01-Ray Optics MM
01-Ray Optics MM
Reflection of Light 1
O I
When a ray of light after incidenting on a boundary separating two media comes
back into the same media, then this phenomenon, is called reflection of light.
Normal
∠i = ∠r
Reflected ray After reflection, velocity, wave length and
Incident
frequency of light remains same but intensity
ray r
i decreases
Boundary There is a phase change of if reflection takes
place from denser medium
I
O
(Real object)
O I
Plane Mirror.
The image formed by a plane mirror is virtual, erect, laterally inverted, equal in
size that of the object and at a distance equal to the distance of the object in front of
the mirror.
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x x
(1) Deviation : Deviation produced by a plane mirror and by two inclined plane
mirrors.
Final path
2
i r Original
path
Note : If two plane mirrors are inclined to each other at 90 o, the emergent
ray is anti-parallel to incident ray, if it suffers one reflection from each.
Whatever be the angle to incidence.
(2) Rotation : If a plane mirror is rotated in the plane of incidence through angle
, by keeping the incident ray fixed, the reflected ray turned through an angle 2 .
IR
IR RR
RR
(3) Images by two inclined plane mirrors : When two plane mirrors are
inclined to each other at an angle , then number of images (n) formed of an object
which is kept between them.
360 360
(i) n 1 ; If even integer
360
(ii) If odd integer then there are two possibilities
(a) Object is placed symmetrically (b) Object is placed asymmetrically
360 360
n 1 Object n
Object
/2
/2
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360
If θ = 72o, n 1 4 (If nothing is said object is supposed to be
72
symmetrically placed).
(4) Other important informations
(i) When the object moves with speed u towards (or away) from the plane mirror
then image also moves toward (or away) with speed u. But relative speed of image
w.r.t. object is 2u.
(ii) When mirror moves towards the stationary object with speed u, the image will
move with speed 2u.
O I O I
u u Rest 2u
u
Mirror at rest Mirror is
moving
(iii) A man of height h requires a mirror of length at least equal to h/2, to see his
own complete image.
(iv) To see complete wall behind himself a person requires a plane mirror of at
least one third the height of wall. It should be noted that person is standing in the
middle of the room.
H
H E
E M' M'
h E h
h
h 3
2
M' M'
L B
d d
Concepts
The reflection from a denser medium causes an additional phase change of or path change of /2 while
reflection from rarer medium doesn't cause any phase change.
We observe number of images in a thick plane mirror, out of them only second is brightest.
Incident light
(100%)
10%
9%
0.9%
To find the location of an object from an inclined plane mirror, you have to see the perpendicular distance of the
object from the mirror.
I
O I
M M
Correct Wrong
O OM = MI
OM = MI
Exampl
Exampl
es
es
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Example: 1 A plane mirror makes an angle of 30 o with horizontal. If a vertical ray strikes the
mirror, find the angle between mirror and reflected ray
[RPET 1997]
Example: 2 Two vertical plane mirrors are inclined at an angle of 60 o with each other. A ray
of light travelling horizontally is reflected first from one mirror and then from the
other. The resultant deviation is
(a) 60o (b) 120o (c) 180o (d) 240o
Solution : (d) By using (360 2 ) 360 2 60 240o
Example: 3 A person is in a room whose ceiling and two adjacent walls are mirrors. How
many images are formed
[AFMC
2002]
I 1 O
I1 O
I2 I3
Four images by
I2 I3 ceiling
Three images by
walls
Note : The person will see only six images of himself
(I 1, I 2 , I 3 , I 1' , I 2
' '
, I3 )
Example: 4 A ray of light makes an angle of 10 o with the horizontal above it and strikes a
plane mirror which is inclined at an angle to the horizontal. The angle for
which the reflected ray becomes vertical is
(a) 40o (b) 50o (c) 80o (d) 100o
Solution : (a) From figure Vertical RR
10 90
IR
40o
10o Horizontal
line
Plane mirror
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Example: 5 A ray of light incident on the first mirror parallel to the second and is reflected
from the second mirror parallel to first mirror. The angle between two mirrors is
(a) 30o (b) 60o (c) 75o (d) 90o
Solution : (b) From geometry of figure
180o
60o
Example: 6 A point object is placed mid-way between two plane mirrors distance 'a' apart.
The plane mirror forms an infinite number of images due to multiple reflection.
The distance between the nth order image formed in the two mirrors is
(a) na (b) 2na (c) na/2 (d) n2 a
Solution : (b) M' M
III II order I order I order II order III
order image image image image order
image O image
From above figure it can be proved that seperation between nth order image
formed in the two mirrors = 2na
Example: 7 Two plane mirrors P and Q are aligned parallel to each other, as shown in the
figure. A light ray is incident at an angle of at a point just inside one end of A.
The plane of incidence coincides with the plane of the figure. The maximum
number of times the ray undergoes reflections (including the first one) before it
emerges out is
l
(a)
d tan l
d
(b) d
l tan
(c) ld tan
(d) None of these
Solution : (a) Suppose n = Total number of reflection light ray undergoes before exist out.
x = Horizontal distance travelled by light ray in one reflection.
l
x x
So nx = l also tan
d
d
l
n
d tan
Example: 8 A plane mirror and a person are moving towards each other with same velocity
v. Then the velocity of the image is
(a) v (b) 2v (c) 3v (d) 4v
Solution : (c) If mirror would be at rest, then velocity of image should be 2v. but due to the
motion of mirror, velocity of image will be 2v + v = 3v.
Example: 9 A ray reflected successively from two plane mirrors inclined at a certain angle
undergoes a deviation of 300o. The number of images observable are
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13
Solution : (b) By using (360 2 ) 300 360 2
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360
30o . Hence number of images 1 11
30
Tricky example: 1
A small plane mirror placed at the centre of a spherical screen of radius R. A beam of
light is falling on the mirror. If the mirror makes n revolution. per second, the speed of
light on the screen after reflection from the mirror will be
nR nR
(a) 4nR (b) 2nR (c) (d)
2 4
Solution : (a) When plane mirror rotates through an angle , the reflected ray rotates through an
angle 2. So spot on the screen will make 2n revolution per second
Tricky example: 2
A watch shows time as 3 : 25 when seen through a mirror, time appeared will be
[RPMT 1997; JIPMER 2001, 2002]
h
Solution : (b) Form the figure it is clear that tan45o
60
h = 60 m Tower
45o
45o 60
m Image
Curved Mirror.
It is a part of a transparent hollow sphere whose one surface is polished.
C P P C
F F F CF C
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Distance of object u – u – u –
Distance of image v – v + v +
Focal length f – f – f +
Height of object O + O+ O +
Height of image I – I + I +
Radius of curvature R – R – R +
Magnification m – m+ m +
(4) Position, size and nature of image formed by the spherical mirror
Anywhere
Between pole m < 1,
between infinity Virtual erect
P F
and focus diminished
C and pole
Note : In case of convex mirrors, as the object moves away from the
mirror, the image becomes smaller and moves closer to the focus.
Images formed by mirrors do not show chromatic aberration.
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Linear magnification
Areal magnification
Transverse Longitudinal
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Different graphs
1 1
Graph between and
v u
(a) Real image formed by (b) Virtual image formed by (c) Virtual image formed by
concave mirror concave mirror convex mirror
1 1 1
v v v
1
1 1
u
u u
Graph between u and Graph between u and m Graph between u and m
v for real image of for virtual image by for virtual image by
concave mirror concave mirror convex mirror.
Hyperbola
m
2f
m
f 1
f 2f u
1
f u
Concepts
Divergence or Convergence power of a mirror does not change with the change in medium.
If an object is moving at a speed v o towards a spherical mirror along it’s axis then speed of image
2
f
away from mirror is vi .vo (use sign convention)
u f
When object is moved from focus to infinity at constant speed, the image will move
faster in the beginning and slower later on, towards the mirror.
As every part of mirror forms a complete image, if a part of the mirror is obstructed,
full image will be formed but intensity will be reduced.
Exampl
Exampl
es
es
Example: 10 A convex mirror of focal length f forms an image which is 1/n times the object.
The distance of the object from the mirror is
n 1 n 1
(a) (n – 1) f (b) f (c) f (d) (n + 1) f
n n
f
Solution : (a) By using m
f u
1 1 f
Here m , f f So, u (n 1)f
n n f u
Example: 11 An object 5 cm tall is placed 1 m from a concave spherical mirror which has a
radius of curvature of 20 cm. The size of the image is
[MP PET 1993]
R
Here O 5 cm, f 10cm, u 1m 100cm
2
I 10
So, I = – 0.55 cm.
5 10 (100)
Example: 12 An object of length 2.5 cm is placed at a distance of 1.5 f from a concave mirror
where f is the magnitude of the focal length of the mirror. The length of the
object is perpendicular to the principle axis. The length of the image is
(a) 5 cm, erect (b) 10 cm, erect (c) 15 cm, erect (d) 5 cm,
inverted
I f
Solution : (d) By using ; where I = ? , O = + 2.5 cm. f f , u = – 1.5 f
O f u
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I f
2.5
f (1.5 f)
I 5 cm. (Negative sign indicates that image is inverted.)
Example: 13 A convex mirror has a focal length f. A real object is placed at a distance f in
front of it from the pole produces an image at
(a) Infinity (b) f (c) f / 2 (d) 2f
1 1 1 1 1 1 f
Solution : (c) By using v
f v u f v f 2
Example: 14 Two objects A and B when placed one after another infront of a concave mirror of
focal length 10 cm from images of same size. Size of object A is four 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
(a) 10 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 40 cm
I f I O f uB 1 1 10 uB
Solution : (b) By using A B
O f u I B OA f uA 1 4 10 50
uB 20cm.
2 Ai f
Solution : (a) By using m ; where m
Ao f u
10 2
Hence from given values m
10 25
3
and Ao 9cm2
2
2 2
Ai 9 4cm
3
Example: 16 A convex mirror of focal length 10 cm is placed in water. The refractive index of
water is 4/3. What will be the focal length of the mirror in water
(a) 10 cm (b) 40/3 cm (c) 30/4 cm (d) None of
these
Solution : (a) No change in focal length, because f depends only upon radius of curvature R.
Example: 17 A candle flame 3 cm is placed at distance of 3 m from a wall. How far from wall
must a concave mirror be placed in order that it may form an image of flame 9
cm high on the wall
(a) 225 cm (b) 300 cm (c) 450 cm (d) 650 cm
Solution : (c) Let the mirror be placed at a distance x from wall
By using
I v 9 x 3cm
x 4.5m 450cm.
O u 3 x 3
3 (x–
m 3)m
x
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Example: 18 A concave mirror of focal length 100 cm is used to obtain the image of the sun
which subtends an angle of 30'. The diameter of the image of the sun will be
(a) 1.74 cm (b) 0.87 cm (c) 0.435 cm (d) 100 cm
Solution : (b) Diameter of image of sun d f
30 Image
d 100 of sun
30
o
60 180 d 30'
60
d 0.87cm. F
Example: 19 A thin rod of length f / 3 lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f.
One end of its magnified image touches an end of the rod. The length of the
image is [MP PET 1995]
1 1
(a) f (b) f (c) 2 f (d) f
2 4
Solution : (b) If end A of rod acts an object for mirror then it's image will be A' and if
f 5f
u 2f
3 3
1 1 1
1 1 1 5
So by using f v 5f v f
f v u 2f
2
3 f/3 u = 2f –
(f/3)
A
5 f
Length of image f 2f A' C
F
2 2
Example: 20 A concave mirror is placed on a horizontal table with its axis directed vvertically
upwards. Let O be the pole of the mirror and C its centre of curvature. A point
object is placed at C. It has a real image, also located at C. If the mirror is now
filled with water, the image will be [IIT-JEE
1998]
C Object C Object
image
Image
Tricky example: 4 O O
Initiall Finally
An object is placed infront of a yconvex
mirror at a distance of 50 cm. A plane mirror is
introduced covering the lower half of the convex mirror. If the distance between the
object and plane mirror is 30 cm, it is found that there is no parallel between the
images formed by two mirrors. Radius of curvature of mirror will be
50
(a) 12.5 cm (b) 25 cm (c) cm (d) 18cm
3
Solution : (b) Since there is no parallel, it means that both images (By plane
mirror and convex mirror) coinciding each other. Object
A
25
f cm R 2f 25cm.
