Light-Reflection

5 and Refraction
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6. The image formed by a convex mirror

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) (a) is always real
(b) is always virtual
DIRECTIONS : This section contains multiple choice (c) cannot say
questions. Each question has four choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) (d) None of these
out of which only one is correct.
7. In case of erect object having inverted image, linear
1. An object is at a distance of 0.5 m in front of a plane magnification is :
mirror. Distance between the object and image is (a) positive (b) negative
(a) 0.5 m (b) 1 m (c) zero (d) no definite sign.

(c) 0.25 m (d) 1.5 m 8. If object lies symmetrically and number of images
formed are 9, therefore two plane mirrors are kept at an
2. Number of images formed when two plane mirrors are angle of :
inclined at an angle 90° is (a) 72° (b) 40°
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 36° (d) 50°
(c) 4 (d) 5 9. Reciprocal of focal length of a lens gives the
3. Which one of the following statements is not correct? (a) power (b) radius
(a) A convex mirror is often used as driving rear-view mirror. (c) magnification (d) none of these
(b) A convex mirror is often used as a shaving mirror. 10. Magnification of a lens is given by
(c) A concave mirror is often used in a search light or a torch. image height 1
(a) object height (b)
(d) A concave mirror is often used as the reflector Radius
behind lamp in a projector
1 1
4. The relation, R = 2f holds true for : (c) (d)
focal length image distance
(a) concave mirrors only
11. A man having height 2.5 m. He oberves image of 1m
(b) convex mirrors only height erect, then mirror used is
(c) all spherical mirrors (a) concave (b) convex
(d) lens as well as for all spherical mirrors. (c) plane (d) None of these
5. A magnification greater than unity indicates : 12. Where should an object be placed in front of a convex lens
(a) real image to get a real image of the size of the object?
(b) size of the image is smaller than that of object (a) At the principal focus of the lens
(c) size of the object is smaller than that of image (b) At twice the focal length
(c) At infinity
(d) size of object is equal to that of image
(d) Between the optical centre of the lens and its
principal focus.
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13. Find the angle of incidence and angle of reflection from 20. An object is placed 60 cm in front of a convex mirror.
the diagram. The virtual image formed by the mirror is located 30 cm
behind the mirror. What is the object’s magnification
(a) + 2 (b) –2
(c) + 0.5 (d) – 0.5
21. Light rays A and B fall on optical component X and come
Mirror out as C and D.
surface 35° C
A
X
(a) 45°, 40° (b) 55°, 55° B
(c) 60°, 60° (d) 30°, 30° D
14. A spherical mirror and a thin spherical lens have each a The optical component is a
focal length of –15 cm. The mirror and the lens are likely to (a) concave lens (b) convex lens
be (c) convex mirror (d) prism
(a) both concave.
22. An object is placed 20.0 cm in front of a concave mirror
(b) both convex. whose focal length is 25.0 cm. What is the magnification
(c) the mirror is concave and the lens is convex. of the object?
(d) the mirror is convex, but the lens is concave. (a) + 5.0 (b) – 5.0
(c) + 0.20 (d) – 0.20
15. Which of the following lenses would you prefer to use
while reading small letters found in a dictionary? 23. An object is placed at the radius of curvature of a concave
(a) A convex lens of focal length 50 cm. spherical mirror. The image formed by the mirror is
(b) A concave lens of focal length 50 cm. (a) located at the focal point of the mirror.
(c) A convex lens of focal length 5 cm. (b) located between the focal point and the radius of
