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Class XII P REPARED BY :
E R . V INEET L OOMBA
(B.T ECH . IIT R OORKEE )
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DAILY PRACTICE PROBLEMS

TARGET : JEE Main/Adv OPTICS-1

1. The distance between an object and the screen is 100 cm. A lens produces an image on the screen when the lens
is placed at either of the positions 40 cm apart. The power of the lens is nearly:
(A) 3 diopters (B) 5 diopters (C) 2 diopters (D) 9 diopters

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2. White light travelling in air is refracted by water
(A) It is possible that dispersion does not take place.
(B) Dispersion necessarily takes place.
(C) Red colour has highest speed in water

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(D) If light is dispersed than violet colour undergoes maximum deviation.
3. A mirror of length L moves horizontally as shown in the figure with a velocity
v. The mirror is illuminated by a point source of light ‘P’ placed on the ground. L V
The rate at which the length of the light spot on the
ground increases is : . P
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(A) v (B) zero (C) 2v (D) 3v

4. An object and a plane mirror are as shown in figure. Mirror is moved Object (fixed) V
with velocity V as shown. The velocity of image is : 
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(A) 2 V sin (B) 2 V (C) 2V cos (D) none of these
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5. The view in the figure is from above a plane mirror Normal to the mirror
suspended by a thread connected to the centre of the
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in its intial position.

mirror at point A. A scale is located 0.75 m (the distance Initial Position
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of the mirror .
from point A to point P) to the right of the centre of the
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30º
mirror. Initially, the plane of the mirror is parallel to the A P
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side of the scale; and the angle of incidence of a light 0.75m

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ray which is directed at the centre of the mirror is 30º. A

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small torque applied to the thread causes the mirror to

turn 11.5° away from its initial position. The reflected
ray then intersects the scale at point Q. Q
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The distance from point P to point Q on the scale is

(A) 1.00 m (B) 0.56 m (C) 1.02 m (D) 0.86 m.
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6. A particle is moving towards a fixed convex mirror. The image also moves. If Vi = speed of image and VO = speed
of the object, then
(A) Vi VO if |u| < |F| (B) Vi > VO if |u| > |F|
(C) Vi < VO if |u| > |F| (D) Vi = VO if |u| = |F|

7. If m1 and m2 be the magnifications for two positions of the lens between the object and the screen,and d the
distance between the two positions of the lens, the focal length of the lens is
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 m 1  m2  d m 1m2
(A)  d
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(B) m 1  m   
(C) m 1  m 2 d (D)
d2
  2

8. In the figure below a convex mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm is shown.

An object O is placed in front of this mirror. Its ray diagram is shown. How
many mistakes are there in the ray diagram (AB is its
principal axis):

(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

9. In the figure M1 and M2 are two fixed mirrors as shown. If the object ' O'
moves towards the plane mirror, then the image I (which is formed
after two successive reflections from M 1 & M 2 respectively) will move
(A) towards right (B) towards left
(C) with zero velocity (D) cannot be determined

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10. A point object ' O ' is at the centre of curvature of a concave mirror. The mirror starts to move with speed u,
in a direction perpendicular to the principal axis. Then the initial velocity of the image is:
(A) 2 u, in the direction opposite to that of mirror's velocity

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(B) 2 u, in the direction same as that of mirror's velocity
(C) zero
(D) u, in the direction same as that of mirror's velocity.
11. The position of a real point object and its point image are as shown in
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the figure. AB is the principal axis. This can be achieved by using:
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(A) convex mirror (B) concave mirror
(C) concave mirror only (D) convex mirror only

12. A linear object AB is placed along the axis of a concave mirror. The
object is moving towards the mirror with speed V. The speed of the
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image of the point A is 4 V and the speed of the image of B is also 4V. If
centre of the line AB is at a distance L from the mirror
then length of the object AB will be A B

