SINGLE OPTION TYPE

1. In the adjacent figure, a thin silvered lens is shown. μ A = 1.8 and μ B = 1.1 . R1 = 40 cm,
R 2 = 20 cm and R 3 = 10 cm. A point object is placed at a distance 12 cm from this
lens on its principal axis. Then the distance of the final image formed from the
lens is

(a) 24cm (b) 12cm (c) 6cm (d) 3cm

2. ABC is a glass prism with A = 900 and other two angles 450 each as shown. Choose
correct options from following
1
( take h = 3cm,  = 2 ; BC = 20cm ; tan150  for options C,d)
4
A

h
450 450
B C

A) The minimum refractive index of glass of prism for the emerge out through face
AC of any light ray entered at face AB is 2
B) The light ray entered at AB will pass through face AC for any value of refractive
index of prism with adjustment of angle of incidence at AB
C) A light ray incident parallel to BC on AB will leave the face AC at a height 2cm
from BC
D) A light ray incident parallel to BC on AB will leave the face AC at a height 3cm
from BC
3. A small object (A) is placed on the principal axis of an equiconvex lens at a distance
of 30 cm. The refractive index of glass of lens is 1.5 and its surfaces have radius of
curvature R = 20 cm. Two glass slabs S1,S2 have been placed behind the lens as
shown. Thickness of the two slabs is 6cm and 4cm respectively and their refractive
3
indices are and 2 respectively. Choose wrong option from following
2
 S1 S2

30cm 12cm 1cm

6cm
4cm

A) The distance of final image measured from the lens is 64 cm

B) The magnification of final image is "− 2"
C) The change in position of final image if the slab S2 is moved to left so as to put it in
contact with S1 is 1cm
D) The change in position of final image if the two slabs in contact are together moved
to right by a distance of 100 cm is zero
4. You are given a parabolic mirror whose inner surface is silvered so that its outer surface
behaves like a mirror. The equation of the curve formed by its intersection with x-y plane
x2
is given by y = . A ray travelling in x-y plane along line y = x + 3, hits the mirror in
4
second quadrant and gets reflected. The unit vector in the direction of reflected ray is :

A)
1
2
(−i − j ) B)
1
5
(i + 2j ) C)
1
10
(−3i + j ) D)
1
13
(
−3i − 2j )
5. A point source of light (S) is placed in front of a plane mirror as shown in the figure.
Determine the length of reflected patch of light on the screen  :

3L L
A) L B) 2L C) D)
2 2
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7.

8. In a standard YDSE setup if the screen is kept tilted as shown, find the distance OA if
first maximum is formed at A. Wavelength of light emitted by source is  .


d O
D
Screen

D sec  D sec  D cos  D sec  tan 

A) B) C) D)
d +  tan  d +  sin  d +  tan  d +  tan 

MULTI OPTION TYPE

9. In a standard YDSE setup, we plot the phase difference (  ) between both waves at

point P on the screen against the angular position of point P on the screen. The graph
is as shown below.
 P 
S1
4

S2

/2
Screen

Choose the correct statement(s)

A) The distance S1S2 = 2

B) There are a total of 4 minima on the screen


C) The first maxima above the centre is at  =
4


D) At  = , intensity is minimum
3

10. The point S is monochromatic source of light emitting light of wavelength  . At the
point P at a distance x from the mirror as shown in the figure, interference takes place
between two light rays one directly coming from source S and another after reflection
from the mirror such that a maxima is formed. The value of x may be

x
2x
P
S
500x

A) 120  B) 125  C) 62.5  D) 187.5 

11. A bird (B) in air is diving vertically downward over a tank with speed 5 cm/s while

base of tank is silvered. A fish in the tank is rising upward along the same line with
4
speed 2 cm/s. Water level is falling at rate of 2 cm/s. Take  water =
3

B
 A) Speed of fish as seen by bird directly is 6 cm/s

B) Speed of fish as seen by bird directly is 3 cm/s

C) Speed of image of fish as seen by bird after reflection from mirror is 3 cm/s

D) Speed of image of fish as seen by bird after reflection from mirror is 6 cm/s

12. Which of the following statements is/are correct about the refraction of light from a
plane surface when incident light ray is in denser medium. [C is critical angle]

A) The maximum angle of deviation is (  / 2 ) − C , it will be at angle of incidence C

B) The maximum angle of deviation for all angles of incidence is  − 2C , when angle
of incidence is slightly greater than C

C) If angle of incidence is less than C, then deviation increases if angle of incidence is

also increased

D) If angle of incidence is greater than C, then deviation decreases if angle of

incidence is increased

13.
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15. A particle is moving with a real velocity v m/s along a straight line shown. An observer
at the end of the same line is viewing the particle. Which of the following graphs are
not representing the velocity of the particle as seen by the observer?

