Test: REFLECTION AND REFRACTION

1. A light bulb is placed between two mirrors(plane) inclined at an angle of 60 0.

Number of images formed are
a. 2 b. 4 c.5 d.6
2. A man of length h requires a mirror of length at least equal to, to see his own
complete image
a. h/4 b. h/3 c. h/2 d. h
3. A man runs towards a mirror at a speed of 15m/s. the speed of the image relative to
the man is
a. 15m/s b. 30m/s c. 35m/s d. 20m/s
4. A plane mirror produces a magnification of
a. -1 b. +1 c. Zero d. Between 0 and +infinite
5. It is desired to photograph the image of an object placed at a distance of 3m from
the plane mirror. The camera which is at a distance of 4.5m from the mirror should
be focused for a distance of
a. 3m b. 4.5m c. 6m d. 7.5m
6. Two plane mirror A and B are aligned parallel to each other, as shown in figure. A
light ray is incident at an angle of 30 0 at a point just inside one end of A. the plane of
incidence coincides with the plane of the figure. The maximum number of times the
ray undergoes reflection before it emerges out is

a. 28 b. 30 c. 32 d. 34
7. An object is initially at a distance of 100cm from the plane mirror. If the mirror
approaches the object at a speed of 5cm/s, then after 6s the distance between the
object and its images will be
a. 60cm b. 140cm c. 170cm d. 150cm
8. A point object is placed between two plane mirrors as shown in fig. the distance of
the first three images formed by mirror M2 from it are
a. 2mm,8mm,18mm
b. 2mm,18mm,28mm
c. 2mm,18mm,22mm
d. 2mm,18mm,58mm
9. If an object moves towards a plane mirror with a speed v at an angle ѳ to the
perpendicular to the plane of the mirror, find the relative velocity between the
object and the image
a. v b. 2v c. 2v cosѳ d. 2v sin ѳ

10. figure shows a cubical room ABCD will the wall CD as a plane mirror. Each side of
the room is 3m. we place a camera at the midpoint of the wall AB. At what distance
should the camera be focused to photograph an object at A
a. 1.5m b. 3m c. 6m d. more than 6m

11. In an experiment of find the focal length of a concave mirror a graph is drawn
between the magnitude of u and v. the graph looks like

12. A diminished virtual image can be formed only in

a. Plane mirror b. a concave mirror c. a convex mirror d.concave-parabolic
13. In a concave mirror experiment, an object is placed at a distance x 1 from the focus
and the image at a distance x2 from the focus. The focal length of the mirror should
be
14. A point object is moving on the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length
24cm towards the mirror. When it is at a distance of 60cm from the mirror, its
velocity is 9cm/s. what is the velocity of the image at that instant
a. 5cm/s towards the mirror b. 4cm/s towards the mirror
c. 4cm/s away from the mirror d. 9cm/s away from the mirror
15. A concave mirror is used to focus the image of a flower on a nearby well 120cm
from the flower. If a lateral magnification of 16 is desired, the distance of the flower
from the mirror should be
a. 8cm b. 12cm c. 80cm d. 120cm
16. When a light ray incident from air to glass and reflected, angle of incidence is 57 0.
What will be the incident angle for reflection again when incident from water to
glass
a. Ѳ<570 b. Ѳ>570 c. Ѳ=570 d. cant be determined
17. Monochromatic light is refracted from air into the glass of refractive index μ. The
ratio of the wavelength of incident and refracted waves is
a. 1: μ b. 1: μ2 c. μ:1 d.1:1
18. When light travels from one medium to the other of which the refractive index is
different, then which of the following will change
a. Frequency, wavelength and velocity b. Frequency and
wavelength
c. Frequency and velocity d. wavelength and velocity
19. A point source of light is placed 4m below the surface of water of refractive indes
5/3. The minimum diameter of a disc which should be placed over the source on the
surface of water to cut-off all light coming out of water is
a. 2m b. 6m c. 4m d 3m
20. The time required to pass the light through a glass slab of 2mm thick is (μ glass=1.5)
a. 10-5s b. 10-11s c. 10-9s d. 10-13s
21. Why sun has elliptical on the time when rising and sun setting
a. Refraction b. Reflection c. Scattering d. Dispersion
22. Which of the following statement is true
a. Velocity of light is constant in all media
b. velocity of light in vacuum is maximum
c. Velocity of light is same in all reference frames
d. Laws of nature have identical form in all reference frames
23. Light travels through a glass plate of thickness t and having refractive index n. if c is
velocity of light in vacuum, the time taken by the light to travel this thickness of
glass is
24. The refractive indices of glass and water w.r.t. air are 3/2 and 4/3 resp. the
refractive index of glass w.r.t. water will be
a. 8/9 b. 9/8 c. 7/6 d. none of these
25. The splitting of white light into several colors on passing through a glass prism is
due to
a. Refraction b. Reflection c. interference d. Dispersion
26. A tank is filled with benzene to a height of 120mm. the apperent depth of a needle
lying at a bottom of the tank is measured by a microscope to be 80mm. the
refractive index of benzene is
a. 1.5 b. 2.5 c. 3.5 d. 4.5
27. V1 is velocity of first medium, V2 is velocity of light in second medium, then refractive
index of second medium with respect to first medium is

