TAGORE PUBLIC SCHOOL, PALWAL

ASSIGNMENT
Class : XII Physics
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Ray Optics
MCQs.
1. A ray incident at 150 on one refracting surface of a prism of angle 60 0, suffers a deviation of 550.
What is the angle of emergence?
(a) 950 (b) 450 (c) 300 (d) none of these
2. if the refractive index of a material of equilateral prism is √3, then angle of minimum deviation
of the prism is
(a) 300 (b) 450 (c) 600 (d) 750
3. A point object O is placed in front of a glass rod having spherical end of radius of curvature 30
cm. The image would be formed at

(a) 30 cm left (b) infinity

(c) 1 cm to the right (d) is cm to the left
4. A glass slab ( = 1.5) of thickness 6cm is placed over a paper. What is the shift in the letters?
(a) 4 cm (b) 2 cm (c) 1 cm (d) none of these
5. For compound microscope f0 = 1 cm, fe = 2.5 cm, An object is placed at distance 1.2 from
objective lens. What should be length of microscope for normal adjustment?
(a) 8.5 cm (b) 8.3 cm (c) 6.5 cm (d) 6.3 cm
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6. A convex lens of refractive index 3 has a power of 2.05 D in air. If it is placed in a liquid of
refractive index 2, then the new power of the lens is
(a) – 1.25 D (b) –1.5 D (c) 1.25 D (d) 1.5 D
7. The wavelength of sodium light in air is 5890Å. The velocity of light in air is 3×10 8 ms–1. The
wavelength of light in a glass of refractive index 1.6 would be close to
(a) 5892Å (b) 3681Å (c) 9424 Å (d) 15078 Å
8. A convex lens is dipped in a liquid, whose refractive index is equal to the refractive index of the
lens. Then, its focal length will
(a) become zero (b) become infinite
(c) remain unchanged (d) become small, but non-zero
9. A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on a right angled prism.
The refractive index of the material of the prism for the above red, green and blue wavelengths
are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47, respectively.
 The prism will
(a) separate the red colour part from the green and blue colours.
(b) separate the blue colour part from the red and green colours.
(c) separate all the three colours from one another.
(d) not separate the three colours at all.
10. If convex lens of focal length 80 cm and a concave lens of focal length 50 cm are combined
together, what will be their resulting power?
(a) +6.5 D (b) –6.5 D (c) +7.5 D (d) –0.75 D

Conceptual
11. Our of blue and red light which is deviated more by a prism? Give reason.
12. A ray PQ is incident normally on the face AB of a triangular prism of refracting angle of 600,
made of a transparent material of refractive index 2/√3 , as shown in fig. Trace the path of the
ray as it passes through the prism. Also calculate the angle of emergence and angle of deviation.

13. A convex lens made of material of refractive index ‘n2’ is held in a reference medium of
refractive indeed ‘n1’. Trace the path of a parallel beam of light passing through the lens when
(i) n1 = n2, (ii) n1 < n2 and (iii) n1 > n2.
14. A concave lens made of material of refractive index ‘n2’ is held in a reference medium of
refractive index ‘n1’. Trace the path of parallel beam of light passing through the lens when :
(i) n1 = n2 (ii) n1 < n2 and (iii) n1 > n2.
15. A magician during a show makes a glass lens  = 1.5 disappear in a through of liquid. What is
the refractive index of the liquid? Is the liquid water?
16. Which two of the following lenses L1, L2 and L3 will you select as objective and eyepiece for
constructing best possible (i) telescope (ii) microscope? Give reason to support your answer.
Lenses Power (P) Aperture (A)
L1 6D 1 cm
L2 3D 8 cm
L3 10 D 1 cm

Numericals
17. A sunshine recorder globe of 30 cm diameter is made of glass of refractive index  = 1.5. A ray
enters the globe parallel to the axis. Find the position from the centre of the sphere where the
ray crosses the axis.
18. A small air bubble in a glass sphere of radius 2 cm appears to be 1 cm from the surface when
looked at, along a diameter. If the refractive index of glass is 1.5, find the true position of the air
bubble.
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19. An empty spherical flask of diameter 15 cm is placed in water of refractive index 3. A parallel
beam of light strikes the flask. Where does it get focused, when observed from within the flask?
20. The radii of curvature of the faces of a double convex lens are 10 cm and 15 cm. If focal length
is 12 cm, what is the refractive index of glass?
21. A convex lens of focal length 0.2m and made of glass ( = 1.33). Find the change in the focal
length of the lens.
22. From the ray diagram shown below, calculate the focal length of the concave lens.

