EXERCISE–03 MISCELLANEOUS TYPE QUESTIONS

TRUE /FALSE TYPE QUESTIONS:

1. The image and object are never on either side of focus in a spherical mirror.
2. A virtual image must be erect.
3. An image formed in a plane mirror must have same speed as the object has.
4. Laws of reflection are same for all wavelengths.
5. Plane mirror changes right handed coordinate system to left handed coordinate system and vice versa.

FILL IN THE BLANK TYPE QUESTIONS

6. A thin lens of refractive index 1.5 has a focal length of 15 cm in air. When the lens is placed in a medium of refractive
index 4/3, its focal length will become_____cm.
7. A slab of material of refractive index 2 shown in figure has a
curved surface APB of radius of curvature 10cm and a plane surface
CD. On the left of APB is air and on the right of CD is water with
refractive indices as given in the figure. An object O is placed at a
distance of 15cm from the pole P as shown. The distance of the final
image of O from P, as viewed from the left is ______.
8. A ray of light is incident normally on one of the faces of a prism of apex angle 30° and refractive index 2 . Thee
angle of deviation of the ray is ______ degrees.
9. A plano–convex lens is silvered on its plane–side and then it acts like a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm,
when the convex side is silvered it acts like a concave mirror of 7 cm focal length. The refractive index of the lens
is ______.
10. The flat bottom of cylinder tank is silvered and water (=4/3) is filled in the tank upto a height h. A small bird is
hovering at a height 3h from the bottom of the tank. When a small hole is opened near the bottom of the tank, the
water level falls at the rate of 1 cm/s. The bird will perceive that its image's velocity is ________.
M ATC H T H E COL U M N T Y P E Q U E S T I O N S
11. Plane mirrors are arranged parallel to each other as shown in column–I and the number of images formed by the
combination is in column–II.

Column I Column II

(A) (p) 2

(B) (q) 3

(C) (r) 4

30°
(D) 30°
(s) 
(t) 0
12. C o lu m n –I Colu mn–II
(A) An object is placed at a distance equal to (p) Magnification is ()
focal length from pole before convex mirror
(B) An object is placed at focus (q) Magnification is (0.5)
before a concave mirror
(C) An object is placed at the centre of curvature (r) Magnification is (1/3)
before a concave mirror.
(D) An object is placed at a distance equal to (s) Magnification is (–1)
radius of curvature before a convex mirror.
13. An object is placed at a distance x from a mirror on its optic axis. The object begins to move towards the pole of the
mirror. Let R be the radius of curvature of the mirror.
C olu m n–I C olum n– II
(A) As object approaches from x =  to x = R, the image (p) convex
approaches the pole. The mirror must be
(B) As object approaches from x = R/2 to x = 0, then the (q) concave
image approaches the pole. The mirror may be
2
R
(C) The speed of the object is u, then if mirror is concave (r) u
R 2x
the speed of the image is
2
R
(D) The speed of the object is u, then if mirror is convex (s) u
R 2x
then speed of the image is
14. Consider the situation in figure. The bottom of the pot is reflecting plane mirror, S is a small fish and T is a human
eye. Refractive index of water is . Fish can see two images of human eye, first due to refraction only and other
due to refraction and than reflection. Distance of these images from fish are S1 and S2 respectively. Human eye
can also see the two images of fish, first due to refraction only and other due to, reflection and then refraction. Distance
of these images from human eye are S3 and S4 respectively. Match the quantities of column–I (with their values in
column–II)
C olum n I C olu mn II

(A) S1 (p) 1
H 1
2

1
(B) S2 (q) H
2
3
(C) S3 (r) H 1
2

3
(D) S4 (s) H
2
15. Consider the following diagram representing magnitude of magnification against image distance for a convex
lens:
Co lu mn – I Column – II
(A) Focal length of the lens (p) Inverse of slope of line.
(B) Intercept on x–axis (q) Unity
(C) Intercept on y–axis (r) Focal length
(D) Magnitude of slope of the line(s) (s) Inverse of the focal length.
16. In Column I are shown four diagrams of real object point O, image point I and principal axis (optical axis).
Select the proper optical system from Column II which can produce the required image. (Image may be real or
virtual)
Co lu mn – I Column – II

(A) (p) Diverging lens

(B) (q) Converging lens

(C) (r) Concave mirror

(D) (s) Convex mirror

17. Four rays of light above the optic axis (parallel to it) and their path after striking an optical system are shown in column–
I. Match the corresponding optical instrument from column–II :

C olu m n–I Colu mn–II

(A) (p) Convex lens

(B) (q) Concave lens

(C) (r) Convex mirror

(D) (s) Concave mirror

18 . An object O (real) is placed at focus of an equi–biconvex lens as shown in .

