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Advanced Bridge Course

(ABC) PHYSICS
PEPPY DPP No. 3

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS

Single Choice Questions

1. A concave mirror is placed on a horizontal table, with its axis directed vertically upwards. Let O be the
pole of the mirror and C its centre of curvature. A point object is placed at C. It has a real image, also
located at C. If the mirror is now filled with water, the image will be
(A) real and will remain at C
(B) real and located at a point between C and
(C) virtual and located at a point between C and O
(D) real and located at a point between C and O

2. A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror along a vector iˆ ˆj kˆ . The normal to the mirror at the point

of incidence is along iˆ ˆj . Then unit vector along the reflected ray is

1 ˆ ˆj kˆ ) 1 ˆ ˆj kˆ ) 1 ˆj kˆ ) (D) 1 ˆ ˆj kˆ )
(A) (i (B) (i (C) ( iˆ (i
3 3 3 3
3. A cubical block of glass of refractive index n1 is in contact with the surface of water of refractive index
n2 . A beam of light is incident on vertical face of the block (see figure). After refraction, a total internal
reflection at the base and refraction at the opposite vertical face, the ray emerges out at an angle .

The value of is given by :

1 1
(A) sin n12 n22 (B) tan n12 n22 (C) sin (D) tan
n12 n22 n12 n22

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4. A container is filled with water ( 1.33) upto a height of 33.25 cm . A concave mirror is placed 15 cm
above the water level and the image of an object placed at the bottom is formed 25 cm below the water
level. The focal length of the mirror is

(A) 10 cm (B) 15 cm (C) 20 cm (D) 25 cm

5. A ray of light, travelling in a medium of refractive index 2, is incident onto the flat surface of a slab, the

angle of incidence being 37 . The refractive index of the material of the slab varies with depth ( x)
from the top surface as ( x) R(2 x) , where x is in ' m and R is 1m 1 . The maximum depth

reached by the ray is (take sin37 0.6 )

8 6 3 4
(A) m (B) m (C) m (D) m
5 5 5 5
6. An equiconvex lens forms the image of an object. A plot of the position of image (v) versus the position
of object ( u ) is shown in the adjacent figure. If the maximum error in the measurement of length is
0.1cm , the focal length of the lens is

(A) 5cm 0.05cm (B) 10cm 0.05cm (C) 5cm 0.1cm (D) 10cm 0.05cm

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7. An object is moving with constant speed v0 , towards a concave mirror along its principal axis, from a
distance 4 f0 as shown, where f0 is the focal length of mirror. The correct graph of speed of image

vi with time (t) is :-

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

8. A ray incident at an angle 53 on a prism emerges at an angle 37 as shown. If the angle of incidence

is made 50 , which of the following is a possible value of the angle of emergence?

(A) 35 (B) 42 (C) 40 (D) 38

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9. A thin isosceles prism with angle 4 and refractive index 5 / 4 is placed inside a transparent tube with
liquid (refractive index 1.5 ) as shown. The deviation of light due to prism will be :-

(A) 0.8 upward (B) 0.8 downward (C) 0.67 upward (D) 0.67 downward

10. Fig. shows three transparent media of refractive indices 1 , 2 and 3. A point object O is placed in
the medium 2. If the entire medium on the right of the spherical surface has refractive index 1, the

image forms at O . If this entire medium has refractive index 3, the image forms at O . In the

situation shown,

(A) the image forms between O and O . (B) the image forms to the left of O .

(C) the image forms to the right of O . (D) two image form, one at O and the other at O .
11. An observer stands at the edge of a swimming pool, as sketched in the figure below. This observer will
perceive the pool as :-

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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12. In the diagram shown below, a point source O is placed vertically below the center of a circular plane
mirror. The light rays starting from the source are reflected from the mirror such that a circular area A
on the ground receives light. Now, a glass slab is placed between the mirror and the source O. What
will the magnitude of the new area on the ground receiving light?

