Group Bohr’s

Optics
Section A : One mark

1. Dispersion of light is caused due to _________________ of light.

2. The Lens maker formula for concave lens is_____________________
3. The minimum distance between the object and its real image for concave mirror is
(a) f (b) 2f (c) 4f (d) Zero
4. When light travels from one medium to the other of which the refractive index is different,
then which of the following will change
a. Frequency, wavelength and velocity b. Frequency and wavelength
c. Frequency and velocity d. Wavelength and velocity
5. Draw the shape of plane wave front after it is transmitted from a prism.
OR
Why does the light from a clear blue portion of the sky, show a rise and fall of intensity
when viewed through a Polaroid which is rotated?

Section B : One mark

6. The magnifying power of a telescope is 9. When it is adjusted for parallel rays, the distance
between the objective and the eyepiece found to be 20 cm. What are the focal length of
lenses ?
7. What happens when a white light passes through a hollow prism?
8. Why must both the objective and the eye-piece of a compound microscope have short focal
lengths?
OR
What is Brewster-angle? What is its value for water air surface

Section C : Two mark

9. What is the relation between critical angle and refractive index of a material? (b) Does
critical angle depend on the color of light? Explain.
10. An object is placed at a distance of f / 2 from a convex lens. Find the position and nature of
Image formed.
OR
Draw diffraction and Interference pattern obtained in a single slit experiment.

Section D : Three mark

11. Derive lens formula for convex lens and find expression for magnification.
12. Draw diagram for astronomical telescope in normal adjustment. Give two shortcoming of
refracting telescope over reflecting telescope.
13. Discuss Young’s double slit experiment and determine the conditions for maxima and
minima.
 Group Newton,
Optics
Section A : One mark

1. How much water should be filled in a container 21 cm in height, so that it appears half filled
when viewed from the top of the container (given that a = 4 / 3 )
(a) 8.0 cm (b) 10.5 cm (c) 12.0 cm (d)None
2. An object is placed first at infinity and then at 20 cm from the object side focal plane of the
convex lens. The two images thus formed are 5 cm apart. The focal length of the lens is
(a)5 cm (b) 10 cm ( c)15 cm
(d)20 cm
3. Order of colours in a rainbow from outside is from_________________
4. Automatic focusing is done by human eye by _________________
5. Two Polaroids are crossed to each other. When one of them is rotated through 600 , then what
percentage of the incident unpolarised light will be transmitted by the polaroids ?
OR
The refracting angle of a prism is a and the refractive index of the prism is cot a/2. Show
that the angle of minimum deviation is ( 1800 - 2 A )

Section B : One mark

6. In a telescope the objective is larger and the eyepiece is smaller. In a microscope the
objective is smaller and eyepiece is larger. If a telescope is inverted, will it be able to work as
microscope? Is the reverse of this possible?
7. (a) Why does the sun appear reddish at sunset or sunrise? (b) For which colour the refractive
index of prism material is maximum and minimum?
8. Define resolving power of a compound microscope. How does the resolving power of a
compound microscope change when (a) refractive index of the medium between the object
and objective lens increases ? (b) wavelength of the radiation used is increased ?
OR
Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of the image in a far-
sighted (hypermetropic) eye. Show with the help of a ray diagram how this defect is
corrected?

Section C : Two mark

9. What is the relation between critical angle and refractive index of a material ? (b) Does
critical angle depend on the colour of light ?
10. Draw a labeled ray diagram of an astronomical telescope in the near point position. Write the
expression for its magnifying power.
11. Two narrow slits are illuminated by a single monochromatic source. Name the pattern
obtained on the screen. One of the slits is now completely covered. What is the name of the
pattern now obtained on the screen ? Draw intensity pattern obtained in the two cases. Also
write differences between the patterns obtained in the above two cases.

Section D : Three mark

12. Calculate the distance d, so that a real image of an object at O, 15 cm in front of a convex
lens of focal length 10 cm be formed at the same point O. The radius of curvature of the
mirror is 20 cm. Will the image be inverted or erect?

OR
Two convex lenses of same focal length but of aperture A1 and A2 (A2 <
A1), are used as the objective lenses in two astronomical telescopes having identical
eyepieces. What is the ratio of their resolving power? Which telescope will you prefer and
why? Give reason.
13. In a double slit interference experiment, the two coherent beams have slightly different
intensities I and I + I( I << I). Show that the resultant intensity at the maxima is nearly 4I
𝐼2
while that at the minima is nearly 4𝐼
14. You are given three lenses having power P and aperture A as follows:
P1 = 6D, A1 = 3 cm
P2 = 3D, A2 = 15 cm
P3 = 12 D, A3 = 1.5 cm
Which two of these will you select to construct (i) a telescope and (ii) a microscope?
State the basis for your answer in each case.
 Group Einstein,
Optics

1. A lens is made of flint glass (refractive index  = 1.5). When the lens is immersed in a liquid
of refractive index 1.25, the focal length increases by a factor of _____________________
2. The plane face of a planoconvex lens is silvered. If be the refractive index and R, the radius
of curvature of curved surface, then the system will behave like a concave mirror of radius of
curvature_____________________
3. A planet is observed by an astronomical refractive index having an objective of focal length
16 m and an eyepiece of focal length 2 cm. The distance between the objective and the
eyepiece is ________________ m and angular magnification of the planet is
________________
4. A man suffering from short sight is unable to see objects distinctly at a distance greater than
2 m. The power of lens required to correct this defect should be_____________________
5. If light travels a distance x in t1 sec in air and 10 x distance in t2 sec in a medium, the critical
angle of the medium will be _____________________
6. If m1 and m2 be the linear magnifications of the object in the conjugate positions of a convex
lens, and if d be the distance between the conjugate positions, then the focal length of the
lens is given by_____________________
7. A disc is placed on a surface of pond which has refractive index 5/3. A source of light is
placed 4 m below the surface of liquid. The minimum radius of disc needed so that light is
not coming out is_____________________
8. A fish is vertically below a flying bird moving vertically down towards water surface. The
bird will appear to the fish to be moving _____________ than its real speed and also
_____________ from the real distance.
9. In a concave mirror experiment, an object is placed at a distance X1 from the focus and the
image is formed at a distance X2 from the focus. What will be the focal length of the mirror ?
10. Critical angle for light going from medium (i) to (ii)  . The speed of light in medium (i) is v
then speed in medium (ii) is
(a) v(1 − cos) (b) v /sin  (c) v / cos (d) v(1 − sin)
11. Two similar plano-convex lenses are combined together in three different ways as shown in
the adjoining figure.

The ratio of the focal lengths in three cases will be

(a) 2 : 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 1 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 : 2 (d) 2 : 1 : 1
12. If the central portion of a convex lens is wrapped in black paper as shown in the figure

(a) No image will be formed by the remaining portion of the lens

(b) The full image will be formed but it will be less bright
 (c) The central portion of the image will be missing
(d) There will be two images each produced by one of the exposed portions of the lens
13. A diminished image of an object is to be obtained on a screen 1.0 m from it. This can be
achieved by appropriately placing
(a)A convex mirror of suitable focal length
(b) A concave mirror of suitable focal length
(c) A concave lens of suitable focal length
(d) A convex lens of suitable focal length less than 0.25 m
14. The focal length of convex lens is 30 cm and the size of image is quarter of the object, then
the object distance is
(a) 150 cm (b) 60 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 40 cm
15. A convex lens forms a real image of a point object placed on its principal axis. If the upper
half of the lens is painted black, the image will
(a) Be shifted downwards (b) Be shifted upwards
(c) Not be shifted (d) Shift on the principal axis