Level – I

Geometrical optics
Q 1. Mark the correct option of source which is associated with a line emission spectrum:
(a) Electric fire (b) Neon street sign (c) Red traffic light (d) Sun

 4
Q 2. A rectangular tank of depth 8 m is full of water =   =  , the bottom is seen at the
 3
depth:
(a) 6m (b) 8/3 m (c) 8 cm (d) 10 cm

Q 3. Ray optics fails when the size of the obstacle is:

(a) 5cm (b) 3cm
(c) less than the wavelength of light (d) (a) and (b) both

Q 4. If light travels from one medium to the other of which the refractive index different, then
which of the following will change?
(a) Frequency, wavelength and velocity (b) Frequency, wavelength
(c) Frequency and velocity (d) Wavelength and velocity

Q 5. If the wavelength of light is increased, the angle of minimum deviation mv the refractive
index 
and the frequency v :
(a) will decrease (b) will increase
(c) will remain unchanged (d) do not depend upon the wavelength

Q 6. The angle of refraction, when a light ray approaches a glass-air interface from the glass
side at the critical angle, will be:
(a) 0 (b) 45
(c) 90° (d) equal to the angle of incidence

Q 7. Light of different colours propagates through air:

(a) with velocity of air (b) with different velocities
(c) with velocity of sound (d) with equal velocity

Q 8. Arrange the following in ascending order of frequency:

(a) Red, blue, yellow, green (b) Blue, green, yellow, red
(c) Red, yellow, green, blue (d) Red, green yellow, blue

Q 9. One can not see through fog because:

(a) fog absorbs light
(b) light is scattered by the droplets in fog
(c) light suffers total reflection by the droplets in fog
(d) the refractive index of fog is in infinity
Q 10. A cut diamond sparkles because of its:
 (a) hardness (b) high refractive index
(c) emission of light by the diamond (d) absorption of light by the diamond

Q 11. The combination of convex lens and concave lens each of focal length 10 cm when
combines, behaves as:
(a) convex lens (b) concave lens (c) as a slab of glass (d) as convex mirror

Q 12. The refractive index of the medium, if a light wave has a frequency of 4 × 104 Hz and a
wavelength of 5×l0-7 a medium, will be:
(a) 1.5 (b) 1.33 (c) 1.0 (d) 0.66

Q 13. The number of wavelengths in the visible spectrum is:

(a) 4000 (b) 6000 (c) 2000 (d) inifinite

Q 14. The spectrum of molecular form of the substance is called:

(a) band spectrum (b) line spectrum
(c) absorption spectrum (d) continuous spectrum

Q 15. Mark the correct option in impure spectrum:

(a) Order of colours is reverse (b) Order of colours is irregular
(c) Colours are overlapped (d) No colours is present

Q 16. It is given that refractive index of water is 1.33. A diver in water will see the setting sun,
at an angle of:
(a) 0 (b) 41° (c) 90° (d) 60°

Q 17. The mirage in desert is caused because:

(a) the refractive index of atmosphere does not change with height
(b) there is effect of height on refractive index
(c) light is reflected by the sand particles
(d) none of the above

Q 18. Select the correct alternative, in case of dispersion without deviation:

(a) The emergent ray’s of all the colours are parallel to the incident ray
(b) Only yellow coloured ray is parallel to the incident ray
(c) Only red coloured ray is parallel to the incident ray
(d) All the rays are parallel, but not parallel to the incident ray

Q 19. Find the length of the optical path of two media in contact of lengths d1 and d2 of refractive
indices 1 and 2 respectively:
dd d + d2
(a) 1d1 + 2d2 (b) 1d2 + 2d1 (c) 1 2 (d) 1
12 12

Q 20. Calculate the refractive index of glass with respect to water. It is given that refractive
indices of glass and water with respect to air are 3/2 and 4/3 respectively.
(a) 8/9 (b) 9/8 (c) 7/6 (d) none of these
Q 21. The dispersive power, if the refractive indices for the material of the prism are v = 1.6
and r = 1.4, is :
(a) 3 (b) 1.6 (c) 0.4 (d) 1

Q 22. If angle of prism is 10 and refractive indices of violet and red light are 1.54 and 1.52
respectively, then the angular dispersion is:
(a) 0.02 (b) 0.2 (c) 3.06 (d) 30.6

Q 23. When a prism is dipped in water then the angle of minimum deviation of a prism with
 3 4
respect to air will be :  a  g = , a w = 
 2 3
(a) 1/8 (b) 1/2 (c) 3/4 (d) 1/4

