Intro to Thin Lenses
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Q. A converging lens is used to form an image on a screen. When upper half of the lens is covered by an opaque screen
- Complete image will be formed of same intensity
- Complete image will be formed of decreased intensity
- Half the image will disappear
- Half image will be formed of same intensity
Q. Which method is used to minimize the chromatic aberration in the spherical lenses?
- By using concave lens
- By using convex lens
- By combining concave and convex mirrors
- By combining concave and convex lenses
Q. Figure shows variation of magnification m (produced by a thin convex lens) and distance v of image from the pole of the lens. Which of the following statements are correct?
- Focal length of the lens is equal to intercept on v-axis.
- Focal length of the lens is equal to inverse of slope of the line.
- Magnitude of intercept on m-axis is equal to unity.
- None
Q. Figure shows two convex lenses A and B, each made up of three different transparent materials. The number of images formed, of an object kept on the principal axis of each lens will be
- 3 and 3
- 3 and 1
- 1 and 1
- 3 and 2
Q. A converging lens is used to form an image on a screen. When upper half of the lens is covered by an opaque screen
- Half the image will disappear
- Complete image will be formed of same intensity
- Half image will be formed of same intensity
- Complete image will be formed of decreased intensity
Q. Assertion :The focal length of an equiconvex lens placed in air is equal to radius of curvature of either face. Reason: For an equiconvex lens radius of curvature of both the faces is same.
- Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
- Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
- Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
- Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
Q. A convex lens of focal length f is placed at origin. Object is placed on negative x-axis anywhere between −∞ to +∞. Choose correct graph between 'u' and 'v'.
Q. A convex lens is made of 3 layers of glass of 3 different materials as in the figures. A point object is placed on its axis . The number of images of the object are
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Q. Two thin convex lenses of focal length f1 and f2 are separated by a horizontal distance d (where d<f1, d<f2) and their centers are displaced by a vertical separation △ as shown in the figure.
Taking the origin of coordinates O at the center of the first lens, the x and y coordinates of the focal point of this lens system, for a parallel beam of rays coming from the left, are given by
Taking the origin of coordinates O at the center of the first lens, the x and y coordinates of the focal point of this lens system, for a parallel beam of rays coming from the left, are given by
- x=f1f2f1+f2, y=Δ
- x=f1f2+d(f1−d)f1+f2−d, y=Δ(f1−d)f1+f2−d
- x=f1(f2+d)f1+f2−d, y=Δf1+f2
- x=Δ, y=Δ(f1−d)f1+f2−d
Q. Two thin convex lenses of focal lengths f1 and f2 are separated by a horizontal distance d(d<f1 and d<f2) and their centers are displaced by a vertical separation as shown in figure. A parallel beam of rays coming from left. Take the origin of coordinates O at the center of first lens.
Find the x-coordinates in the same problem from the focal point of this lens system.
Find the x-coordinates in the same problem from the focal point of this lens system.
- d(f1−d)+f1f2(f1+f2−d)
- f1f2(f1+f2−d)
- d(f1−d)(f1+f2−d)
- 2d(f1+d)−f1f2(f1+f2−d)
Q. A double convex lens of focal length f is cut into 4 equivalent parts. One cut is perpendicular to the axis and the other is parallel to the axis of the lens. The focal length of each part is :
- f/2
- f
- 2f
- 4f
Q. In an optics experiment, with the position of the object fixed, a student varies the position of a convex lens and for each position, the screen is adjusted to get a clear image of the object. A graph between the object distance u and the image distance v, from the lens, is plotted using the same scale for the two axes. A straight line passing through the origin and making an angle of 45o with the x-axis meets the experimental curve at P. The coordinates of P will be
- (2f, 2f)
- (f2, f2)
- (f, f)
- (4f, 4f).
Q. The lens in spectacles can be approximated to thin lens.
- True
- False
Q. The lens in spectacles can be approximated to thin lens.
- True
- False
Q. A convex lens of focal length f is placed at origin. Object is placed on negative x-axis anywhere between −∞ to +∞. Choose correct graph between 'u' and 'v'.
Q. The lens in spectacles can be approximated to thin lens.
- True
- False
Q. In an optics experiment, with the position of the object fixed, a student varies the position of a convex lens and for each position, the scree is adjusted to get a clear image of the object. A graph between the object distance u and the image distance v, from the lens, is plotted using the same scale for the two axes. A straight line passing through the origin and making an angle of 45o with the x-axis meets the experimental curve at P. The coordinates of P will be :
- (2f, 2f)
- (f2, f2)
- (f, f)
- (4f, 4f)