(d) A concave lens of focal length 5 cm. curvature of the mirror.
(c) located at the center of curvature of the mirror.
16. An object is situated at a distance of f/2 from a convex
(d) located out beyond the center of curvature of the
lens of focal length f. Distance of image will be – mirror.
(a) + (f/2) (b) + (f/3)
24. If the refractive indices for water and diamond relative to
(c) + (f/4) (d) – f
air are 1.33 and 2.4 respectively, then the refractive index
17. An object is placed 60 cm in front of a concave mirror. of diamond relative to water is –
The real image formed by the mirror is located 30 cm in (a) 5.5 (b) 1.80
front of the mirror. What is the object’s magnification? (c) 3.19 (d) None of these
(a) + 2 (b) –2
25. There is an equiconvex lens of focal length of 20 cm. If
(c) + 0.5 (d) –0.5
the lens is cut into two equal parts perpendicular to the
18. Two plane mirrors are set at right angle and a flower is principle axis, the focal lengths of each part will be
placed in between the mirrors. The number of images of (a) 20 cm (b) 10 cm
the flower which will be seen is (c) 40 cm (d) 15 cm
(a) One (b) Two 26. An object is placed 20.0 cm in front of a concave mirror
(c) Three (d) Four whose focal length is 25.0 cm. Where is the image
19. A man is 6.0 ft tall. What is the smallest size plane mirror located?
he can use to see his entire image (a) 1.0 × 102 cm in front of the mirror
(a) 3.0 ft (b) 6.0 ft (b) 1.0 × 102 cm behind the mirror
(c) 12 ft (d) 24 ft (c) 5.0 × 101 cm in front of the mirror
(d) 5.0 × 101 cm behind the mirror
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27. Which statement best describes the property of light 33. A number of images of a candle flame can be seen in a
waves illustrated in the diagram below? thick plane mirror. The brightest image is
(a) Fourth (b) Second
(c) Last (d) First
34. A ray from air enters water, then through a thick layer of
glass placed below water. After passing through glass, it
again comes out in air medium. Then final emergent ray
will
(a) Bend towards the normal
(b) Suffer lateral displacement
(a) Some materials absorb light waves.
(c) Have the same path as if it had not passed through
(b) Some materials reflect light waves.
glass and water.
(c) Light waves are refracted by some materials.
(d) None of these
(d) Light waves are emitted by some materials.
35. A concave spherical mirror has a radius of curvature of
28. Light waves
100 cm. What is its focal length
(a) require air or another gas to travel through
(a) 50 cm (b) 100 cm
(b) require an electric field to travel through
(c) 200 cm (d) 300 cm
(c) require a magnetic field to travel through
(d) can travel through perfect vacuum 36. Light is incident on an air-water interface at an angle of
25° to the normal. What angle does the refracted ray make
29. What are the factors that determine the angle of deviation
with the normal
in a prism?
(a) 19° (b) 34°
(a) angle of incidence (b) wave length
(c) 25° (d) 90°
(c) angle of the prism (d) All the above
30. Morning sun is not so hot as the mid day sun because 37. If the speed of light in medium –1 and medium –2 are
2.5 × 108 ms–1 and 2 × 108 ms–1, respectively, then the
(a) Sun is cooler in the morning
refractive index of medium – 1 with respect to medium –
(b) Heat rays travel slowly is the morning
2 is _________.
(c) It is God gift
(d) The sun’s rays travel a longer distance through 3 2
(a) (b)
atmosphere in the morning 2.5 2.5
31. The layered lens shown below is made of two different 2.5 2.5
(c) (d)
transparent materials. 3 2
38. Under what conditions does a diverging lens form a
virtual image of a real object
(a) Only if u > f.
(b) Only if u < f.
(c) Only if u = f
(d) A diverging lens always forms a virtual image of a
real object.
A point object is placed on its axis. The object will form
