=
6/75
8. (Discuss briefly refraction from rarer to denser medium at a concave spherical refracting surface,
9. Discuss refraction from denser to rarer medium at a convex spherical refracting surface.
10. Derive lens maker's formula for a thin convex lens.
[Art 6(b).11]
{Art, 6(b).12]
(Chhatisgarh Board 2012, Bihar Board 2012, J & K Board 2012, 2011, Jharkhand Board 2011)
11. Derive lens maker's formula from ab-initio for a convex lens.
12. Derive lens formula for a convex lens.
[Art. 6(b).14]
(CBSE 2011) [Art, 6(b).16]
[Art. 6(b).18]
13, Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of the image of an object placed between the optical centre and
foous of a convex lens. Deduce the relationship between object distance, image distance and focal length of
lens.
14. Derive lens formula for a concave lens.
[Art. 6(b).18]
[Art. 6(b).18]
15. Trace the rays of light showing the formation of an image due to a point object placed on the axis of @
spherical surface separating the two media of refractive indices n and n,. Establish the relation between
the distances of object, image and radius of curvature from the central point of the spherical surface. Hence
derive the expression for the lens maker's formula.
(CBSE 2009) (Arts. 6(b).11 and 6(b).14]
16, Obtain an expression for focal length of a combination of thin lenses in contact.
(Uttarakhand Board 2012) [Art. 6(b).22)
> ROBLEMS FOR PRACTICE
REFRACTION THROUGH A COMPOUND
PLATE, REAL AND APPARENT DEPTHS
1. Calculate the speed and wavelength of light
(i in glass (ii) in air, when light waves of
frequency 6 x 10'4 Hz. travel from air to glass of
W=tS. (Ans. () 2x 108 m/s ; 33 x 10-7 m
(i) 3 « 108 mis ; 5 x 10-7 m]
2. ‘The refractive index of diamond is 2-47 and that
of glass is 1-51. How much faster does light travel
in glass than in diamond ? (Ans. 1-635 time]
3. A pond of depth 20 cm is half filled with an oil of
[t= 1-4 and the other hal is filled with water of
refractive index 1-33. Calculate apparent depth
of the tank when viewed normally.
[Ans. 14:66 cm]
A ray of light is incident at an angle of 60° on
one face of a rectangular glass slab of thickness
0-1 m, and refractive index 1-5. Calculate the
lateral shift produced. [Ans. 0-0513 m]
Bpigd LAWs OF REFRACTION, LATERAL SHIFT,
aA
[Aig TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION
B
5. The refractive indices of glycerine and water are
1:46 and 1-33 respectively. What is the critical
angle when the ray passes from glycerine to
water ? [Ans. 65° 38']
6. When a fish looks up the surface of a perfectly
smooth lake, the surface appears dark except
inside a circular area directly above it. Calculate
the angle that this illuminated region subtends.
Given 41 of water = 1-333. [Ans. 97:2")
77. A right prism is to be made by selecting a proper
‘material and the angles A and B (BSA), as shown
in Fig. 6(b).59. It is desired that a ray of light
incident normally on AB emerges parallel to the
incident direction after two internal reflections.
(a) What should be the minimum refractive index
It for this to be possible ? (b) For y = 5/3, is it
possible to achieve this with the angle A equal to
60 degrees ?
A
bo S.,
Y
c
fans. J2 ; No]
8. In Fig. 6(b).60, light rays of blue, green and red
wavelengths are incident on an isosceles right
angled prism. Explain with reason which ray of
light will be transmitted through the face AC. The
refractive index of the prism for red, green and
blue light are 1-39, 1-424 and 1-476 respectively.
(CBSE 2009, 2008)6/76 SSS F UNDAMENTAU PHYSiCS|(xiI
SOR
A
c—+—+
s—>—+}
90°
8 c
[Ans. Red rays will be transmitted)
). Calculate the speed of light in a medium whose
critical angle is 45°. (HP Board 2013)
[Ans. 2-12 x 108 m/s]
Baa REFRACTION AT SPHERICAL
Cc SURFACES
10. An air bubble in a glass sphere (yt = 1-5) is
situated at a distance 3 cm from a convex surface
of diameter 10 cm. At what distance from the
surface will the bubble appear ?[Ans, -2-5 cm]
1. A convex refracting surface of radius of curvature
20 cm separates two media of refractive indices
4/3 and 1-60. An object is placed in the first
medium (1 = 4/3) at a distance of 200 cm from
the refracting surface. Calculate the position of
image formed.