Q 24. Angle of minimum deviation for a prism of refractive index 1.5 is equal to the angle of
prism. The angle of prism is (cos 41° = 0.75)
(a) 62° (b) 41° (c) 82° (d) 31°

Q 25. When a ray of light falls on a prism, light gets dispersed because:
(a) it is made of glass
(b) it is triangular
(c) refractive index of the prism material is different for different colours
(d) light is of seven colours

Q 26. The false statement is:

(a) A = r1 + r2 (b)  = 2i - A
A + m
(c) i = (d)  = ( i – r1) + ( e - r2 )
2
(where, i = incidence angle, r = angle of refraction, e = emergent angle, A = angle
of prism, m = angle of minimum deviation)

Level – II
Q 1. Due to increase of temperature of medium, refractive index will be:
(a) decreased (b) increased (c) unchanged (d) none of these

Q 2. In the case of refraction:

(a) the frequency of light changes (b) the phase changes
(c) the wave length changes (d) all the above

Q 3. The rising and setting of sun appear red because of:

(a) refraction (b) reflection (c) diffraction (d) scattering
Q 4. The electric permittivity and magnetic permeability of free space are ε0 and 0 respectively.
The index of refraction of the medium, if ε and  are the electric permittivity and magnetic
permeability in a medium is:
1/ 2
      
1/ 2

(a) (b)   (c) 0 0 (d)  0 0 
 0 0   0 0     

Q 5. Which of the following graphs represents the variation of longitudinal spherical aberration
with the radius of the lens aperture for lenses of the same focal length and refractive index
?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Q 6. The maximum possible deviation of the ray, when a ray of light travels from an optically
denser to rarer medium and the critical angle for the two medium is C, is:
 
(a) ( - C) (b) ( - 2C) (c) 2C (d)  + C 
2 

Q 7. A ray of light falls on a transparent glass slab of refractive index 1.62. What is the angle of
ii if the reflected ray and refracted ray % are mutually perpendicular?
(a) tan-1 (1.62) (b) tan-1 (1/1.62) (c) 1/ tan-1(1.62) (d) None of these

Q 8. A ray of light travelling in glass having refractive index ag = 3/2, is incident at a critical
angle C on the glass-air interface. If a thin layer of water is poured on glass air interface,
then what will be the angle of emergence of this ray in air when it emerges from water-air
interface?
(a) 180° (b) 0° (c) 90 (d) 45

Q 9. The time required for the light to go from A to B, when a ray of light
goes from point A in a medium where the speed of light is v1 to a
point B in a medium where the speed of light, is v2 shown in figure,
is:
a seci b sec r a seci b sec r
(a) t = + (b) t = +
v1 v2 v2 v1
a seci b sec r a seci b sec r
(c) t = − (d) t = −
v1 v2 v2 v1

Q 10. The time taken by the light to travel a distance of 00 metre in water of refractive index of
4/3 is:
(Given: velocity of light in vacuum 3 × 1010 cm/s)
(a) 3×10-10 sec (b) 2.22×10-6 sec (c) 4.3 × 10-5 sec (d) 3×10-6 sec
Q 11. In a medium of refractive index n1 a monochromatic light of wavelength 1 is travelling.
When it enters in a denser medium of refractive index n2 the wavelength of the light in the
second medium is:
n  n   (n − n )  (n − n )
(a) 1  1  (b) 1  2  (c) 1 2 1 (d) 1 2 1
 n2   n1  n2 n1

Q 12. If ‘c’ is the velocity of light in vacuum, then the time taken by the light to travel through a
glass plate of thickness ‘t’ and having refractive index  is:
 t 
(a)   (b) tc (c) t/c (d) tc/
 c 

Q 13. The focal lengths of a thin convex lens for red and violet colours are 44.6 cm and 42.5 cm.
The focal length for the mean colour and dispersive power of the lens are respectively:
(a) focal length = 43.53cm dispersive power = 0.048
(b) focal length = 28.53 dispersive power = 0.048
(c) focal length = 63.53cm dispersive power = 8.48
(d) focal length = 30.43 dispersive power = 4.8

Q 14. A beam of parallel rays of width 6 cm propagates in glass at an angle  to its plane face.
What would the beam width b be after it goes over to air through this face? (The refractive
index of the glass is .)
(a) b (b) b cos 
b (1 −  2 cos2  )1/ 2 b (1 −  2 sin 2  )1/ 2
(c) (d)
sin  cos

Q 15. Solar rays are incident at 45 on the surface of water ( = 4/3). What is the length of the
shadow of a pole of length 1.2 m erected at the bottom of the pond, if the pole is vertical
assuming that 0.2 m of the pole is above the water surface?
(a) 1 m (b) 0.75 m (c) 0.825 m (d) 1.2 m

