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UNIT 6: Optics - Ray Optics

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS 1 Mark 1. Find the angular magnification for a simple microscope consisting convex lens of focal length 10cm. find ration of angular size of object also. 2. Find the distance of an object from a convex lens if image is two times magnified. Focal length of the lens is 10cm. 3. The critical angle for a prism is 30 the rays incident at 60 at one refracting surface suffers derivation of 30. Find angle of emergent. 4. How the bodies placed in a dark room will appear when exposed to xrays. 5. the angle of Prism is 30. The rays incident at 60 at one refracting surface deviation of 30. Find angle of emergent. SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION 2 & 3 Marks 6. What power should be the reading spectacles have for a person whom least distance of clear vision is 50 cm. 7. A 20D lens is used as a magnifier. Where should be the object be placed to obtain maximum angular magnification. 8. A person with normal near point 20cm using a compound microscope with objective lens of focal length 8.0mm and an eyepiece of focal length 2.5cm can bring an object placed at 9mm from the objective in sharp focus. What is the separation between the two lenses? Calculate the magnifying power of the microscope. 9. A small telescope has an objective lens of focal length 144cm and an eyepiece of focal length 6.0cm. What is the magnifying power of the

telescope? What is the magnifying power of the telescope? What is separation between objective and the eyepiece 10. What percent power of a convex lens increases or decreases when an convex lens made of glass of refractive index 1.5 dipped in liquid of refractive index 1.33. 11. A point source of light is placed 4m below the surface of water of refractive index5/3. Find the minimum diameter of a disc to cut off all light when placed over surface. 12. what is the angle of incident for an equilateral prism of refractive index 3, so that the ray is parallel to the base inside the prism. 13. Find focal length of a plano convex lens having refractive index 1.6 and radius of curvature 60cm. LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS 5 Marks 14. Derive lens makers formula. 15. Derive lens formula. 16. Derive mirrors formula. 17. Find expression for refractive index of the material of glass prism. 18. What is total internal reflection. What condition should be followed for total internal reflection. 19. Define Angular magnification. Find expression for magnification of compound microscope. 20. Draw diagram of 1. Simple Microscope 2. Compound Microscope 3. Refracting telescope 4. Reflecting telescope Write expression of magnification of each.

21. Write difference between prism and secondary rainbow in respect to its formation and colour order.

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UNIT 6: Optics - Wave Optics

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS 1 Mark 1. State the two general principles valid for waves and rays. 2. Why the central position of the interference and diffraction phenomenon is always bright? 3. State Rayleighs criterion for resolution of two nearby objects? 4. Can two wave fronts cross each other? Give reason? 5. State two conditions for interference pattern to be sustained. 6. Why do we fail to observe the diffraction from a wide slit illuminated by monochromatic light? 7. Yellow light is used in a single slit diffraction experiment with slit width of 0.6mm. If yellow light is replaced by x rays, how will the diffraction be affected? SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS 2 & 3 Marks 1. State the postulates which are required to construct a new wave front propagating from a given wave front in a medium. 2. If 0 and 0 are the permitivity and permeability of free space and and are corresponding quantities for a medium, then show that refractive index of the medium is

0 0

3. What changes in interference pattern in Youngs double slit experiment will be observed when (i) light of smaller frequency is used? (ii) The apparatus is immersed in water? 4. How does the (i) magnifying power and (ii) resolving power of a telescope change on increasing the diameter of its objective? Give reason for your answer. 5. State the postulates of Huygenss wave theory. Sketch the wave front that corresponds to a beam of light (i) coming from a very far away source and (ii) diverging radially from a point source. 6. What two main changes in diffraction pattern of single slit will you observe when the monochromatic source of light is replaced by a source of white light? LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS 5 Mark 1. Explain the phenomenon of diffraction of light at a single slit, to show the formation of diffraction fringes. Show graphically the variation of the intensity, with angle, in this single slit diffraction pattern. 2. In Youngs double slit experiment deduce the conditions for (i) constructive, and (ii) destructive interference at a point on the screen. Draw a graph showing variation of the resultant intensity in the interference pattern against position x on the screen. 3. What is meant by diffraction? Discuss diffraction at a single slit and explain energy distribution. How dose diffraction put a limit on the resolving power of an optical instrument? 4. What is wave front? Draw wave front due to a point source and long linear source. Deduce law of refraction using Huygenss principle. Draw refracted wave front when a plane wave front incident on a glass prism.