(a) one image (b) infinite images 39. A lens produces a enlarged, virtual image. What kind of
(c) no image (d) two images lens is it?
(a) converging
32. An object is placed in front of a concave mirror of focal
(b) diverging
length 50.0 cm and a real image is formed 75 cm in front
of the mirror. How far is the object from the mirror (c) It could be either diverging or converging.
(a) 25 cm (b) 30 cm (d) None
(c) 150 cm (d) –150 cm
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40. In an experiment to determine the focal length of a 42. On the basis of experiment ‘to trace the path of a ray
concave lens, a student obtained the image of a distant of light passing through a rectangular glass slab’ four
window on the screen. To determine the focal length of students arrived at the following interpretations :
the lens, she/he should measure the distance between the I. Angle of incidence is greater than the angle of
(a) lens and the screen only emergence.
II. Angle of emergence is less than the angle of
(b) lens and the window only
refraction.
(c) screen and the window only
III. Emergent ray is parallel to the incident ray.
(d) screen and the lens and also between the screen and IV. Emergent ray is parallel to the refracted ray.
the window
The correct interpretation is that of the student.
41. Ashima looks into the mirror and sees the reflection of the (a) I (b) II
picture behind her. (c) III (d) IV
Picture 43. Light waves
Mirror
(a) are mechanical waves
(b) are electromagnetic waves
(c) travel with the same velocity in all media
(d) requires a material medium for their propagation
Image seen by Ashima
in the mirror 44. Virtual images of object of the same size are formed by
(a) a concave mirror (b) a convex mirror
(c) a plane mirror (d) all the above
45. Two plane inclined mirrors form 5 images by multiple
reflection. The angle of inclination is
Which of the following is the picture that is behind (a) 90° (b) 60°
Ashima ? (c) 45° (d) 30°
46. A bright × (cross) mark is made on a sheet of white paper.
Over the white paper a rectangular glass-slab of thickness
3 cm is placed. On looking through, the image of the mark
(a)
appears above the mark. It is below the upper surface of
the slab by (µglass = 1.5)
(a) 2.5 cm (b) 1.5 cm
(c) 2 cm (d) 1.75 cm
47. Images formed by an object placed between two plane
mirrors whose reflecting surfaces make an angle of 90°
(b)
with one another lie on a
(a) Straight line (b) Zig-zag curve
(c) Circle (d) Ellipse
48. A diver in a swimming pool wants to send a signal to a
person lying on the edge of the pool by flashing his water-
proof torch
(c) (a) He must direct the beam of light vertically upwards
(b) He must direct the beam horizontally
(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 to the vertical
which is slightly greater than the critical angle
49. Two plane mirrors are inclined at an angle θ. A ray of light
(d)
is incident on one mirror and is then reflected from the
other mirror. Then the angle between the first ray and the
final ray will be
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(a) θ (b) 2θ (c) plane or concave mirror
(c) between θ and 2θ (d) > 2θ (d) plane or concave or convex mirror
50. A glass slab is placed in the path of a beam of convergent 57. Refraction of light from air to glass and from air to water
light, then the point of convergence of light are shown in figure (i) and (ii) below. The value of the
(a) moves towards the glass slab angle in the case of refraction as shown in figure (iii) will
(b) moves away from the glass slab be :
(c) remains at the same point 35°
(d) undergoes a lateral shift
glass
51. A real image is formed by a convex mirror when the (i)
object is placed at
air
(a) infinite 60°
(b) between center of curvature and focus
(c) between focus and pole air

