COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS 1. A glass lens is immersed in water. What will be the effect on the power of lens? (A) increase (B) decrease (C) constant (D) not depends 2. How does the magnifying power of a telescope change on increasing the linear diameter of its objective? (A) Power increases on increases diameter (B) Power decreases on decreases diameter (C) Power remain constant on increases diameter (D) Power doesn’t depends on diameter 3. An astronomical telescope has a large aperture to (A) increase span of observation (B) have low dispersion (C) reduce spherical aberration (D) have high resolution 4. Two lenses of focal lengths 20 cm and - 40cm are held in contact. If an object lies at infinity, image formed by the lens combination will be a (A) infinity (B) 20cm (C) 40cm (D) 60cm 5. The characteristic feature of light which remains unaffected on refraction is (A) speed (B) frequency (C) wavelength (D) velocity of light 6. The air bubble inside water shine due to (A) Reflection (B] Refraction (C] Total internal reflection (D) None of these7. How does the focal length of a convex lens changes if mono chromatic red light is used instead of violet light? (A) ) Focal length is increased when red light is used (B) Focal length is decreased when red light is used (C) Focal length is remain same when red light is used (D) Not depends on color of light. 8. When a convex lens placed inside a transparent medium of refracting index greater than that of its own material (A) It behave as concave lens (B) It behave as convex lens (C) It behave as a glass slab (D) It behave as a glass prism 9. The deviation of a ray on passing through a prism is (u-1)A FOR (A) All conditions (B) small angle A (C) ) Large angle A (D) In minimum angle of deviation case. 10. A thin prism of 12° angle gives a deviation of 6°. The refracting index of a material of the prism (A) 3/2 (B) 4/3 (¢) 8/9 (D)9/8 11. The radius of curvature of the convex surface of a plano- convex lens ,whose focal length Is 0.3m & the refractive index of material is 1.5 is (A) 1.5m (B) 0.15m (C)0.5m (D)1 25m 12. The magnifying power of an astronomical telescope in the normal adjustment position ls 100.The distance between objective & the eyepiece is 101cm.what is the focal length of objective. (A) 100cm (B) tem (C) 50 cm (D) 11cm13. A Tank is filled with water to a height of 12.5cm.The apparent depth of a needle lying at Bottom of tank is measured by a microscope to be 9.4cm.What is the refractive of water ? (A) 1.33 (B) 1.5 (c) 1.13 (D) 1.45 14. 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)19D (D)6D 15. The angle of deviation for a prism is greatest for: (A) violet (B) red. (C) orange (D) yellow 16. An astronomical refractive telescope has an objective of focal length 20 m and an eyepiece of focal length 2 cm. Then (i) the magnification is 1000 ) the length of the telescope tube is 20.02 m i) the image formed of inverted (iv) all of these 17. An astronomical refractive telescope has an objective of focal length 20 m and an eyepiece of focal length 2 cm. Which one of the following is not possible? (i) The length of the telescope tube is 20.02 m. (ii) The magnification is 1000. (iii) The image formed is inverted. {iv) An objective of a larger aperture will increase the brightness and reduce chromatic aberration of the image. 18. A concave mirror is held in water. What should be the change in the focal length of the mirror? @ — Halved (ii) Doubled i) Remains the same (iv) Increases exponentially19. A convex lens is dipped in a liquid whose refractive index is equal to the refractive index of the lens. Then its focal length will (i) become zero (ii) become infinite (iii) become small, but non-zero (iv) remain unchanged 20. Which of-the following is not a property of light? (i) It can travel through vacuum (ii) It has a finite speed (iii) tt requires a material medium for its propagation (iv) It involve transportation energy 21. Two concave mirrors have the same focal length but the aperture of one is larger than that of the other, Which mirror forms the sharper image ? (i) Plane (ii) Concave (iii) Convex (iv) Prism 22. An object is placed at a distance of 40 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. If the object is displaced through a distance of 20 cm towards the mirror, the displacement of the image will be: (i) 30 cm away from the mirror (ii) 36 cm away from the mirror (iii) 30 cm towards the mirror (iv) 36 cm towards the mirror 23. A man stands in front of a mirror of special shape. He finds that his image has a very small head, a fat body, and legs of normal size. What can we say about the shapes of the three parts of the mirror? (i) Convex, Concave, Plane (ii) The plane, Concave, Convex (iii) Concave, Convex, Plane (iv) Convex, Plane, Concave 24. The refractive indices (R.I.) of glass and water with respect to air are 3/2 and 4/3 respectively. The R.