Numericals based on Spherical surface/ Lens

1) State one assumption made in deriving the formula for refraction at spherical interface.
2) A Parallel beam of monochromatic light incident on a convex spherical surface of radius of curvature R=30cm, which
separates glass (refractive index = 1.6) from air. Find the position of the image formed due to refraction of light from
this single spherical surface.
3) Locate the image of point object O in the situation shown in the figure. The point C denotes the centre of curvature of
the separating surface.

4) The figure below shows the positions of a point object O, two lenses, a plane mirror and the final image I which
coincides with the object. The focal length of the convex lens is 20cm. Calculate the focal length of the concave lens.

5) Find the focal length and nature of a lens whose optical power is -5D.
6) Two thin lenses of power +7D and -3D are in contact. What is the focal length of the combination?
7) A convex Lens of focal length f=20cm is combined with a diverging lens of power 6.5D. What are the power and focal
length of the combination?
8) Two thin lenses of focal lengths 15 cm and 30 cm are put in contact. What is the power of the combined system?
9) A double concave lens of glass of refractive index 1.6 has radii of curvature 40 cm and 60 cm. Calculate its focal
length.
10) A biconvex lens made of glass (n=1.5) has two spherical surfaces having radii 20cm and 30 cm. Calculate the focal
length.
11)
a) A converging lens has focal length of 20 cm in air. It is made of a material of refractive index 1.6. It is immersed in
a liquid of refractive index 1.3, what will be the new focal length?
b) If lens is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.7, what will be the change in the focal length? Will there be any
change in the nature of lens?
12) A convergent beam of light passes through a diverging lens of focal length 0.2m and comes to focus on the axis 0.4m
behind the lens. Where would the beam have been focused in the absence of lens?

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13) A concave lens is placed in contact with a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. The combination produces a real image
at a distance of 40 cm. What is the focal length of the concave lens?
14) A double convex lens having both faces of the same radius of the curvature has refractive index 1.55. Find out the
radius of curvature of the lens required to get the focal length of 20 cm.
15) Define the power of a lens and give its SI unit. If a convex lens of length 50 cm is placed is placed in contact co-
axially with a concave lens of focal length 20cm, what is the power of combination?

16) Calculate the focal length of the concave lens with the help of below ray diagram. Focal length of convex lens is 20
cm.

17) An illuminated point object O is kept 20 cm from a thin convex lens L1 of focal length 15 cm as shown below. A thin
diverging lens L2 of focal length 25 cm is kept co-axial with the first lens and 35 cm from it, as shown below. Find the
position of the final image formed by this combination of lenses.

Numericals based on Prism, Dispersion, Dispersive Power

18) The angle of an equilateral glass prism is 59.5° The angle of min. deviation is 38.5°. Without using the value of
refractive index of the lass, calculate the angle of incidence for a ray of light suffering min. deviation.
19) A monochromatic light falls on a regular prism. What is the relation between angle if incidence and angle of

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 emergence in case of minimum deviation?

20) Draw a labeled graph of angle of deviation VS angle of incidence for a prism.
Ans.

21) A ray of light is incident on the prism of refractive index 1.52 at an angle of 40°. If the angle of emergence is 60°,
calculate the angle of prism.
22) At what angle , ray of light should be incident on the first face AB of a regular glass prism ABC, so that the emergent
ray grazes the adjacent face AC?

23) Calculate the angle of minimum deviation for a regular prism. Refractive index of glass=1.6.
24) Calculate dispersive power of a glass, accurately upto three decimal places, form the following data:
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25) A certain material has separate refractive indices1.56, 1.60, 1.68 for red, yellow and violet light, respectively.
a) Calculate dispersive power
b) Find the angular dispersion produced by a thin prism of angle 6° made of this material.
26) Minimum deviation suffered by red, yellow and violet beams passing through an equilateral prism are 38.4°, 38.7°,
39.2° respectively. Calculate the dispersive power of the medium.
27) The refractive indices of material for red, violet and yellow colour lights are 1.52, 1.62 and 1.59 respectively.
Calculate the dispersive power of the material. If the mean deviation is 40°, what will be the angular dispersion
produced by a prism of this material?

Numericals based on Magnifying power of Microscope/Telescope

28) A detective uses a converging lens of focal length 10cm to examine the fine details of some cloth fibres found at the
scene of a crime.
a) What is the maximum magnification given by the lens?
b) What is magnification for relaxed eye viewing?
29) In a compound microscope considering of two lenses o focal lengths 1.5cm an 10 cm , the object is 2cm from the
objective and the final image is formed at least distance of distinct vision (D=25cm). Find the distance of separation of
the two lenses.
30) A compound microscope consists of two convex lenses having focal lengths of 1.5 cm and 5cm. when the object is
kept at a distance of 1.6 cm from the objective, the final image is virtual and lies at a distance of 25 cm from the eye-
piece. Calculate magnifying power of the compound microscope in this setup.
31) Find the maximum magnifying power of a compound microscope having 25 D lens as the objective, a 5D lens as the
eye-piece and the separation 30 cm between two lenses. The least distance for clear vision is 25cm.
32) The focal length of the objective and the eye piece of the compound microscope are 2.0 cm and 3.0 cm respectively.
The distance between the objective eye piece is 15 cm. The final image formed by the eye- piece is at infinity. The
two lenses are thin. Find the distance of the object from the objective and angular magnification of the instrument.
Least distance of distinct vision is 25.0 cm.
33) An astronomical telescope set for normal adjustment has its magnifying power 10. If the focal length of the objective
is 1.20 cm, What is the focal length of the eye-piece?
34) An astronomical telescope is adjusted to form the final image at infinity. The separation between the lenses is 80cm .
The angular magnification is 15. Calculate the focal length of the objective and the eye-piece.
35) An astronomical telescope of magnifying power of 10 consists of two thin lenses 55cm apart. Calculate the focal-
lengths of the lenses.
36) On seeing with unaided eye, the visual angle of the moon at the eye is 0.7°. It is viewed through a telescope with
objective of focal length 60 cm and eye piece of focal length 10 cm. Telescope is in normal adjustment. Find the
visual angle through telescope.

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