2
Tricky example: 5
A convergent beam of light is incident on a convex mirror so as to converge to a
distance 12 cm from the pole of the mirror. An inverted image of the same size
is formed coincident with the virtual object. What is the focal length of the mirror
(a) 24 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 3 cm
Solution : (c) Here object and image are at the same position so this position must
be centre of curvature
C
R
R = 12 cm f
2
1. A light bulb is placed between two mirrors (plane) inclined at an angle of 60 o. Number of images
formed are
[NCERT 1980; CPMT 1996, 97; SCRA 1994; AIIMS 1997; RPMT 1999; AIEEE 2002; Orissa JEE 2003; MP PET
2004]
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
2. o
Two plane mirrors are inclined at an angle of 72 . The number of images of a point object placed
between them will be
[KCET (Engg. & Med.)1999; BCECE 2003]
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
3. To get three images of a single object, one should have two plane mirrors at an angle of
[AIEEE 2003]
(a) 30o (b) 60o (c) 90o (d) 120o
4. A man of length h requires a mirror of length at least equal to, to see his own complete image
[MP PET 2003]
h h h
(a) (b) (c) (d) h
4 3 2
5. Two plane mirrors are at 45 o to each other. If an object is placed between them then the number of
images will be [MP PMT 2003]
(a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 8
6. An object is at a distance of 0.5 m in front of a plane mirror. Distance between the object and image
is [CPMT 2002]
(a) 0.5 m (b) 1 m (c) 0.25 m (d) 1.5 m
7. A man runs towards a mirror at a speed 15 m/s. The speed of the image relative to the man is [RPMT
1999; Kerala PET 2002]
(a) 15 ms1 (b) 30 ms1 (c) 35 ms1 (d) 20 ms1
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20. Two plane mirrors A and B are aligned parallel to each other, as shown in the figure. A light ray is
incident at an angle of 30 o at a point just inside one end of A. The plane of incidence coincides with
the plane of the figure. The maximum number of times the ray undergoes reflections (including the
first one) before it emerges out is [IIT-JEE
(Screening) 2002]
2 3m
(a) 28
B
(b) 30 0.2m
30o
(c) 32
(d) 34
A
21. A point source of light B is placed at a distance L in front of the centre of a mirror of width d hung
vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a
distance 2L from it as shown. The greatest distance over which he can see the image of the light
source in the mirror is [IIT-JEE
(Screening) 2000]
d
B
(a) d/2
L A
(b) d 2L
(c) 2d
(d) 3d
22. The figure shows two rays A and B being reflected by a mirror and going as A' and B'. The mirror is
23. An object is initially at a distance of 100 cm from a plane mirror. If the mirror approaches the object
at a speed of 5 cm/s, then after 6 s the distance between the object and its image will be
X X
1 2 3 4
26. A point object O is placed between two plan mirrors as shown is fig. The distance of the first three
images formed by mirror M 2 from it are
M1 M2
(a) 2 mm, 8 mm, 18 mm
O
(b) 2 mm, 18 mm, 28 mm
(c) 2 mm, 18 mm, 22 mm 10m 2m
m m
(d) 2 mm, 18 mm, 58 mm
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27. A plane mirror is placed at the bottom of the tank containing a liquid of refractive index . P is a
small object at a height h above the mirror. An observer O-vertically above P outside the liquid see
P and its image in the mirror. The apparent distance between these two will be
2h O
(a) 2h (b)
P
2h 1 h
(c) (d) h 1
1
28. One side of a glass slab is silvered as shown. A ray of light is incident on the other side at angle of
incidence i 45o . Refractive index of glass is given as 1.5. The deviation of the ray of light from its
initial path when it comes out of the slab is
(a) 90o 45o
29. If an object moves towards a plane mirror with a speed v at an angle to the perpendicular to the
plane of the mirror, find the relative velocity between the object and the image
y
O I
(a) v
(b) 2v vO vI
x
(c) 2v cos
(d) 2v sin
30. Figure shows a cubical room ABCD will the wall CD as a plane mirror. Each side of the room is 3m.
We place a camera at the midpoint of the wall AB. At what distance should the camera be focussed
to photograph an object placed at A
(a) 1.5 m (b) 3 m A B
D C
Basic Level
31. A man having height 6 m, want to see full height in mirror. They observe image of 2m height erect,
then used mirror is [J & K CET 2004]
(a) Concave (b) Convex (c) Plane (d) None of
these
32. An object of length 6cm is placed on the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length f at a
distance of 4 f. The length of the image will be
[MP PET 2003]
(a) 2 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 4 cm (d) 1.2 cm
33. Convergence of concave mirror can be decreased by dipping in
[AFMC 2003]
(a) Water (b) Oil (c) Both (d) None of these
34. In an experiment of find the focal length of a concave mirror a graph is drawn between the
magnitudes of u and v. The graph looks like
[AIIMS 2003]
v v v v
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35. An object 2.5 cm high is placed at a distance of 10 cm from a concave mirror of radius of curvature
30 cm The size of the image is
[BVP 2003]
(a) 9.2 cm (b) 10.5 cm (c) 5.6 cm (d) 7.5 cm
36. A diminished virtual image can be formed only in [MP PMT
2002]
(a) Plane mirror (b) A concave mirror (c) A convex mirror (d) Concave-
parabolic mirror
37. A point object is placed at a distance of 30 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 30cm. The
image will form at [JIPMER 2002]
(a) Infinity (b) Focus (c) Pole (d) 15 cm
behind the mirror
38. The focal length of a convex mirror is 20 cm its radius of curvature will be [MP PMT
2001]
(a) 10 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 40 cm
39. A concave mirror of focal length 15 cm forms an image having twice the linear dimensions of the
object. The position of the object when the image is virtual will be
[AIIMS 2001]
(a) 22.5 cm (b) 7.5 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 45 cm
40. Under which of the following conditions will a convex mirror of focal length f produce an image that
is erect, diminished and virtual
[AMU (Engg.) 2001]
(a) Only when 2f > u > f (b) Only when u = f (c) Only when u < f (d) Always
41. A concave mirror gives an image three times as large as the object placed at a distance of 20 cm
from it. For the image to be real, the focal length should be
[SCRA 1998; JIPMER 2000]
(a) 10 cm (b) 15 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 30 cm
42. A point object is placed at a distance of 10 cm and its real image is formed at a distance of 20cm
from a concave mirror. If the object is moved by 0.1cm towards the mirror, the image will shift by
about [MP PMT
2000]
(a) 0.4 cm away from the mirror (b) 0.4 cm
towards the mirror
(c) 0.8 cm away from the mirror (d) 0.8 cm
towards the mirror
43. The minimum distance between the object and its real image for concave mirror is [RPMT
1999]
(a) f (b) 2f (c) 4f (d) Zero
44. An object is placed at 20 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 10 cm. The image formed by the
mirror is [JIPMER 1999]
(a) Real and at 20 cm from the mirror (b) Virtual and at 20 cm from the mirror
(c) Virtual and at 20/3 cm from the mirror (d) Real and at 20/3 cm from the mirror
45. An object is placed 40 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm. The image formed is
[MP PET 1986; MP PMT/PET 1998]
(a) Real, inverted and same in size (b) Real, inverted
and smaller
(c) Virtual, erect and larger (d) Virtual, erect and smaller
46. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
[SCRA 1998]
List I List II
(Position of the object) (Magnification)
(I) An object is placed at focus before a convex mirror (A) Magnification is –
(II) An object is placed at centre of curvature before a concave mirror (B)
Magnification is 0.5
(III) An object is placed at focus before a concave mirror (C) Magnification is + 1
(IV) An object is placed at centre of curvature before a convex mirror (D)
Magnification is – 1
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x1 x2 x1
(a) x1x2 (b) x1x2 (c) (d)
2 x2
48. Which of the following forms a virtual and erect image for all positions of the object [IIT-JEE
1996]
(a) Convex lens (b) Concave lens (c) Convex mirror (d) Concave
mirror
49. A convex mirror has a focal length f. A real object is placed at a distance f in front of it from the pole
produces an image at
[MP PAT 1996]
(a) Infinity (b) f (c) f / 2 (d) 2f
50. Radius of curvature of concave mirror is 40 cm and the size of image is twice as that of object, then
the object distance is [AFMC 1995]
(a) 60 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 40 cm (d) 30 cm
51. All of the following statements are correct except [Manipal
MEE 1995]
(a) The magnification produced by a convex mirror is always less than one
(b) A virtual, erect, same-sized image can be obtained using a plane mirror
(c) A virtual, erect, magnified image can be formed using a concave mirror
(d) A real, inverted, same-sized image can be formed using a convex mirror
52. Radius of curvature of convex mirror is 40 cm and the size of object is twice as that of image, then
the image distance is [AFMC 1995]
(a) 10 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 40 cm (d) 30 cm
53. If an object is placed 10 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm, the image will be
[MP PMT 1995]
(a) Diminished, upright, virtual (b) Enlarged, upright, virtual (c)
Diminished, inverted, real (d) Enlarged, upright, real
54. An object 1 cm tall is placed 4 cm in front of a mirror. In order to produce an upright image of 3 cm
height one needs a [SCRA 1994]
(a) Convex mirror of radius of curvature 12 cm (b) Concave mirror of radius of curvature
12 cm
(c) Concave mirror of radius of curvature 4 cm (d) Plane mirror of height 12 cm
55. The image formed by a convex mirror of a real object is larger than the object [CPMT
1994]
(a) When u < 2f (b) When u > 2f (c) For all values of u (d) For no
value of u
56. An object 5 cm tall is placed 1 m from a concave spherical mirror which has a radius of curvature of
20 cm. The size of the image is
[MP PET 1993]
(a) 0.11 cm (b) 0.50 cm (c) 0.55 cm (d) 0.60 cm
57. A virtual image three times the size of the object is obtained with a concave mirror of radius of
curvature 36 cm. The distance of the object from the mirror is
[MP PET 1986]
(a) 5 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 20 cm
58. Given a point source of light, which of the following can produce a parallel beam of light
[CPMT 1974]
(a) Convex mirror (b) Concave mirror
(c) Concave lens (d) Two plane mirrors inclined at an angle
of 90o
59. A convex mirror is used to form the image of an object. Then which of the following statements is
wrong [CPMT 1973]
(a) The images lies between the pole and the focus (b) The image is diminished in size
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64. A short linear object of length l lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f at a distance
u form the pole of the mirror. The size of the image is approximately equal to
[IIT 1988; BHU 2003]
1/ 2 2 1/ 2
u f u f f
(a) l (b) l (c) l (d)
f f u f
2
f
l
u f
65. A point object is moving on the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 24 cm towards the
mirror. When it is at a distance of 60 cm from the mirror, its velocity is 9 cm/sec. What is the
velocity of the image at that instant [MP PMT
1997]
(a) 5 cm/sec towards the mirror (b) 4 cm/sec
towards the mirror
(c) 4 cm/sec away from the mirror (d) 9 cm/sec
away from the mirror
66. A convex mirror of focal length 10 cm forms an image which is half of the size of the object. The
distance of the object from the mirror is
[CPMT 1996]
(a) 10 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 5 cm (d) 15 cm
67. A concave mirror is used to focus the image of a flower on a nearby well 120 cm from the flower. If
a lateral magnification of 16 is desired, the distance of the flower from the mirror should be
[MP PET 1986]
(a) 8 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 80 cm (d) 120 cm
68. A thin rod of 5 cm length is kept along the axis of a concave mirror of 10 cm focal length such that
its image is real and magnified and one end touches the rod. Its magnification will be
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
69. A luminous object is placed 20 cm from surface of a convex mirror and a plane mirror is set so that
virtual images formed in two mirrors coincide. If plane mirror is at a distance of 12 cm from object,
then focal length of convex mirror, is
(a) 5 cm (b) 10 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 40 cm
70. A rear mirror of a vehicle is cylindrical having radius of curvature 10 cm. The length of arc of curved
surface is also 10 cm. If the eye of driver is assumed to be at large distance, from the mirror, then
the field of view in radian is
(a) 0.5 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
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71. A vehicle has a driving mirror of focal length 30 cm. Another vehicle of dimension 2 4 1.75m3
is 9 m away from the mirror of first vehicle. Position of the second vehicle as seen in the mirror of
first vehicle is
(a) 30 cm
(b) 60 cm
9
(c) 90 cm m
(d) 9 cm
72. A cube of side 2 m is placed in front of a concave mirror focal length 1m with its face P at a
distance of 3 m and face Q at a distance of 5 m from the mirror. The distance between the images
of face P and Q and height of images of P and Q are
(a) 1 m, 0.5 m, 0.25 m
(b) 0.5 m, 1 m, 0.25 m
Q 2m P
(c) 0.5 m, 0.25 m, 1m 2
(d) 0.25 m, 1m, 0.5 m m 3m
73. A concave mirror of radius of curvature 60 cm is placed at the bottom of tank containing water upto
a height of 20 cm. The mirror faces upwards with its axis vertical. Solar light falls normally on the
4
surface of water and the image of the sun is formed. If a w then with the observer in air, the
3
distance of the image from the surface of water is
(a) 30 cm (b) 10 cm (c) 7.5 cm above (d) 7.5 cm
below
74. A concave mirror forms an image of the sun at a distance of 12 cm from it
(a) The radius of curvature of this mirror is 6 cm
(b) To use it as a shaving mirror, it must be held at a distance of 8-10 cm from the face
(c) If an object is kept at a distance of 12 cm from it, the image formed will be of the same size as
the object
(d) All the above a alternatives are correct
75. A small piece of wire bent into an L shape with upright and horizontal portions of equal lengths, is
placed with the horizontal portion along the axis of the concave mirror whose radius of curvature is
10 cm. If the bend is 20 cm from the pole of the mirror, then the ratio of the lengths of the images
of the upright and horizontal portions of the wire is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 1 (c) 1 : 3 (d) 2 : 1
76. As the position of an object (u) reflected from a concave mirror is varied, the position of the image
(v) also varies. By letting the u changes from 0 to the graph between v versus u will be
77.
