RAY OPTICS AND

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS
Topic 1 Reflection of Light shortest distance between the images thus formed is
(Take, /5 = 2.3) (2021, 31l Aug Shift-I)
01 An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm infront of a a
plane mirror. A virtual and erect image is formed by P
the mirror. Now, the mirror is moved by 4 cm
towards the stationary object. The distance by which M
the position of image would be shifted, will be 2a
[2023, 10 April Shif-I)
(a) 4 cm towards mirror (b) 8 cm away from mirror
(c) 2 cmn towards mirror (d) 8 cm towards mirror
02 When one light ray is reflected from a plane mirror Mz
with 30 angle of reflection, the angle of deviation of (a) 3 a (b) 4.6 a (d) 2/10 a
(c) 2.3 a
the ray after reflection is (2023, 11 April Shift-II)
(a) 140° (b) 110° 06 An object is placed beyond the centre of curvature C
(c) 120° (d) 130° of the given concave mirror. If the distance of the
03 The light rays from an object have been reflected object is d, from C and the distance of the image
towards an observer from a standard flat mirror, the formed is d, from C, the radius of curvature of this
mirror is
image observed by the observer are [2021, 27 Aug Shift-)
A. real B. erect (a) 2d, d, (b) 2d, d,
C. smaller in size then object D. laterally. inverted d -d, d, + dy
Choose the most appropriate answer from the (c) d, d, (d) d, d,
options given below. [2023, 25 Jan Shift-II) d, + d dy - d,
(a) B andC Only (b) B and D Only 07 Car Bovertakes another car A at a relative speed of
(c) A, C and D Only (d) A and D Only 40 ms How fast will the image of car B appear to
04 Two objects Aand B are placed at 15 cm and 25 cm
from the pole in front of a concave mirror having move in the mirror of focal length 10 cm fitted in car
A, when the car B is 1.9 m away from the car A?
radius of curvature 40 cm. The distance berween
[2021, 26 Aug Shift-lJ
images formed by the mirror is (a) 4 ms - 1 (b) 0.2 ms -) (c) 40 ms (d) 0.1 ms
(2023, 1 Feb Shift-lI]
(a) 60 cm (b)40 cm 08 The incident ray, reflected ray and the outward
(c) 160 cm (d) 100 cm drawn normal are denoted by the unit vectors a, b
05 Two plane mirrors Mand M, are at right angle to and c, respectively. Then, choose the correct relation
for these vectors. (2021, 26 Feb Shift-l]
each other shown. Apoint source P is placed at a and
(a) b=a + 2c (b) b=2a +c
2a meter away from MË and M2, respectively. The (c) b=a -2(a·c )c (d) b=a -c
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height l00
ecentral axis of aspherical mirror, cm lies before to each other. then the
15 If two mirrors are kept at 60°
lengthhas.absolute value f =40 cm. whose focal
(AIEEE 2002/
number of images formed by thern is
The image of
icct produced by the mirror is of height (a) 5 (b) 6
25 cm and (c) 7 (d) 8
hasthesame orientation of the
concudefrom the object. One may
information.
real, same side of (2021, 26 Feb Shift-I] Numerical Value Type Questions A
(a)Inageis concave mirror 16 Two vertical parallel mirrors A and Bare
(b) Image is virtual, opposite side of concave mirror separated by 10 cm. Apoint object O is
(c) Imageis real, same side of convex mirror
placed at a distance of 2cm from mirrorA. 2cm
()Imaage is virtual, opposite side of convex mirror The distance of the second nearest image
mirror A is
behind mirror A from the
10
cm.
(2023, 8 April Shift-I]
"10 cm
Object
17 As shown in the figure, a plane mirror is
16 12
fixed at a height of 50 cm from the bottom of tank
4 4 The height of water in the
(cm) containing water 3)
tank is 8 cm. A small bulb is placed at the bottom of
the water tank. The distance of image of the bulb
Aspherical mirror is obtained as shown in the above formed by mirror at the bottom of the tank is
foure from a hollow glass sphere. If an object is in Cm. (2023, 11 April Shif-]
ronr of the mirror, what will be the nature and
magnification of the image of the object? (Figure
drawn as schematic and not toscale) 2020,2Sep Shifi-1]
50 cm
(a) Erect, virtual and unmagnified
(b) Inverted, real and magnified
() Erect, virtual and magnified
(4) Inverted, real and unmagnified 18 Athin cylindrical rod of length 10 cm is placed
To solve these types of questions, you can use horizontallyon the principle axisof a concave mirror
key 1 1 1 of focal length 20 cm. The rod is placed in such a
idea the followingtwo formulae ()-+ m=
way that mid-point of the rod is at 40 cm from the
Where, symbols have their usual meanings. pole of mirror. The length of the image formed by
the mirror willbe x 13cm. The value ofx is
11Aconcave mirror for face viewing has focal length of 2023, 1 Feb Shift-I]
0.4 m. The distance at which you hold the mirror
from your face in order to see your image upright 19 An object Ois placed at a distance
of 100 cm infront of a concave
with a magnification of 5 is (2019,9April Shift-l]
(a) 0.16 m (b) 1.60 m (c) 0.32 m (d) 0.24 m mirror of radius of curvature
200 cm as shown in the figure. The
12 Iwoplane mirrors are inclined to cach other such object starts moving towards the
that a ray of light incident on the first mirror M, and mirror at aspeed 2cm/s. The position of the image
parallel to the second mirror M, is finally reflected from the mirror after 10s will be at Cm.
trom the second mirror M, parallel to the first mirror [2022, 28 July Shift-II
(M). The angle between the two mirrors will be
(2019, 9Jan Shift-I] 20 Alight ray is incident at an incident angle ,, on the
(a) 75° (b)90° (c) 60° (d) 45° system of two plane mirrors M, and M, having an
inclination angle 75° between them (as shown in
tA Car is fitted with a convex side-view mirror of focal figure). After reflecting from mirror M,, it gets
length 20 cm.A second car 2.8 m behind the first car reflected back by the mirror M, with an angle of
Overtaking the first car at a relative speed of 15m/s.
in reflection 30°. The total deviation of the ray will be
The speed of the image of the second car as seen
the mirror of the first one is
[AIEEE 201] degree. (2022, 26 June Shift-1J
M
(d) m/s
m/s (b)10 m/s (c) 15 m/s 10
15
-- Incident ray
should
14 To get three images of asingle object, one [AIEEE 2003)
an angle of
etwo plane mirrors at Á759
(a) 60° (c) 120° (d) 30°
(b) 90° M,
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on an object at the bottom
placed at a distance 60 cm 27 Amicroscope is focussed refractive index 5 /3 is
21 A point source of light S, mirror of width 50 of a bucket. If liquid with
infront of the centre of a plane man walks in front microscope have to be
poured inside the bucket, then again. The height
cm, hangs vertically on a wall. A raised by 30 cm to focus the object [2023, 31l Jan Shift-II)
to the mirror at a
of the mirror alonga line parallel figure). The bucket is
of the liquid in the (d) 18 cm
distance 1.2 m from it (see in the (a) 75 cm (b) 50 cm (c) 12 cm
distance between the extreme points, where he
can
thin prism P with an angle 6° and made of glass of
see the image of the light source in the
mirror is 28 A another prism
[2021, 26 Feb Shifi-iIl refractive index 1.54 is combined with 1.72 to
Ae*.ee..Cm
refractive index
P, made from glass of deviation. The
produce dispersion without average (2023, 30 Jan Shifr-I)
is
angle of prism(b)P,1.3º (c) 7.8° (d) 6°
50 cm 60 cm
(a) 4.5°
in the two media A
29 The difference of speed of light m/s. If therefractive
and B, (v4-Va) is 2.6 x 10
1.2 m
the ratio of
index of medium Bis 1.47, then medium A is
22 When an object is kept at a distance of 30 cm fromofa refractive index of medium B to
distance
concave mirror, the image is formed at a 10° ms)
10cm from the mirror. If the object is moved
with a (Given: speed of light in vacuum c =3x
[2022, 25 June Shif-I)
speed of 9cms', the speed (in cms') with which (d) 0.12
(a) 1.303 (b) 1.318 (c) 1.13
image moves at that instant 1s ........
denser medium, then
(2020, 3 Sep Shift-Il]
30 Ifa wave gets refracted into a [2022, 27 June Shift-II]
which of the following is true?
TOplc 2 Refraction, TIRand Prism decreases.
(a) Wavelength, speed and frequency and frequency
(b) Wavelength increases,speed decreases
23Amonochromatic light wave with wavelength à, and remains constant.