(d) None of the above 60°

52. A virtual image is formed by a concave mirror when the (ii)

object is placed between
water
(a) infinity and center of curvature 41°

(b) center of curvature and focus

(c) focus and the pole
(d) All of the above 
53. Which of the following are used in a Kaleidoscope glass
(iii)
(a) plane mirrors (b) concave
water
(c) convex mirrors (d) All of the above 41°
54. When a convex lens made up of glass is immersed in
(a) 30° (b) 35°
water, its focal length
(c) 60° (d) none of the above
(a) decreases (b) does not change
(c) increases (d) None of the above 58. The focal length of a plane mirror is
(a) positive (b) negative
55. Find out the correct option from the following. (c) zero (d) infinity
(A) The magnification is positive for all virtual images
59. Rays from the sun converge at a point 15 cm in front of a
and is negative for all real images.
concave mirror. Where should an object be placed so that
(B) The magnification of concave lens and convex size of its image is equal to the size of the object?
mirror is always positive where as the magnification (a) 15 cm in front of the mirror
of convex lens and concave mirror can be positive (b) 30 cm in front of the mirror
or negative depending on the position of the object (c) between 15 cm and 30 cm in front of the mirror
before the lens. (d) more than 30 cm in front of the mirror.
(a) Only A is true
60. A convex mirror is used
(b) Only B is true.
(a) by a dentist
(c) Both A and B are true (b) for shaving
(d) Both A and B are false (c) as a rear view mirror in vehicles
56. A person standing at some distance from a mirror finds his (d) as a light reflector for obtaining a parallel beam of
image erect, virtual and of the same size. Then the mirror light.
is possibly 61. In case of a concave mirror, when the object is situated at the
(a) plane mirror principal focus, the image formed is
(b) concave mirror (a) real and inverted (b) of infinite size
(c) lies at infinity (d) All of these
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62. For an object at infinity, a concave mirror produces an 70. The linear magnification for a mirror is the ratio of the size
image at its focus which is of the image to the size of the object, and is denoted by m.
(a) enlarged (b) virtual Then, m is equal to (symbols have their usual meanings):
(c) erect (d) real and point sized
f f −u
63. An inverted image can be seen in a convex mirror, (a) (b)
f −u f
(a) under no circumstances
(b) when the object is very far from the mirror f f +v
(c) (d)
(c) when the object is at a distance equal to the radius of f +v f
curvature of the mirror 71. In case of a real and inverted image, the magnification of
(d) when the distance of the object from the mirror is a mirror is
equal to the focal length of the mirror (a) positive (b) negative
64. In order to get a diminished virtual image, the object can (c) zero (d) infinity
be placed anywhere in front of a
72. Magnification produced by a rear view mirror fitted in
(a) concave mirror (b) plane mirror
vehicles
(c) convex mirror (d) none of these
(a) is less than one
65. A full length image of a distant tall building can definitely (b) is more than one
be seen by using (c) is equal to one
(a) a concave mirror (d) can be more than or less than one depending upon
(b) a convex mirror the position of the object in front of it.
(c) a plane mirror
73. The ratio of the sine of angle of incidence to the sine of
(d) both concave as well as plane mirror
angle of refraction is called
66. The concave mirrors are used in (a) refractive index
(a) reflecting telescopes (b) magic- lanterns (b) optical density
(c) cinema projectors (d) All of these (c) relative density
67. Which of the following statements is true? (d) none of these
(a) A convex lens has 4 dioptre power having a focal 74. When an objects is placed between two mirrors placed
length 0.25 m inclined to each at an angle 45° Number of images formed
(b) A convex lens has –4 dioptre power having a focal are
length 0.25 m (a) 3 (b) 5
(c) A concave lens has 4 dipotre power having a focal (c) 7 (d) None of these
length 0.25 m
75. Foam of soap always appears white as
(d) A concave lens has – 4 dioptre power having a focal
length 0.25 m (a) it contains large hydrocarbon chains.
(b) it absorbs red portion of the visible light
68. A virtual, erect and magnified image of an object is to be
(c) it reflects light of all wavelengths.
produced with a concave mirror of focal length 12 cm.
(d) it has one hydrophobic end, which is insoluble in
Which of the following object distance should be chosen
water.
for this purpose?
(a) 10 cm (b) 14 cm 76. Two lenses of focal length f1 and f2 are kept in contact
(c) 18 cm (d) 24 cm coaxially. The power of the combination will be

69. A 10 mm long awlpin is placed vertically in front of a f1 f 2 f1 + f 2

(a) (b) f1 f 2
concave mirror. A 5 mm long image of the awl pin is f1 + f 2
formed at 30 cm in front of the mirror. The focal length of
this mirror is f1 f 2
(c) f1 − f 2 (d) f1 + f2
(a) – 30 cm (b) – 20 cm
(c) – 40 cm (d) – 60 cm
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77. A mirror is placed at an angle of 30° with respect to What is the distance of the final image formed by this lens
Y-axis (see figure). A light ray travelling in the negative system?
y-direction strikes the mirror. The direction of the reflected (a) 120 cm to right of lens A
ray is given by the vector
(b) 90 cm to right of lens A
y (c) 22.5 cm to right of lens B
(d) 45 cm to right of lens B

x
80. Two plane mirrors are kept on a horizontal table making
O
an angle θ with each other as shown schematically in the
30° figure. The angle θ is such that any ray of light reflected
after striking both the mirrors returns parallel to its
incident path. For this to happen, the value of θ should be
(a) iˆ (b) iˆ − 3 ˆj

(c) 3iˆ − ˆj (d) iˆ − 2 ˆj

78. A ray of light originates from inside a glass slab and is 
incident on its inner surface at an angle θ as shown below.

Glass slab
2 (a) 30° (b) 45°
x
 0 (c) 60° (d) 90°

–2 81. 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
(a) 30 cm away from the mirror
Screen (b) 36 cm away from the mirror
In this experiment, the location x of the spot where the ray (c) 36 cm towards the mirror
hits the screen is recorded. Which of the following correctly (d) 30 cm towards the mirror
shows the plot of variation of x with the angle θ?
82. A pin AB of length 2 cm is kept on the axis of a convex lens
between 18 cm and 20 cm as shown in figure. Focal length
0 0 0 0 of convex lens is 10 cm. Find magnification produced for
x x x x the image of the pin.

