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Date : MM - 134

1. (a) Write the necessary conditions for the phenomenon of total internal reflection to occur. 2

(b) Write the relation between the refractive index and critical angle for a given pair of optical media.

2. (i) What is the relation between critical angle and refractive index of a material? 2

(ii) Does critical angle depend on the colour of light? Explain.

3. Using the lens formula, show that an object placed between the optical centre and the focus of a 2
convex lens produces a virtual and an enlarged image.

4. Draw a labelled ray diagram to show the image formation in a compound microscope in normal 2
adjustment position. Write down the expression for its magnifying power.

5. (i) State the principle on which the working of an optical fibre is based. 2

(ii) What are the necessary conditions for this phenomenon to occur?

6. The following data was recorded for values of object distance and the corresponding values of 2
image distance in the experiment on study of real image formation by a convex lens of power + 5D.
One of these observations is incorrect. Identify this observation and give reason for your choice:

7. A ray PQ incident normally on the refracting face BA is refracted in the prism BAC made of 2
material of refractive index 1.5. Complete the path of ray through the prism. From which face will
the ray emerge? Justify your answer.

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8. Two monochromatic rays of light are incident normally on the face AB of an isosceles right 2
angled prism ABC. The refractive indices of the glass prism for the two rays 1 and 2 are
respectively 1.35 and 1.45. Trace the path of these rays after entering through the prism.

9. An object AB is kept in front of a concave mirror as shown in the figure. 2

(i) Complete the ray diagram showing the image formation of the object.

(ii) How will the position and intensity of the image be affected if the lower half of the mirror’s
reflecting surface is painted black?

10. A water tank appears shallower, i.e. less deeper than what it actually is. Obtain an expression to 2
explain this.

11. In the given figure the radius of curvature of curved face in the plano-convex and the plano- 2
concave lens is 15 cm each. The refractive index of the material of the lenses is 1.5. Find the final
position of the image formed.

12. If half of the convex lens is painted black, then draw a ray diagram to show the image formation. 2
How will this image formed by the lens be different from painted lens?

13. An equilateral glass prism has a refractive index 1.6 in air. Calculate the angle of minimum 2

deviation of the prism, when kept in a medium of refractive index

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14. With the help of a suitable ray diagram, derive a relation between the object distance (u), image 3
distance (v) and radius of curvature (R) for a convex spherical surface, when a ray of light travels
form rarer to denser medium.

15. (a) How is the focal length of a spherical mirror affected when it is immersed in glycerine? 3

(b) A convex lens has 15 cm focal length in air. What is its focal length in water? (Refractive index
of air-water = 1.33, refractive index of air-glass = 1.5)

16. A convex lens made up of glass of refractive index 1.5 is dipped, in turn, in 3

(i) a medium of refractive index 1.65, (ii) a medium of refractive index 1.33.

(a) Will it behave as a converging or a diverging lens in the two cases?

(b) How will its focal length change in the two media?

17. 3
Define power of a lens. Write its units. Deduce the relation two thin lenses kept
in contact coaxially.

18. Show that a convex lens produces an N times magnified image when the object distances, from 3

the lens, have magnitudes Here f is the magnitude of the focal length of the lens.

Hence find the two values of object distance, for which a convex lens, of power 2.5 D, will produce
an image that is four times as large as the object?

19. (a) Draw a labelled ray diagram of a compound microscope. 3

(b) Derive an expression for its magnifying power.

(c) Why is objective of a microscope of short aperture and short focal length? Give reason.

20. (i) Draw a schematic labelled ray diagram of a reflecting type telescope. 3

(ii) Write two important advantages justifying why reflecting type telescopes are preferred over
refracting telescopes.

(iii) The objective of a telescope is of larger focal length and of larger aperture (compared to the
eyepiece). Why? Give reasons.

21. A convex lens of material of refractive index n1 is kept in a medium of refractive index n2. The 3
parallel rays of light are incident on the lens. Complete the path of rays of light refracted from the
lens when (i) n2 = n1, (ii) n2 > n1 and (iii) n2 < n1.

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22. (a) A mobile phone lies along the principal axis of a concave mirror. Show, with the help of a 1
suitable diagram, the formation of its image. Explain why magnification is not uniform.

(b) Suppose the lower half of the concave mirror’s reflecting surface is covered with an opaque
material. What effect this will have on the image of the object? Explain.

23. (a) Draw a labelled ray diagram of a refraction type telescope in normal adjustment. 3

(b) Give its two shortcomings over reflection type telescope.

(c) Why is the eyepiece of a telescope of short focal length, while objective is of large focal length?
Explain.

24. (a) A point object O is kept in a medium of refractive index n1 in front of a convex spherical 5
surface of radius of curvature R which separates the second medium of refractive index n2 from the
first one, as shown in the figure.

