m
(d)cannot be calculated from this data
3. An air bubble in a glass slab
(u 1.5) when viewed from
=
one side appears to be at 6
cm and from
4 cm. The thickness
opposite side
of the glass slab is : CPMT 1992]
(a) 10 cm (b) 6.67 cm
(c) 15 cm (d) none of these
24. A point object is 24 cm above the
surface of water
( 4/3) in a lake. A fish inside the water will observe the
image to be at a distance:
ICPMT 1993]
(a) 32 cm above the water surface
(b) 18 cm above the water surface
(C) 6 cm above the water surtace
(d) 6 cm below the water surface
525. A coin is placed in a vessel and water (H 4/3) is poured
=
in it. If the depth of water is 32 cm, the coin
appears to be
raisedby:
(a) 10.6 cm b) 8 cm
(c) 24 cm (d) 16 cm
26. A microscope is focused on a mark on a
piece of paper
and then a slab of
glass of thickness 3 cm and refractive
index 1.5 is placed over the mark. How should the
microscope be moved to get the mark again in focus
(a) 2 cm upwards (6) I cm upwards
(c) 4.5 cm upwards (d) 1 cm downwards
21. A rectangular block of glass is
placed on a mark made on
the surface of the table and is viewed from the vertical
position of the eye. If the refractive index of glass be k and
its thickness d, then the mark will appear to be raised
up
by
(a) (4+ 1Id (b) (u- 1)d/u
c) (-1)/ud (d) (- 1)w/d
28. A lens forms a sharp image on a screen. On inserting a
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parallel-sidedslab of glass between the lens and the screen
36. In cold
it is found necessary
to move the screen a distance d countries, the
phenomenon of
from the lens in order for the away appears in the sky) takes place, because looming (i e., ship
image to be again sharply air refractive index of
focused. the refractive index of glass relative to air is
If
the thickness , (a) decrcases with height
of the slab is
(a) d/u (b) ud (b) incrcases with height
(d/(- 1) (d) (u- 1)d/u (c) does not change with hcight
29. A of ray light strikes
a thick (d) becomes infinity at the surface
parallel-sided glass slab with
an angle of incidence of 40°. The 37. A piece of
angle of the beam glass is
placed on a wood with lctters f
emerging from the other side of
the
slab with the normal is: differcnt colours. The letters of which
(a)40° appcar mininurn
(b) 20 raised are (J & K CET 2004)
(c) 60 (d) None of these (a) red
30. A layer
of benzene (u= 1.5) 6 cm deep floats on water (b) green
(= (c) yellow (d) violet
1.33) 4
cm deep. When viewed
vertically through air the 38. A rod of flint
apparent distance of the bottom of the vessel below the glass
when immerscd in carbon
disulphide,
surface of benzene will be becomes almost invisible because
(a) 14 cm (a) flint glass gets dissolved in carbon disulphide
b) 7 cm
(c) 21 cm (b) flint glass has the same refractive index as carbon
(d) 3.5 cm
[Hint: See $2.2 (C) (a) (2) (iv) disulphide
31. A ray of light falls on the (c) of total internal reflection
surface ofa spherical glass paper (d) of scattering of light
weight making an angle a with the normal and is refracted
in the medium at 39. A
glass sphere (u 1.5) is placed in air. Rays start from a
=
an
angle ß. The angle of deviation of the
emergent ray from the direction of the incident placed inside glass. The glass sphere is now
source
ray is immersed in water (u 1.33), the critical angle:
(a) (a-B) b) 2(0 B)
=
(c) (-B)/2 (a) remains same (b) increases
(d) (o +B)
(Hint: See solved Problem 21] (c) decreases (d) may increase or decrease
32. A 40. An observer can see through a pinhole the top end ofa
diverging beam of light from a point source S having
divergence angle o, falls symmetrically on a glass slab as thin rod of height h, placed
shown in Fig. 2.69. The angle of incidence of two extreme as shown in Fig. 2.70. The
rays are equal. If the thickness beaker height is 3h and its
of the glass slab is t and the S radius h. When the beaker
refractive index n, then the is filled with a liquid upto a
divergence angle of he height 2h, he can see the
emergent beam is : [IIT 2000] lower end of the rod. Then
(a) zero the refractive index of the 3h
liquid is : [IIT 2002]
(6)
(c)sin (1/n)
(d) 2 sin (1/n)
