This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Science > Physics Part Ii > Class 12 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 9 Ray Optics And Optical Instruments – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Physics (Part Ii) Chapter 9 Ray Optics And Optical Instruments Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The characteristic feature of light which remains unaffected on refraction is A) Frequency. B) Wavelength. C) Speed. D) Velocity of light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Frequency. 2. A man stands in front of a mirror of special shape. He finds that his image has a very small head, a fat body, and legs of normal size. What can we say about the shapes of the three parts of the mirror? A) Convex, Concave, Plane. B) Convex, Plane, Concave. C) Concave, Convex, Plane. D) The plane, Concave, Convex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convex, Concave, Plane. 3. Which of the following is not a property of light? A) It has a finite speed. B) It involve transportation energy. C) It requires a material medium for its propagation. D) It can travel through vacuum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It requires a material medium for its propagation. 4. What is the effect on the image distance when the object distance is decreased for a convex lens? A) Image distance remains constant. B) Image distance becomes negative. C) Image distance increases. D) Image distance decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Image distance increases. 5. Day and night settings for rearview mirrors uses A) Convex mirrors. B) Thick wedge-shaped mirrors. C) Thin mirrors. D) Concave mirrors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thick wedge-shaped mirrors. 6. Two beams of red and violet color are made to pass separately through a prism (angle of the prism is 60$^\circ$). In the position of minimum deviation, the angle of refraction will be A) 30$^\circ$ for both the colors. B) Greater for the violet color. C) Greater for the red color. D) Equal but not 30$^\circ$ for both the colors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greater for the violet color. 7. A telescope consist of two lenses of focal lengths 10 cm and 1 cm. Calculate the length of telescope, when an object is kept at distance of 60 cm from the objective, and the final image is formed is at least distance of distinct vision. A) 14.44 cm. B) 13.63 cm. C) 15.05 cm. D) 12.96 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13.63 cm. 8. In the context of image formation by a concave mirror, what does a negative image distance (v) indicate? A) The image is virtual and erect. B) The image is real and inverted. C) The image is enlarged. D) The image is diminished. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The image is virtual and erect. 9. What is the formula for the mirror equation? A) 1/v = 1/f + 1/u. B) 1/f = 1/v + 1/u. C) 1/v + 1/u = 1/f. D) 1/f = 1/u-1/v. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1/f = 1/v + 1/u. 10. When a light ray from a rarer medium is refracted into a denser medium, its A) Speed increases, wavelength increases. B) Speed decreases, wavelength decreases. C) Speed decreases, wavelength increases. D) Speed increases, wavelength decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Speed decreases, wavelength decreases. 11. An astronomical refractive telescope has an objective of focal length 20 m and an eyepiece of focal length 2 cm. Then A) The magnification is 1000. B) The length of the telescope tube is 20.02 m. C) The image formed is inverted. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 12. An astronomical telescope has a large aperture to A) Reduce spherical aberration. B) Increase span of observation. C) Have low dispersion. D) Have high resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have high resolution. 13. How does the focal length of a convex lens changes if mono chromatic red light is used instead of violet light? A) Focal length is remain same when red light is used. B) Focal length is decreased when red light is used. C) Not depends on color of light. D) Focal length is increased when red light is used. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Focal length is increased when red light is used. 14. An object is placed at a distance of 40 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. If the object is displaced through a distance of 20 cm towards the mirror, the displacement of the image will be: A) 30 cm towards the mirror. B) 30 cm away from the mirror. C) 36 cm towards the mirror. D) 36 cm away from the mirror. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 36 cm away from the mirror. 15. What is the resolving power of an optical instrument? A) Ability to produce clear images. B) Ability to focus light. C) Ability to magnify. D) Ability to scatter light. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ability to produce clear images. 16. The equivalent focal length of a combination of a convex and a concave length is A) Positive. B) Negative. C) May be positive or negative. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 17. When a telescope is adjusted for normal vision, the distance of the objective from the eye-piece is found to be 80 cm. The magnifying power of the telescope is 19. What are the focal lengths of the lenses? A) 61 cm, 19 cm. B) 76 cm, 4 cm. C) 40 cm, 40 cm. D) 50 cm, 30 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 76 cm, 4 cm. 18. A concave lens of focal length f produces an image 1/$\mu$ times the size of the object. The distance of the object from the lens is: A) ($\mu$-1 )f/ $\mu$. B) ($\mu$ + 1 )f/ $\mu$. C) ( $\mu$ + 1 )f. D) ($\mu$-1)f. