PHYSICS

th
12 JEE

RAY OPTICS AND

OPTICAL
INSTRUMENTS
 RAY OPTICS AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS
DPP-1 (JLP/058)
[Introduction, Rectilinear Propagation of Light, laws of reflection,
reflection from plane mirror, object (real & virtual), image
(real & virtual), Rotation of mirror, image of extended object]
1. Find the angle of deviation (both 3. A mirror is inclined at an angle of º with
clockwise and anticlockwise) suffered by the horizontal. If a ray of light is incident
a ray incident on a plane mirror, (as at an angle of incidence º then the
shown in figure) at an angle of incidence reflected ray makes the following angle
30º. with the horizontal -
incident ray

30o

M

(A) 120o acw (B) 90o cw 


(C) 120o cw (D) None of these (A) º
(B) 2º
2. Figure shows a plane mirror on which a º
light ray is incident. If the incident light (C)
2
ray is turned by 10º and the mirror by 20º,
(D) None of these
as shown, find the angle turned by the
reflected ray.
4. Two plane mirrors are inclined to each
other at an angle 60o. If a ray of light
incident on the first mirror is parallel to
the second mirror, it is reflected from the
second mirror
(A) 30 o cw (A) Perpendicular to the first mirror
(B) 60 o cw (B) Parallel to the first mirror
(C) 90 o cw (C) Parallel to the second mirror
(D) 120 o cw (D) Perpendicular to the second mirror

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5. A light ray is incident on a plane mirror, 7. In the arrangement shown below, the
which after getting reflected strikes image of the external object as seen by
another plane mirror, as shown in figure. the observer is
The angle between the two mirrors is 60º.
Find the angle ‘’ shown in figure.

(A) Real and inverted

(B) Real and erect
(C) Virtual and inverted
(A) 60 o (D) Virtual and erect
(B) 30 o
8. Two plane mirrors A and B are aligned
(C) 90 o
parallel to each other, as shown in the
(D) 120 o figure. A light ray is incident at an angle
of 30º at a point just inside one end of A.
6. A light ray I is incident on a plane mirror The plane of incidence coincides with the
M. The mirror is rotated in the direction plane of the figure. The maximum
as shown in the figure by an arrow at number of times the ray undergoes
reflections (including the first one) before
frequency 9/ rps. The light reflected by
it merges out is-
the mirror is received on the wall W at a
2 3m
distance 10 m from the axis of rotation. B
When the angle of incidence becomes 37º
the speed of the spot (a point) on the wall 0.2m 30°
is:

A
(A) 28 (B) 30
(C) 32 (D) 34

9. A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror

along a vector ˆi  ˆj– kˆ and the normal on
(A) 10 m/s the incidence point is along vector ˆi  ˆj ,
(B) 1000 m/s then find the equation of reflected ray -
(C) 500 m/s (A) ˆi  ˆj– kˆ (B) –iˆ  ˆj– kˆ
(D) None of these
(C) –iˆ – ˆj– kˆ (D) ˆi  ˆj  kˆ

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10 A light ray is incident on a plane mirror 13. A point source has been placed as shown
at an angle of 30º with the horizontal. At in the figure. What is the length on the
what angle with horizontal must a plane screen that will receive reflected light
mirror be placed in its path so that it from the mirror ?
becomes vertically upwards after
reflection? SOURCE

SCREEN
11. A ray of light travelling in the direction H

2

1 ˆ

i  3 ˆj is incident on a plane mirror.
H H 2H
After reflection, it travels along the (A) 2H
direction
1 ˆ
2
 
i  3 ˆj . The angle of (B)
(C)
3H
H
incidence is (D) None
(A) 30° (B) 45°
(C) 60° (D) 75° 14. An unnumbered wall clock shows time 04
: 25 : 37, where 1st term represents hours,
12. A man is 180 cm tall, and his eyes are 10 2nd represents minutes & the last term
cm below the top of his head. In order to represents seconds. What time will its
see his entire height right from toe to image in a plane mirror show?
head, he uses a plane mirror kept at a
(A) 08 : 35 : 23
distance of 1m from him. The minimum
(B) 07 : 35 : 23
length of the plane mirror required is
(C) 07 : 34 : 23
(A) 180 cm (B) 90 cm
(D) None of these
(C) 85 cm (D) 170 cm

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 DPP-2 (JLP/059)

[Image of extended object by plane mirror, number of images in

parallel and inclined plane mirrors, motion of object image
and plane mirror]
1. A plane mirror kept perpendicular to x- 4. Two mirrors are inclined at an angle  as
axis is moving with velocity of 10 m/s, shown in the figure. Light ray is incident
along x-axis towards an object which is parallel to one of the mirrors. The ray will
moving towards the mirror with a start retracing its path after third
velocity of 5m/s. What is the velocity of reflection if –
its image with respect of origin at
ground?
(A) 25m/s towards left
(B) 25m/s towards right
(C) 15m/s towards left 
(D) 15m/s towards right (A)  = 45º (B)  = 30º
(C)  = 60º (D) All three
2. A point object is placed midway between
two plane mirrors distance 'a' apart. The
plane mirrors form an infinite number of 5. An object is placed between two plane
images due to multiple reflections. The mirrors set at 60º to each other. The
distance between nth order image formed in maximum number of images seen will
the two mirrors is - be:
(A) na (B) 2 na (A) 2 (B) 3
(C) na/2 (D) n2 a (C) 5 (D) 6