(A) A
(B) Greater than A
(C) Less than A
(D) Cannot tell, as the information given is insufficient
13. A converging beam of light having angle of convergence 4° is incident upon a convex mirror as shown.
Find the angle of convergence after reflection. Focal length of mirror is 10 cm.

(A) 0.5° (B) 1° (C) 1.5° (D) 2°

14. A person has D cm wide face and his two eyes are separated by d cm. The minimum width of a mirror
required for the person to view his complete face is

D d D d D d D d
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 4 2
15. A parallel beam of light is incident from air at an angle on the side PQ of a right angled triangular

prism of refractive index n 2 . Light undergoes total internal reflection in the prism at the face PR
when has a minimum value of 45 . The angle of the prism is :

(A) 15° (B) 22.5° (C) 30° (D) 45°

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Multiple Choice Type Questions

16. Choose incorrect ray diagram [ denotes converging lens and denotes diverging lens] All symbols

have their usual meaning and all the rays shown are paraxial. (focal length of each lens is F )

(A) (B)

(C) (D)
17. In the diagram shown, light is incident on the interface between media 1 (refractive index n1) and 2
(refractive index n2) at angle slightly greater than the critical angle, and is totally reflected. The light is
then also totally reflected at the interface between media 1 and 3 (refractive index n3), after which it
travels in a direction opposite to its initial direction. The media must have a refractive indices such that

2
(A) n1 n2 n3 (B) n1 n32 n22 (C) n1
2
n22 n32 (D) n1
2
n22 n32

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Integer Type Questions

18. Find the co-ordinates of image of point object P formed after two successive reflection in situation as
shown in figure considering first reflection at concave mirror and then at convex.

19. A rod of length is moving with constant speed 1m/ s towards the pole of a concave mirror of focal
length . Find the rate of change in length of the image of the rod(inm / s ) at the moment centre of

the rod coincides with the centre of curvature of the mirror.

20. A point object is placed at the centre of curvature of a concave mirror (taken as origin). A plane mirror is
also placed at a distance of 10 cm from the object as shown. Consider two reflection first at plane mirror

x0
and then at concave mirror, the coordinates of the image thus formed are x0 , y0 . Find .
y0

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21. A light beam of diameter 3R is incident symmetrically on a glass hemisphere of radius R and of
refractive index n 3 . Find the radius of the beam at the base of hemisphere.

22. A source of light is located at a distance 90cm from a screen. A thin converging lens provides the
sharp image of the source when placed between the source of light and the screen at two positions.
Determine the focal length of the lens if
(a) the distance between the two positions of the lens is 30cm ;
(b) the transverse dimensions of the image at one position of the lens are 4.0 greater than those
at the other position.
23. Two rays travelling parallel to the principal axis strike a large plano-convex lens having a refractive
index of 1.60. If the convex face is spherical, a ray near the edge does not pass through the focal point
(spherical aberration occurs). If this face has a radius of curvature of magnitude 20.0 cm and the two

rays are h1 0.500 cm and h2 12.0cm from the principal axis, find the difference in the positions
where they cross the principal axis.

24. A parallel beam of light of diameter 4 cm falls on a thin convex lens of focal length 40 cm and then on a
thin convex lens of focal length 10 cm as shown in figure (a). In figure (b) the second lens is an
equiconcave lens of focal length 10 cm. In both the cases, the second lens has an aperture equal to
1cm. Compare the area illuminated by the beam of light on the screen, which passes through the
second lens in the two cases.

25. A man standing on the edge of a swimming pool looks at a stone lying on the bottom. The depth of the
swimming pool is equal to h. At what distance from the surface of water is the image of the stone
formed if the line of vision makes an angle with the normal to the surface?

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26. A long rectangular slab of transparent medium of thickness d is placed on table with length parallel to x
-axis and width parallel to the y -axis. A ray of light travelling along y -axis enters at origin such that

angle of incidence 90 . The refractive index of the medium varies as 1 ex/d . The
refractive index of the air is 1 . If the x -coordinate of the point A , where the ray intersects the upper
surface of the slab-air boundary is (kd) n2 , then find the value of k .

