BOARD QUESTIONS
1. Distinguish between linearly polarized and unpolarized light. Show
that light waves are transverse in nature. Why does light from a
clear blue portion of the sky show a rise and fall of intensity when
viewed through a polaroid which is rotated? Explain by drawing the
necessary diagram.
2. A ray PQ is incident normally on the face AB of a triangular prism of
refracting angle of 600, made of a transparent material of refractive
index 2/3, as shown in the figure. Trace the path of the ray as it
passes through the prism.
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3. Draw a schematic diagram of a reflecting telescope. Write its two
advantages over a refracting telescope.
4. Draw a ray diagram showing the formation of the image by a point
object on the principal axis of a spherical convex surface separating
two media of refractive indices n1 and n2, when a point source is
kept in rarer medium of refractive index n 1. Derive the relation
between object distance, image distance in terms of refractive index
of the medium and radius of curvature of the surface. Hence obtain
lens makers formula in the case of thin convex lens.
5. Define the term coherent sources which are required to produced
interference pattern in Youngs double slit experiment.
6. Show, giving a suitable diagram, how unpolarized light can be
polarized by reflection. Two polaroids P1and P2 are placed with their
pass axis perpendicular to each other. Unpolarised light of intensity
I0 is incident on P1. A third polaroid P3 is kept in between P1 and P2
such that its pass axis makes an angle of 600 with that of P1.
Determine the intensity of light transmitted through P1, P2 and P3.
7. A convex lens of focal length 20cm is placed coaxially with a convex
mirror of radius of curvature 20cm. The two are kept 15cm apart. A
point object is placed 40cm in front of the convex lens. Find the
position of the image formed by this combination. Draw the ray
diagram showing the image formation.
8. Two monochromatic rays of light are incident normally on the face
AB of an isosceles right angled prism ABC. The refractive indices of
the glass prism for the two rays 1 and 2 are respectively 1.38 and
1.52. Trace the path of these rays after entering through the prism.
9. Two polaroids P1and P2 are placed with their pass axis
perpendicular to each other. Unpolarised light of intensity I 0 is
11.
The ratio of the intensities at minima to the maxima in
the Youngs double slit experiment is 9:25. Find the ratio of
the width of two slits.
12.In Youngs double slit experiment, describe briefly how bright and
dark fringes are obtained on the screen kept in front of a double slit.
Hence obtain the expression for the fringe width.
13.Describe briefly how a diffraction pattern is obtained on a screen
due to a single narrow slit illuminated by a monochromatic source of
light. Hence obtain the conditions for the angular width or
secondary maxima and secondary minima.
14.Two wavelengths of sodium light of 590nm and 596nm are used in
turn to study the diffraction pattern taking place at a single slit of
aperture 210-6m. The distance between the slit and screen is 1.5m.
Calculate the separation between the positions of the first maxima
of the diffraction pattern obtained in the two cases.
15.Two polaroids P1and P2 are placed with their pass axis perpendicular
to each other. Unpolarised light of intensity I0 is incident on P1. A
third polaroid P3 is kept in between P1 and P2 such that its pass axis
makes an angle of 300 with that of P1. Determine the intensity of
light transmitted through P1, P2 and P3.
16.Two independent monochromatic sources of light cannot produce a
sustained interference pattern. Give reason.
17.Light waves each of amplitude a and frequency , emanating from
two coherent light sources superpose at a point. If the
displacements due to these waves is given by Y1 =a cos t and Y2
=a cos (t +) where is the phase difference between the two.
Obtain the expression for the resultant intensity at that point.
18.In Youngs double slit experiment using monochromatic light of
wavelength , the intensity of light at a point on the screen where
path difference is , is K units. Find out the intensity of light at a
point where the path difference is /3.
19.A beam of unpolarised light is incident on a glass air interface.
Show, using a suitable diagram, that light reflected from the
interface is totally polarized, when = tan ip, where is the
refractive index of glass with respect to air and ip is the Brewsters
angle.
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light? Ii. Does the decrease in speed imply a reduction in the energy
carried by light wave?
28.A convex lens of focal length 25cm is placed coaxially in contact with
a concave lens of focal length 20cm. Determine the power of the
combination. Will the system be converging or diverging?
29. A convex lens is placed over a plane mirror. A pin is now
positioned so that there is no parallax between the pin and its image
formed by this lens-mirror combination. How can this observation be
used to find the focal length of the convex lens? Give appropriate
reasons in support of your answer.
30.You are given three lenses L1,L2 and L3 each of focal length 20cm. An
object is kept 40cm in front of L1. The final real image is formed at
the focous I of L3. Find the separations between L1,L2 and L3 .
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