3. Two plane mirrors of length L are separated 6. A mirror is kept in x  z plane and a bird
by distance L and a man M2 is standing at is flying with velocity
distance L from the connecting line of v  3iˆ  4 ˆj  10kˆ m/s. The velocity of its
mirrors as shown in figure. A man M1 is
walking in a straight line at distance 2L image with respect to mirror is
parallel to mirrors at speed u, then man M2 (A) 3iˆ  4 ˆj  10kˆ (B) 3iˆ  4 ˆj  10kˆ
at O will be able to see image of M1 for
(C) 3iˆ  4 ˆj  10kˆ (D) 3iˆ  4 ˆj  10kˆ
time:
7. A plane mirror is moving with velocity
4 î + 5 ˆj + 8 k̂ . A point object in front of
the mirror moves with a velocity 3 î + 4 ˆj
+ 5 k̂ . Here k̂ is along the normal to the
plane mirror and facing towards the
4L 3L object. The velocity of the image is –
(A) (B)
u u (A) –3 î – 4 ˆj + 5 k̂ (B) 3 î + 4 ˆj + 11 k̂
6L 9L
(C) (D) (C) –3 î – 4 ˆj + 11 k̂ (D) 7 î + 9 ˆj + 11 k̂
u u

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8. A plane mirror is inclined at an angle  = 11. Two plane mirrors are parallel to each
30° with the horizontal surface. A particle other and spaced 20 cm apart. An object
P is projected with velocity V = 10 m/s as
shown in figure. Time when the image is kept in between them at 15 cm from A.
will come momentarily at rest w.r.t. to the Out of the following at which point(s)
particle – image (s) is/are not formed in mirror A
(distance measured from mirror A):
(A) 15 cm
V
(B) cm
30° 60° (C) 45 cm
P
(D) 55 cm
(A) 3 (B) 2
1 1
(C) (D) 12. A boy of height H is standing in front of
2 3
mirror, which has been fixed on the
9. What is the relative velocity of the image ground as shown in figure. What length
in mirror (1) with respect to the image in
the mirror (2) in situation as shown in of his body can the man
figure? see in the mirror? The length of the
Mirror (1)
mirror is (H/2)–


Object
L
Mirror (2)
(A) H
2v (B) H2/(H2 + L2)1/2
(A) (B) 2v sin 
sin (C) Zero
2v (D) 2H2/L
(C) (D) None
sin 2
13. A person’s eye level is 1.5 m. He stands in
10. A point object is kept in front of a plane
mirror. The plane mirror is performing front of 0.3 m long plane mirror which is
SHM of amplitude 2 cm. The plane 0.8 m above the ground. The length of the
mirror moves along the x-axis and x- axis image he sees of himself is –
is normal to the mirror. The amplitude of
the mirror is such that the object is always (A) 1.5 m
in front of the mirror. The amplitude (in (B) 1.0 m
cm) of SHM of the image is (C) 0.8 m
(A) zero (B) 2 cm
(C) 4 cm (D) 1 cm (D) 0.6 m

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14. A point source of light B is placed at a 15. A plane mirror is placed horizontally on
distance L in front of the centre of a level ground at a distance of 60 m from
mirror of width d hung vertically on a the foot of a tower. Light rays from the
wall. A man walks in front of the mirror top of tower falling just on the edge of the
along a line parallel to the mirror at a mirror suffers a deviation of 90°. The
distance 2L from it as shown. The height of the tower is:
greatest distance over which he can see (A) 30 m
the image of the light source in the mirror (B) 60 m
is - (C) 90 m
(D) 120 m
B
d

2L
(A) d/2 (B) d
(C) 2d (D) 3d

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 DPP-3 (JLP/060)
[Concave & convex mirror, Sign convention, Ray diagrams,
Mirror formula and longitudinal magnification, graphs,
motion of object along principal axis]
1. A linear object is placed along the axis of 3. A point object is placed at a distance of
a mirror as shown in fig. If ‘f’ is the focal 30 cm from a convex mirror of focal
length of the mirror then the length of length 30 cm. The image will form at :
image is - (A) infinity
(B) pole
(C) focus
(D) 15 cm behind the mirror.

4. In an experiment to determine the focal

length (f) of a concave mirror by the u-v
method, a student places the object pin A
on the principal axis at a distance x from
2f the pole P. The student looks at the pin
(A) and its inverted image from a distance
3 keeping his/her eye in line with PA.
(B) f When the student shifts his/her eye
f towards left, the image appears to the
(C)
3 right of the object pin. Then
(D) None of these (A) x < f
(B) f < x < 2f
2. A light ray traveling parallel to the (C) x = 2f
principal axis of a concave mirror strikes (D) x > 2f
the mirror at angle of incidence . If
radius of curvature of the mirror is R, 5. An object is placed at a distance u from a
then after reflection, the ray meets the concave mirror and its real image is
received on a screen placed at a distance
principal axis at distance d from the
of v from the mirror. If f is the focal
centre of curvature, then d is - length of the mirror, then the graph
R between
(A)
2
R cos 
(B) (A) (B)
2
R
(C)
2cos 
R (C) (D)
(D) (1 + cos )
2

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6. In the figure shown find the total 10. In an experiment to find the focal length
magnification after two successive of a concave mirror a graph is drawn
reflections first on M1 & then on M2 between the magnitudes of u and v. The
f = 10 cm f = 20 cm graph looks like

(A) (B)

