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~,y bject is placed at a distance of 40 cm from a concave
and 2
. A~:Or of focal length 15 cm. If the object is displaced
18. The refractive indices of water and glass are 3
11 1
_111 h 8 distance of_ 20 cm towards the mirror the respectively. A ray of light trave.lling in water is incident
00
t~r ~ement of the image will be (NEET-UG, 2018• on the water glass interface at 30°. What is the angle of
d1sP18 .,
cm a~ay from the mirror refraction in glass ?
(a) 30
(b) 36
cm away fr~m the mirror
(a) . -1(3)--4
sm (b) sm
. -1(2)-3
cm towards the mirror
(c) 30
(d) 36
cm towards the mirror
. (c).
. -1(4)
sm 9 (d)
. -1(8)-9
sm
what distance from his face a person should place a
12· At cave mirrors of focal length 0.4 m so that the
. 19. A beam of monochromatic light is refracted from vacuum
con . . • •
into a medium of refractive index 1.5. The wavelength of
&-.
magnification 1s 5 times 1or a v1rtua1 image ?
(JEE-MAIN, 2~19) the refracted light in the medium ~ill
(/IT 1980, AIPMT 91, 92)
(b) 24 cm
(a) 32 cm
(d) 50 cm -(a) depend on the intensity of refracted light

__ __·________
(c) 16 cm
(b) be the same as in vacuum
(c) be longer than th.at in vacuum
.(d) be smaller than th~t in vacuum
20. What is the time taken by sunlight to pass through a glass
3
windo~ of thickness 4 mm and refractive index is 2?
(AJPMT 1993)

