Geometrical Optics

JEE MAIN PREVIOUS YEARS

PART - A
1. An astronomical telescope has a large aperture to
(1) reduce spherical aberration (2) have high resolution
(3) increase span of observation (4) have low dispersion
2. If two mirrors are kept at 60º to each other, then the number of images formed by them is
(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 7 (4) 8
3. Which of the following is used in optical fibers ?
(1) total internal reflection (2) scattering
(3) diffraction (4) refraction
4. The image formed by an objective of a compound microscope is
(1) virtual and diminished (2) real and diminished
(3) real and enlarged (4) virtual and enlarged
5. To get three images of a single object, one should have two plane mirrors at an angle of
(1) 60º (2) 90º (3) 120º (4) 30º
6. A light ray is incident perpendicularly to one face to a 90º prism and is totally internally reflected at the glass-air
interface. If the angle of reflection is 45º, we conclude that the refractive index n is

1 1
(1) n < (2) n > 2 (3) n > (4) n < 2
2 2
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 from 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.
(1) 20 cm (2) 30 cm (3) 60 cm (4) 80 cm
8. The refractive index of glass is 1.520 for red light and 1.525 for blue light. Let D1 and D2 be angles of minimum
deviation for red and blue light respectively in a prism of this glass. Then,
(1) D1 can be less than or greater than D2 depending upon the angle of prism
(2) D1 > D2 (3) D1 < D2 (4) D1 = D2
9. An experiment is performed to find the refractive index of glass using a travelling microscope. In this experiment
distances are measured by -
(1) a standard laboratory scale (2) a meter scale provided on the microscope
(3) a screw gauge provided on the microscope (4) a vernier scale provided on the microscope
10. A student measures the focal length of a convex lens by putting an object pin at a distance |u| from the lens and
measuring the distance ‘v’ of the image pin. The graph between ‘u’ and ‘v’ plotted by the student should look
like -

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v(cm)
v(cm)

(1) O u(cm) (2) O u(cm)

v(cm) v(cm)

(3) O u(cm) (4) O u(cm)

2
11. A transparent solid cylindrical rod has a refractive index of . It is surrounded by air. A light ray is incident at
3
the mid-point of one end of the rod as shown in the figure.

The incident angle  for which the light ray grazes along the wall of the rod is:
 3  2 
(1) sin-1  (2) sin-1 
 2   3

 

 1   1
(3) sin-1   (4) sin-1  
 3 2
12. 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 of 45° with the x-axis meets the experimental curve at P. The
coordinates of P will be:

f f
(1)  ,  (2) (f, f) (3) (4f, 4f) (4) (2f, 2f)
2 2

Paragraph
An initially parallel cylindrical beam travels in a medium of refractive index () = 0 + 2, where 0 and 2 are
positive constants and  is the intensity of the light beam. The intensity of the beam is decreasing with
increasing radius.
13. As the beam enters the medium, it will
(1) diverge (2) converge
(3) diverge near the axis and converge near the periphery
(4) travel as a cylindrical beam
14. The initial shape of the wavefront of the beam is
(1) convex (2) concave
(3) convex near the axis and concave near the periphery (4) planar
15. The speed of light in the medium is
(1) minimum on the axis of the beam (2) the same everywhere in the beam
(3) directly proportional to the intensity  (4) maximum on the axis of the beam

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16. A car is fitted with a convex side–view mirror of focal length 20 cm. A second car 2.8 m behind the first car is
overtaking the first car at a relative speed of 15 m/s. The speed of the image of the second car as seen in the
mirror of the first one is :
1 1
(1) m/s (2) m/s (3) 10 m/s (4) 15 m/s
10 15
17. Let the x - y plane be the boundary between two transparent media. Medium 1 in z  0 has refractive index of
2 and medium 2 with z < 0 has a refractive index of 3 . A ray of light in medium 1 given by the vector

A  6 3 ˆi  8 3 ˆj – 10kˆ in incident on the plane of separation. The angle of refraction in medium 2 is :

