VIGNESH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

TIRUVANNAMALAI
POOJA HOLIDAYS TEST
PHYSICS
Maximum Marks : 40 Maximum Time : 90 minutes
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS {10 x 1 = 10}
1 Mirror 'X' is used to concentrate sunlight in a solar furnace, and Mirror 'Y' is fitted on the side 1
of the vehicle to see the traffic behind the driver. Which of the following statements are true
for the two mirrors?
(i) The image formed by mirror 'X' is real, diminished, and at its focus.
(ii) The image formed by mirror 'Y' is virtual, diminished, and erect.
(iii) The image formed by mirror 'X' is virtual, diminished, and erect.
(iv) The image formed by mirror 'Y' is real, diminished, and at its focus.
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (iii) and (iv)
(d) (i) and (iv)
2 If the absolute refractive indices of two media X and Y are 6/5 and 4/3 respectively, then the 1
refractive index of Y with respect to X will be:
(a) 10/9
(b) 9/10
(c) 9/8
(d) 8/9
3 An optical device 'X' is placed obliquely in the path of a narrow parallel beam of light. If the 1
emergent beam gets displaced laterally, the device 'X' is:
(a) Plane mirror
(b) Convex lens
(c) Glass slab
(d) Glass prism
4 An object is placed at a distance of 30 cm from the pole of a concave mirror. If its real and 1
inverted image is formed at 60 cm in front of the mirror, the focal length of the mirror is:
(a) -15 cm
(b) -20 cm
(c) +20 cm
(d) +15 cm
5 How will the image formed by a convex lens be affected, if the upper half of the lens is 1
wrapped with black paper?
(a) The size of the image formed will be one-half of the size of the image due to the complete
lens.
(b) The image of the upper half of the object will not be formed.
(c) The brightness of the image will reduce.
(d) The lower half of the inverted image will not be formed.
6 In which of the following is a concave mirror used? 1
(a) A solar cooker
(b) A rear view mirror in vehicles
(c) A safety mirror in shopping malls
(d) In viewing full size image of distant tall buildings
7 When light is incident on a glass slab, the incident ray, refracted ray and the emergent ray are 1
in three media A, B and C. If n1, n2 and n3 are the refractive indices of A, B and C
respectively and the emergent ray is parallel to the incident ray, which of the following is true
(a) n1 < n2 < n3
(b) n1 > n2 > n3
 (c) n1 < n2 = n3
(d) n1 = n3 < n2
8 Study the diagram given below and identify the type of the lens XX' and the position of the 1
point on the principal axis OO' where the image of the object AB appears to be formed

(a) Concave; between O' and Y

(b) Concave : between O and Y
(c) Convex; between O' and Y
(d) Convex; between O and Y
9 Assertion(A) : The emergent ray is parallel to the direction of the incident ray. 1
Reason (R) : The extent of bending of the ray of light at the opposite parallel faces (air- glass
interface and glass-air interface) of the rectangular glass slab is equal and opposite.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
10 Assertion(A) : The centre of curvature is not a part of the mirror. It lies outside its reflecting 1
surface.
Reason (R) : The reflecting surface of a spherical mirror forms a part of a sphere. This sphere
has a centre.
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS {2 x 5= 10}
11 State Snell's law of refraction of light. Express it mathematically. 2
12 To construct a ray diagram we use two rays which are so chosen that it is easy to know their 2
directions after reflection from the mirror. List two such rays and state the path of these rays
after reflection in case of concave mirrors. Use these two rays and draw ray diagram to locate
the image of an object placed between pole and focus of a concave mirror.
13 A concave mirror produces three times magnified image on a screen. If the object is placed 20 2
cm in front of the mirror, how far is the screen from the object?
14 Draw labelled ray diagrams for each of the following cases to show the position, nature and 2
size of the image formed by a convex lens when the object is placed.
(i) between its optical center (O) and principal focus (F)
(ii) between F and 2 F
15 State the laws that are followed when light is reflected by spherical mirrors. Draw a ray 2
diagram to show the formation of image of an object placed in front of a convex mirror.
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS {2 x 3 = 6}
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Study the ray diagram given above and answer the questions that follow:
(a) Is the type of lens used converging or diverging?
(b) List three characteristics of the image formed.
(c) In which position of the object will the magnification be - 1?
17 (a) Observe the following diagram and compare (i) speed of light and (ii) optical density of 3
the three media A, B, and C. Also give justification for your answer of any one of the
twocases in terms of refractive indices of A, B, and C.

(b) Redraw the path of a ray of light through the three media, if the ray of light starting from
medium A falls on the medium B:
(i) Obliquely and the optical density of medium B is made more than that of A and C.
(ii) The ray falls normally from medium A to medium B.
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS {2 x 5 = 10}
18 Light propagates with different speeds in different media. Light travels the fastest in vacuum 5
with the highest speed of 3 x 108 ms¹. A ray of light that travelsobliquely from one transparent
medium into another will change its direction in the
second medium as shown below in the given diagrams
where three equal sized rectangular blocks (i), (ii) and
(iii) are taken. These blocks are made of different
materials when are placed in air. The angle of incidence
is different in each case but the angle of refraction is the
same in all three blocks.
(A) Compare the speed of light in these three blocks (i),
(ii) and (iii) as well as the refractive indices of the three
blocks (1), (ii) and (iii).
(B) Define absolute refractive index. Find the refractive index for a medium in which speed of
light is 2.25 x 108 m/s. While speed of light in vacuum is given as 3 x 108 m/s.
(C) A tank of water appears less deep i.e., only 3 m when viewed from top. If refractive index
of water is 4/3, what isthe actual depth of the tank?
19 (A) Out of convex mirror and concave mirror, which one can show a full length image of a tall 5
object in all its position? Write any one use of such mirrors.
(B) When can entire image of the object be seen in a plane mirror? Write the characteristics of
an image formed by a plane mirror?
(C) Justify the given statements:
 (i) Concave lens of very short focal length causes higher divergence than the one with larger
focal length.
(ii) When object moves closer to convex lens, the image formed by it shifts away from the lens.
(D) You are is looking at yourself in a convex mirror at a science museum, standing 2 m away
from the mirror. Your image appears to be around half her actual height. Estimate the focal
length of the mirror.
CASE BASED QUESTIONS {1 x 4 = 4}
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The above image is that of a reflecting telescope. Reflecting telescopes revolutionised our ways
of looking into the sky. They employ mirrors to gather and focus light, rather than relying
solely on lenses as in their refracting counterparts. These telescopes utilise precisely shaped and
polished mirrors to capture incoming light and reflect it to a focal point, where it forms an
image for observation.
[Link] kind of image of the star is seen by the observer at the eyepiece?
B. What kind of mirror is used in this reflecting telescope?
C. Explain with reason what kind of optical device (type of lens or mirror) that is used at the
eyepiece.
D. What is the role of the plane mirror in the telescope?