(a) 2 10-4 S (b) 2 X 10-8 S

13, IfVg' Vwand Vd represent the velocities of light in glass, X

water and diamond respectively, then _ (c) 2 10-ll S

X
(d) 2 x 10 11 s
(a) ~g<Vd<Vw (b) Vw>Vg>V d 21. Light travels through a glass plate of thickness t and
(c) Vd>Vg>Vw (d) Vw<Vg<V d refractive index n. If c is the speed o(light in vacuum, the
time taken by light to travel this thic.kness of glass is
14. The wavelength of light froi:n a given source is 6000 A in (AIPMT 1996)
vacuum: The wavelength of this light when it travels
through a medium of refractive index 1.5 is ct
(a) (b) ntc
(/IT 1995,1,IPMT) n
(b) 4000 A nt t
(a) 3000 A
(c) c (d) nc
(c) 5000 A (d) 6500 A 14
22. The frequ~ncy of a light wave in a material is 4 x IO Hz
15. Abeam of monochromatic blue light ofwayelengt h 4290
4 and wavelength is 5000 A. What is the refractive index of
(AIPMT 2007)
Ain air, travels in water of refractive index 3 . What is the mateJjal?
(a) l.40 (b) 1.50
its wavelength in water ?
(b) 5600 A (c) 1.6 (d) 1.33
(a) 4200 A •
(c) 3150 A (d) 3850 A 23. If x~ represents the refractive index when a ray of light
16•
goes from medium x to medium y, then the product 2µ 1 x
ray oflight incident normally on a glass slab ofrefractive x ~ is equal to
mdex 3/2, travels a distance of 6 cm in glass in ti~e t. 3 µz 4
~at will be the distance travelled by the ray in the same
(b)
hme (t) if it travels in air?
(a) 3 cm (b) 6 cm (d) 4µz
(c) 9 cm (d) 3/3 cm 3 .
24. The refractive index of glass is and the refractive index
17. Ray opt·1cs 1s
. va1·d • • d. •
I when the charactensttc 1mens10ns 2
are (AIPMT 1989, 1994) 4
l 08
3.. The speed of light in glass 1
of water is is 2. 00 x
(a) of the same order as that of the wavelength of light
(b) much smaller than the wavelength of light ms-1. What is the speed of light in water in ms- ?
(a) 1.50 x 108 (b) 2.25 x 108
(c) much larger than the wavelength of light
(C) }.78 X 108 (d) 2.67 x 108
(d)· of the order of.10-6 m
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25. The s~eed of light in _gl~ss .of refractive i~dex_ 1.5 is 34. A ray of light strike a glass plate at an angle of 600. lfth
2 x 10 ms- 1. In a certam hquid the speed of hght ts 2.5 x reflected and the refracted rays are perpendicular to e
108 ms- 1. What is the refractive index of the liquid i other, the refractive index of the glass is each
(a) • 0.64 (b) 1.20 Jij 1
(c) 0.80 (a) 2 (b) 2
(d) 1.44
1
26. The R.l. of the glass w.r.t. glycerine is ( 1.5)
_ . What i~ (c) /3 (d) J'3
14
the speed of light in glycerine, if the speed of light in
glass is 2 x 108 mis? 35.· The optical path of a monochromatic ray of light is the
• same if it travels 2 cm through glass or 2.25 cm through
(a) 1.75 x 108 mis (b) 2.142 x 108 mis water. If the re~active in~ex of water is 4/3, then the
(c) 2.25 x 108 mis (d) 1.95 x 108 mis • velocity of light m glass will be
2 7. A ray of light of frequency 5 x 1014 Hz ·is passed through (a) 2.25 x 1.08 mis (b) •1.5 x 108 mis
a liquid. If the wavelength oflight in the liquid is 450 nm, • (c) 2 x 108 mis (d) 1.75 x 108 mis
then the refractive index of the liquid ~11 be
36. A beam of light of wavelength 6000 A in air, enters a
(a) 1.5 (b) 1.33 medium ofrefractive index 1.5. What will be the frequency
(c) 1.25 and wavelength of light in that medium ? (IIT 1997)
(d) 1.8
28. A ray of light is incident on a medium at an angle i. It is (a) 5 x 10 14 Hz, 5000 A (b) 4 x 10 14 Hz, 4000 A
found that the reflec~d ray is at right angles to the refracted • (c) 5 x 10 14 Hz, 4000 A (d) 6 x 10 14 ~z, 6000 A
ray. The refractive index of the medium is given by
37. Light travels from air to water, from water to glass and
(a) sin i (b) cos i . then again from glass to air. If x represents the refractive
(c) tan i (d) cosec i index of water with respect to air, y represents the
refractive index of glass with respect to water and z
29. A light wave of frequency 4 x 10 14 Hz and speed represents the refractive index of air with respect to glass,
3 x 108 mis enters glass ofR.I. 1.5. What is the change in
then which one of the following is correct ?
its wavelength·?
(a) 2.5 x 10--{; m • (a)· xy = z '(b) yz=x
(b) 2.5 x 10-7•m
(c) 2.5 x 10-8 m (d) 2.5 x 10-9 m
(c) zx =:= y (d) xyz = 1.
30. The wave number of two waves are 2.5 x 106/ metre and
2 x 106/metre. What is the difference between their
wavelengths ?
(a) ·sooo A (b) 4000 A 38. A ray oflight entering from air to glass (refractive index
(c) 2000 A (d) 1000 A 1.5) is partly r~flected and partly refracted. Ifthe incident
31. The optical path of a monochromatic light is the same if it and the·reflected rays are at right angles to each other, the
travels through 4 cm of glass or 4.5 cm of water. If the angle of refraction is
refractive index of glass is 1.5, the·n the refractive index
of water is
(a) 1.2
(a) .sm . -1(12)
3 (b) sm . -1(/3J 2
(b) 1.33
(c) 1.42 (d) 1.46
32. Light of certain colour has 2000 waves per millimetre in (c) sm . -1( J31 J (d) • . -1(.
sm V3 12)
air. What will be ~e wa~elength ~fthis light in a mediµm
of refractive index 1.25 ? 39. El~ctr~magnetic waves of freql,lenc'y 6 x 10 12 Hz
are
(a) I 000 A travelhng through free space. In which region ofthe e.rn.
(b) 2000 A
spectrum, the waves will lie· ?
(c) 3000 A (d) 4000 A
(a) Ultraviolet region (b) X-ray region
33. The light travels a distance of 500 m in water. It is given
(c) Infrared region (d) Visible region
4
that µ for water is and the velocity of light in vacuum 40. Monochrom atic light ·of wavelength 6000 A travels
10
3
is 3 x 10 cm/s. What is the equivalent optical path ?
through glass ofrefractive index . The distance ti-avelled
{a) 566.66 m (b) 666.66 m
by the wave in I picosecond is
(c) 586.45 m (d) 576.66 m
(a)· 100 µm (b) 200 µm
(c) 300 µm
(d) 400 µm
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,111 }ectromagnetic wave, _whose wave nonnal makes an 2
A1· N1 of 45° with the vertical, travelling in air strikes a (c) 8 2cos- '(~ ) (d) -8 = 2cos- '(~J
aD8. eontal liquid surface. While travelling through the
~ori~ it gets deviated through 15°. What is the speed of 46. A transparent cube of side 21 cm contains a small air
11~ ;,rn. wave in the liquid, ifthe speed ofelectromagnetic
0
bubble as shown in the figure. Its apparent distances, when
!ave in air is 3 x I os mis? seen through the first and seco.nd surfaces are 10 cm and
(a) t.5 x JO~ mis (b) 2.1 x 108 mis • 4 .cm respectively. What is the refractive index of the
material of the cube ?
,.fi B
(b) 1.55
8
(c) 2.5 x 10 mis (d) x 10 m/s (a) 1.6
3 (c) 1.7 (d) 1.5
A water film is formed on a glass block. A light ray is
47. A light ray enters a solid glass sphere of refractive index
Al, . ident on water film from air at an angle 60°. What is
:~ angle of incidence on the glass block? µ = .fj at an a~gle of incidence 600. The ray is both
reflected and refracted at the farther surface of the sphere.
(Refractive index ofglass= 1.5, Refractive index ofwater
The angle (i_n degrees) between the reflected and refracted
:::: 4/3.) rays at this surface i s - - · (JEE-MAIN, 2020)