(a) v b v c v d v
(b) (c)
u (d) u u u
78. A concave mirror has a focal length 20 cm. The distance between the two positions of the object for
which the image size is double of the object size is
(a) 20 cm (b) 40 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 60 cm
79. A concave mirror of focal length 10 cm and a convex mirror of focal length 15 cm are placed facing
each other 40 cm apart. A point object is placed between the mirrors, on their common axis and 15
cm from the concave mirror. Find the position and nature of the image produced by the successive
reflections, first at concave mirror and then at convex mirror
(a) 2 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 8 cm
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Answer Sheet
Assignments
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
c c c c c b b b b c b b a b c b d d c b
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
d a b b c c b a c d b a d c d c d d b d
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
b a d c a a b b, c d d a b b d c b b d b
c
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78
a c b d c a a a a b a d c b b a a c
F F
The bending of the ray of light passing from one medium to the other medium is
called refraction.
Incident ray Denser medium
i Rarer medium
i
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medium ray
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Snell’s law
The ratio of sine of the angle of incidence to the angle of refraction (r) is a
constant called refractive index
sini
i.e. (a constant). For two media, Snell's law can be written as
sinr
2 sini
1 2
1 sinr
1 sini 2 sinr i.e. sin constant
Also in vector form : ˆ ˆ μ(r
in ˆ n
ˆ)
Refractive Index.
Refractive index of a medium is that characteristic which decides speed of light in it. It is a
scalar, unit less and dimensionless quantity
.(1) Types : It is of following two types
B C
Note : Cauchy’s equation : A 1
2
4
...... ( Red violetso
Red violet) 1
If a light ray travels from medium (1) to medium (2), then v
2 1 v1
v
12
1 2 v2
(2) Dependence of Refractive index
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i
2
r
3
2
1
1
12 12 2 3 3 1 1
2 1
Normal shift
1
Normal shift OO' x 1 t
O O Glas
x ' s
slab
Or the object appears to be shifted towards the slab by the distance x
t
(2) Optical path :
It is defined as distance travelled by light in vacuum in the same time in which it travels a
given path length in a medium.
Time taken by light ray to pass through the medium
Light x
; where x = geometrical path and x = optical
c
x path
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1 2
Light
For two medium in contact optical path = 1x1 2 x2
x1 x2
Note : Since for all media 1, so optical path length (x) is always
greater than the geometrical path length (x).
(1) When object is in denser medium and (1) Object is in rarer medium and observer is in
observer is in rarer medium denser medium. O d
h
O h
h
h O
d
O
Realdepth h h'
(2) ' (2)
Apparentdepth h h
Real depth >Apparent depth that's why a coin Real depth < Apparent depth that's why high
at the bottom of bucket (full of water) flying aeroplane appears to be higher than it's
appears to be raised) actual height.
4 h h
(4) For water d (4) Shift for water dw
3 4 3
3 h h
For glass d Shift for glass dg
2 3 2
2 d2
d1 d2 d3
Apparent depth of bottom .... 3 d3
1 2 3
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dAC d d2 .....
1
combination = dApp. d1 d2 (In case of two liquids if d1 d2 than
....
1 2
21 2
)
1 2
Total Internal Reflection.
When a ray of light goes from denser to rarer medium it bends away from the
normal and as the angle of incidence in denser medium increases, the angle of
refraction in rarer medium also increases and at a certain angle, angle of refraction
becomes 90o, this angle of incidence is called critical angle (C).
When Angle of incidence exceeds the critical angle than light ray comes back in to the
same medium after reflection from interface. This phenomenon is called Total internal
reflection (TIR).
Rarer r
90o
Dense i
r i=C
>C TIR
1
Important formula μ cosecC ; where
Rerer Denser
sinC
Note : When a light ray travels from denser to rarer medium, then
deviation of the ray is 2 max. when min. C
i.e. max ( 2C); C critical angle
(a) R V C R C V
1 v
(b) Sin C R D D (for two media) (c) For TIR from boundary of two
R D D R vR
1 R
media i sin
D
(ii) Nature of the pair of media : Greater the refractive index lesser will be the
critical angle.
(a) For (glass- air) pair C glass 42o (b) For (water-air) pair
o
C water 49
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(iii) Temperature : With temperature rise refractive index of the material decreases
therefore critical angle increases.
(2) Examples of total internal reflection (TIR)
(i) Dense Rarer
r i> Sky I
C
O i>C
Rarer O
I Desne
r
Earth Earth
(iv) Field of vision of fish (or swimmer) : A fish (diver) inside the water can
see the whole world through a cone with.
(a) Apex angle 2C 98o r
h
(b) Radius of base r h tanC 2
C >C
1 h
CC
h2
(c) Area of base A
( 2 1)
4 3h 9h2
Note : For water
3
so r
7
and A
7
.
(v) Porro prism : A right angled isosceles prism, which is used in periscopes or
binoculars. It is used to deviate light rays through 90o and 180o and also to erect the
image.
B A
45o B
90o A
90o
45o 45o 45o
45o 45o
90o 45o 45o 45o
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Exampl
Exampl
es
es
Example: 1 A beam of monochromatic blue light of wavelength 4200 Å in air travels in water
( 4 / 3) . Its wavelength in water will be
[MNR 1991]
1
Solution: (c)
1
1 2 2 2 3150Å
2 1 4 4200
3
Example: 2 On a glass plate a light wave is incident at an angle of 60 o. If the reflected and
the refracted waves are mutually perpendicular, the refractive index of material
is [MP PMT 1994; Haryana CEE 1996]
3 3 1
(a) (b) 3 (c) (d)
2 2 3
Solution: (b) From figure r 30o
60 60
o ° °
sini sin60
3 90
sinr sin30o r °
Example: 3 Velocity of light in glass whose refractive index with respect to air is 1.5 is 2 ×
108 m/ s and in certain liquid the velocity of light found to be 2.50 108 m/ s .
The refractive index of the liquid with respect to air is
[CPMT 1978;
MP PET/PMT 1988]
1 li vg 2 108
Solution: (c) l l 1.2
v g vl 1.5 2.5 108
Example: 4 A ray of light passes through four transparent media with refractive indices
1. 2 , 3 , and 4 as shown in the figure. The surfaces of all media are parallel.
If the emergent ray CD is parallel to the incident ray AB, we must have
[IIT-JEE (Screening) 2001]
(a) 1 2
D
(b) 2 3
1 2 3 4
B C
(c) 3 4
A
(d) 4 1
Solution: (d) For successive refraction through difference media sin constant.
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sini
Solution: (b) For glass water interface g ......(i) and For water-air interface
sinr
sinr
a .....(ii)
sin90
1
g a sini g
sini
Example: 6 The ratio of thickness of plates of two transparent mediums A and B is 6 : 4. If
light takes equal time in passing through them, then refractive index of B with
respect to A will be [UPSEAT 1999]
( ) 2
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Example: 9 A rectangular slab of refractive index is placed over another slab of refractive
index 3, both slabs being identical in dimensions. If a coin is placed below the
lower slab, for what value of will the coin appear to be placed at the interface
between the slabs when viewed from the top
(a) 1.8 (b) 2 (c) 1.5 (d) 2.5
x x
Solution: (c) Apparent depth of coin as seen from top x
1 2 2 = x
1 1 1 1 1 = x
1 1 1.5
1 2 3 3
1 1 2
From
sinC sin60 3
x
Hence time taken by light traverse some distance in medium t
C
2
1 103
3
t 3.85 sec.
3 108
Example: 14 A glass prism of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in water ( 4 / 3) . A light
beam incident normally on the face AB is totally reflected to reach the face BC if
[CPMT 1981; IIT-JEE 1981]
(a) sin 8 / 9 B A
(b) 2 / 3 sin 8 / 9
(c) sin 2 / 3
C
(d) cos 8 / 9
Solution: (a) From figure it is clear that
Total internal reflection takes place at AC, only if > C
B A
1
sin sinC sin
g
1 8
sin sin C
9/8 9
Example: 15 When light is incident on a medium at angle i and refracted into a second
medium at an angle r, the graph of sin i vs sin r is as shown in the graph. From
this, one can conclude that
(a) Velocity of light in the second medium is 1.73 times
the velocity of light in the I medium
(b) Velocity of light in the I medium is 1.73 times the sin
velocity in the II medium r
(c) The critical angle for the two media is given by sin 30o
1
ic sin
3 i
1
(d) sin ic
2
sinr 1 2 v1
Solution: (b, c) From graph tan30o 1 2 3 1.73
sini 1 2 1 v2
v1 1.75 v2
1 1 1 1
Also from sinC sinC .
sinC Rarer Denser 12 3
Example: 16 A beam of light consisting of red, green and blue colours is incident on a right
angled prism. The refractive indices of the material of the prism for the above
red, green and blue wavelength are 1.39, 1.44 and 1.47
respectively. The prism will
[IIT-JEE 1989]
(a) Separate part of red colour from the green and the
blue colours 45
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(b) Separate part of the blue colour from the red and green colours
(c) Separate all the colours from one another
(d) Not separate even partially any colour from the other two colours
Solution: (a) At face AB, i = 0 so r = 0, i.e., no refraction will take place. So light will be
incident on face AC at an angle of incidence of 45 o. The face AC will not transmit
the light for which i C , i.e., sini sin C
A
or sin45o 1 / i.e., 2 ( 1.41)
x
When viewed from side (1) : 1.5 x 9cm Air
6 Side x
bubbl
Side
e
4 4
Tricky example: 1
One face of a rectangular glass plate 6 cm thick is silvered. An object held 8 cm in front
of the first face, forms an image 12 cm behind the silvered face. The refractive index of
the glass is [CPMT 1999]
x + 8 = 12 + 6 – x x = 5 cm
8 12
cm cm
t 6
Also 1.2
t
12 +(6–
x)
x 5
A ray of light is incident on a glass sphere of refractive index 3/2. What should be the angle of
incidence so that the ray which enters the sphere doesn't come out of the sphere
1 2 1 2 1 1
(a) tan (b) sin (c) 90o (d) cos
3 3 3
Solution : (c) Ray doesn't come out from the sphere means TIR takes place.
Hence from figure ABO OAB C
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1 1 2
sinC
3
sinC
sini 3 3 3 2
Applying Snell's Law at A sini sinC 1
sinC 2 2 2 3
i 90o
Tricky example: 3
The image of point P when viewed from top of the slabs will be
(a) 2.0 cm above P (b) 1.5 cm above P (c) 2.0 cm below P (d) 1 cm above P
Solution: (d) The two slabs will shift the image a distance
1 1 1.5
d 2 1 t 2 1 1.5 1cm cm
1.5 1.5
cm
1.5
cm
Therefore, final image will be 1 cm above point P. 2.0
P cm
1 2 1 2
O P I O P I
1 Refractive index of the medium from which light rays are coming (from
object).
2 Refractive index of the medium in which light rays are entering.
u = Distance of object, v = Distance of image, R = Radius of curvature
2 1 2 1
Refraction formula : (use sign convention while solving the
R v u
problem)
4
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where 1 , 2 1, u 6 cm, v = ?
3
On putting values v 5.2 cm
Lens.
Lens is a transparent medium bounded by two refracting surfaces, such that at
least one surface is spherical.
