ATOMS( CHAPTER: 9)

Multiple Choice Questions

1. An object is placed at a distance of 40cm from a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. if the object is
displaced through a distance of 20 cm towards the mirror, the displacement of the image will be
(a) 30 cm away from the mirror
(b) 36 cm away from the mirror
(c) 30 cm towards the mirror
(d) 36 cm towards the mirror
Ans: (b)
2. Why is refractive index in a transparent medium greater than one ?
(a) Because the speed of light in vacuum is always less than speed in a transparent medium
(b) Because the speed of light in vacuum is always greater than the speed in a transparent medium
(c) Frequency of wave changes when it crosses medium
(d) None of these
Ans: (b)
3. Which of the following is not due to total internal reflection
(a) Working of optical fibre
(b) Difference between apparent and real depth of a pond
(c) Mirage on hot summer days
(d) Brilliance of diamond
Ans: (b)
4. An object approaches a convergent lens from the left of the lens with a uniform speed 5m/s and stops
at the focus. The image
(a) moves away from the lens with an uniform speed 5m/s
(b) moves away from the lens with an uniform acceleration
(d) moves away from the lens with a non-uniform acceleration
(d) moves towards the lens with a non-uniform acceleration
Ans: (c)
5. The radius of curvature of the curved surface of a plano-convex lens is 20 cm. if the refractive index of
the material of the lens be 1.5, it will
(a) act as a convex lens only for the objects that lie on its curved side.
(b) act as convex lens for the objects lie on its curved side.
(c) act as a convex lens irrespective of the side on which the object lies.
(d) act as a convex lens irrespective of side on which the object lies.
Ans: (c)
6. An equiconvex lens is cut into two halves along (i) XOX ' and (ii) YOY ' as
Y
shown in figure, Let f be the focal lengths of complete lens and f ' and f '' be
the focal lengths of each half in case (i) and (ii) respectively. Choose the correct
statement from the following:
O
(a) f ' = 2 f and f '' = f X X'
(b) f ' = f and f '' = f
(c) f ' = 2 f and f '' = 2 f Y'
(d) f ' = f and f '' = 2 f
Ans: (d)
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7. The refractive index of the material of a prism is 2 and the angle of the prism is 30° . One of the two
refracting surfaces of the prism is made of mirror inwards, by silver coating. A beam of
monochromatic light entering the prism from the other face will retrace it path(after reflection from the
silvered surface) if its angle of incidence of the prism is:
(a) 60° (b) 45° (c) 30° (d) 0°
Ans: (b)
8. A biconcave lens of power P vertically splits into two identical plano concave parts. The power of each
part will be
(a) 2P (b) P/2 (c) P (d) P / 2
Ans: (c)
9. For a glass prism, the angle of minimum deviation will be smallest for the light of
(a) red colour (b) blue colour (c) yellow colour (d) green colour
Ans: (c)
10. For relaxed eye, the magnifying power of a microscope is
v0 D v0 f e u0 D u0  D 
(a) × (b) × (c) × (d) ×− 
u0 f e u0 D v0 f e v0  f e 
Ans: (a)
11. If the focal length of objective lens is increased then magnifying power of
(a) microscope will increase but that of telescope decrease.
(b) microscope and telescope both will increase
(c) microscope and telescope both will decrease
(d) microscope will decrease but that of telescope will increase.
Ans: (d)
12. The focal length of the objective of a compound microscope is
(a) greater than the focal length of eyepiece
(b) lesser than the focal length of eyepiece
(c) equal to the focal length of eyepiece
(d) equal to the length of its tube
Ans: (b)
13. Larger aperature of objective lens in an astronomical telescope
(a) increases the brightness of the image.
(b) decreases the brightness of the image.
(c) increases the size of the image.
(d) decreases the length of the telescope.
Ans: (a)
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14. Refractive index of water is . A light source is placed in water at a depth of 4m. Then what must be
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in minimum radius of disc placed at water surface so that the light of source can be stopped?
(a) 3 m (b) 4 m (c) 5 m (d) infinite
Ans: (b)
15. The speed of light in media M 1 and M 2 are 1.5 × 108 m/s and 2.0 ×108 m/s respectively. A ray of
light enters from medium M 1 to M 2 at an incidence angle i. If the ray suffers total internal reflection,
the value of i is :
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2
(a) Equal to sin −1  
3
3
(b) Equal to or less than sin −1  
5
3
(c) Equal to or greater than sin −1  
4
2
(d) Less than sin −1  
3
Ans. (c)
16. A converging lens is used to form an image on a screen. When the upper half of the lens is covered by
an opaque screen.
(a) half the image will disappear.
(b) incomplete image ill be formed.
(c) intensity of image will decrease but complete image is formed.
(d) intensity of image will increase but image is not distinct.