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ($\mu$-1 )f/ $\mu$. 19. According to the Cartesian sign convention, which of the following distances is considered positive? A) Distance measured opposite to the direction of incident light. B) Distance measured from the optical center of the lens. C) Distance measured in the same direction as the incident light. D) Distance measured downwards from the x-axis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Distance measured in the same direction as the incident light. 20. What is the relationship between the diameter of the lens and the amount of light entering a camera? A) No relationship. B) Inversely proportional. C) Directly proportional. D) Exponential relationship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Directly proportional. 21. A short pulse of white light is incident from air to a glass slab at normal incidence. After travelling through the slab, the first colour to emerge is A) Green. B) Red. C) Blue. D) Violet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red. 22. What is the power of a lens measured in? A) Diopters. B) Centimeters. C) Millimeters. D) Meters. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diopters. 23. When length of a microscope tube increases, its magnifying power: A) May increase or decrease. B) Decreases. C) Increases. D) Does not change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increases. 24. Two thin lenses with focal lengths of 20 cm and 25 cm are placed in contact. The effective power of the combination is: A) 6 D. B) 19 D. C) 9 D. D) 45 D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9 D. 25. What phenomenon causes the colors observed in a thin film of oil on water? A) Diffraction. B) Reflection. C) Refraction. D) Dispersion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dispersion. 26. What is the angular magnification of a telescope when the final image is formed at infinity? A) F o / f e. B) F o-f e. C) F o + f e. D) F e / f o. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F o / f e. 27. What type of image is formed by a concave mirror when the object is placed between the pole and focus? A) None of the above. B) Real and inverted. C) Virtual and erect. D) Diminished. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virtual and erect. 28. Find the position of 1 cm tall object which is placed 8 cm in front of convex mirror of radius of curvature 24 cm. A) 26 cm. B) 27 cm. C) 24 cm. D) 25 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25 cm. 29. What defect of vision is corrected by a concave lens? A) Cataract. B) Hypermetropia. C) Astigmatism. D) Myopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myopia. 30. A convergent lens will become less convergent in: A) Oil. B) Water. C) Both of (i) and (ii). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of (i) and (ii). 31. What is the magnification formula for a mirror?(I=height of image and O=height of object) A) M = u/v. B) M = O/I. C) M = v/u. D) M = I/O. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) M = I/O. 32. The magnification of a compound microscope is 30 and the focal length of its eye piece is 5m. Calculate the magnification produced by the objective, when the image is to be formed at least distance of distinct vision (25 cm). A) 5. B) 6. C) 8. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 33. What type of reflection occurs when light rays are reflected from a rough surface? A) Partial Reflection. B) Total Reflection. C) Regular Reflection. D) Irregular Reflection. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irregular Reflection. 34. When a convex lens placed inside a transparent medium of refracting index greater than that of its own material A) It behave as convex lens. B) It behave as concave lens. C) It behave as a glass prism. D) It behave as a glass slab. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It behave as concave lens. 35. An object approaches a convergent lens from the left of the lens with uniform speed 5 m/s and stops at the focus. The image A) Moves away from the lens with a uniform speed 5 m/s. B) Moves away from the lens with non-uniform acceleration. C) Moves away from the lens with uniform acceleration. D) Moves towards the lens with non-uniform acceleration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moves away from the lens with non-uniform acceleration. 36. What happens to the image when the lower half of a concave mirror is covered with an opaque material? A) The image will disappear completely. B) The image will be that of the whole object but with lower intensity. C) The image will become larger. D) The image will show only half of the object. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The image will be that of the whole object but with lower intensity. 37. An object placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length 0.15 m produces a virtual image, which is twice the size of the object. The position of the object with respect to the mirror is A) -6.5 cm. B) -5.5 cm. C) -8.5 cm. D) -7.5 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -7.5 cm. 38. How does the refractive index of a medium relate to the speed of light in that medium? A) Higher refractive index means faster light speed. B) Refractive index has no effect on light speed. C) Lower refractive index means slower light speed. D) Higher refractive index means slower light speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Higher refractive index means slower light speed. 39. What happens to the image formed by a convex mirror? A) It is real and inverted. B) It is virtual and inverted. C) It is virtual and erect. D) It is real and erect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is virtual and erect. 