Convex lens (Converges the light Concave lens (Diverges the light
rays) rays)
Double convex Plano convex Concavo Double concave Plane concave Convexo
convex concave
Thick at middle Thin at middle
It forms real and virtual images both It forms only virtual images
C2 C1 C1 C2 C1, C2 – Centre of
O O curvature,
Principle R1, R2 – Radii of
axis
– R2 +R1 – R1 +R2
(i) Optical centre (O) : A point for a given lens through which light ray passes
undeviated (Light ray passes undeviated through optical centre).
(ii) Principle focus
First principle focus Second principle focus
F1 F1 F2 F2
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If medium on two sides of lens are not same then the ratio of two focal
f1 1
lengths
f2 2
1 2
(iii) Focal length (f) : Distance of second principle focus from optical centre is
called focal length
fconvex positive, fconcave negative, fplane
(iv) Aperture : Effective diameter of light transmitting area is called aperture.
2
of image (Aperture)
Intensity
(v) Power of lens (P) : Means the ability of a lens to converge the light rays.
Unit of power is Diopter (D).
1 100
P ; Pconvex positive,Pconcave negative,Pplane zero.
f(m) f(cm)
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Note : Minimum distance between an object and it’s real image formed by a
convex lens is 4f. Maximum image distance for concave lens is it’s focal
length.
1 1 1
( 1)
f R1 R2
Equiconvex lens Plano convex lens Equi concave lens Plano concave
lens
R1 R and R2 R R1 , R2 R R1 R , R2 R R1 , R2 R
R R R R
f f f f
2( 1) ( 1) 2( 1) 2( 1)
fl (a μg 1)
(Lens is supposed to be made of glass).
fa (l μg 1)
Note : Focal length of a glass lens ( 1.5) is f in air then inside the
water it’s focal length is 4f.
In liquids focal length of lens increases () and it’s power decreases ().
(6) Opposite behaviour of a lens
L > M L < M L = M
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(ii) Magnification : The ratio of the size of the image to the size of object is called
magnification.
I v f f v
(a) Transverse magnification : m (use sign convention while
O u fu f
solving the problem)
I v2 v1
(b) Longitudinal magnification : m . For very small object
O u2 u1
2 2 2
dv v f f v
m
du u f u f
2
Ai f
(c) Areal magnification : ms m2 , (Ai = Area of image, Ao = Area of
Ao f u
object)
(8) Relation between object and image speed
If an object move with constant speed (Vo ) towards a convex lens from infinity to
focus, the image will move slower in the beginning and then faster. Also
2
f
Vi . Vo
f u
(9) Focal length of convex lens by displacement method
(i) For two different positions of lens two images (I 1 and I 2 ) of an object is formed
at the same location.
(ii) Focal length of the lens x
2 2 Object
D x x
f
4D m1 m2 O
I2
I1 I D > 4f I1
where m1 and m2 2
O O Screen
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(ii) A symmetric lens is cut along principle axis in two equal parts. Intensity of
image formed by each part will be less compared as that of complete lens.(aperture of
1
each part is times that of complete lens)
2
f, P
(11) Combination of lens
2f 2f f, P
(i) For a system of lenses,
f, P the netP/2power,
P/2 net focal length and magnification given
as follows :
1 1 1 1
P P1 P2 P3 .........., ........... ,
F f1 f2 f3
m m1 m2 m3 ............
(ii) In case when two thin lens are in contact : Combination will behave as a lens,
which have more power or lesser focal length.
1 1 1 f1 f2
F and P P1 P2
F f1 f2 f1 f2
(iii) If two lens of equal focal length but of opposite nature are in contact then
n
combination will behave as a plane glass plate and Fcombinatio
(iv) When two lenses are placed co-axially at a distance d from each other then
equivalent focal length (F).
f1 f2
1 1 1 d
and P P1 P2 dP1P2
F f1 f2 f1 f2
d
and
and
F = f/2
F=
f
f F =f F=f
+ +
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R f R R R R
fm , l so F 2 fm , fl so F
2 ( 1) ( 1) 2( 1)
(ii) Double convex lens is silvered
R R
Since fl , fm
2( 1) 2 +
R
So F
2(2 1) fl fm
F
White
Real Violet V R so fR fV
light FV FR Mathematically chromatic aberration =
fR fV ωfy
Marginal
rays
Paraxial ray F F F F
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the light is cut off). Also by using plano-convex lens, using two lenses separated by
distance d = F – F ', using crossed lens.
Note : Marginal rays : The rays farthest from the principal axis.
Paraxial rays : The rays close to the principal axis.
Spherical aberration can be reduced by either stopping paraxial rays or
marginal rays, which can be done by using a circular annular mask over
the lens.
Parabolic mirrors are free from spherical aberration.
(iii) Coma : When the point object is placed away from the principle axis and the
image is received on a screen perpendicular to the axis, the shape of the image is like
a comet. This defect is called Coma.
It refers to spreading of a point object in a plane to principle axis.
Image of P
P
Axis
P
(vi) Astigmatism : The spreading of image (of a point object placed away from the
principal axis) along the principal axis is called Astigmatism.
Concepts
If a sphere of radius R made of material of refractive index 2 is placed in a medium of refractive index 1 ,
1
2
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Then if the object is placed at a distance R from the pole, the real image formed is equidistant
2 1
from the sphere.
The lens doublets used in telescope are achromatic for blue and red colours, while these used in camera are
achromatic for violet and green colours. The reason for this is that our eye is most sensitive between blue
and red colours, while the photographic plates are most sensitive between violet and green colours.
Position of optical centre
Equiconvex and equiconcave Exactly at centre of lens
Convexo-concave and concavo-convex Outside the glass position
Plano convex and plano concave On the pole of curved surface
Composite lens : If a lens is made of several materials then
Number of images formed = Number of materials used
Here no. of images = 5
Exampl
Exampl
es
es
Example: 18 A thin lens focal length f1 and its aperture has diameter d. It forms an image of
intensity I. Now the central part of the aperture upto diameter d/2 is blocked by
an opaque paper. The focal length and image intensity will change to
[CPMT 1989; MP PET 1997; KCET 1998]
f I I 3f I
(a) and (b) f and (c) and (d) f and
2 2 4 4 2
3I
4
d 1
Solution: (d) Centre part of the aperture up to diameter is blocked i.e. th area is
2 4
d 2 3
blocked A . Hence remaining area A A . Also, we know that
4 4
I A 3 3
intensity Area I I .
I A 4 4
Focal length doesn't depend upon aperture.
Example: 19 The power of a thin convex lens (a g 1.5) is + 5.0 D. When it is placed in a
liquid of refractive index a l , then it behaves as a concave lens of local length
100 cm. The refractive index of the liquid a l will be
(a) 5 / 3 (b) 4 / 3 (c) 3 (d) 5 / 4
fl ag 1 g 1.5 1 1
Solution: (a) By using ; where l g and fa m 20cm
fa l g 1 l l P 5
100 1.5 1
20 1.5 l 5 / 3
1
l
Example: 20 A double convex lens made of a material of refractive index 1.5 and having a
focal length of 10 cm is immersed in liquid of refractive index 3.0. The lens will
behave as [NCERT 1973]
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(a) Diverging lens of focal length 10 cm (b) Diverging lens of focal length 10
/ 3 cm
(c) Converging lens of focal length 10 / 3 cm(d) Converging lens of focal length
30 cm
fl 1.5 1
fl ag 1
Solution: (a) By using 10 1.5 fl 10cm (i.e. diverging lens)
fa l g 1 1
3
Example: 21 Figure given below shows a beam of light converging at point P. When a concave
lens of focal length 16 cm is introduced in the path of the beam at a place O
shown by dotted line, the beam converges at a distance x from the lens. The
value x will be equal to
(a) 12 cm
(b) 24 cm
P
(c) 36 cm
O 12 cm
(d) 48 cm
Solution: (d) From the figure shown it is clear that
For lens : u = 12 cm and v = x = ?
P' P
1 1 1 1 1 1
By using x = 48 cm.
f v u 16 x 12 x
12c
Example: 22 A convex lens of focal length 40 cm is an contact with a concave lensm of focal
length 25 cm. The power of combination is
[IIT-JEE 1982; AFMC 1997; CBSE PMT 2000]
Example: 23 A combination of two thin lenses with focal lengths f1 and f2 respectively
forms an image of distant object at distance 60 cm when lenses are in contact.
The position of this image shifts by 30 cm towards the combination when two
lenses are separated by 10 cm. The corresponding values of f1 and f2 are
[AIIMS 1995]
1 1 1 1 1 1 f1 f2
Hence by using
F f1 f2 f1 f2 60 f1 f2
......(i)
1 1 1 d
Finally by using where F 30cm and d = 10 cm
F f1 f2 f1 f2
1 1 1 10
......(ii)
30 f1 f2 f1 f2
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2 1 2 1
Solution: (a) By using
v u R
Where 1 1, 2 1.5, u = – OP, v = OQ
P O Q
1.5 1 1.5 1 1.5 1 0.5
Hence
OQ OP R OP OP R
OP = 5 R
Example: 26 The distance between an object and the screen is 100 cm. A lens produces an
image on the screen when placed at either of the positions 40 cm apart. The
power of the lens is [SCRA 1994]
1 1 1 3
Solution: (d) Here 1.6 1 .......(i)
f1 20 100
+ +
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1.5 1 .......(ii)
f2 20 20 20
1 1 1 3
1.6 1 .......(iii)
f3 20 100
1 1 1 1 1 3 1 3
By using
F f1 f2 f3 F 100 20 100
F 100cm
Example: 28 A concave lens of focal length 20 cm placed in contact with a plane mirror acts
as a RA 1998]
(a) Convex mirror of focal length 10 cm (b) Concave mirror of focal length
40 cm
(c) Concave mirror of focal length 60 cm (d) Concave mirror of focal length
10 cm
1 2 1
Solution: (a) By using
F fl fm
+
f 20
Since fm F l 10cm
2 2 F Fe Fm
(After silvering concave lens behave as convex mirror)
Example: 29 A candle placed 25 cm from a lens, forms an image on a screen placed 75 cm on
the other end of the lens. The focal length and type of the lens should be
[KCET (Med.) 2000]
(a) + 18.75 cm and convex lens (b) – 18.75 cm and concave lens
(c) + 20.25 cm and convex lens (d) – 20.25 cm and concave lens
Solution: (a) In concave lens, image is always formed on the same side of the object. Hence
the given lens is a convex lens for which u = – 25 cm, v = 75 cm.
1 1 1 1 1 1
By using f = + 18.75 cm.
f v u f 75 25
Example: 30 A convex lens forms a real image of an object for its two different positions on a
screen. If height of the image in both the cases be 8 cm and 2 cm, then height of
the object is [KCET (Engg./Med.) 2000, 2001]
(a) 16 cm (b) 8 cm (c) 4 cm (d) 2 cm
Solution: (c) By using O I1I 2 O 8 2 4 cm
Example: 31 A convex lens produces a real image m times the size of the object. What will be
the distance of the object from the lens
[JIPMER 2002]
m 1 m 1 m 1
(a) f (b) (m 1)f (c) f (d)
m m f
f
m
f 1 fu u
Solution: (a) By using m here 1
fu f u m f f
m 1
u . f
m
Example: 32 An air bubble in a glass sphere having 4 cm diameter appears 1 cm from surface
nearest to eye when looked along diameter. If a g 1.5 , the distance of bubble
from refracting surface is [CPMT 2002]
2 1 2 1 2=
1=1.5 1
v u R
where u = ? , v = – 1 cm, 1 1.5 , 2 1 , R = – 2 cm. C
u
Example: 33 The sun's diameter is 1.4 109 m and its distance from the earth is 1011m. The
diameter of its image, formed by a convex lens of focal length 2m will be
[MP PET 2000]
Example: 34 Two point light sources are 24 cm apart. Where should a convex lens of focal
length 9 cm be put in between them from one source so that the images of both
the sources are formed at the same place
(a) 6 cm (b) 9 cm (c) 12 cm (d) 15 cm
Solution: (a) The given condition will be satisfied only if one source (S1) placed on one side
such that u < f (i.e. it lies under the focus). The other source (S2) is placed on
the other side of the lens such that u > f (i.e. it lies beyond the focus).