frequency v, in air enters another medium. If the (c) Wavelength and speed decrease but frequency remains
angle of incidence and angle of refraction at the
Constant.

interface are 45° and 30° respectively, then the (d) Wavelength, speed and frequency increases.
wavelength , and frequency V, of the refracted wave 31 Consider a light travelling in air is incident into a
are
(2023, 6 April Shift-l] medium of refractive index V2n. The incident angle
(a) a, = ,,v, =/2v, (b) 2, =/2.,, v, =V} the angle of
is twice that of refracting angle. Then,(2022,
1 incidence will be 27 June Shift-IJ]

(a) sin '(vn) (b) cos

interface is 45°.
24 The critical angle for a denser-rarer
m/s.
The speed of light in rarer medium is 3 x 10° (c) sin '(V2n) (d) 2cos
The speed of light in the denser medium is
(2023, 11 April Shift-]
(a) 5x 10' m/s (b) 2.12x 10 m/s 32 Light enters from air into agiven medium at an angle
(d) 312 x 10 m/s of 45° with interfaceof the air-medium surface. After
(c)2x10 m/s refraction, the light ray is deviated through an angle
25 An ice cube has a bubble inside. When viewed from of 15° from its original direction. The refractive index
one side the apparent distance of the bubble is 12 cm. of the medium is (2022, 29 July Shift-1I]
When viewed from the opposite side, the apparent (a) 1.732 (b) 1.333 (c) 1.414 (d) 2.732
distance of the bubble is observed as 4 cm. If the side 33 Light travels in two media M, and M, with speeds
of the ice cube is 24 cm, the refractive index of the ice
cube is (2023, 12 April Shift-] 15 x 10 ms and 2.0 x 10 ms,respectively. The
4 2 critical angle between them is [2022, 26 July Shift-l]
(b) (d)