|. of glass w.r. to water is: (i) 8/9 (ii) 9/8 (iii) 7/6 (iv) 2 25. Which of the following colour of white light deviated most when passes through a prism? (i) Red light (ii) Violet light (iii) Yellow light (iv) Both (i) and (ii)hysics-Support Material/Bengaluru Region/2024-25 26. Two lenses of focal lengths 20 cm and — 40 cm are held in contact. The image of an object at infinity will be formed by the combination at (i) 10 em (ii) 20 cm i) 40 cm (iv) infinity 27. A convergent lens will become less convergent in : (i) oil (ii) water (iii) both of (i) and (ii) (iv) none of these 28. Two beams of red and violet color are made to pass separately through a prism (angle of the prism is 60°). In the position of minimum deviation, the angle of refraction will be i) 30° for both the colors greater for the violet color ii) greater for the red color (iv) equal but not 30° for both the colors 29. When light is refracted into a medium, i) its wavelength and frequency both increase its wavelength increases but frequency remains unchanged i) its wavelength decreases but frequency remains unchanged (iy) its wavelength and frequency both decrease 30. A ray of light incident at an angle 0 on a refracting face of a prism emerges from the other face normally, If the angle of the prism is 5° and the prism is made of a material of refractive index 1.5, the angle of incidence is (a) 7.5° (b) 5° (©) 15° (dy 2.5° 31. Digital movie projectors work on the principle of (1) Reflection from micromirrors (2) Refraction from thin lenses (3) Dispersion from thin prisms (4) Total internal reflection from optical fibres 32. Day and night settings for rearview mirrors uses (1) Thin mirrors (2) Thick wedge-shaped mirrors (3) Convex mirrors (4) Concave mirrors 33. When a beam of light is incident on a plane mirror, it is found that a real image is formed. The incident beam must be (1) Converging (2) Diverging (3) Parallel (4) Formation of real image by a plane mirror is impossible 34. An object is placed symmetrically between two plane mirrors, inclined at an angle of 72°, then the total number of images observed is (1) 5(2)4 (3) 2 (4) Infinite35. A person 1.6 m tall is standing at the centre between two walls three metre high. What is the minimum size of a plane mirror fixed on the wall in front of him, if he is to see the full height of the wall behind him? (1) 08m (2)Im @) 1.5m (4)23m 36. While capturing solar energy for commercial purposes we use (1) Parabolic mirrors (2) Plane mirrors (3) Convex mirrors (4) Concave mirrors 37. A convex mirror is used to form an image of a real object. Then mark the wrong statement (1) The image lies between the pole and focus (2) The image is diminished in size (3) The image is erect (4) The image is real 38. A convex mirror has a focal length f. A real object is placed at a distance f in front of it, from the pole. It produces an image at (1) Infinity (2) f (3) £/2 (4) 2£ 39. An object placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length 0.15 m produces a virtual image. which is twice the size of the object. The position of the object with respect to the mirror is (1) -5.5 cm (2) -6.5 cm (3) -7.5 cm (4) -8.5 cm 40. When a light ray from a rarer medium is refracted into a denser medium, its (1) Speed increases, wavelength increases (2) Speed decreases, wavelength increases (3) Speed increases, wavelength decreases (4) Speed decreases, wavelength decreases 41. An equiconvex lens of focal length 15 cm is cut into two halves as shown in figure. Find the focal length of each part? Principle axis, a) -30cm (b) “20cm (c) 30cm (d) -15em 42. A glass lens is immersed in water. What will be the effect on the power of lens? a)increase (b) decrease (©) constant (d) not depends43. How does the magnifying