SARTHAK CLASSES,PART TEST-1,

OPTICS,SENIORS,PHY
1. A concave mirror is placed on a horizontal table with its axis directed vertically upward.
Let (0) be the pole of the mirror and C its centre of curvature. A point object is placed at
C. It has a real image also located at C. If the mirror is now filled with water, the image will
be
(A) real and will remain at C .
(B) real and located at a point between C and .
(C) virtual and located at a point between C and O.
(D) real and located at a point between C
2.
A diverging beam of light from a point source 5 having divergence
angle a falls symmetrically on a glass slab as shown. The angles of
incidence of the two extreme rays are equal . If the thickness of the
glass slab is t and the refractive index n, then the divergence angle of
the emergent beam is

1
- 1 1

2sin

(a) ZERO
(B) a
(C) sin
(d)

n
n

3.A point source of light B is placed at a distance L in front of the centre

of a mirror of width d hung vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of
the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a distance 2L from it as
shown. The greatest distance over which he can see the image of the
light source in the mirror is
d
(A)
(B) d
(C) 2d
(D) 3D
2
4. Abeam' of white light is incident on a hollow prism of glass.
Then
(A) the light emerging from prism gives no spectrum.
(B) the light emerging from prism gives spectrum but the bending
of all colours is
away from base.
(C) the light emerging from prism gives spectrum, all the colours
bend towards base, the violet most and red the least.
(D) the: light emerging, from prism gives spectrum, all the colours
bend towards
base, the violet the least and red the most.
5. A ray of light falls on the surface of a spherical paper weight making an angle a with the
normal and is refracted in the medium at an angle b . The angle of deviation of the
emergent ray from the direction of the incident ray is
(a - b)
(A) (a - b)
(B)2 (a - b)
(C)
(D) (b - a )
2

6. A spherical surface of radius of curvature R - separates air (refractive index 1.0) from glass
(refractive index 1.5). The centre of curvature is in the glass. A point P placed in air is found
to have a real image Q in the glass. The line PQ cuts the surface at point 0 and PO = OQ .
The distance PO is equal to
(A) 5R
(B) 3R
(C) 2R
(D) l.5R
7. A concave lens of glass, refractive index 1.5,has both surfaces of same radius of curvature
R. On immersion in a medium of refractive index 1.75, it will behave as a
(A) Convergent lens of focal length 3.5R
(B) convergent lens of focal length 3.0R
(C) Divergent lens of focal length 3.5R
(D) divergent lens of focal length 3.0R
8. A point object 0 is placed on the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 20 cm at a
distance of 40 cm to the left of it. The diameter of the lens is 10 cm. If the eye is placed 60
cm to the right of the lens at a distance It below the principal axis, then the maximum value of
h to see the image will be
(A) 0 cm
(B) 5cm
(C) 2.5 cm
(D) 10 cm

9. Figure represents a convergent lens placed inside a cell filed with a

liquid. The lens has a focal length +20 cm when in air and its material has
refractive index 1.50. If the liquid
has a refractive index 1.60, the focal length of the system is
(A) -80 CM
(B) +80 CM
(C) -160 CM
(D)
-24 CM
Passage for Question Nos. 10 to 13
A ray of light travelling in air is incident at grazing angle on a long rectangular slab of a
transparent medium of thickness t = 1.0 m . The point of incidence O is the origin ( 0,0) . The
3/ 2
1/ 2
medium has a variable index of refraction m(y) given by m(y) = [Ky +1]
where k = 1.0 (m) -3/2 . The refractive index of air is 1.0.

Based on the above facts, answer the following questions.

10. The relation between the slope of the trajectory of the ray at the point B( x, y) in the
medium and the angle of incidence (i) at that point is given by
(a ) tan q = sin i
(b) tan q = 2 sin i
(c) tan tan q = cot i
(d) tan tan
q = 2cot i
11. The equation for the trajectory y( x) of the ray in the medium is

12. The co-ordinates (x, y) of the point where the ray intersects the upper surface of the slabair boundary are

(a) (1,1) m

(b) (2,1)m

(c) (3,1) m

(d) (4,1)m

13. The ray finally emerges

(A) parallel to the incident ray
(B) perpendicular to the incident ray
(C) at an angle of 30 to the incident ray
(D) at an angle of 45 to the incident ray
14. The Young's double-slit experiment is carried 27. out with light of wavelength 5000 A. The
distance between the slits is 0.2 mm and the screen is at 200 cm from the slits. The central
maximum is at x = 0 . The third maximum will be at x equal to
(a) 1.67cm
(b) 1.5 cm
(c) 0.5 cm
(d) 5.0 cm
15. Two waves originating from sources S1 and s2 having zero phase difference and common
wavelength will show completely destructive interference a t a point P if S1P S2P is
(a) 5