26 A vessel of depth 'd' is half filled with oil of refractive

3
(a) tan (b) tan
) (c) cos
) (d) sin

index n, and the other half is filled with water of When a ray of light incident from denser
refractive index n,.The apparent depth of this vessel key madium to rarer medium at angle of incidence
when viewed from above will be (2023, 13 April Shift-lJ idea i21.. then refractive index u) of denser
dn n, dn, + n,)
(al 2d(n, +n,) (b)
1
(c) mediunm and i, are related as, sin i, =
2(n, +n,) (n, tn,) 2n,n,
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34 Whichofthe following statement is correct? graphical representation of the variation
expected i in a
40The
angle of deviation S with angle of incidence Shift-I]
(2022, 25 July Shift-I] of (2021, 27 July
primary rainbow, observer sees red colour on prism is
(a) In
and violet on the bottom. the top
h (b)In pprimary rainbow, observer sees violet colour on the
rop and red on the bottom. d
(c) In primary rainbow, light wave suffers total internal (a) d
Of
hection twice betore coming out of water drops. +X
’X
(d) Primary rainbow is less bright than secondary rainbow.
;Thespeed of light in media Aand Bare 20 x 100
1010 cm/s,
cm/s and 1.5x , respectively. Aray of light (d)
entersfrom thee medium Bto Aat an (c)
incident angle
A1f che ray sutters totalinternal reflection, chen ’X
(2022, 29 June Shif-II)
air into a denser medium
(a) O=sin (b) 0> sin 41 A ray of light entering fromshown in figure. The light
of refractive index 4 /3, asreflection at the adjacent
ray suffers total internal
(c) <sin
) (d) >sin surface as shown. The maximum value of
should be equal to
angle
(2021, 25 July Shift-I)
6 The refracting angle of a prism is Aand refractive
index of the material of the prism is cot AI2. Then
the angle of minimum deviation will be:
(2022, 28 June Shif-1]
(a) 180-2A (b) 90 -A
(c) 180 + 2A (d) 180 - 3A
37 Alight wave travelling linearly in a medium of u=4/3
dielectric constant 4, incident on the horizontal
interface separating medium with air. The angle of
incidence for which the total intensity of incident -1
wave will be reflected back into the same medium (b) sin (c) sin (d) sin
3 4 4 3
willbe (Given, relative permeability of medium,
(2022, 25 June Shift-I] 42 Aray of laser of a wavelength 630 nm is incident at
H, =))
(a) 10° (b) 20° (c) 30° (d) 60° an angle of 30° at the diamond-air interface. It is
38 Aglass tumbler having inner depth of 17.5 cm is kept going from diamond to air. The refractive index of
on atable. Astudent startspouring water (4 =4 /3) diamond is 2.42 and that of air is I. Choose the
intoit while looking at the surface of water from correct option. (2021, 25 July Shift-I]
above. When he feels that the tumbler is half flled, (a) Angle of refraction is 24.41°
(b) Angle of refraction is 30°
le he stops pouring water. Up to what height, the (c) Refraction is not possible
er tumbler is actually filled? (2021, ISep Shif-ll] (d) Angle of refraction is 53.4°
(a) 11.7 cm (b) 10 cm (c) 7.5 cm (d) 8.75 cm
lex 39 Aray of light passes from a denser medium to ararer 43 Three rays of light, namely red (R), green (G) and
medium at an angle of incidence i. The reflected and blue (B) are incident on the face PQ of a right angled
prism PQR as shown in figure
refractedIrays make an angle of 90° with each other.
The angle of reflection and refactrion are respectively r
he and . The critical angle is given by 2021, 22 July Shif-1) B

o
The refractive indices of the material of the prism for
red, green and blue wavelength are 1.27, 1.42 and
1.49, respectively. The colour of the ray(s) emerging
(a) sin(tan r') (b) ran(sin i' ) out of the face PR is (2021, 18 March Shif-II]
(c) sin(tan r) (d) sin(cotr) (a) green (b) red (c) blue and green (d) blu
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case,which of the following is closest to the maximum
minimum index? [JEE Main 2016]
44 The angle of deviation through a prism is possible value of the
refractive
() 1.7 (d) 1.8
when (a) 1.5 (b) 1.6
on a glass prism of
50Monochromatic light is incident of the material of the
angle A. If the refractive index angle , on the face AB
prism is, a ray incident at an
transmitted through the face AC of the
would get (JEE Main 2015]
to the prism provided
A. incident ray and emergent ray are symmetric
prism parallel to
B. the refracted ray inside the prism becomes
its base
of
C. angle of incidence is equal to that of the angle
emergence
incidence
D. angle of emergence is double the angle of (a) >sin
Choose the correct answer from the options given
(2021, 16 March Shift-I]
below.
(a) Statements (A), (B) and (C) are true. (b) <sin
-] sin A -sin
(b) Only statement (D) is true.
(c) Only statements (A) and (B) are true.
(d) Statements (B) and (C) are true. (c) > cos
- 1
sin A+sin
they have
45 Red light differs from blue light as(2021, 16 March Shif-I)

