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GEOMETRICAL OPTICS (OPTICS I)

Time Allotted: 3 Hours Full Marks: 70

The questions are of equal value.

The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable.
All symbols are of usual significance.

GROUP A
(Multiple Choice Type Questions)
1. Answer any ten questions. 10x1 = 10

(i) Ray of light bends away from the normal when travels from
(A) denser to rarer medium (B) rarer to denser medium
(C) both (A) and (B) (D) none of these
(ii) Refractive index for a pair of media is
(A) inversely proportional to Sine of the critical angle
(B) directly proportional to Sine of the critical angle
(C) inversely proportional to the square of Sine of the critical angle
(D) all of these

(iii) When the Focal length of a lens is zero, the power will be
(A) zero (B) infinte
(C) 100 (D) 10

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(iv) Convex lens acting like a simple microscope, when object kept
(A) at focus (B) at 2F
(C) in between 2F and F (D) in between F and optical centre

(v) Prism is a
(A) transparent medium (B) refractive medium
(C) both (A) and (B) (D) none of the these

(vi) A +25D and -15D lens is kept in contact with each other the focal length of
the combination will be
(A) zero (B) +10 em
(C) +5 em (D)-5 em

(vii) If f and f2 represent the first and second focal lengths of a single spherical
refracting
(A) f2 = - f (B) f2 = - uf
(C) f, =- ~6 (D) f,f2 = - 1

(viii) The position of the image formed by the lens when the object is in focus is
at
(A)2F (B) F
(C) 3F (D) Infinity

(ix) Condition for minimum deviation is

(A) angle of incidence is equal to angle of emergence
(B) angle of incidence is equal to angle of prism
(C) both (A) and (B)
(D) none of these

(x) Multimode fiber has

(A) larger core than single mode fiber
(B) smaller core than single mode fiber
(C) equal core of single mode fiber
(D) none of these

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(xi) When the focal length is infinite, the power will be

(A) zero (B) infinite
(C) 100 CD) 10

GROUPB
(Short Answer Type Questions)

Answer any three questions. 3x5 = 15

2. With ray diagram define critical angle. Obtain the relationship between RI 5
and the critical angle for a pair of media.

3. Define geometrical and optical path length. Find the geometrical and optical 5
path length when two points are situated in a medium of RI 1.5 and
separated by a distance of 15 em.

4. Write the statement of the Fermat's Principle. Establish the laws of 2+3
refraction from the Principle.

5. A ray of light is incident on a parallel slab of thickness t and refractive index 5

n. If the angle of incidence e is small, than what will be the displacement in
the incident and emergent ray?

6. Two thin lenses of focal lengths f1 and f2 are kept at a distance d. Find the 5
equivalent focal length and the power of the combination.

GROUpe
(Long Answer Type Questions)

Answer any three questions. 3x15=45

7. State Snell's law of refraction. Define absolute and relative RI. Prove the 2+4+9
laws of refraction by Fermat's principle.

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8. Define the terms: Centre of curvature, Radius of curvature, Pole and 6+9
aperture of a spherical surface. Deduce the spherical surface equation
concave towards the rarer medium.

9. Obtain the general equation of a lens. Obtain lens makers' formula. 10+5

10.(a) Prove that in the case of a thin convex lens, J.- =! -! = (f.1-1)(_1 - _1_J. 5
f v u R\ R2
(b) Write short note on lateral magnification of thin lenses in contact. 5
(c) Two thin converging lenses of focal lengths 20 em and 40 em are placed 5
coaxially 20 em apart. An object is located at a distance of 48 em from the
first lens. Find (i) the position of the image (ii) the positions of the principal
points and (iii) the positions of the focal points. Indicate these positions in a
diagram.

1l.(a) Obtain spherical surface equation cancave towards the rarer medium. 7
(b) A small filament is at the center of a hollow glass sphere of inner and outer 5
radii 8 em and 9 ern respectively. The RI of glass is 1.5. Calculate the
position of the image of the filament when viewed from outside the sphere.
(c) Write short note on vergence. 3

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