(1) 30º (2) 45º (3) 60º (4) 75º

18. A beaker contains water up to a height h1 and kerosene of height h2 above water so that the total height of
(water + kerosene) is (h1 + h2). Refractive index of water is 1 and that of kerosene is 2. The apparent shift in
the position of the bottom of the beaker when viewed from above is :
 1  1   1  1 
(1)  1   h1 – 1   h2 (2)  1–  h1   1–  h2
 1   2   1   2 

 1  1   1  1 
(3)  1   h2 –  1   h1 (4)  1–  h2   1–  h1
 1   2   1   2 

19. When monochromatic red light is used instead of blue light in a convex lens, its focal length will :
(1) increase (2) decrease
(3) remain same (4) does not depend on colour of light
20. An object 2.4 m in front of a lens forms a sharp image on a film 12 cm behind the lens. A glass plate 1 cm thick,
of refractive index 1.50 is interposed between lens and film with its plane faces parallel to film. At what distance
(from lens) should object shifted to be in sharp focus on film ?
(1) 7.2 m (2) 2.4 m (3) 3.2 m (4) 5.6 m
21. 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 :
(1) 15 cm (2) 20 cm (3) 30 cm (4) 10 cm
22. The graph between angle of deviation () and angle of incidence (i) for a triangular prism is represented by :

(1) (2) (3) (4)

 3
23. A thin convex lens made from crown glass     has focal length f. When it is measured in two different
 2
4 5
liquids having refractive indices and , it has the focal lengths f 1 and f 2 respectively. The correct relation
3 3
between the focal length is :
(1) f 1 = f2 < f (2) f 1 > f and f2 becomes negative
(3) f 2 > f and f1 becomes negative (4) f 1 and f2 both become negative
24. A green light is incident from the water to the air - water interface at the critical angle (). Select the correct
statement.
(1) The entire spectrum of visible light will come out of the water at an angle of 90º to the normal.
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(3) The spectrum of visible light whose frequency is more than that of green light will come out to the air
medium.
(4) The entire spectrum of visible light will come out of the water at various angles to the normal.
25. An observer looks at a distant tree of height 10 m with a telescope of magnifying power of 20. To the observer
the tree appears:
(1) 10 times nearer (2) 20 times taller (3) 20 times nearer (4) 10 times taller
26. In an experiment for determination of refractive index of glass of a prism by i – , plot, it was found that a ray
incident at angle 35°, suffers a deviation of 40° and that it emerges at angle 79°. In that case which of the
following is closest to the maximum possible value of the refractive index ?
(1) 1.6 (2) 1.7 (3) 1.8 (4) 1.5
27. A diverging lens with magnitude of focal length 25cm is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a converging lens of
magnitude of focal length 20 cm. A beam of parallel light falls on the diverging lens. The final image formed is :

(1) real and at a distance of 6 cm from the convergent lens

(2) real and at a distance of 40 cm from convergent lens.
(3) virtual and at a distance of 40 cm from convergent lens
(4) real and at distance of 40 cm from the divergent lens.
KEY : 1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (2) 7. (1) 8. (3)
9. (4) 10. (2) 11. (3) 12. (4) 13. (4) 14. (4) 15. (1) 16. (2)
17. (2) 18. (2) 19. (1) 20. (4) 21. (3) 22. (3) 23. (2) 24. (2)
25. (3) 26. (4) 27. (2)

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PART - B
1. Two plane mirrors M1 and M2 are at right angle to each other shown. A point source ‘P’ is placed at ‘a’ and ‘2a’
meter away from M1 and M2 respectively. The shortest distance between the images thus formed is :
(Take 5  2.3)

(1) 3A (2) 4.6 a (3) 2.3 a (4) 2 10a

2. An object is placed beyond the centre of curvature C of the given concave mirror. If the distance of the object is
d1 from C and the distance of the image formed is d2 from C, the radius of curvature of this mirror is