Ans: (c)
17. Air bubble in water behaves as
(a) sometimes concave, sometimes convex lens
(b) concave lens.
(c) convex lens.
(d) always refracting surface.
Ans: (b)
18. We combine two lenses, one is convex and other is concave having focal length f1 and f 2 and their
combined focal length is F . Combination of the lenses will behave like concave lens, if
(a) f1 > f 2 (b) f1 = f 2 (c) f1 < f 2 (d) f1 ≤ f 2
Ans: (a)
19. The length of an astronomical telescope for normal vision (relaxed eye) will be
f
(a) f 0 − f e (b) 0 (c) f 0 × f e (d) f 0 + f e
fe
Ans: (d)
19. A biconvex lens of focal length f is cut into two identical plano convex lenses. The focal length of
each part will be
f
(a) f (b) (c) 2 f (d) 4 f
2
Ans: (c)
20. The refractive index of the material of an equilateral prism is 3 . What is the angle of minimum
deviation?
(a) 45° (b) 60° (c) 37° (d) 30°
Ans: (b)
21. An object is immersed in a fluid. In order that the object becomes invisible, it should
(a) behaves as a perfect, it reflector.
(b) absorb all light falling on it.
(c) have refractive index one.
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(d) have refractive index exactly matching with that of the surrounding fluid.
Ans: (d)
22. A biconvex lens of focal length f is cut into two identical plano convex lenses. The focal length of
each part will be:
f
(a) f (b) (c) 2 f (d) 4 f
2
Ans: (c)
23. Image of an object in a concave mirror is
(a) always real
(b) always virtual
(c) always erect
(d) real or virtual depending on position of the object.
Ans: (d)
24. The linear magnification of a concave mirror is
(a) always positive
(b) always negative
(c) positive or negative depending upon the position of the object.
(d) None of these.
Ans: (c)
25. What is the refractive index of a medium in which light travels with a speed of 2 × 108 m/s ?
(a) 3/2 (b) 2/3 (c) 1 (d) none of these
Ans: (a)
26. Refractive index of glass w.r.t water is 9/8. what is the speed of light in water? Given speed of light in
glass is 2 × 108 m/s.
(a) 2 × 108 m/s. (b) 3 × 108 m/s. (c) 2.25 ×108 m/s. (d) none of these
Ans: (c)
27. For total internal reflection, light must travel
(a) from rarer to denser medium.
(b) from denser to rarer medium
(c) in air only
(d) in water only
Ans: (b)
28. Optical fibres are based on the phenomenon of
(a) reflection (b) refraction (c) dispersion (d) Total internal reflection.
Ans: (d)
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29. A convex mirror of focal length f forms an image which is times the object. The distance of the
n
object from the mirror is
 n −1   n +1
(a) ( n − 1) f (b)  f (c)  f (d) ( n + 1) f
 n   n 
Ans: (a)
30. The focal length of a concave mirror is f and the distance from the object to the principal focus is x .
The ratio of the size of the image to the size of the object is
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f +x f f f2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
f x x x2
Ans: (c)
31. A point object is placed at a distance of 30 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 30cm. The image
will form at
(a) Infinity (b) f (c) f / 2 (d) 2 f
Ans: (d)
32. A concave mirror gives an image three times as large as the object placed at a distance of 20 cm from
it. For the image to be real, the focal length should be
(a) 10cm (b) 15cm (c) 20cm (d) 30cm
Ans: (b)
33. Light waves travel from optically denser medium. Its velocity decreases because of change in
(a) frequency (b) wavelength (c) amplitude (d) phase
Ans: (b)
34. A light wave has a frequency of 4 × 1014 Hz and a wavelength of 5 ×10−7 metres in a medium. The
refractive index of the medium is
(a) 1.5 (b) 1.33 (c) 1.0 (d) 0.66
Ans: (a)
35. When light wave suffer reflection at the interface between air and glass, the change of phase of
reflected wave is equal to
(a) zero (b) π / 2 (c) π (d) 2π
Ans: (b)
36. A vessel of depth 2dcm is half filled with a liquid of refractive index µ1 and the upper half with a
liquid of refractive index µ 2 . The apparent depth of the vessel seen perpendicularly is
 µµ  1 1  1 1   1 
(a) d  1 2  (b) d  +  (c) 2d  +  (d) 2d  
 µ1 + µ 2   µ1 µ 2   µ1 µ 2   µ1µ 2 
Ans: (d)
37. Light travels through a glass plate of thickness t and having refractive index n .if c is the velocity of
light in vacuum, the time taken by the light to travel this thickness of glass is
t nt tc
(a) (b) tnc (c) (d)
nc c n
Ans: (d)
38. The refractive indices of a glass and water w.r.t air are 3/2 and 4/3 respectively. The refractive index of
glass w.r.t water will be
(a) 8/9 (b) 9/8 (c) 7/6 (d) none of these
Ans: (b)
39. A fish in water having refractive index n looks at a bird vertically above in the air. If y is the height of
the bird and x is the depth of the fish from the surface, then the distance of the bird as estimated by