n
Fig. 2.69
(a) 5/2
(6)V572
) 3/2
L 2h
Fig. 2.70
33 An air bubble in water will behave as
. (d) 3/2
(a) convergent lens (b) divergent lens
(c) plane mirror Total Internal Reflection
(d) plane glass plate
34. The twinkling of stars is due to : 41. Which statement is correct?
(a) the fact that stars do not emit light continuously (a) When light proceeds from denser to rarer medium and
(b) frequent absorption of starlight by their own the angle of incidence is greater than critical
angle, total
internal reflection of light takes place
atmosphere
(c) the fact that refractive index of the earth's atmosphere (b) When light proceeds from rarer to denser medium, total
internal reflection of light takes place
fluctuates
(c). When lightproceeds from denser to rarer medium, total
() intermittent absorption of starlight by earth's
internal reflection always takes place
atmosphere 42. A ray of light can suffer total internal reflection when it
Just before the time of sunset or sunrise, the sun appears
goes from:
to be oval because (a) air to water (b) water to glass
(a) the sun changes its shape at that time ()glass to air (d) air to glass
b) of the scattering of light 43. Ifthe critical angle for total internal reflection from a medium
(c) of the effects of refraction to vacuum is 30°, the velocity
of light in the medium is:
(d) of the effects of diffraction (a) 3x 10 m/s (b) 1.5x 10 m/s
REFRACTION AT PLANE SURFACES
67
situated 12 cm below the surface, what is the radius of the
(c) 6 x 10 m/s (d) x 10 m/s
44. For which of the following pairs the critical angle is
horizontal circle:
smallest? AFMC 19941
(a) 12 x 3 x 5 (b) 12x(4/3)
(a) Water to air (b) Glass to water (c) 12x(3/7) (d) 12 73
(c) Glass to air (d) Glass to glass 53. A bulb is placed ata depth of 2/1 m in water and floating
45. If refractive indices for water and glass are 4/3 and 5/3
opaque disc is placed over the bulb so that the bulb is not
respectively and light is tending to go from glass to water, visible from the surface. The minimum diameter of the disc
the critical angle is: is
(a) sin,(4/3) (b) sin (5/3) (a) 42 m b) 6m
(c) sin'(4/5) (d) sin'(5/4) (c) 2/7 m (d) 12m
46. The critical angle for light going from a medium in which
wavelength is 4000 Å to a medium in which its wavelength Hint: Sce solved Problem 31]
is 6000 A,is: ICPMT 1993] 54. A glass prism of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in water
(a) 30 (H= 4/3). A light beam incident
(b) 45
(c) 60 (d) sin (2/3) normally on the face AB is totally
47. For which colour the critical angle is maximum in water-air reflected to reach the face BC if
(a) sine> 8/9
system?
(a) Red (b) Violet (b) 2/3 < sine <8/9
(c) Yellow (d) It is same for all colours (c) sine< 2/3
48 A film of air is enclosed between a pair of thin microscope (d) cos6 2 8/9 Fig. 2.71
slides and the combination is then inserted in water. A ray
of white light is projected through water and the light
55 A rectangular glass slab ABCD of refractive index n, is
immersedin water of refractive index n2 (n > n2). A ray of
reflected by the film of air sandwiched between the two light is incident at the
slides is received on a screen. If the angle of incidence of
surface AB of the slab
the ray on the film is gradually decreased from 90°, the
The
D
as shown.
reflected light: maximum value of the
(a) will tun red and then vanish
angle of incidence
(b) will remain white and then vanish CAmax
Cmax, Such that the ray
()will remain white at all angles ofincidence
comes out only from
(d) will tum blue and then vanish
the other surface CD
49. A diver in a swimming pool wants to signal his distress to
is given by:
a person lying on the edge of the pool by flashing his water- Fig. 2.72
IIT 2000]
proof torch:
(a) he must direct the beam of light vertically upwards
(b) he must direct the beam horizontally (a) sin cos sin ) sin cos sin
(c) he must direct the beam at an angle to the vertical
which is slightly lesser than the critical angle
(d) he must direct the beam at an angle io the vertical (c)sin (d) sin
which is slightly greater than the critical 56. A ray of light from a denser medium strikes a rarer medium
50. A swimmer is swimming inside a tank of water. He
angle
at the sky through the water surface. The surface
looks up at
an angle of incidence i. The reflected and refracted rays
an angle of 90° with each other. The
and sky is bright due to day-light. He can see
is calm make angles of
reflection and refraction are r andr'. The critical angle is:
(a) a small illuminated patch directly above his head whose ICBSE 1996]
angular size is independent of his depth (a). sin (tan r) (b) sin (tan r")
b) a small illuminated patch above his head whose angular (c)tan (sin ) (d) tan (sin i)
size depends upon the depth of the swimmer
57. A ray falls on a prism ABC (AB =BC) and travels as shown
(c) noing but darkness outside the tank in Fig. 2.73. The minimum refractive
(d) the entire top surface of the water
51. When the surface of the lake is calm, a index ofthe prism material should be:
fish, submerged in ICPMT 1989] 90
water will see the entire outside world
within an inverted (a) 4/3
cone whose apex is situated at the
eye of the fish and the (b) 2
cone substends an angle of:
(a) 10 (b) 60 c)1.5 8
(c) 98° (d) 30 (d) 3 Fig. 2.73
52. A diver looking through
up the water in a lake sees the 8. A ray of light travelling inside a rectangular glass block of
outside world contained in a circular
horizon. If the refractive index 2 is incident on the glass-air surface
at
refractive index of water is (4/3) and the eye of the refractive index of air is 1,
diver is an angle of incidence of 450,; the
