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(a) When a telescope is turned upside down and looked at the objective, it appears very small, why?
(b) Why does this not happen in a microscope?
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A mobile phone is placed on the principal axis of a concave mirror. Show the formation of the image with a suitable ray diagram. Explain why the magnification is not uniform. Does the distortion of the image depend on the position of the phone relative to the mirror?
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Write the definition of wavefront. Using Huygens' principle, draw the shape of a plane wave incident on a convex lens and the refracted wave body.
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(a) When a wave propagates from a rarer medium to a denser medium, then which characteristic of that wave does not change and why?
(b) The refractive indices of two mediums are $\mu_1$ and $\mu_2$, what will be the ratio of velocities in the wave in them?
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A convex lens with a refractive index is placed in that medium whose refractive index is equal to the refractive index of the lens. What will be the focal length of the lens in this medium?
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Q 16M.C.Q (1 Marks)1 Mark
If the magnification of optical instrument is negative, then the image will always be formed :
  • Real and inverted
  • B
    Virtual and erect
  • C
    Real and erect
  • D
    Virtual and inverted

Answer: A.

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Q 17M.C.Q (1 Marks)1 Mark
If the magnification of objective and eyepiece in a compound microscope is ' $m_o$ ' and ' $m_e$ ' respectively, then the total magnifying power $( m )$ of the microscope will be :
  • A
    $m_o+m_e$
  • B
    $m_e-m_o$
  • $m_o \cdot m_e$
  • D
    $\frac{m_o}{m_e}$

Answer: C.

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Q 19M.C.Q (1 Marks)1 Mark
If the refractive index of denser medium 1 relative to rare medium 2 is $n_{12}$ and the critical angle for the pair of these mediums is $i_{ c }$, then the relationship between $n _{12}$ and $i_c$ is :
  • A
    $n_{12}=\sin i_c$
  • B
    $n_{12}=\tan i_c$
  • C
    $n_{12}=\frac{1}{\tan i_c}$
  • $n_{12}=\frac{1}{\sin i_c}$

Answer: D.

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Q 20M.C.Q (1 Marks)1 Mark
When half of a lens is wrapped in a black cloth, what will be the effect on the image formed by the lens?
  • A
    The image will disappear
  • B
    Will have no effect
  • C
    The image will become half its size
  • The brightness of the image will decrease

Answer: D.

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Define total internal reflection. Establish the relation between $u, v$ and $f$ for a spherical mirror. Draw the necessary ray diagram. ### Define lateral displacement. Derive the lens maker formula.
$
\frac{1}{f}=\left(n_{21}-1\right)\left(\frac{1}{R_1}-\frac{1}{R_2}\right)
$
Draw the necessary ray diagram. (Where the signs have their usual meanings.)
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(a) What is meant by compound microscope? Draw a ray diagram of image formation by a compound microscope. Briefly describe its working and derive the formula for its total magnification.
(b) How does the resolving power of a microscope change when :
(i) The diameter of the objective lens decreases,
(ii) The wavelength of incident light increases?Justify your answer in each case.
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Draw a labelled diagram of a refracting telescope. Obtain an expression for its magnifying power. Write two main disadvantages of refracting telescope as compared to reflecting telescope. ### What is meant by telescope? Draw the ray diagram of image formation by a refracting telescope. Briefly describe its working and derive the formula for its magnifying power.
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