the fish is
 1  1  1
(a) x + y  1 +  (b) y + x  1 −  (c) x + y  1 −  (d) x + ny
 n  n  n
Ans: (d)
40. Refractive index of a medium is µ . The incidence angle is twice that of refracting angle. The angle of
incidence is
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µ µ µ µ
(a) cos −1   (b) sin −1   (c) 2 cos −1   (d) sin −1  
2 2 2 2
Ans: (c)
41. Critical angle of light passing from glass to air is minimum for
(a) Red (b) Green (c) Yellow (d) Violet
Ans: (d)
42. Light travels in two media A and B with speeds 1.8 × 108 m / s and 2.4 ×108 m / s respectively. Then the
critical angle between them is
2 3 2 3
(a) sin −1   (b) tan −1   (c) tan −1   (d) sin −1  
3 4 3 4
Ans: (d)
43. If the critical angle for total internal reflection from a medium to vacuum is 30° . The velocity of light
in the medium is
(a) 3 × 108 m / s (b) 1.5 × 108 m / s (c) 6 ×108 m / s (d) 3 × 108 m / s
Ans: (b)
44. Critical angle for light going from medium (i) to (ii) is θ . The speed of light in a medium (i) is v then
speed in medium (ii) is
(a) v (1 − cos θ ) (b) v / sin θ (c) v / cos θ (d) v (1 − sin θ )
Ans: (b)
45. If light travels a distance x in t1 sec in air and 10x distance in t 2 sec in a medium, the critical angle of
the medium will be
t  t   10t   10t 
(a) tan −1  1  (b) sin −1  1  (c) sin −1  1  (d) tan −1  1 
 t2   t2   t2   t2 
Ans: (c)
46. A fish looking up through the water sees the outside world contained in a circular horizon. If the
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refractive index of water is and the fish is 12cm below the surface, the radius of this circle in cm is
3
(a) 36 5 (b) 4 5 (c) 36 7 (d) 36 / t
Ans: (d)
47. The radius of curvature for a convex lens is 40cm, for each surface, its refractive index is 1.5. the focal
length will be
(a) 40cm (b) 20cm (c) 80cm (d) 30cm
Ans: (a)
48. Four lenses are made from the same type of glass. The radius of curvature of each face is given below.
Which will have the greatest positive power
(a) 10cm convex and 15cm concave
(b) 5cm convex and 10cm concave
(c) 15cm convex and plane
(d) 20cm convex and 30cm concave
Ans: (b)
49. Two lenses of power +12 and -2 dioptres are placed in contact. What will the focal length of
combination
(a) 10cm (b) 12.5cm (c) 16.6cm (d) 8.33cm
Ans: (a)
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50. A glass convex lens ( µ g = 1.5 ) has a focal length of 8cm when placed in air. What would be the focal
length of the lens when it is immerged in water ( µ w = 1.33)
(a) 2m (b) 4cm (c) 16cm (d) 32cm
Ans: (d)
51. The distance between an object and a divergent lens is m times the focal length of the lens. The linear
magnification produced by the lens is
1
(a) m (b) 1/ m (c) m + 1 (d)
m +1
Ans: (d)
52. The power of a biconvex lens is 10 dioptre and the radii of curvature of each surface is 10cm. then the
refractive index of the material of the lens is
(a) 3/2 (b) 4/3 (c) 9/8 (d) 5/3
Ans: (a)
53. When a lens of refractive index n1 is placed in a liquid of refractive index n2 , the lens looks to be
disappeared only, if
(a) n1 = n2 / 2 (b) n1 = 3n2 / 4 (c) n1 = n2 (d) n1 = 5n2 / 4
Ans: (c)
54. A plano convex lens fits exactly into a plano concave lens. Their plane surfaces are parallel to each
other. If lenses are made of different materials indices µ1 , µ 2 and R is the radius of curvature of the
curved surface of the lenses, then the focal length of combination is
2R R R R
(a) (b) (c) (d)
( µ 2 − µ1 ) 2 ( µ1 + µ 2 ) 2 ( µ1 − µ 2 ) ( µ1 − µ 2 )
Ans: (d)
55. Two thin lenses of focal length f1 and f 2 are n contact and coaxial. The combination is equivalent to a
single lens of power
f f 1 f +f
(a) f1 + f 2 (b) 1 2 (c) ( f1 + f 2 ) (d) 1 2
f1 + f 2 2 f1 f 2
Ans: (d)
56. The focal length for violet, green and red light rays are fV , fG and f R respectively. Which of the
following is the true relationship
(a) f R < fG < fV (b) fV < f G < f R (c) f G < f R < fV (d) f G < fV < f R
Ans: (b)
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55. A convex lens of focal length f produces an image times than that of the size of the object. The
n
distance of the object from the lens is
f
(a) nf (b) (c) ( n + 1) f (d) ( n − 1) f
n
Ans: (c)
56. A thin equiconvex lens is made of glass of refractive index 1.5 and its focal length is 0.2m, if is acts as
a concave lens of 0.5m focal length when dipped in a liquid, the refractive index of the liquid is
(a) 17/8 (b) 15/8 (c) 13/8 (d) 9/8
Ans: (b)
57. We combined a convex lens of focal length f1 and concave lens of focal lengths f 2 and their combined
focal length was F. The combination of these lenses will behave like a concave lens, if
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(a) f1 > f 2 (b) f1 < f 2 (c) f1 = f 2 (d) f1 ≤ f 2
Ans: (a)