(a) different frequencies and different wavelengths (d) < cos sin A +sin
(b) different frequencies and same wavelengths
(c) same frequencies and same wavelengths face
2key The ray willget transmitted through
(d) same frequencies and different wavelengths AC, if
46 The critical angle of a medium for a specific idea
wavelength, if the medium has relative permittivity 3 water to the
and relative permeability 4 /3 for this wavelength,
will 51 A green light is incident from the
2020, 8 Jan Shift-I] air-water interface at the critical angle (0). Select the 56
be JEE Main 2014)
(a) 45° (b) 60° (c) 15° (d) 30° Correct statement.
out of the
47 In figure, the optical fibre is l=2 m long
and has a (a) The entire spectrum of visible light will come
water at an angle of 90° to the normal
on
diameter of d =20 um. Ifa ray of light is incident
number of whose frequency is less
(b) The spectrum of visible lightcome
the
one end of the fibre at angle 0, =40°, other than that of green light will out of the air medium
from the
reflections it makes before emergingfibre
(refractive index of is 1.31 and (c) The spectrum of visible light yhose frequency is more
medium
end is close to
[2019, 8April Shift-I] chan that of green light will come out to the air
sin 40°=0.64) out of the
(d) The entire spectrum of visible light will come
water at various angles to the normal
For total internal reflection following conditions
key must be obeyed.
40°
idea () The ray must travel from denser to rarer
medium.
to
(i) Angle of incidence (0) must be greater than or equal
(a) S5000 (b) 66000 (c) 45000 (d) 57000 1 Hrarer
critical angle (C)i.e., C = sin
48 A monochromatic light is incident at a certain angle Ldenser
on an equilateral triangular prism and suffers 52 Let the x-plane be the boundary between two
minimum deviation. If the refractive index of the
transparent media. Medium l in z 0 has a refractive
material of che prism is y3, then the angle of index of 2and medium 2 with z<0 has a refractive
incidence is (2019, 11 Jan Shift-lIlJ
(a) 450 (b) 900 (c) 600 (d) 300 index of 3. A ray of light in medium l given by the
49 In an experiment for determination of refractive vector A=6/3 i +83-10kis incident onthe
found
index of glass of a prism by ið, plot, it wasa deviation in
plane of separation. The angle of refraction(AIEEE
suffers 2011)
that a ray incident at an angle 35° medium 2 is (d) 30°
of 40° and that it emerges at an angle 79°. In that (a) 45° (b) 60° (c) 75°
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enters the
thebeam
As medium, it will IAIEEE 2010) Numerical Value Type Questions
63
(a) diverge submerged in aswimming pool,
(b)converge 59 A pole is vertically length of shadow 2.15 m within
such that it gives a of 30°
is incident at an angle
(c) diverge ncar the axis and converge near the periphery
water when sunlightwater. pool is filled
iA) travel as a cylindrical beam with the surface of
If swimming
pole
54A transparent solid cylinder rod has a refractive index m, then the height of the
to a height of 1.5surface in centimeters is
of2/N3.Itis surrounded by air. Alight ray is above the water 2023, 6April Shif-I)
incident at the mid-point of one end of the rod as (n =4 /3)
with a uniform
shown in the figure. 60 A fish rising vertically upwardthat a bird is diving
velocity of 8ms, observes
fish with the
vertically downward towards the
index of water is
velocity of 12ms . If the refractivediving bird to pick
The incident angle for whwhich the light ray grazes 4/3, then the actual velocity of the [2023, 13 April Shift-I)
along the wallof the rod is (AIEEE 2009] the fish, will be
transparent liquid filled in
(b) sin-l 61 The refractive index of a
(a) sin
an equilateral hollow prism is V2. The angle of
minimum deviation for the liquid will be[2023, 15 April Shift-I]
(c) sin-! (d) sin !
air on a glass plate
62 A ray of light is incident fromrefractive index 2. The
cE The refractive index of glass is 1.520 for red light and having thickness /3 cm and critical
1525 for blue light. Let D, and D, be angles of angle of incidence of a ray is equal to thedisplacement
minimum deviations for red and blue light angle for glass-air interface. The lateral
respectively in a prism of this glass. Then, [AIEEE 2006) of the ray when it passes through the plate is ...
(a) D, <D, x 10 -2 cm, (Given, sin 15° =0.26) 2022, 25 Jan Shift-J
index for
(b) D, = D,
(c) can be less than or greater than D, depending upon the 63 A thin prism of angle 6° and refractive
prism
yellow light (ny)15 is combined with anotherproduces
angle of prism of angle 5° and ny =155. The combination
(d) D, > D,
no dispersion. The net average deviation ()
produced
56 Afish looking up through the water sees the outside by the combination is (1/ x). The value of xis
world, contained ina circular horizon. If the (2022, 27 July Shift-I)
refractive index of water is 4/3 and the fish is 12 cm
below the water surface, the radius of this circle 69
P2
(in cm) is [AIEEE 2005]
(a) 36/7 (b) 36/ 7. (c) 365 (d) 4/5
57 Alight ray is incident perpendicular to one face of a Ag5°
90° prism and is totally internally reflected at the we P,
glass-air interface. If the angle of reflection is 45,
conclude that for the refractive index n as [AIEEE 2004] 64 A ray of light is incident at an angle of incidence of
60° on a glass slab of refractive index 3. After
refraction, the light ray emerges out from other
parallel faces and lateral shift berween incident ray
and emergent ray is4\3 cm. The thickness of the
45° glass slab is Cm. 2022, 24 June Shift-u)
45° 65 Cross-section view of aprism is
the equilateral triangle ABC in the
1
figure. The minimum deviation is
(d) n</2 observed using this prism when
(b) n>2 (c) n>
the angle of incidence is equal to 10
GM
53 Which of the following is used in optical fibres ? the prism angle. The time raken by
[AIEEE 2002] light to travel fromn P (mid-point
- 10 7
B
la Total internal reflection (b) Scattering of BC) to A is ..... x 10 S.
(c) Diffraction (d) Refraction
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10 m/s and Topic 3 Lenses
(Given, speed of lightin vacuum =3 x
[2021, 31 Aug Shift-II]
has been using spectacles of power-1.0
cos30°. 71 A person and a separate reading glass
dioptre for distant vision the least distanceof
66 Aprism of refractive index n, and
another prism of ofpower 2.0 dioptres.What is (2023, 30 Jan Shift-)
refractive index n, are stuck together (as
shown in the distinct vision for this person
(c) 10 cm (d) 40 cm
wavelength of (b) 30 cm
figure). n, and n, depend on , the (a) 50 cm
power P. It is cut into two
halves
light, according to the relation 72 Aconvex lens has piece (out of the
1.8 x 10-l4 Further one
along its principal axis.two halves perpendicular to the
-14
10.8 x 10
n, =12 + and n, = 145 + two halves) is cut into figure). Choose the
principal axis (as shown in
any angle
The wavelength for which rays incident atbending incorrect option for the reported pieces.
2022, 27 June Shift-I)
without at
on the interface BC pass throughnm. (2021, 27 July Shift-I]
that interface willbe
D