All the medium boundaries are in the state of rest

A) B)

C) D)
16. A transparent slab of thickness ‘d’ has a refractive index n ( z ) that increases with z .
Here ‘z’ is the vertical distance inside the slab, measured from the top. The slab is placed
between two media with uniform refractive indices n1 and n2 (  n1 ) , as shown in the

figure. A ray of light is incident with angle i from medium 1 and emerges in medium
2 with refraction angle  f with a lateral displacement ‘ l ’. Which of the following

statement(s) is(are) true?

A) l is independent of n2 B) l is dependent of n ( z )

C) n1 sin i = ( n2 − n1 ) sin  f D) n1 sin i = n2 sin  f

PASSAGES

Paragraph for questions 17 to 19

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19.

Paragraph for questions 20 to 22

20.

21.

INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS

22. Corridor figure shows an overhead view of a corridor with a plane mirror M mounted
at one end. A burglar B sneaks along the corridor directly toward the center of the
mirror. If d = 31 m, how far (in m) from the mirror will she be when the security guard
S can first see her in the mirror?
23. A ray of light falls normally on a right angled prism whose  = 1.5 and prism angle

450 . After passing through prism, it falls on a concave mirror which is at a distance of
27.46 cm from the point of emergence of prism. The deviation of the ray produced at
the mirror is n  300 , (if focal length of the mirror is 10 cm is) then value of n is

24. Two equi-convex thin lenses ‘A’ and ‘B’ of focal lengths 20 cm and 30 cm
respectively are placed at a separation ‘d’ with their principal axes coinciding. An
object placed at a distance ‘u’ from the lens ‘A’ (away from B) forms an image at a
distance ‘v’ from the lens ‘B’(away from A). If it is observed that u and v have the
v n
same set of values for d = 30 cm, 60 cm, 120 cm and 150 cm and ratio = then n=?
u 4

25. A triangular medium has varying refractive index n = n 0 + ax, where x is the distance
4
(in cm) along x-axis from origin and n 0 = A ray is incident normally on face OA at
3
the mid-point of OA. The range of a so that light does not escape through face AB
p
when it falls first time on the face AB is  , the least integral value of p is
9
( OA = 4cm, OB = 3cm and AB = 5cm ) : (Surrounding medium is air)
26. A parallel narrow beam of light is incident on the surface of a transparent hemisphere
radius R and refractive index  = 1.5 as shown. The distance of the image formed by
refraction only (at the spherical surface only) from P is nR, where n is

P
450

27. The YDSE apparatus is modified by placing an isotropic transparent plate of high
melting point in front of one of the slits. The refractive index of the plate is  = 1.5 at
4
room temperature and its thickness is t = m . The refractive index of plate will
3
increase when temperature increases and temperature coefficient of refractive index of
the plate (i.e., the fractional change in refractive index per unit rise in temperature) is
0
3 10−3 / C . The incident light is having wavelength  = 6000 A in air. The separation

between the slits is d = 0.2 cm, and separation between the slit and the screen is 2m. If
the plate is heated so that it temperature rises by 100C , then how many fringes will
cross a particular point on the screen due to heating of plate ? (neglect the thermal
expansion of plate).

28.

29. A light ray parallel to the principal axis in incident (as shown in the figure) on a
planoconvex lens with radius of curvature of its curved part equal to 10 cm. Assuming
that the refractive index of the material of the lens is 4/3 and medium on both sides of
 the lens is air, the smallest distance of the point from the curved surface of lens where
26 y
this ray meets the principal axis is cm then find value of y
7

6 cm

30. A ray of light enters a spherical liquid drop (refractive index = 3 ) from air at an angle
of incidence  (  0 ) . It suffers one internal reflection (not TIR) inside the drop and

finally comes out of the drop. If is such that the deviation of the ray with respect to its
original direction is minimum, find the value of 12 sin 2  .
 KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C A C A C B C A AB CD
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
AC BCD ABCD AD BCD ABD A D A C
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
D 15.5 6 6 2 3 1 5 5 9