figure I. The refractive index of lens is=1.5 and the radius of curvature of either surface
of lens is R. The lens is surrounded by air. In each statement of
column–I some changes are made to situation given above and information regarding
final image formed as a result is given in column–II. The distance between lens and object
is unchanged in all statements of column–I. Match the statements in column–I with
resulting image in column–II.
C olu m n–I Co lum n–II
(A) If the refractive index of the lens is doubled (p) final image is real
(that is, made 2) then
(B) If the radius of curvature is doubled (q) final image is virtual
(that is, made 2R) then
(C) If a glass slab of refractive (r) final image becomes smaller in
index  = 1.5 is size in comparison to size of image before the
introduced between the change was made
object and lens as shown then
(D) If the left side of lens is (s) final image is of same size of object.
filled with a medium of
refractive index = 1.5
as shown, then
19. A white light ray is incident on a glass prism, and it creates four refracted rays A, B, C and D. Match the refracted
rays with the colours given (1 & D are rays due to total internal reflection):
C olu m n–I (R ay ) C olu mn –II ( Colou r)
(A) A (p) red
(B) B (q) green
(C) C (r) yellow
(D) D (s) blue
20. For a prism of refracting angle A and refractive index 2. Assume rays are incident at all angles of incidence 0°
 i  90°. Ignore partial reflection.
C olu m n–I C olu mn– II
(A) A = 15° (p) All rays are reflected back
from the second surface.
(B) A = 45° (q) All rays are refracted into air from
the second surface
(C) A = 70° (r) Some rays are reflected back from
second surface
(D) A = 50° (s) Some rays are refracted into air
from the second surface

21. Column–II shows the optical phenomenon that can be associated with optical components given in column–I. Note
that column–I may have more than one matching options in column–II.

C olu m n–I Colu m n–II

(A) Convex mirror (p) Dispersion

(B) Converging lens (q) Deviation
(C) Thin prism (r) Real image of real object
(D) Glass slab (s) Virtual images of real object

ASSERTION & REASON

22. S ta te m e n t – I : Sun glasses have zero power even though their surfaces are curved.
and
S ta te m e n t – II : Both the surfaces of the sun glasses are curved in the same direction with same radii.
(A) Statement–I is true, Statement–II is true ; Statement–II is correct explanation for Statement–I.
(B) Statement–I is true, Statement–II is true ; Statement–II is NOT a correct explanation for statement–I.
(C) Statement–I is true, Statement–II is false.
(D) Statement–I is false, Statement–II is true.

23. S tate m e n t–I : The images formed by total internal reflections are much brighter than those formed by mirrors or
lenses.
and
S tatem en t– II : There is no loss of intensity in total internal reflection.
(A) Statement–I is true, Statement–II is true ; Statement–II is correct explanation for Statement–I.
(B) Statement–I is true, Statement–II is true ; Statement–II is NOT a correct explanation for statement–I.
(C) Statement–I is true, Statement–II is false.
(D) Statement–I is false, Statement–II is true.
24. S tate m e n t–I : Image formed by concave lens is not always virtual.
and
S tatem en t– II : Image formed by a lens is real if the image is formed in the direction of ray of light with respect to
the lens.
(A) Statement–I is true, Statement–II is true ; Statement–II is correct explanation for Statement–I.
(B) Statement–I is true, Statement–II is true ; Statement–II is NOT a correct explanation for statement–I.
(C) Statement–I is true, Statement–II is false.
(D) Statement–I is false, Statement–II is true.

COMPREHENSION BASED QUESTIONS

C o mp re hen si on # 1
When two plane mirrors subtend an angle between them, then a ray of light incident parallel to one of them
retraces its path after n reflections such that n=c (where c is a constant)

25. What is the value of c?

3
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
2 2
26. If the angle between mirrors is 60°. Then light ray retraces its path after n reflections where n is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) None of these

27. The graph between and n willl

(A) be continuous but not differentiable (B) be continuous & differentiable
(C) Not be continuous (D) Can't say

C o mp re hen si on # 2
A point object is placed on principal axis of a concave mirror (of focal length 15cm) at a distance u = 61 cm from
pole. A slab of thickness t = 3cm and refractive index µ = 1.5 is placed with two sides perpendicular to principal
axis, such that its nearest face is x0 cm from pole. The final image of object is to be considered after refraction by
slab, reflection by mirror and final refraction by slab.

f=15cm

object
x0

t=3cm µ=1.5

28. If x0 = 30 cm, then the distance of final image from pole is -

(A) 19 (B) 21 (C) 23 (D) 24

29. If the slab is shifted parallel to itself by 3 cm then the final image
(A) shifts towards left (B) shifts towards right
(C) may shifts towards left or right (D) does not shift

30. If x0 = 30 cm and the object is given velocity 18 m/s towards left then the speed of image at that instant is
(A) 2 m/s (B) 6 m/s (C) 9 m/s (D) 162 m/s
E X E R CI S E – 3 ANSW ER K E Y
 Tr ue / False
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T

 F il l in th e B la n ks
6. 60 cm, 7. 30 cm to the right P (Virtual Image) 8. 15° 4. 20/13 5. 0.5 cm/s downwards

 M atc h th e C olum n
11. (A)–s (B)–q (C)–p (D)–p 12. (A)–q (B)–p (C)–s (D)–r
13. (A)–p (B)–p,q (C)–s (D)–r 14. (A)–q (B)–s (C)–p (d)–r
15. (A)–p (B)–r (C)–q (D)–s 16. (A)–p, s (B)–q,r (C) q, (D)–q,r
17. (A)–r (B) –q (C) –p (D) –s 18. (A)–p, r(B)–q,r (C) q, r (D)–q,r
19. (A)–p (B) r (C)–q (d)–s 20. (A)–q, (B)–r,s (C)–p (D)–r, s
21. (A)–q, s (B)–p,q,r,s (C)–p,q,s (d)–s

 A s s er t io n – Rea s on Q u e st i ons
21. A 23. A 24. B

 C o mpre hens ion B as e d Q u e s io ns

C o mp re he ns io n # 1 : 25. B 26. D 27. C
C o m p r e h en s i o n # 2 : 28. B 29. D 30. A