Q 16. x-y plane ;separates two media. z  0 contains a medium of refractive index 1 and z ≤ 0
contains a medium of refractive index 2. A ray of light is incident from first medium along
a vector iˆ + ˆj − kˆ the unit vector along refracted ray is:
1 ˆ 1 ˆ 5 1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(a) i+ j − kˆ (b) i+ j− k
2 3 2 3 6 2 3 2 3 2 3
(c) iˆ + ˆj − kˆ (d) none of the above

Q 17. A light ray strikes a flat glass plate, at a small angle ‘’. The glass plate has thickness ‘t’
and refractive index ‘’. What is the lateral displacement ‘d’ ?
t ( + 1) t ( −1) t 
(a) (b) (c) ( − 1) (d) ( + 1)
   t
Q 18. A glass slab has thickness ‘t’ and refractive index . If a ray of light from air is incident on
a glass slab, at an angle of incidence equal to the angle of total internal refraction of glass,
then the displacement of the ray due to this slab in terms of thickness and refractive index
of glass  is:
t  1  t  1  t  1  t  1 
(a) 1 −  (b) 1 +  (c) 1 −  (d) 1 + 
   2 −1     2 + 1     2 + 1     2 −1 

Q 19. Considering normal incidence of ray, the equivalent refractive

index of combination of two slabs shown in figure is :
(a) 1.8 (b) 1.43
(c) 2 (d) none of these

Q 20. A tank contains two different liquids which do not mix with each other. The lower and
upper liquids are at depth h2 and h1 respectively and of o refractive indices 2 and 1. An
object ‘O’ is located at the bottom, when seen vertically from above. Locate the position
of image of the object O as seen from above :

h1 h2 h1 h2 h1 h2 h1 h2
(a) − (b) + (c) + (d) −
1 2 1 2 2 1 2 1

Q 21. A vessel contains a slab of glass 8 cm thick and of refractive index

1.6. Over the slab, the vessel is filled by oil of refractive index t upto
height 4.5 cm and also by another liquid i.e., water of refractive
index 4/3 and height 6 cm as shown in figure. An observer looking
down from above, observes that, a mark at the bottom of the glass
slab appears to be raised up to position 6 cm from the bottom of the
slab. The refractive index of oil () is:
(a) 1.5 (b) 2.5 (c) 0.5 (d) 1.2

Q 22. n transparent slabs of refractive index 1.5 each having thickness 1 cm, 2 cm, ... to n cm are
arranged the over another. A point object is seen through this combination with near
perpendicular light. If the shift of object by the combination is 1 cm then the value of n is:
(a) either 2 or 3 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0.3

Q 23. In the figure, a point source ‘P’ is placed at a height h above the plane
mirror in a medium of refractive index . An observer O, vertically
above P. outside the liquid, sees P and its image in the mirror. The
apparent distance between these two is:
2h  1
(d) h1 + 
 
(a) 2h (b) 2h/ (c)
 −1 
Q 24. In a lake, a fish rising vertically to the surface of water uniformly at the rate of 3 m/s,
observes a bird diving vertically towards the water at a rate of 9 m/s vertically above it.
The actual velocity of the dive of the bird is: (Given: refractive index of water = 4/3)

(a) 9.2 m/s (b) 4.5 m/s (c) 9.0 m/s (d) 3.2 m/s

Q 25. An object 0 is placed at 8 cm infront of a glass slab, whose one face

is silvered as shown in the figure. The thickness of the slab is 6 cm. If
the image formed 10 cm behind the silvered face, the refractive index
of glass is:
(a)  = 1.8 (b)  = 1.2 (c)  = 1.5 (d)  = 1.3

Q 26. A concave mirror with its optic axis vertical and mirror facing upward is placed at the
bottom of the water tank. The radius of curvature of mirror is 40 cm and refractive index
for water  = 4/3. The tank is 20cm deep and if a bird is flying over the tank at a height 60
cm above the surface of water, the position of image of a bird is:
(a) 3.75 cm (b) 4.23 cm (c) 5.2 cm (d) 3.2 cm

Q 27. Word ‘Newton’ is printed on a paper and is placed on a horizontal surface below a cubical
glass. The minimum value of refractive index of a cubical glass for which letters are not
visible from any of vertical faces of the glass, is:
(a) 3 (b) 0.5 (c) 1 (d) 2

