CPP - GEOMETRICAL OPTICS

Q.1 Two plane mirrors are inclined at angle  as shown in figure. If a ray
parallel to OB strikes the other mirror at P and finally emerges parallel
to OA after two reflection then find .

Q.2 A ray of light falls on a transparent sphere with centre at C as shown in

figure. The ray emerges from the sphere parallel to line AB. Find the
refractive index of the sphere.

Q.3 Face AC of a right angled prism ( = 1.5) coated with a thin film of liquid as
shown in figure. Light is allowed to fall normally on the face AB of the prism. In
order that the ray of light gets totally reflected, what can be the maximum refractive
index of liquid?

Q.4 A tiny air bubble inside a glass slab appears to be 6 cm deep when viewed form one side and 4 cm deep
when viewed from the other side. Assuming glass = 3/2. Find the thickness of slab.

Q.5 A prism of refractive index 2 has a refracting angle of 30°. One of the refracting surfaces of the prism
is polished. For the beam of monochromatic light to retrace its path, find the angle of incidence on the
refracting surface.

Q.6 A plano-convex lens, when silvered on the plane side, behaves like a concave mirror of focal length
30 cm. When it is silvered on the convex side, it behaves like a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm.
Find the refractive index of the material of the lens.

Q.7 A light ray I is incident on a plane mirror M. The mirror is rotated in the
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direction as shown in the figure by an arrow at frequency rev/sec.
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The light reflected by the mirror is received on the wall W at a distance
10 m from the axis of rotation. When the angle of incidence becomes
37° find the speed of the spot (a point) on the wall?

Q.8 Two thin convex lenses of focal lengths f1 and f2 are separated by
a horizontal distance d where (d < f1, d < f2) & their centres are displaced
by a vertical separation  as shown in the figure.Taking the origin of
coordinates O, at the centre of the first lens, find the x & y coordinates
of the focal point of this lens system, for a parallel beam of rays coming
from the left.

Q.9 A concave mirror of focal length 20 cm is cut into two parts from the
middle and the two parts are moved perpendicularly by a distance 1 cm
from the previous principal axis AB. Find the distance between the
images formed by the two parts?

Q.10 A balloon is rising up along the axis of a concave mirror of radius of curvature 20 m. A ball is dropped from
the balloon at a height 15 m from the mirror when the balloon has velocity 20 m/s. Find the speed of the
image of the ball formed by concave mirror after 4 seconds? [Take : g=10 m/s2]
Q.11 An object is kept on the principal axis of a convex mirror of focal length 10 cm at a distance of 10 cm from
the pole. The object starts moving at a velocity 20 mm/sec towards the mirror at angle 30° with the
principal axis. What will be the speed of its image and direction with the principal axis at that instant?

Q.12 A thin rod of length d/3 is placed along the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length = d such that
its image, which is real and elongated, just touches the rod. Find the length of the image?

Q.13 A point object is placed 33 cm from a convex mirror of curvature radius = 40 cm. A glass plate of
thickness 6 cm and index 2.0 is placed between the object and mirror, close to the mirror. Find the
distance of final image from the object?

Q.14 A long solid cylindrical glass rod of refractive index 3/2 is immersed in a
3 3
liquid of refractive index . The ends of the rod are perpendicular
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to the central axis of the rod. a light enters one end of the rod at the
central axis as shown in the figure. Find the maximum value of angle 
for which internal reflection occurs inside the rod?

Q.15 A ray of light moving along the unit vector (– i – 2 j) undergoes refraction at an interface of two media,
which is the x-z plane. The refractive index for y > 0 is 2 while for y < 0, it is 5 2 . Find the unit vector
along which the refracted ray moves?

Q.16 A slab of glass of thickness 6 cm and index 1.5 is place somewhere in between a concave mirror and a
point object, perpendicular to the mirror's optical axis. The radius of curvature of the mirror is 40 cm. If
the reflected final image coincides with the object, then find the distance of the object from the mirror?

Q.17 A ray of light from a liquid ( = 3 ) is incident on a system of

two right-angled prisms of refractive indices 3 and 2 as shown
in the figure. The ray of light suffers zero net deviation when it
emerges into air from the surface CD. Find the angle of incidence?