        A B

A B C D
20 cm

(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D

(a) 0.83 (b) 1.00
79. Two convex lenses A and B each of focal length 30 cm are
separated by 30 cm, as shown in the figure. An object O is (c) 1.25 (d) 6.78
placed at a distance of 40 cm to the left of lens A. 83. A concave mirror for face viewing has focal length of
A B 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:
O (a) 0.24 m (b) 1.60 m
(c) 0.32 m (d) 0.16 m
40 cm 30 cm
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84. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm is cut into two 91. A diverging lens with magnitude of focal length 25 cm is
halves. Each of which is placed 0.5 mm and a point placed at a distance of 15 cm from a converging lens of
object placed at a distance of 30 cm from the lens as magnitude of focal length 20 cm. A beam of parallel light
shown. falls on the diverging lens. The final image formed is :
Then the image is at (a) real and at a distance of 40 cm from the divergent
(a) 60 cm lens
(b) real and at a distance of 6 cm from the convergent
(b) 30 cm lens
(c) 70 cm (c) real and at a distance of 40 cm from convergent
lens
(d) 50 cm
(d) virtual and at a distance of 40 cm from convergent
85. Focal length of a lens is 25 cm. In dioptre, power of lens lens.
will be 92. A beam of light from a source L is incident normally
(a) 0.04 (b) 0.4 on a plane mirror fixed at a certain distance x from
(c) 4 (d) 2.5 the source. The beam is reflected back as a spot on a
86. When viewed vertically a fish appears to be 4 meter below scale placed just above the source L. When the mirror
the surface of the lake. If the index of refraction of water is rotated through a small angle θ, the spot of the light
is found to move through a distance y on the scale. The
is 1.33, then the true depth of the fish is
angle θ is given by
(a) 5.32 metres (b) 3.32 metres
y x
(c) 4.32 metres (d) 6.32 metres (a) (b)
x 2y
87. Two thin lenses of focal lengths f1 and f2 are placed
x y
in contact with each other such that the combination (c) (d)
behaves as a glass slab. Then how are f1 and f2 related y 2x
to each other? 93. A glass beaker is filled with water up to 5 cm. It is
1 kept on top of a 2 cm thick glass slab. When a coin at
(a) f1 = (b) f2 = –f1 the bottom of the glass slab is viewed at the normal
f2
incidence from above the beaker, its apparent depth
(c) f1 = f2 (d) f1 = f2 from the water surface is d cm. Value of d is close to
(the refractive indices of water and glass are 1.33 and
88. A convex lens of focal length 25 cm receives light from 1.5, respectively)
the sun. A diverging lens of focal length – 12 cm is placed (a) 2.5 cm (b) 5.1 cm
37 cm to the right of the converging lens. Where is the (c) 3.7 cm (d) 6.0 cm
final image located relative to the diverging lens? 94. A convex lens is put 10 cm from a light source and it
(a) 6 cm to the left (b) 25 cm to the left 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
(c) At infinity (d) 12 cm to the right
thickness is placed in contact with the light source. To get
89. A camera lens focuses light from a 12.0 m tall building the sharp image again, the screen is shifted by a distance
located 35.0 m away on film 50.0 mm behind the lens. d. Then d is:
How tall is the image of the building on the film? (a) 1.1 cm away from the lens
(b) 0
(a) 17.1 mm (b) 7.00 mm (c) 0.55 cm towards the lens
(c) 2.50 cm (d) 1.25 mm (d) 0.55 cm away from the lens
90. A hollow lens is made of thin glass and in the shape of
a double concave lens. It can be filled with air, water of
refractive index 1.33 or CS2 of refractive index 1.6. It will
act as a diverging lens, if it is DIRECTIONS : Study the given case/passage and answer the
(a) filled with air and immersed in water following questions.
(b) filled with water and immersed in CS2 Case/Passage - 1
(c) filled with air and immersed in CS2 A 5.0 cm tall object is placed perpendicular to the principal
(d) filled with CS2 and immersed in water axis of a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. The distance of the
object from the lens is 30 cm.
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95. What is the distance of image from the pole of lens?
(a) v = 60 cm (b) v = – 60 cm
(c) v = 30 cm (d) v = –30 cm
96. What is the power of the used lens? A B C D

