1.
If an opaque object on the path of light becomes very small, light
has a tendency to bend around it and not walk in a straight line -
an effect known as _ ?
a) Scattering
b) Emersion
c) Dispersion
d) Diffraction
2. _ mirrors are fitted on the sides of the vehicle, enabling
the driver to see traffic behind him/her to facilitate safe
driving.
A) Convex mirror
B) Biconcex mirror
C) Concave mirror
D) Plane mirror
3. The ability of a medium to refract light is also expressed in terms of its _ ?
A) visible density
B) material density
C) optical density
D) refractive density
4. In case of a rectangular glass slab, the refraction takes
place at both air-glass interface and glass-air interface.
The emergent ray is _ to the direction of incident ray.
A) perpendicular
B) refracted
C) reflected
D) parallel
5. Power of a lens is the reciprocal of its focal length. The SI
unit of power of a lens is ?
A) Ohm
B) Dioptre
C) Dioptre per metre
D) Dioptre metre
6. The image formed by a concave mirror is observed
to be virtual, erect and larger than the object. Where
should be the position of the object?
(a) Between the principal focus and the centre of
curvature
(b) At the centre of curvature
(c) Beyond the centre of curvature (d) Between the
pole of the mirror and its principal focus.
7. Where should an object be placed in front of a
convex lens to get a real image of the size of the
object?
(a) At the principal focus of the lens
(b) At twice the focal length
(c) At infinity
(d) Between the optical centre of the lens and its
principal focus.
8. No matter how far you stand from a mirror, your image
appears erect. The mirror is likely to be
(a) only plane.
(b) only concave.
(c) only convex.
(d) either plane or convex
9. A spherical mirror and a thin spherical lens have
each a focal length of -15 cm. The mirror and the lens
are likely to be
(a) both concave
(b) both convex
(c) the mirror is concave and the lens is convex
(d) the mirror is convex, but the lens is concave.
10. Which of the following lenses would you prefer to use while
reading small letters found in a dictionary?
(a) A convex lens of focal length 50 cm.
(b) A concave lens of focal length 50 cm.
(c) A convex lens of focal length 5 cm
(d) A concave lens of focal length 5 cm.
11. One-half of a convex lens is covered with a black paper.
Will this lens produce a complete image of the object?
Mark the correct comment regarding this.
A) Yes,with full intensity
B) Yes,with half intensity
C) No,image will not be formed
D) None of the above
12. A doctor has prescribed a corrective lens of power +1.5
D. Is the prescribed lens diverging or converging?
A) Diverging
B) Converging
C) Both
D) None
13. An object of size 7.0 cm is placed at 27 cm in front of a concave
mirror of focal length 18 cm. At what distance from the mirror
should a screen be placed, so that a sharp focussed image can be
obtained?
A) -18cm
B) +18cm
C) -54cm
D) +54cm
14.Which one of the following shows image
formation by a convex mirror?
A)a B)b C)c D)d
15. Concave lens of very short focal length
causes _ divergence than the one with longer
focal length.
A) higher B) lower C) no D) none of the above
16. Which of the following is not the use of
concave mirror?
A) Torches,search lights,vehicle headlights
B) shaving mirrors
C) rear view mirror of
vehicles
D) used by dentists
17. Which one of the following shows image
formation by a convex mirror?
A)a B)b C)c D)d
18. A beam of light is incident through the holes
on side A and emerges out of the holes on the
other face of the box as shown in the Figure .
Which of the following could be inside the box?
(a) Concave lens
(b) Rectangular glass slab
(c) Prism
(d) Convex lens
19. A light ray enters from medium A to medium B
as shown in Figure shown; The refractive index of
medium B relative to A will be medium B?
(a) greater than unity
(b) less than unity
(c) equal to unity
(d) zero
20.A 10 mm long awl pin is placed vertically in front
of a concave mirror. A 5 mm long image of the awl
pin is formed at 30 cm in front of the mirror. The
focal length of this mirror is
(a) - 30 cm
(b) - 40 cm
(C) - 20 cm
(d) - 60 cm
21. A full length image of a distant tall uilding
can definitely be seen by using
(a) a concave mirror
(b) a convex mirror
(c) a plane mirror
(d) both concave as well as plane mirror
22. In torches, search lights and headlights of vehicles the
bulb is placed
(a) between the pole and the focus of the reflector
(b) very near to the focus of the reflector
(c) between the focus and centre of curvature of the
reflector
(d) at the centre of curvature of the reflector
23. A child is standing in front of a magic mirror. She finds the
image of her head bigger, the middle portion of her body of
the same size and that of the legs smaller. The following is
the order of combinations for the magic mirror from the top.
(a) Plane, convex and concave
(b) Convex, concave and plane
(c) Concave, plane and convex
(d) Convex, plane and concave
23. Which of the following shows correct
pairs of medium at two interfaces of slab?
A)a B)b C)c D)d
41. Akshay took a large shining spoon and
trying to view his face in its curved surface,
now you are supposed to answer his questions
1) Do he gets his jmage ?
a) Yes b) No c) Maybe d) Insufficient data
ling
afe available
2) Is it smaller or larger?
a) smaller b) larger c) same size d) none of the
above
3)Then he moves the spoon slowly away from
his face. Observe the image and say how does it
change?
a) becomes small b) becomes large c) no change
d) image disappears
4) What image will he get if he keep another
surface of spoon in front of his face?
a)Inverted
b)Same as previous one
c)No image will be formed
d)None of the above
42. A student holding a mirror in his hand, directed the
reflecting surface of the mirror towards the Sun. He
then directed the reflected light on to a sheet of paper
held
close to the mirror.
(1) What should he do to burn the paper ?
a) Move the mirror to focus the rays at one point
b) Move the paper to focus the rays at one point
c) both B & C will work
d) paper will not burn
(2) Which type of mirror does he have?
a) concave b) convex c) plane d) none
(3) Will he be able to determine the approximate value of
focal length of this mirror form this activity ?
a) Yes b) No c) Maybe d) Insufficient data available
(4) What will happen if he used plane mirror?
a) Paper will burn
b) Paper will not burn
c) Any of above is possible
d) Insufficient data available
1d 2a 22b 23c
3c 4d 24a 25d
5b 6d 26d 27a
7c 8d 28c 29a
9a 10c 30b 31c
11b 12b 32b 33c
13c 14d 34a 35d
15a 16c 26d 37b
17d 18d 38a 39b
19b 20c 21d 40d
41- 1a 2b 3a 4a
42- 1c 2a 3a 4b