(a). sm- (
1
*) (b) .sm . -1(/38 ) (a) 50° (b) 70°
(c) 90° (d) 80°

. . -1(./3)
(c) 4
SUl
(d) • -1(3./3
SID
.
-
8
) 48. A ray of light AO in vacuum is incident on ·a glass slab at
an angle of60° and refracted at an angle of30° along OB
as shown in the figure. The optical path length oflight ray
from A to Bis • (JEE-MAIN, 2019)
of waves in-a glass slab ofthickn~ss 4 cm is
43. The number
the same as in a water column of height 5·c111, when the
same monochromatic ray of light travels through them. A
What is the refractive index ofwater ifthe refractive index Vacuum
5 !M Glass
ofglass is 3? b; .
I I

(a) 1.25 (b) 1.5 :'.......... ........

I

N
(c) 1.33 (d) 1.75
2
44. Aray oflight is incident at the gl~s-water interface at an '(a) 2a+2b (b) ./3 + 2b
angle i. lt emerges finally parallel to the s¢ace of water a
as shown in the figure. valu~ of µ8 would be 2b
2b
2a + - (d) 2a +
(c)
I
3 ./3
49. An air bubble in glass slab with refractive index 1.5
(near normal incidence) is 5 cm deep when viewed from
. . one surface and 3 cm deep when viewed from the opposite
Water (µw = 4/3) face. The thickness (in cm) of the slab is
(a) 12 (b) 16
(c) 8 (d) 10 (NEET-U~ 2016)

1 9.3 Total Internal Reflection

(a) (:) sin i (b) sin i
2
(c) (d) 1.5 · (IIT 2003)
v3 sin i
45
• Arayoflightgoesfrommedium 1 tomedium2: Velocities
of light in the two media are c 1 and c2 respectively. For 50. In an optical fibre, the refractive indices of the core and
an angle of incidence 8 in medium 1, the corresponding the cladding are given by _n 1 and "2 r~spectively. Light
ofrefraction in medium 2 is 8/2. What is the relation can travel through the optical fibre if •
een 8, cl and C2? (CBSE 2013) (a) n 1 n2 (b) n 1 < n2

(a) 8 = 2 cos- 2C
2
(1)
1
(b)
8 = sin -
1
(1)
2C 2 (c) n 1 > "2
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51. The optical fibres are made from . . . 'th l (lJG)
( c) emerge mto air w1 an ang e of refraction
(a) semiconductors 900 equal to
(b) good conductors (d) _. emerge into air without any deviation
(c) insulators 58. When the_ surface of a lake is calm, a fish submer d .
water will see the entire outside world within an ingve in
( d) ferromagnetic materials • situate
• d at t he eye of the fish. Wha
erted
cone whose vertex 1s
52. A diyer in a deep lake wants to send a danger signal to a is the vertex angle of the cone ? t
person on the edge of the lake by flashing his water proof
torch. In which direction he should direct the beam ? ( anw = :) and sin 49° = 0.75
(a) Vert~cally upwards
(a) 110° (b) 98°
(b) Horizontal
(c) 48° (d) 68°
(c) At an angle to the vertical which is slightly more • 4
than the critical angle
59. The refractive index of water is -3 and that of glass is
(d) At an angle to the vertical which is slightly less than . . 3.
the critical angle What is the critical angle for a ray of hght going from
glass to water ?
53. Light travels in two media A and B, with speeds
of 1.8 x 108 mis and 2.4 x 108 mis respectively. The
critical angle between them is· given by (a) sm . -1(2)
3 (b) sm . -1(3}
-
5