2d1d 2 2d1d 2 d1d 2 d1d 2

(1) (2) (3) (4)
d1  d 2 d1  d 2 d1  d 2 d1  d 2
3. Car B overtakes another car A at a relative speed of 40ms 1 . How fast will the image of car B appear to move
in the mirror of focal length 10 cm fitted in car A, when the car B is 1.9 m away from the car A?
(1) 4 ms 1 (2) 0.2 ms 1 (3) 40 ms 1 (4) 0.1 ms 1
4. The focal length f is related to the radius of curvature of the spherical convex mirror by
1 1
(1) f   r (2) f   r (3) f   r (4) f  r 0
2 2
5. A short straight object of height 100 cm lies before the central axis of a spherical mirror whose focal length has
absolute value |f| = 40cm. The image of object produced by the mirror is of height 25 cm and has the same
orientation of the object. One may conclude from the information:
(1) Image is virtual, opposite side of convex mirror
(2) Image is virtual, opposite side of concave mirror
(3) Image is real, same side of convex mirror
(4) Image is real, same side of concave mirror
6. A point source of light S, placed at a distance 60 cm in front of the centre of a plane mirror of width 50 cm,
hangs vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a distance 1.2
m from it. The distance between the extreme points where he can see the image of the light source in the
mirror is cm.

7. When an object is kept at a distance of 30 cm from a concave mirror, the image is formed at a distance of 10cm
-1
from the mirror. If the object is moved with a speed of 9cms  1 , the speed (in cms ) with which image moves at
that instant is
8. A spherical mirror is obtained as shown in the figure from a hollow glass sphere. If an object is positioned in
front of the mirror, what will be the nature and magnification of the image of the object? (Figure drawn as
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(1) Inverted, real and magnified (2) Erect, virtual and magnified
(3) Erect, virtual and unmagnified (4) Inverted, real and unmagnified
9. A concave mirror for face viewing has focal length of 0.4 m. The distance at which you hold the mirror from your
face in order to see your image upright with a magnification of 5 is
(1) 0.24 m (20 1.60m (3) 0.32m (4) 0.16m
10. A point source of light, S is placed at a distance L in front of the centre of plane mirror of width d which is
hanging vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror, at a distance 2L
as shown below. The distance over which the man can see the image of the light source in the mirror is

(1) d (2) 2d (3) 3d (4) d/2

11. Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other such that a ray of light incident on the first mirror (M1) and parallel
to the second mirror (M2) is finally reflected from the second mirror (M2) parallel to the first mirror (M1). The
angle between the two mirrors will be
o o o o
(1) 45 (2) 60 (3) 75 (4) 90
12. An object is gradually moving away from the focal point of a concave mirror along the axis of the mirror. The
graphical representation of the magnitude of linear magnification (m) versus distance of the object from the
mirror (x) is correctly given by (Graphs are drawn schematically and are not to scale)

(1) (2)

(3) (4)
13. A glass tumbler having inner depth of 17.5 cm is kept on a table. A student starts pouring water ( = 4/3) into it
while looking at the surface of water from the above. When he feels that the tumbler is half filled, he stops
pouring water. Up to what height, the tumbler is actually filled?
(1) 11.7 cm (2) 10 cm (3) 7.5 cm (4) 8.75 cm

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14. The difference in the number of waves when yellow light propagates through air and vacuum columns of the
same thickness is one. The thickness of the air column is mm. [Refractive index of air = 1.0003, wavelength of
yellow light in vacuum  6000Å ]
15. A ray of light entering from air into a denser medium of refractive index 4/3, as shown in figure. The light ray
suffers total internal reflection at the adjacent surface as shown. The maximum value of angle  should be
equal to

7 5 7 5
(1) sin 1 (2) sin 1 (3) sin 1 (4) sin 1
3 4 4 3
16. An observer can see through a small hole on the side of a jar (radius 15 cm) at a point at height of 15 cm from
the bottom (see figure). The hole is at a height of 45 cm. When the jar is filled with a liquid up to a height of 30
cm the same observer can see the edge at the bottom of the jar. If the refractive index of the liquid is N/100,
where N is an integer, the value of N is

17. A light ray enters a solid glass sphere of refractive index   3 at an angle of incidence 60o. The ray is both
reflected and refracted at the farther surface of the sphere. The angle (in degrees) between the reflected and
refracted rays at this surface is .

