1. The focal length of a concavo- convex lens of radii of curvature 5 cm and 10 cm is 20 cm.

What will be its focal length in water? [3]

2. The radius of curvature of each surface of a convex lens is 20 cm aand the refractive index of
the material of the lens is 3/2 [3]
a. Calculate its focal length
b. If this is cut along the plane AB, what will be the focal length of the each of the two
halves so formed?
c. What happens if the lens is cut along CD?

3. A luminous object and a screen are placed on an optical bench and 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 the screen and a sharp
image is again formed. Calculate the focal length of the lens. [3]
4. A concave lens of refractive lens of refractive 1.5 is immersed in a medium of refractive
index 1.65. What is the nature of the lens. [1]
5. What happens to a focal length of a convex lens, when it is immersed? [1]
6. Using len’s maker formula, show how the focal length of a given lens depends upon the
colour of light incident on it? [1]
7. A lens of glass is immersed in water, what will be its effect on the power of the lens? [1]
8. Does the angle of deviation of a small angled prism depend on angle of incidence? [1]
9. Out of blue and red light which is deviated more by prism? Give reasons. [1]
10. Why does white light disperse when passed through a glass prism? [1]
11. How is rainbow formed in the sky? [2]
12. Why is the sequence of colours in the secondary rainbow reverse of that in the primary
rainbow? [2]
13. Why is the secondary rainbow fainter than the primary rainbow? [2]
14. why do we prefer a magnifying glass of smaller focal length? [2]
15. Why is the focal length of an objective in compound microscope little shorter than the focal
length of eye piece?
16. Does the magnifying power of a microscope depend on the colour of the light used? Justify
your answer? [2]
17. Why should the objective of a telescope have large focal length and large aperture? Justify
your answer? [2]
18. Why should the objective of a telescope have a larger focal length? [1]
19. How much intensity of the image is increased if the diameter of a telescope is doubled? [1]
20. Can we increase the image of a telescope by increasing the diameter of its objective? [1]
21. Two convex lenses A and B of an astronomical telescope having focal lengths 5 cm and 20
cm respectively, are arranged as shown in figure. [3]
 a. Which one of the two lenses you will select to use the objective lens and why?
b. What should be the change in the distance between the lenses to have the telescope in
its normal adjustment position?
c. Calculate the magnifying power of the telescope in the normal adjustment position.
22. An optical instrument uses eye-lens of power 12.5D and object lens of power 50D and has a
tube length of 20 cm. Name the optical instrument and calculate its magnifying power, if it
forms the final image at infinity. [3]
23. A converging lens is kept coaxially in contact with a diverging lens- both the lenses being of
equal focal length of the combination? [1]
24. A double convex lens , made from a material of refractive index ⴗ1 , is immersed in aliquid
of refractive index ⴗ2 , where ⴗ2>ⴗ1, what change, is any, would occur in the nature of
thelens? [1]]
25. Write the relationship between angle of incidence I , angle of prism A and angle of minimum
deviation? [1]
26. State the factors on which dispersive power of a prism depends? [2]
27. How does the angle of minimum deviation of a glass prism vary, if the incident violet light is
replaced with red light? [2]
28. How does the angle of minimum deviation of a glass prism of refraqctive index 1.5 change, if
it is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.3? [2]
29. State Rayleigh’s law of scattering. [2]
30. Draw a graph to show the variation of the angle of deviation with that of the angle of
incidence I for a monochromatic ray of light passing through a glass prism of refracting angle
A. Hence deduce the relation. [3]
31. Draw a ray diagram showing the image formation by a compound microscope. Obtain
expression for total magnification when the images is formed at infinity. [3]
32. Draw a labelled diagram of refractive type telescope in normal adjustment? [3]
33. Draw a labelled ray diagram of an astronomical telescope of the near point adjustment. You
are given three lenses of power 0.5D , 4D, 10D. State with reason, which two lenses will you
select for constructing a good astronomical telescope. [3]
34. Two waves of amplitudes 3 mm and 2 mm reach a point in opposite phases. What is the
resultant amplitude? [1]
35. This film, such as layer of oil on water, show beautiful colours when illuminated by white
light. Name the phenomenon involved? [2]
36. What is the condition for firwst minimum in case of diffraction with it? [1]
37. A plane wavefront propagating in a medium of refractive index ⴗ1 is incident on a plane
surface making the nagle of incidence I as shown in figure. It enters into a medium of
refractive index ⴗ2 ⴗ2>ⴗ1. Use Huygens construction of secondary wavelets to trace the
propagation of the refrqacted wavefront. Hence verify snells law of refraction. [3]
38. Two sources of intensity I1 and I2 undergo interference in Youngs double slit experiment
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2
I a 1+a 2
Show that max = where a1 and a2 are amplitudes of disturbance of two sources S1
I Min a 1−a 2
and S2. [3]
39. In a single slit diffraction experiment, a mono chromatic source of light of wavelength ʎ
illuminates a narrow slit of width a. Show giving appropriate reasoning, that the half angular
width of the central maximum in the observed pattern is equal to ʎ/a. [3]
40. Consider a monochromatic ray incident on a film of uniform thickness t and refractive index
ⴗ. Derive the condition for a dark fringe, when viewed from the same side of the film. [3]
41. Prove that the fringe width of both the bright and dark fringes in interference is same in
youngs double slit experiment. [3]
42. Two sources S1 and S2 emitting light of wavelength 600 nm are placed 0.1 mm apart. A
det4ector is moved on the line S1P which is perpendicular to S1S2 [3]
a. What would be the minimum and maximum path difference at the detector as it is
moved along the line S1P.
b. Locate the position of farthest minimum detected.