylindrical lens (d) Bifocal lens
13. The power of a lens is 4 diopters its focal length is:
(a) 20 cm (b) 25 cm (c) 50 cm (d) 400 cm
14. An object is placed between two parallel mirrors. The number of image formed is:
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) Infinite
15. A spectrometer is used to measure:
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(a) Refractive index of material of glass prism (b) Deviation of light by a glass prism
(c) Wavelength of light (d) All of the above
16. The focal length of objective of telescope is 60 cm. To obtain magnification of 20 focal length of eye piece should be:
(a) 5 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 3 cm (d) 2 cm
17. The equation used to determine the speed of light by Michelson was:
(a) c= (b) c= (c) c= (d) c=
18. A plane mirror is approaching you at 10 cm/s you can see your image in it. The image will approach you with a
speed of:
(a) 5 cm/s (b) 10 cm/s (c) 15 cm/s (d) 20 cm/s
19. The final image produced by a compound microscope is:
(a) Real and inverted (b) Real and erect (c) Virtual and inverted (d) Virtual and erect
20. Rainbow is formed due to combination of:
(a) Dispersion and total internal reflection (b) Reflection and refraction
(c) Dispersion and focusing (d) Reflection and scattering
21. The function of the collimator in a spectrometer is:
(a) to decrease the intensity of light (b) to increase the intensity of light
(c) to obtain a parallel beam of light (d) to obtain larger dispersion
22. Two lenses have magnifying powers M1 and M2. The magnifying power of their combination is:
(a) M1 + M 2 (b) M1 M2 (c) M1M2 (d)
23. In multi-mode graded index fibre, the density:
(a) Remains constant (b) Increases towards its periphery
(c) Decreases towards its periphery (d) Suddenly become infinite at periphery
24. To transmit information through optical fibre, the light emitting diode emits:
(a) Infrared light (b) Ultraviolet light (c) Visible light (d) X-rays
25. For glass-air boundary, the value of critical angle is:
(a) 41.5 (b) 41 (c) 41.8 (d) 41.2
26. To transmit the signal, the light emitted from LED has wavelength:
(a) 1.3 m (b) 1.2 m (c) 1.4 m (d) 1.5 m
27. In newer system, repeaters are placed typically apart at a distance of:
(a) 20 km (b) 30 km (c) 35 km (d) 100 km
28. In fibre optics, some light is absorbed due to:
(a) Impurities in the plastic (b) Impurities in the glass
(c) Purities in the plastic (d) None of theses
29. A convex lens of focal length 40 cm is in contact with a concave lens of focal length 25 cm. The power of the
combination is:
(a) 1.5 D (b) 6.5 D (c) +6.5 D (d) +6.67 D
30. It is possible to observe total internal reflection when a ray travels from:
(a) Air into water (b) Air into glass (c) Water into glass (d) Glass into water
31. A convex lens of glass is immersed in water. Compared to its power in air, its power in water will:
(a) Diminish for red light and increase for blue light (b) Not change at all
(c) Increase (d) Diminish
32. A concave lens of focal length 20 cm produces an image half in size of the real object. The distance of the real
object is:
(a) 20 cm (b) 30 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 60 cm
33. Two lenses of powers +12 D and 2 D are placed in contact. What will be the focal length of combination?
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(a) 10 cm (b) 12.5 cm (c) 16.6 cm (d) 8.33 cm
34. If the space between the lenses in the lens combination shown were filled with water,
what would happen to the focal length and power of the lens combination?
Focal length Power
(a) Decreased Increased
(b) Decreased Unchanged
(c) Increased Unchanged
(d) Increased Decreased
35. Two convex lenses placed in contact form the image of a distant object at P. If the lens B
is moved to the right, the image will:
(a) Move to the left (b) Move to the right (c) Remain at P
(d) Move either to the left or right, depending upon focal lengths of the lenses
36. A lens behaves as a converging lens in air and a diverging lens in water. The refractive index of the material of the
lens is:
(a) equal to unity (b) equal to 1.33 (c) between unity and 1.33 (d) greater than 1.33
37. An achromatic combination of lenses is formed by joining:
(a) 2 convex lenses (b) 2 concave lenses
(c) 1 convex lens and 1 concave lenses (d) Convex lens and plane mirror
38. The angle of deviation is the angle between the:
(a) Incident and refracted rays (b) Incident ray and the normal
(c) Refracted ray and the normal (d) Incident and the emergent
rays
39. For a reading lens, we require:
(a) Short focus concave lens (b) Long focus concave lens
(c) Short focus convex lens (d) Long focus convex lens
40. A man 2 m tall stands 5 m in front of a large vertical plane mirror. Then the angle subtended at his eye by his image
in the plane mirror is:
(a) 0.4 radian (b) 0.2 radian (c) 0.2 degree (d) 0.4 degree