18. A vessel of depth 2h is half filled with a liquid of refractive index 2 2 and the upper half with another liquid of
refractive index 2. The liquids are immiscible. The apparent depth of the inner surface of the bottom of vessel
will be
h h h 3
(1) (2) (3) (4) h 2
2 2( 2  1) 3 2 4
19. There is a small source of light at some depth below the surface of water (refractive index = 4/3) in a tank of
large cross sectional surface area. Neglecting any reflection from the bottom and absorption by water,
percentage of light that emerges out of surface is (nearly) :
[Use the fact that surface area of a spherical cap of height h and radius of curvature r is 2 rh ]
(1) 21% (2) 34% (3) 17% (4) 50%
20. The critical angle of a medium for a specific wavelength, if the medium has relative permittivity 3 and relative
permeability 4/3 for this wavelength, will be
(1) 15o (2) 30o (3) 45o (4) 60o

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21. A concave mirror has radius of curvature of 40 cm. It is at the bottom of a glass that has water filled up to 5 cm
(see figure). If a small particle is floating on the surface of water, its image as seen, from directly above the
glass, is at a distance d from the surface of water. The value of d is close to : (Refractive index of water = 1.33)

(1) 6.7 cm (2) 13.4 cm (3) 8.8 cm (4) 11.7 cm

22. A transparent cube of side d, made of a material of refractive index 2 , is immersed in a liquid of refractive
index 1  1   2  . A ray is incident on the face AB at an angle  (shown in the figure). Total internal
reflection takes place at point E on the face BC.

Then  must satisfy :

1  22
(1)   sin 1 (2)   sin 1
1
2 12

 22 1
(3)   sin 1
1 (4)   sin 1
12 2
23. A ray of light AO in vacuum is incident on a glass slab at angle 60o and refracted at angle 30o along OB as
shown in the figure. The optical path length of light ray from A to B is

2 3 2b 2b
(1)  2b (2) 2 a  (3) 2a  (4) 2a  2b
a 3 3
24. In figure, the optical fiber has l = 2 m long and has a diameter of d  20  m . If a ray of light is incident on one
end of the fiber at angle 1  40 , the number of reflections it makes before emerging from the other end is

close to : (refractive index of fiber is 1.31 and sin 40  0.64 )

(1) 55000 (2) 66000 (3) 45000 (4) 57000

25. A light wave is incident normally on a glass slab of refractive index 1.5. If 4% of light gets reflected and the
amplitude of the electric field of the incident light is 30V/m, then the amplitude of the electric field for the wave
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(1) 30 V/m (2) 10 V/m (3) 24 V/m (4) 6 V/m

26. An object is placed at the focus of concave lens having focal length f. What is the magnification and distance
of the image from the optical centre of the lens?
1 f 1 f
(1) 1, (2) Very high,  (3) , (4) ,
2 2 4 4
27. Find the distance of the image from object O, formed by the combination of lenses in the figure :
f  10cm f  10cm f  30cm

(1) 75 cm (2) 10 cm (3) 20 cm (4) infinity

28. Curved surfaces of a plano-convex lens of refractive index 1 and a plano-concave lens of refractive index 2
have equal radius of curvature as shown in figure. Find the ratio of radius of curvature to the focal length of the
combined lenses

1 1
(1) (2) 1  2 (3) (4) 2  1
2  1 1  2
29. An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm from a convex lens. A convex mirror of focal length 15 cm is placed
on other side of lens at 8 cm as shown in figure. Image of object coincides with the object as shown :