(a)
·sm. -1(2)
-
3
(b) tan- (!)
1
(c)· . -1(3)
sm -
4
. -1(4)
(d) sm -
5

(c)
•. -1(3)
sm -
4
(d) . -1(1)
sm -
2
60. The speed of light in medium A is 2.0 I 08 ~--I and that
in medium B is 2.4 x I 0 8 ms- 1. What 1s the cnt1cal angle
for light tending to go from medium A to medium B ?
54. Wavelengths of given light waves in air and in a medium
are 6000 A and 4000 A. respectively. The critical angle
for the medium is given by
(a) sm . -1(5)
6 (b) . -1(-12J
sm 5

(a) . -1(3)
sm -
.4
(b) sm . ·-1(2)
-
3
(c)
•. 3
sm -1(2) (d) . -1(3)
sm 4

(c) tan-lG) (d) , -1(3)

tan -
4
61. The critical angle for light going from medium A into
medium B is 0. The speed of light in the medium A is vA·
What is the speed of light in the medium B ?
55. A ray oflight passes from glass (refracti_ve index= , .5) to
water of refractive index= 1.33. What 1s the value of the VA
(a) vA tan 0 (b)
critical angle of glass ?_ (/IT 1981) tan0

sm-i(Jf)
VA
•. ~1(8J (c) sin 0 (~) vA sin 0
(a) (b) sm -
9
62. A fish situated at a depth h below the surface of~a~er in a

(c) . -1(5)
sm -
7
(d) sm . -1(2J-
3
lake, can see the outside objects in air through a crrcul~
aperture of radius r. What is the radius of the aperture 10
terms of h and n, where n = a°w ? la°w = R.I. of water •
56. The critical angle for total internal reflection, from a w.r.t. air]
medium to vacuum is 30°. What is the velocity of light in
the medium? h
(a) 2 x 108 mis (b) 1.5 x 108 mis (a) r = h Jn 2 - 1 (b) r = /n2 - 1
3 '2 • h h
(c) 4·x108 m1s (d)
5 x 108 mis (c) r = ·i
n2 -
(d) r
1
= vn
r:.
-
57. A ray of light travelling inside a rectangular glass block • • A
63. When a ray of light travels from medium to mediumB,
Wh8t is
ofrefra_ctive index ./2 is incident on the glass-air surface its speed increases from 2 x 108 mis to 2.4 m/s.
at an angle 9f incidence 9f45°. The refractive index ofair the sine of the critical angle for the two media?
is J. The ray will
6 5
(a) be reflected back into glass (a) (b)
5 6
(b) be absorbed
3 4
(c) (d)
4 3
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JlilY oP" optical . fibre, th e ratio . index of the
• o f the refractive 70. What is the critical angle for glass-air interface~ if a r~y of
80
54. for to the refractive index of the cladding is 1.25. What light which is incident in air on the glass surface 1s deviated
~othree critical angle at the core cladding interface ? through 15°, when the angle of incidence is 45°.
1s (b) 42°
1° 5' (b) 52° 12'• (a) 45°
(a) 5 (CBSE 2003)
(d) 54° 5' (c) 48° (d) 50°
(c) 530 8,
monochromatic ray of light travels from an optically 71. Which one of the following is not due to total internal
reflection ? (CBSE 2011)
65, :enser medi~ to a rarer_ mediu~. I~C is the critical angle,
n the maximum possible, deviation of the ray is (a) working of optical fibre
the
(s) 90° (b) J90° + C (b) difference between apparent and real depth ofa pond
(c) 90° - C (d) 90° - 2C (c) mirage on hot summer days
A fish looking u~ through ~e water sees the outside world, ( d) brillance of diamonds
66, contained in a circular hon_zon. If the refractive index of
4 •
water is and the fish is 12 cm below the water surface,
3
the radius of this circle in cm is (AJEEE 2005, AIPMT)

(s) 4/5 (b) 36 Js 72. A glass slab has refractive index µ with respect to air and
the critical angle for a ·ray of light in going from glass to
36 air is 0. If a ray of light is incident from air on the glass
(c) 7! (d) ·36$ with angle of incidence 0, then the correspon ding angle
water is 4/3. What is the value of of refraction is
67. The refractive index of
the semivertic al angle of the cone, within which the entire
outside view would be confined for a fish under water ? (a) 90° (b) sm . -1( J -1
µ2
(a) 35.5° (b) 40°
(c) 43.5° (d) 48.6°
68. A ray falls on a prism ABC (AB= BC) and travels as
(c)
. -1(1)
sm -
µ
(d) sm . -1( J 1
Jµ,

shown in the figure. The minimum refractive index of the 73. A ray oflight travelling from glass to air is incident at 50°
prism material should be at the glass air boundary. What is the angle of deviation if
the critical angle is 42° ?
(a) 0° (b) 60°

