76. An astronomical refracting telescope will have large angular magnification and high angular resolution, when it has an objective lens of ?

75. A astronomical telescope has objective and eyepiece of focal lengths 40 cm and 4 cm respectively. To view an object 200 cm away from the objective, the lenses must be separated by a distance :

74. In an astronomical telescope in normal adjustment a straight black line of length L is drawn on inside part of objective lens. The eyepiece forms a real image of this line. The length of this image is l. The magnification of the telescope is :

73. If the focal length of objective lens is increased then magnifying power of :

72. For a normal eye, the cornea of eye provides a converging power of 40D and the least converging power of the eye lens behind the cornea is 20D. Using this information, the distance between the retina and the eye lens of the eye can be estimated to be ?

71. The magnifying power of a telescope is 9 . When it is adjusted for parallel rays the distance between the objective and eyepiece is 20 cm. The focal length of lenses are :

70. A microscope is focussed 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 the microscope be moved to get the mark in focus again ?

69. A telescope has an objective lens of 10 cm diameter and is situated at a distance of one kilometer from two objects. The minimum distance between these two objects, which can be resolved by the telescope, when the mean wavelength of light is 5000 Å, is of the order of ?

65. Pick the wrong answer in the context with rainbow.

64. The refractive index of the material of a prism is √2 and the angle of the prism is 30°. One of the two refracting surfaces of the prism is made a mirror inwards, by silver coating. A beam of monochromatic light entering the prism from the other face will retrace its path (after reflection from the silvered surface) if its angle of incidence on the prism is ?

63. A thin prism having refracting angle 10° is made of glass of refractive index 1.42. This prism is combined with another thin prism of glass of refractive index 1.7. This combination produces dispersion without deviation. The refracting angle of second prism should be ?

62. The angle of incidence for a ray of light at a refracting surface of a prism is 45°. The angle of prism is 60°. If the ray suffers minimum deviation through the prism, the angle of minimum deviation and refractive index of the material of the prism respectively, are :

61. The refracting angle of a prism is ’ A ’, and refractive index of the material of the prism is cot(A/2). The angle of minimum deviation is :

60. A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on a right angled prism. The refractive index of the material of the prism for the above red, green and blue wavelengths are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47 , respectively. The prism will :

60. A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on a right angled prism. The refractive index of the material of the prism for the above red, green and blue wavelengths are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47 , respectively. The prism will :



59. The angle of a prism is ’ A ’. One of its refracting surfaces is silvered. Light rays falling at an angle of incidence 2 A on the first surface returns back through the same path after suffering reflection at the silvered surface. The refractive index μ, of the prism is :

53. The refractive index of the material of the prism is √ 3; then the angle of minimum deviation of the prism is ?

52. Angle of deviation ( δ ) by a prism (refractive index = μ and supposing the angle of prism A to be small) can be given by ?

51. Two similar thin equi-convex lenses, of focal length f each, are kept coaxially in contact with each other such that the focal length of the combination is $F_1$. When the space between the two lenses is filled with glycerin (which has the same refractive index (= 1.5) as that of glass) then the equivalent focal length is $F_2$. The ratio $F_1 : F_2$ will be ?

50. An equiconvex lens has power P. It is cut into two symmetrical halves by a plane containing the principal axis. The power of one part will be ?

49. A double convex lens has focal length 25 cm. The radius of curvature of one of the surfaces is double of the other. Find the radii if the refractive index of the material of the lens is 1.5.

48. Two identical thin plano-convex glass lenses (refractive index 1.5) each having radius of curvature of 20 cm are placed with their convex surfaces in contact at the centre. The intervening space is filled with oil of refractive index 1.7. The focal length of the combination is ?

40. A boy is trying to start a fire by focusing sunlight on a piece of paper using an equiconvex lens of focal length 10 cm. The diameter of the Sun is 1.39 × 109 m and its mean distance from the earth is 1.5 × 1011 m. What is the diameter of the Sun’s image on the paper ?

39. A convex lens and a concave lens, each having same focal length of 25 cm, are put in contact to form a combination of lenses. The power in diopters of the combination is ?

38. An equiconvex lens is cut into two halves along (i) XOX and (ii) Y OY as shown in the figure. Let f, f′, f′′ be the focal lengths of the complete lens, of each half in case (i), and of each half in case (ii), respectively. Choose the correct statement from the following.

38. An equiconvex lens is cut into two halves along (i) XOX and (ii) Y OY as shown in the figure. Let f, f′, f′′ be the focal lengths of the complete lens, of each half in case (i), and of each half in case (ii), respectively. Choose the correct statement from the following.


35. The radius of curvature of a thin plano convex lens is 10 cm (of curved surface) and the refractive index is 1.5 . If the plane surface is silvered, then it behaves like a concave mirror of focal length ?

34. A plano-convex lens is made of material of refractive index 1.6. The radius of curvature of the curved surface is 60 cm. The focal length of the lens is ?

33. A luminous object is placed at a distance of 30 cm from the convex lens of focal length 20 cm. On the other side of the lens, at what distance from the lens a convex mirror of radius of curvature 10 cm be placed in order to have an upright image of the object coincident with it ?

32. The focal length of converging lens is measured for violet, green and red colours. It is respectively $f_v, f_g, f_r$. We will get ?

31. A convex lens of focal length 80 cm and a concave lens of focal length 50 cm are combined together. What will be their resulting power ?

27. Focal length of a convex lens will be maximum for ?

26. Focal length of a convex lens of refractive index 1.5 is 2 cm. Focal length of the lens when immersed in a liquid of refractive index of 1.25 will be ?

25. In total internal reflection when the angle of incidence is equal to the critical angle for the pair of media in contact, what will be angle of refraction ?

24. Which of the following is not due to total internal reflection ?

23. A ray of light travelling in a transparent medium of refractive index μ, falls on a surface separating the medium from air at an angle of incidence of 45° .For which of the following value of μ the ray can undergo total internal reflection ?

22. The frequency of a light wave in a material is 2 × 10¹⁴ Hz and wavelength is 5000A ̊ . The refractive index of material will be ?

21. A small coin is resting on the bottom of a beaker filled with liquid. A ray of light from the coin travels upto the surface of the liquid and moves along its surface. How fast is the light travelling in the liquid ?

21. A small coin is resting on the bottom of a beaker filled with liquid. A ray of light from the coin travels upto the surface of the liquid and moves along its surface. How fast is the light travelling in the liquid ?

20. A beam of light composed of red and green rays is incident obliquely at a point on the face of rectangular glass slab. When coming out on the opposite parallel face, the red and green rays emerge from ?

19. A light ray falls on a rectangular glass slab as shown. The index of refraction of the glass, if total internal reflection is to occur at the vertical face, is ?

19. A light ray falls on a rectangular glass slab as shown. The index of refraction of the glass, if total internal reflection is to occur at the vertical face, is ?


18. The reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset is due to ?

17. An air bubble in a glass slab (μ = 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 ?