Q.18 A ray of light enters a diamond (n = 2) from air and is being internally
reflected near the bottom as shown in the figure. Find maximum value of
angle  possible?

Q.19 A parallel beam of light is incident on a transparent sphere of refractive index 'n'. If the beam finally gets
focussed at a point situated at a distance = 2 × (radius of sphere) from the centre of the sphere, then find n?

Q.20 A uniform, horizontal beam of light is incident upon a quarter cylinder of

radius R = 5 cm, and has a refractive index 2 3 . A patch on the table for
a distance 'x' from the cylinder is unilluminated. find the value of 'x'?
Q.21 A thin converging lens L1 forms a real image of an object located far away
from the lens as shown in the figure. The image is located at a distance 4l
and has height h. A diverging lens of focal length l is placed 2l from lens L1
at A. Another converging lens of focal length 2l is placed 3l from lens L1 at
B. Find the height of final image thus formed?
Q.22 An object is placed at a certain distance from a screen. A convex lens of focal length 40 cm is placed
between the screen and the object. A real image is formed on the screen for two positions of the lens, which
differ by a distance of 10 17 cm. Find the distance of the object from the screen?
Q.23 A point object is placed at a distance of 25 cm from a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. If a glass slab
of thickness t and refractive index 1.5 is inserted between the lens and object. The image is formed at
infinity. Find the thickness t ?
Q.24 An object is kept at a distance of 16 cm from a thin lens and the image formed is real. If the object is kept
at a distance of 6 cm from the same lens the image formed is virtual. If the size of the image formed are
equal, then find the focal length of the lens?
Q.25 A thin convex lens forms a real image of a certain object ‘p’ times its size. The size of real image
becomes ‘q’ times that of object when the lens is moved nearer to the object by a distance ‘a’ find focal
length of the lens ?
Q.26 A diverging lens of focal length 10 cm is placed 10 cm in front of a plane mirror
as shown in the figure. Light from a very far away source falls on the lens. Find
the image of source due to plane mirror (before hitting lens again) at a distance
from mirror?
Q.27 In the figure shown, the focal length of the two thin convex lenses is
the same = f. They are separated by a horizontal distance 3f and
their optical axes are displaced by a vertical separation 'd' (d << f),
as shown. Taking the origin of coordinates O at the centre of the first
lens, find the x and y coordinates of the point where a parallel beam
of rays coming from the left finally get focussed?
Q.28 A point source of light is kept at a distance of 15 cm from a converging lens, on its optical axis. The focal
length of the lens is 10 cm and its diameter is 3 cm. A screen is placed on the other side of the lens,
perpendicular to the axis of lens, at a distance 20 cm from it. Then find the area of the illuminated part of
the screen?
Q.29 Consider a 'beam expander' which consists of two converging lenses of
focal lengths 40 cm and 100 cm having a common optical axis. A laser
beam of diameter 4 mm is incident on the 40 cm focal length lens. The
diameter of the final beam will be (see figure)

Q.30 An equilateral prism deviates a ray through 23° for two angles of incidence differing by 23°. Find  of the
prism?
 ANSWER KEY
Q.1 60° Q.2 3 Q.3 1.3 Q.4 15 cm
Q.5 45° Q.6 1.5 Q.7 1000 m/s
f1 f 2 d(f1d ) (f1  d)
Q.8 x = ,y= Q.9 2 cm Q.10 80 m/s
f1f 2 d f1  f 2  d

2 7
Q.11 tan–1 with the principal axis, cm/sec Q.12 d/2 Q.13 42 cm
3 4

 1  ( 4 î  3 ˆj)
Q.14 sin 1  Q.15 Q.16 42 cm Q.17 45°
 3 5
 3 1 
Q.18 sin–1  
 Q.19 4/3 Q.20 5 cm Q.21 2h
 2 
apq
Q.22 1.70 m Q.23 15 cm Q.24 11 cm Q.25
(q  p )
Q.26 20 cm behind the mirror Q.27 (5f, 2d) Q.28 (/4) cm2
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Q.29 1 cm Q.30
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