power of a telescope change on increasing the linear diameter of its objective? a. Power increases on increases diameter b. Power decreases on decreases diameter c. Power remain constant on increases diameter d, Power doesn’t depend on diameter 44. An astronomical telescope hi (a) increase span of observation (b) have low dispersion (c) reduce spherical aberration (d) have high resolution large aperture to 45. Two lenses of focal lengths 20 cm and - 40cm are held in contact. If an object lies at infinity, image formed by the lens combination will be at a. infinity b. 20cm c. 40cm d. 60cm 46. In the minimum deviation position, the refracted ray in the prism is 1. Parallel to the base of prism 2. Perpendicular to the base of prism. 3. Parallel to the any side of prism 4. None of the above 47, Due to refraction, the depth of an optically denser medium appears to be a. less than its real depth. b. more than its real depth. cc. Equal than its real depth. d. Not related to its real depth. 48. A convergent lens made of crown glass (refractive index 1.5) has focal length 20em in air. If it is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.60, its focal length will be (a)160 cm (b)80 cm (c)-160 em (@-80 em 49. A man runs towards a mirror at a rate of 6 m/s if we assume the mirror to be at rest, the image will have velocity - a. +12 m/s b.-12 m/s c. +6 m/s d. -6 m/s50. Refractive index of water is 5/3. A light source is placed in water at a depth of 4 m. Then what must be the maximum radius of disc placed on water surface so that the light of source can be stopped ? A.3m B.4m C. 5m D. Infinity 51. A short linear object of length b lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f at a distance u from the pole of the mirror. The size of image is approximately equal to A. b ((u-f/D1/2 B. b ((f)/u-f)1/2 C.b ((u-f/f) D.b (H/u-f)2 52. A ray of light travels from the point A to B with a uniform speed. On its way, it is reflected by the surface XX’. The path followed by the ray to take least time is SOp> hone 53. A Convex mirror of focal length f produces an image magnified m times. The distance of the object from the mirror is A. (m-1)f/m B. (m+1)f/m C. (m-Df D. (m+1f 54. A Thin lens of focal length f and its aperture has diameter d. it forms an image of intensity 3. Now the central part of aperture upto diameter d/2 is blocked by an opaque paper. The focal lenght and image intensity would change to A. £/2, V2 B.f, /4 C. 3£/4, /2 D.F, 31/435, When a light ray from a rarer medium is refracted into a denser medium, its (J) Speed increases, wavelength increases (2) Speed decreases, wavelength increases (3) Speed increases, wavelength decreases (4) Speed decreases, wavelength decreases 56. Which of the following is possible application of fibre optics? (1) Endoscopy (2) High speed internet traffic (3) Radio, TV & Telephone signals (4) All of these 57. Two transparent media A and B are separated by a plane boundary. The speed of light in medium A is 2.0 x 108 ms-1 and in medium B is 2.5 x 108 ms-1. The critical angle for which a ray of light going from A to B suffers total internal reflection is () sin 1/2 (3) sin-1 4/5, (2) sin 2/5 (4) sin-1 34 58. An object is placed at a distance of f/2 from a convex lens. The image will be (1) At one of the foci, virtual and double its size (2) At 3f/2, real and inverted (3) At 2f, virtual and erect (4) At f, real and inverted 59. A glass concave lens is placed in a liquid in which it behaves like a convergent lens. The refractive index of glass is 1, Greater than the refractive index of the liquid 2. Less than the refractive index of the liquid 3. Cannot be decided 4 None of the above. 60. The radii of curvatures of each of the surfaces of a convex lens (refractive index of the material is 1.5) is 20 cm. The focal length of the lens in air is 1.20 cm 2. -20 cm 3.40 cm 4.10 cm 61. A glass lens is immersed in water. Its power will 1, Decrease 2. Increase 3. Remains same 4. None of the above62. A thin equiconvex glass lens of refractive index 1.5 has power of 5D. When the lens is immersed in a liquid of refractive index p, it acts as a divergent lens of focal length 100 cm The value of p of liquid is (43 (2) 3/4 (3) 5/3 (4) 8/3 63. At the minimum deviation of condition in a prism 1. The refracted ray is parallel to the base of the prism. 