​ ​ LIGHT- REFLECTION AND REFRACTION-- Refraction.

​One mark questions

1. If a light ray IM is incident on the surface AB as shown, identify the correct

emergent ray.

2.What is the cause of refraction of light ?

3. Name the physical quantity which remains the same when light goes from
one medium to another medium.

4. Define absolute refractive index of a medium.

5. If the refractive index of water for light going from air to water is 1.33, what
will be the refractive index of air for light going from water to air ?

6. Why is the absolute refractive index of a medium always greater than one ?

7. A ray of light PQ is incident on a glass slab as shown. Write the values of

angle of incidence and angle of refraction for this ray of light.
 ​OR

A ray of light is incident normally to the surface of a glass slab placed in air. Find
the angle of incidence and angle of refraction in this case.

8. ​If the refractive index of glass for light going from air to glass is 3/2, find the
refractive index of air for light going from glass to air.

9​. Name the part of a convex lens through which a ray of light passes without
suffering any deviation.

10. Write relation between u, v and f for a lens.

11​. ​A convex lens forms a virtual and magnified image. What should be the
position of the object on the principal axis ?

12. An object is placed at the following distances from a convex lens of focal
length 15cm.Which position of the object will produce an image of same size as
that of the object ?

13.​Define focal length of a divergent lens.

14. ​Redraw the given diagram and show the path of the refracted ray:
15.Define optical centre of a lens.

16.Define principal axis of a lens.

17.​Define principal focus of a concave lens.

18.Define power of a lens and write its SI unit.

19.Incident ray AB falls on a lens. The refracted ray BC is shown in figure. Name
the lens.

20. If the image formed by a lens is always virtual, erect and diminished, what is
the nature of the lens?

21.Define 1 dioptre of power of a lens.

22. What is the power of a concave lens of focal length 25cm?

​Two mark questions

23.The refractive indices of four media A, B, C and D are given in the following
table:

If light travels from one medium to another, in which case the change in speed will
be (i) minimum, (ii) maximum?
24.Draw a ray diagram to show the position and nature of the image formed when
the object is placed at 2F1 of a convex lens.

25. A lens X has focal length 20 cm and lens Y has focal length 40 cm. Which lens
would you select to obtain a more convergent beam of light ?

26​. ​Find the power of a convex lens which forms a real and inverted image of
magnification -1 of an object placed at a distance of 20 cm from its optical centre.

27.What will be the nature, position and relative size of the image formed by a
concave lens for the object placed at infinity.

28.Draw ray diagrams to describe the nature, position and relative size of the
image formed by a concave lens, when the object is placed between infinity and
optical centre of the lens.

29. ​A doctor has prescribed a corrective lens of power -1.5 D. Find the focal length
of the lens. Is the prescribed lens diverging or converging?

30.The image of a candle flame placed at a distance of 30 cm from a spherical

lens, is formed on a screen placed on the other side of the lens at a distance of 60
cm from the optical centre of the lens. Identify the type of lens and calculate the
focal length. If the height of the flame is 3 cm, find the height of the image.

​Three mark questions

31.State the laws of refraction of light. If the speed of light in vacuum is 3x 10^8
m/s find the absolute refractive index of a medium in which light travels with a
speed of 1.4 x 10^8 m/s.
32. Study the ray diagram given below and answer the following questions ​:
(i)State the type of lens used in the figure.
(ii) List two properties of the image formed.
(iii) In which position of the object will the magnification be – 1 ?

33.​One half of a convex lens is covered with a black paper. Will this lens produce
a complete image of the object? Explain by giving the experimental set up.

34.​Define power of a lens. What is its unit? One student uses a lens of focal length
50 cm and another of -50 cm. Identify the nature of these lenses and calculate its
power​?

35.​ Explain the following terms related to spherical lenses:

1) Optical centre 2) Centres of curvature 3) Principal axis 4) Aperture 5) Principal
focus 6) Focal length.

36​.​A concave lens has a focal length of 20 cm. At what distance from the lens a 5
cm tall object be placed so that it forms an image at 15 cm from the lens? Also
calculate the size of the image formed.
​Case study(4marks)

37. Spherical lens is an optical device that focuses or diverges a light beam by
means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material
like glass.While​ trying to get the image of the sun using a spherical lens,on the
paper, after a few seconds the paper begins to burn and produce smoke.
 1. Identify the type of lens that was used here.
2. In this case,where is the position of the image ?
3. Define the principal focus of that lens.
4. Why does the paper catch fire?

38. A telescope is an optical instrument using lenses, curved mirrors, or a

combination of both to observe distant objects​.​A teacher told her students that we
can see stars clearly with the help of a telescope. They decided to organise a night
camp to watch the night sky and observe the stars.Many students participated and
during the night, they watched the stars and enjoyed.

1. Name the type of lens used in a telescope.

2. What do you think is the reason to choose the above lens?
3. Draw the diagram for the image formation of this type of lens when the
object is at infinity.

​Five mark questions

39. What is lateral displacement of light in the case of rectangular glass slab?
Illustrate this with the help of a diagram. List two factors on which the lateral
displacement depends.

40. A thin converging lens forms a virtual magnified image of an object placed in
front of it.

a) Where is the position of the object?

b) How will the following be affected on cutting this lens into two halves
along the principal axis ?

i) focal length,
 ii) intensity of the image formed by each half.

41.(а) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of an image of an object placed
between infinity and the optical centre of a concave lens.

(b) A concave lens of focal length 15 cm forms an image 10 cm from the lens.
Calculate

(i) the distance of the object from the lens.

(ii) the magnification for the image formed.

(iii) the nature of the image formed.

42. (a) With the help of a ray diagram explain why a concave lens diverges the rays
of a parallel beam of light.

(b) A 2.0 cm tall object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a concave
lens of focal length 15 cm. At what distance from the lens, should the object be
placed so that it forms an image 10 cm from the lens? Also find the nature and
the size of the image formed.

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