(b)

3
4

(c) 2

(d)

11
2

16. In an interference pattern produced by two identical slits, the intensity at the site of the
central maximum is 1. The intensity at the same spot when either of two slits is closed is
I
I
1
I
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
2 2
2
2
4
17. In Young's experiment, using red and blue lights of wavelengths 7800 A and 5200 A
respectively, the value of 11 for which nth red fringe coincides with (n + 1) th blue fringe is
(A)
2 (B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
18. White light is used to illuminate the two slits in a Young's double-slit experiment. The
separation between the slits is b and the screen is at a distance d( b) from the slits. At a
point on the screen directly in front of one of the slits, certain wavelengths are missing. Some
of these missing wavelengths are

19. Interference fringes were produced in Young's double-slit experiment using light of
wavelength 5000 A . When a film of thickness 2.5 x 10 -3 cm was placed in front of one of the
slits, the fringe pattern shifted by a distance equal to 20 fringe-width. The refractive index
of the material of the film is
(A) 1.25
(B) 1.35
(C) 1.4
(D) 1.5
20. A thin air film between a plane glass plate and a convex lens is irradiated with parallel
beam of monochromatic light and is observed under a microscope. We see
(A) uniform brightness
(B) complete darkness
(C) field crossed over by concentric bright and dark rings
(D) field crossed over by straight bright and dark fringes
21. Two slits separated by a distance of 1 mm are illuminated with light of wavelength 6 x 107 m . The interference fringes are observed on a screen placed 1 m from the slits.
The distance between the second dark fringe and. the fourth bright fringe is equal to
(A) 0.5 mm
(B) 1.0 mm
(C) 1.5 mm
(D)7.0 mm

22. In Young's experiment using 'monochromatic light, the fringe pattern shifts by a certain
distance on the screen when a mica sheet of refractive index 1.6 and thickness 1.964 micron
is introduced in the path of one of the interfering waves. The mica sheet is then removed and
the distance between the slits
and the screen is doubled. It is found that the distance between successive maxima now is
the same as the observed fringe shift upon the introduction of the mica sheet. The
wavelength of light is
(A) 5762 A
(b) 5825A
(C) 5892A
(D)6500A
23. A beam of unpolarized light. of intensity I is passed first through a to tourmaline. crystal A
and then through another tourmaline crystal B oriented so that its principal plane is parallel to
that of A. If A is now rotated by' 45 in a plane' perpendicular to the direction of the incident
ray, intensity of' the emergent light will be
I
I
1
(A)
(B)
(C) I
(D)
2
2
4
24. A thin sheet' of glass (refractive index 1.5) of thickness 6 micron, introduced in the path
of one of the interfering beams in a double-slit experiment, shifts the central fringe to a
position ,earlier occupied by the fifth bright fringe. The wavelength of light used is
(A) 3000 A
(B) 6000 A
(C) 4500 A
(D) 7000 A
24. In Young's double-slit experiment, the intensity of light at a point on the screen where the
path difference is is I, being the'

wavelength of light used. The intensity at a point where the path difference is
will be
4
I
I
(A)
(B)
(C) I
(D) ZERO
4
2
25. A clear sheet of polaroid is. placed on the top of similar sheet so that their axes make an
3
angle sin-1 with each other. Th2' ratio of
5
intensity of the emergent light to that of unpolarised incident light is
(A) 16:25
(B) 9:25
(C) 4:5
(D) 8:25
26. In Young's double-slit experiment, we get 60 fringes in the field of view if we use light of
wavelength 4000 A '.The number of fringes we
will get in the same field of view if we use light of wavelength 6000 A is
(A) 40
(B) 90
(C) 60
(D) 50
27. Monochromatic light of wavelength 5000 A illuminates a pair of slits 1 mm apart. The
separation of bright fringes in the interference pattern formed on a screen 2 m away is
(A) 0.25 mm
(B) 0.1 mm
(C) 0.01 mm
(D) 1.0 mm
28. In the double-slit experiment, the distance of the second dark fringe from the central line
is 3 mm. The distance of the fourth bright fringe from the central line is
(A) 6mrn
(B) 8 mm
(C) 12 mm
(D) 16 mm
29. Air has refractive index 1.0003. The thickness of an air column, which will have one more
wavelength of yellow light (6000 A ) than in the same thickness of vacuum is
(A) 2mm
(B) 2cm
(C) 2 m
(D) 2 km
30. Aperture of the human eye is 2 mm. Assuming the mean wavelength of light to be 5000 A
, the angular resolution limit of the eye is nearly
(A) 2 minute
(B) 1 minute
(C) 0.5 minute
(D) 1.5 minute