Q 28. In a tank filled with water of refractive index 5/3, a point source of light is placed 4 m below
the surface of water. To cut-off all light coming out of water from the source, what should
be the minimum diameter of a disc, which should be placed over the source on the surface
of water?
(a) 1 m (b) 4 m (c) 3m (d) 6 m

Q 29. A person is looking into a cubical vessel with opaque wall. It is so placed
that the eye of an observer cannot see its bottom but can see the entire
wall CD as shown in the figure. At a distance b =10 cm from corner D,
a small object is placed at O. Upto how much height should the vessel
must be filled with water ( = 4/3), so the observer can see the object?
(a) x = 2.67cm (b) x = 267cm (c) x = 26.7cm (d) x = 0.267cm

Q 30. You stand at one end of a long airport runway. A vertical temperature
gradient in the air has resulted in the index of refraction of the air
above the runway to vary with the height y according to n = n0 (1 +
ay) where n0 is refractive index at the runway surface and a = 1.5 ×
10-6 m-1. Your eyes are at a height h =1.7 m above the runway. Beyond
what horizontal distance ‘d’ can you not see the runway (shown in
figure)?
(a) 652 m (b) 752 m (c) 460m (d) 370m

Q 31. In a prism a ray deviates towards:

 (a) base of prism (b) refracting edge of a
prism
(c) normal to the base (d) second phase of the
prism

Q 32. In the condition of minimum, deviation position, a ray travels within the
prism:
(a) symmetrically (b) asymmetrically
(c) normally (d) transversally

Q 33. The maximum refractive index of a prism which permits the passage of light through it,
when the refracting angle of the prism is 90°, is:
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 3/2 (d) 3/2

Q 34. A glass prism of refractive index 8/5 is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 4/3. A ray
of light incident at grazing angle on one face emerges at grazing angle on the other face of
the prism. The angle of the prism is:
(a) 30° (b) 60° (c) 37° (d) none of these

Q 35. An equilateral prism deviates a ray through 45 for the two angle of incidence differing by
20. The angle of incidence is:
(a) 60° (b) 40 (c) 120° (d) none of these

Q 36. There is a glass prism of refractive index  and angle of prism is A. A ray of light enter
the side AB face of the prism at. An angle of incidence i. The value of angle of incidence i
so, that no ray emerges from the face AC of the prism, is:
(a) sin −1[  2 −1 sin A− cos A] (b) sin −1[  2 + 1 sin A− cos A]
(c) sin −1[  2 + 1 sin A+ cos A] (d) none of these

Q 37. On one face ML of a prism refractive index ‘’ and refracting angle
‘A’, a ray of light PQ is incident at an angle i, and refracted along
QR, as shown in figure. If after refraction from MN, this ray travels
along RN at grazing emergence, then choose the correct option:
1/ 2 1/ 2
  sin A + cos i 2    sin i + cos A 2 
(a)  = 1 +    (b)  = 1 +   
  sin A     sin A  
1/ 2 1/ 2
  sin i + cos A 2    sin i − cos A 2 
(c)  = 1 −    (d)  = 1 +   
  sin A     sin i  

Q 38. The refractive index of the material of prism, if a thin prism of angle A = 6°, produces a
deviation  = 3°, is:
(a) 1.5 (b) 1.2 (c) 1.1 (d) 1.25
Q 39. Figure shows, a glass prism ABC (refractive index 1.5), immersed in
water (refractive index 4/3). A ray of light incident normally on face AB.
If it is totally reflected at face AC then:

(a) sin   8/9 (b) sin   2/3 (c) sin  = 3/2 (d)
2/3 < sin < 8/9

Q 40. The refractive index of the material, if a prism having an angle A = 60 which
produces a minimum deviation of 30° ?
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 1/2

Q 41. Which of the following graphs will represent the angle of deviation  by a prism versus
angle of incidence I for a monochromatic light?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Q 42. A drop of liquid is spread on the hypotenuse of 30-60-90 prism

as shown and a ray of light incident normally on face AB of the
prism. If the refractive index of liquid is 1.3,then the refractive
index of prism, so that total internal reflection take place, is:
(a) 1.2 (b) 1.4 (c) 1.3 (d) 1.5

Q 43. One face AC of the glass prism is silvered as shown and the principal
section of a glass prism is an isosceles triang1e ABC with AB = AC.
The  BAC, if the ray incident normally on face AB and after two
reflections it emerges from the base BC, perpendicular to it, is:
(a) 700 (b) 36° (c) 72° (d) 44

Q 44. The prism shown in the figure has one side silvered. The angle of the prism is 30° and  =
2. What should be angle of incidence, if the incident ray retraces its initial path?
(a) 50 (b) 45 (c) 60° (d) 75