[Ans. At 234-15 cm in denser medium)
A sphere of glass (i = 1-5) is of 20 cm diameter,
A parallel beam enters it from one side. Where
will it get focussed on the other side ?
TAns, 5 em]
13. A beam of light strikes a glass sphere of diameter
15 cm converging towards a point 30 cm behind
the pole of the spherical surface. Find the position
of the image, if 1 of glass is 1-5.
[Ans. 15 em from the pole]
‘One end of a horizontal cylindrical glass rod
(ual '5) of radius 5 cm is rounded in the shape
of ahemisphere. An object 0-5 mm high is placed
Perpendicular to the axis of the rod at a distance
‘of 20 cm from the rounded edge. Locate the image
of the object and find its height.
[Ans. 30 cm ; 0-5 mm]
spherical convex surface separates object and
image space of refractive index 1-0 and 4/3. If
radius of curvature of the surface is 10 em, find
its power. (Ans. 2-5 D]
12
14,
15.
Rea
LENS MAKER'S FORMULA
D AND LENS EQUATION
16, ‘A convex lens made.up of glass of refractive index
1.5 is dipped in tum
(@ in a medium of refractive index 1.65
Gi in.a medium of refractive index 1.33,
(@) Will it bchave as converging or diverging lens
in the two cases ?
(®) How will jts focal length change in the two
media"? (CBSE 2011)
(Ans. (a) diverging lens in medium of ref. index 1-65;
converging lens in medium of ref. index 1-33
Of, =-55f,f,=39f)
17. A converging lens of refractive index 1-5 and of
focal length 15 em in air, has the same radii of
curvature for both sides. If it is immersed in a
liquid of refractive index 1-7, find the focal length
of the lens in the liquid.
(CBSE 2008) [Ans. ~ 63-75 cm]
18. A convex lens of focal length 20 cm and made of
lass (jt = 1-5) is immersed in water of = 1:33,
Calculate change in focal length of the lens.
(CBSE 2011) [Ans. 58.23 cm]
A convergent beam of light passes through a
diverging lens of focal length 0-2 m and comes
to focus 0.3 m behind the lens. Find the position
of the point at which the beam would converge
in the absence of the lens. (Ans. 012 m]
19,
20. The radii of curvature of the surfaces of a double
convex lens are 20 cm and 30 cm. What will be
its focal length and power in air and water
tespectively ? Refractive indices for glass and
water are 3/2 and 4/3 respectively.
(Uttarakhand Board 2012)
[Ans. 24 cm, 4-17 D ; 96 cm, 1-04 D)
21. A biconvex lens is made of glass with j= 1-52.
Each surface has a radius of curvature equal to
30 em. An object of height 3 cm is placed 14 cm
from the lens. Find the focal length of the lens
and the position and size of image.
[Ans. 28.85 em, ~ 27.19 em, 5.82 em ;
enlarged, erect and virtual]
22. A concave lens has same radii of curvature for
both sides and is made of material of refractive
index 1-6. It is immersed in a liquid of = 1-4.
Calculate ratio of focal lengths of lens in air and
liquid. [Ans, 0-238]
‘The image obtained with a convex lens is erect
and its length is four times the length of the object.
If the focal length of the lens is 20 cm. Calculate
the object and image distances.
[Ans. ~ 15 em, ~ 60 em}mw
25.
ve
26.
oe
29.
3.
‘A double convex lens of glass of refractive index
1-6 has its both surfaces of equal radii of curvature
of 30 cm each. An object of height 5 cm is placed
ata distance of 12-5.cm from the lens. Calculate
the size of the image formed.
(CBSE 2007) (Ans. 10 em]
‘An illuminated object and a screen are placed
‘90 cm apart, Determine the focal length and
nature of the lens required to produce a clear
image on the screen twice the size of the object.
(CBSE 2010) [ Ans. 20 cm]
COMBINATION OF LENSES
Find the focal length and power of a convex lens,
‘which when placed in contact with a concave lens
of focal length 25 cm forms a real image 5 times
the size of the object placed 20 em from the
combination TAns. 10 em, 10 D]
Find the focal length and nature of lens which
should be placed in contact with a lens of focal
ength 10cm so that the power of the combination
becomes 5 dioptre. [Ans. ~ 20 cm. ; concave]
‘A convex lens of focal length 25 cm is placed co-
axially in contact with a concave lens of focal
Iength 20 cm. Determine the power of the
‘combination. Will the system be converging or
diverging in nature? (CBSE 2013)
[Ans. - 1D ; diverging]
COMBINATION OF
ALENS AND A MIRROR
‘A point objectis placed 60 cm in front of a convex
ens of focal length 15 cm. A plane mirror is
placed 10 em behind the convex lens. Where is
the image formed by the system ?