3L 5L 4L
(A) (B) (C) L (D)
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13. A concave mirror of focal length 2 cm is placed on a glass slab as

shown in the figure. Then the image of object O formed due
to reflection at mirror and then refraction by the slab:
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(A) will be virtual and will be at 2 cm from the pole of

the concave mirror
(B) will be virtual and formed on the pole of the mirror
(C) will be real and on the object itself
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(D) none of these

14. A bird is flying up at an angle sin1 (3/5) with the horizontal. A fish in a pond looks at that bird when it is
vertically above the fish. The angle at which the bird appears to fly (to the fish) is : [ n water = 4/3 ]
(A) sin1 (3/5) (B) sin1 (4/5) (C) 45º (D) sin1 (9/16)
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15. In the previous question if the object moves towards right with a velocity of 10 m/s then the velocity of the final
image will be :
(A) 16 m/s towards left (B) 9 m/s towards right
(C) 10 m/s towards right (D) 11 m/s towards right
16. The figure shows a parallel slab of refractive index n2 which is surrounded by media of refractive indices n1 and n3.
Light is incident on the slab at angle of incidence  ( 0). The time taken by the ray to cross the slab is ‘t1’ if
incidence is from ‘n1’ and it is ‘t2’ if the incidence is from ‘n3’. Then assuming that n2 > n1, n2 > n3 and

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n3 > n1, then value of t1/t2.

(A) = 1 (B) > 1 (C) < 1 (D) cannot be decided

17. In the figure shown an object ‘AB’ makes small angle with the normal line ‘PQ’.
The length of ‘AB’ is  . The refractive index of the slab is ‘n’ and the surrounding
medium is air. ‘AB’ is seen with the help of paraxial rays, from
the left side of the slab. The size of the image of AB is
  1
(A)  (B) (C)   (D)  1  
  

18. Given that, velocity of light in quartz = 1.5  108 m/s and velocity of light in
glycerine = (9/4)  108 m/s. Now a slab made of quartz is placed in glycerine
as shown. What is the shift produced by slab?

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

19. The following figure represents a wavefront AB which passes from air to another transparent medium and
produces a new wavefront CD after refraction. The refractive index of the medium is (PQ is the boundary
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between air and the medium).
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q2 q4 D medium ek/; e

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cos 1 cos  4 sin 1 sin  2

(A) (B) (C) (D)
cos  4 cos 1 sin  4 sin 3
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20. A man observes a coin placed at the bottom of a beaker which contains two
immiscible liquids of refractive indices 1.2 and 1.4 as shown in the figure. A
plane mirror is also placed on the surface of liquid. The distance of image 1.2
A 3 cm
(from mirror) of coin in mirror as seen from medium A of refractive
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B 7 cm
index 1.2 by an observer just above the boundary of the two media is : 1.4 Coin

(A) 18 cm (B) 12 cm (C) 9 cm (D) none of these

21. A mango tree is at the bank of a river and one of the branch of tree extends over the river. A tortoise lives in
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river. A mango falls just above the tortoise. The acceleration of the mango falling from tree appearing to the
tortoise is (Refractive index of water is 4/3 and the tortoise is stationary)
3g 4g
(A) g (B) (C) (D) None of these
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22. Two mirrors, placed perpendicularly, form two sides of a vessel filled with
water. A light ray is incident on the water surface at an angle  and emerges
at an angle  after getting reflected from both the mirrors

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(A)  =  (B)  > 
(C)  <  (D) All are possible, depending upon .

23. A small rod ABC is put in water making an angle 6° with vertical. If it is A
viewed paraxially from above, it will look like bent shaped ABC'. The 6°
 4
angle of bending (  CBC' ) will be in degree ..........  n w   B
 3  C'

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(A) 2° (B) 3° (C) 4° (D) 4.5°

24. 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  so that light incident normally
on the face AB does not cross the face BC is (given sin –1 (3/5) = 37º)

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(A)  37º (B) < 37º (C)   53º (D) < 53º

