Full Mark: 100; Time: 3 hours

MCQ 1 x 15 = 15
1. An object is placed on the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm, at a
distance of 15 cm from its pole. The image formed by the mirror is
a) virtual and magnified
b) real and magnified
c) virtual and diminished
d) real and diminished
2. When light wave travels from glass to water
a) its wavelength decreases
b) its wavelength remains unchanged
c) its frequency increases
d) its wavelength increases
3. If in a plano-convex lens the radius of curvature of the convex surface is 10 cm and the
focal length of the lens is 30 cm, then the refractive index of the material of the lens is
a) 1.5 b) 1.66 c) 1.33 d) 3
4. A rectangular glass slab is placed on different alphabets written in different colours. The
coloured alphabet which appears to have been raised minimum in comparison with the
other alphabets is
a) blue b) violet c) green d) red
5. To a fish under water viewing obliquely a fisherman standing on the bank of a lake, the
man looks
a) the same height as he actually is
b) taller than what he actually is
c) shorter than what he actually is
d) depends on the obliqueness
6. If the absolute refractive index of a medium is √2, the critical angle for the medium-to-air
interface is
a) 45° b) 60° c) sin-1 (√2) d) none of these
7. A symmetrical double convex lens of power 4 D is cut in two halves by a plane containing
the principal axis. The power of each half is:
a) 2 D b) 4 D c) 8 D d) 1 D
8. Two thin lenses having optical powers of – 10 D and + 6 D are placed in contact with each
other. The focal length of the combination is:
a) + 0.25 cm b) – 0.25 cm c) + 0.25 m d) – 0.25 m
 9. A combination of a convex lens of focal length 20 cm and a concave lens of focal length
10 cm is formed by keeping them in contact with each other. The focal length of their
combination (in cm) is
20
a) – 20 b) +20 c) d) – 30
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10. A compound microscope consists of two convex lenses of focal length 2 cm and 5 cm.
When an object is kept at a distance of 2.1 cm from the objective, a virtual and magnified
image is formed 25 cm from the eyepiece. The magnifying power of the microscope is:
a) – 120 b) – 45 c) – 103 d) – 105
11.The phase difference between two points situated on a wavefront is:
a) π b) π/2 c) 0 d) π - 2πλ
12. The width of an interference fringe is 1.5 mm. If the separation between the slits is made
twice the original value, then the width of the fringe would be:
a) 3 mm b) 0.75 mm c) 1.5 mm d) 6 mm
13. In Young’s double-slit experiment, the slits are separated by 0.28 mm and the screen is
placed at a distance of 1.4 m. The distance of the fourth bright fringe is measured to be
1.2 cm. The wavelength of light used in this experiment is:
a) 500 nm b) 550 nm c) 600 nm d) 650 nm
14. Monochromatic light of wavelength 650 nm falls normally on a slit of width 1.3 x 10 -4 cm
and the resulting Fraunhofer diffraction is obtained on a screen. The angular width of the
central maximum is
a) 30° b) 60° c) 45° d) sin-1 (0.25)
15. The value of magnifying power of an astronomical telescope at normal adjustment is
fe f0
a) f0 fe b) c) d) none of these
f0 fe

Answer the following questions:

1. Answer the following questions: 2 + (1 + 2) + 3 = 8
a) State any one use for (i) convex mirror, and (ii) concave mirror.
b) (i) What is the focal length of a plane mirror? (ii) Use this to show that the spherical
mirror formula also holds good for plane mirrors.
c) The image formed by a convex mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm is half the size
of the object. Find the position of the object and of the image.
2. Answer all the questions: 1 + 2 + 2 + (1 + 1) + 1 + 1 + 2 = 11
a) State the reason for refraction of light.
b) State whether the following changes when light passes from one optical medium
to another: (i) frequency (ii) wavelength
c) Define critical angle.
d) Does critical angle between a pair of media depend on the colour of light? Give
reason.
e) What is the phenomenon responsible for mirage?
f) Based on which principle do optical fibres work?
g) Calculate the critical angle between glass and water. Given: refractive index of
glass = 1.5 and that of water is 1.33.
3. Answer the following questions: 3 + 3 + (1 + 1) + 2 + 2 + 2 = 14
a) Using the expression for refraction at a single spherical surface, derive the
expression for lens maker’s formula.
b) Two coaxial thin lenses of focal lengths f1 and f2 are kept in contact. Prove that
1 1 1
their combined focal length is given by = +f .
f f1 2

c) Can the optical centre of a lens be situated outside a lens? If yes, give an example.
d) An object is placed at the focus of a concave lens. Where will be the image
formed?
e) A biconvex lens made of glass has two spherical surfaces having radii 30 cm and
20 cm. Calculate its focal length. Given, refractive index for glass is 1.5.
f) A thin converging lens of focal length 20 cm is kept in contact with a thin diverging
lens of focal length 40 cm. Find the focal length and power of the combination.
4. Answer the following questions: (1 + 3) + 2 + 2 + 1 + (2 + 3) + 3 = 17
a) A monochromatic ray of light falls on a regular prism and suffers minimum
deviation. (i) What is the relation between angle of incidence and angle of
emergence? (ii) Draw a labelled graph showing the variation of angle of deviation
with angle of incidence for a prism and show the point of minimum deviation.
b) On which factors does the deviation produced by a thin prism depend?
c) Define magnifying power of an optical instrument.
d) State the expression for magnifying power produced by a simple microscope in
normal use.
 e) (i) Draw a neat labelled diagram of an image formed by a simple microscope when
the final image lies at the least distance of distinct vision. (ii) When the final image
is formed at D, derive an expression for the magnifying power.
f) A small telescope has an objective lens of focal length 144 cm and an eye-piece
lens of focal length 6 cm. (i) Find the magnifying power of the telescope. (ii) What
is the separation between the objective and the eye-piece?
5. Answer the following questions: 3 + 4 + 3 = 10
a) State the postulates of Huygen’s principle.
b) Derive Snell’s law of refraction using Huygen’s principle.
c) State the shape of wavefront
(i) for a beam of parallel waves
(ii) diverging from a point source
(iii) created by a line source of light
6. Answer the following questions: 2 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 3 = 13
a) When are two sources of light said to be coherent sources?
b) Does energy conservation hold good for interference? Justify.
c) State the path difference between two waves reaching a point for (i) constructive
interference, and (ii) destructive interference.
d) In Young’s double-slit experiment with monochromatic light, how is the fringe
width affected if
(i) the separation between the two slits is decreased
(ii) the screen is moved closer to the plane of slits
(iii) the monochromatic light source is replaced by another monochromatic
light source of shorter wavelength
(iv) the monochromatic source is replaced by a white light source
e) In Young’s double-slit experiment with monochromatic light of 600 nm, 5th bright
fringe is at a distance of 0.48 mm from the centre of the pattern. If the screen is
at a distance of 80 cm from the plane of the slits, calculate (i) distance between
the two slits, and (ii) fringe width.
7. Answer the following questions: 2 + 2 + 1 + (1 + 1) + 3 + 2 = 12
a) What is meant by diffraction of light?
b) State two differences between interference of light and diffraction of light.
c) In Fraunhofer’s single-slit diffraction experiment, how does angular width of the
central fringe depend on the slit width?
d) In Fraunhofer diffraction (i) what kind of light is used, and (ii) where is it situated?
e) Draw a labelled diagram to show the variation of intensity of diffracted light with
angle of diffraction.
f) A parallel beam of monochromatic light of wavelength 500 nm is incident normally
on a rectangular slit. The angular width of Fraunhofer diffraction is found to be
60°. Find the width of the slit in metre.