Tutorial 2
Tutorial 2
Refraction
Single Correct Answer Type:
1. One side of a glass slab is silvered as shown. A ray of light is incident on the
other side at angle of incidence i = 45°. Refractive index of glass is given as
1.5. The deviation of the ray of light from its initial path when it comes out
of the slab is
(A) 90° (B) 180° (C) 120° (D) 45°
2. When the rectangular metal tank is filled to the top with an unknown liquid, as observer with eyes
level with the top of the tank can just see the corner E; a ray that refracts towards the observer at the
top surface of the liquid is shown. The refractive index of the liquid will be
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7. A slab of glass, of thickness 6 cm and refractive index 1.5, is placed in front of a concave mirror, the
faces of the slab being perpendicular to the principal axis of the minor. If the radius of curvature of the
mirror is 40 cm and the reflected image coincides with the object, then the distance of the object from
the mirror is
(A) 30 cm (B) 22 cm (C) 42 cm (D) 28 cm
8. A ray of light travels from an optically denser to rarer medium. The critical angle for the two media is C.
The maximum possible deviation of the ray will be
(A) − C (B) 2C (C) − 2 C (D) −C
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9. A point source of light S is placed at the bottom of a vessel containing a liquid of refractive index 5/3. A
person is viewing the source from above the surface. There is an opaque disc D of radius 1 cm floating
on the surface of the liquid. The centre of the disc lies vertically above the source S. The liquid from the
vessel is gradually drained out through a tap. The maximum height of the liquid for which the source
cannot be seen at all from the above is
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13. A ray of light travels from a medium of refractive index to air. Its angle of incidence in the medium is
i, measured from the normal to the boundary, and its angle of deviation is . is plotted against i
which of the following best represents the resulting curve
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
14. The apparent depth of water in cylindrical water tank of diameter 2R cm is reducing at the rate of x
cm/minute when water is being drained out at a constant rate. The amount of water drained in c.c. per
minute is (n1= refractive index of air, n2 = refractive index of water)
(A) x R 2 n1 / n2 (B) x R 2 n2 / n1 (C) 2 R n1 / n2 (D) R 2 x
15. When light is incident on a medium at angle i and refracted into a second
medium at an angle r, the graph of sin i vs. sin r is as shown in the graph. From
this, one can conclude that
(A) velocity of light in the second medium is 1.73 times the velocity of light in
the I medium
(B) velocity of light in the I medium is 1.73 times the velocity in the II medium
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(C) the critical angle for the two media is given by sin ic =
3
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(D) sin ic =
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