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Refraction through Plane Surface and Glass Slab PYQs: JEE Mains Physics

15 STD 12 - Ray optics and optical instruments questions on Refraction through Plane Surface and Glass Slab, asked from 2013–2026.

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248in STD 12 - Ray optics and optical instruments
2013–2026years
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  1. 1. Light ray incident along a vector \(\vec{AO}\) \((\vec{AO} = 2\hat{i}-3\hat{j})\) emerges out along vector \(\vec{OB}\) \((\vec{OB} = C\hat{i}-4\hat{j})\) as shown in the figure below. The value of \(C\) is ________.
    2026 Hard
  2. 2. A container contains a liquid with refractive index of 1.2 up to a height of 60 cm and another liquid having refractive index 1.6 is added to height H above first liquid. If viewed from above, the apparent shift in the position of bottom of container is 40 cm. The value of H is ______ cm.
    (Consider liquids are immisible)
    2025 Medium
  3. 3. Two light beams fall on a transparent material block at point 1 and 2 with angle \(\theta_1\) and \(\theta_{2^{\prime}}\) respectively, as shown in figure. After refraction, the beams intersect at point 3 which is exactly on the interface at other end of the block. Given : the distance between 1 and 2, \(\mathrm{d}=4 \sqrt{3} \mathrm{~cm}\) and \(\theta_1=\theta_2=\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{\mathrm{n}_2}{2 \mathrm{n}_1}\right)\), where refractive index of the block \(\mathrm{n}_2\gt\) refractive index of the outside medium \(\mathrm{n}_1\), then the thickness of the block is ________ cm.
    2025 Hard
  4. 4. What is the lateral shift of a ray refracted through a parallel-sided glass slab of thickness ' \(h\) ' in terms of the angle of incidence ' \(i\) ' and angle of refraction ' \(r\) ', if the glass slab is placed in air medium? 2025 Medium
  5. 5. A light ray is incident on a glass slab of thickness \(4 \sqrt{3} \mathrm{~cm}\) and refractive index \(\sqrt{2}\). The angle of incidence is equal to the critical angle for the glass slab with air. The lateral displacement of ray after passing through glass slab is _______ \(\mathrm{cm}\). \(\left(\right.\) Given \(\left.\sin 15^{\circ}=0.25\right)\) 2024 Hard
  6. 6. An ice cube has a bubble inside. When viewed from one side the apparent distance of the bubble is \(12\,cm\). when viewed from the opposite side, the apparent distance of the bubble is observed as \(4\,cm\). If the side of the ice cube is \(24\,cm\), the refractive index of the ice cube is \(.....\). 2023 Medium
  7. 7. As shown in the figure, a plane mirror is fixed at a height of \(50\,cm\) from the bottom of tank containing water \(\left(\mu=\frac{4}{3}\right)\). The height of water in the tank is \(8\,cm\). A small bulb is placed at the bottom of the water tank. The distance of image of the bulb formed by mirror from the bottom of the tank is \(......cm\)
    2023 Hard
  8. 8. A ray of ligh is incident at an angle of incidence \(60^{\circ}\) on the glass slab of refractive index \(\sqrt{3}\). After refraction, the light ray emerges out from other parallel faces and lateral shift between incident ray and emergent ray is \(4 \sqrt{3} \,cm\). The thickness of the glass slab is. . .  .. . \(cm\). 2022 Medium
  9. 9. As shown in the figure, after passing through the medium \(1\). The speed of light \(v _{2}\) in medium \(2\) will be\(.....\times 10^{8}\,ms ^{-1}\)  \(\left(\text { Given } c =3 \times 10^{8} ms ^{-1}\right)\)
    2022 Medium
  10. 10. Light enters from air into a given medium at an angle of \(45^{\circ}\) with interface of the air-medium surface. After refraction, the light ray is deviated through an angle of \(15^{\circ}\) from its original direction. The refractive index of the medium is. 2022 Medium
  11. 11. The \(X-Y\) plane be taken as the boundary between two transparent media \(M _{1}\) and \(M _{2} . M _{1}\) in \(Z \geq 0\) has a refractive index of \(\sqrt{2}\) and \(M _{2}\) with \(Z <0\) has a refractive index of \(\sqrt{3}\). A ray of light travelling in \(M_{1}\) along the direction given by the vector \(\overrightarrow{ A }=4 \sqrt{3 i }-3 \sqrt{3 \hat{j}}-5 \hat{ k }\), is incident on the plane of separation. The value of difference between the angle of incident in \(M _{1}\) and the angle of refraction in \(M _{2}\) will be \(....\) degree. 2022 Hard
  12. 12. A glass tumbler having inner depth of \(17.5\, {cm}\) is kept on a table. A student starts pouring water \((\mu=4 / 3)\) into it while looking at the surface of water from the above. When he feels that the tumbler is half filled, he stops pouring water. Up to what height, the tumbler is actually filled ? (In \(cm\)) 2021 Hard
  13. 13. A vessel of depth \(2 \mathrm{h}\) is half filled with a liquid of refractive index \(2 \sqrt{2}\) and the upper half with another liquid of refractive index \(\sqrt{2} .\) The liquids are immiscible. The apparent depth of the inner surface of the bottom of vessel will be  2020 Medium
  14. 14. A concave mirror has radius of curvature of \(40\, cm\). It is at the bottom of a glass that has water filled up to \(5\, cm\) (see figure). If a small particle is floating on the surface of water, its image as seen, from directly above the glass, is at a distance \(d\) from the surface of water. The value of \(d\) is close to ......\(cm\) (Refractive index of water \(= 1.33\))
    2019 Hard
  15. 15. A printed page is pressed by a glass of water. The refractive index of the glass and water is \(1.5\) and \(1.33\), respectively. If the thickness of the bottom of glass is \(1\, cm\) and depth of water is \(5\, cm\) , how much the page will appear to be shifted if viewed from the top ? 2013 Medium

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15 questions from 2013–2026, each with the correct answer and a full solution.

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