1 1 1 1 1 1
If S1 is the object for lens then ........(i)
f y x y x f
1 1 1 1 1 1
If S 2 is the object for lens then ........(ii)
f y (24 x) y f (24 x)
I1 S1 S2
I2
From equation (i) and (ii)
x (24 –
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 24 cm 4)
x 2 24x 108 0y
x f f (24 x) x (24 x) f 9
On solving the equation x 18 cm, 6 cm
Example: 35 There is an equiconvex glass lens with radius of each face as R and ag 3/ 2
and a w 4 / 3 . If there is water in object space and air in image space, then the
focal length is
(a) 2R (b) R (c) 3 R/2 (d) R 2
Solution: (c) Consider the refraction of the first surface i.e. refraction from rarer medium to
denser medium
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3 4 4 3
2 1 1 2
2 3 3 2
R u v1 v1 9R
R v1
I I1
Now consider the refraction at the second surface of the
lens i.e. refraction from denser medium to rarer medium Water Air
3 3
1
2 2 1 v 3 R
2
R 9R v2 2
3
The image will be formed at a distance do R . This is equal to the focal length
2
of the lens.
Tricky example: 4
A luminous object is placed at a distance of 30 cm from the convex lens of focal length
20 cm. On the other side of the lens. At what distance from the lens a convex mirror of
radius of curvature 10 cm be placed in order to have an upright image of the object
coincident with it
[CBSE PMT 1998; JIPMER 2001, 2002]
Tricky example: 5
A convex lens of local length 30 cm and a concave lens of 10 cm focal length are
placed so as to have the same axis. If a parallel beam of light falling on convex lens
leaves concave lens as a parallel beam, then the distance between two lenses will be
(a) 40 cm (b) 30 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 10 cm
Solution : (c) According to figure the combination behaves as plane glass plate (i.e., F= )
1 1 1 d
Hence by using
F f1 f2 f1 f2
1 1 1 d
d = 20 cm
30 10 30 10
d
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Prism
Prism is a transparent medium bounded by refracting surfaces, such that the incident
surface (on which light ray is incidenting) and emergent surface (from which light rays
emerges) are plane and non parallel.
C B
ma It is observed if
x
e
i=
r2 i e and
90o r1 = C i e
r1 r2 r r r
then :
In this condition of maximum deviation
i 90o , r1 C, r2 A C and (i) Refracted ray inside the prism is parallel to
from Snell’s law on emergent surface the base of the prism
sin(A C) A A m
e sin1 (ii) r and i
sinC 2 2 m
A m i
sini sin
(iii) or 2
sinA / 2
sinA / 2
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i = 0o e = 0o
r1 = and r2 =
r2 e i r1 or
0o 0o
sini
In any of the above case use and i A
sinA
(4) Grazing emergence and TIR through a prism
When a light ray falls on one surface of prism, it is not necessary that it will exit out from the prism. It may or may not be exit out as shown below
Screen
Incident R
white light Y
V
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It depends only upon the material of the prism i.e. and it doesn't depends
upon angle of prism A
Note : Remember Flint Crown.
R R
V A A
V
Crown Crown
A' ( y 1) A' ( V R )
(i) (i)
A ( 'y 1) A ( 'V 'R )
'
(ii) net 1 ( ' ') (ii) net 1
'
Scattering of Light
Molecules of a medium after absorbing incoming light radiations, emits them in
all direction. This phenomenon is called Scattering.
1
(1) According to scientist Rayleigh : Intensity of scattered light 4
(2) Some phenomenon based on scattering : (i) Sky looks blue due to
scattering.
(ii) At the time of sunrise or sunset it looks reddish. (iii) Danger signals are made
from red.
(3) Elastic scattering : When the wavelength of radiation remains unchanged,
the scattering is called elastic.
(4) Inelastic scattering (Raman’s effect) : Under specific condition, light can
also suffer inelastic scattering from molecules in which it’s wavelength changes.
Rainbow
Rainbow is formed due to the dispersion of light suffering refraction and TIR in the droplets
42o40
o
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(2) Secondary rainbow : (i) Two refraction and two TIR. (ii) Innermost arc is red
and outermost is violet.
(iii) It subtends an angle of 52.5o at the eye. (iv) Comparatively less bright.
Colours
Colour is defined as the sensation received by the eye (cone cells of the eye) due to light
coming from object.
(1) Types of colours
Spectral colours Colours of pigment and dyes
Green (P) Yellow (P)
Note : A hot object will emit light of that colour only which it has
observed when it was heated.
Spectrum.
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When a ray of white light passes through a glass prism red light is deviated less than blue light.
For a hollow prism A 0 but 0
If an opaque coloured object or crystal is crushed to fine powder it will appear white (in sun light) as it
will lose it's property of selective reflection.
Our eye is most sensitive to that part at the spectrum which lies between the F line (sky green) one
the C-line (red) of hydrogen equal to the refractive index for the D line (yellow) of sodium. Hence for
F C
the dispersive power, the following formula is internationally accepted
D 1
Sometimes a part of prism is given and we keep on thinking whether how should we proceed ? To
solve such problems first complete the prism then solve as the problemsAof prism are solved
50o
Some other types of prism
60o 70o 60o 70o
B C
Example: 36 When light rays are incident on a prism at an angle of 45 o, the minimum
deviation is obtained. If refractive index of the material of prism is 2 , then the
angle of prism will be [MP PMT 1986]
(a) 30 o
(b) 40 o
(c) 50o (d) 60o
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sini sin45 1
2 A
Solution: (d) A A A 2 1 30o A 60o
sin sin sin 2
2 2 2 2 2
Example: 37 Angle of minimum deviation for a prism of refractive index 1.5 is equal to the
angle of prism. The angle of prism is (cos41o 0.75)
[MP PET/PMT 1988]
(a) 62o (b) 41o (c) 82o (d) 31o
A m A A
sin sin sinA A
2 2 2 cos
Solution: (c) Given m A , then by using A 2
A A sin
sin sin 2
2 2
A A
sinA 2 sin cos
2 2
A A A
1.5 2 cos 0.75 cos 41o A 82o .
2 2 2
Example: 38 Angle of glass prism is 60 o and refractive index of the material of the prism is
1.414,then what will be the angle of incidence, so that ray should pass
symmetrically through prism
(a) 38o 61' (b) 35o 35' (c) 45o (d) 53o 8'
Solution: (c) incident ray and emergent ray are symmetrical in the cure, when prism is in
minimum deviation position.
sini
A
Hence in this condition A sini sin
sin 2
2
1
sini 1.414 sin30o i 45o
2
Example: 39 A prism ( 1.5) has the refracting angle of 30o. The deviation of a
monochromatic ray incident normally on its one surface will be
o
(sin48 36' 0.75) [MP PMT/PET 1988]
(a) 18o 36' (b) 20o 30' (c) 18o (d) 22o 1'
sini sini
Solution: (a) By using 1.5 sini 0.75 i 48o 36'
sinA sin30
Also from i A 48o 36'30o 18o 36'
Example: 40 Angle of a prism is 30o and its refractive index is 2 and one of the surface is
silvered. At what angle of incidence, a ray should be incident on one surface so
that after reflection from the silvered surface, it retraces its path
[MP PMT 1991; UPSEAT 2001]
(a) 30 o
(b) 60 o
(c) 45o (d)
1
sin 1.5
Solution: (c) This is the case when light ray is falling normally an second surface.
sini sini 1
Hence by using 2 o
sini 2 i 45o
sinA sin30 2
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Example: 41 The refracting angle of prism is A and refractive index of material of prism is
A
cot . The angle of minimum deviation is
2
[CPMT 1992]
Example: 43 PQR is a right angled prism with other angles as 60 o and 30o. Refractive index of
prism is 1.5. PQ has a thin layer of liquid. Light falls normally on the face PR. For
total internal reflection, maximum refractive index of liquid is
(a) 1.4
P Q
(b) 1.3 60 30
° °
(c) 1.2
(d) 1.6
R
Solution: (c) For TIR at PQ C
From geometry of figure 60 i.e. 60 C sin60 sinC
3 Liquid 3
Liquid Pr ism Liquid 3 1.5 Liquid 1.3 .
2 Pr ism 2 2
Example: 44 Two identical prisms 1 and 2, each will angles of 30 o, 60o and 90o are placed in
contact as shown in figure. A ray of light passed through the combination in the
position of minimum deviation and suffers a deviation of 30 o. If the prism 2 is
removed, then the angle of deviation of the same ray is [PMT (Andhra) 1995]
1 1 1 1 1 1
(a) sin (b) tan (c) sin (d)
1
cos1
Solution: (d) If maximum value of vase angle for which light is totally reflected from
hypotenuse.
(90-)
(90 ) C minimum value of angle of incidence an hypotenuse for TIR
(90-)
1 1
sin(90 ) sinC cos1 90°
Example: 47 If the refractive indices of crown glass for red, yellow and violet colours are
1.5140, 1.5170 and 1.5318 respectively and for flint glass these are 1.6434,
1.6499 and 1.6852 respectively, then the dispersive powers for crown and flint
glass are respectively [MP PET/PMT 1988]
(a) 0.034 and 0.064 (b) 0.064 and 0.034 (c) 1.00 and 0.064 (d) 0.034
and 1.0
v r 1.5318 1.5140 ' r'
Solution: (a) Crown 0.034 and Flint v'
y 1 (1.5170 1) y 1
1.6852 1.6434
0.064
1.6499 1
Example: 48 Flint glass prism is joined by a crown glass prism to produce dispersion without
deviation. The refractive indices of these for mean rays are 1.602 and 1.500
respectively. Angle of prism of flint prism is 10 o, then the angle of prism for
crown prism will be [DPMT 2001]
(a) 12o 2.4' (b) 12o 4' (c) 1.24o (d) 12o
AC ( F 1) A (1.602 1)
Solution: (a) For dispersion without deviation
AF ( C 1) 10 (1.500 1)
Tricky example: 6
An achromatic prism is made by crown glass prism (AC 19o ) and flint glass
prism (AF 6o ) . If C v 1.5 and F v 1.66, then resultant deviation for red
coloured ray will be
(a) 1.04o (b) 5o (c) 0.96o (d) 13.5o
Solution : (d) For achromatic combination wC wF [( v r )A]C [( v r )A]F
[ r A]C [ r A]F [ v A]C [ v A]F 1.5 19 6 1.66 38.5
Resultant deviation [( r 1)A]C [( r 1)A]F
[ r A]C [ r A]F (AC AF ) 38.5 (19 6) 13.5o
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Tricky example: 7
The light is incident at an angle of 60 o on a prism of which the refracting angle of
prism is 30o. The refractive index of material of prism will be
(a) 2 (b) 2 3 (c) 2 (d) 3
Solution : (d) By using i e A 60 e 30 30 e 0 .
Hence ray will emerge out normally so by using the formula
sini sin60
3
sinA sin30
60°
Human Eye.
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(iii) Far point comes closer. (iii) Near point moves away
(iv) Reasons : (iv) Reasons :
(a) Focal length or radii of curvature of lens (a) Focal length or radii of curvature of lens
reduced or power of lens increases. increases or power of lens decreases.
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(b) Distance between eye lens and retina (b) Distance between eye lens and retina
increases. decreases.
(v) Removal : By using a concave lens of (v) Removal : By using a convex lens.
suitable focal length.
(vi) Focal length : (vi) Focal length :
(a) A person can see upto distance x (a) A person cannot see before distance d
wants to see , so wants to see the object place at distance D
focal length of used lens f x = – (defected far dD
point) so f
d D
(b) A person can see upto distance x
wants to see distance y (y > x)
xy
so f
x y
Presbyopia : In this defect both near and far objects are not clearly visible. It is
an old age disease and it is due to the loosing power of accommodation. It can be
removed by using bifocal lens.
Concave
Convex
Astigmatism : In this defect eye cannot see horizontal and vertical lines clearly,
simultaneously. It is due to imperfect spherical nature of eye lens. This defect can be
removed by using cylindrical lens (Torric lenses).
Microscope.
It is an optical instrument used to see very small objects. It’s magnifying power is
given by
Visualanglewithinstrument ( )
m
Visualanglewhenobjectis placedatleastdistance of distinctvision( )
D D
mD 1 and m
f max f min
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Da
If lens is kept at a distance a from the eye then mD 1 and
f
Da
m
f
v0 D f0 D (v f ) D
m . 0 0 .
u0 Fe (u0 f0 ) fe f0 Fe
u0 f0
When final images is formed at ; L v0 fe fe
u0 f0
m mobjective meyelens
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Telescope.
By telescope distant objects are seen.
(1) Astronomical telescope
(i) Used to see heavenly bodies.
(ii) fobjective feyelensand dobjective deyelens.
(iii) Intermediate image is real, inverted and small.
