ASSIGNMENT (RAY OTICS)

Q.1- Derive mirror formula for a convex mirror.

Q.2- Derive the relation for a real image formed by a concave refracting surface when the
object is placed in rarer medium. Also write the assumptions and sign convention used.
Q.3- (a) Draw a labelled ray diagram of an astronomical telescope to show the image formation
of a distant object. Write the main considerations required in selecting the objective and
eyepiece lenses in order to have large magnifying power and high resolution of the telescope.
(b) A compound microscope has an objective of focal length 1.25 cm and eyepiece of focal
length 5 cm. A small object is kept at 2.5 cm from the objective. If the final image formed is at
infinity, find the distance between the objective and the eyepiece. ( ans- 7.5cm)
Q.4- A convex lens of focal length 20 cm is placed coaxially with a convex mirror of radius of
curvature 20 cm. The two are kept 15 cm apart. A point object is placed 40 cm in front of the
convex lens. Find the position of the image formed by this combination. Draw the ray diagram
showing the image formation. ( ans- v=16.67cm)
Q.5- Two monochromatic rays of light are incident normally on the face AB of an isosceles right-
angled prism ABC in fig 2. The refractive indices of the glass prism for the two rays ‘1’ and ‘2’
are respectively 1.35 and 1.45. Trace the path of these rays after entering through the prism.
Q.6- 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 lens? Give reason.
Q.7- The total magnification produced by a compound microscope is 20. The magnification
produced by the eye piece is 5. The microscope is focused on a certain object. The distance
between the objective and eyepiece is observed to be 14 cm. If least distance of distinct vision
is 20 cm, calculate the focal length of the objective and the eye piece. (ans- 2 cm)
Q.8- How is the working of a telescope different from that of a microscope?
Q.9- You are given three lenses L1, L2 L3, each of focal length 20 cm. An object is kept at 40 cm in
front of L1. The final real image is formed at the focus I of L3. Find the separations between L1, L2
and L3. (ans 60 cm)
Q10- Find the position of the image formed of the object 'O’ by the lens combination given in
the figure 1. (ans 30cm)

Fig 1 fig 2
 ASSIGNMENT (WAVE OPTICS)
Q.1- Write three characteristic features to distinguish between the interference fringes in
Young’s double slit experiment and the diffraction pattern obtained due to a narrow single slit.
(b) A parallel beam of light of wavelength 500 nm falls on a narrow slit and the resulting
diffraction pattern is observed on a screen 1 m away. It is observed that the first minimum is a
distance of 2.5 mm away from the centre. Find the width of the slit.
Q.2- (i) Distinguish between unpolarized and linearly polarised light.
(ii) What does a Polaroid consist of? How does it produce a linearly polarised light?
(iii) Explain briefly how sunlight is polarised by scattering through atmospheric particles.
Q.3- (a) Show, with the help of a diagram, how unpolarized sunlight gets polarised due to
scattering.
(b) Two Polaroids P1 and P2 are placed with their pass axes perpendicular to each other.
Unpolarised light of intensity I0 is incident on P1. A third Polaroid P3 is kept in between P1 andP2
such that its pass axis makes an angle of 45° with that of P1. Determine the intensity of light
transmitted through P1, P2 and P3 .
Q.4 (a) In Young’s double slit experiment, describe briefly how bright and dark fringes are
obtained on the screen kept in front of a double slit. Hence obtain the expression for the fringe
width.
(b) The ratio of the intensities at minima to the maxima in the Young’s double slit experiment is
9 : 25. Find the ratio of the widths of the two slits.

Q.5- Describe briefly how a diffraction pattern is obtained on a screen due to a single narrow
slit illuminated by a monochromatic source of light. Hence obtain the conditions for the angular
width of secondary maxima and secondary minima.
Q.6- Two wavelengths of sodium light of 590 nm and 596 nm are used in turn to study the
diffraction taking place at a single slit of aperture 2 × 10–6 m. The distance between the slit and
the screen is 1.5 m. Calculate the separation between the positions of first maxima of the
diffraction pattern obtained in the two cases.
Q.7- (i) ‘Two independent monochromatic sources of light cannot produce a sustained
interference pattern’. Give reason.
(ii) Light waves each of amplitude “a” and frequency “𝜔”, emanating from two coherent
light sources superpose at a point. If the displacements due to these waves is given by
y1 = a cos 𝜔t and y2 = a cos (𝜔t + f) where f is the phase difference between the two,
obtain the expression for the resultant intensity at the point.

Q.8- In Young’s double slit experiment, the two slits 0×12 mm apart are illuminated by
monochromatic light of wavelength 420 nm. The screen is 1×0 m away from this slits.
(a) Find the distance of the second (i) bright fringe, (ii) dark fringe from the central maximum.
(b) How will the fringe pattern change if the screen is moved away from ths slits?