LIGHT
1. The refractive indices of glass and water with respect to air are 3/2 and 4/3
respectively. If speed of light in glass is 2 × 108 m/s, find the speed of light in water.
2. The absolute refractive indices of glass and water are 4/3 and 3/2 respectively. If the
speed of light in glass is 2 × 108 m/s, calculate the speed of light in (i) vacuum, (ii)
water.
3. The absolute refractive indices of glass and water are 1.5 and 1.33 respectively. In
which medium does light travel faster? Calculate the ratio of speeds of light in the two
media.
4. What is meant by power of a lens? Write its SI unit. A student uses a lens of focal
length 40 cm and another of -20 cm. Write the nature and power of each lens
5. The image of an object formed by a lens is of magnification -1. If the distance
between the object and its image is 60 cm, what is the focal length of the lens? If the
object is moved 20 cm towards the lens, where would the image be formed? State
reason and also draw a ray diagram in support of your answer.
6. A divergent lens has a focal length of 30 cm. At what distance should an object of
height 5 cm from the optical centre of the lens be placed so that its image is formed
15 cm away from the lens? Find the size of the image also.
7. An object of height 6 cm is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a concave
lens of focal length 5 cm. Use lens formula to determine the position, size and nature
of the image if the distance of the object from the lens is 10 cm
8. i) If the focal length of this lens is 10 cm, the lens is held at a distance of 5 cm from the palm,
use lens formula to find the position and size of the image.
9. A divergent lens has a focal length of 30 cm forms the image of an object of size 6
cm on the same side as the object at a distance of 15 cm from its optical centre. Use
lens formula to determine the distance of the object from the lens and the size of the
image formed.
(c) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of image in the above situation
10. Calculate the magnification of the image of an object placed perpendicular to the
principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. The object is at a distance of
20 cm from the mirror
11. An object 4 cm in height, is placed at 15 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal
length 10 cm. At what distance from the mirror should a screen be placed to obtain a
sharp image of the object. Calculate the height of the image.