28. An observer can see through a pin hole the top end of a thin rod of height h, placed
as shown in fig. the beaker height is 3h and its radius h. when the beaker is filled
with a liquid up to height 2h, he can see the lower end of the rod. Then the refractive
index of the liquid is

29. Consider telecommunication through optical fibers. Which of the following

statement is not true
a. Optical fiber may have homogenous core with a suitable cladding
b. Optical fibers can be graded refractive indes
c. Optical fibers are subject to electromagnetic interference from outside
d. Optical fibers have extremely low transmission loss
30. Light wave enters from medium 1 to medium 2. Its velocity in 2 nd medium is double
from 1st. for total internal reflection the angle of incidence must be greater than
a. 300 b. 600 c. 450 d. 900
31. A ray of light is incident at an angle i from denser to rare medium. The reflected and
the refracted rats are mutually perpendicular. The angle of reflection and the angle
of refraction are respectively r and r’, the critical angle will be
32. A plano convex lens of refractive indes 1.5 and radius of curvature 30cm us silvered
at curved surface. Now this lens has been used to form the image of an object. At
what distance from this lens an object be placed in order to have a real image of the
size of the object
a. 20cm b. 30cm c. 60cm d. 80 cm
33. At what distance from a convex lens of focal length 30cm, an object should be placed
so that the size of the image be 1/2th of the object
a. 30cm b. 60cm c. 15cm d. 90cm
34. Two lenses of power 6D and -2D are combined to form a single lens. The focal length
of this lens will be
a. 3/2 m b. 1/4 m c. 4 m d. 1/8 m
35. An object has image thrice of original size when kept at 8cm and 16cm from a
conves lens. Focal length of the lens is
a. 8cm b. 16cm c. between 8 and 16 d. less then 8cm
36. A convex lens of focal length 40cm is an contact with a concave lens of focal length
25cm. the power of combination is
a. -1.5D b. -6.5D c. +6.5D d. +6.67D
37. An achromatic combination of lenses is formed by joining
a. 2 convex lens
b. 2 concave lenses
c. 1 convex and 1 concave lens
d. Convex lens and plane mirror
38. A converging lens is used to form an image on a screen. When upper half of the lens
is covered by an opaque screen
a. Half the image will disappear
b. Complete image will be formed of same intensity
c. Half image will be formed of same intensity
d. Complete image will be formed of decreased intensity
39. A prism of refractive index μ and angle A is placed in the minimum deviation
position. If the angle of minimum deviation is A, then the value of A in terms of μ is

40. Angle of minimum deviation for a prism of refractive index 1.5 is equal to the angle
of prism. The angle of prism is (cos 410=0.75)
 a. 620 b. 410 c. 820 d. 310
41. Let the lateral magnification produced by spherical mirror be m. then for the same
position of object and mirror the longitudinal magnification will be.
a. m b. m1/2 c. m2 d. 1/m
42. how will an image produced by a lens change, if half of lens is wrapped in black
paper
a. there will be no effect
b. the size of the image will be reduced to one half
c. the image will disappear
d. the brightness of the image will be reduced
43. a conves lens of focal length 0.15m is made of a material of refractive index 3/2.
When it is placed in a liquid, its focal length is increased by 0.225m. the refractive
index of the liquid is:
a. 7/4 b. 5/4 c. 9/4 d. 3/2
44. A double convex lens(R1=R2=10cm) is having focal length equals to the focal length
of a concave mirror. The radius of curvature of the concave mirror is
a. 10cm b. 20cm c. 40cm d. 15cm
45. A light ray is incident perpendicular to one face of a 90 0prism and is totally
internally reflected at the glass-air interface. If the angle of reflection is 45 0, we
conclude that the refractive index n is:

46. A circular beam of light of diameter d=2cm falls on a plane surface of glass. The
angle of incidence is 600 and refractive index of glass is μ=3/2. The diameter of the
refracted beam is:
a. 4.0cm b. 3.0cm c. 3.26cm d. 2.25cm
47. A diminished virtual image can be formed only in
a. Plane mirror b. concave mirror
c. A convex mirror d. concave parabolic

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