CLASS-10th TOPIC-LIGHT DPP-1
1. A glass slab (n = 1.5) of thickness 3.0 cm is placed on an ink spot. A person looks at it
from a distanced of 5.0 cm above the ink spot. The distance of the spot will appear to
be:
(a) 2.0 cm (b) 3.5 cm (c) 4.0 cm (d) 5.0 cm
2. If ij represents the refractive index when a light ray goes from medium i to medium j
then the product
(a) 32 (b) 42 (c) 31 (d) 1 / 14
3. A beam of light is converging towards a point I on a screen. A plane parallel plate of
glass whose thickness in the direction of beam = t, refractive index = , is introduced
in the path of the beam. The convergence point is shifted by:
1 1
(a) t 1 away (b) t 1 away
1 1
(c) t 1 nearer (d) t 1 nearer
4. A glass slab is placed in the path of a beam of convergent light; the point of
convergence of light:
(a) moves towards the glass slab (b) moves away from the glass slab
(c) remains at the same point (d) undergoes a lateral shift
5. A mixture of red and green colour lights is incident on a glass slab of uniform
thickness. Then the emergent rays emerge from:
(a) the same point but in different directions
(b) different points but in the same direction
(c) the same point and in the same direction
(d) different points and in different directions
6. The length of a vertical pole at the surface of a lake of water (n 4 / 3) is 24 cm. Then
to an under-water fish just below the water surface the tip of the pole appears to be:
(a) 18 cm above the surface (b) 24 cm above the surface
(c) 32 cm above the surface (d) 36 cm above the surface
7. In a calm swimming pool, a person is viewing outside objects by keeping an eye at a
depth h inside water. If the critical angle for water is c , then the value of the diameter
of the circle of view for outside objects will be:
(a) 2h sin c (b) 2h cos c (c) 2h tan c (d) 2h cot c
8. If is the refractive index of the medium, then the value of the diameter of the circle
of view for outside objects will be:
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2h
(a) 2h( 2 1)1/ 2 (b) (c) 2h 2 (d) 2h / 2
2( 2 1)
9. A lens forms a sharp image on a screen. On inserting a parallel-sides slab of glass
between the lens and the screen it is found necessary to move the screen a distance d
away from the lens in order for the image to be again sharply focused. If the refractive
index of glass relative to air is , then the thickness of the slab is:
(a) (d / ) (b) ( / d ) (c) d / ( 1) (d) ( 1)d /
10. Light travels through a glass plate of thickness t and having refractive index . If c be
the velocity of light in a vacuum, the time taken by the light to travel this thickness of
glass is :
(a) t / ( c) (b) r c (c) ( t / c) (d) tc /
11. Velocity of light in air is 3 108 m/s and refractive index of water is 1.33. The time
taken by light to travel a distance of 500 m in water is:
(a) 1.25 s (b) 2.22 s (c) 12.5 s (d) 22.6 s
12. An air bubble in a glass slab ( 1.5) is 5 cm deep when viewed from one face and 2
cm deep, when viewed from the opposite face. The thickness of the slab is:
(a) 7.5 cm (b) 10.5 cm (c) 7 cm (d) 10 cm
13. A bird in air looks at a fish vertically below it and inside water; h1 is the height of the
bird above the surface of water and h2 the depth of the fish below the surface of water.
If refractive index of water with respect to air be , then the distance of the fish as
observed by the bird is:
h
(a) h1 h2 (b) h1 2 (c) h1 h2 (d) h1 h2
14. If the refractive index of water is 4/3 and that of glass slab is 5/3, then the critical
angle of incidence for which a light tending to go from glass to water is:
(a) sin 1 (3/4) (b) sin 1 (3/5) (c) sin 1 (2/3) (d) sin 1 (4/5)
15. A small air bubble is situated I n a glass slab of 24 cm thickness. When viewed from
one face, its apparent depth is 10 cm ad when viewed from the opposite face it is 6 cm.
