RAYOPTICS & WAVE OPTICS

TIME : 1.30 Hours MARK : 35

SECTION - A
1. A Convex lens of focal length 0.2 m, made of glass (aµg = 1.5) is immersed in water (aµw = 1.33). Find 1
the change in the focal length of the lens.
(a) 5.8 m (b) 0.58 cm (c) 0.58 m (d) 5.8 cm

2. Two slits in Young’s double slit experiment have widths in the ratio 81 : 1. The ratio of the amplitudes of 1
light waves is
(a) 3 : 1 (b) 3 : 2 (c) 9 : 1 (d) 6 : 1

3. Two thin lenses of power –4 D and 2 D are placed in contact coaxially. Find the focal length of the 1
combination.
(a) –10 cm (b) –50 cm (c) +50 cm (d) +10 cm

4. The final image in an astronomical telescope with respect to object is 1

(a) virtual and erect (b) real and erect (c) real and inverted (d) virtual and inverted

5. If the focal length of objective lens is increased then magnifying power of 1

(a) microscope and telescope both will decrease
(b) microscope will decrease but that of telescope will increase
(c) microscope will increase but that of telescope decrease
(d) microscope and telescope both will increase.

6. A screen is placed 50 cm from a single slit which is illuminated with light of wavelength 6000 Å. If the 1
distance between the first and third minima in the diffraction pattern is 3.0 mm. The width of the slit is
(a) 1 × 10–4 m (b) 2 × 10–4 m (c) 0.5 × 10–4 m (d) 4 × 10–4 m

7. Assertion : For best contrast between maxima and minima in the interference pattern of Young’s double 1
slit experiment, the intensity of light emerging out of the two slits should be equal.
Reason : The intensity of interference pattern is proportional to square of amplitude.

8. Assertion : The light travelling from air to glass cannot suffer total internal reflection. 1
Reason : Air is rarer than glass.

9. Assertion : Diffraction is common in sound but not common in light waves. 1

Reason : Wavelength of light is more than the wavelength of sound.

SECTION - B
Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow:
10. A convex or converging lens is thicker at the centre than at the edges. It converges a parallel beam of light 4
on refraction through it. It has a real focus. Convex lens is of three types: (i) Double convex lens
(ii) Plano-convex lens (iii) Concavo-convex lens. Concave lens is thinner at the centre than at the edges.
It diverges a parallel beam of light on refraction through it. It has a virtual focus
a. A point object O is placed at a distance of 0.3 m from a convex lens (focal length 0.2 m) cut into
two halves each of which is displaced by 0.0005 m as shown in figure. What will be the location of
the image?

(a) 30 cm right of lens (b) 60 cm right of lens (c) 70 cm left of lens (d) 40 cm left of lens

b. Two thin lenses are in contact and the focal length of the combination is 80 cm. If the focal length
of one lens is 20 cm, the focal length of the other would be
(a) –26.7 cm (b) 60 cm (c) 80 cm (d) 20 cm
 c. A spherical air bubble is embedded in a piece of glass. For a ray of light passing through the bubble,
it behaves like a
(a) converging lens (b) diverging lens (c) plano-converging lens (d) plano-diverging lens

d. Lens used in magnifying glass is

(a) Concave lens (b) Convex lens (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above
(or)
The magnification of an image by a convex lens is positive only when the object is placed
(a) at its focus F (b) between F and 2F (c) at 2F (d) between F and optical centre

SECTION – C
11. Why the images formed by total internal reflection are much brighter than those formed by mirrors? 2

12. An object of 3 cm height is placed at a distance of 60 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 30 cm. 2
Find the (i) nature, (ii) position and (iii) size of the image formed.

13. Define the term wavefront. Consider a plane wavefront incident on a thin convex lens. Draw a proper 2
diagram to show how the incident wavefront traverses through the lens and after refraction focusses on
the focal point of the lens, giving the shape of the emergent wavefront.

14. Explain two features to distinguish between the interference pattern in Young’s double slit experiment 2
with the diffraction pattern obtained due to a single slit.
SECTION – D
15. a. If one of two identical slits producing interference in Young’s experiment is covered with glass, so 3
that the light intensity passing through it is reduced to 50%, find the ratio of the maximum and
minimum intensity of the fringe in the interference pattern.
b. What kind of fringes do you expect to observe if white light is used instead of monochromatic light?

16. A monochromatic light of wavelength 500 nm is incident normally on a single slit of width 0.2 mm to 3
produce a diffraction pattern. Find the angular width of the central maximum obtained on the screen.
Estimate the number of fringes obtained in Young’s double slit experiment with fringe width 0.5 mm,
which can be accommodated within the region of total angular width of the central maximum due to single
slit.

17. Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of the image of an object placed on the axis of a convex 3
refracting surface of radius of curvature ‘R’, separating the two media of refractive indices ‘n1’ and ‘n2’
(n2 > n1). Use this diagram to deduce the relation,

where u and v represent respectively the distance of the object and the image formed.

SECTION – E
18. State Huygen’s principle. Using Huygens principle, obtain the law of refraction at a plane interface 5
when light passes from a rarer to a denser medium.
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