Q 45. A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colour is incident on
a right angled prism as shown in the figure. Light of red, green and blue
colour travel in prism with velocities respectively 5/7, 20/29 and 2/3
times that in the air. The prism will:
(a) separate all three colours from one another
(b) not separate even partially any colour from the other two colours
(c) separate the blue colour partially by transmission from red and green colours
(d) separate the part of the red colour from the green and the blue colour

Q 46. In a glass prism, spectrum is produced due to:

 (a) refraction (b) dispersion (c) scattering (d) diffraction

Q 47. If a crown glass prism of refracting angle 10° have refractive

indices for red and violet rays 1.514 and 1.523 respectively, then
the dispersion caused by a crown glass prism is:
(a) 0.07° (b) 0.08 (c) 0.09° (d) 0.10

Q 48. A thin prism of angle 70 made of glass of refractive index 1.5 is combined with another
prism made of glass of = 1.75 to produce dispersion without deviation. The angle of second
prism is:
(a) 7° (b) 4.67° (c) 9 (d) 5

Q 49. Four similar prisms of same material having same angle of prism are arranged. Which of
the following arrangements give no net angular deviation?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Q 50. In n similar thin prisms of same material and refractive index are arranged in series as
shown:
(a) if n is even number, no net deviation and no net dispersion
(b) if n is odd, no net deviation and no net dispersion
(c) it depends upon angle of prism
(d) no sufficient information

Q 51. A small object is enclosed in a sphere of solid glass 8 cm in radius. It is situated 2 cm from
the centre and is viewed from the side to which it is nearer. Where will it appear to be if 
of glass = 1.5 ?
(a) 6 cm from the centre (b) 4 cm from the nearer surface
1 2
(c) 3 cm from the nearer surface (d) 3 cm from the centre
5 5

Q 52. The human eye can be regarded as a single spherical refractive surface of curvature of
cornea 7.8 mm. If a parallel beam of light comes to focus at 3.075 cm behind the refractive
surface, the refractive index of the eye is:
(a) 1.34 (b) 1 (c) 1.5 (d) 1.33

Q 53 In a glass sphere, there is a small bubble 2 × 10-2 m from its centre. If the bubble is viewed
along a diameter of the sphere, from the side on which it lies, how far from the surface will
it appear? The radius of glass sphere is 5 × 10-2 m and refractive index of glass is 1.5:
(a) 2.5 × 10-2 m (b) 3.2 × 10-2 m (c) 6.5 × 10-2 m (d) 0.2 × 10-2 m

Q 54. Where would an o be placed in a medium of refractive index 1, so that its real image is
formed at equidistant from the sphere of radius R and refractive index t which is also placed
in the medium of refractive index 1 as shown in figure ?
   − 1   2   1 
(a)  2  R (b)   R (c)   R (d) none of these
 2 + 1   2 − 1   2 − 1 

Q 55. A ray incident at a point at an angle of incidence 60 enters a glass sphere of  = 3 and is
reflected and refracted at the & further surface of the sphere. The angle between the ref1
and the refracted rays at this surface is:
(a) 50° (b) 90° (c) 60° (d)40°

Q 56. Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(a) The lens has two principal foci, but may have one focal length
(b) A single lens can never bring a beam of white light to a point focus
(c) A burning glass brings light rays to same focus as heat radiation
(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct

Q 57. Consider three converging lenses L1, L2 and L3 having identical

geometrical construction. The index of refraction of L1 and L2 are
1 and 2 respectively. upper half of the lens L3 has a refractive
index 1 and the lower half has 2 (shown). A point object O has
an image at O1 by the lens L1 and at O2 by the lens L2 placed in the same position. If L3 is
placed at the same place:
(a) there will be an image at O1
(b) there will be an image at O2
(c) the only image will forms somewhere between O1 and O2
(d) (a) and (b) are correct

Q 58. A point source is placed on the axis of a symmetrical convex lens

of focal length 20 cm at a distance 40 cm. If lens is raised by 1 cm,
by how much will the image be lifted relative to the previous axis?
(a) 1 cm (b) 3 cm (c) 2 cm (d) 4 cm

Q 59. A thin convex lens is used to form a real image of a bright point
object. The aperture of the lens is small. A graph shown is obtained by
plotting, a suitable parameter y against another suitable parameter x. If
f = the focal length of the lens u = the object distance, v = image
distance
(a) (uv)→x, (u+v) → y (b) u + v → x, uv → y
1 1
(c) u → x, u/v → y (d) → x, → y
u v