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25. An opaque sphere of radius 'a' is just immersed in a transparent liquid
as shown in figure. A point source is placed on the vertical diameter of Point source
a/2
the sphere at a distance a/2 from the top of the sphere. One ray origi- air

nating from the point source after refraction from the air liquid interface
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forms tangent to the sphere. The angle of refraction for that particular a
liquid
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2 3 4 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
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26. A small air bubble is trapped inside a transparent cube of size 12 cm. When viewed from one of the vertical
faces, the bubble appears to be at 5 cm from it. When viewed from opposite face, it appears at 3 cm from
it.
(A) The distance of the air bubble from the first face is 7.5 cm.
(B) The distance of the air bubble from the first face is 9 cm.
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(C) Refractive index of the material of the prism is 2.0.

(D) Refractive index of the material of the prism is 1.5.
27. It is found that all electromagnetic signals sent from A towards B
reach point C. The speed of electromagnetic signals in glass
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(A) 1.0 × 108 m/s (B) 2.4 × 108 m/s (C) 2 × 107 m/s (D) 4 × 107 m/s

28. A parallel beam of light is incident normally on the flat surface of a

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hemisphere of radius 6 cm and refractive index 1.5, placed in air as P

shown in figure (i). Assume paraxial ray approximation.
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figure (i) figure (ii)

(A) The rays are focussed at 12 cm from the point P to the right, in the situation as shown in figure I
(B) The rays are focussed at 16 cm from the point P to the right , in the situation as shown in figure I

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(C) If the rays are incident at the curved surface (figure (ii)) then these are focused at distance 18 cm
from point P to the right.
(D) If the rays are incident at the curved surface (figure (ii)) then these are focused at distance 14 cm
from point P to the right.
29. If a prism having refractive index 2 , has angle of minimum deviation equal to the angle of refraction of the
prism, then the angle of refraction of the prism is:
(A) 30º (B) 45º (C) 60º (D) 90º
30. A ray of light is incident on a face of equilateral triangle at an incident angle 50° At this angle minimum
deviation occurs. This deviation is
(A) 30 (B) 40 (C) 50 (D) None of these
31. The image of the sun is obtained on a screen with a convex lens of diameter 3 cm and focal length 45 cm. How
many times will the intensity produced by sun’s image be greater than that coming directly from the sun if the
angular diameter of the sun is 30 minutes ?
(A) 450 (B) 288 (C) 576 (D) None
32. The focal length of a lens of refractive index 3/2 is 10 cm in air. The focal length of that lens in a medium of

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refractive index 7/5 is:
(A)  70 cm (B) 10/7 cm (C) 70 cm (D) none of these
33. An object approaches a fixed diverging lens with a constant velocity from infinity along the principal axis.

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The relative velocity between object and its image will be :
(A) increasing (B) decreasing
(C) first increases then decreases (D) first decreases and then increases.
34. From the figure shown establish a relation among , 1, 2, 3.
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(A) 3 > 2 > 1 (B) 3 < 2 < 1

(C) 2 > 3 ; 3 = 1 (D) 2 > 1 ; 3 = 2
35. Two plane mirrors are inclined at an angle 70º. A ray incident on one mirror at angle after reflection falls
on the second mirror and is reflected from there parallel to the first mirror.  is :
(A) 50º (B) 45º (C) 30º (D) 55º
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36. The figure shows two small plane mirrors A & B of equal length x. The width of
mirrors perpendicular to the plane of figure is same and negligible. If the power
of image formed by mirror A is P then the power of image formed by
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mirror B will be : :
(A) p cos3  (B) p cos
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(C) (D) p cos2 
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cos 
1. (B) 2. (A),(C),(D) 3. (B)
4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (A), (C)
7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (A)
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10. (B) 11. (C) 12. (C)

13. (D) 14. (C) 15. (C)
16. (C) 17. (A) 18. (A)
19. (C) 20. (B) 21. (C)
22. (A) 23. (A) 24. (B)
25. (D) 26. (A), (D) 27. (B)
28. (A), (D) 29. (D) 30. (B)
31. (C) 32. (C) 33. (B)
34. (C) 35. (A) 36. (A)

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