(iv) Final image is virtual, inverted and small.
f0 f fo
(v) Magnification : mD 1 e and m
fe D fe
fe D
(vi) Length : L D f0 ue f0 and L f0 fe
fe D
(2) Terrestrial telescope
(i) Used to see far off object on the earth. ue = D to
P
A
(ii) It consists of three converging lens : A''
objective, eye lens and erecting lens. B Q B'
O B''
(iii) It’s final image is virtual erect and A' Erecting
lens
smaller. fo 2f 2f uo
f0 f
(iv) Magnification : mD 1 e and
fe D
f0
m
fe
fe D
(v) Length : L D f0 4 f ue f0 4 f and L f0 4 f fe
fe D
(3) Galilean telescope
(i) It is also a terrestrial telescope but of much smaller field of view.
(ii) Objective is a converging lens while eye lens is diverging lens.
f0 f f
(iii) Magnification : mD 1 e and m 0
fe D fe
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Smallest angular separations (d) between two distant objects, whose images are
1.22
separated in the telescope is called resolving limit. So resolving limit d
a
1 a 1
and resolving power (RP) R.P. where a = aperture of
d 1.22
objective.
Note :Minimum separation (d) between objects, so they can just resolved by a
r
telescope is – d where r = distance of objects from telescope.
R.P .
(5) Binocular
If two telescopes are mounted parallel to each other so that an object can be seen by
both the eyes simultaneously, the arrangement is called
fo
'binocular'. In a binocular, the length of each tube is reduced by
using a set of totally reflecting prisms which provided intense,
erect image free from lateral inversion. Through a binocular we
get two images of the same object from different angles at same
time. Their superposition gives the perception of depth also along fe
with length and breadth, i.e., binocular vision gives proper three-
dimensional (3D) image.
Concepts
As magnifying power is negative, the image seen in astronomical telescope is truly inverted, i.e., left is
turned right with upside down simultaneously. However, as most of the astronomical objects are
symmetrical this inversion does not affect the observations.
Objective and eye lens of a telescope are interchanged, it will not behave as a microscope but object
appears very small.
In a telescope, if field and eye lenses are interchanged magnification will change from (f o / fe) to (fe /
fo), i.e., it will change from m to (1/m), i.e., will become (1/m 2) times of its initial value.
As magnification for normal setting as (fo / fe), so to have large magnification, fo must be as large as
practically possible and fe small. This is why in a telescope, objective is of large focal length while eye
piece of small.
In a telescope, aperture of the field lens is made as large as practically possible to increase its
resolving power as resolving power of a telescope (D/)*. Large aperture of objective also helps in
improving the brightness of image by gathering more light from distant object. However, it increases
aberrations particularly spherical.
For a telescope with increase in length of the tube, magnification decreases.
In case of a telescope if object and final image are at infinity then :
f D
m o
fe d
If we are given four convex lenses having focal lengths f1 f2 f3 f4 . For making a good telescope
and microscope. We choose the following lenses respectively. Telescope f1 (o), f4 (e)
Microscope f4 (o), f3 (e)
If a parrot is sitting on the objective of a large telescope and we look towards (or take a photograph)of
distant astronomical object (say moon) through it, the parrot will not be seen but the intensity of the
image will be slightly reduced as the parrot will act as obstruction to light and will reduce the aperture
of the objective.
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Exampl
Exampl
es
es
Example: 1 A man can see the objects upto a distance of one metre from his eyes. For
correcting his eye sight so that he can see an object at infinity, he requires a
lens whose power is
or
A man can see upto 100 cm of the distant object. The power of the lens required
to see far objects will be
[MP PMT 1993, 2003]
(a) +0.5 D (b) +1.0 D (c) +2.0 D (d) –1.0 D
Solution: (d) f = –(defected far point) = – 100 cm. So power of the lens
100 100
P 1D
f 100
Example: 2 A man can see clearly up to 3 metres. Prescribe a lens for his spectacles so that he
can see clearly up to 12 metres
[DPMT 2002]
(a) – 3/4 D (b) 3 D (c) – 1/4 D (d) – 4 D
xy 3 12 1 1
Solution: (c) By using f f 4m. Hence power P D
x y 3 12 f 4
Example: 3 The diameter of the eye-ball of a normal eye is about 2.5 cm. The power of the
eye lens varies from
(a) 2 D to 10 D (b) 40 D to 32 D (c) 9 D to 8 D (d) 44 D to
40 D
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1 1 1
Solution: (d) An eye sees distant objects with full relaxation so 2
or
2.5 10 f
1 1
P 40D
f 25 10 2
1 1 1
An eye sees an object at 25 cm with strain so 2
2
or
2.5 10 25 10 f
1
P 40 4 44D
f
Example: 4 The resolution limit of eye is 1 minute. At a distance of r from the eye, two
persons stand with a lateral separation of 3 metre. For the two persons to be just
resolved by the naked eye, r should be
(a) 10 km (b) 15 km (c) 20 km (d) 30 km
o d=
d 1 1
Solution: (a) From figure ; where 1' rad 3m
r 60 60 180
1 3
1 r = 10 km
60 180 r r
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vo vo fo
By using L vo fe 15 vo 3 vo 12cm. Also
uo fo
12 12 2
uo 2.4 cm.
uo 2
Example: 8 The focal lengths of the objective and eye-lens of a microscope are 1 cm and 5
cm respectively. If the magnifying power for the relaxed eye is 45, then the
length of the tube is [CPMT 1979]
(a) 30 cm (b) 25 cm (c) 15 cm (d) 12 cm
Solution: (c) Given that fo 1 cm, fe 5 cm, m 45
(L fo fe ) (L 1 5) 25
By using m 45 L 15cm
fo fe 1 5
Example: 9 If the focal lengths of objective and eye lens of a microscope are 1.2 cm and 3
cm respectively and the object is put 1.25 cm away from the objective lens and
the final image is formed at infinity, then magnifying power of the microscope is
[CBSE PMT
1999]
(a) 150 (b) 200 (c) 250 (d) 400
Solution: (b) Given that fo 1.2 cm, fe 3 cm, uo 1.25cm
fo D 1.2 25
By using m m 200.
(uo fo ) fe (1.25 1.2) 3
Example: 10 The magnifying power of an astronomical telescope is 8 and the distance
between the two lenses is 54cm. The focal length of eye lens and objective lens
will be respectively [MP PMT 1991; CPMT 1991; Pb. PMT 2001]
(a) 6 cm and 48 cm (b) 48 cm and 6 cm (c) 8 cm and 64 cm (d) 64 cm
and 8 cm
Solution: (a) Given that m 8 and L 54
fo
By using | m | and L fo fe we get fo 6 cm and fe 48cm.
fe
Example: 11 If an object subtend angle of 2° at eye when seen through telescope having
objective and eyepiece of focal length fo 60cm and fe 5 cm respectively
than angle subtend by image at eye piece will be [UPSEAT
2001]
(a) 16° (b) 50° (c) 24° (d) 10°
f
Solution: (c) By using o 60 24
fe 20 5
Example: 12 The focal lengths of the lenses of an astronomical telescope are 50 cm and 5 cm.
The length of the telescope when the image is formed at the least distance of
distinct vision is [EAMCET (Engg.) 2000]
275 325
(a) 45 cm (b) 55 cm (c) cm (d) cm
6 6
feD 5 25 325
Solution: (d) By using LD fo ue fo 50 cm
fe D (5 25) 6
Example: 13 The diameter of moon is 3.5 103 km and its distance from the earth is
3.8 105 km. If it is seen through a telescope whose focal length for objective
and eye lens are 4 m and 10 cm respectively, then the angle subtended by the
moon on the eye will be approximately [NCERT 1982;
CPMT 1991]
(a) 15° (b) 20° (c) 30° (d) 35°
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Solution: (b) The angle subtended by the moon on the objective of telescope
3
3.5 10 3.5
5
10 2 rad
3.8 10 3.8
fo 400 3.5 103 180
Also m 40 40 20
fe 10 5
3.8 10
Example: 14 A telescope has an objective lens of 10 cm diameter and is situated at a
distance one kilometre from two objects. The minimum distance between these
two objects, which can be resolved by the telescope, when the mean wavelength
of light is 5000 Å, is of the order of [CBSE
PMT 2004]
(a) 0.5 m (b) 5 m (c) 5 mm (d) 5cm
Solution: (b) Suppose minimum distance between objects is x and their distance from
telescope is r
1.22 x
So Resolving limit d
a r
1.22 r 1.22 (5000 1010) (1 103)
x 6.1 10 3m 6.1mm
a (0 1)
Hence, It’s order is 5 mm.
Example: 15 A compound microscope has a magnifying power 30. The focal length of its eye-
piece is 5 cm. Assuming the final image to be at the least distance of distinct
vision. The magnification produced by the objective will be
(a) +5 (b) – 5 (c) +6 (d) – 6
Solution (b) Magnification produced by compound microscope m mo me
D 25
where mo = ? and me 1 1 6 30 mo 6 mo 5 .
fe 5
Tricky Example 1 : A man is looking at a small object placed at his least distance of distinct vision.
Without changing his position and that of the object he puts a simple microscope of magnifying
power 10 X and just sees the clear image again. The angular magnification obtained is
(a) 2.5 (b) 10.0 (c) 5.0 (d) 1.0
tan I /D I
Solution : (d) Angular magnification
tan O/D O
I v
Since image and object are at the same position, 1 Angular magnification =
O u
1
Tricky Example 2: A compound microscope is used to enlarge an object kept at a distance 0.03 m
from it’s objective which consists of several convex lenses in contact and has focal length 0.02 m. If a
lens of focal length 0.1m is removed from the objective, then by what distance the eye-
piece of the microscope must be moved to refocus the image
(a) 2.5 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 15 cm (d) 9 cm
Solution : (d) If initially the objective (focal length Fo) forms the image at distance vo then
uo fo 3 2
vo 6 cm
uo fo 3 2
1 1 1 1 1 1
Now as in case of lenses in contact .....
Fo f1 f2 f3 f1 Fo
1 1 1
where .....
Fo f2 f3
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So if one of the lens is removed, the focal length of the remaining lens system
1 1 1 1 1
Fo 2.5 cm
Fo F0 f1 2 10
This lens will form the image of same object at a distance vo such that
uo Fo 3 2.5
vo 15cm
uo Fo (3 2.5)
So to refocus the image, eye-piece must be moved by the same distance through
which the image formed by the objective has shifted i.e. 15 – 6 = 9 cm.
