UNIT TEST

WAVE OPTICS MM 70

Section -A (1 mark questions)

1. (a) A lens behave conversing in air and diverging in water (µ=4/3). What will be the value of
refractive index of the material of the lens. (b) if lens disappear in water then what is the value
of refractive index of lens material.
2. (a )How does power of a lens vary if incident red light is replaced with violet light? (b) What is
dispersion of light due to?
3. A biconvex lens has focal length equal to radius of curvature of either surface. What is the
refractive index of the lens material?
4. What are two necessary conditions for the formation of rainbow?
5. A ray of light incident on an equilateral glass prism µ= √3 moves parallel to the base. Find the
angle of incidence for this ray.
6. A ray of light travel from rare to denser medium. How does its frequency change?
7. Relation between real depth and apparent depth is ……………………………………………
8. Write the principle on which optical fiber works.
9. Why oil immersed objective of compound microscope is preferred?
10. What do you mean by chromatic and spherical aberration?
11. How does the angular separation between fringes in single slit diffraction changes when the
distance between slit and screen is doubled?
12. What is the polarizing angle of a medium of refractive index 1.732?
13. Name the source of plane wavefront and spherical wavefront.
OR
What is the shape of wavefront on the earth for sunlight.
14. A small circular disc is placed in the path of light from a distant source. Will the centre of
shadow be bright or dark?
15. Why does blue color predominant in clear sky?
16. The ratio of intensities of two waves is 9:16. Ratio of amplitudes of the waves is ……………………..
17. If the angle between polarizer and analyzer is 450. The ratio of original and transmitted
intensities is …………………………….
18. If monochromatic light is replaced by white light in young’s double slit experiment then how
fringes are affected?
19. Define the term linearly polarized light.
20. How does resolving power of a telescope changes if diameter of its objective is reduced to half.
Section B (2 mark questions.)
21. A laser light of wavelength 630 nm incident on a pair of slits produce an interference pattern in
which bright fringes are separated by 7.2 nm. Calculate wavelength of another source of laser
light which produce interference fringes separated by 8.1nm using same pair of slits.
22. (i)What is the relation between critical angle and refractive index of a medium? (ii) Does critical
angle depend on the color of light? Explain.
 OR
What is total internal reflection? Write its essential condition to take place.
23. Draw a labeled ray diagram of a reflecting telescope. Mention its two advantages
over the refracting telescope.
OR
Draw a schematic ray diagram of a compound microscope when image is formed at
distance of distinct Vision .Write the expression for resolving power of a
compound microscope. How can the resolving power of a microscope be increased
24. Derive Lens Maker’s Formula by using suitable diagram.
25. You are given three lenses L1, L2 and L3 each of focal
length 10 cm. An object is kept at 15 cm in front of L1
as shown. The final real image is formed t the focus I
of L3. Find the separation between L1, L2 and L3.
26. Describe briefly how transverse nature of light can be
demonstrated by phenomena of polarization.
OR
Define wave front. State huygen,s principal.
27. What are coherent source of light? Why two independent source can be coherent?
Section C
28. Define wavefront. Using huygen principle prove laws of reflection.
29. Two Polaroid are placed in cross position. A third Polaroid is placed in between two
making an angle 𝜃 with pass axis of first. If Io is the intensity falling on first then what
would be the intensity emerging from second Polaroid? Draw a graph to show variation
of intensity with angle 𝜃.
µ2 µ1 µ2 −µ1
30. For a spherical reflecting surface prove the relation − = where symbols
𝑢 𝑣 𝑅
have their usual meaning.
1 1 1
31. For the combination of two thin lenses of focal length f 1 and f2 prove that 𝑓 = 𝑓1
+ 𝑓2
.
32. For a prism at minimum deviation derive relation between its refractive index, angle of
prism and angle of minimum deviation.
33. A fish is below the height H from the water surface. Find the minimum area which is
visible to fish out the water.
34. In young double slit experiment intensity of central bright band is K. Find the intensity at
𝜆
the point (in term of K) where path difference is 3.
OR
A beam of light consisting two wavelength 520nm and 650nm is used to obtain
interference pattern in double slit experiment. What is the least distance from the
central maximum where the bright fringes due to both wavelengths coincide?
Section D
35. (a) In young’s double slit experiment discuss the condition of constrictive and
destructive interference. (b) Differentiate between interference and diffraction pattern.
36. Draw a labeled ray diagram to obtain the real image formed by an astronomical
telescope in normal adjustment position and derive relation for its magnifying
power. (b) You are given three lenses of power 0.5 D, 4D and 10D to design a
telescope. (i)Which lenses should he used as objective and eyepiece? Justify your
answer. (ii) Why is the aperture of the objective preferred to be large?
37. State essential condition for diffraction to take place. Use huygen principle to
explain diffraction of light due to a narrow slit and the formation of pattern of
fringes obtained on the screen.
OR
Draw wave front due to a line source and a point source. Using Huygens principle
prove Snell’s law.