Draw the ray diagram showing the image formation and deduce the relationship between the object
distance and the image distance in terms of n1, n2 and R.

(b) When the image formed above acts as a virtual object for a concave spherical surface
separating the medium n2 from n1(n2 > n1), draw this ray diagram and write the similar (similar to
(a)) relation. Hence obtain the expression for the lens maker’s formula.

25. A thin convex lens having two surfaces of radii of curvature R1 and R2 is made of a material of 5
refractive index μ2. It is kept in a medium of refractive index μ2. Derive, with the help of a ray
diagram, the lens maker’s formula when a point object placed on the principal axis in front of the
radius of curvature R1 produces an image I on the other side of the lens.

26. How would you estimate rough focal length of a converging lens? 5

Draw a ray diagram to show image formation by a diverging lens. Using this diagram, derive the
relation between object distance u, image distance v and focal length f of the lens. Sketch the
graph between 1/u and 1/v for this lens.

27. 5
Derive the lens formula, for a concave lens, using necessary ray diagram.

Two lens of powers 10 D and –5 D are placed in contact.

(a) Calculate the power of new lens.

(b) Where should an object be held from the lens, so as to obtain a virtual image of magnification
2?

28. (a) A ray of monochromatic light is incident on one of the faces of an equilateral triangular prism 5
of refracting angle A. Trace the path of ray passing through the prism. Hence derive an expression
for the refractive index of the material of the prism in terms of the angle of minimum deviation and
its refracting angle.

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(b) Three light rays red (R), green (G) and blue (B) are incident on the right angled prism abc at
face ab. The refractive indices of the material of the prism for red, green and blue wavelengths are
respectively 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47. Trace the paths of these rays reasoning out the difference in their
behaviour.

29. (a) Draw a ray diagram showing image formation in a compound microscope. Define the term 5
‘limit of resolution’ and name the factors on which it depends. How is it related to resolving power of
microscope?

(b) Suggest two ways by which the resolving power of a microscope can be increased.

(c) “A telescope resolves whereas a microscope magnifies.” Justify this statement.

30. The radii of curvature of the faces of a double convex lens are 10 cm and 15 cm. If focal length 4
of the lens is 12 cm, find the refractive index of the material of the lens.

31. Find the radius of curvature of the convex surface of a planoconvex lens, whose focal length is 4
0.3 m and the refractive index of the material of the lens is 1.5.

32. Calculate the distance of an object of height h from a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm, so as 4
to obtain a real image of magnification 2.

Or

Calculate the distance of an object of height h from a concave mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm, so
as to obtain a real image of magnification 2. Find the location of image also.

33. Trace the path of a ray of light passing through a glass prism (ABC) as shown in the figure. If the 4
refractive index of glass is find out the value of the angle of emergence from the prism.

34. You are given three lenses L1, L2 and L3 each of focal length 10 cm. An object is kept at 15 cm 4
in front of L1, as shown. The final real image is formed at the focus I of L3. Find the separations
between L1, L2 and L3.

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35. The objective of an astronnomical telescope has a diameter of 150 mm and a focal length of 4
4.00 m. The eyepiece has a focal length of 25.00 mm. Calculate the magnifying and resolving
power of telescope. [λ = 6000 Å for yellow colour]

36. Two convex lenses P and Q of an astronomical telescope having focal lengths 4 cm and 16 cm 4
respectively are arranged as shown in the figure.

37. A figure divided into squares each of size 1 mm2 is being viewed at a distance of 8 cm through a 4
converging lens of focal length 12 cm.
(i) What is the magnification produced by the lens?
(ii) How much is the area of each square in the virtual image?

38. In the following diagram, find the focal length of lens L2. 4

39. A convex lens, of focal length 20 cm, has a point object placed on its principle axis at distance of 4
40 cm from it. A plane mirror is placed 30 cm behind the convex lens. Locate the position of image
formed by this combination.

40. A convex lens is placed in contact with a plane mirror. An axial point object, at a distance of 20 4
cm from this combination, has its image coinciding with itself. What is the focal length of the convex
lens?

41. (i) If f = 0.5 m for a glass lens, what is the power of the lens? 4
(ii) The radii of curvature of the faces of a double convex lens are 10 cm and 15 cm. Its focal length
is 12 cm. What is the refractive index of glass?
(iii) A convex lens has 20 cm focal length in air. What is focal length in water?
(Refractive index of air-water = 1.33, refractive index for air-glass = 1.5).

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42. In the formation of a rainbow, the light from the sun on water droplets undergoes 1
(a) dispersion only.
(b) only TIR.
(c) dispersion and TIR.
(d) scattering.

43. In an experiment to find focal length of a concave mirror, a graph is drawn between the 1
magnitude of u and v. The graph looks like

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