Assignment
Human eye
80. Near and far points of human eye are [EAMCET (Med.) 1995; MP PET 2001; Bihar CECE 2004]
(a) 25 cm and infinite (b) 50 cm and 100 cm (c) 25 cm and 50 cm (d) 0 cm and
25 cm
81. A defective eye cannot see close objects clearly because their image is formed [MP PET 2003]
(a) On the eye lens (b) Between eye lens and retina
(c) On the retina (d) Beyond retina
82. Retina of eye acts like ….. of camera [AFMC 2003]
(a) Shutter (b) Film (c) Lens (d) None of
these
83. A person who can see things most clearly at a distance of 10 cm. Requires spectacles to enable him
to see clearly things at a distance of 30 cm. What should be the focal length of the spectacles [BHU
2003]
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89. The resolving limit of healthy eye is about [MP PET 1999; RPMT 1999; AIIMS 2001]
1
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 1° (d)
60
90. A person uses spectacles of power + 2D. He is suffering from [MP PET 2000]
(a) Short sightedness or myopia (b) Long
sightedness or hypermetropia
(c) Presbyopia (d) Astigmatism
91. The hyper metropia is a [CBSE PMT 2000]
(a) Short-side defect (b) Long-side defect
(c) Bad vision due to old age (d) None of these
92. A man cannot see clearly the objects beyond a distance of 20 cm from his eyes. To see distant
objects clearly he must use which kind of lenses and of what focal length [MP PMT 2000]
(a) 100 cm convex (b) 100 cm concave (c) 20 cm convex (d) 20 cm
concave
93. An eye specialist prescribes spectacles having a combination of convex lens of focal length 40 cm
in contact with a concave lens of focal length 25 cm. The power of this lens combination in diopters
is [IIT 1997 Cancelled; DPMT 2000]
(a) + 1.5 (b) –1.5 (c) +6.67 (d) –6.67
94. Two parallel pillars are 11 km away from an observer. The minimum distance between the pillars so
that they can be seen separately will be [RPET 1997; RPMT 2000]
(a) 3.2 m (b) 20.8 m (c) 91.5 m (d) 183 m
95. A person cannot see objects clearly beyond 2.0 m. The power of lens required to correct his vision
will be
[MP PMT/PET 1998; JIPMER 2000; KCET (Engg./Med.) 2000]
(a) + 2.0 D (b) – 1.0 D (c) + 1.0 D (d) – 0.5 D
96. When objects at different distances are seen by the eye, which of the following remains constant
[MP PMT 1999]
(a) The focal length of the eye lens (b) The object
distance from the eye lens
(c) The radii of curvature of the eye lens (d) The image distance from the eye lens
97. A person wears glasses of power –2.0 D. The defect of the eye and the far point of the person
without the glasses will be
[MP PMT 1999]
(a) Nearsighted, 50 cm (b) Farsighted, 50 cm (c) Nearsighted, 250 cm (d)
Astigmatism, 50 cm
98. A person is suffering from the defect astigmatism. Its main reason is [MP PMT 1997]
(a) Distance of the eye lens from retina is increased (b) Distance of the eye lens from retina is
decreased
(c) The cornea is not spherical (d) Power of
accommodation of the eye is decreased
99. Myopia is due to [AFMC 1996]
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(a) + 60D (b) – 60D (c) – 1.66D (d) D
1.66
104. A person’s near point is 50 cm and his far point is 3 m. Power of the lenses he requires for
(i) Reading and (ii) For seeing distant stars are [MP PMT 1994]
(a) – 2D and 0.33D (b) 2D and – 0.33D (c) – 2D and 3D (d) 2D and –
3D
105. The focal length of a simple convex lens used as a magnifier is 10 cm. For the image to be
formed at a distance of distinct vision (D = 25 cm), the object must be placed away from the
lens at a distance of [CPMT 1991]
(a) 5 cm (b) 7.14 cm (c) 7.20 cm (d) 16.16 cm
106. A person is suffering from myopic defect. He is able to see clear objects placed at 15 cm. What type
and of what focal length of lens he should use to see clearly the object placed 60 cm away [MP PMT
1991]
(a) Concave lens of 20 cm focal length (b) Convex lens of 20 cm focal length
(c) Concave lens of 12 cm focal length (d) Convex lens of 12 cm focal length
107. A person can see a thing clearly when it is at a distance of 1 metre only. If he wishes to see a
distance star, he needs a lens of focal length [MP PET 1990]
(a) +100 cm (b) – 100 cm (c) +50 cm (d) –50 cm
108. A man suffering from myopia can read a book placed at 10 cm distance. For reading the book at a
distance of 60 cm with relaxed vision, focal length of the lens required will be [MP PMT 1989]
(a) 45 cm (b) – 20 cm (c) –12 cm (d) 30 cm
109. A person can see clearly objects at 100 cm distance. If he wants to see objects at 40 cm distance,
then the power of the lens he shall require is [MP PET 1989]
(a) +1.5 D (b) – 1.5 D (c) +3.0 D (d) –3.0 D
110. If the distance of the far point for a myopia patient is doubled, the focal length of the lens required to
cure it will become [MP PET 1989]
(a) Half (b) Double
(c) The same but a convex lens (d) The same
but a concave lens
111. Image is formed for the short sighted person at [AFMC 1988]
(a) Retina (b) Before retina (c) Behind the retina (d) Image is
not formed at all
112. A man who cannot see clearly beyond 5 m wants to see stars clearly. He should use a lens of focal
length
[MP PET/PMT 1988]
(a) – 100 metre (b) + 5 metre (c) – 5 metre (d) Very large
113. Far point of myopic eye is 250 cm, then the focal length of the lens to be used will be [CPMT 1986;
DPMT 2002]
(a) + 250 cm (b) – 250 cm (c) + 250/9 cm (d) – 250/9
cm
114. One can take pictures of objects which are completely invisible to the eye using camera film which
are invisible to [MNR 1985]
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(a) Ultra-violet rays (b) Sodium light (c) Visible light (d) Infra-red
rays
115. In human eye the focussing is done by [CPMT 1983]
(a) To and fro movement of eye lens (b) To and fro movement of the retina
(c) Change in the convexity of the lens surface (d) Change in the refractive index of the
eye fluids
116. The minimum light intensity that can be perceived by the eye is about 1010 watt/ metre
2
. The
number of photons of wavelength 5.6 107 metre that must enter per second the pupil of area
104 metre
2
for vision, is approximately equal to (h 6.6 1034 joule sec) [NCERT 1982]
(a) 3 102 photons (b) 3 106 photons (c) 3 104 photons (d) 3 105
photons
117. A far sighted man who has lost his spectacles, reads a book by looking through a small hole (3-4
mm) in a sheet of paper. The reason will be [CPMT 1977]
(a) Because the hole produces an image of the letters at a longer distance
(b) Because in doing so, the focal length of the eye lens is effectively increased
(c) Because in doing so, the focal length of the eye lens is effectively decreased
(d) None of these
118. The maximum focal length of the eye-lens of a person is greater than its distance from the retina.
The eye is
(a) Always strained in looking at an object (b) Strained for objects at large distances
only
(c) Strained for objects at short distances only (d) Unstrained for all distances
119. The focal length of a normal eye-lens is about
(a) 1 mm (b) 2 cm (c) 25 cm (d) 1
120. The distance of the eye-lens from the retina is x. For normal eye, the maximum focal length of the
eye-lens is
(a) = x (b) < x (c) > x (d) = 2x
121. A man wearing glasses of focal length +1m can clearly see beyond 1m
(a) If he is farsighted (b) If he is nearsighted (c) If his vision is normal (d) In each of
these cases
122. The near point of a person is 50 cm and the far point is 1.5 m. The spectacles required for reading
purpose and for seeing distance are respectively
2 2 2
(a) 2D, D (b) D 2D (c) 2D, D (d)
3 3 3
2
D 2D
3
123. A man, wearing glasses of power +2D can read clearly a book placed at a distance of 40 cm from
the eye. The power of the lens required so that he can read at 25 cm from the eye is
(a) +4.5 D (b) +4.0 D (c) +3.5 D (d) +3.0 D
124. A person can see clearly between 1 m and 2m. His corrective lenses should be
(a) Bifocals with power –0.5D and additional +3.5D (b) Bifocals with power –1.0D and
additional +3.0 D
(c) Concave with power 1.0 D (d) Convex with
power 0.5 D
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125. While reading the book a man keeps the page at a distance of 2.5 cm from his eye. He wants to
read the book by holding the page at 25 cm. What is the nature of spectacles one should advice
him to use to completely cure his eye sight
(a) Convex lens of focal length 25 cm (b) Concave lens of focal length 25 cm
(c) Convex lens of focal length 2.5 cm (d) Concave lens of focal length 2.5 cm
126. The blades of a rotating fan can not be distinguished from each other due to
(a) Parallex (b) Power of accommodation (c) Persistence of vision (d) Binocular
vision
127. Aperture of the human eye is 2 mm. Assuming the mean wavelength of light to be 5000 Å, the
angular resolution limit of the eye is nearly
(a) 2 minutes (b) 1 minute (c) 0.5 minute (d) 1.5
minutes
128. If there had been one eye of the man, then
(a) Image of the object would have been inverted (b) Visible region would have decreased
(c) Image would have not been seen three dimensional (d) (b) and (c) both
129. A man can see the object between 15cm and 30cm. He uses the lens to see the far objects. Then
due to the lens used, the near point will be at
10 100
(a) cm (b) 30 cm (c) 15 cm (d) cm
3 3
130. A presbyopic patient has near point as 30 cm and far point as 40 cm. The dioptric power for the
corrective lens for seeing distant objects is
(a) 40 D (b) 4 D (c) 2.5 D (d) 0.25 D
131. A man swimming under clear water is unable to see clearly because
(a) The size of the aperture decreases (b) The size of the aperture increases
(c) The focal length of eye lens increases (d) The focal length of eye lens decreases
132. The distance between retina and eye-lens in a normal eye is 2.0 cm. The accommodated power of
eye lens range from
(a) 45 D to 50 D (b) 50 D to 54 D (c) 10 D to 16 D (d) 5 D to 8 D
133. If the eye is taken as a spherical ball of radius 1 cm, the range of accommodated focal length of
eye-lens is
(a) 1.85 cm to 2.0 cm (b) 1.0 cm to 2.8 cm (c) 1.56 cm to 2.5 cm (d) 1.6 cm to
2.0 cm
134. A person cannot read printed matter within 100 cm from his eye. The power of the correcting lens
required to read at 20 cm from his eye if the distance between the eye lens and the correcting lens
is 2 cm is
(a) 4.8 D (b) 1.25 D (c) 4.25 D (d) 4.55 D
135. A student having –1.5 D spectacles uses a lens of focal length 5 cm as a simple microscope to read
minute scale divisions in the laboratory. The least distance of distinct vision without glasses is 20
cm for the student. The maximum magnifying power he gets with spectacles on is
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) 4
Microscope
136. In a compound microscope the object of fo and eyepiece of fe are placed at distance L such that L
equals [Kerala PMT 2004]
(a) fo fe (b) fo fe
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(a) (b) (c) (d)
f 25 25 D1
138. In a simple microscope, if the final image is located at 25 cm from the eye placed close to the lens,
then the magnifying power is
[BVP 2003]
25 25 f f
(a) (b) 1 (c) (d) 1
f f 25 25
139. The maximum magnification that can be obtained with a convex lens of focal length 2.5 cm is
(the least distance of distinct vision is 25 cm) [MP PET 2003]
(a) 10 (b) 0.1 (c) 62.5 (d) 11
140. In a compound microscope, the intermediate image is [IIT-JEE (Screening) 2000; AIEEE 2003]
(a) Virtual, erect and magnified (b) Real, erect
and magnified
(c) Real, inverted and magnified (d) Virtual, erect
and reduced
141. A compound microscope has two lenses. The magnifying power of one is 5 and the combined
magnifying power is 100. The magnifying power of the other lens is [Kerala PMT 2002]
(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 50 (d) 25
142. Wavelength of light used in an optical instrument are 1 4000Å and 2 5000Å , then ratio
of their respective resolving power (corresponding to 1 and 2 ) is [AIEEE 2002]
149. If the red light is replaced by blue light illuminating the object in a microscope the resolving power
of the microscope
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(a) Decreases (b) Increases (c) Gets halved (d) Remains
unchanged
150. In case of a simple microscope, the object is placed at [UPSEAT 2000]
(a) Focus f of the convex lens (b) A position between f and 2f (c) Beyond 2f
(d) Between the lens and f
151. In a compound microscope cross-wires are fixed at the point [EAMCET (Engg.) 2000]
(a) Where the image is formed by the objective (b) Where the image is formed by the
eye-piece
(c) Where the focal point of the objective lies (d) Where the focal point of the eye-piece
lies
152. The length of the tube of a microscope is 10 cm. The focal lengths of the objective and eye lenses
are 0.5 cm and 1.0 cm. The magnifying power of the microscope is about [MP PMT 2000]
(a) A concave lens of small focal length and small aperture (b) Convex lens
of small focal length and large aperture
(c) Convex lens of large focal length and large aperture (d) Convex lens of small focal length and
small aperture
155. For relaxed eye, the magnifying power of a microscope is [CBSE PMT 1998]
vo D vo fe uo D
(a) (b) (c) (d)
uo fe uo D vo fe
uo D
vo fe
(a) Equal to the focal length of its eye piece (b) Less than the focal length of eye
piece
(c) Greater than the focal length of eye piece (d) Any of the above three
158. To produce magnified erect image of a far object, we will be required along with a convex lens, is
[MNR 1983; MP PAT 1996]
(a) Another convex lens (b) Concave lens (c) A plane mirror (d) A concave
mirror
159. An object placed 10 cm in front of a lens has an image 20 cm behind the lens. What is the power of
the lens (in dioptres)
[MP PMT 1995]
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(a) The focal length and aperture of the eye lens (b) The focal lengths of the objective and
the eye lens
(c) The apertures of the objective and the eye lens (d) The wavelength of light illuminating
