EXERCISE-I

Part-I
(Single Correct type Questions)
Section-A
(Plane Mirror)
1. Figure shows a plane mirror on which a light ray is incident. If the incident
light ray is turned by 10º and the mirror by 20º, as shown, find the angle
turned by the reflected ray.

(A) 30° clockwise (B) 30° anticlockwise

(C) 10° clockwise (D) 10° anticlockwise

2. Two mirrors are inclined at an angle θ as shown in the figure. Light ray is
incident parallel to one of the mirrors. Light will start retracing its path after
third reflection if:

(A) θ = 45° (B) θ = 30° (C) θ = 60° (D) all three

3. A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror, along the direction given by,
A = 2iˆ − 3j+
ˆ 4k.
ˆ Find the unit vector along the reflected ray. Take normal to
mirror along the direction of B = 3iˆ − 6j+
ˆ 2k.
ˆ
−94iˆ − 237j+
ˆ 68kˆ −94iˆ + 68jˆ − 237kˆ
(A) (B)
49 29 49 29
3iˆ + 6jˆ − 2kˆ
(C) (D) None of these
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4. An unnumbered wall clock shows time 04: 25: 37, where 1st term represents
hours, 2nd represents minutes and the last term represents seconds. What
time will its image in a plane mirror show.
(A) 08: 35: 23 (B) 07: 35: 23 (C) 07: 34: 23 (D) None

5. An object and a plane mirror are as shown in figure. Mirror is moved with
velocity V as shown. The velocity of image is:

(A) 2V sin θ (B) 2V (C) 2V cos θ (D) None

6. A plane mirror is moving with velocity 4iˆ +5j+

ˆ 8kˆ . A point object in front of the

mirror moves with a velocity −3iˆ − 4j+5k

ˆ ˆ . Here k̂ is along the normal to the
plane mirror and facing towards the object. The velocity of the image is:

(A) −3iˆ − 4j+5k

ˆ ˆ (B) 3iˆ + 4j+11k
ˆ ˆ (C) −3iˆ − 4j+11k
ˆ ˆ (D) 7iˆ + 9j+11k
ˆ ˆ

7. A particle is moving in a circle in froth of a plane mirror in situation as shown

in figure. It is given that plane of motion of particle is perpendicular to the
plane of mirror. Then the motion of image w.r.t particle is

(A) in a circular path

(B) Oscillating
(C) in an elliptical path
(D) no motion, image seems to be stationary

8. In the diagram shown, all the velocities are given with respect to earth. What is
the relative velocity of the image in mirror (1) with respect to the image in the
mirror (2)? The mirror (1) forms an angle β with the vertical.

(A) 2Vsin2β (B) 2V sin β (C) 2V /sin2 β (D) none

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 9. Two plane mirrors of length L are separated by distance L and a man M 2 is
standing at distance L from the connecting line of mirrors as shown in figure.
A man M1 is walking in a straight line at distance 2L parallel to mirrors at
speed u, then man M2 at O will be able to see image of M1 for total time:

4L 3L 6L 9L
(A) (B) (C) (D)
u u u u

10. Two plane mirrors are placed parallel to each other at a distance L apart. A
point object O is placed between them, at a distance L/3 from one mirror. Both
mirrors form multiple images. The distance between any two images cannot be
(A) 3L/2 (B) 2L/3 (C) 2L (D) None

11. A person is standing in a room of width 200 cm. A plane mirror of vertical
length 10 cm is fixed on a wall in front of the person. The person looks into the
mirror from distance 50 cm. How much width (height) of the wall behind him
will he be able to see : (assume that he uses the full mirror)
(A) 30 cm (B) 40 cm (C) 50 cm (D) None

12. A boy of height 1.5 m with his eye level at 1.4 m stands before a plane mirror
of length 0.75 m fixed on the wall. The height of the lower edge of the mirror
above the floor is 0.8 m. then:
(A) the boy will see his full image
(B) the boy cannot see his hair
(C) the boy cannot see his feet
(D) the boy cannot see neither his hair nor his feet.

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 Section-B
(Spherical Mirror)
13. The circular boundary of the concave mirror subtends a cone of half angle θ at
its centre of curvature. The minimum value of θ for which ray incident on this
mirror parallel to the principle axis suffers reflection more than one is

(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 75°

14. A ray of light is incident on a concave mirror. It is parallel to the principal axis
and its height from principal axis is equal to the focal length of the mirror. The
ratio of the distance of point B to the distance of the focus from the centre of
curvature is (AB is the reflected by)

2 3 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 2 3 2

15. An object is placed in front of a convex mirror at a distance of 50 cm. A plane

mirror is introduced covering the lower half of the convex mirror. If the
distance between the object and the plane mirror is 30 cm, it is found that
there is no gap between the images formed by the two mirrors. The radius of
the convex mirror is:
(A) 12.5 cm (B) 25 cm (C) 50 cm (D) 100 cm