10 cm 30 cm
M2 (C) (D)
M1
(A) +1 (B) –2
(C) +2 (D) –1
11. A particle is moving towards a fixed
7. The image of an object placed on the spherical mirror. The image -
principal axis of a concave mirror of focal (A) must move away from the mirror
length 12 cm is formed at a point which is (B) must move towards the mirror
10 cm more distant from the mirror than the (C) may move towards the mirror
(D) will move towards the mirror, only
object. The magnification of the image is : if the mirror is convex
(A) 8/ 3 (B) 2.5
(C) 2 (D) 1.5 12. A luminous point object is moving along
the principal axis of a concave mirror of
8. A man has a concave shaving mirror of focal length 12 cm towards it. When its
focal length 0.2 m. How far should the distance from the mirror is 20 cm its
velocity is 4 cm/s. The velocity of the
mirror be held from his face in order to
image in cm/s at that instant is :
give an image of two fold magnification? (A) 6, towards the mirror
(A) 0.1 m (B) 6, away from the mirror
(B) 0.2 m (C) 9, away from the mirror
(C) 0.3 m (D) 9, towards the mirror
(D) 0.4 m
13. Image will go in one direction from
shown diagram labelled as (1), (2), (3), &
9. An object is kept between a plane mirror
(4). Image position can be on either side
and a concave mirror facing each other. of mirror –
The distance between the mirrors is 22.5 2v m/s

cm. The radius of curvature of the v m/s

O
concave mirror is 20 cm. What should be
(4) (3)
the distance (in cm) of the object from the
f = 20m
concave mirror so that after two (1) I

successive reflections the final image is (2)

formed on the object itself: [Consider (A) (1) (B) (3)
first reflection from concave mirror] (C) (2) (D) (4)

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14. A small wire piece of length 2 mm is bent 15. A police inspector is chasing a thief who
in the form of shape L and is placed at 30 is running away in a car. The speed of
cm away in front of a concave mirror of police jeep is 12 m/s and the speed of
focal length 20 cm. If both sides of L are thief car is 3 m/s, then speed (in m/s) of
equal then length of image formed will image of police jeep as seen by thief in
be- the rear view mirror when police jeep is
at a distance of 30 m is (Given that focal
length of rear view mirror is 15 m)-
30 cm

(A) 2 mm (B) 4 mm
(C) 6 mm (D) 8 mm

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 DPP-4 (JLP/061)

[Snell’s Law for single surface, Principle of Reversibility of Light,

Apparent depth]
1. Light goes from glass (µ = 3/2) to air. 5. A bird in air looks at a fish vertically
Find the angle of incidence for which the below it and inside water in a tank. If the
angle of deviation is 90º. distances of the fish as estimated by the
(A) 45° (B) 30° bird is S1 and that of bird as estimated by
(C) 15° (D) None of these
the fish is S2 then the refractive index of

2. A piece of glass is placed on a wood liquid  is -

having letters of different colours. The S1 S1  S2
(A) (B)
letters of which colour will appear S2 S1  S2
maximum raised S2 S1  S2
(A) Red (C) (D)
S1 S1
(B) Green
(C) yellow
(D) violet 6. A vessel having perfectly reflecting plane
bottom is filled with water ( = 4/3) to a
3. If iˆ denotes a unit vector along incident depth d. A point source of light is placed
light ray, r̂ a unit vector along refracted at a height h above the surface of water.
ray into a medium of refractive index  Find the distance of final image from
and n̂ unit vector normal to boundary of water surface.
medium directed towards incident 5 3
medium, then law of refraction is (A) h + d (B) h – d
2 2
(A) iˆ . nˆ    rˆ . nˆ  4 3
(C) h + d (D) h + d
(B) iˆ  nˆ    nˆ  rˆ  3 2
(C) iˆ  nˆ    rˆ  nˆ 
7. A fish rising vertically with speed 3 ms–1 to
 
(D)  iˆ  nˆ  rˆ  nˆ the surface of water sees a bird diving
vertically towards it with speed 9 ms–1 ?
4. A rectangular block of glass is placed on 4
a mark made on the surface of the table Given aW = . The actual velocity of
3
and is viewed from the vertical position
dive of the bird is -
of the eye. If the refractive index of glass
(A) 6 ms–1
be  and its thickness d, then the mark
will appear to be raised up by: (B) 4 ms–1
(A) ( + 1) /d (B) ( – 1) d/ (C) 8.4 ms–1
(C) ( –1) /d (D) (–1) /d (D) 4.5 ms–1

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8. A ray monochromatic light is incident on 10. In the given figure an observer in air
the plane surface of separation between (n = 1) sees the bottom of a beaker
two media x and y with angle of incident filled with water (n = 4/3) upto a height
‘i’ in the medium x angle of refraction ‘r’ of 40 cm. What will be the depth (in
in the medium y. The graph shows the cm) felt by this observer.
relation between sin r and sin i. The speed observer
of light in the medium y is n times that in
medium x. The value of n is
sin r 40cm

30° 11. Monochromatic light of frequency

sin i 5 × 1014 Hz travelling in vacuum enters a
1 medium of refractive index 1.5. Its
(A) 3 (B)
3 wavelength in medium is
(C) 1 (D) 2 (A) 4000 Å
(B) 5000 Å
9. An air bubble in a glass slab (µ = 1.5) (C) 6000 Å
when viewed from one side appears to be (D) 5500 Å
at 6 cm and from opposite side 4 cm. The
thickness of the glass slab is -
(A) 10 cm (B) 6.67 cm
(C) 15 cm (D) None of these