58. A convex lens is in contact with concave lens. The magnitude of the ratio of their focal length is 2/3.
Their equivalent focal length is 30cm. what are their individual focal lengths
(a) -75, 50 (b) -10,15 (c) 75, 50 (d) -15, 10
Ans: (d)
59. The refracting angle of a prism A and refractive index of the material of the prism is cot ( A / 2 ) . The
angle of minimum deviation is
(a) 180° − 2 A (b) 90° − A (c) 180° + 2 A (d) 180° − 3 A
Ans: (a)
60. In an equilateral prism if incident angle is 45° then minimum deviation is
(a) 30° (b) 60° (c) 45° (d) 90°
Ans: (a)
61. For an angle of incident θ on an equilateral prism of refractive index 3 , the ray refracted is parallel
to the base inside the prism. The value of θ is
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 75°
Ans: (c)
62. Under minimum deviation condition in a prism, if a ray is incident at an angle 30° , the angle between
the emergent ray and the second refracting surface of the prism is
(a) 0° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 60°
Ans: (d)
63. The angle of minimum deviation for a prism is 40° and the angle of the prism is 60° . The angle of
incidence in this position will be
(a) 30° (b) 60° (c) 100° (d) 120°
Ans: (d)
64. The magnifying power of telescope is high if
(a) Both objective and eye-piece have short focal length.
(b) Both objective and eye-piece have long focal length.
(c) The objective has a long focal length and the eye piece has a short focal length.
(d) The objective has a short focal length and the eyepiece has a long focal length.
Ans: (c)
65. If the focal length of objective lens is increased then magnifying power of
(a) microscope and telescope both will decrease
(b) microscope will decreases but that of telescope will increase
(c) microscope will increase but that of telescope decrease
(d) microscope and telescope both will increase
Ans: (b)
66. If tube of astronomical telescope is 105 cm and magnifying power is 20 for normal setting calculate
the focal length of objective
(a) 100cm (b) 10cm (c) 20cm (d) 25cm
Ans: (a)
67. The focal length of the objective and the eye-piece of a compound microscope are f 0 and f e
respectively. If L is the tube length and D the least distance of distinct vision, then its angular
magnification, when the image is formed at infinity, is
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 L  D   L  D   L  D  L D
(a)  1 −    (b)  1 +   (c)  1 −    (d)  
 f0   fe   f 0  f e   f0   f0  f0  fe 
Ans: (d)
68. The length of the compound microscope is 14cm. The magnifying power for relaxed eye is 25cm. if
the focal length of eye lens is 5cm, then the objective lens will be
(a) 1.8cm (b) 1.5cm (c) 2.1cm (d) 2.4cm
Ans: (a)
69. A compound microscope has an eye piece of focal length 10 cm and an objective of focal length 4cm.
Calculate the magnification, if an object is kept at a distance of 5cm from the objective so that final
image is formed at the least distance vision(20cm)
(a) 12 (b) 11 (c) 10 (d) 13
Ans: (a)
70. In a compound microscope, the intermediate image is
(a) virtual, erect and magnified
(b) real, erect and magnified
(c) real, inverted and magnified
(d) virtual, erect and reduced
Ans: (c)
71. A wire mesh consisting of very small squares is viewed at a distance of 8cm through a magnifying
converging lens of focal length 10cm, kept close to the eye. The magnification produced by the lens is
(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 20
Ans: (a)
72. A compound microscope has two lenses. The magnifying power of one is 5 and the combined
magnifying power is 100. the magnifying power of the other lens is
(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 50 (d) 25
Ans: (b)
73. If F0 and Fe are the focal length of the objective and eye-piece respectively of a telescope, then its
magnifying power will be
1
(a) F0 + Fe (b) F0 × Fe (c) F0 / Fe (d) ( F0 + Fe )
2
Ans: (c)