PHYSICS – 10th

LIGHT
tries to focus the building visible to her outside
1. An object 5 cm in length is held 25 cm away
the window instead of the window pane without
from a converging lens of focal length 10 cm.
disturbing the lens. In which direction will she
Draw the ray diagram and find the position, size
move the screen to obtain a sharp image of the
and the nature of the image formed.
building? What is the approximate focal length of
2. A concave lens of focal length 15 cm forms an this lens?
image 10 cm from the lens. How far is the object
12. How are power and focal length of a lens
placed from the lens? Draw the ray diagram.
related? You are provided with two lenses of
3. An object is placed at a distance of 10 cm from focal length 20 cm and 40 cm respectively. Which
a convex mirror of focal length 15 cm. Find the lens will you use to obtain more convergent
position and nature of the image. light?
4. The magnification produced by a plane mirror 13. Under what condition in an arrangement of
is +1. What does this mean? two plane mirrors, incident ray and reflected ray
5. An object 5.0 cm in length is placed at a will always be parallel to each other, whatever
distance of 20 cm in front of a convex mirror of may be angle of incidence. Show the same with
radius of curvature 30 cm. Find the position of the help of diagram.
the image, its nature and size. 14. Draw a ray diagram showing the path of rays
6. An object of size 7.0 cm is placed at 27 cm in of light when it enters with oblique incidence (i)
front of a concave mirror of focal length 18 cm. from air into water; (ii) from water into air.
At what distance from the mirror should a screen 15. Draw ray diagrams showing the image
be placed, so that a sharp focused image can be formation by a concave mirror when an object is
obtained? Find the size and the nature of the placed
image.
(a) between pole and focus of the mirror
7. Find the focal length of a lens of power – 2.0 D.
(b) between focus and centre of curvature of the
What type of lens is this?
mirror
8. A doctor has prescribed a corrective lens of
(c) at centre of curvature of the mirror
power +1.5 D. Find the focal length of the lens. Is
the prescribed lens diverging or converging? (d) a little beyond centre of curvature of the
mirror
9. Refractive index of diamond with respect to
glass is 1.6 and absolute refractive index of glass (e) at infinity
is 1.5. Find out the absolute refractive index of 16. Write laws of refraction. Explain the same
diamond. with the help of ray diagram, when a ray of light
10. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm can passes through a rectangular glass slab.
produce a magnified virtual as well as real image. 17. The image of a candle flame formed by a lens
Is this a correct statement? If yes, where shall the is obtained on a screen placed on the other side
object be placed in each case for obtaining these of the lens. If the image is three times the size of
images? the flame and the distance between lens and
11. Sudha finds out that the sharp image of the image is 80 cm, at what distance should the
window pane of her science laboratory is formed candle be placed from the lens? What is the
at a distance of 15 cm from the lens. She now
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nature of the image at a distance of 80 cm and in such a way that incident light makes an angle
the lens? of 37° with water surface. Find the angle of
refraction if absolute refractive indices of water
18. Size of image of an object by a mirror having
and air are 1.33 and 1.0 respectively.
a focal length of 20 cm is observed to be reduced
to 1/3rd of its size. At what distance the object 26. An object is placed at 30 cm in front of a
has been placed from the mirror? What is the convex lens of focal length 20 cm. Find the
nature of the image and the mirror? position of the image.
19. Define power of a lens. What is its unit? One 27. At what distance the object should be placed
student uses a lens of focal length 50 cm and so that the image will be formed at a distance 10
another of –50 cm. What is the nature of the lens cm from a concave lens? Focal length of the lens
and its power used by each of them? is 20 cm.
20. A student focused the image of a candle flame 28. An object of 5 cm height is placed at a
on a white screen using a convex lens. He noted distance of 15 cm from a concave mirror. Find
down the position of the candle screen and the the position, height and nature of its image. The
lens as under Position of candle = 12.0 cm focal length of the mirror is 10 cm.
Position of convex lens = 50.0 cm Position of the 29. Rays of light are entering from glass to
screen = 88.0 cm glycerin. If the absolute refractive index of glass
(i) What is the focal length of the convex lens? is 1.5 and that of glycerin is 1.47 then find the
(ii) Where will the image be formed if he shifts refractive index of glycerin with respect to glass.
the candle towards the lens at a position of 31.0 30. Rays of light are entering from air to water. If
cm? the angle of incidence at the surface separating
(iii) What will be the nature of the image formed two mediums is 70°, find the angle of refraction
if he further shifts the candle towards the lens? of light in water. Absolute refractive index of
water is 1.33.
(iv) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of
the image in case (iii) as said above. 31. An object is placed perpendicular to the
principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 10
21. If an object of height 4 cm is placed at
cm at a distance of 20 cm from the lens. Find the
distance of 12 cm from a concave mirror having
position of the image.
focal length 24 cm, find the position, nature and
the height of the image. 32. An object is placed perpendicular to the
principal axis of a concave lens of focal length 30
22. An object of height 6 cm is placed at a
cm at a distance of 20 cm from the lens. Find the
distance of 10 cm from a convex mirror with
position of the image.
radius of curvature 30 cm. Find the position,
nature and the height of its image.
23. The refractive index of water with respect to
air is 1.33. The velocity of light in vacuum is 3 x
108 m/s. Calculate the velocity of light in water.
24. A ray of light enters from water to glass.
Refractive index of glass with respect to water is
1.12. Find absolute refractive index of water if
absolute refractive index of glass is 1.5.
25. A swimmer lights a torch under sea water.
Light from the torch is incident on water surface
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