When the convex mirror is removed, a real and inverted image is formed at a position. Its image from the object
will be (cm)
30. Region I and II are separated by a spherical surface of radius 25 cm. An object is kept in region I at a distance
of 40 cm from the surface. The distance of the image from the surface is

(1) 55.44 cm (2) 9.52 cm (3) 18.23 cm (4) 37.58 cm

31. The thickness at the centre of a plano convex lens is 3mm and the diameter is 6 cm. If the speed of light in the
material of the lens is 2  108 ms 1 . The focal length of the lens is
(1) 1.5 cm (2) 0.30 cm (3) 15 cm (4) 30 cm

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32. The image of an object placed in air formed by a convex refracting surface is at a distance of 10m behind the
2rd
surface. The image is real and is at of the distance of the object from the surface. The wavelength of light
3
x
inside the surface is 2/3 times the wavelength in air. The radius of the curved surface is m . The value of ‘x’
13
is
33. The same size images are formed by a convex lens when the object is placed at 20 cm or at 10 cm from the
lens. The focal length of convex lens is cm
34. A point like object is placed at a distance of 1m in front of a convex lens of focal length 0.5 m. A plane mirror is
placed at a distance of 2m behind the lens. The position and nature of the final image formed by the system is
(1) 2.6 m from the mirror, real (2) 1 m from the mirror, virtual
(3) 1m from the mirror, real (4) 2.6 m from the mirror, virtual
35. A double convex lens has power P and same radii of curvature R of both the surfaces. The radius of curvature
of a surface of a plano-convex lens made of the same material with power 1.5 P is
(1) 2R (2) R/2 (3) 3R/2 (4) R/3
36. For a concave lens of focal length f, the relation between object and image distances u and v, respectively, from
its pole can best be represented by (u = v is the reference line)

(1) (2)

(3) (4)
37. The distance between an object and a screen is 100 cm. A lens can produce real image of the object on the
screen for two different positions between the screen and the object. The distance between these two positions
 N 
is 40 cm. If the power of the lens is close to  100  D where N is an integer, the value of N is
 
38. A point object in air is in front of the curved surface of a plano-convex lens. The radius of curvature of the
curved surface is 30 cm and the refractive index of the lens material is 1.5, then the focal length of the lens (in
cm) is
39. A thin lens made of glass (refractive index = 1.5) of focal length f = 16 cm is immersed in a liquid of refractive
index 1.42. If its focal length in liquid is fl , then the ratio fl / f is closest to the integer

(1) 1 (2) 9 (3) 5 (4) 17

40. One plano-convex and one plano-concave lens of same radius of curvature ‘R’ but of different material are
joined side by side as shown in the figure. If the refractive index of the material of 1 is 1 and that of 2 is 2 ,
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(1) R (2) 2R (3) 2R (4) R

1  2 1   2 2  1  2  2   1   2 

41. The graph shows how the magnification m produced by a thin lens varies with image distance v. What is the
focal length of the lens used?

b2 b2 c a b
(1) (2) (3) (4)
ac a c c
42. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm produces images of the same magnification 2 when an object is kept at two
distances x1 and x2 (x1 > x2) from the lens. The ratio of x1 and x2 is
(1) 2 : 1 (2) 3 : 1 (3) 5 : 3 (4) 4 : 3
43. A thin convex lens L (refractive index = 1.5) is placed on a plane mirror M. When a pin is placed at A, such that
OA = 18 cm, its real inverted image is formed at A itself, as shown in figure. When a liquid of refractive index
1 is put between the lens and the mirror, the pin has to be moved to A’, such that OA’ = 27 cm, to get its
inverted real image at A’ itself. The value of 1 will be