23. Find the position of the image formed by the lens combination given in fig.

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

25. A small bulb is placed at the bottom of a tank containing water to a depth of 80 cm. What is the
area of the surface of water through which light from the bulb can emerge out? Refractive
index of water is 1.33. Consider the bulb to be point source.
26. As shown in fig PQ is the ray incident on a prism ABC. Show the corresponding refracted and
emergent rays. The critical angle for the material of the prism is 45 0. Also find the refractive
index of the material prism.

27. A compound microscope consists of an objective lens of focal length 2.0 cm and an eyepiece of
focal length 6.25 cm on separated by a distance of 15 cm. How far from the objective should an
object be placed in order to obtain the final image at (i) the least distance of distinct vision (25
cm), (ii) infinity? What is the magnifying power of the microscope in each case?
28. A beam of light converges to a point P. A lens is placed in the path of the convergent beam 12
cm from P. At what point does the beam converge if the lens is (a) a convex lens of focal length
20 cm, (b) a concave lens of focal length 16 cm?
29. (i) A giant refracting telescope at an observatory has an objective lens of focal length 15 m.
If an eyepiece of focal length 1.0 cm is used, what is angular magnification of the
telescope?
(ii) if this telescope is used to view the moon, what is the diameter of the image of the moon
formed by the objective lens? The diameter of the moon is 3.48 × 10 6 m and the radius
of lunar orbit is 3.8 × 108 m.
30. A person with a normal near point (25 cm) using a compound microscope with an objective of
focal length 8.0 mm and eyepiece of focal length 2.5 cm being an object placed 9.0 mm from the
objective in sharp focus. What is the separation between the two lenses? How much is the
magnifying power is the microscope?
31. A small telescope has an objective lens of focal length 150 cm and an eyepiece of focal length
5cm. If this telescope is used to view a 100 m high tower 3 km away, find the height of the final
image when it is formed 25 cm away from the eyepiece.
32. There rays of light – red (R), green (G) and blue (B) – are incident on the face AB of right angled
prism ABC, The refractive indices of the material of the prism for red, green and blue
wavelength are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47 respectively. Out of the three which colour ray will emerge
out of face AC? Justify your answer. Trace the path of these rays after passing through face AB.

How will the situation change if these rays were incident normally on one of the faces of an
equilateral prism?
33. A ray of light travelling in glass (refractive index, a g = 3/2) is incident on a horizontal glass-air
surface at the critical angle ie. If a thin layer of water (refractive index a w = 4/3) is now
poured on the glass-air surface, at what angle will the ray of light emerge into air at the water-
air surface?
34. Two monochromatic rays of light are incident normally on the face AB of an isosceles right-
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.

Derivations
35. What are optical fibres? How are light waves propagated in them? Write their any two uses.
36. With the help of a ray diagram explain the phenomenon of total internal reflection. Obtain the
relation between critical angle and the refractive index of the medium.
37. A spherical surface ‘of radius of curvature R’ and of refractive index 2, is placed in a medium of
refractive index 1, where 1 < 2,. The surface produces a real image of an object kept in front
of it. Using appropriate assumptions and sign conventions, derive a relationship between the
object distance, image distance R, 1 and 2. Under what conditions this surface diverges a ray
incident on it?
38. Derive expression for the lens maker’s formula, i.e.
1 1 1
= (𝜇 − 1) [𝑅 − 𝑅 ]
𝑓 1 2
Where the symbols have their usual meanings. State the assumptions used and the convention
of signs used.
39. (a) A ray ‘PQ’ of light incident on the face AB of a glass prism ABC (as shown in fig.) and
emerges out of the face AC. Trace the path of the ray. Show that
i + e – A + 
Where  and e denote the angle of deviation and angle of emergence respectively.

Plot a graph showing the variation of the angle of deviation as a function of angle of
incidence. State the condition under which  is minimum.
Plot a graph showing the variation of the angle of deviation as a function of angle of
incidence. State the condition under which  is minimum.
(b) Find out the relation between the refractive index () of the glass prism and A for the
case when the angle of prism (A) is equal to the angle of minimum deviation (m). Hence
obtain the value of the refractive index for angle of prism A = 60 0.
40. Reflecting telescope and its advantages.
41. (a) With the help of a ray diagram, explain the formation of image in an astronomical
telescope for a distant object . Define the term magnifying power of a telescope. Derive
an expression for its magnifying distance of distinct vision.
(b) Derive the expression for magnifying power when image is formed at infinity.
42. Draw a ray diagram for a compound microscope. Derive an expression for the magnifying
power when the final image is formed at the least distance of distinct vision. State the
expression for the magnifying power when the image is formed at infinity. Why is the focal
length of the objective lens of a compound microscope kept quite small?