40. For the same value of angle of incidence, the angles of refraction in three media A, B and C are 15$^\circ$, 25$^\circ$ and 35$^\circ$ respectively. In which medium would the velocity of light be minimum? A) 35$^\circ$. B) 25$^\circ$. C) 45$^\circ$. D) 15$^\circ$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15$^\circ$. 41. The radii of curvatures of each of the surfaces of a convex lens (refractive index of the material is 1.5) is 20 cm. The focal length of the lens in air is A) 10 cm. B) 20 cm. C) 40 cm. D) -20 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 20 cm. 42. A thin equiconvex glass lens of refractive index 1.5 has power of 5D. When the lens is immersed in a liquid of refractive index $\mu$, it acts as a divergent lens of focal length 100 cm. The value of $\mu$ of liquid is ..... A) 1.2. B) 1.6. C) 1.7. D) 1.4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1.7. 43. Which of the following is possible application of fibre optics? A) Endoscopy. B) High speed internet traffic. C) Radio, TV & Telephone signals. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 44. A person looks into a concave mirror and sees a larger image of themselves. What can we infer about the position of the object relative to the focal point of the mirror? A) Object is beyond the center of curvature. B) Object is at the focal point. C) Object is between the focal point and the mirror. D) Object is at infinity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Object is between the focal point and the mirror. 45. If the critical angle for total internal reflection from a medium to vacuum is 30$^{o}$, the velocity of light in the medium is A) 0.5 X 10$^{8}$ m/s. B) 3 X 10$^{8}$ m/s. C) 1.5 X 10$^{8}$ m/s. D) 0.2 X 10$^{8}$ m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1.5 X 10$^{8}$ m/s. 46. Two lenses of focal lengths 20 cm and-40 cm are held in contact. The image of an object at infinity will be formed by the combination at A) Infinity. B) 40 cm. C) 10 cm. D) 20 cm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10 cm. 47. What is the critical angle for total internal reflection? A) The angle at which light is completely refracted. B) The angle of incidence for which the angle of refraction is 90$^\circ$. C) The angle at which light travels straight. D) The angle at which light is partially reflected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The angle of incidence for which the angle of refraction is 90$^\circ$. 48. What type of aberration causes blurring of images due to rays not focusing at a single point? A) Lateral Inversion. B) Spherical Aberration. C) Total Internal Reflection. D) Chromatic Aberration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spherical Aberration. 49. A microscope has an objective of 5mm focal length and eye piece of 30 mm focal length and the distance between them is 150 mm. The magnification is: A) 100. B) 50. C) 250. D) 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 200. 50. When a ray of light goes from a rarer medium into a denser medium, then: A) Speed of light is reduced. B) Frequency of light is increased. C) Wavelength of light is increased. D) None of the above effects will be observed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speed of light is reduced. 51. The air bubble inside water shine due to A) Reflection. B) Refraction. C) T.I.R. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) T.I.R. 52. According to Newton's corpuscular model, what are corpuscles? A) Light waves. B) Massless elastic particles. C) Massive particles. D) Electromagnetic waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Massless elastic particles. 53. While capturing solar energy for commercial purposes we use A) Concave mirrors. B) Parabolic mirrors. C) Convex mirrors. D) Plane mirrors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parabolic mirrors. 54. Even in absolutely clear water, a diver cannot see very clearly: A) Because rays of light get diffused. B) Because velocity of light is reduced in water. C) Because a ray of light passing through the water makes it turbid. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because velocity of light is reduced in water. 55. The refractive indices (R.I.) of glass and water with respect to air are 3/2 and 4/3 respectively. The R.I. of glass w.r.t. to water is: A) 7/6. B) 2. C) 9/8. D) 8/9. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9/8. 56. What is the term for the phenomenon where the right side of an object appears as the left side in a mirror? A) Lateral Inversion. B) Dispersion. C) Reflection. D) Refraction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lateral Inversion. 57. A Convex mirror of focal length f produces an image magnified m times. The distance of the object from the mirror is A) (m-1)f/m. B) (m+1)f/m. C) (m-1)f. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (m-1)f/m. 58. Two concave mirrors have the same focal length but the aperture of one is larger than that of the other. Which mirror forms the sharper image? A) Concave. B) Prism. C) Plane. D) Convex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concave. 59. The focal length of plano-convex lens, the convex surface of which is slivered is .3m, if $\mu$ of the lens is 7/4, the radius of curvature of the convex surface is A) 3m. B) 0.9m. C) 0.45m. D) 1.05m. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1.05m. 60. A glass lens is immersed in water. What will be the effect on the power of lens? A) Increase. B) Constant. C) Not depends. D) Decrease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decrease. 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