1. A beam of light strikes two plane mirrors M1 and M2 as shown.
The angle needed to
rotate M1 about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the paper so that the ray retraces
its path from M2 is
(a) 4o, Clockwise (b) 4o, Anti-Clockwise
(c) 2o, Clockwise (d) 2o, Anti-Clockwise
2. The Sun (diameter 𝐷) subtends a small angle 𝜃 radians at the pole of a concave mirror of focal length 𝑓.
The diameter of the image of the sun formed by the mirror is
(a) 𝑓𝜃 (b) (c) 2𝑓𝜃 (d) 𝐷𝜃
3. A light ray is incident on a glass slab of thickness 𝑡 having a refractive index 𝑛 = √3 kept in
the air as shown. The time taken by the light ray to pass through the slab is (𝑐 is the speed of
light in a vacuum)
√
(a) (b) (c) (d)
√
4. A ray enters a glass sphere of refractive index 𝑛 = √3 kept in the air at an angle
of incidence 60o as shown. It is reflected and refracted at the farther surface of the
sphere. The angle between the reflected and refracted ray at this surface (𝜃) is
(a) 60° (b) 90° (c) 120° (d) 100°
5. Two mirrors are inclined at an angle 𝜃 as shown. A light ray is incident parallel to
one of the mirrors. The ray will start retracing its path after the second reflection if:
(a) 𝜃 = 45° (b) 𝜃 = 30° (c) 𝜃 = 60° (d) All three
6. An object is kept perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex mirror of radius of curvature 20 𝑐𝑚. If the
distance of the object from the mirror is 20 𝑐𝑚, then its lateral magnification will be
(a) (b) − (c) 1 (d) −1
7. A point object on the principal axis at a distance of 15 𝑐𝑚 in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature
20 𝑐𝑚 has a speed 2 𝑚𝑚/𝑠 perpendicular to the principal axis. The speed of the image at that instant will be
(a) 2 𝑚𝑚/𝑠 (b) 4 𝑚𝑚/𝑠 (c) 8 𝑚𝑚/𝑠 (d) None of these
8. S1 and S2 are two parallel slabs. The medium between the slabs has a refractive index
2. Find the minimum angle of incidence at Q, so that the ray is totally reflected by both
the slabs
(a) 60° (b) 45° (c) 30° (d) None of these
9. A convex lens is made of three different materials as shown in the figure (left). For a point object placed on the
principal axis, the number of images formed is
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
10. The image for the converging beam after refraction through the curved
surface is formed at: (𝑥 is measured from O)
(a) 𝑥 = 40 𝑐𝑚 (b) 𝑥 = 𝑐𝑚
(c) 𝑥 = − 𝑐𝑚 (d) 𝑥 = 𝑐𝑚
11. The adjacent figure shows two plane mirrors parallel to each other and an object O placed
between them. Then, the distance of first three images from the mirror M2 will be (in cm)
(a) 5,10,15 (b) 5,15,30 (c) 5,25,35 (d) 5,15,25
12. A convex lens A of focal length 20 cm and a concave lens B of focal length
5 cm are kept along the same axis with a distance ‘d’ between them as shown
in the figure. If a parallel beam falling on A emerges parallel from B, then
‘d’ is equal to
(a) 15 cm (b) 10 cm
(c) 22.5 cm (d) 25 cm
13. A ray of light travels from an optically denser medium to a rarer medium. The critical angle for the two media
is 𝑐. The maximum possible deviation of the ray will be
(a) 𝜋 − 𝑐 (b) 𝜋 − 2𝑐 (c) 2𝑐 (d) + 𝑐
1 D 6 A 11 C
2 A 7 B 12 A
3 D 8 A 13 B
4 B 9 B
5 A 10 A