(1) 4/3 (2) 3/2 (3) 3 (4) 2

44. An upright object is placed at a distance of 40 cm in front of a convergent lens of focal length 20 cm. A
convergent mirror of focal length 10 cm is placed at a distance of 60 cm on the other side of the lens. The
position and size of the final image will be
(1) 20 cm from the convergent mirror, same size as the object
(2) 100 cm from the convergent mirror, same size as the object
(3) 40 cm from the convergent lens, twice the size of the object
(4) 20 cm from the convergent mirror, twice the size of the object
45. A convex lens (of focal length 20 cm) and a concave mirror, having their principal axes along the same lines,
are kept 80 cm apart from each other. The concave mirror is to the right of the convex lens. When an object is
kept at a distance of 30 cm to the left of the convex lens, its image remains at the same position even if the
concave mirror is removed. The maximum distance of the object for which this concave mirror, by itself would
produce a virtual image would be :
(1) 30 cm (2) 25 cm (3) 10 cm (4) 20 cm
46. What is the position and nature of image formed by lens combination shown in figure? (f 1, f 2 are focal lengths)

(1) 70 cm from point B at left; virtual (2) 40 cm from point B at right; real

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(3) 20/3 cm from point B at right, real (4) 70 cm from point B at right; real
47. Formation of real image using a biconvex lens is shown below

If the whole setup is immersed in water without disturbing the object and the screen positions, what will one
observe on the screen?
(1) Image disappears (2) Magnified image (3) Erect real image (4) No change

48. A plano-convex lens (focal length f2, refractive index 2 , radius of curvature R) fits exactly into a plano-concave
lens (focal length f 1, refractive index 1 , radius of curvature R). Their plane surfaces are parallel to each other.
Then, the focal length of the combination will be :
R 2 f1 f 2
(1) f1  f2 (2) (3) (4) f1  f2
2  1 f1  f 2
49. An object is at a distance of 20 m from a convex lens of focal length 0.3m. The lens forms an image of the
object. If the object moves away from the lens at a speed of 5 m/s, the speed and direction of the image will be

(1) 2.26  10 3 m / s away from the lens (2) 0.92  10 3 m / s away from the lens

(3) 3.22  10 3 m / s towards the lens (4) 1.16  10 3 m / s towards the lens

50. A plano convex lens of refractive index 1 and focal length f1 is kept in contact with another plano concave
lens of refractive index 2 and focal length f 2 . If the radius of curvature of their spherical faces is R each and
f1  2 f2 , then 1 and 2 are related as

(1) 1  2  3 (2) 21  2  1 (3) 32  21  1 (4) 22  1  1

51. The eye can be regarded as a single refracting surface. The radius of curvature of this surface is equal to that of
cornea (7.8 mm). This surface separates two media of refractive indices 1 and 1.34. Calculate the distance from
the refracting surface at which a parallel beam of light will come to focus
(1) 1 cm (2) 2 cm (3) 4.0 cm (4) 3.1 cm
52. A convex lens is put 10 cm from a light source and it makes a sharp image on a screen, kept 10 cm from the
lens. Now a glass block (refractive index 1.5) of 1.5 cm thickness is placed in contact with the light source. To
get the sharp image again, the screen is shifted by a distance d. Then d is:
(1) 1.1 cm away from the lens (2) 0
(3) 0.55 cm towards the lens (4) 0.55 cm away from the lens
53. A convergent doublet of separated lenses, corrected for spherical aberration, has resultant focal length of 10cm.
The separation between the two lenses is 2 cm. The focal lengths of the component lenses
(1) 18 cm, 20 cm (2) 10 cm, 12 cm (3) 12 cm, 14 cm (4) 16 cm, 18 cm
54. Cross-section view of a prism is the equilateral triangle ABC in the figure. The minimum deviation is observed
using this prism when the angle of incidence is equal to the prism angle. The time taken by light to travel from P
10
(midpoint of BC) to A is 10 s .

3
(Given, speed of light in vacuum = 3  10 8 m/s and cos 30  )
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55. A prism of refractive index n1 and another prism of refractive index n2 are stuck together (as shown in the figure)
n1 and n2 depend on  , the wavelength of light, according to the relation
10.8 1014 1.8 1014
n1  1.2  and n 2  1.45 
2 2
The wavelength for which rays incident at any angle on the interface BC pass through without bending at that
interface will be nm.