27. A hollow sphere of glass of R.I. n has a small mark M on its interior surface which is observed by an
observer O from a point outside the sphere. C is the centre of the sphere. The inner cavity (air) is
concentric with the external surface and thickness of the glass is every where equal to the radius of the
inner surface. Find the distance by which the mark will appear nearer than it really is in terms of n and
R assuming paraxial rays.

Comprehension Type Questions

Comprehension-1
The convex surface of a thin concavo-convex lens of glass of refractive index 1.5 has a radius of
curvature of 20 cm . The concave surface has a radius of curvature of 60 cm . The convex side is
silvered and placed on a horizontal surface as shown in the figure.

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28. The focal length of the combination has the magnitude

(A) 8.6 cm (B) 7.5 cm (C) 1.5 cm (D) 15 cm
29. The combination behaves like
(A) a concave mirror (B) a convex mirror (C) a concave lens (D) a convex lens
30. A small object is placed on the principal axis of the combination, at a distance of 30cm in front of the
mirror. The magnification of the image is

1 3 1
(A) (B) (C) 5 (D)
3 4 3

Comprehension-2

There is a spherical glass ball of refractive index 1 and another glass ball of refractive index 2

inside it as shown in figure. The radius of the outer ball is R1 and that of inner ball is R2 . A ray is
incident on the outer surface of the ball at an angle i1 .

31. Find the value of r1

1 sin i 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) sin (B) sin 1 sini1 (C) sin (D) sin
1 sin i 1 1 sin i 1

32. Find the value of r2

1 R1 1 R2 1 R1 1 1 R2
(A) sin sin i 1 (B) sin sini 1 (C) sin (D) sin sini 1
R
2 2 R
2 1 R
1 2 sin i 1 R
1 1

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Matrix Match Type Questions

33. A bird in air is diving vertically over a tank with speed 6cm / s . Base of the tank is silvered. A fish in the
tank is rising upward along the same line with speed 4cm / s. [Take: water 4/ 3 ]

Column I Column II (in cm/s)

(A) Speed of the image of fish as seen by the bird directly (P) 12
(B) Speed of the image of fish formed after reflection (Q) 4
from the mirror as seen by the bird
(C) Speed of image of bird relative to the fish looking upwards (R) 9
(D) Speed of image of bird relative to the fish looking downwards in the mirror (S) 3
34. A point source is situated at a distance x < f from the pole of the concave mirror of focal length f. At time
t = 0, the point source starts moving away from the mirror with constant velocity. Which of the graphs
below represents best, variation of image distance | v | with the distance x between the pole of mirror
and the source.

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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35. A diverging beam of light from a point source S having divergence angle , falls symmetrically on a
glass slab as shown. the angles of incidence of the two extreme rays are equal. If the thickness of the
glass slab is t and the refractive index n, then the divergence angle of the emergent beam is

(A) zero (B) (C) sin–1(1/ n) (D) 2sin–1(1/ n)

36. Two identical thin isosceles prisms of refracting angle ' A ' and refractive index are placed with their
bases touching each other. Two parallel rays of light are incident on this system as shown. The
distance of the point where the rays converge from the prism is

h h h h
(A) (B) (C) (D)
A A ( 1)A ( 1)A

ANSWER KEY

1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (D)

6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (D)
11. (A) 12. (A) 13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (A)

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16. (A,B,C,D) 17. (B,D) 18. (30 cm, – 14 mm) 19.
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R
20. 180 21.
3
64
22. (a) f
2
( )2 4 20 cm ; (b) f (1 )2 20 cm .23. cm 24. 81
3
26. 2 27. (n - 1)R/(3n - 1) 28. (B) 29. (A) 30. (A)
31. (A) 32. (A) 33. (A) – R; (B) – S; (C) – P; (D) – Q 34. (A)
35. (B) 36. (C)

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