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Explain paraxial approximation.

Important Questions on Refraction of Light at Curved Surface

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A beam of light converges at a point P. Now a lens is placed in the path of the convergent beam 12 cm from P. At what point does the beam converge if the lens is a concave lens of focal length 16 cm?
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A convex lens is dipped in a liquid whose refractive index is equal to the refractive index of the lens. Then, it's focal length will:
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Figure below shows an equiconvex lens (of refractive index 1.50) in contact with a liquid layer on top of a plane mirror. A small needle with its tip on the principal axis is moved along the axis until its inverted image is found at the position of the needle. The distance of the needle from the lens is measured to be 45.0 cm. The liquid is removed and the experiment is repeated. The new distance is measured to be 30.0 cm. What is the refractive index of the liquid?
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Radii of curvature of a converging lens are in the ratio 1:2. Its focal length is 6 cm and refractive index is 1.5. Then its radii of curvature are:
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A convex lens of focal length 0.2 cm and made of glass (aμw=1.5) is immersed in water (aμw=1.33). Find the change in the focal length of the lens.
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A person with normal near point 25 cm uses a compound microscope with an objective of focal length 8.0 mm and an eyepiece of focal length 2.5 cm to bring an object placed at 9.0 mm from the objective in sharp focus. The separation between two lenses and magnification respectively are
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There is a convex lens of focal length 30 cm and a concave lens of focal length 20 cm and distance between both the lenses is 8 cm. An object 1.5 cm in size is placed on the side of the convex lens. The distance between the object and the convex lens is 40 cm. Determine the magnification produced by the two-lens system, and the size of the image.
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The image of a small electric bulb fixed on the wall of a room is to be obtained on the opposite wall 3 m away by means of a large convex lens. What is the maximum possible focal length of the lens required for the purpose?
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The refractive index of material of a Plano-convex lens, if the radius of curvature of the plane surface R1 is infinite while the radius of curvature of convex surface R2 is 20 cm and focal length of the lens is 30 cm, will be:
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A plano-convex lens has refractive index μ1 and focal length f1 and another plano-concave lens has refractive index μ2 and focal length f2. Radius of curvature in both lenses is same. If f1=2f2 then relation between μ1 and μ2 is
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A man is trying to start a fire by focusing sunlight on a piece of paper using an equi-convex lens of focal length 10 cm. The diameter of the sun is 1.39×109 m and its mean distance from the earth is 1.5×1011 m. The diameter of the sun's image on the paper is (close to)
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Light from a point source in air falls on a convex spherical glass surface whose radius of curvature and refractive index are 20 cm and 1.5 respectively. If the distance of light source from the glass surface is 100 cm, then the position of image will be formed at:
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The radius of curvature of each surface of a convex lens of refractive index 1.5 is 40 cm. Calculate the power of this lens.
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An object is placed at a distance of 1.5 m from the screen and a convex lens is interposed between them. The magnification produced is 4. What is the focal length of the lens.
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Determine the ‘effective focal length’ of the combination of the two lenses, concave and convex, if they are placed 8.0 cm apart with their principal axes coincident. Does the answer depend on which side of the combination a beam of parallel light is incident? Is the notion of effective focal length of this system useful at all? The focal length of the concave lens=30 cm and the focal length of the convex lens=-20 cm.

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From a point source, light falls on a spherical glass surface (μ=1.5 and radius of curvature =10 cm). The distance between point source and glass surface is 50 cm. The position of the image is    
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 A card sheet divided into squares each of size 1 mm2 is being viewed through a magnifying glass (a converging lens of focal length 10 cm) held close to the eye. What should be the distance between the object in and the magnifying glass if the virtual image of each square in the figure is to have an area of 6.25 mm2. Would you be able to see the squares distinctly with your eyes very close to the magnifier? 

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A screen is placed 90 cm from an object. The image of the object on the screen is formed by a convex lens placed at two different locations separated by 20 cm. Determine the focal length of the lens.
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Two thin symmetrical lens of different nature have equal radii of curvature of all faces R = 20 cm. The lenses are put close together and immersed in water. The focal length of the system is 24 cm. The difference between refractive indices of the two lenses is …… ×19 Refractive index of water is 43.
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A square card of side length 1 mm is being seen through a magnifying lens of focal length 10 cm. The card is placed at a distance of 9 cm from the lens. The apparent area of the card through the lens is: