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Important Questions on Refraction at Spherical Surface and Spherical Lens

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Two lenses of power -1.6 D and +2.1 D respectively are placed in contact. The focal length of the combination is
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An optical system consists of two lenses, one with focal length 50cm and the other with focal length 2.5cm. The separation between the lenses is 52.5cm. The optical system is most likely
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When a beam of white light is allowed to pass through convex lens parallel to principal axis, the different colours of light converge at different point on the principle axis after refraction. This is called :
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A deviation of 2° is produced in the yellow ray when prism of crown and flint glass are achromatically combined. Taking dispersive powers of crown and flint glass are 0.02 and 0.03 respectively and refractive index for yellow light for these glasses are 1.5 and 1.6 respectively. The refracting angles for crown glass prism will be ________° (in degree)

(Round off to the Nearest Integer)

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The dispersive power of material of a lens of focal length 20 cm is 0.08. Find the longitudinal chromatic aberration of the lens?
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A convex lens L and plane mirror M are arranged as shown in figure. Position of the object pin O is adjusted in such a way that the inverted image I formed by the lens mirror combinations, coincides with the object pin O. Explain how and when this happens.

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A combination consisting of a concave lens in contact of a convex lens of focal length 25 cm produces a real image at a distance of 80 cm when an object is placed at a distance of 40 cm from the combination. Find the focal length and power of the concave lens.

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Parallel rays of sun fall upon a concave lens of 10 cm focal length. At a distance of 20 cm from this lens, a convex lens of 15 cm focal length is placed. Where should the screen be placed to get the image of the sun?

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A hollow cylindrical beam of white light is incident on a converging lens in air. Axis of the beam coincides with the principle axis of the lens. A screen is placed behind the lens.

If f v is focal length for violet light and f R is focal length for red light, then

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In producing a pure spectrum, the incident light is passed through a narrow slit placed in the focal plane of an achromatic lens because a narrow slit

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If the magnitude of dispersive powers of two lenses are 0.024 and 0.036. Then their focal lengths will be for aberration-free combination.
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A convex lens has mean focal length of 20 cm. The dispersive power of the material of the lens is 0.02. The longitudinal chromatic aberration for an object at infinity is
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Describe the spherical aberration for spherical lenses. What are different ways to minimize or eliminate it?
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Lenses of powers +3 D and -5 D are combined to form a compound lens. An object is placed at a distance of 50 cm from this lens. Calculate the position of its image.

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Spherical aberration in a thin lens can be reduced by

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An object is placed at a distance of 10 cm from a co-axial combination of two lenses A and B in contact. The combination forms a real image three
times the size of the object. If lens B is concave with a focal length of 30 cm, the nature and focal length of lens A is
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Explain chromatic aberration for spherical lenses. State a method to minimize or eliminate it.
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Assertion: A single lens produces a coloured image of an object illuminated by white light.

Reason: The refractive index of material of lens is different for different wavelengths of light.

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Refractive index of violet, yellow and red colour of height for a material of lens are 1.66, 1.64 and 1.62, respectively. If the mean focal length of the lens is 10 cm. Then chromatic aberration between the colour of violet and red will be