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QUESTION PAPER
PHYSICS
CLASS XII
RAY OPTICS
MARKS : 70 TIME : 3h
Does critical angle depend on wavelength used?
Name the phenomenon responsible for mirage formation.
Does a prism displace or deviate an incident ray?
What are the factors on which light reflected from a surface depends?
A thin prism of 600 gives deviation of 300. what is the refractive index of the material of the prism?
For what angle of incidence the lateral shift produced by a parallel sided glass slab is maximum?
What will be the colour of the sky in the absence of atmosphere?
You are provided with four lenses of focal lengths 1cm, 3cm, 10cm and 100 cm . Which two would
you prefer for a microscope and which two for a telescope?
How deep will a 4m tank appear when seen in air due to optical illusion. Refractive index of water
is 4/3.
Name the colour having the ( i ) minimum speed ( ii ) maximum speed through a prism.
What do you mean by spherical aberration of a mirror ? How can it be minimized?
Yellow light of wavelength 589nm is incident on a boundary separating air and glass . Find the
speed , wavelength and frequency for ( i ) reflected light ( ii ) refracted light . Refractive index of
glass for yellow light is 1.5
Two thin lenses having focal lengths having focal lengths +20cm and -30cm are put in contact .
The doublet behaves as an achromatic lens. Find the focal length of this doublet. What will be the
converging power if the focal length of the two lenses I s made the same?
Derive mirror formula for concave mirror forming virtual image.
(i )The refractive index of glass is 1.5. What is the time taken by light to travel 1m thickness of the
glass ? the speed of light in vacuum is 3x 108 m/s .
Where should an object be placed from a converging lens of focal length 20cm so as to obtain a
real image of magnification 2?
Show that angle of deviation depends on angle of incidence.
Write the difference between dispersive and non dispersive medium with examples.
Show that lateral displacement is directly proportional to t and i1.
What is the main requirement in the fabrication of optical fibres? How it can be achieved? Write
two examples
Obtain a relation for refraction from a rarer to denser medium at a convex spherical surface
forming real image.
Derive thin lens formula for a concave lens .
What is myopia? What are its causes? How can it be corrected?
Describe an astronomical telescope .Derive an expression for its magnifying power when final
image is at
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Compound microscope has an objective lens of focal length 2cm and eye lens of focal length 5cm.
If an object is placed 3cm from the objective and final image is formed at the least distance of
distinct vision, find the magnification produced.
A double convex lens made of glass of refractive index 1.5 has both curvatures of radii 20cm. An
object 2cm high is placed 2cm from this lens , find the position, nature and size of the image.
The angle of minimum deviation for yellow light in a prism of refractive index 1.6 is found to be
460. Calculate refracting angle of the prism.
Derive lens makers formula.
Give the construction and working of a compound microscope. Define and derive an equation for
its magnifying power.
For refraction through prism derive prism formula.

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QUESTION PAPER
WAVE OPTICS
ONE MARK QUESTIONS
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What is the polarizing angle of a medium of refractive index 1.732?
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Sketch the variation of intensity of interference pattern in Youngs double slit experiment.
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What is the ratio of fringe width of bright and dark fringes in Youngs double slit experiment?
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What is the effect on interference fringes in Youngs double slit experiment if one slit is covered?
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A polarizer and analyzer are so oriented that intensity of transmitted light is maximum. If the
analyzer is rotated through 600 what fraction of maximum light is transmitted?
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Draw a graph showing variation of intensity of polarized light transmitted by an analyzer.
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Bubbles of a colourless soap solution appear colored in sun light. Why?
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What happens to the energy at destructive interference in interference pattern?
TWO MARK QUESTIONS
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What will be the effect on interference fringes in Youngs double slit experiment if (i)
Monochromatic source is replaced by white light; (ii) Screen is moved away from the slit. Justify
your answer.
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Name one device for producing polarized light. Two polarides are [laced perpendicular to each other
and the transmitted intensity is zero. What happens when one more Polaroid is placed between these
two at an angle of 450?
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In Youngs experiment the width of the fringes obtained with light of wavelength 6000 A0 is 2mm.
What will be the fringe width if the apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 4/3?
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Show that the maximum intensity in interference pattern is four times the intensity due to each slit.
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In a single slit diffraction experiment, the width of the slit is made double the original width. How
does this affect the size and intensity of central diffraction band?
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How does the resolving power of a microscope change on (i) decreasing the wavelength of light (ii)
decreasing the diameter of the objective lens?
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Draw the wavefront for a beam of light (i) coming from a convex lens when a point source is placed
at its focus (ii) divergent radially from a point source.
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The refractive index of a denser medium is 1.732. Calculate (i) Polarising angle of the medium (ii)
angle of refraction.
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Determine the angular separation between the central maximum, and first order maximum of
diffraction pattern due to a single slit of width 0.25mm.
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State two conditions for sustained interference of light. Draw the variation of intensity with position
in Youngs double slit experiment.
THREE MARK QUESTIONS
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State Huygens principle. For reflection of plane wavefront at a plane reflecting surface, construct the
corresponding reflected wavefront. Using this diagram prove that angle of incidence is equal to
angle of reflection.
Two independent sources of light cannot be coherent. Why? Two coherent sources have intensities
in the ratio 25:16. Find the ratios of the intensities of maxima to minima after interference.
In a single slit diffraction experiment width of the slit is made double the original width. How does it
affect the size and intensity of central diffraction band. Explain. Draw a graph showing variation of
intensity with angle in single slit diffraction.
What is meant by plane polarized light. What type of waves show the property of polarization?
Describe a method to produce plane polarized light.
Define polarizing angle. Derive the relation connecting polarizing angle and refractive index of the
medium.
State Huygenss principle. Deduce the laws of refraction on the basis of Huygenss principle.

When two narrow slits 2mm apart are illuminated by a light of wavelength 5000 A0 the third minima
is measured to be 0.5mm from the central maxima on a screen. What is the distance of the screen
from the slit?
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How does the resolving power of a microscope change when (i) the wavelength of the light is
increased (ii) the microscope is kept inside water (iii) diameter of the objective lense is doubled.
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In Youngs double slit experiment when a source of light of wavelength 5000 A0 is used the fringe
width obtained is 0.6cm. If the distance between slit and screen is reduced to half what would be the
wavelength of source to get a 0.003 m wide fringes.
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State the essential
condition for diffraction of light to occur. The light of wavelength 600nm is incident normally on a
slit if width 3mm. calculate the linear width of central maximum when the screen is 3m away from
the slit.
FIVE MARK QUESTIONS
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Explain the phenomenon of diffraction of light at a single slit. Show graphically the variation of
intensity with angle in the diffraction pattern.
What is meant by the term angular resolution of a telescope?
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What do you understand by polarization of light? What are plane of polarization and plane of
vibration? Explain polarization (i) by scattering (ii) by reflection.
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Explain Youngs double slit experiment of interference of light waves. Calculate t5he path
difference between interfering waves and give conditions for maxima and minima. . Get the
expression for dark and bright fringes
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