16. An infinitely long rod lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f.
The near end of the rod is at a distance u > f from the mirror. Its image will
have a length
(A) f2 /(u – f) (B) uf /(u – f) (C) f2 /(u + f) (D) uf /(u + f)

17. 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) 10 cm (B) 15 cm (C) 20 cm (D) 30 cm
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18. A convex mirror has a focal length f. An object of height h is placed in front of
it. If an erect image of height h/n is formed. The distance of the object from the
mirror is :
(A) n f (B) f /n (C) (n + 1) f (D) (n – 1) f

19. In the figure shown, the image of a real object is formed at point I. AB is the
principal axis of the mirror. The mirror must be:

(A) concave & placed towards right I

(B) concave & placed towards left of I
(C) convex and placed towards right of I
(D) convex & placed towards left of I.

20. A point object at 15 cm from a concave mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm is

made to oscillate along the principal axis with amplitude 2 mm. The amplitude
of its image will be
(A) 2mm (B) 4mm (C) 8mm (D) none of these

21. A luminous point object is moving along the principal axis of a concave mirror
of focal length 12 cm towards it. When its distance from the mirror is 20 cm its
velocity is 4 cm/s. The velocity of the image in cm/s at that instant is
(A) 6, towards the mirror (B) 6, away from the mirror
(C) 9, away from the mirror (D) 9, towards the mirror

22. A particle is moving towards a fixed spherical mirror. The image :

(A) must move away from the mirror
(B) must move towards the mirror.
(C) may move towards the mirror.
(D) will move towards the mirror, only if the mirror is convex.

23. A point object on the principal axis at a distance 15 cm in front of a concave

mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm has velocity 2 mm/s perpendicular to the
principal axis. The velocity of image at that instant will be :
(A) 2 mm/s (B) 4 mm/s (C) 8 mm/s (D) none of these

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24. In the figure shown find the total magnification after two successive reflections
first on M1 & then on M2

(A) + 1 (B) – 2 (C) + 2 (D) – 1

25. In the figure shown if the object ‘O’ moves towards the plane mirror, then the
image I (which is formed after successive reflections from M1 & M2 respectively)

(A) towards right (B) towards left

(C) with zero velocity (D) cannot be determined

Section-C
(Refraction at plane surface)
26. A ray of light passes from vacuum into a medium of refractive index n. If the
angle of incidence is twice the angle of refraction, then the angle of incidence
is:
(A) cos–1 (n/2) (B) sin–1 (n/2) (C) 2 cos–1 (n/2) (D) 2 sin–1 (n/2)

27. A ray incident at a point at an angle of incidence of 60° enters a glass sphere of
μ = 3 and it is reflected and refracted at the farther surface of the sphere. The
angle between reflected and refracted rays at this surface is
(A) 50° (B) 90° (C) 60° (D) 40°

28. The x-z plane separates two media A and B with refractive indices μ 1 and μ2
respectively. A ray of light travels from A and B. Its directions in the two media
are given by the unit vectors, r = a ˆi + b ˆj & rB = ˆi +β ˆj respectively where ˆi & ˆj
unit are vectors in the x and y directions. Then
(A) µ1a = µ2α (B) µ1α = µ2a (C) µ1b = µ2β (D) µ1B = µ2b

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29. A ray of light moving along the unit vector (–i – 2j) undergoes refraction at an
interface of two media, which is the x-z plane. The refractive index for y > 0 is
2 while for y < 0, it is 5 /2. The unit vector along which the refracted ray
moves is:
(−3iˆ − 5j)
ˆ (−4iˆ − 3j)
ˆ (−3iˆ − 4j)
ˆ
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
34 5 5

30. How much water should be filled in a container of 21 cm in height, so that it

appears half filled (of total height of the container) when viewed from the top of
the container ?(Assume near normal incidence and μw = 4/3)
(A) 8.0 cm (B) 10.5 cm (C) 12.0 cm (D) 14.0 cm

31. A parallel sided block of glass of refractive index 1.5 which is 36 mm thick
rests on the floor of a tank which is filled with water (refractive index = 4/3.)
The difference between apparent depth of floor at A & B when seen from
vertically above is equal to

(A) 2 mm (B) 3mm (C) 4 mm (D) none

32. A bird is flying 3 m above the surface of water. If the bird is diving vertically
down with speed = 6 m/s, his apparent velocity as seen by a stationary fish
underwater is
(A) 8 m/s (B) 6 m/s (C) 12 m/s (D) 4 m/s

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33. There is layer of medium of variable refractive index μ = 2 -- y (where
2
0 ≤ y < 1/2) sandwitched between the layer of glass and air. A beam of light
travelling in air at an angle 45° has a width Δω. When the beam enters the
layer of glass its width becomes: (μglass = 2 )
3 2 1
(A) Δω (B) Δω (C) 2 Δω (D) Δω
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34. The refractive index in space changes with y, whose function is given as:

Where k and are positive constant (with proper dimensions). A light ray is
incident at point A as shown in figure. When the ray reaches to point B, it
becomes parallel to xz-plane. Choose the correct statement.
(A) α is independent of k (B) α is independent of
(C) α is independent of k and (D) None of these

Section-D
(Parallel slab and Composite slabs)
35. A ray of light is incident on a parallel slab of thickness t and refractive index n.
If the angle of incidence θ is small, then the displacement in the incident and
emergent ray will be:
tθ(n − 1) tθ tθ
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
n n n −1

36. A beam of light is converging towards a point. A plane parallel plate of glass of
thickness t refractive index μ is introduced in the path of the beam. The
convergent point is shifted by (assume near normal incidence):

 1  1
(A) t 1 −  away (B) t 1+  away
 μ  μ

 1  1
(C) t 1 −  nearer (D) t 1+  nearer
 μ  μ

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37. Given that, velocity of light in quartz = 1.5 × 108 m/s and velocity of light in
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glycerin = × 108 m/s. Now a slab made of quartz is placed in glycerin as
4
shown. The shift of the object produced by slab is

(A) 6 cm (B) 3.55 cm (C) 9 cm (D) 2 cm

38. A ray of light travelling in air is incident at grazing incidence on a slab with
variable refractive index, n(y) = [k y3/2 + 1]1/2 where k = 1 m–3/2 and follows
path as shown in the figure. What is the total deviation produced by slab when
the ray comes out.

(A) 60º (B) 53º

(C) sin–1 (4/9) (D) no deviation at all

Section-E
(Total Internal Reflection)
39. A ray of light from a denser medium strike a rarer medium. The angle of
reflection is r and that of refraction is r’. The reflected and refracted rays make
an angle of 90º with each other. The critical angle will be
(A) sin–1 (tan r) (B) tan–1 (sin r) (C) sin–1 (tan r’) (D) tan–1 (sin r’)

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40. In the figure ABC is the cross section of a right angled prism and BCDE is the
cross section of a glass slab. The value of θ so that light incident normally on
the face AB does not cross the face BC is (given sin–1(3/5) = 37°)

(A) θ ≤ 37° (B) θ > 37° (C) θ ≤ 53° (D) θ < 53°

41. A small source of light is 4m below the surface of a liquid of refractive index
5/3. In order to cut off all the light coming out of liquid surface, minimum
diameter of the disc placed on the surface of liquid is
(A) 3m (B) 4m (C) 6m (D) 

42. 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 θ. The
value of θ is given by

2 2 2 2
(A) sinθ < n1 − n2 (B) tanθ < n1 − n2
1 1
(C) sinθ < (D) tanθ <
n12 − n22 n12 − n22

43. A point source of light is placed at a distance h below the surface of a large
deep lake. What is the percentage of light energy that escapes directly from the
water surface ? µ of the water = 4/3 ? (neglect partial reflection)
(A) 50% (B) 25% (C) 20% (D) 17%

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44. What should be i so that TIR occurs at the glass air interface

(A) sin–1 (2/3)

(B) sin–1 (3/4)
(C) sin–1 (1/2)
(D) TIR cannot occur in this situation

45. A light ray incident along vector 2iˆ + 4 ˆj+ 5 kˆ strikes on the x-z plane from
medium-I of refractive index 2 and enters into medium-II of refractive index µ2.
The value of µ2 for which the ray is just totally reflected from the boundary is
5 6 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) 8
4 5 5

46. A vertical pencil of rays comes from bottom of a tank filled with a liquid. When
it is accelerated horizontally with an accelerating of 7.5 m/s 2 the ray is seen to
be totally reflected by liquid surface. What is minimum possible refractive
index of liquid ?
(A) slightly greater than 4/3 (B) slightly greater than 5/3
(C) slightly greater than 1.5 (D) slightly greater than 1.75

47. Light travelling through three transparent substances follows the path shown
in the figure. Assuming that total internal reflection does take place on the
bottom surface of medium 2. Arrange the refractive index in the increasing
order.

(A) μ1 < μ2 < μ3 (B) μ2 < μ1 < μ3 (C) μ1 < μ3 < μ2 (D) μ3 < μ1 < μ2

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 Section-F
(Prism)
48. A beam of monochromatic light is incident at i = 50° on one face of an
equilateral prism, the angle of emergence is 40°, then the angle of minimum
deviation is:
(A) 30° (B) < 30° (C) ≤ 30° (D) ≥ 30°

49. A ray incident at an angle 53° on a prism emerges at an angle at 37° as shown.
If the angle of incidence is made 50°, which of the following s is possible value
of the angle of emergence.