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 DPP-5 (JLP/062)
[Snell’s Law for multiple surfaces, Absolute and Relative
Refractive Index, lateral shift, normal shift]
1. The refractive indices of glass and water 5. Light travels through a glass of thickness
w.r.t. air are 3/2 and 4/3 respectively. The t and refractive index n. If c is the
refractive index of glass w.r.t. water will velocity of light in vacuum, the time
be
taken by light to travel through the plate
(A) 8/9 (B) 9/8
(C) 7/6 (D) None of these is:
(A) t/nc
(B) ntc
2. The refractive index of water is (4/3) and
that of glass is (3/2). If the speed of light (C) nt/c
in glass is 2×108 m/s. The speed of light (D) tc/n
in water will be : 6. An observer can see through a pin-hole
(A) 1 × 108 m/s
the top end of the thin rod of height h,
(B) (9/4) × 108 m/s
placed as shown in the figure. The beaker
(C) (8/3) × 108 m/s
(D) 4 × 108 m/s height is 3h and its radius h. When the
beaker is filled with a liquid up to a
height 2h, he can see the lower end of the
3. A glass slab of thickness 4 cm contains
the same number of waves as 5 cm of rod. Then the refractive index of the
water. When both are traversed by the liquid is–
same monochromatic light. If the
refractive index of water is (4/3). What is
refractive index of glass :
(A) 5/3 (B) 5/4
(C) 16/15 (D) 1.5
3h
4. An electromagnetic radiation of wavelength
 and frequency f, propagating in air with h
velocity v, is incident on a glass plate and is
transmitted through. Which of the following 2h
statements is true for the wave inside the
glass plate? 5
(A)
(A) The velocity of the wave remains 2
unchanged but wavelength change 5
(B) The frequency and wavelength (B)
2
remains unchanged but the velocity
change 3
(C) The wavelength remains unchanged (C)
2
but frequency changes
(D) The frequency remains unchanged 3
(D)
but wavelength changes 2

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7. Two beams of light are incident normally 9. The velocity of light in air is 3×1010 cm
on water ( = 4/3). If the beam I passes /sec. If the refractive index of glass with
through a glass ( = 3/2) slab of height h respect to air is 1.5, then velocity of light
as shown, the time difference for both the in glass is x × 1010 cm/s, value of x is
beams for reaching the bottom is -
I 10. Electromagnetic radiation of frequency
n, wavelength , travelling with velocity
Water h v in air, enters a glass slab of refractive
index . The frequency, wavelength and
Glass velocity of light in the glass slab will be
h
respectively
6h n  v
(A) zero (B) (A) , ,
c   
h h  v
(C) (D) (B) n, ,
6c 3c  
v
(C) n, ,
8. Find the apparent distance (in cm) 
between the observer and the object n 
shown in the figure: (D) , ,v
 

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 DPP-6 (JLP/063)
[Apparent shift of object through parallel slab, Refraction
through composite slab, total internal reflection optical fiber]
1. Find the apparent depth of the object seen 4. A plane mirror is placed at the bottom of
by observer A (in the figure shown) a tank containing a liquid of refractive
index . P is a small object at a height h
above the mirror. An observer O–
vertically above P, outside the liquid-sees
P and its image in the mirror. The
50 45 apparent distance between these two will
(A) cm (B) cm
3 3 be
(C)
68
cm (D) None of these O
3

2. Locate the image of the point P as seen

by the eye in the figure.
P
h

2h
(A) 2h (B)

2h  1
(C) (D) h 1  
(A) .6 cm above P  1  
(B) 0.3 cm above P
(C) 0.9 cm above P 5. If light travels a distance x in t1 sec in air
(D) None of these and 10x distance in t2 sec in a medium,
the critical angle of the medium will be
3. In the figure shown, the angle made by
t 
the light ray with the normal in the (A) tan 1  1 
medium of refractive index 2 is  t2 
o
45
1=1 t 
(B) sin 1  1 
2= 3  t2 
3= 2  10t 
(C) sin 1  1 
4=2  t2 
5=1.6
 10t 
(A) 30° (B) 60° (D) tan 1  1 
(C) 90° (D) None of these  t2 

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6. A cylindrical vessel of diameter 12 cm 8. Consider a solid glass cube of edge length
contains 800  cm3 of water. A l and refractive index n. A black spot lies
cylindrical glass piece of diameter 8.0 cm
at the geometrical center of the cube what
and height 8.0 cm is placed in the vessel.
If the bottom of the vessel under the glass fraction of the surface must be covered so
piece is seen by the paraxial rays (see as to prevent the spot from being seen
figure), locate its image. The index of 
 
refraction of glass is 1.50 and that of (A)
4 n 1 2
water is 1.33.

 n2  1
(B)
Water

2
 
(C)
8cm
3 n2  1
8cm
12cm 2
 n  1
(A) 2.1 cm (D)
2
(B) 7.1 cm
(C) 9.1 cm
(D) 11.1 cm
9. An optical fibre consists of core of 1
7. Two transparent slabs are of equal surrounded by a cladding of 2 < 1. A beam
thickness, one is made of material A of of light enters from air at an angle  with
refractive index 1.5 and the other is made
of two materials B and C the ratio of their axis of fibre. The highest  for which ray can
thickness being 1:2. The refractive index be travelled through fibre is -
of C is 1.6. If monochromatic parallel
2
beams passing through the slabs have the
same number of waves; the refractive
 1
index of B is -
A
 = 1.5

(A) cos–1 22  12

B C
 = 1.6 (B) sin–1 12  22
(A) 1.4
(B) 1.3 (C) tan–1 12  22
(C) 1.1
(D) 1.5 (D) sec–1 12  22