Calculate the refractive index of the glass slab:
(a) 1.2 (b) 1.4 (c) 1.5 (d) 1.6
16. A disc is placed on a surface of pond which has refractive index 5/3. A source of light
is placed 4 m below the surface of liquid. The minimum radius of disc needed so that
light is not coming out is:
(a) (b) 3 m (c) 6 m (d) 4 m
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17. a ray of light passes through four transparent media with refractive indices 1, 2 , 3
and 4 as shown in the figure.
The surfaces of all media are parallel. If the emergent ray CD is parallel to the incident
ray AB, we must have:
(a) 1 2 (b) 2 3 (c) 3 4 (d) 4 1
18. Relation between critical angles of water and glass is:
(a) Cw Cg (b) Cw Cg (c) Cw Cg (d) Cw Cg 0
19. A mark at the bottom of a liquid appears to rise by 0.1 m. The depth of the liquid is 1
m. The refractive index of the liquid is:
(a) 1.33 (b) 1/10 (c) 10/9 (d) 1.5
20. A plane mirror is made of a glass slab ( g 1.5) 2.5 cm thick and silvered on its back.
A point object is placed 5 cm in front of the unsilvered face of the mirror. What will
be the position of the final image?
(a) 12 cm from unsilvered face (b) 14.6 cm from unsilvered face
(c) 5.67 cm from unsilvered face (d) 8.33 cm from unsilvered face
21. A 2 cm diameter coin rests flat on the bottom of a bowl in which the water is 20 cm
deep ( w 4 / 3) . If the coin is viewed directly from above, what is its apparent
diameter?
(a) 2 cm (b) 1.5 cm (c) 2.67 cm (d) 1.67 cm
22. Consider the situation shown in figure. Water ( w 4 / 3) is filled in a beaker upto a
height of 10 cm. A plane mirror is fixed at a height of 5 cm from the surface of water.
Distance of image from the mirror after reflection from it of an object O at the bottom
of the beaker is:
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(a) 15 cm (b) 12.5 cm (c) 7.5 cm (d) 10 cm
23. A light ray is incident perpendicular to one face of a 90 prism and is totally internally
reflected at the glass-air interface. If the angle of reflection is 45 , we conclude that
the refractive index n is:
1 1
(a) n (b) n 2 (c) n (d) n 2
2 2
24. A microscope is focused on a mark on a piece of paper and then a slab of glass of
thickness 3 cm and refractive index 1.5 is placed over the mark. How should be the
microscope be moved to get the mark again in focus?
(a) 2 cm upward (b) 1 cm upward
(c) 4.5 cm upward (d) 1 cm downward
25. In a concave mirror an object is placed at a distance x1 from the focus and the image is
formed at a distance x2 from the focus. Then the focal length of the mirror is:
(a) x1x2 (b) x1x2 (c) ( x1 x2 ) / 2 (d) x1 / x2
26. In a concave mirror of focal length f produces an image n times the size of the object.
If the image is real, then the distance of the object from the mirror is:
(a) (n 1) f (b) [(n 1) / n] f (c) [(n 1) / n] f (d) (n 1) f
27. A convex mirror of focal length f produces an image (1/n)th of the size of the object.
The distance of the object from the mirror is:
(a) nf (b) f/n (c) (n+1)f (d) (n-1)f
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28. A short linear object of length L lies on the axis of a spherical mirror of focal length f
at a distance u from the mirror. Its image has an axial length L’ equal to:
1/ 2 1/ 2
f (u f )
(a) L (b) L
(u f ) f
2 2
(u f ) f
(c) L (d) L
f (u f )
29. A thin convergent glass lens ( g 1.5) has a power of +5.0 D. When this lens is
immersed in a liquid of refractive index l it acts as a divergent lens of focal length
100 cm. The value of l must be:
(a) 4/3 (b) 5/3 (c) 5/4 (d) 6/5
30. A convergent lens of focal length 20 cm and made of a material with refractive index
1.1 is immersed in water. The lens will behave as a:
(a) converging lens of focal length 20 cm
(b) converging lens of focal length less than 20 cm
(c) converging lens of focal length more than 20 cm
(d) divergent lens
31. A double convex lens of focal length 6 cm is made of glass of refractive index 1.5.
The radius of curvature of one surface is double that of the other surface. The value of
smaller radius of curvature is:
(a) 6 cm (b) 4.5 cm (c) 9 cm (d) 4 cm
32. In displacement method, the lengths of images in two positions of lens between object
and screen are 9 cm and 4 cm respectively. The length of the object must be:
(a) 6.25 cm (b) (3/2) cm (c) 6 cm (d) 36 cm
33. An object is placed at a distance (f/2) from a convex lens. The image will be:
(a) at one of the foci, virtual and double in size
(b) at (3/2)f, real and inverted
(c) at 2f, virtual and erect
(d) at f, real and inverted
34. A double convex thin lens made out of glass ( 1.5) has both radii of curvature of
20 cm. Incident light rays parallel to the axis of the lens will converge at a distance of
L cm such that:
(a) L=10 (b) L = 20 (c) L = 40 (d) L = (20/3)
35. What is the power of a diverging lens of focal length 40 cm?
(a) +2.5 D (b) -2.5 D (c) -3.5 D (d) +4.0 D
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36. Let the lateral magnification produced by a spherical mirror be m. Then for the same
position of object and mirror the longitudinal magnification will be:
(a) m (b) m (c) m 2 (d) 1/m
37. A luminous point is moving at speed v0 towards a spherical mirror, along its axis.
Then the speed at which the image of this point object is moving is given by (with R =
radius of curvature and u = object distance):
R
(a) vi v0 (b) vi v0
2u R
2
2u R R
(c) vi v0 (d) vi v0
R 2u R
38. For a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm, if the object is at a distance if 30 cm from
the pole, then the nature of the image and magnification will be:
(a) real and -2 (b) virtual and -2
(c) real and +2 (d) virtual and +2
39. Two thin convex lenses of focal lengths 20 cm and 5 cm, respectively, are placed at a
distance d. If a parallel beam incident on the first lends emerges as a parallel beam
from the second lens, then the value of d is:
(a) 5 cm (b) 15 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 25 cm
40. Two thin lenses are in contact and the focal length of the combination is 80 cm. If the
focal length of one of the lenses is 20 cm, the power of the other lens is:
(a) 1.66 D (b) 4.00 D (c) -1.00 D (d) -3.75 D
41. A convex lens of power +6 D is placed in contact with a concave lens of power -4 D.
What is the nature and focal length of the power -4 D. What is the nature and focal
length of the combination?
(a) Concave, 25 cm (b) Convex, 50 cm
(c) Concave, 20 cm (d) Convex, 100 cm
42. A double convex lens made of glass of refractive index 1.6 has radius of curvature 15
cm each. The focal length of this lens when immersed in a fluid of refractive index
1.63 is:
(a) -407.5 cm (b) +407.5 cm (c) 125 cm (d) 25 cm
43. An equiconvex glass lens (a) has a focal length f and power P. It is cut into two
symmetrical halves (b) by a plane containing the principal axis. The two pieces are
recombined as shown in figure (c). The power of new combination is:
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(a) P (b) P/2 (c) 2P (d) zero
44. A lamp is placed 6.0 m from a wall. On putting a lens between the lamp, a real image
of the lamp is formed on the wall. The magnification of the image is:
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
45. The plane face of a plano-convex lens of focal length 20 cm is silvered. What type of
mirror will it become and of what focal length f?
(a) Convex, f = 20 cm (b) Concave, f = 20 cm
(c) Convex, f = 10 cm (d) Concave, f = 10 cm
46. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm is cut into two equal parts so as to obtain two
plano-convex lenses as shown in figure. The two parts are then put in contact as
shown in figure. What is the focal length of the combination?
(a) Zero (b) 5 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 20 cm
47. As shown in figure, a convergent lens is placed inside a cell filled with liquid. The
lens has focal length +20 cm when in air, and its material has refractive index 1.50. If
the liquid has refractive index 1.60, the focal length of the system is:
(a) +80 cm (b) -80 cm (c) -24 cm (d) -100 cm
48. A convex lens is made up of three different material as shown in the figure. For a
point object placed on its axis, the number of images formed are:
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(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
49. An object is placed on the axis of a convex lens. Its image is formed 80 cm from the
object. The magnification is 3. The focal length of the lens is:
(a) 45 cm (b) 40 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 15 cm
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