(A) 35° (B) 42° (C) 40° (D) 38°

50. A certain prism is found to produce a minimum deviation of 38°. It produces a

deviation of 44° when the angle of incidence is either 42° or 62°. What is the
angle of incidence when it is undergoing minimum deviation ?
(A) 45° (B) 49° (C) 40° (D) 55°

51. A thin prism of angle 5° is placed at a distance of 10 cm from object. What is

the distance of the image from object ? (Given µ of prism = 1.5)
π π 5π π
(A) cm (B) cm (C) cm (D) cm
8 12 36 7

52. A ray of monochromatic light is incident on one refracting face of a prism of

angle 75°. It passes through the prism and is incident on the other face at the
critical angle. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is 2 , the
angle of incidence on the first face of the prism is
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 0°

53. A prism having refractive index 2 and refracting angle 30°, has one of the
refracting surface polished. A beam of light incident on the other refracting
surface will retrace its path if the angle of incidence is :
(A) 0° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 60°

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54. The angle of a prism is A and one of its refracting surfaces is silvered. Light
rays falling at an angle of incidence 2 A on the first surface return back
through the same path after suffering reflection at the second (silvered)
surface. The refractive index of the material of the prism is
(A) 2 sin A (B) 2 cos A (C) 1/2 cos A (D) tan A

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55. A prism has a refractive index and refracting angle 90°. Find the minimum
2
deviation produced by prism.
(A) 40° (B) 45° (C) 30° (D) 49°

56. A prism having an apex angle of 4° and refractive index of 1.50 is located in
front of a vertical plane mirror as shown. A horizontal ray of light is incident
on the prism. The total angle through which the ray is deviated is

(A) 4° clockwise (B) 178° clockwise (C) 2° clockwise (D) 8° clockwise

57. An iso-scale glass prism stands with its (horizontal) base in water as shown in
the figure. An incident ray of light, above and parallel to the liquid surface and
perpendicular to the prism’s axis, is internally reflected at the glass-liquid
interface and subsequently re-emerges into the air. Refractive index of glass is
μg and liquid is μl, then which relation holds good

(A) μ2g − μl2  cos2θ(μ2g +1 − 2μl ) (B) μ g − μl cosθ

(C) μ2g = μl2cosθ (D) μ2g − μl2  cos2θ(μ2g +1 − 2μl )

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58. A ray light from a liquid (μ = 3 ) is incident on a system of two right angled
prism of refractive indices 3 and 2 as shown. The ray suffers zero deviation
when emerges into air from CD. The angle of incidence i is

(A) 45° (B) 35° (C) 20° (D) 10°

59. A triangular medium has varying refracting index n = n 0 + ax, where x is the
distance (in cm) along x-axis from origin and n0 = 4/3. A ray is incident
normally on face OA at the mid-point of OA. The range of a so that light does
not escape through face AB when it falls first time on the face AB (OA = 4cm,
OB = 3cm and AB = 5cm): (Surrounding medium is air)

1 2 1
(A) a > (B) a > (C) a > (D) None of these
9 9 3

Section-G
(Refraction of Spherical Surface)

60. A fish is near the centre of a spherical water filled fish bowl. A child stands in
air at a distance 2R (R is radius of curvature of the sphere) from the centre of
the bowl. At what distance from the centre would the child's nose appear to
the fish situated at the centre (R.I. of water = 4/3)
(A) 4R (B) 2R (C) 3R (D) R

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61. A Plano-concave lens is placed on a paper on which a flower is drawn. How far
above its actual position does the flower appear to be ?

(A) 10 cm (B) 15 cm (C) 50 cm (D) none

62. A concave spherical surface of radius of curvature 10 cm separates two

medium x & y of refractive index 4/3 & 3/2 respectively. If the object is placed
along principal axis in medium X then

(A) image is always real

(B) image is real if the object distance is greater than 90cm
(C) image is always virtual
(D) image is virtual if the object distance is less than 90 cm

63. A beam of diameter ‘d’ is incident on a glass hemisphere as shown. If the

radius of curvature of the hemisphere is very large in comparison to d, then
the diameter of the beam at the base of the hemisphere will be

(A) 3/4 d (B) d (C) d/3 (D) 2/3 d

64. A concave spherical refracting surface separates two media glass and air
(μglass = 1.5). If the image is to be real at what minimum distance u should the
object be placed in glass if R is the radius of curvature ?
(A) u > 3R (B) u > 2R (C) u < 2R (D) u < R

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 Section-H
(Lens)
65. When a lens of power P (in air) made of material of refractive index μ is
immersed in liquid of refractive index μ0. Then the power of lens is :
μ −1 μ − μ0 μ − μ0 P
(A) P (B) P (C) . (D) none of these
μ − μ0 μ −1 μ − 1 μ0

66. A thin lens of focal length f and its aperture diameter d, forms a real image of
intensity I. Now the central part of the aperture upto diameter (d/2) is blocked
by an opaque paper. The focal length and image intensity would change to
f I I 3f I 3I
(A) , (B) f, (C) , (D) f,
2 2 4 4 2 4