56. A prism of refractive index  and angle of prism A is placed in the position of minimum angle of deviation. If
minimum angle of deviation is also A, then in terms of refractive index, A =

    1  

(1) 2 cos 1   (2) sin 1   (3) sin 1   (4) cos1  
2 2  2  2

57. A ray of light passing through a prism (   3) suffers minimum deviation. It is found that the angle of
incidence is double the angle of refraction within the prism. Then, the angle of prism is (in degrees)
58. A deviation of 2o is produced in the yellow ray when prism of crown and flint glass are achromatically combined.
Taking dispersive powers of crown and flint glass as 0.02 and 0.03 respectively and refractive index for yellow
light for these glasses are 1.5 and 1.6 respectively. The refracting angle for crown glass prism will be o (in
degree)
59. The variation of refractive index of a crown glass thin prism with wavelength of the incident light is shown.
Which of the following graphs is the correct one, if Dm is the angle of minimum deviation?

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(3) (4)
60. A monochromatic light is incident at a certain angle on an equilateral triangular prism and suffers minimum
deviation. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is 3, then the angle of incidence is
(1) 90o (2) 30o (3) 60o (4) 45o
61. A ray of light is incident at an angle of 60o on one face of a prism of angle 30o. The emergent ray of light makes
an angle of 30o with incident ray. The angle made by the emergent ray with second face of prism will be
(1) 30o (2) 90o (3) 0o (4) 45o
62. An object viewed from a near point distance of 25 cm, using a microscopic lens with magnification '6', gives an
unresolved image. A resolved image is observed at infinite distance with a total magnification double the earlier
using an eyepiece along with the given lens and a tube of length 0.6 m, if the focal length of the eyepiece is
equal to cm.
63. Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : For a simple microscope, the angular size of the object equals the angular size of the image.
Reason (R) : Magnification is achieved as the small object can be kept much closer to the eye than 25 cm and
hence it subtends a large angle.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
(1) A is false but R is true (2) A is true but R is false
(3) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(4) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
64. A compound microscope consists of an objective lens of focal length 1 cm and an eye piece of focal length 5
cm with a separation of 10 cm.
The distance between an object and the objective lens, at which the strain on the eye is minimum is n/40 cm.
The value of n is
65. In a compound microscope, the magnified virtual image is formed at a distance of 25 cm from the eye-piece.
The focal length of its objective lens is 1 cm. If the magnification is 100 and the tube length of the microscope is
20 cm, then the focal length of the eye-piece lens (in cm) is
66. The magnifying power of telescope with tube length 60 cm is 5. What is the focal length of its eye piece?
(1) 20 cm (2) 40 cm (3) 30 cm (4) 10 cm
67. If we need a magnification of 375 from a compound microscope of tube length 150 mm and an objective of focal
length 5mm, the focal length of the eye-piece, should be close to
(1) 22 mm (2) 12 mm (3) 2 mm (4) 33 mm

KEY : 1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (4) 4. (1) 5. (1) 6. (150.00) 7. (1) 8. (4)

9. (3) 10. (3) 11. (2) 12. (3) 13. (2) 14. (2) 15. (1) 16. (158)

17. (90.00) 18. (4) 19. (3) 20. (2) 21. (3) 22. (3) 23. (4) 24. (4)

25. (3) 26. (3) 27. (1) 28. (2) 29. (50) 30. (4) 31. (4) 32. (30)

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33. (15) 34. (4) 35. (4) 36. (4) 37. (476.19) 38. (60) 39. (2)

40. (1) 41. (4) 42. (2) 43. (1) 44. (2) 45. (3) 46. (4) 47. (1)

48. (2) 49. (4) 50. (2) 51. (4) 52. (4) 53. (1) 54. (5) 55. (600)

56. (1) 57. (60) 58. (12o) 59. (1) 60. (3) 61. (3) 62. (25) 63. (4)

64. (50) 65. (4.48) 66. (4) 67. (1)

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