the object
161. If the focal length of the objective lens is increased then [MP PMT 1994]
(a) Magnifying power of microscope will increase but that of telescope will decrease
(b) Magnifying power of microscope and telescope both will increase
(c) Magnifying power of microscope and telescope both will decrease
(d) Magnifying power of microscope will decrease but that of telescope will increase
162. If in compound microscope m1 and m2 be the linear magnification of the objective lens and eye
lens respectively, then magnifying power of the compound microscope will be [CPMT 1985; KCET
1994]
163. The magnifying power of a microscope with an objective of 5 mm focal length is 400. The length of
its tube is 20 cm. Then the focal length of the eye-piece is [MP PMT 1991]
(a) Io is virtual but Ie is real (b) Io is real but Ie is virtual (c) Io and Ie are both real (d) Io and Ie
are both virtual
165. In an electron microscope if the potential is increased from 20 kV to 80 kV, the resolving power of
the microscope will change from R to [CPMT 1988, 89]
(a) Decreases (b) Increases (c) Does not change (d) May
decrease or increase
167. An electron microscope is superior to an optical microscope in [CPMT 1984]
(a) Large (b) Smaller (c) Equal to that of objective (d) Less
than that of objective
169. An electron microscope gives better resolution than optical microscope because [CPMT 1982]
171. The focal length of the objective of a compound microscope is f0 and its distance from the
eyepiece is L. The object is placed at a distance u from the objective. For proper working of the
instrument
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objective, a 5 diopter lens as the eyepiece and the separation 30 cm between the two lenses. The
least distance for clear vision is 25 cm
(a) 8.4 (b) 7.4 (c) 9.4 (d) 10.4
173. The focal length of the objective and the eye-piece of a microscope are 2 cm and 5 cm respectively
and the distance between them is 30 cm. If the image seen by the eye is 25 cm from the eye-piece,
the distance of the object from the objective is
(a) 0.8 cm (b) 2.3 cm (c) 0.4 cm (d) 1.2 cm
174. The focal length of objective and eye-piece of a microscope are 1 cm and 5 cm respectively. If the
magnifying power for relaxed eye is 45, then length of the tube is
(a) 6 cm (b) 9 cm (c) 12 cm (d) 15 cm
175. A microscope has an objective of focal length 1.5 cm and an eye-piece of focal length 2.5 cm. If the
distance between objective and eye-piece is 25 cm. What is the approximate value of magnification
produced for relaxed eye is
(a) 75 (b) 110 (c) 140 (d) 25
176. The magnifying power of a microscope is generally marked as 10X, 100 X, etc. These markings are
for a normal relaxed eye. A microscope marked 10X is used by an old man having his near point at
40 cm. The magnifying power of the microscope for the old man with his eyes completely relaxed is
(a) 10 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) 16
177. If the focal length of objective and eye lens are 1.2 cm and 3 cm respectively and the object is put
1.25 cm away from the objective lens and the final image is formed at infinity. The magnifying
power of the microscope is
(a) 150 (b) 200 (c) 250 (d) 400
178. A compound microscope is adjusted for viewing the distant image of an object, the distance of the
object from the object glass is now slightly increased, what re-adjustment of the instrument would
be necessary for obtaining a distant image again
(a) Objective should be moved away from the eye-piece (b) Eye-piece should be moved towards
the objective
(c) Both should be moved towards each other (d) Both should be moved away from
each other
179. When the object is self-luminous, the resolving power of a microscope is given by the expression
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182. The focal length of the objective and eyepiece of an astronomical telescope for normal adjustments
are 50 cm and 5 cm. The length of the telescope should be [MP PMT 2004]
(a) 50 cm (b) 55 cm (c) 60 cm (d) 45 cm
183. The resolving power of an astronomical telescope is 0.2 seconds. If the central half portion of the
objective lens is covered, the resolving power will be [MP PMT 2004]
(a) 0.1 sec (b) 0.2 sec (c) 1.0 sec (d) 0.6 sec
184. If Fo and Fe are the focal length of the objective and eye-piece respectively of a telescope, then
its magnifying power will be
[CPMT 1977, 82, 97, 99, 2003; SCRA 1994; KCET (Engg./Med.) 1999; Pb. PMT 2000; BHU 2001; BCECE
2003, 2004]
fo
(a) fo fe (b) (c) fo fe (d) fo fe
fe
186. A telescope of diameter 2m uses light of wavelength 5000 Å for viewing stars. The minimum
angular separation between two stars whose image is just resolved by this telescope is [MP PET
2003]
(a) 4 104 rad (b) 0.25 106 rad (c) 0.31 106 rad (d)
5.0 103 rad
187. The aperture of the objective lens of a telescope is made large so as to [AIEEE 2003; KCET 2003]
(a) Increase the magnifying power of the telescope (b) Increase the resolving power of the
telescope
(c) Make image aberration less (d) Focus on
distant objects
188. The distance of the moon from earth is 3.8 105 km. The eye is most sensitive to light of
wavelength 5500 Å. The separation of two points on the moon that can be resolved by a 500 cm
telescope will be [AMU (Med.) 2002]
(a) 51 m (b) 60 m (c) 70 m (d) All of the
above
189. To increase both the resolving power and magnifying power of a telescope [Kerala PET 2002; KCET
(Engg.) 2002]
(a) Both the focal length and aperture of the objective has to be increased
(b) The focal length of the objective has to be increased
(c) The aperture of the objective has to be increased
(d) The wavelength of light has to be decreased
190. The focal lengths of the objective and eye lenses of a telescope are respectively 200cm and 5cm.
The maximum magnifying power of the telescope will be [MP PMT/PET 1998; JIPMER 2001, 2002]
(a) – 40 (b) – 48 (c) – 60 (d) – 100
191. A telescope has an objective of focal length 50 cm and an eye piece of focal length 5 cm. The least
distance of distinct vision is 25 cm. The telescope is focussed for distinct vision on a scale 200 cm
away. The separation between the objective and the eye-piece is
[Kerala PET 2002]
(a) 75 cm (b) 60 cm (c) 71 cm (d) 74 cm
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192. In a laboratory four convex lenses L1, L2, L3 and L4 of focal lengths 2, 4, 6 and 8cm
respectively are available. Two of these lenses form a telescope of length 10 cm and magnifying
power 4. The objective and eye lenses are [MP PMT 2001]
193. Four lenses of focal length + 15 cm, + 20 cm, + 150 cm and + 250 cm are available for making
an astronomical telescope. To produce the largest magnification, the focal length of the
eye-piece should be [CPMT 2001; AIIMS 2001]
(a) 7.32 106 radian (b) 1.36 106 radian (c) 7.32 105 radian (d)
(a) The total focal length of an astronomical telescope is the sum of the focal lengths of its two
lenses
(b) The image formed by the astronomical telescope is always erect because the effect of the
combination of the two lenses its divergent
(c) The magnification of an astronomical telescope can be increased by decreasing the focal length
of the eye-piece
(d) The magnifying power of the refracting type of astronomical telescope is the ratio of the focal
length of the objective to that of the eye-piece
214. The length of a telescope is 36 cm. The focal length of its lenses can be [Bihar MEE 1995]
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226. The focal length of an objective of a telescope is 3 metre and diameter 15 cm. Assuming for a
normal eye, the diameter of the pupil is 3 mm for its complete use, the focal length of eye piece
must be [MP PET 1989]
(a) 6 cm (b) 6.3 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 60 cm
227. An opera glass (Gallilean telescope) measures 9 cm from the objective to the eyepiece. The focal
length of the objective is 15 cm. Its magnifying power is [DPMT 1988]
(a) 2.5 (b) 2/5 (c) 5/3 (d) 0.4
228. The focal length of objective and eye lens of a astronomical telescope are respectively 2 m and 5
cm. Final image is formed at (i) least distance of distinct vision (ii) infinity. The magnifying power in
both cases will be [MP PMT/PET 1988]
(a) – 48, – 40 (b) – 40, – 48 (c) – 40, 48 (d) – 48, 40
229. An optical device that enables an observer to see over or around opaque objects, is called [CPMT
1986]
(a) Microscope (b) Telescope (c) Periscope (d)
Hydrometer
230. The magnifying power of a telescope can be increased by [CPMT 1979]
(a) Increasing focal length of the system (b) Fitting eye piece of high power
(c) Fitting eye piece of low power (d) Increasing the
distance of objects
231. An achromatic telescope objective is to be made by combining the lenses of flint and crown glasses.
This proper choice is [CPMT 1977]
(a) Convergent of crown and divergent of flint (b) Divergent of crown and convergent of
flint
(c) Both divergent (d) Both convergent
232. An observer looks at a tree of height 15 m with a telescope of magnifying power 10. To him, the
tree appears [CPMT 1975]
(a) 10 times taller (b) 15 times taller (c) 10 times nearer (d) 15 times
nearer
233. The magnification produced by an astronomical telescope for normal adjustment is 10 and the
length of the telescope is 1.1 m. The magnification when the image is formed at least distance of
distinct vision (D = 25 cm) is
(a) 14 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 18
234. The objective of a telescope has a focal length of 1.2 m. it is used to view a 10.0 m tall tower 2 km
away. What is the height of the image of the tower formed by the objective
(a) 2 mm (b) 4 mm (c) 6 mm (d) 8 mm
235. A giant telescope in an observatory has an objective of focal length 19 m and an eye-piece of focal
length 1.0 cm. In normal adjustment, the telescope is used to view the moon. What is the diameter
of the image of the moon formed by the objective? The diameter of the moon is 3.5 106 m and
the radius of the lunar orbit round the earth is 3.8 108 m
(a) 10 cm (b) 12.5 cm (c) 15 cm (d) 17.5 cm
236. The aperture of the largest telescope in the world is 5 metre. If the separation between the moon
and the earth is 4 105 km and the wavelength of the visible light is ~
5000Å , then the
minimum separation between the objects on the surface of the moon which can be just resolved is
(a) 1 metre approximately (b) 10 metre approximately (c) 50 metre approximately (d) 200
metre approximately
237. In Galileo’s telescope, magnifying power for normal vision is 20 and power of eye-piece is –20 D.
Distance between the objective and eye-piece should be
(a) 90 cm (b) 95 cm (c) 100 cm (d) 105 cm
238. The least resolve angle by a telescope using objective of aperture 5 m and light of wavelength =
4000 A.U. is nearly
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) sec (c) minute (d) sec
50 50 50 500
239. The limit of resolution of a 10 cm telescope for visible light of wavelength 6000 Å is approximately
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(a) 0.1 s or arc (b) 30° (c) (d) None of
6
these
240. An eye-piece of a telescope with a magnification of 100 has a power of 20 diopters. The object of
this telescope has a power of
(a) 2 diopters (b) 0.2 diopters (c) 2000 diopters (d) 20
diopters
241. The Yerkes Observatory telescope has a large telescope with objective of diameter of about 1 m.
Assuming wavelength of light to be 6 107 m , the angular distance between two stars which
can just be resolved is
1
(a) (7.3 107 ) (b) 7.3 107 rad (c) of a second (d) None of
40
these
242. A Galilean telescope measures 9 cm from the objective to the eye-piece. The focal length of the
objective is 15 cm. Its magnifying power is
(a) 2.5 (b) 2/5 (c) 5/3 (d) 0.4
243. For seeing a cricket match, we prefer binoculars to the terrestrial telescope, because
(a) Binoculars give three-dimensional view (b) Terrestrial telescope gives inverted
image
(c) To avoid chromatic aberration (d) To have larger
magnification
244. A simple two lens telescope has an objective of focal length 50 cm and an eye-piece of 2.5 cm. The
telescope is pointed at an object at a very large distance which subtends at an angle of 1
milliradian on the naked eye. The eye piece is adjusted so that the final virtual image is formed at
infinity. The size of the real image formed by the objective is
(a) 5 mm (b) 1 mm (c) 0.5 mm (d) 0.1 mm
245. The objective of a telescope, after focussing for infinity is taken out and a slit of length L is placed
in its position. A sharp image of the slit is formed by the eye-piece at a certain distance from it on
the other side. The length of this image is l, then magnification of telescope is
l 2L l L
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2L l L l
246. An astronomical telescope in normal adjustment receives light from a distant source S. The tube
length is now decreased slightly
(a) A virtual image of S will be formed at a finite distance
(b) No image will be formed
(c) A small, real image of S will be formed behind the eye-piece, close to it
(d) A large, real image of S will be formed behind the eye-piece, far away from it
247. A telescope consisting of object glass of power + 2 D and eye-glass of power + 20 D is focussed on
an object 1m from the object glass. The final image is seen with completely relaxed eye. The
magnifying power of the telescope is
(a) 20 (b) 41 (c) 24 (d) 49.2
248. An astronomical telescope and a Galilean telescope use identical objective lenses. They have the
same magnification, when both are in normal adjustment. The eye-piece of the astronomical
telescope has a focal length f
(a) The tube lengths of the two telescopes differ by f (b) The tube lengths of the two
telescopes differ by 2f
(c) The Galilean telescope has a shorter tube length (d) The Galilean telescope has a longer
tube length
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