Q 60. If the resolution limit of the eye is 1 minute and at a distance x km from the eye, two
persons stand with a leteral separation of 3 metre, then the value of .x for which the
positions of the two persons can be just resolved by the nacked eye, is:
(a) 10 km (b) 15 km (c) 20 km (d) 30 km
Q 61. Which of the following best represents object distance u versus image distance v-graph for
a convex lens?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Q 62. Mark correct option or options:

(a) The minimum distance between a real image and the real object in concave mirror is
zero
(b) The minimum distance between a real object and real image in concave mirror is greater
than 4f, where f is focal length of the lens
(c) The focal length of concave mirror depends upon the wavelength of light incident on it
(d) The focal length of mirror depends upon medium in-front of the mirror

Q 63. Select the correct alternative(s):

(a) A convex lens may form a real image
(b) R = 2f formula is applicable to only paraxial ray
(c) A convex lens becomes less convergent when it is immersed in water
(d) All of the above

Q 64. From an air craft flying at an altitude of 2000 m, photograph of the ground are taken from
a camera, whose size of the film is 18 cm × 18 cm and the focal length of camera is 50 cm.
The area of the ground can be photographed by the camera is:
(a) 648910 m2 (b) 721879 m2 (c) 518400 m2 (d) 482529 m2

Q 65. The distance between the object and screen is x and a convex lens is placed somewhere in
between an object and a screen. The focal length (f) of the lens, if the numerical value of
magnification produced by the lens is m is:
mx mx (m + 1)2 (m −1)2
(a) (b) (c) .x (d) .x
(m + 1)2 (m − 1) 2 m m

Q 66. On the axis of a spherical mirror of focal length f, a short linear object of length L lies on
the axis at a distance u from the mirror. Its image has an axial length L’ equal to:
1/ 2 1/ 2 2 2
 f   (u + f )   (u − f )   f 
(a) L  (b) L  (c) L  (d) L 
 (u − f )   f   f   (u − f ) 

Q 67. A light source is placed at a distance b from a screen. The power of the lens required to
obtain k-fold magnified image is:

(a)
k +1
(b)
(k + 1)2 (c)
kb
(d)
kb
kb kb k +1 (k −1)2
Q 68. In the given arrangement, a lens of is placed having media of
refractive indices 1 and 2 in either sides. Then the value of 1 and
2 with respect to lens are:
(a) 1.5 and 1.5 (b) less than 1.5
(c) greater than 1.5 and less than 1.5 (d) 1 and 1

Q 69. The refractive index of a lens material is  and focal length f. Due to some chemical
changes in the material, its refractive index has increased by 2%. The percentage decrease,
in focal length for  = 1.5 will be:
(a) 4% (b) 2% (c) 6% (d) 8%

Q 70. The focal length of a convex lens when placed in air and then in water will:
(a) increase in water with respect to air (b) increase in air with respect to water
(c) decrease in water with respect to air (d) remain the same

Q 71. A lens forms a sharp image of a real object on a screen. On inserting a parallel slide between
the lens and the screen with its thickness along the principal axis of the lens, it is found
necessary to shift the screen parallel to itself distance d away from the lens for getting
image sharply focussed on it. If the refractive index of the glass relative to air is , the
thickness of the slab is:
d
(d) ( −1)
d
(a) d/ (d) d (c)
 −1 

Q 72. The radius of curvature of the face of planoconvex lens is 12 cm and its refractive index is
1.5. If the plane surface of the lens is now silvered, then the focal length of the lens is:
(a) 26cm (b) 22cm (c) 24 cm (d) 20 cm

Q 73. When a thin convergent glass lens ( g = 1.5) and has power of + 5.0 D, is immersed in a
liquid of refractive index J it acts as a divergent lens of focal length 100 cm. The value of
1 is:
(a) 4/3 (b) 5/3 (c) 5/4 (d) 6/5

Q 74. The change in the focal length of the lens, if a convex lens of focal length 20 cm and
refractive index 1.5, is immersed in water having refractive index 1.33, is:
(a) 62.2 cm (b) 5.82 cm (c) 58.2 cm (d) 6.22 cm

Q 75. A converging lens is used to form an image on a screen. When the upper half of the lens is
covered by an opaque screen:
(a) the complete image will be formed (b) the intensity of image will increase
(c) the intensity of image will decrease (d) both (a) and (c) are correct

Q 76. A layered lens is made of materials indicated by shades in the figure. The number
of images formed is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
Q 77. Two plano-convex lens each of focal length fare placed as shown in figure. The ratio of
their focal lengths is:
(i) (ii) (iii)

