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Time:1 hours Max. marks: 55

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1. How does focal length of a lens change when red light incident on it is replaced by violet light ? give
reason for your answer .[1]

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2. Under what conditions does a biconvex lens of glass having a certain reflective index act as a plane

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glass sheet when immersed in a liquid ? [1]
3. For the same value of angle of incidence , the angles of refraction in three media A,B, and C are 15o,
25o and 35o respectively. In which medium would the velocity of light be maximum? [1]
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4. Two thin lenses of power + 4D and -2D are in contact. What is the focal length of the combination ?
[1]
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5. How does the fringe width of interference fringes change , when the whole apparatus of young’s
experiment is kept in a liquid of reflective index 1.3 ? [1]
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6. How does the angular separation of interference fringes change, in young’s experiment, if the
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distance between the slits is increased? [1]

7. A ray of light , incident on an equilateral glass prism ( g = √3 ) moves parallel to the base line of the
prism inside it. Find the angle of incidence for this ray . [2]
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8. A biconvex lens has a focal length 2/3 times the radius of curvature of either surface . calculate the
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refractive index of lens material . [2]

9. A convex lens .reflective index 1.5 has a focal length of 20 cm in air . calculate the change in its focal
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length when it is immersed in water of reflective index 4/3. [2]

10. Use the mirror equation to show that
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(A) An object placed between f and 2f of a concave mirror produces a real image beyond 2f.

(B) A convex mirror always produces a virtual image independent of the location of the object .
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(C) An object placed between the pole and focus of a concave mirror produces a virtual and
enlarged image. [3]
11. State the necessary conditions for producing total internal refraction of light. Draw ray diagrams to
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show how specially designed prisms make use of total internal reflection to obtain inverted image of
the object by deviation rays?
(A) Through 90o and
(B) Through 180o. [3]
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12. Two convex lenses of same focal length but of aperture A1 and A2 ( A2 < A1), are used as the objective
lenses in two astronomical telescopes having identical eyepieces. What is the ratio of their resolving
power ? which telescope will you prefer and why ? give reason. [2]
13. Draw a labelled ray diagram to show the image formation in a reflecting type astronomical
telescope. Why should the diameter of the objective of a telescope be large? [2]
14. A compound microscope uses an objective lens of focal length 4 cm and eyepiece lens of focal
length 10 cm. An object is placed at 6 cm from the objective lens. Calculate the magnifying power of
the compound microscope . also calculate the length of the microscope. [3]
15. (A) Draw a ray diagram to show refraction of a ray of monochromatic light passing through a glass
prism . Deduce the expression for the reflective index of glass in terms of angle of prism and angle of
minimum deviation. [3]
16. Trace the rays of light showing the formation of an image due to a point object placed on the axis of

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a spherical surface separating the two media of refractive indices n1 and n2. Establish the relation

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between the distance of the object , the image and the radius of curvature from the centre point of
the spherical surface. Hence , derive the expression of the lens maker’s formula . [5]

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17. Calculate the electric and magnetic fields produced by the radiation coming from a 100 W bulb at a
distance of 3 m. Assume that the efficiency of the bulb is 2.5% and it is a point source. [3]

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18. A lamp is connected in series with a capacitor. Predict your observations for dc and ac
connections. What happens in each case if the capacitance of the capacitor is reduced ? [3]

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19. (a) For circuits used for transporting electric power, a low power factor implies large power loss

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in transmission. Explain.
(b) Power factor can often be improved by the use of a capacitor of appropriate capacitance in the
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circuit. Explain. [4]
20. An LC circuit contains a 20 mH inductor and a 50 F capacitor with an initial charge of 10 mC. The .
resistance of the circuit is negligible. Let the instant the circuit is closed be t = 0.
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(a) What is the total energy stored initially ? Is it conserved during LC oscillations?
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(b) What is the natural frequency of the circuit? (c) At what time is the energy stored
(i) completely electrical (i.e., stored in the capacitor)? (ii) completely magnetic (i.e., stored in the inductor) ?
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(d) At what times is the total energy shared equally between the inductor and the capacitor?
(e) If a resistor is inserted in the circuit, how much energy is eventually dissipated as heat ?
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21. A plane electromagnetic wave of frequency 25 MHz travels in free space along the
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x- direction. At a particular point in space and time, E = 6.3 ĵ V/m. What is B at this point ? [2]
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22. In a series L–R circuit, XL = R and power factor of the circuit is P1. When capacitor with
capacitance C such that XL = XC is put in series, the power factor becomes P2. Find
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P1/P2. [2]
23. Instantaneous value of a.c. voltage through an inductor L is e = e0 cosωt. Obtain an expression
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for instantaneous current through the inductor. Also draw the phasor diagram. [3]
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