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10. Two media I and II are separated by a plane 12. A rod made of glass, refractive index 1.5
surface having speeds of light 2 × 108 m/s and square cross-section, is bent into the
and 2.4 ×108 m/s respectively. What is the shape as shown. A parallel beam of light
falls normally on the plane flat surface A.
critical angle for a ray going from I medium
referring to the diagram d is the width of a
to II?
side and R is the radius of inner semicircle
1 the maximum value of ratio d/R so that all
(A) sin–1  
2 light entering the glass through surface. A
emerges from the glass through surface B
5
(B) sin–1   is:
6
 5 d
(C) sin–1   R
 12 
 1 
(D) sin–1  
 2
A B
11. A cube of side a made of a material of (A) 1
refractive index 2 is immersed in a liquid 1
(B)
of refractive index 1. A ray is incident on 2
face A B at an angle  as shown. Total 1
(C)
internal reflection just takes place at point 3
P on face BC. Then find the value of . 2
(D)
 3
A B
13. Light is incident normally on face AB of
P
1 2 a prism as shown in figure. A liquid of
refractive index  is placed on face AC of
D C the prism. The prism is made of glass of
 refractive index 3/2. The limits of  for
(A) sin  = 2
1 which total internal reflection takes place
3 3
   2  on face AC is  < , Value of x___.
(B) sin  =  2   1 x
 1  
Liquid
2 A C
 1  60º 30º
(C) sin  =   1
 2 
90º
2
 2 
(D) sin  =   1 B
 1 

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 DPP-7 (JLP/064)

[Spherical surface, refraction formula, Linear Magnification for

Spherical Refracting Surface]
1. A point object O is placed in front of a 4. The light rays are incident on the sphere
glass rod having spherical end of radius as shown the point where the light-rays
of curvature 30 cm. The image would be finally intersect is
formed at

 = 1.5
P
(A) 30 cm left
(B) Infinity
(C) 1 cm to the right R = 20 cm
(D) 18 cm to the left (A) 10 cm on left of P
(B) 10 cm on right of P
2. A spherical surface of curvature R (C) 5 cm on left of P
separates air (refractive index 1.0) from (D) 5 cm on right of P
glass (refractive index 1.5). The centre of
curvature is in the glass. A point object P 5. A capillary tube is made of glass with the
placed in air is found to have a real image index of refraction 3, outer radius of the
Q in the glass. The line PQ cuts the surface tube is 30 cm. The tube is filled with a
at the point O, and PO = OQ. The distance liquid with the index of refraction 2.
PO is equal to: What should be the minimum internal
(A) 5R radius of the tube r so that any ray that
(B) 3R hits the tube would enter the liquid -
(C) 2R (A) 15 cm
(D) 1.5R (B) 10 cm
(C) 20 cm
3. A concave spherical surface of radius of (D) 45 cm
curvature 10cm separates two medium x
6. A point source of light at the surface of a
& y of refractive index 4/3 & 3/2
sphere causes a parallel beam of light to
respectively. If the object is placed along
emerge from the opposite surface of the
principal axis in medium x then
sphere. The refractive index of the
(A) Image is always real
material of the sphere is
(B) Image is real if the object distance is
(A) 1.5
greater than 90cm
(B) 5/3
(C) Image is always virtual
(C) 2
(D) Image is virtual if the object distance
(D) 2.5
is less than 90cm

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7. In a thin spherical fish bowl of radius 10 9. A ray of light falls on the surface of a
cm filled with water of refractive index spherical paper weight making an angle
4/3 there is a small fish at a distance of 4  with the normal and is refracted in the
cm from the centre C as shown in figure. medium at an angle . The angle of
Where will the image of fish appears, if deviation of the emergent ray from the
seen from E - direction of the incident ray is -
 (A) ( – )
(B) 2( – )
C

4 cm
 E (C) ( – )/2
(D) ( – )

10. A ray of light falls on a transparent sphere

(A) 5.2 cm (B) 7.2 cm with center at C as shown in figure. The
(C) 4.2 cm (D) 3.2 cm ray emerges from the sphere parallel to
line AB. The refractive index of the
8. For a spherical surface of radius of sphere is x , x is?
curvatures R, separating two media of
refractive index 1 and 2, the two
principal focal lengths are f1 and f2
respectively. Which relation is correct -
(A) f1 = f2 (B) f2/2 = f1/1
(C) f2/2 = –f1/1 (D) -f2/1 = f1/2

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 DPP-8 (JLP/065)
[Thin Lenses, Lens Formula, Lens Maker’s Formula]
1. The two lenses shown are illuminated by 4. A thin lens is made with a material
a beam of parallel light from the left. having refractive index  = 1.5. Both
Lens B is then moved slowly towards lens the sides are convex. It is dipped in
A. The beam emerging from lens B is water ( = 1.33). It will behave like
(A) a convergent lens
(B) a divergent lens
(C) a rectangular slab
(D) a prism

(A) Always diverging 5. A double convex lens made of material of

(B) Initially parallel and then diverging refractive index 1.5 and having a focal
(C) Always parallel length of 10 cm is immersed in a liquid of
(D) Initially converging and then refractive index 3.0. The lens will behave as
parallel (A) Converging lens of focal length
10 cm
2. Consider the situation shown in the figure. P (B) diverging lens of focal length 10 cm
is an object whose coordinates are (– 20 cm, (C) converging lens of focal length 10/3 cm
– 2 cm). Determine the coordinates of the (D) converging lens of focal length 30 cm.
image with respect to origin O
6. A symmetric double convex lens is cut in
two equal parts by a plane perpendicular
to the principal axis. If the power of the
original lens was 4 D, the power of a cut
lens will be -
(A) 2 D (B) 3 D
(C) 4 D (D) 5 D
(A) (– 20 cm, 2 cm)
(B) (20 cm, – 2 cm) 7. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm is cut
(C) (20 cm, 2 cm) into two equal parts so as to obtain two
(D) (– 20 cm, – 2 cm) plano-convex lenses as shown in fig. (B).
The two parts are then put in contact as
3. A lens having focal length f and aperture shown in fig.(C). What is the focal length
of diameter d forms an image of intensity of combination?
d
I. Aperture of diameter in central
2
region of lens is covered by a black paper.
Focal length of lens and intensity of
image now will be respectively
I 3f I
(A) f and (B) and
4 4 2 (A) (B) (C)
3I f I (A) zero (B) 5 cm
(C) f and (D) and (C) 10 cm (D) 20 cm
4 2 2