(a) 1:2:3 (b) 1:1:1 (c) 1:2:1 (d) 3:2:1

Q 78. The number of images formed by the lens, if an object is placed on the axis
of the lens is:
(a) one (b) two (c) three (d) four

Q 79. How many images are formed by the, lens shown, if an ob is kept on its axis?
(a) One (b) Two (c) Thee (d) Four

Q 80. The focal length of each half, if the symmetrical lens of focal length f cut
along AB is:-
(a) f (b) (1/2) f (c) 2f (d) zero

Q 81. A symmetric double convex lens is cut in two equal parts along its diameter. If
the power of the original lens was 4 D, the power of a divided lens will be:
(a) 2D (b) 3D (c) 4D (d) 5D

Q 82. If an equiconvex lens of focal length 30 cm is cut into two equal parts by a horizontal plane,
then:
(a) the light transmitting area of each part becomes half of the initial
(b) the intensity will reduce to half
(c) the aperture becomes 1/2 times of tis initial value
(d) all the above

Q 83. If an equiconvex lens of focal length 20 cm is cut into two equal parts by a vertical plane,
the focal length of each part will become:
(a) 40cm (b) 10cm (c) 20cm (d) 5cm

Q 84. A convex lens of focal length 0.2 m, is cut into two halves each of which is
displaced by 0.0005 m and a point object is ,laced at a distance of 0.3 m
from the lens, as shown in figure. The position of the image is:
(a) 0.2 m (b) 0.3 in (c) 0.6 m (d) 0.5 m
Q 85. Two similar piano convex lenses are placed with their convex surfaces in
contact and the space between them is filled with a liquid of refractive index
1.7, as shown in figure. The focal length of piano convex lens is 25 cm and
radius of curvature of the curved surface is 12.5 cm and is made of glass of
refractive index 1.5. The focal length of the combination is:
(a) - 31.25 cm (b) - 42.05 cm (c}- 37.73 cm (d) - 52.65 cm

Q 86. Mark correct option or options:

(a) The image formed by a convex lens may coincide with object
(b) The image formed by a plane mirror is always virtual
(c) If one surface of convex lens is silvered, then the image may coincide with the object
(d) Both (a) and (b) are correct

Q 87. A con lens forms real image at a point P. A plane mirror is placed at 45 to the line joining
pole O of mirror and before point P at distance 10 cm, then:
(a) the final image is virtual
(b) the final image Is on line the PO produced
(c) the final image is above the PO produced at distance 10cm
(d) the final image is below the PO produced at distance 10cm

Q 88. The object distance u for a concave mirror:

(a) must be positive (b) must be negative
(c) must not be negative (d) may be negative

Q 89. Two thin convex lenses of focal lengths f1 and f2 are separated by a horizontal distance d
(where d < f1, d < f2) and their centres are displaced by a vertical separation . Taking the
origin of co-ordinates O at the centre of the first lens, the x and y co-ordinates of the focal
point of this lens system for a parallel beam of rays coming from the left, are given by:
ft f ( f + d) 2
(a) x = 1 2 y =  (b) x = 1 2 =
f1 + f 2 f1 + f 2 − d f1 + f 2
f ( f + d) ( f1 − d ) f f + d ( f1 − d )
(c) x = 1 2 ,y= (d) x = 1 2 ,y=0
f1 + f 2 − d f1 + f 2 − d f1 + f 2 − d

Q 90. A drop of water is placed on a glass plate. A double convex lens having radius of curvature
of each surface 20 cm is placed on it. The focal length of water lens (  for water 4/3) in
metre is:
(a) - 0.20 (b) 0.60 (c) - 0.60 (d) 0.20
Q 91. An arrangement of an object, a lens with a focal length of f = 30
cm, a flat mirror and a tray is shown in figure. A flat mirror is
turned through 45° with respect to the optic axis of the lens. At
what height ‘h’ from the optic axis should the bottom of a tray
filled with water up to depth d = 20 cm be placed to obtain a sharp
image of the object at the bottom?
(a) h = 0.62 m (b) h = 0.85 (c) h = 0.25 (d) h = 1.25 m

Q 92. The focal length of plano-convex lens, the convex surface of which is silvered is 0.3 m. If
 of the lens is 7/4, the radius of curvature of the convex surface is:
(a) 0.45 m (b) 1.05 m (c) 3m (d) 0.9 m

Q 93. On a horizontal plane mirror, a thin equi-convex lens of glass is placed

and when the space between the lens and mirror is filled with a liquid, an
object held at a distance D vei4ically above the lens is found to coincide
with its own image as shown in figure. If equi-convex lens of glass has
refractive index  = 15 and radius of curvature R, then find the refractive
index of the liquid:
R R D D
(a)  = 2 + (b)  = 2 − (c)  = 2 + (d)  = 2 −
D D R R