67. A thin linear object of size 1 mm is kept along the principal axis of a convex
lens of focal length 10 cm. The object is at 15 cm from the lens. The length of
the image is :
(A) 1 mm (B) 4 mm (C) 2 mm (D) 8 mm

68. An object is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a convex lens of focal length 10

cm. On the other side of the lens, a convex mirror is placed at its focus such
that the image formed by the combination coincides with the object itself. The
focal length of the convex mirror is

(A) 20 cm (B) 10 cm (C) 15 cm (D) 30 cm

69. An object is placed in front of a thin convex lens of focal length 30 cm and a
plane mirror is placed 15 cm behind the lens. If the final image of the object
coincides with the object, the distance of the object from the lens is
(A) 60 cm (B) 30 cm (C) 15 cm (D) 25 cm

70. An object is placed in front of a symmetrical convex lens with refractive index
1.5 and radius of curvature 40 cm. The surface of the lens further away from
the object is silvered. Under auto-collimation condition, the object distance is
(A) 20 cm (B) 10 cm (C) 40 cm (D) 5 cm

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71. A pin is placed 10 cm in front of convex lens of focal length 20 cm and
refractive index 1.5. The surface of the lens farther away from the pin is
silvered and has a radius of curvature of 22 cm. How far from the lens is the
final image formed ?
(A) 10 cm (B) 11 cm (C) 12 cm (D) 13 cm

72. A planoconvex lens, when silvered at its plane surface is equivalent to a

concave mirror of focal length 28cm. When its curved surface is silvered and
the plane surface not silvered, it is equivalent to a concave mirror of focal
length 10cm, then the refractive index of the material of the lens is :
(A) 9/14 (B) 14/9 (C) 17/9 (D) none

73. In the above question the radius of curvature of the curved surface of Plano-
convex lens is:
280 80 39 280
(A) cm (B) cm (C) cm (D) cm
9 7 3 11

74. Consider the diagram shown. In the first diagram, the beam converges at F.
What will be location of point of convergence in the second case ? The
refractive index of the lens is 2µ. In both the cases a parallel beam of light is
incident from LHS.

(A) +F (B) –F (C) +2F (D) –2F

75. Parallel beam of light is incident on a system of two convex lenses of focal
length f1 = 20 cm and f2 = 10 cm. What should be the distance between the two
lenses so that rays after refraction from both the lenses pass parallel to
principal axis:

(A) 60 cm (B) 30 cm (C) 90 cm (D) 40 cm

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76. A diverging lens of focal length 10 cm is placed 10 cm in front of a plane mirror
as shown in the figure. Light from a very far away source falls on the lens. The
final image is at a distance

(A) 20 cm behind the mirror (B) 7.5 cm in front of the mirror

(C) 7.5 cm behind the mirror (D) 2.5 cm in front of the mirror

77. A thin lens of focal length f and its aperture has diameter d. It forms an image
of intensity I. Now the central part of the aperture upto diameter (d/2) is
blocked by an opaque paper. The focal length and image intensity would
change to
(A) f/2, I/2 (B) f, I/4 (C) 3f/4, I/2 (D) f, 3I/4

78. An object is placed in front of a thin convex lens of focal length 30 cm and a
plane mirror is placed 15 cm behind the lens. If the final image of the object
coincides with the object, the distance of the object from the lens is
(A) 60 cm (B) 30 cm (C) 15 cm (D) 25 cm

79. A converging lens of focal length 20 cm and diameter 5cm is cut along the line
AB. The part of the lens shown shaded in the diagram is now used to form an
image of a point P placed 30 cm away from it on the line XY. Which is
perpendicular to the plane of the lens ? The image of P will be formed.

(A) 0.5 cm above XY (B) 1 cm below XY

(C) on XY (D) 1.5 cm below XY

80. A screen is placed 90 cm from an object. The image of an object on the screen
is formed by a convex lens at two different locations separated by 20 cm. The
focal length of the lens is
(A) 18 cm (B) 21.4 cm (C) 60 cm (D) 85.6 cm
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81. In the above problem, if the sizes of the images formed on the screen are 6cm
and 3 cm, then the height of the object is nearly:
(A) 4.2 cm (B) 4.5 cm (C) 5 cm (D) 9 cm

82. A point object is kept at the first focus of a convex lens. If the lens start moving
towards right with a constant velocity, the image will

(A) always move towards right

(B) always move towards left
(C) first move towards right and then towards left
(D) first move towards length and then towards right

83. Two Plano-convex lenses each of focal length 10 cm and refractive index 3/2
are placed as shown. In the space left, water (R.I = 4/3) is filled. The whole
arrangement is in air. The optical power of the system is (in diopters):

(A) 6.67 (B) –6.67 (C) 33.3 (D) 20

84. A Plano-convex lens, when silvered at its plane surface is equivalent to a

concave mirror of focal length 28 cm. when its curved surface is silvered and
the plane surface not silvered it is equivalent to a concave mirror of focal
length 10cm, then the refractive index of the material of the lens is:
(A) 9/14 (B) 14/9 (C) 17/9 (D) none