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8. A plane concave glass lens silvered at one 10. Given ag = 3/2 and aw = 4/3. There is an
surface behaves as equiconvex lens with radius of each surface
equal to 20 cm. there is air in the object
(A) concave mirror
space and water in the image space. The
(B) convex mirror focal length (in cm) of lens is
(C) plane mirror
11. A convex lens is made up of three
(D) none of the above
different materials as shown in the figure.
For a point object placed on its axis, the
9. A thin hollow equi-convex lens, silvered number of images formed are
at the back, converges a parallel beam of
light at a distance of 0.2 m in front of it.
where will it converge the same light if
filled with water having  = 4/3 ?
(A) 10 cm
(B) 22 cm
(C) 12 cm (A) 1 (B) 3
(D) 14 cm (C) 4 (D) 5

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 DPP-9 (JLP/066)

[Images Formed by a thin Lens, Lateral and Transverse

Magnification, Thin Lenses in Contact, Power of a Lens,
Displacement Method, Silvering of lens]
1. An object is placed at a distance m times 5. The distance between object and the
the focal length of a divergent lens. The screen is D. Real images of an object are
size of the image is shorter than that of formed on the screen for two positions of
the object by
a lens separated by a distance d. The ratio
(A) m times
between the sizes of two images will be-
(B) (m + 1) times
(C) (m –1) times (A) D/d
(D) m2 times (B) D2/d2
(C) (D – d)2 / (D + d )2
2. A convex lens focuses a distant object 40 (D) (D / d)
cm from it on a screen placed 10 cm away
from it. A glass plate ( = 1.5) and of
thickness 3 cm is inserted between the 6. A point object O is placed on the principal
lens and the screen. Where the object axis of a convex lens of focal length f = 20
should be placed so that its image is again cm at a distance of 40 cm to the left of it.
focused on the screen ? The diameter of the lens is 10 cm. An eye
(A) 62 cm (B) 72 cm is placed 60 cm to right of the lens and a
(C) 52 cm (D) 42 cm
distance h below the principal axis. The
3. A point object is placed at a distance of maximum value of h to see the image is-
15 cm from a convex lens. The image is (A) 0
formed on the other side at a distance of (B) 2.5 cm
30 cm from the lens. When a concave (C) 5 cm
lens is placed in contact with the convex (D) 10 cm
lens, the image shifts away further by 30
cm. Calculate the focal lengths of the
7. If a curved face of a planoconvex lens is
concave and convex lenses
(A) 10 cm, 60 cm (B) 20 cm, 30 cm silvered and  be the refractive index and
(C) 60 cm, 10 cm (D) 30 cm, 20 cm R, the radius of curvature of its curved
portion then the combination behaves like
4. Two thin lens have a combined power of a concave mirror of radius of curvature
10 D in contact. When separated by 20 cm (A) R/
their equivalent power is 6.25 D. Find their
(B) R2 / ( + 1)
individual powers in dioptres –
(A) 3.5 and 6.5 (B) 5 and 5 (C) R
(C) 7.5 and 2.5 (D) 9 and 1 (D) R( –1)

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8. Focal length of the shown plano-convex 10. A thin convex lens L (refractive index =
lens is 15 cm. Plane surface of the lens is 1.5) is placed on a plane mirror M. When a
silvered. An object is kept on the pin is placed at A, such that OA = 18 cm, its
principal axis of the lens at a distance 20 real inverted image is formed at A itself, as
cm. Image of the object will form at. shown in figure. When a liquid of refractive
index  l is put between the lens and mirror,
Object /////////////// the pin has to be moved to A’, such that OA'
= 27 cm, to get its inverted real image at A'
///
20cm itself. The value of  l will be
(A) 60 cm, left A’
(B) 60 cm, right
A
(C) 12 cm, left
(D) 30 cm, right
L
M
9. A plano-convex lens (= 1.5) having O
radius of curvature 0.2 m is silvered on (A) 3 (B) 2
the curved surface. The power of the 4 3
(C) (D)
system in dioptre is - 3 2

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 DPP-10 (JLP/067)
[Simple Microscope and Compound Microscope, Telescope,
Terrestrial Telescope, Reflecting Telescope (Cassegrain)]
1. An astronomical telescope has an angular 5. The focal length of a simple convex lens
magnification of magnitude 5 for distant used as a magnifier is 10 cm. For the image
objects. The separation between the to be formed at a distance of distinct vision
objective and the eye piece is 36 cm and the D = 25 cm, the object must be placed away
final image is formed at infinity. The focal from the lens nearly at a distance of -
length fo of the objective and the focal
(A) 5cm
length fe of the eye piece are
(B) 7cm
(A) fo = 45 cm and fe = – 9 cm
(B) fo = 7.2 cm and fe = 5 cm (C) 8cm
(C) fo = 50 cm and fe = 10 cm (D) 16cm
(D) fo = 30 cm and fe = 6 cm
6. In a laboratory four convex lenses L1 ,L2,L3
2. The magnifying power of the objective of a .and L4 of focal lengths 2, 4, 6 and 8 cm
compound microscope is 7 if the respectively are available. Two of these
magnifying power of the microscope is 35, lenses form a telescope of length 10 cm and
then the magnifying power of eyepiece will magnifying power 4. The objective and eye
be – lenses are
(A) 245 (A) L2, L3
(B) 5
(B) L1, L4
(C) 28
(C) L3, L2
(D) 42
(D) L4, L1
3. An astronomical telescope has a
converging eye-piece of focal length 5 cm 7. Microscope is an optical instrument which-
and objective of focal length 80 cm. When (A) Enlarges the object
the final image is formed at the least (B) Increases the visual angle formed by
distance of distinct vision (25 cm), the the object at the eye
separation between the two lenses is- (C) Decreases the visual angle formed by
(A) 75.0 cm (B) 80.0 cm the object at the eye
(C) 84.2 cm (D) 85.0 cm (D) Brings the object nearer

