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1. A thin rod of length f/3 is placed along the optical axis of a concave mirror of focal length f such that its image which is real
and elongated just touches the rod. What will be the magnification?
Ans: m=1.5
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2. An object of 1 cm is placed at a distance of 1.5m from a screen. How far from the object should a concave mirror be placed
so that it forms 4 cm2 image of object on the screen? Also, calculate the focal length of the mirror?
Ans: f=-1m
3. A mark is made on the bottom of a beaker and a microscope is focused on it. The microscope is raised through 1.5 cm. To
what height water must be poured into the beaker to bring the mark again into focus? Give that µ for water is 4/3?
Ans: t=6cm
4. A luminous object is located at the bottom of a big pool of liquid of refractive index µ and depth h. The object O emits rays
upwards in all directions, so that a circle of light is formed at the surface of the liquid by the rays which are refracted into the
air. What happens to the ray beyond the circle? Determine the radius and the area of the circle?
Ans: R= h/√(µ2 -1)
5. A sunshine recorder globe of 30cm diameter is made of glass refractive index µ=1.5. A ray enters the globe parallel to the axis.
Find the position from the center of the sphere where the ray crosses the axis?
Ans: 22.5cm
6. A diverging lens of refractive index 1.5 and focal length 15cm in the air has the same radii of curvature for both sides. If it is
immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.7, calculate the focal length of the lens in the liquid?
Ans: -63.75cm
7. A converging beam of light passes through a diverging lens of focal length 0.2m and comes to focus at distance 0.3 m behind
the lens. Find the position of the point at which the beam would converge in the absence of the lens.
Ans: u=+0.12m
8. An illuminated object and a screen are placed 90cm apart. What is the focal length and nature of the lens required to produce
a clear image on the screen, twice the size of the object?
Ans: f=20cm
9. A luminous object and a screen are placed on an optical bench and a converging lens is placed between them to throw a sharp
image of the object on the screen, the linear magnification of the image is found to be 2.5. The lens is now moved 30 cm
nearer to the screen and a sharp image is again formed. Calculate the focal length of the lens?
Ans: f=14.3cm
10. The fig shows, a convex lens L is placed at a distance of 36cm from a screen. If a point-
source P is placed at 56 cm from the screen, then a circular spot of light of diameter
equal to the lens is formed. Show the image formation by a ray diagram. Calculate upto
what distance the source be displaced so that its clear image can be formed on the
screen?

Ans: v=8cm; u=-12.8cm

11. What is the eye-ring of a microscope or a telescope?

12. How does the angle of minimum deviation of a prism of refractive index 1.5 change, if it is immersed in a liquid of RI, µ=1.3?

13. How does the power of a convex lens vary, if the incident red light is replaced by violet light?

14. A screen is placed 80 cm from an object. The image of the object on the screen is formed by a convex lens at two different
locations separated by 10 cm. Calculate the focal length of the lens used?
Ans: f=19.7cm
15. The fig shows rays that the parallel rays after passing through both lenses meet on a screen
placed at a distance of 30cm from the concave lens. Calculate the focal length of the
concave lens?

Ans: f= 15cm

16. A glass convex lens has a power of +10 D. When this lens is totally immersed in a liquid, it acts as a concave lens of focal length
50 cm. Calculate the refractive index of the liquid Given a µg = 1.5.
Ans: µ= 1.67

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17. A convex lens of focal length 20cm has a point object on its principal axis at a distance of 40 cm from it. A plane mirror is
placed 30 cm behind the convex lens. Locate the position of the image formed by this combination.
Ans: v=+20cm from lens
18. An object, o is placed at a distance 45cm from a convex lens of f=20cm. The following ray diagram shows the positions of the
image I, two lenses and a plane mirror. Calculate the focal length of the other lens?