(d) sin-1[·sin 500]-soo

(c) 80° 1.5
74. A small coin is resting on the bottom of a beaker filled
with a liquid. A ray of light from the coin travels upto the
(a) 4/3 (b) ,4 surface ofthe liquid and moves along its surface as shown
in the figure. (AJPMT 2007)
(c) 1.5 (d) ,fj
M--3 cm--M
69. A glass prism ofrefracti ve index l .5 is immersed in water
(refractive index 4/3). A light beam incident normally on
the face AB is totally reflected to reach the face BC if
A
iE
B (.J

--- "<:t'

l ~::. :. :. :. :.~.~ .:. :. :. :. :~~:...:..=..=...=~

How fast is the _light travelling in the liquid ?
(a) .1.8 x 108 mis (b) 2.4 x 108 mis
8 2 8 (c) 3.0 x 108 mis (d) 1.2 x 108 mis
(a) sine > (b) < sin-
9 3 9 75. A ray of light travels from a de;11ser medium to a rarer
medium .. The reflected and the refracted rays are
(c) sine < -23 (d) none of these perpendic ular to each other. If r and r' are· the angles of
reflection and refraction respective ly, then the critical
(/IT 1981) • (/IT 1983)
angle (C) is given by
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cer-,
(a) sin- 1(tan r)
(c) sin- 1(cot r)
(b) tan- 1(sin i)
(d) sin-I(tan r')
82. For a situation shown in the figure, what is th
angle of incidence i for which the light suffers ~Xi'llu
reflection at the vertical surface AB.? (A;:lntcrn:
t l/0)

76. Critical angle is minimum when a ray of light passes from

. .•: . 2015)

. .••
(a) air to glass (b) glass to air •
'
( c)glass to water (d) water ~o glass I :

77• A Iight ray is incident perpendicular to one face of a 90°

!'rism and is totally internally reflected at the glass-air :r
• mterface. If the angle of reflection is 45° then the •
refractive index n is (AIEEE 2004) µ = 1.25 !I
••
I l .......;.. -- P

(a) i = 45° (b) i = 48.6°

(c) i = 50°· (d) i = 42°

83. A ray oflight from a denser medium strikes·ararermed·

at an angle of incidence i. The reflected and refracted iurn
1 are at right angles. !he angle~ o~~eflection ~nd refra~~
(a) (b) n> are r and r' respectively. The critical angle 1s given by
n < Ji .J2 (a) sin- 1(tan r)
1
(b) cos- (tan r)
1
(c) n > Ji (d) n < .J2 (c) • sin-1(tan r')·
1
(d) sec- (tan r)
84. . A liquid ofrefractive index 1.5 is poured into a cylindncat
78. The critical angle is maximum when light travels from jar of radius 20 cm upto a height of20 cm. A small bulb is
(a) water to air (b) air to water • lighted at the centre of the bottom of the jar. What is the
( c) glass to air (d) glass to water approximate area of the liq~id surface through which the
light from the bulb passes into air ? (ICSE 1998)
79. A ray of light incident at angle of 40°. on a glass slab, is 2
deviated through J 5<?, while passing through glass. What (a) 850 crn.2 (b) 900 cm •
is the critical angle for the glass air surface ? ' (c) 1000cm2 .(d) 750_c11_1
2

(a) 32° (b) 35° 85. A beam of green light is incident from the water to the
(c)_ 38° (d) 41~ air-water interface at the critical angle (8). ·select the
correct statement. (JEE-MAIN, 2014)
80. White light is incident on the interface of glass and air as
shown in the figure. If green light is just totally internally (a) The entire spectrum ofvi~ible light will come out of
reflected, then the e~erging ray in air contains the water at an angle of 90° to the nonnal
(IIT 2004) (b) The spectrum of visible light whose frequency.is less
than that of green light will come out to the air
Green medium
(c) The spectrum of visible light whose frequency~
more than that qf green light will come out to the arr
medium
(d) The entire spectrum of visible light will come out of
(a) yellow, orange, red (b) violet, indigo, blue the water at various angles to the no~al

(c) all colours (d) all colours except green 86. In total internal reflection when the angle of incidence is
equal t~ the critical angle for the pair of media in con;~~
81. A ray of light travelling in a transparent medium of- 2
what will be the angle of refraction? (NEET-UG
refractive index µ, falls on a surface separating the mediurri
from air at an angle of incidence of.45°. For which of the (a) 180°
following value of µ the ray can undergo total internal (b) 0°
reflection? (AIPMT·2010)
(c) Equal to angle of incidence
(a) µ= 1.33 (b) µ=1.40
(d) 90°
(c) µ= 1.50 (~) µ = 1.25
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