4. In a compound microscope, the focal

8. In a compound microscope, if the objective
lengths of objective and eye-lenses are 1.2
cm and 3 cm respectively. If the object is produces an image Io and the eye piece
put 1.25 cm away from the objective lens produces an image Ie, then -
and the final image is formed at infinity, the (A) Io is virtual but Ie is real
magnifying power of the microscope is - (B) Io is real but Ie is virtual
(A) 150 (B) 200 (C) Io and Ie are both real
(C) 250 (D) 400 (D) Io and Ie are both virtual

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9. The magnifying power of an astronomical 10. A telescope has focal length of objective
telescope is 8 and the distance between the and eye-piece as 200 cm and 5 cm. What
two lenses is 54 cm. The focal length of eye is the magnification of telescope?
lens and objective lens will be respectively-
(A) 6 cm and 48 cm
(B) 48 cm and 6 cm
(C) 8 cm and 64 cm
(D) 64 cm and 8 cm

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 DPP-11 (JLP/068)
(Only for Advanced)
[Refraction through a Prism , Minimum Deviation and Graph
between deviation and angle of inicidence, Small-Angled
Prism (deviation by a thin prism)]
Questions (01 to 02) 5. A ray of light makes normal incidence on
A Prism of refractive index 2 has refracting the diagonal face of a right-angled prism
angle 60°. as shown in figure. If  = 37º, then the
3
angle of deviation is (sin 37º = )
1. In order that a ray suffers minimum 5
deviation it should be incident at an
angle:
(A) 45o
(B) 90o air
air
(C) 30o 5
(D) None 
3
2. Angle of minimum deviation is: (A) 53º
(A) 45o (B) 127º
(B) 90o (C) 106º
(C) 30o (D) 90º
(D) None
6. The refractive index of material of prism
3. A ray of light suffers minimum deviation shown in figure is :
through a prism of refractive index 2 .
If the angle of incidence is double the
angle of refraction within the prism. Then 30º
the angle of prism is 90º
(A) 30º (B) 60º
(C) 90º (D) 120º 45º

4. For a prism the angle of prism is equal to

angle of minimum deviation and
1
refractive index of its material is 3 . (A)
2
Then the angle of minimum deviation
(B) 2 2
will be -
(A) 37º (B) 45º (C) 3
(C) 60º (D) 90º (D) 2

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7. In the figure ABC is the cross-section of 10. A ray of light PQ is incident at an angle i
a right angled prism and BCDE is the on face AB of a prism ABC and it
cross-section of a glass slab. The value of emerges grazing face AC. If n is the
 so that light incident normally on the refractive index and A the angle of the
face AB does not cross the face BC is prism then
3
(given sin–1   = 37º)
5
B E

3 6
 1  2  2  5
1/2
A C D 
  sin i  cos A  
2

(A)  ≤ 37º (A) n  1    
  sin A  
 
(B)  ≤ 53º
1/2
(C)   37º 
  sin i  cos A  
2

(B) n  1    
  53º
(D)
  sin A  
 
1/2
8. n number of identical equilateral prisms   cos i  sin A 2 
 
(C) n  1    
are kept in contact as shown in figure. If
  cos A  
 
deviation through a single prism is .
1/2
Then (n, m are integers)   cos i  sin A 2 
 
(D) n  1    
2 4   cos A  
 
1 3 5 n 11. Two lenses have focal lengths f1 and f2
and their dispersive powers are 1 and 2
respectively. They will together form an
(A) If n = 2m, deviation through n achromatic combination if
prisms is zero (A) 1f1 = 2f2 (B) 1f2 + 2f1 = 0
(B) If n = 2m + 1, deviation through n (C) 1 + f1 = 2 + f2 (D) 1 – f1 = 2 – f2
prisms is 
(C) If n = 2m, deviation through n 12. A achromatic combination is made with
prisms is  a lens of focal length f and dispersive
(D) Both (A) & (B) are correct. power  with a lens having dispersive
power of 2. The focal length of second
9. What is the angle (in degree) of incidence
will be
for an equilateral prism of refractive
(A) 2 f (B) f/2
index 3 , so that ray is parallel to the
(C) –f/2 (D) –2f
base inside the prism?

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13. An optical system has chromatic 15. Spherical aberration in a thin lens can
aberration when be reduced by
(A) Rays are incident at large angle to (A) Using a monochromatic light
the axis (B) Using a doublet combination
(B) Off-axis rays focus differently from (C) Using a circular annular mark
near-axis rays over the lens
(C) Different color rays focus differently. (D) Increasing the size of the lens
(D) Parallel rays cannot be brought to a
focus.

