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Important Questions on Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

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A small object is placed 50 cm to the left of thin convex lens of focal length 30 cm. A convex spherical mirror of radius of curvature 100 cm is placed to the right of the lens at a distance of 50 cm. The mirror is tilted such that the axis of the mirror is at an angle θ=30° to the axis of the lens, as shown in the figure. If the origin of the coordinate system is taken to be at the centre of the lens, the coordinates (in cm) of the point (x, y) at which the image is formed are:

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Where should an object be placed on the axis of a convex lens of focal length 8 cm so as to achieve magnification of -4? (Distances are measured from optic centre of the lens)
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When a drop of water is introduced between the glass plate and plano convex lens in Newton's rings system, the ring system:

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Sunlight of intensity 1.3 kW m-2 is incident normally on a thin convex lens of focal length 20 cm. Ignore the energy loss of light due to the lens and assume that the lens aperture size is much smaller than its focal length. The average intensity of light, in kW m-2 , at a distance 22 cm from the lens on the other side is __________.
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Formation of real image using a biconvex lens is shown below:

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If the whole set up is immersed in water without disturbing the object and the screen positions, what will one observe on the screen?
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What is the position and nature of image formed by lens combination shown in figure? ( f1, f2 are focal lengths)

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A lens forms real and virtual images of an object when the object is at u1 and u2 distances respectively. If the size of the virtual image is double that of the real image, then the focal length of the lens is (Take the magnification of the real image as 'm')
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A diverging lens with magnitude of focal length 25 cm is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a converging lens of magnitude of focal length 20 cm. A beam of parallel light falls on the diverging lens. The final image formed is:
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A plano-convex lens of refractive index μ1 and focal length f1 is kept in contact with another plano-concave lens of refractive index μ2 and focal length f2. If the radius of curvature of their spherical faces is R each and f1=2f2, the μ1 and μ2 are related as:
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A convex lens of focal length f is placed some where in between an object and a screen. The distance between object and screen is x. If numerical value of magnification produced by lens is m, focal length of lens is
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Diameter of a plano - convex lens is 6 cm and thickness at the centre is 3 mm. If the speed of light in the material of lens is 2×108 m s-1, the focal length of the lens is:
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How will an image produced ny a lens change if half the lens is wrapped in black paper?
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Two thin lenses have a combined power of +9 D. When they are separated by a distance of 20 cm, their equivalent power becomes +275 D, then their individual powers are
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A plano - convex lens (focal length f2 , refractive index μ2, radius of curvature R) fits exactly into a plano - concave lens (focal length f1, refractive index μ1, radius of curvature R). Their plane surfaces are parallel to each other. Then, the focal length of the combination will be:
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Two identical glass μg=32 equiconvex lenses of focal length, f are kept in contact. The space between the two lenses is filled with water μw=43. The focal length of the combination is
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An optical device is constructed by fixing three identical convex lenses of focal lengths 10 cm each inside a hollow tube at an equal spacing of 30 cm each. One end of the device is placed 10 cm away from a point source. How much does the image shift when the device is moved away from the source by another 10 cm?
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A point source of light is moving at a rate of 2 cm s-1 towards a thin convex lens of focal length 10 cm along its optical axis. When the source is 15 cm away from the lens the image is moving at
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A convex lens of focal length 25 cm produces images of the same magnification 2, when an object is kept at two positions x1 and x2 x1>x2 from the lens. The ratio of x2 and x1 is
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Two thin lenses are in contact with each other. One of these is a concave lens of focal length 20 cm and the other is a convex lens of the same focal length. Determine the focal length of the combination and state how it behaves.

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The word "KVPYis written on board and viewed through different lenses such that board is at a distance beyond the focal length of the lens.

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Ignoring magnification effects, consider the following statements.
I Image i has been viewed from the planar side of a plano-convex lens and image
ii from the convex side of a plano-convex lens.
II Image i has been viewed from the concave side of a plano-concave lens and image ii from the convex side of a plano-convex lens.
III Image i has been viewed from the concave side of a plano-concave lens and image ii from the planar side of a plano-convex lens. IV Imagei has been viewed from the planar side of a plano-concave lens and image ii from the convex side of a plano-convex lens.
Which of the above statements are correct?