Ans: f=-20cm
19. The fig above shows the position of the object O, image I and the two lenses. The focal length of one is also given. Determine
the focal length of the other lens.
Ans: f= 12.63cm
20. Point object O is kept at 30 cm from a convex lens of power +4D towards its left. It is observed that when a convex mirror is
kept on the right side at 50 cm from the convex lens, the image of the object, formed by the lens-mirror combination coincides
with the object itself. Calculate the focal length of the convex mirror?
Ans: f = 50cm
21. A convex lens of focal length 20cm and a concave mirror of focal length 10cm are placed co-axially at a distance 50 cm apart.
A beam of light coming parallel to the principal axis is incident on the convex lens. Find the position of the final image formed
by the combination. Draw the ray diagram showing the formation of the image?
Ans: v=-15cm
22. A ray of light incident on an equilateral glass prism shows minimum deviation of 30 0. Calculate the speed of light through the
prism?
Ans: v= 2.12 x 108 m/s
23. A ray of light passes through an equilateral glass prism, such that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of emergence. If
the angle of emergence is ¾ times the angle of the prism, calculate
(i) the angle of deviation
(ii) the refractive index of the glass prism and
(iii) Calculate the speed of light in the prism?
Ans: δ=30° ; µ=√2 ; v= 2.12 x 108 m/s
24. A ray of light falls normally on the face of a glass prism having a refractive index of 1.5. Find the angle of prism, if the ray just
fails to emerge from the second face?
Ans: 41.8°
25. Once face of a prism with a refracting angle of 30 0 is coated with silver. A ray incident on another face at an angle 45 0 is
refracted and reflected from the silver coated face and retraces its path. Find the refractive index of the material of the prism?
Ans: 1.414
26. The focal length of the eyepiece and the objective of a compound microscope are 5 cm and 1 cm respectively and the length
of the tube is 20 cm. calculate the magnifying power of the microscope, when the final image is formed at infinity. The value
of least distance of distinct vision is 25 cm.

Ans: u = - 15/14cm; m= 70
27. (i) Draw a labelled ray diagram of a compound microscope, showing the formation of image at the near point of the eye.
(ii) A compound microscope uses an objective lens of focal length 4 cm and eye lens of focal length 10 cm. An object is placed
6 cm from the objective lens.
a) Calculate magnifying power of the compound microscope, if the final image is formed at the near point.
b) Calculate the length of the compound microscope also
Ans: (ii) a) 7, b) 12+7.14= 19.14

28 A spherical surface of radius of curvature R separates air (µ = 1.5). The centre of curvature is in
the glass. A point object P placed in air is found to have a real image Q in the glass. The line PQ
cuts the surface at appoint O and PO = OQ. Find the distance of object from the spherical surface.

Ans: u = 5R

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28. An astronomical telescope when in normal adjustment has magnifying power 5. If the distance between two lenses is 24 cm,
find the focal length of both the lenses?
Ans: 20cm, 4cm
29. A narrow beam of light is incident normally on one face of an equiangular glass prism of refractive index 1.45. When the prism
is immersed in a suitable liquid, the ray makes grazing emergence along the other face. Find the refractive index of this liquid
and draw a diagram showing the path of the rays.

30. You are given three lenses L1, L2 and L3 each of focal length 10 cm. An object is kept at 15 cm in
front of L1 as shown I the fig. The final real image is formed at the focus ‘I’ of L 3. Find the
separations between L1 L2 and L3.

Ans: L1L2 = 40cm; L2L3= any distance

31. A beam of light of wavelength 400nm is incident normally on a right angled prism as shown in the
fig. It is observed that the light just grazes along the surface AC after falling on it. Given that the
refractive index of the material of the prism varies with the wavelength as per the relation, 𝜇𝜆 =
1.2 + 𝑏⁄𝜆2 Calculate the value of b and the refractive index of the prism material for a wavelength
λ=5000A [Sin -1(0.625) = θ]

Ans: b=6.4x10-14m2: µ=1.456

32. The fig shows an equiconvex lens (of refractive index 150) in contact with liquid layer on top of a plane
mirror. A small needle with its tip on the principal axis is moved along the axis until its inverted image is
found at the position of the needle. The distance of the needle from the lens is measured to be 45.0 cm.
The new distance is measured to be 30.0 cm on removing the liquid. What is the refractive index of the
liquid?
Ans: f2 = -90cm; R=30cm & µ=1.33

OR
An equiconvex lens each of radii of curvature R is placed over a liquid layer poured on the top of a plane
mirror. A small needle, with its tip on the principal axis of lens, is moved along the axis until its inverted real
image coincides with the needle itself. The distance of the needle from the lens is measured to be ‘a’. On removing the liquid
layer and repeating the experiment, the distance is found to be ‘b’. Obtain a relation for the refractive index of the liquid?

33. Draw a plot showing the variation of power of a lens, with the wavelength of the incident light.

34. How does the angle of minimum deviation of a glass prism vary, if the incident violet light is replaced with red light?

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