14. A photographer is using a large aperture

lens to capture a portrait in low-light
conditions. However, they notice that the
image appears slightly blurry, especially
towards the edges. Which of the
following aberrations is most likely
responsible for this effect?
(A) Chromatic aberration
(B) Spherical aberration
(C) Coma
(D) Astigmatism

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 DPP-12 (JLP/069)
(Only for JEE Advanced)
[Dispersive Power, Dispersion by a prism, defects of images,
spherical of images, spherical aberrations, Chromatic
aberration in lenses and Achromatic combination of lenses]
1. Chromatic aberration in the formation of 3. White light is passed through a prism of
images by a lens arises because angle 5º. If the refractive indices for red
(A) Of non-paraxial rays and blue colors are 1.641 and 1.659
respectively, then the angle of dispersion
(B) Radii of curvature of the two sides
is
are not the same (A) 0.09º
(C) Of the defect in grinding (B) 0.01º
(D) The focal length varies with the (C) 0.20º
wavelength (D) 0.50º

2. A beam of light consisting of red, green 4. A thin prism P1 with angle 4° and made
and blue colours is incident on a right- from glass of refractive index 1.54 is
angled isosceles prism. The refractive combined with another thin prism P2
indices of the material of the prism for the made from glass of refractive index 1.72
to produce dispersion without deviation.
above red, green and blue wavelengths
The angle of prism P2
are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47 respectively. The (A) 2.6° (B) 3°
prism will (C) 4° (D) 5.33°

5. Which of the following diagrams, shows

correctly the dispersion of white light by
a prism
(A)

(A) Separate part of the red colour from

(B)
the green and blue colours
(B) Separate part of the blue colour form
the red and green colours (C)
(C) Separate all the three colours from
one another
(D)
(D) Not separate even partially any
colour from the other two colours

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6. In the visible region the dispersive 9. Monochromatic light is incident on a
powers and the mean angular deviations glass prism of angle A. If the refractive
for crown and flint glass prisms are ,  index of the material of the prism is μ, a
and d, d respectively. The condition for ray incident at an angle θ, on the face AB
getting deviation without dispersion would get transmitted through the face
when the two prisms are combined is AC of the prism provided
(A) d  d  0
(B) d + d = 0 1
  1  1  
(A)   cos  sin  A  sin   
(C) d + d = 0      
(D) (d)2 + (d)2 = 0
1
  1  1  
(B)   sin  sin  A  sin   
7. If refractive index of red, violet and      
yellow lights are 1.42, 1.62 and 1.50 
1  1  1  
respectively for a medium. Its dispersive (C)   cos  sin  A  sin   
power will be      
(A) 0.4 (B) 0.3
1
  1  1  
(C) 0.2 (D) 0.1 (D)   sin  sin  A  sin   
     
8. An achromatic prism is made by crown
glass prism (AC = 19°) and flint glass 10. A thin prism P1 with angle 4º and made
prism (AF = 6°). If Cv = 1.5 and from glass of refractive index 1.54 is
F
v  1.66 , then resultant deviation for combined with another thin prism P2
made from glass of refractive index 1.72
red coloured ray will be
to produce dispersion without deviation.
(A) 1.04° (B) 5°
What is the angle of prism in degree?
(C) 0.96° (D) 13.5°

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 ANSWER KEY
DPP-01
1. (A) 4. (B) 8. (B) 12. (B)
2. (A) 5. (A) 9. (C) 13. (A)
3. (D) 6. (B) 10. (60o) 14. (C)
7. (D) 11. (A)
DPP-02
1. (A) 5. (C) 9. (B) 13. (D)
2. (B) 6. (B) 10. (C) 14. (D)
3. (C) 7. (B) 11. (C) 15. (B)
4. (B) 8. (D) 12. (C)
DPP-03
1. (B) 5. (B) 9. (15 cm) 13. (D)
2. (C) 6. (C) 10. (C) 14. (C)
3. (D) 7. (D) 11. (C) 15. (1 m/s)
4. (B) 8. (A) 12. (C)

DPP-04
1. (A) 4. (B) 7. (D) 10. (30 cm)
2. (D) 5. (C) 8. (B) 11. (A)
3. (C) 6. (D) 9. (C)
DPP-05
1. (B) 3. (A) 5. (C) 7. (C) 9. (2)
2. (B) 4. (D) 6. (B) 8. (5) 10. (B)
DPP-06
1. (C) 5. (C) 9. (B) 13. 
2. (C) 6. (B) 10. (B)
3. (A) 7. (B) 11. (D)
4. (B) 8. (A) 12. (B)
DPP-07
1. (A) 3. (C) 5. (A) 7. (A) 9. (B)
2. (A) 4. (B) 6. (C) 8. (D) 10. (3)
DPP-08
1. (B) 4. (A) 7. (D) 10. (40)
2. (C) 5. (B) 8. (B) 11. (B)
3. (C) 6. (A) 9. (C)

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 DPP-09
1. (B) 3. (C) 5. (C) 7. (A) 9. 15 D
2. (B) 4. (C) 6. (B) 8. (C) 10. (C)
DPP-10
1. (D) 3. (C) 5. (B) 7. (B) 9. (A)
2. (B) 4. (B) 6. (D) 8. (B) 10. (40)
DPP-11
1. (A) 5. (B) 9. (60°) 13. (C)
2. (C) 6. (D) 10. (A) 14. (B)
3. (C) 7. (A) 11. (B) 15. (C)
4. (C) 8. (D) 12. (D)
DPP-12
1. (D) 3. (A) 5. (B) 7. (A) 9. (D)
2. (A) 4. (B) 6. (C) 8. (D) 10. (3)

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