2. The incident angle is equal to the angle of emergence. 3. Angle of refraction is half of the angle of prism 4, All of the above 64. Focal length of the objective and eyepiece of a telescope are respectively 50 cm and 5 cm. The magnifying power of the telescope in its normal adjustment is 1.0.1 2.10 3.11 4.1.1 65. The equivalent focal length of a combination of a convex and a concave length is 1. Positive 2. Negative 3. May be positive or negative 4. None of the above. 66. Two convex lenses are separated by a distance equal to the sum of their focal lengths. A beam of light parallel to the principal axis incidence on one of the lenses. They will emerge from the second lens as 1. A beam of parallel rays 2. As a beam of diverging rays 3. As a beam of converging ray 4, None of the above 67. When a telescope is adjusted for normal vision, the distance of the objective from the eye-piece is found to be 80 cm. The magnifying power of the telescope is 19. What are the focal lengths of the lenses’? (1) 61 cm, 19 cm (2) 40 cm, 40 cm (3) 76 cm, 4 cm (4) 50 cm, 30 cm 68. While measuring refractive index of glass using a glass slab of thickness 3 em and a travelling microscope a student observes that he needed to shift the microscope by 1 cm to refocus the mark on the base of the travelling microscope when the slab is kept on it. The refractive index of the material of the glass slab is 1. 2/3 2. 1/3 3. 3/2 4.1.869. Total internal reflection occurs when 1. Light travels from a denser to rarer medium 2. Light travels from a denser to rarer medium, and the angle of incidence is less than the critical angle 3. Light travels from a rarer to denser medium. and the angle of reflection is less than the critical angle 4. Light travels from a denser to rarer medium, and the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle 70. Objects are visible in light due to : a. Scattering b) Refraction c) Absorption d) Fluorescence 71, Even in absolutely clear water ,a diver cannot see very clearly : a. Because rays of light get diffused b. Because velocity of light is reduced in water c. Because a ray of light passing through the water makes it turbid d. Because the focal length of the eye lens in water gets changed and the imge is no longer focused sharply on the retina 72. A lens behaves as a converging lens in air and as a diverging lens in water. The refractive index of the material is : a. Equal to unity b. Equal to 1.33 c. Between unity and 1.33 d. Greater than 1.33 73, When a thin convex lens is put in contact with a thin concave lens of the same focal length , the resultant combination had focal length equal to : a.f/2 b. 2F c. Zero, d. Infinity 74. A concave lens of focal length f produces an image 1/1 times the size of the object. The distance of the object from the lens is : a (u- Df b.(u- 1 ff e(ptlyip di (ut Le 75. When length of a microscope tube increases, its magnifying power : a. Decreases b. Increases c. Does not change d. May increase or decrease76. A microscope has an objective of 5mm focal length and eye piece of 30 mm focal length and the distance between them is 150 mm . The magnification is : a. 50 b. 100 c. 200 d. 250 77. The magnifying power of an astronomical telescope can be increased if we : a. Increase the focal length of the objective b. Increase the focal length of the eye piece c. decrease the focal length of the objective d. decrease the focal length of the objective and at the same time increase the focal length of the eye piece 78. Two convex lenses of focal lengths 0.3 m and 0.05 m are used to make a telescope. The distance kept between them is equal to : a. 0.35 m b.0.25 m ¢. 0.175 m d.0.15 m 79. When a ray of light goes from a rarer medium into a denser medium , then : a, Speed of light is reduced b. Frequency of light is increased c. Wavelength of light is increased d. None of the above effects will be observed. 80. A ray of light can suffer total internal reflection when it goes from : a. Air to water b. Water to glass c. Glass to air d. Air to glass 81. If refractive indices for water and glass are 4/3 and 5/3 respectively and light is tending to go from glass to water. the critical angle is : a. Sin-1 (4/3 ) b. Sin-1 (5/3 ) ¢. Sin-1 (4/5) d. Sin-1 (5/4 ) $2. Optical fibres use the phenomenon of : a. Refraction b. Total internal reflection c. Polarisation d. Interference