RAY OPTICS
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. A parallel beam of monochromatic light in air is incident on a plane glass surface.
In the glass the beam
a) Remains parallel
b) Undergoes dispersion
c) Becomes diverging
d) Becomes converging
2. The focal length of a spherical mirror is N times its radius of curvature where N is
a) One fourth
b) One half
c) ONE
d) Two
3. The image of an erect candle formed using a convex mirror is always
a) Virtual, inverted and smaller than candle
b) Virtual inverted and larger than candle
c) Real erect and smaller than candle
d) Virtual erect and smaller than candle
4. A concave spherical mirror has a focal length 12 cm. If an object is placed 6cm.
in front of it, the position of the image is
a) 4cm. behind the mirror
b) 12cm. in front of the mirror
c) 12 cm. behind the mirror
d) 4cm. in front of the mirror
5. The object lens distance for a converging lens is 400 mm, the image is three
times the size of the object. To make the image five times the size of the object
the lens distance must be changed to
a) 360mm
b) 540mm
c) 600mm
d) 720mm
6. A 3cm high object is in front of a thin lens. The object distance is 4cm. and the
image distance is – 8cm. The image height is
a) 0.5cm
b) 1cm
c) 1.5cm
d) 6cm
7. Which instrument uses a single converging lens with the object placed just inside
the focal point?
a) Camera
b) Compound microscope
c) Magnifying Glass
d) Telescope
8. In a two lens microscope, the intermediate image is
a) Virtual, erect and magnified
b) real, erect and magnified
c) real, inverted and magnified
d) virtual, inverted and reduced
9. The diagram shows total internal reflection. Which of the following statement is
not true?
A N B
Medium 1
O
Medium 2
a) Angle AON is the angle of incidence
b) Angle AON = angle BON
c) The speed of light in medium 2 is greater than that in medium 1
d) if angle AON were increased, there would still be total internal reflection
e) Angle AON must be the critical angle
10. The units of index of refraction are:
a) m/s
b) s/m
c) radian
d) unitless
11. A ray of light passes obliquely through a plate of glass having parallel faces.
The emerging ray:
a) is totally internally reflected
b) is parallel to the incident ray but displaced sideways
c) is bent more toward the normal than the incident ray
d) is bent further away from the normal than the incident ray
e) lies on the same straight line as the incident ray
12. When light passes from air to glass, it bends:
a) toward the normal without changing speed
b) toward the normal and slows down
c) toward the normal and speeds up
d) away from the normal and slows down
e) away from the normal and speeds up
13. The index of refraction of a certain glass is 1.50. The sine of the critical angle
for total internal reflection at a glass-air interface is:
a) 0.50
b) 0.67
c) 0.75
d) 1.00
e) 1.50
14. The separation of white light into colours by a prism is associated with:
a) total internal reflection
b) partial reflection from each surface
c) variation of index of refraction with wavelength
d) a decrease in the speed of light in the glass
e) selective absorption of various colours
15. For the angle of minimum deviation of a prism to be equal to its refracting
angle, the prism must be made of a material whose refractive index
a) Lies between √2 and 1
b) Lies between 2 and √2
c) Is less than 1
d) Is greater than 2
16. The magnifying power of a telescope is 9. When it is adjusted for parallel
rays, the distance between objective and eyepiece is 20 cm. The focal length
of lenses are:
a) 10 cm, 10 cm
b) 15 cm, 5 cm
c) 18 cm, 2 cm
d) 11 cm, 9 cm
17. 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 increase
18. The refractive index of diamond is 2.41. What is the minimum angle of
incidence of a ray to get totally internally reflected in diamond?
a) 420
b) 24.50
c) 350
d) 490
19. A fish is looking from within water, the outside world through a circular
horizon. If the fish is √7 cm below the surface of water, what is the radius of
circular horizon?
a) 3 cm
b) √7 cm
c) 3√7 cm
d) 3/√7 cm
20. A microscope is focussed on a mark on a paper and then a glass slab of
thickness 3 cm and refractive index 1.5 is placed over the mark. How should
the microscope be moved to get the mark in focus again
a) 2 cm upward
b) 1 cm upward
c) 4.5 cm upward
d) 1 cm downward
1. a
2. b
3. d
4. c
5. a
6. d
7. c
8. c
9. e
10. d
11. b
12. b
13. b
14. c
15. b
16. c
17. d
18. b
19. a
20. b