(NCERT Exercise)
[Ans. At optical centre of convex lens]
‘A convex lens of focal length 15 cm, and a
concave mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm are
placed co-axially 10cm apart. An object is placed
in front of convex lens so that there is no parallax
between the object and its image formed by the
combination. Find the position of the object.
(NCERT Exercise)
[Ans. At 30 cm from lens}
Fig. 6(b).61 shows a plane mirror M placed at a
distance of 10.cm from a concave lens L. A point
“object is placed at a distance of 60 cm from the
Jens. The image formed due to refraction by the
va
32,
33.
f
Jens and reflection by the mirror is 30 cm behind
the mirror. What is the focal length of this lens ?
(NCERT Exercise) [Ans. - 30 cm]
40.cm—>4
TYPICAL PROBLEMS:
‘Monochromatic light is incident on the plane
interface AB between two media of refractive
indices 1, and fly (Hy > Hy) at an angle of
incidence 0 as shown in Fig. 6(b).62. The angle
6'is infinitesimally greater than the critical angle
for the two media so that total internal reflection
takes place. Now, if a transparent slab DEFG of
uniform thickness and of refractive index 13 is
introduced on the interface as shown in Fig.
{6(b).62, show that for any value of 1, all light
will ultimately be reflected back into medium II.
See
pp MEDIUMI(Hy)
MEDIUM III (ug)
F B
MEDIUM II (1)
‘The image of a needle placed 45 cm from a lens
is formed on a screen placed 90 cm on the other
side of lens. Find displacement of image if object
is moved 5 cm away from lens. [Ans. 15 em]
‘A biconvex thin lens is prepared from glass
(w= 155), the two bounding surfaces having equal
radii of 5 cm each, One of the surfaces is silvered
from outside to make it reflecting. Where should
aan object be placed before this lens so that the
mage is formed on the object itself ?
TAns. ~ 12-5 cm]
‘A concavo-convex lens made of glass (jt = 1-5)
has surfaces of radii 20 cm and 60 cm. (a) Locate
the image of an object placed 80 cm to the left of6/78
37.
the lens along the principal axis. (b) A similar
lens is placed coaxially at a distance of 160 cm
onthe right of it, Locate the position of the image.
[Ans. 240 em ; 34:3 cm]
A converging beam of light forms a sharp image
‘on a screen. A lens is placed in the path of the
beam at 10 cm from the screen. It is found that
the screen has to be moved 8 cm further away
from the lens to obtain a sharp image. Find the
focal length and nature of the lens.
(Ans, - 22:5 em, concave]
‘Rays of light are falling on a convex lens of focal
length 40 cm. as shown in Fig. 6(b).63. Deter-
mine the position of the image.
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SONS
For Difficult Problems
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Here, v=6 x 10'* Hz. w= 1-5,
(In glass,
speedoflight, v = bast 2x108 m/s
»
wavelength of ight, 2, = “E = ae
x
=33x107m
(i) Inair
speed of light, v, = c= 3 x 108 m/s,
v, _ 3x18
Wavelength of light, 2, = “# oa =
=5x107m
sin“! (0.5773) = 35.3"
_tsin j=)
08%,
_ D-1sin (60° -35:3°)
~~ €08353°
01x0-418
~~ 086
Lateral shift
O4tsin 24-72
0335:
=00513m
1461
133 sinc *
6, Here, w= 1-333, 20=?
mice eet
H 1333
C= sin“! (0-75) = 48.6"
Angle which illuminated region subtends
=20=2C=2x48.6°= 97.2
7, In Fig. 6(b).52, the incident ray is normal to AB.
Angle of incidence on AC = @ and angle of
incidence on BC is 6 = (90° - 8).
For total internal reflection, critical angle (C)
must be less than smaller of @ and (90° - 8).
sinc s L
2
5, calculate C.
075
Cs45° or
ted ge wet
ae
+: Min, value of pp = J2
(6) For w=5/3, sini(3)- 7
If ZA were 60°, angle of incidence on CB would
be 90° 60° = 30°, which is less than critical angle
7") Therefore, total internal reflection cannot
take place from the surface CB,
8. As ABC is an isoceles right angled prism, angle
of incidence of each ray is 45* Ifeitical angle C
is less than 45°, the ray will be totally internally
reflected at AC. When ZC > 45°, the ray will be
transmitted through the face AC.