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 Section-I
(Dispersion)
85. Two lenses in contact made of materials with dispersive powers in the ratio
2 : 1, behaves as an achromatic lens of focal length 10 cm. The individual focal
lengths of the lenses are :
(A) 5 cm, –10 cm (B) –5 cm, 10 cm
(C) 10 cm, –20 cm (D) –20 cm, 10 cm

86. A beam of consisting of red, green and blue is incident on a right angled prism.
The refractive index of the material of the prism for the above red, green and
blue wavelengths are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47 respectively. The prism will :

(A) separate part of the red color from the green and blue colors
(B) separate part of the blue color from the red and green colours.
(C) separate all the three colors from the other two colors
(D) not separate even partially any color from the other two colors

87. It is desired to make an achromatic combination of two lenses (L1 and L2) made
of material having dispersive power ω1 and ω2 (< ω1). If the combination of
lenses is converging then
(A) L1 is converging
(B) L2 is converging
(C) Power of L1 is greater than the power of L2
(D) None of these

88. The dispersion of light in a medium implies that:

(A) lights of different wavelengths travels with different speeds in the medium
(B) lights of different frequencies travel with different speeds in the medium
(C) the refractive index of medium is different for different wavelengths
(D) all of the above

89. A plane glass slab is placed over various colored letters. The letter which
appears to be raised the least is :
(A) violet (B) yellow (C) red (D) green

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90. A medium has nv = 1.56, nr = 1.44. Then its dispersive power is :
3 6
(A) (B) (C) 0.03 (D) none
50 25

91. A thin prism P1 with angle 4° made of glass of refractive index 1.54 is
combined with another thin prism P2 made of glass of refractive index 1.72 to
produce dispersion without deviation. The angle of the prism P2 is :
(A) 3° (B) 2.6° (C) 4° (D) 5.33°

92. Light of wavelength 4000 Å is incident at small angle on a prism of apex angle
4°. The prism has nv = 1.5 & nr = 1.48. The angle of dispersion produced by
the prism in this light is :
(A) 0.2° (B) 0.08° (C) 0.192° (D) none

Section-J
(Optical Instrument)
93. The compound microscope is made from two lenses. Which statement is true
concerning the operation of the compound microscope ?
(A) Both lenses form real images
(B) Both lenses form virtual images
(C) The lens closest to the object forms a virtual image; the other lens forms a
real image
(D) The lens closest to the object forms a real image; the other lens forms a
virtual image

94. A nearsighted person wears corrective lenses. One the focal points of the
corrective lenses should be
(A) at the cornea (B) at the retina
(C) at infinity (D) past the retina
95. An astronomical telescope has an angular magnification of 10. The length of
the barrel is 33 cm. what are the focal lengths of the objective and the
eyepiece, in that order respectively from the choices listed ?
(A) 3 cm, 30 cm (B) 30 cm, 3 cm (C) 20 cm, 13 cm (D) 0.3 m, 3 m
96. Consider the following four statement converging a compound microscope:
1. Each lens produces an image that is virtual and inverted
2. The objective lens has a very short focal length.
3. The eyepiece is used as a simple magnifying glass.
4. The objective lenses is convex and the eyepieces is concave.
Which two of the four statements are correct ?
(A) 1, 2 (B) 1, 3 (C) 1, 4 (D) 2, 3

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 Part-II
Previous Year’s JEE Main Questions (2019-2020)
1. The variation of refractive index of a crown glass thin prism with wavelength of
the incident light is shown. Which of the following, graph is the correct one, if
Dm is the angle of minimum deviation?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)
[JEE Main 2019]

2. A piano convex lens of refractive index μ1 and focal length f1 is kept in contact
with another piano concave lens of refractive index μ2 and focal length f2. If the
radius of curvature of their spherical faces is R each and f 1 = 2f2, then μ1 and
μ2 are related as :
(A) μ1 + μ2 = 3 (B) 2μ1 – μ2= = 1 (C) 2μ2 – μ1 = 1 (D) 3μ2 – 2μ1 = 1
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3. An object is at a distance of 20 m from a convex lens of focal length 0.3 m. The
lens forms an image of the object. If the object moves away from the lens at a
speed of 5 m/s, the speed and direction of the image will be:
(A) 2.26 × 10–3 m/s away from the lens
(B) 0.92 × 10–3 m/s away from the lens
(C) 3.22 × 10–3 m/s towards the lens
(D) 1.16 × 10–3 m/s towards the lens
[JEE Main 2019]

4. What is the position and nature of image formed by lens combination shown in
figure? (f1, f2 are focal lengths)

(A) 70 cm from point B at left; virtual

(B) 40 cm from point B at right; real
(C) 20/3 cm from point B at right; real
(D) 70 cm from point B at right ; real
[JEE Main 2019]