90°

P
P (b) Power of L, =
(a) Power of L = 2 2
60° P
40°B (d) Power of L, =P
A
() Power of L, = 2
=3) suffers
67 Aray oflightpassing through a prism (u angle of is 1.25 m in
73 The power of alens (biconvex)index of the lens is 1.5
minimum deviation. It is found that the medium. Refractive
particular
incidence is double the angle of refraction within the and radiiof curvature are 20 cm and 40cmn,
(in
prism. Then, the angle of prism is [2021, 22 July Shift-II] respectively. The refractive index of surrounding
(2022, 28 July Shift-II]
degrees). medium
(a) 1.0 (b) 9/7 (c) 3/2 (d) 4/3
If u is refractive index of material of prism, then
key from Snell's law 74 An object is placed at the focus of concave lens
idea sini sin(A+ öm )/2 ..0 having focal length f. What is the magnification and
sinr sin A/2
distance of the image from the optical centre of the
deviation 2021, 31 Aug Shif-i
where, A is angle of prism and & is minimum lens?
through prism.
(a) 1, o (b) Very high, o (c) 44
68 The image of an object placed in air formed by a 75 Curved surfaces of a plano-convex lens of
convex refracting surface is at a distance of 10 m
behind the surface. The image is real and is at 2/3 of refractive index u, and a plano-concave lens
the distance of the object from the surface.The of refractive index u, have equal radius of
wavelength of light inside the surface is 2/3 times the curvature as shown in figure. Find the ratio
wavelength in air. The radius of the curved surface is of radius of curvature to the focal length of
the combined lenses. 2021, 27 Aug Shift-l]
m. The value of x is 1
13 (2021, 17 March Shift-iI] (a) (b) 4 -H (c) (d) -HI
69 Adeviation of 2° is produced in the yellow ray when
prism of crown and flint glass are achromatically 76 Find the distance of the image from object O, formed
combined. Taking dispersive powers of crown and flint by the combination of lenses in the figure.
(2021, 27 Aug Shif-lUJ
glass are 0.02 and 0.03 respectively and refractive index f=+10cm f=-10cm f=+30cm
for yellow light for these glasses are 1.5and 1.6,
respectively.The refracting angles for crown glass
prism will be ° (in degree).
(Round off to the nearest integer) (2021, 16 March Shift-II]
70 Aprism of angle A=1° hasa refractive index u 15.
Agood estimate for the minimum angle of deviation R
(in degree) is close to N/10. Value of Nis 30cm 5cm 10cm
(2020, 5 Sep Shift-II] (a) 75 cm (b) 10cm (c) 20 cm (d) infinity
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Instruments 547
77Thethickness at the centre of a
3 mm and the diameter is 6 cm. plano
If the convex
speed
lens is
of light
distance of 60 cm on the other side of the lens. The
position and size of the final image will be
inthhe material of the lens is 2 x
10 ms,then the
focal length of the lens js (2019, 8April Shif-IJ]
(c) 1.5 cm(2021,(d) March (a) 20 cm from the convergent mirror, same size as the object
(a) 0.30 cm (b) 15 cm 17 Shift-I]
30 cm (b)40 cm from the convergent mirror, same size the
78 refractive index of a
The
willbe the focal length ofconverging lens is 1.4. What object
this lens if it is placed in a (c) 40 cm from the convergent lens, twice the size of the
nedium of same refractive index?
of curvature of the faces of lens are (Assume the radi
object
R, and R, (d) 20 cm from the convergent mirror,twice size of the object
respectively)
2021, March Shifi-II]
16 84 The graph shows how the magnification mproduced
(a) 1 (b) Infinite (c) RR
R - R,
(d) Zero
by a thin lens varies with image distance v. What is
the focal length of the lens used? 2019, 10 April Shift-I]
19For a concave lens of focal length f, the relation
berween object and image distances u and v,
respectively, from its pole can best be represented by
(u=vis the reference line) 2020, 5Sep Shift-I)
V t-ab’