Q 94. The focal length of the objective of a compound microscope is f and its distance from the
eye piece is L. The object is placed at a distance u from the objective. For proper working
of the instrument:
(a) L > u (b) L < u (c) f0 < L < 2f0 (d) L > 2f0

Q 95. The magnification of a compound microscope is 30 and the focal length of its eye piece is
5 cm. The magnification produced by the objective, when the image is to be formed at least
distance of distinct vision (25 cm), is:
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 10

Q 96. A convergent doublet of separated lens, corrected for spherical aberration, are separated by
2 cm, and has an equivalent focal length of 10 cm. The focal length of its component lenses
are:
(a) f1 = 18 cm (b) f1 = 20 cm (c) f1 = 20 cm (d) f1 = 24 cm
f2 = 10 cm f2 = 28 cm f2 = 18 cm f2 = 18 cm

Q 97. A compound microscope has an eye piece of focal length 10 cm and an objective of focal
length 4 cm. The magnification, if an object is kept at a distance of 5 an from the objective
and final image is formed at the least distance of distinct vision (20 cm), is:
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13

Q 98. A simple microscope consists of a concave lens of power -10D and a convex lens of power
+ 20D in.ca the image formed at infinity, then the magnifying power (D = 25 cm) is :
(a) 2.5 (b) 3.5 (c) 2.0 (d) 3.0
Q 99. An astronomical telescope has an angular magnification of magnitude 5 for distant object.
The separation between the objective and the eye piece is 36 cm and final image is formed
at infinity The focal length of the objective and focal length of eye-piece respectively are:
(a) f0 = 45 cm and fe = -9 cm (b) f0 = 50 cm and fe = 10 cm
(c) f0 = 7.2 cm and fe = 5 cm (d) f0 = 30 cm and fe = 6 cm

Q 100. A planet is observed by an astronomical refracting telescope having an objective of focal

length 16 cm and eye-piece of focal length 20 cm. Then:
(a) the distance between objective and eye-piece is 16.02 m
(b) the angular magnification of the planet is 800
(c) the image of the planet is inverted
(d) both (a) and (b) are correct

Q 101. A telescope consists of two lenses of focal length 10 cm and 1 cm. The length of the
telescope, when an object is kept at a distance of 60 cm from the objective and the final
image is formed at least distance of distinct vision, is:
(a) 15.05 cm (b) 12.96 cm (c) 13.63 cm (d) 14.44 cm

Q 102. What is the power of the lens, if the far point of a short sighted eye is 200 cm?
(a) - 0.5D (b) 2D (c) 1D (d) - 1.5D

Q 103. The limit of resolution of microscope, if the numerical aperture of microscope is 0.12, and
the wavelength of light used is 600 nm, Is:
(a) 0.3 m (b) 1.2 m (c) 2.3 m (d) 3 m

Q 104. The power and type of the lens by which a person can see clearly the distant objects, if a
person cannot see objects beyond 40 cm, are:
(a) - 2.5 D and concave lens (b) - 2.5 D and convex lens
(c) - 3.5 D and concave lens (d) - 3.5 D and convex lens
 Answers
Level – I

1. b 2. a 3. c 4. D 5. a 6. c 7. d
8. c 9. b 10. b 11. C 12. a 13. d 14. a
15. c 16. b 17. b 18. B 19. a 20. b 21 c
22. b 23. d 24. c 25. C 26. d

Level – II

1. a 2. c 3. d 4. b 5. a 6. b 7. a
8. c 9. a 10. b 11. a 12. c 13. a 14. c
15. c 16. a 17. b 18. c 19. b 20. b 21 a
22. b 23. b 24. b 25. c 26. a 27. d 28 c
29. c 30. b 31. a 32. a 33. b 34. d 35. a
36. a 37. b 38. a 39. a 40. a 41. d 42. d
43. b 44. b 45. d 46. b 47. c 48. b 49. b
50. a 51. c 52. a 53. a 54. c 55. b 56. d
57. d 58. c 59. c 60. a 61. c 62. a 63. d
64. c 65. a 66. d 67. b 68. d 69. c 70. a
71. c 72. c 73. b 74. c 75. d 76. d 77. b
78. d 79. a 80. c 81. c 82. d 83. a 84. c
85. a 86. c 87. d 88. d 89. c 90. c 91. b
92. b 93. b 94. b 95. a 96. c 97. c 98. a
99. d 100 d 101. b 102. a 103. d 104. a