5. A Plano-convex lens (focal length f2, refractive index, radius of curvature R) fits
exactly into a Plano-concave lens (focal length f1, refractive index 1, radius of
curvature R). Their plane surfaces are parallel to each other. Then, the focal
length of the combination will be :
(A) f1/ f2 (B) R / 1 – 2 (C) 2f1f2/ f1+f2 (D) f1+f2
[JEE Main 2019]

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6. A point source of light, S is placed at a distance L in front of the centre of
plane mirror of width d which is hanging vertically on a wall. A man walks in
front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror, at a distance 2L as shown
below. The distance over which the man can see the image of the light source
in the mirror:

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

[JEE Main 2019]

7. Formation of real image using a biconvex lens is shown below:

If the whole set up is immersed in water without disturbing the object and the
screen positions, what will one observe on the screen?
(A) Image disappears (B) Magnified image
(C) Erect real image (D) No change
[JEE Main 2019]

8. In figure, the optical fiber is l = 2 m long and has a diameter of d = 20m. If a

ray of light is incident on one end of the fiber at angle 1 = 40°, the number of
reflections it makes before emerging from the other end is close to : (refractive
index of fiber is 1.31 and sin 40o = 0.64)

(A) 45000 (B) 55000 (C) 66000 (D) 57000

[JEE Main 2019]
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 9. A convex lens (of focal length 20 cm) and a concave mirror, having their
principal axes along the same lines, are kept 80 cm apart from each other. The
concave mirror is to the right of the convex lens. When an object is kept at a
distance of 30 cm to the left of the convex lens, its image remains at the same
position even if the concave mirror is removed. The maximum distance of the
object for which this concave mirror, by itself would produce a virtual image
would be
(A) 10 cm (B) 20 cm (C) 30 cm (D) 25 cm
[JEE Main 2019]

10. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm produces images of the same magnification
2 when an object is kept at two distance x1 and x2 (x1> x2) from the lens. The
ratio of x1 and x2 is :
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 5 : 3 (C) 4 : 3 (D) 3 : 1
[JEE Main 2019]

11. A thin convex lens L (refractive index = 1.5) is placed on a plane mirror M.
When a pin is placed at A, such that OA = 18 cm, its real inverted image is
formed at A itself, as shown in figure. When a liquid of refractive index µ 1 is
put between the lens and the mirror, the pin has to be moved to A’, such that
O’= 27cm, to get its inverted real image at A’ itself. The value of µ 1 will be:

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4/3 (D) 3/2

[JEE Main 2019]

12. One Plano-convex and one plane of-concave lens of same radius of Curvature
‘R’ but of different materials are joined side by side as shown in the figure. If
refractive index of the material of 1 is 1 and that of 2 is 2, then the focal
length of the combination is

R 2R R R
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 − ( μ1 − μ2 ) μ1 − μ2 ( μ1 + μ2 ) μ1 − μ2
[JEE Main 2019]
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13. A ray of light AO in vacuum is incident on a glass slab at angle 60° and
refracted at angle 30° along OB as shown in the figure. The optical path length
of light ray from A to B is:

2 3 2b
(A) 2a + 2b (B) + 2b (C) 2a + 2b (D) 2a +
a 3 3
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14. The graph shows how the magnification m produced by a thin lens varies with
image distance v. What is the focal length of the lens used?

(A) b2c/a (B) a/c (C) b2/ac (D) b/c

[JEE Main 2019]

15. A concave mirror has radius of curvature of 40 cm. It is at the bottom of a

glass that has water filled up to 5 cm (see figure). It a small particle is floating
on the surface of water, its image as seen, from directly above the glass, is at a
distance d from the surface of water. The value of d is close to. (Refractive
index of water = 1.33)

(A) 11.7 cm (B) 8.8 cm (C) 6.7 cm (D) 13.4 cm

[JEE Main 2019]

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16. If we need a magnification of 375 from a compound microscope of tube length
150 mm and an objective of focal length 5 mm, the focal length of the eye-
piece, should be close to :
(A) 2 mm (B) 33 mm (C) 12 mm (D) 22 mm
[JEE Main 2020]

17. A thin lens made of glass (refractive index = 1.5) of focal length f = 16 cm is
immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.42. If its focal length in liquid is fl,
then the ratio fl/f is closest to the integer:
(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 17 (D) 9
[JEE Main 2020]

18. The critical angle of a medium for a specific wavelength, if the medium has
relative permittivity 3 and relative permeability 4/3 for this wavelength, will be
(A) 15° (B) 30° (C) 60° (D) 45°
[JEE Main 2020]

19. An object is gradually moving away from the focal point of a concave mirror
along the axis of the mirror. The graphical representation of the magnitude of
linear magnification (m) versus distance of the object from the mirror (x) is
correctly given by (Graphs are drawn schematically and are not to scale)

