TAGORE PUBLIC SCHOOL

Sector-50, GURUGRAM
PT-1 (2023-24)
Date:- Class:-10th Time allowed: 1 Hr.
Name: Subject: - Physics M.M.: 30

General Instructions:
1. Please read the question paper carefully.
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. Write the answers section wise neatly.
4. Section A contains 10 MCQ of 1 mark each.

Section A
1. If an incident ray passes through the centre of curvature, the reflected ray will
(a) pass through the pole (b) be parallel to the principal axis
(c) retrace its path (d) pass through the centre of curvature
2. The image formed by a concave lens can be
(a) virtual and magnified (b) virtual and diminished
(c) virtual and of same size (d) virtual image is not formed
3. A point object is placed at a distance of 10 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 20 cm. The image will form
at:
(a) at infinity (b) at focus (c) at the pole (d) behind the mirror
4. Focal length of a concave lens is
(a) negative (b) positive (c) depends on the position of object (d) depends on the position of image
5. If the power of a lens is +5 D, what is its focal length?
(a) +5 cm (b) -20 cm
(c) -5cm (d) +20 cm
6. When the object is placed between f and 2f of a convex lens, the image formed is
(a) at f (b) at 2f
(c) beyond 2f (d) between O and f
7. A student does the experiment on tracing the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass slab for
different angles of incidence. He can get a correct measure of the angle of incidence and the angle of emergence
by following the labelling indicated in figure:

(a) I (b) II (c) III (d) IV

8. Image formed by plane mirror is
      a. Real and erect        b. virtual and small
      c. Virtual and real       d. Virtual and erect

Following questions consist of two statements – Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Answer these questions
selecting the appropriate option given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
9. Assertion(A) : The centre of curvature is part of the mirror.
Reason (R) : The reflecting surface of a spherical mirror forms a part of a sphere. This sphere has a centre.
 10. Assertion(A) : Refractive index has units of speed of light.
Reason (R) : The refractive index is a ratio of two similar quantities.

Section B
11. Define wind energy. Writes its advantage and disadvantage. [2]
12. What are laws of reflection? Explain with the help of diagram. [3]
13. An object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex mirror of focal length 20 cm. [3]
The distance of the object from the pole of the mirror is 10 cm. Find the position of the image formed.
14. The image formed by a concave mirror is observed to be real, inverted and larger than the object. [3]
Where should the position of the object be relative to the mirror? Draw ray diagram to justify your answer.
15. (a) A 15 cm tall object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 15 cm. [5]
The distance of the object from the lens is 30 cm. Find the position, nature and size of the image formed.
(b) Draw a labelled ray diagram showing object distance, image distance and focal length in the above case.

Section-C
Case Study base Question [4]
16. We can see when the pencil immersed in water it appears like bent at the water air interface. Also, the letters
appears to be raised when we will see that letters through a glass slab placed over it. If the media used are different that
means the bending of light is different in different media. And hence we can say that the light does not travel along a
straight line path through different media. According to the velocity of light in that medium the bending of light takes
place. Thus, we can say the phenomenon in which light ray bends or changes its direction when traveling from one
medium to other is called as refraction of light. And also we can observed that if the ray of light is traveling from rarer
medium to denser medium it bends towards the normal whereas when the ray of light travels from denser medium to
rarer medium it bends away from the normal. And the extent of bending of light in a particular medium depends on the
refractive index of the medium mostly. More the refractive index more is the bending or denser is the medium and less
will be the velocity of light in that medium.If less is the refractive index then less will be the bending or medium is rarer
and velocity of light will be more in that medium. Like the refractive index of air is found to be 1.0003 and that of water
is found to be 1.33. And hence water is more denser than air, air is rarer medium as compared to water. Thus, velocity of
light in air medium is greater than velocity of light in water medium. The absolute refractive index of the medium is
given by

Absolute Refractive index= (speed of light in air)/(speed of light in medium) = c/v

1) If the refractive indices of glass and ice are 1.52 and 1.61 respectively. Then in which medium the velocity of light is
more? What it’s value?( Velocity of light in air= 3*108 m/s)

2) How you can define rarer and denser medium on the basis of optical density?

3) If the Refractive index of diamond is found to be highest i.e. 3.5 then what it indicates?

4) What will happen if we took a glass filled with ice instead of water? What would be the observations?

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