(a) + 5 D (b) – 5 D
(a) A (b) B
(c) + 0.5 D (d) – 0.5 D
(c) C (d) D
Case/Passage - 2
Light travels through a vacuum at a speed c = 3 × 108 m/s. It 100. You are given water, mustard oil, glycerine and kerosene.
can also travel through many materials, such as air, water and In which of these media, a ray of light incident obliquely
glass. Atoms in the material absorb, reemit and scatter the at same angle would bend the most?
light, however. Therefore, light travels through the material (a) Kerosene (b) Water
at a speed that is less than c, the actual speed depending on (c) Mustard oil (d) Glycerine
the nature of the material. To describe the extent to which
101. A ray of light is incident in medium 1 on a surface that
the speed of light in a material medium differs from that in
separates medium 1 from medium 2. Let v1 and v2
a vacuum, we use a parameter called the index of refraction
represent the velocity of light in medium 1 and medium 2
(or refractive index).
respectively. Also let n12 and n21 represent the refractive
97. Figure shows a ray of light as it travels from medium A to index of medium 1 with respect to medium 2 and
refractive index of medium 2 with respect to medium 1,
respectively. If i and r denote the angle of incidence and
angle of refraction, then-
45°
45° Medium B sin i v1 sin i v2
30° Medium A (a) sin r = n21 v (b) = n21 v
2 sin r 1
60°

sin i v1 sin i v2
(c) = n12 v (d) = n12 v
sin r 2 sin r 1
medium B. Retractive index of the medium B relative to
medium A is Case/Passage - 3

3 2 Inside a substance such as glass or water, light travels more

(a) (b) slowly than it does in a vacuum. If c denotes the speed of
2 3
light in a vacuum and v denotes its speed through some
1 other substance, then v = c/n where n is a constant called
(c) (d) 2
2 the index of refraction.

98. A light ray enters from medium A to medium B as shown To good approximation, a substance’s index of refraction does
not depend on the wavelength of light. For instance, when red
and blue light waves enter water, they both slow down by about
Medium B the same amount. More precise measurements, however, reveal
that n varies with wavelength. Table presents some indices of
refraction of Custon glass, for different wavelengths of visible
Medium A light. A nanometer (nm) is 10–9 meters. In a vacuum, light
travels as c = 3.0 × 108 m/s
in the figure. The refractive index of medium B relative to Table : Indices of refraction of Custon glass
A will be
Approximately Wavelength in "Indices
(a) greater than unity (b) less than unity
colour vacuum (nm) n"
(c) equal to unity (d) zero
yellow 580 1.5
99. The path of a ray of light coming from air passing yellow orange 600 1.498
through a rectangular glass slab traced by four students
orange 620 1.496
shown as A, B, C and D in the figure. Which one of
them is correct? orange red 640 1.494
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102. Inside Custon glass 108. Assertion : When a concave mirror is held under water,
(a) Orange light travels faster than yellow light its focal length will increase.
(b) Yellow light travels faster than orange light Reason : The focal length of a concave mirror is
(c) Orange and Yellow light travels equally fast independent of the medium in which it is placed.
(d) We cannot determine which color of light travels faster 109. Assertion : A convex mirror is used as a driver’s
mirror.
103. For blue-green of wavelength 520 nm, the index of
refraction of Custon glass is probably closest to Reason : Because convex mirror’s field of view is large
and images formed are virtual, erect and diminshed.
(a) 1.49 (b) 1.50 
(c) 1.51 (d) 1.52 110. Assertion : When the object moves with a velocity v , its