(a) (b)
(a) (b)
ac C C

85 Aplano-convex lens of refractive index and focal

V length f, is kept in contact with another
f plano-concave lens of refractive index , and focal
(c) (d) length f If the radius of curvature of their spherical
faces is R each and f =2f then u and u, are
related as (2019, 10 Jan Shift-I)
(a) 3 u -2u, =1 (b) 2 42 -H =1
(c) 2 u -H) =1 (d) p, +u, =3
80 Athin lens made of glass (refractive index = 1.5) of 86 An obiect is at a distance of 20 m from a convex lens
focal length f=16cm is immersed in a liquid of of focal length 0.3 m. The lens forms an image of the
refractive index 1.42. If its focal length in liquid is fi object. If the object moves away from the lens at a
then the ratio f /f isclosest to the integer speed of 5 m/s, the speed and direction of the image
[2020, 7Jan Shif-ll] will be (2019, I1 Jan Shifi-l]
(a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) 17 (a) 3.22 x 10 m/s towards the lens
81 Aconvex lens (of focal length 20 cm) and a concave
(b) 0.92 x 10 m/s away from the lens
mirror, having their principal axes along the same (c) 2.26 x 10 m/s away from the lens
lines, are kept 80 cm apart from each other. The
concave mirror is to the right of the convex lens. (d) 116x 10 m/s towards the lens
When an object is kept at a distance of 30 cm to the 87 What is the position and nature of image formed by
let of the convex lens, its image remains at the same lens combination shown in figure? (where,
position even if the concave mirror is removed. The f and f, are focal lengths) [2019, 12 Jan Shift-]
maximum distance of the object for which this 2 cm
concave mirror, by itself would produce a virtual
Image would be 2019, 8 April Shif-II)
A B
(a) 25 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 10cm (d) 30 cm
«Aconvex lens of focal length 20 cm produces images t-20 cm’
of the same magnification 2when an object is kept at f =+5cm t=-5 cm
two distances x and x, (x, >x) from the lens. The
ratio of x, and x, is 2019, 9April Shifi-II] (a)20
(a) 5:3 (d) 3:1
cm from point Bat right, real
(b) 2:1 (c) 4:3 3
An upright object is placed at a distance of 40 cm in (b) 70 cm from point B at right, real
front of aconvergent lens of focal length 20 cm. A (c) 40 cm from point B at right, real
COnvergent mirror of focal length 10 cm is placed at a (d) 70cm from point Bat left, virtual
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88 Formation of real image using a biconvex lens is 93 An object 2.4 m in front of a lens forms a sharp
shown below. If the whole set up is immersed in image on a film 12 cm behind the lens. Aglass plate object.
be
plac
water without disturbing the object and the screen lcm thick, of refractive index 1.50 is interposed
the
obj
positions, what will one observe on the screen? between lens and film with its plane faces parallel to
a)20
(2019, 12 Jan Shift-II) the film. At what distance (from lens) should object
ree shifted to be in sharp focus on film? JAIEEE 2012) umeric
(a) 7.2 m (b) 2.4 m (c) 3.2 m (d) 5.6 m
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Two
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94 When monochromatic red light is used instead of blue
light in a convex lens, its focal length will (AIEEE 2011] and1.

2r (a) not depend on colour of light of

rad
(b) increase ofsur
(c) decrease objec
(d) remain same ata d
(a) No change 95 In an optics experiment, with the position of the Thed
(b) Magnified image object fixed, a student varies the position of a
() Image disappears convex lens and for each position, the screen is
(d) Erect real image adjusted to get aclear image of the object. Agraph 01Apoi
89 Aplano-convex lens (focal lengthf, refractive index between the object distance u and the image distance sym
y, from the lens, is plotted using the same scale for focal
H, radius of curvature R) fits exactly into a the two axes. Astraight line passing through the distas
plano-concave lens (focal length f, refractive index origin and making an angle of 45° with the x-axis
H, radius of curvature R). Their plane surfaces are place
meets the experimental curve at P. The coordinates of
parallelto each other. Then, the focal length of the Pwill be (AIEEE 2009]
figur
combination will be [2019, 12 Jan Shift-II) imag
R
(a) fi -f (b) (a) (2f, 2f) 6) () (f. f) (d) (4f.4f) Cm.

