RYAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, TRANS YAMUNA

PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT – 3 CLASS – XII

RAY OPTICS

1. A boy 1.5 m tall with his eye level at 1.38 m stands before a mirror fixed on a wall. Indicate by means of
a ray diagram how the mirror should be positioned so that he can view himself fully. What should be the
minimum length of the mirror? Does the answer depend upon the eye level? (0.75 m)

2. How far should one hold an object from a concave mirror of focal length 40 cm so as to get an image
twice the size of the object? (- 20 cm, -60 cm)

3. An object is at a distance of 5 m from a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. Where is the image
formed and what is the magnification ? (9.8 cm, 0.0196)

4. An object is kept in front of a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. The image formed is three times the
size of the object. Calculate the two possible distances of the object from the mirror. (- 20 cm, -10 cm)

5. An object is placed (a) 10 cm, (b) 5 cm in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature 15 cm.
Calculate the position, nature and size of the image in each case. (-30 cm, 3, 15 cm, -3)

6. A square wire of side 3 cm is placed 25 cm away from a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. What is
the area enclosed by the image of the wire. (The centre of the wire is on the axis of the mirror, with its two
sides normal to the axis.) (4.0 cm2)

7. Two objects A and B when placed one after another in front of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm,
form images of same size. Size of object A is 4 times that of B. If object A is placed at a distance of 50 cm
from the mirror, what should be the distance of B from the mirror. (-20 cm)

8. A tank is filled with water to a height of 12.5 cm. The apparent depth of a needle lying at the bottom of
the tank is measured by a microscope to be 9.4 cm. What is the refractive index of water? If water is
replaced by a liquid of refractive index 1.63 up to the same height, by what distance would the microscope
have to be moved to focus on the needle again? (1.33, 1.7 cm)

9. The bottom of a container is a 4.0 cm thick glass of refractive index 1.5. The container contains two
immiscible liquids A and B of depths 6.0 cm and 8.0 cm respectively. What is the apparent position of a
scratch on the outer surface of the bottom of the glass slab when viewed through the container? Refractive
indices of the A and B are 1.4 and 1.3 respectively. (4.9 cm)

10. A small bulb is placed at the bottom of a tank containing water to a depth of 80 cm. What is the area of
surface of water through which light from the bulb can emerge out? Refractive index of water is 1.33.
Consider the bulb to be a point source. (2.58 m2)

11. Light from a point source in air falls on a convex spherical glass surface of µ=1.5 and radius of
curvature 20 cm. The distance of the light source from the glass surface is 100 cm. At what position is the
image formed? (100 cm)

12. A small air bubble in a sphere of glass of radius 2 cm appears to be 1 cm from the surface when looked
at along a diameter. If the refractive index of glass is 1.5, find the true position of the air bubble. (-1.2 cm)
13. A small object is placed 50 cm from a convex refracting surface of radius of curvature 20 cm. If the
surface separates air from glass of refractive index 1.5, find (a) power of the surface and (b) position of the
image. (2.5 D, 300 cm)

14. A double convex thin lens of radii of curvature 20 cm on each side and refractive index 1.5 is held such
that its lower surface is just under the surface of water of refractive index 4/3. If a parallel beam of light is
incident parallel to the principal axis, find the position at which it comes to focus in water. (40 cm)

15. A convex lens of focal length 16 cm (µ=1.33) is totally immersed in water. Find its focal length in water.
(64 cm)

16. A double convex lens made of glass of refractive index 1.5 has both radii of curvature of magnitude 20
cm. An object 2 cm high is placed at 10 cm from lens. Find the position, nature and size of the image.
(-10 cm, 2 cm)

17. An object of size 3 cm is placed 14 cm in front of a concave lens of focal length 21 cm. Describe the
image produced by the lens. What happens if the object is moved farther from the lens? (-8.4 cm, 1.8 cm)

18. A luminous object and a screen are placed on an optical bench and a converging lens is placed between
them to throw a sharp image of the object on the screen, the linear magnification of the image is found to be
2.5. The lens is moved 30 cm nearer the screen and a sharp image is again formed. Calculate the focal
length of the lens. (14.3cm)

19. A ray of light falls normally on the face of a prism of refractive index 1.5. Find the angle of the prism if
the ray just fails to emerge from the second face. (41º49´)

20. A ray of light passes through an equilateral glass prism, such that the angle of incidence is equal to the
angle of emergence. If the angle of emergence is 3/4 times the angle of prism, calculate the refractive index
of the glass prism. (1.414)

21. A glass prism of refractive index angle 60º and refractive index 1.5, is completely immersed in water of
refractive index 1.33. Calculate the angle of minimum deviation of the prism in this situation.
(sin-10.56=34.3º). (8.6º)

22. A glass prism deviates the red and blue rays through 10º and 12º respectively. A second prism of equal
angle deviates them through 8º and 10º respectively. Find the ratio of their dispersive powers. (9/11)

23. A ray of light is refracted through a prism in the position of minimum deviation. The angle of prism is
60º and its refractive index 1.532. Calculate the angle of incidence and minimum deviation. (40º,50º)

24. Find the angle of dispersion between the red and violet colors produced by a flint glass prism of
refractive angle of 60º. µr =1.622 and µv =1.663. (4.1º)

25. The far point of a myopic eye is 80 cm in front of the eye. What is the power of the lens required to
enable him to se very distant objects clearly? (-1.25 D)

26. Suppose in the above example the person uses spectacles of power -0.80 D, how far can he see clearly?
(-2.22 m)
27. A long sighted person whose nearest distance of distinct vision is 50 cm, finds this distance is reduced to
20 cm by using spectacles. Find the nature and focal length of the lens used. (+33.3 cm)

28. A compound microscope consists of an objective lens of focal length 2.0 cm and an eye piece of focal
length 6.25 cm separated by a distance of 15 cm. How far from the objective should an object be placed in
order to obtain the final image at (a) the least distance of distinct vision, (b) infinity? What is the magnifying
power of the microscope in each case? (-2.5 cm, -2.6 cm, 20, 13.5)

29. An angular magnification of 30x is desired using an objective of focal length 1.25 cm and an eye piece of
focal length 5 cm. How will you set up the compound microscope? (uo = -1.5 cm, ue = - 4.17 cm,
vo+ ue=11.67 cm)

30. The angular magnification of a telescope is 300. What should be the diameter of the objective if our eyes
(located at the eye ring) are just able to collect all this light refracted by the objective? Take the diameter of
the pupil of the eye to be 3 mm. (90 cm)

31. A small telescope has an objective lens of focal length 140 cm and an eye piece of focal length 5.0 cm.
What is the magnifying power of the telescope for viewing different objects when (a) the telescope is in
normal adjustment, (b) the final image is formed at least distance of distinct vision. (28, 33.6)

32. An astronomical telescope consisting of an objective of focal length 60 cm and an eye piece of focal
length 3 cm is focused on the moon, so that the final image is formed at least distance of distinct vision from
the eye piece. Assuming that diameter of the moon subtends an angle of 1/2º at the objective, calculate (a)
the angular magnification and (b) the actual size of the image seen. (22.4, 4.9 cm)

33. A telescope has an objective of diameter 60 cm. The focal lengths of the objective and the eye piece are
2.0 cm and 1.0 cm respectively. The telescope is directed to view two distant almost point sources of light.
The sources are at roughly the same distance 104 light years along the line of sight but are separated
transverse to the line of sight by a distance of 1010 m. Will the telescope resolve the two objects?