(A) (B)

(C) (D)
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20. A vessel of depth 2h is half filled with a liquid of refractive index 2 2 and the
upper half with another liquid of refractive index 2 . The liquids are
immiscible. The apparent depth of the inner surface of the bottom of vessel will
be :
h 3 h h
(A) (B) h 2 (C) (D)
3 2 4 2 2( 2+1)
[JEE Main 2020]
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21. There is a small source of light at some depth below the surface of water
(refractive index = 4/3) in a tank of large cross sectional surface area.
Neglecting any reflection from the bottom and absorption by water, percentage
of light that emerges out of surface is (nearly) :
[Use the fact that surface area of a spherical cap of height h and radius of
curvature r is 2rh]
(A) 50% (B) 34% (C) 17% (D) 21%
[JEE Main 2020]

22. Two plane mirrors M1 and M2 are at right angle to each other shown. A point
source ‘P’ is placed at ‘a’ and ‘2a’ meter away from M1 and M2 respectively. The
shortest distance between the images thus formed is:
(Take 5 = 2.3 )

(A) 3a (B) 4.6a (C) 2.3a (D) 2 10 a

[JEE Main 2021]

23. Car B overtakes another car A at a relative speed of 40 ms –1. How fast will the
image of car B appear to move in the mirror of focal length 10 cm fitted in car
A, when the car B is 1.9 m away from the car A ?
(A) 4 ms–1 (B) 0.2 ms–1 (C) 40 ms–1 (D) 0.1 ms–1
[JEE Main 2021]

24. The focal length f is related to the radius of curvature r of the spherical convex
mirror by:
1 1
(A) f = + r (B) f = –r (C) f = − r (D) f = r
2 2
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25. A short straight object of height 100 cm lies before the central axis of a
spherical mirror whose focal length has absolute value |f| = 40 cm. The image
of object produced by the mirror is of height 25 cm and has the same
orientation of the object. One may conclude from the information:
(A) Image is virtual, opposite side of convex mirror
(B) Image is virtual, opposite side of concave mirror
(C) Image is real, same side of convex mirror
(D) Image is real, same side of concave mirror
[JEE Main 2021]

26. Curved surfaces of a plano-convex lens of refractive index μ1 and a plano-

concave lens of refractive index μ2 have equal radius of curvature as shown in
figure. Find the ratio of radius of curvature to the focal length of the combined
lenses.

1 1
(A) (B) μ1 – μ2 (C) (D) μ2 – μ1
μ2 − μ1 μ1 − μ2
[JEE Main 2021]

27. Region I and II are separated by a spherical surface of radius 25 cm. An object
is kept in region I at a distance of 40 cm from the surface. The distance of the
image from the surface is:

(A) 55.44 cm (B) 9.52 cm (C) 18.23 cm (D) 37.58 cm

[JEE Main 2021]

28. The thickness at the centre of a plano convex lens is 3 mm and the diameter is
6 cm. If the speed of light in the material of the lens is 2 × 10 8 ms–1. The focal
length of the lens is ______.
(A) 1.5 cm (B) 0.30 cm (C) 15 cm (D) 30 cm
[JEE Main 2021]

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29. The image of an object placed in air formed by a convex refracting surface is at
rd
2
a distance of 10m behind the surface. The image is real and is at of the
3
distance of the object from the surface. The wavelength of light inside the
2
surface is times the wavelength in air. The radius of the curved surface is
3
x
m. The value of ‘x’ is_______.
13
[JEE Main 2021]

30. The same size images are formed by a convex lens when the object is placed at
20 cm or at 10 cm from the lens. The focal length of convex lens is cm.
[JEE Main 2021]

31. A prism of refractive index  and angle of prism A is placed in the position of
minimum angle of deviation. If minimum angle of deviation is also A, then in
terms of refractive index, A = _________.
μ μ  μ −1  μ
(A) 2cos −1   (B) sin−1   (C) sin −1   (D) cos −1  
2 2  2  2
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32. A ray of light passing through a prism (μ = 3) suffers minimum deviation. It

is found that the angle of incidence is double the angle of refraction within the
prism. Then, (in degrees).
[JEE Main 2021]

33. A deviation of 2° is produced in the yellow ray when prism of crown and flint
glass are achromatically combined. Taking dispersive powers of crown and flint
glass as 0.02 and 0.03 respectively and refractive index for yellow light for
these glasses are 1.5 and 1.6 respectively. The refracting angles for crown
glass prism will be ________° (in degree)
(Round off to the Nearest Integer).
[JEE Main 2021]

34. An object viewed from a near point distance of 25 cm, using a microscopic lens
with magnification '6', gives an unresolved image. A resolved image is observed
at infinite distance with a total magnification double the earlier using an
eyepiece along with the given lens and a tube of length 0.6m, if the focal length
of the eyepiece is equal to ______cm.
[JEE Main 2021]

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