2fi fa 96 Astudent measures the focal length of a convex lens

(c) f +fa (d)
by putting an object pin at a distance u from che lens
and measuring the distance v of the image pin. The
90 Adiverging lens with magnitude of focal length graph between uandv plotted by the student should
25 cm is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a look like [AIEEE 2008)
converging lens of magnitude of focal length 20 cm. 102 Th
Abeam of parallel light falls on the diverging lens. v (cm) v(cm) lens
The final image formed is (JEE Main 2017] nov
(a) virtual and at a distance of 40 cm from convergent lens (b) rati
(b)real and at a distance of 40 cm from the divergent lens (a
wil
(c) real and at a distanceof 6 cm from the convergent lens
(d) real and at a distance of 40 cm from convergenttes u (cm) u (cm) 103 Tv
3.
91 Athinconvex lens made from crown glass| V(cm) v (cm) pla
th
has focal length f When it is measured in two Co
different liquids having refraçtive indices 4/3 and 5/3. (c) (d)
It has the focal lengths fi and f, respectively. The 104 A
correct relation between the focal Bengths is u(cm) u(cm) id
[JEE Main 2014]
(a) f =f <f 97 Two lenses of power -15D and-+5D are in contact
(b) f >f and f, becomes negative
(c) f >f and f becomes negative with each other. The focal length of the combination T05 A
is (AIEBE 2007]
(d) f and f, both become negative (a) -20 cm (b) -10 cm () +20 cm (d) +10 cm
92 Diameter of a plano-convex lens is 6 cm and
thickness at the centre is 3 mm. If speed of light in 98 Athin glass (refractive index 1.5) lens has optical
material of lens is 2x 10 m/s, the focal length of the power of-5D in air. Its optical power in aliquid
lens is (JEE Main 2013] medium with refractive index 1.6 will be AIEEE 2005)
(a) 15 cm (b) 20 cm (a) 1D (b) -1 D
(c) 30 cm (d) 10 cm (c) 25 D (d) -25 D
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99A plano-convex lens of refractive index 1.5 and radius 40cm
of curvature 30 cm is silvered at the curved surface.
Now, this lens has been used to form the
object.At what distance from this lens image of an
be placed in order to have a real image ofmaytheansizeobject
of
che object. (AIEEE 2004]
(a) 20 cm (b) 30cm (c) 60 cm (d) 80 cm
Numerical|Value Type Questions principal axis of convex
106 An object is placed on the shown.
an Two transparent media having refractive indices 1.0 lens of focal length 10cm as other side of lens at a
the
ond 1.5 areseparated by a spherical refracting surface A plane mirror is placed on produced by the plane
Ceodius of curvature 30 cm., The centre of curvature image
distance of 20 cm,The mirror. The distance of the
af surface is towards denser medium and a point mirroris 5 cm inside the (2023, 25 Jan Shift-II]
obiect is placed on the principle axis in rarer medium object from the lens is cm.

ata distance of 15 cm from the pole of the surface.

The distance of image from the pole of the surface is
Cm. (2023, 8April Shift-II]
101 Apoint object, O isplaced infront of two thin 20cm
symmetrical coaxial convex lenses LË M
and 2 with and focal length
focal length 24 cm and 9cm respectively. 107 A convex lens of refractive index 1.5 change in
distance between two lenses is 10 cm and the object is 18 cm in air is immersed in water. The
placed 6 cm away from lens Las shown in the focal length of the lens will be cm.

figure. The distance between the object and the (Given, refractive index index of water =4 /3) (2023, 24 Jan Shift-II]
image formed by the system of two lenses is .....
convex
Cm. (2023, 10 April Shif-II|
108 The graph between 1/ uand 1/v for a thin as
lens in order to determine its focal length plotted
is
lens is 1.5
shown in the figure. The refractive index of
and its both the surfaces have same radius of
46 cm curvature R. The value of R will be Cm.

10 Cm (where, =object distance and

[2022, 26 July Shift-I]
102 The radius of curvature of each surface of a convex V=image distance)
lens having refractive index 1.8 is 20 cm. The lens is tem')
The
now immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.5.
ratio of power of lens in air to its power in the liquid Ao10
+0.08
will be x:1 The value of xis +0.06
(2023, 11 April Shift-I]
+0.04
103Two convex lenses of focal length 20 cm each are +0.02
placed coaxially with a separation of 60 cm between B

them. The image of distant object formed by the

-0.10-008-0.06 -0.04-0 02 0
X

combination is at cm from the first lens. t(cm-')

(2023, 12 April Shift-l]
109 An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm from a
104 Abiconvex lens of focal length 10 cm is cut in two convex lens. A convex mirror of focal length 15 cm is
identical parts along a plane perpendicular to theis placed on other side of lens at 8 cm as shown in the
principal axis. The power of each lens after cut figure. Image of object coincides with the object.
(2023, 13 April Shift-II]
D
0SAs shown in the figure, a combination of athin plano
convex lens is used to Image
Concave lens and athin plano Image in
Image an object placed at infinity. The radius of Object the absence
Curvature of both the lenses is 30 cm and refractive
of mirror
Both
Index of the material for both the lenses is 1.75. cach
12 cm 8 cm

the lenses are placed at distance of 40 cm from When the convex mirror is removed, a real and
Other. Due to the combination, the image of the inverted image is formed at a position. The distance
object is formed at distance of the image from the object will be cm.