image in the plane mirror moves with a velocity of −2v
104. Which of the following phenomena happens because n
with respect to the object.
varies with wavelength
Reason : The minimum height of the mirror to be required
(a) A lens focuses light
h
(b) A prism breaks sunlight into different colors to see the full image of man of height h is .
2
(c) Total internal reflections ensures that light travels
down a fiber optic cable 111. Assertion : As the temperature of a medium increases the
refractive index decreases.
(d) Light rays entering a pond change direction at the
pond’s surface Reason : When a ray travels from vacuum to a medium,
then µ is known as absolute refractive index of the
medium. (µvacuum = 1).
Assertion & Reason
112. Assertion : If a spherical mirror is dipped in water, its
focal length remains unchanged.
DIRECTIONS : Each of these questions contains an assertion
followed by reason. Read them carefully and answer the question Reason : A laser light is focused by a converging lens.
on the basis of following options. You have to select the one that There will be a significant chromatic aberration.
best describes the two statements.
113. Assertion : A virtual image cannot be projected one
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is
screen.
the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is Reason : Virtual images are formed by actual meeting
not the correct explanation of Assertion. of rays of light after reflection or refraction.
(c) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect. 114. Assertion : Red light travels faster in glass than green
(d) If Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct. light.

105. Assertion : The diameter of convex lens required to form Reason : The refractive index of glass is less for red
full image of an object is half the height of the object. light than for green light.

Reason : The smaller diameter lens will give full image 115. Assertion : As light travels from one medium to
of lower intensity. another, the frequency of light does not change.

106. Assertion : The image of a point object situated at the Reason : Because frequency is the characteristic of
centre of hemispherical lens is also at the centre. source.
Reason : For hemisphere Snell’s law is not valid. 116. Assertion : Light rays retrace their path when their
107. Assertion : A point object is placed at a distance of 26 cm direction is reversed (Law of reversibility of light rays)
from a convex mirror of focal length 26 cm. The image Reason : For the refraction of light, water is denser than
will not form at infinity. air, but for the refraction of sound, water is rarer than air.
1 1 1 117. Assertion : The mirrors used in search lights are parabolic
Reason : For above given system the equation + =
u v f and not concave spherical.
gives v = ∞.
Reason : Silvered plano convex lens is used in search
light.
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121. Light seems to travel in ...............
Match the Following
122. A light ray travelling obliquely from a denser medium to a
rarer medium bends ............. the normal. A light ray bends
DIRECTIONS : Each question contains statements given in
two columns which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, .............. the normal when it travels obliquely from a rarer
D) in column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in to a denser medium.
column II. 123. In case of a rectangular glass slab, the refraction takes
place at both .................. interface and ............... interface.
118. Match the following :
The emergent ray is ........... to the direction of incident
Column I Column II
ray.
(A) Power of convex mirror (p) Positive power
(B) Power of concave mirror (q) Negative power 124. Power of a lens is the reciprocal of its .................
(C) Power of plane mirror (r) Zero power 125. The SI unit of power of a lens is ................
(D) Power of convex lens (s) Infinite power
126. The angle of incidence is ......... to the angle of reflection.
119. The graphs given apply to convex lens of focal length f,
producing a real image at a distance v from the optical 127. The reflecting surface of a spherical mirror may be curved
centre when self luminous object is at distance u from
.............. or ..............
the optical centre. The magnitude of magnification is m.
Identify the following graphs with the first named quantity 128. The inner surface of the spoon can be approximated to a
being plotted along y-axis.
........... mirror.
Column I Column II
129. The centre of the reflecting surface of a spherical mirror is
a point called the ................
(A) v against u (p) 130. The centre of curvature of a concave mirror lies in ..........
of it.

131. Line passing through the pole and the centre of curvature
of a spherical mirror is called the ................
1 1 132. A ray parallel to the principal axis, after reflection, will
(B) against (q)
v u pass through the ....................
133. The dentists use ............... mirrors to see large images of
y the teeth of patients.
134. A transparent material bound by two surfaces, of which
(C) m against v (r) one or both surfaces are spherical, forms a ...........
135. The degree of ............. of light rays achieved by a lens is
x
expressed in terms of its power.
136. An object is placed in front of a spherical mirror. The
v
(D) (m + 1) against (s) image is found to be virtual for all positions of the object.
f
The spherical mirror is .........
137. Two immiscible transparent liquids A and B have 1.2 and
1.5 as their refractive indices (with respect to air). The
Fill in the Blanks refractive index of B with respect to A is ........

DIRECTIONS : Complete the following statements with an True / False

appropriate word / term to be filled in the blank space(s).
DIRECTIONS : Read the following statements and write your
120. The power of a convex lens is ................. and that of a answer as true or false.
concave lens is ..............