Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

(1+3+5=9)
For: PU Board 2024
1 Marks.
1. Which type of lens is used to correct myopia (short sightedness)? (2014s, 2015s)
2. How does the power of lens vary with its focal length? (2015, 2016)
3. How the power of lens is related to its focal length? (2017)
4. Two lenses of power +1.50D and -0.5D are kept in contact on their principal axis. What is the
effective power of the combination? (2018)
5. For which position of the object magnification of convex lens is -1. (minus one)? (2019)
6. Why does sky appear blue? (2020)
7. A concave lens of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in a medium of refractive index 1.65.
What is the nature of the lens? (2021m)
8. Define critical angle for total internal reflection. (2021m)
2 Marks.
1. Draw the ray diagram of image formation in case of compound microscope. (2015)
2. Write the two conditions for total internal reflection to take place. (2015s)
3. What is myopia? How to correct it? (2016,2018)
4. Name the type of lens which is used to correct
i) Myopia
ii) Hypermetropia. (2017)
5. Write the ray diagram for formation of image in the simple microscope (2019)
6. Give reason (2022)
a) The sun is visible a little before the actual sunrise and until a little
after the actual sunset.
b) The sky appears blue
3 Marks.
1. Mention three applications of total internal reflection of light. (2014)
2. Write the expression for limit of resolution of a) microscope and b) telescope. Write one
method of increasing the resolving power of microscope. (2014s)
3. What is total internal reflection? Mention two applications of optical fibers. (2016s)
4. Define critical angle. Write two conditions for total internal reflection. (2017s)
5. Derive the expression for effective focal length of two thin lenses kept in contact. (2018s)
6. Derive the relation between focal length and radius of curvature of a concave mirror. (2019s)
7. Arrive at the relation between focal length and radius of curvature of a spherical concave
mirror (2020)

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 Ray Optics and Optical Instruments
(1+3+5=9)
For: PU Board 2024

5 Marks
1. Two lenses of focal lengths 0.20 m and 0.30 m are kept in contact. Find the focal length of
the combination. Calculate powers of two lenses and combination. (2014)
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2. A prism of angle 60 produces angle of minimum deviation of 40 . What is its refractive
index? Calculate the angle of incidence. (2014s)
3. Derive the expression for refractive index of the material of the prism in terms of angle of the
prism and angle of minimum deviation. (2015)
4. Derive Lens maker’s formula (2015s, 2016s,2017,2017s,2019,2022)
5. Derive an expression for equivalent focal length of two thin lenses kept in contact. (2016)
6. Deduce the relation between n, u, v, R for refraction at a spherical surface, where the symbols
have their usual meaning. (2018)
7. The radii of curvature of two surfaces of a convex lens is 0.2 m and 0.22 m. find the focal
length of the lens if refractive index of the material of lens is 1.5. Also find the change in focal
length, if it is immersed in water of refractive index 1.33. (2018s)
8. An object of 3 cm is placed 14 cm in front of a concave lens of focal length 21 cm. Find the
position, nature and size of the image formed. (2019s)
9. At what angle should a ray of light be incident on the face of an equilateral prism, so that it
just suffers total internal reflection at the other face? The refractive index of the material of
the prism is 1.5 (2020)
10. A ray of light passes through an equilateral glass prism such that the refracted ray inside the
prism is parallel to its base. Calculate (2022)
a) angle of deviation of the ray and
b) speed of the light ray inside the prism
Given: the refractive index of the glass = 3/2 and speed of light in vacuum = 3× 108 𝑚𝑠 −1
11. A parallel beam of light is incident on one face of an equilateral prism. By rotating the prism,
the angle of minimum deviation is measured to be 400. Determine the refractive index of the
material of the prism. If the prism is immersed completely in water (refractive index = 1.33),
calculate the new angle of minimum deviation. (2024m)

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