cm, from concave lens. (2023, 24 Jan Shift-I] (2021, 26 Aug Shift-II]
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110 The same size images are formed by aconvex lens NumericalValue Type Questions
distance of
when the object is placed at 20 cm or at 10 cm from 117 An object viewed from a near point magnification
the lens. The focal length of convex lens is 25 cm, using a microscopic lens with image is
Cm.
(2021, 25 Feb Shift-I] 6, gives an unresolved image. A resolved
observed at infinitedistance with a total
111 The distance between on object and a scren is 100
cm. Alens can produce real image of the object on magnification double the carlier using an eyepiece
the screen for two different positions between the along with the given lens and a tube of length 0.6 m,
screen and the object. The distance between these if the focal length of the eyepiece is equal to
(2021, 20 July Shift-1)
two positions is 40 cm. If the power of the lens is cm.
magnified virtual
N
D, where N is an integer. Then, the 118 Ina compound microscope, the of 25 cm from the
close to image is formed at a distance
100
eye-piece. The focal length of its objective lens is 1
value of Nis ......... (2020, 4 Sep Shift-II]
cm. If the magnification is 100 and the tube length of
length of che
the microscope is 20 cm, then the focal
Topic 4 Optical Instruments eye-piece lens (in cm) is (2020, 4 Sep Shif-I)

119Acompound microscope consists of an objective

lens
112 In a reflecting telescope, a secondary mirror is used to of focal length l cm and an eye piece of focal length 5
(2023, 8 April Shift-I distance berween
(a) remove spherical aberration cm witha separation of 10cm. The
(b) reduce the problem of mechanical support the strain
an object and the objective lens, at which value
(c) make chromatic aberration zero on the eye is minimum is n /40 cm. The of nis
(d) move the cyepiece outside the telescopic tube [2020, 5 Sep Shif-i]
113 Your friend is having eye sight problem. She is not
able to sec clearly a distant uniform window mesh and
itappears to her as non-uniform and distorted. The Key Index
doctor diagnosed the problem as 2021, 18 March Shift-I)
1 (d) 2 (c) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (b)
(a) astigmatism 10 (d)
(6) myopia with astigmatism 6 (a) 7 (d) 8 (c) 9 (d)
(c) presbyopia with astigmatism 11 (c) 12 (c) 13 (a) 14 (b) 15 (a)
(d) myopia and hypermetropia 16 (18) 17 (48) 18 (32) 19 (400) 20 (210)
114 Given below are two statements: one is labelled as 21 (150) 22 (1) 23 (c) 24 (b) 25 (C)
Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). 26 (d) 27 (a) 28 (a) 29 (c) 30 (c)
Assertion (A) For a simple microscope, the angular (d) 32 (c) 33 (a) 34 (a) 35 (d
31
size of the object equals the angular size of the image. 40 (b
36 a) 37 (d) 38 (b) 39 (c)
Reason (R) Magnification is achieved as the small
object can be kept much closer to the eye than 25 cm 41 (a) 42 (C) 43 (b) 44 (a) 45 a)

and hence, it subtends a large angle. In the light of the 46 (d) 47 (d) 48 (c) 40 (a) 50 (a)
above statements, choose the most appropriate answer 51 (b) 52 (a) 53 (b) 54 (d) 55 (a)
from the options given below. (2021, 26 Feb Shift-II] 56 (b) 57 (b) 58 (a) 59 (50) 60 (3)
(a) A is true but R is false. 61 (30) 62 (52) 63 (4) 64 (12) 65 (5)
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct 66 (600) 70 (5)
67 (60) 68 (30) 69 (12)
explanation of A.
71 (b) 72 (a) 73 (b) 74 (c) 75 (b)
(c) Boch Aand Rare rue and Ris the correct explanarion
of A. 76 (a) 77 (d 78 (b) 79 (b) 80 (c)
(d) A is false but R is true. 81 (c) 82 (d) 83 (*) 84 (d) (c)
115 The magnifying power of atelescope with tube 86 (d) 87 (b) 88 (c) 89 (b) 90 (d)
length 60 cm is 5. What is the focal length of its 91 (b) 92 (c) 93 (d) 94 (b) 95 (a)
eyepiece? (2020, 8 Jan Shift-I] 96 (c) 97 (b) 98 (a) 99 (a) 100 (30)
(a) 10 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 40 cm
101 (34) 102 (4) 103 (100) 104 (5) 105 (120)
116 The image formed by an objective of acompound 106 (30) 107 (54) 108 (10) 109 (50) 110 (15)
microscope is (AIEEE 2003)
111 (476) 112 (d) 113 (b) 114 (c) 115 (a)
(a) virtual and diminished (b) real and diminished
(c) real and enlarged (d) virtual and enlarged l16 (c) 117 (25) 118 (6) 119 (50)