REFRACTION

1. Critical angle of incidence for a pair of optical media is 45°. The refractive indices of first and
second media are in the ratio
(1) 1:2 (2) 1: 2 (3) 2 :1 (4) 2:1
2. A monochromatic light wave with wavelength 1 and frequency 1 in air enters another medium.
If the angle of incidence and angle of refraction at the interface are 45° and 30° respectively, then
the wavelength 2 and frequency 2 of the refracted wave are
1
(1) 2  21 , 2  1 (2) 2  1 ,2  1
2
1
(3) 2  1 ,2  21 (4) 2  1 , 2  1
2
3. An ice cube has a bubble inside. When viewed from one side the apparent distance of the bubble
is 12 cm. When viewed from the opposite side, the no apparent distance of the bubble is observed
as 4 cm. If the side of the ice cube is 24 cm, the refractive index of the ice cube is
4 6 2 3
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 5 3 2
4. A vessel of depth ‘d’ is half filled with oil of refractive index n1 and the other half is filled with
water of refractive index n2. The apparent depth of this vessel when viewed from above will be
d (n1  n2 ) dn1n2 dn1n2 2d (n1  n2 )
(1) 2n1n2 (2) (n1  n2 ) (3) 2(n1  n2 ) (4) n1n2
5. A microscope is focused on an object at the bottom of a bucket. If liquid with refractive index 5/3
is poured inside the bucket, then microscope have to be raised by 30 cm to focus the object again.
The height of the liquid in the bucket is
(1) 12 cm (2) 18 cm (3) 50 cm (4) 75 cm
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6. The difference of speed of light in the two media A and B. (VA - VB) is 2.6 x 10 m/s. If the
refractive index of medium B is 1.47, then the ratio of refractive index of medium B to medium A
is
(Given: speed of light in vacuum c = 3 x 108 m s-¹)
(1) 1.303 (2) 1.318 (3) 1.13 (4) 0.12
7. Consider a light travelling in air is incident into a medium of refractive index 2n . The incident
angle is twice that of refracting angle. Then, the angle of incidence will be
 n  n
(1) sin 1 ( n ) (2) cos 1 
 2
 (3) 
sin 1 2n 
(4) 2cos 1 
 2


8. A glass tumbler having inner depth of 17.5 cm is kept on a table A student starts pouring water
(  = 4/3) into it while looking at the surface of water from the above. When he feels that the
tumbler is half filled, he stops pouring water. Up to what height, the tumbler is actually filled ?
(1) 10 cm (2) 11.7 cm(3) 7.5 cm (4) 8.75 cm
9. A ray of light passes from a denser medium to a rarer medium at an angle of incidence i. The
reflected and refracted rays make an angle of 90° with each other. The angle of reflection and
refraction are respectively r and r  . The critical angle is given by

(1) sin 1  tan r   (2) tan 1  sin i  (3) sin 1  tan r  (4) sin 1  cot r 
10. A ray of light AO in vacuum is incident on a glass slab at angle 60° and refracted at angle 30°
along OB as shown in figure. The optical path length of light ray from A to B is

2b 2 3 2b
(1) 2a  (2) 2a + 2b (3)  2b (4) 2a 
3 a 3
2
11. A transparent solid cylindrical rod has a refractive index of . It is surrounded by air. A light
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ray is incident at the mid-point of one end of the rod as shown in the figure.

The incident angle  for which the light ray grazes along the wall of the rod is

1  3  2   1 
(1) sin 1   (2) sin 1   (3) sin 1   (4) sin 1  
2  2   3  3
12. For the thin convex lens, the radii of curvature are at 15 cm and 30 cm respectively. The focal
length of the lens is 20 cm. The refractive index of the material is
(1) 1.4 (2) 1.2 (3) 1.8 (4) 1.5
13. The position of image formed by the combination of lenses is

(1) 15 cm (left of second lens)

(2) 30 cm (right of third lens)
(3) 15 cm (right of second lens)
(4) 30 cm (left of third lens)
14. A biconvex lens of refractive index 1.5 has a focal length of 20 cm in air. Its focal length when
immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.6 will be
(1) +16 cm (2) -160 cm (3) +160 cm (4) -16 cm
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15. The power of a lens (biconvex) is 1.25 m in particular medium. Refractive index of the lens is
1.5 and radii of curvature are 20 cm and 40 cm respectively. The refractive index of surrounding
medium
(1) 1.0 (2) 9/7 (3) 3/2 (4) 4/3
16. Curved surfaces of a plano-convex lens of refractive index µ1 and a plano-concave lens of
refractive index  2 have equal radius of curvature as shown in figure. Find the ratio of radius of
curvature to the focal length of the combined lenses.

1 1
(1) 2  1 (2) 1  2 (3)  2  1 (4) 1   2
17. An object is placed at the focus of concave lens having focal length f. What is the magnification
and distance of the image from the optical centre of the lens ?
1 f 1 f
(1) , (2) , (3) very high,  (4) 1, 
4 4 2 2
18. The refractive index of a converging lens is 1.4. What will be the focal length of this lens if it is
placed in a medium of same refractive index? Assume the radii of curvature of the faces of lens
are R1 and R2 respectively.
R1 R2
(1) zero (2) R1  R2 (3) 1 (4) Infinite

19. A double convex lens has power P and same radii of curvature R of both the surfaces. The radius
of curvature of a surface of a plano-convex lens made of the same material with power 1.5P is
(1) 2R (2) R/2 (3) 3R/2 (4) R/3
20. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm produces images of the same magnification 2 when an object
is kept at two distance x1 and x2(x1 > x2) from the lens. The ratio of x1 and x2 is
(1) 5:3 (2) 3:1 (3) 2:1 (4) 4:3