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2. A glass lens of refractive index 1.5 is placed in a trough of liquid. What must be the refractive index of
the liquid in order to mark the lens disappear?
3. A converging lens of refractive index 1.5 is kept in a liquid medium having same refractive index. What
would be the focal length of the lens in this medium?
4. How does the power of a convex lens vary, if the incident red light is replaced by violet light?
5. How does the angle of minimum deviation of a glass prism of refractive index 1.5 change, if it is
immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.3?
6. Two thin lenses of power + 4D and – 2D are in contact. What is the focal length of the combination?
7. A glass lens of refractive index 1.45 disappears when immersed in a liquid. What is the value of
refractive index of the liquid?
8. State the conditions for the phenomenon of total internal reflection to occur
9. A converging lens is kept coaxially in contact with a diverging lens — both the lenses being of equal
focal lengths. What is the focal length of the combination?
10. When light travels from a rarer to a denser medium, the speed decreases. Does this decrease in speed
imply a decrease in the energy carried by the light wave? Justify your answer.
11. When monochromatic light travels from one medium to another its wavelength changes but frequency
remains the same. Explain
12. Under what condition does a biconvex lens of glass having a certain refractive index act as a plane
glass sheet when immersed in a liquid?
13. For the same value of angle of incidence, the angles of refraction in three media A, B and C are 15°, 25°
and 35° respectively. In which medium would the velocity of light be minimum?
14. How would a biconvex lens appear when placed in a trough of liquid having the same refractive index as
that of the lens?
15. Two thin lenses of power -4D and 2D are placed in contact coaxially. Find the focal length of the
combination
16. Write the relationship between angle of incidence ‘i’, angle of prism ‘A’ and angle of minimum deviation
for a triangular prism.
17. When red light passing through a convex lens is replaced by light of blue colour, how will the focal length
of the lens change?
18. A convex lens is placed in contact with a plane mirror. A point object at a distance of 20 cm on the axis
of this combination has its image coinciding with itself. What is the focal length of the lens?
Answer:
Focal length of lens = 20 cm
(Hint: Rays coming out of lens are incident normally on plain mirror and hence reflected rays will trace
the path of incident ray, hence forming image on the object itself, thus object and image overlapping
each other at F of convex lens.)
19. A biconvex lens made of a transparent material of refractive index 1.25 is immersed in water of
refractive index 1.33. Will the lens behave as a converging or a diverging lens? Give reason
20. A biconvex lens made of a transparent material of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in water of refractive
index 1.33. Will the lens behave as a converging or a diverging lens? Give reason
21. A concave lens of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in a medium of refractive index 1.65. What is the
nature of the lens?
22. When an object is placed between f and 2f of a concave mirror, would the image formed be
(i) real or virtual and
(ii) diminished or magnified?
23. How does the angle of minimum deviation of a glass prism vary, if the incident violet light is replaced by
red light? Give reason
24. When light travels from a rarer medium to denser medium, the speed of light decreases. Does the
reduction in speed imply a reduction in the energy?
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1. Draw a ray diagram of a reflecting type telescope. State two advantages of this telescope over a
refracting telescope.
2. Draw a ray diagram of an astronomical telescope in the normal adjustment position. State two
drawbacks of this type of telescope.
3. Draw a ray diagram of a compound microscope. Write the expression for its magnifying power.
4. Draw a labeled ray diagram of an astronomical telescope in the near point position. Write the expression
for its magnifying power.
5. Draw a labeled ray diagram, showing the image formation of an astronomical telescope in the normal
adjustment position. Write the expression for its magnifying power
6. Draw a ray diagram for the formation of image in a compound microscope. Write the expression for its
magnifying power.
7. A ray of light passing through an equilateral triangular glass prism from air undergoes minimum
deviation when angle of incidence is 3/4th of the angle of prism. Calculate the speed of light in the prism.
8. Calculate the distance of an object of height h from a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm, so as to
obtain a real image of magnification 2.
9. Define refractive index of a transparent medium. A ray of light passes through a triangular prism. Plot a
graph showing the variation of the angle of deviation with the angle of incidence.
10. (i) What is the relation between critical angle and refractive index of a material?
(ii) Does critical angle depend on the colour of light? Explain.
11. The radii of curvature of the faces of a double convex lens are 10 cm and 15 cm. If focal length of the
lens is 12 cm, find the refractive index of the material of the lens.
12. A biconvex lens has a focal length 2/3 times the radius of curvature of either surface. Calculate the
refractive index of lens material.