CBSE PHYSICS class 10 Term-II Board Question
Q.
What is the minimum number of rays required for locating the image formed by a
convex mirror for an object ? Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of a
virtual image by a convex mirror.
Q. A
4.0cm tall object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex
lens of focal length 20cm. If the distance of the object from the lens is 30cm,
find the position, nature and size of the image. Also, find its magnification.
Q. (a)
4.5cm needle is placed 12cm away from a convex mirror of focal length 15cm.
Give the location of the image and the magnification. Describe what happens as
the needle is moved farther from the mirror.
(b) What kind of mirror is
used in a solar furnace ? Give reason for using this mirror.
(c) One half of a
convex lens is covered with a black paper. Will this lens produce a complete
image of the object ? Justify your answer.
Q. (a)
When an object is placed at a distance of 60 cm from a convex mirror the
magnification produced is 1/2 . Where should the object be placed to get a
magnification of 1/3 ? (b) A small electric lamp is placed at the focus of a
convex lens. What is the nature of beam of light produced by the lens. Draw a
diagram to show this.
Q. The
refractive index of a dense flint glass is 1.65 and for alcohol it is 1.36 with
respect to air. Find the refractive index of dense flint glass with respect to
alcohol.
Q.
Draw a ray diagram to show refraction of light through a triangular glass prism
and show angle of incidence and angle of deviation.
Q.
Refractive index of diamond with respect to glass is 1.6 and absolute
refractive index of glass is 1.5. Find (i) absolute refractive index of diamond
(ii) Speed of light in diamond. The speed of light in air is 3x108 m/s.
Q. Name a mirror that can
give an erect and magnified image of an object. Draw labelled ray diagram to
justify your answer.
Q. (a) Define “power of
accommodation of eye”.
(b) A person uses a lens of power -2.0D for correcting
his distant vision. For correcting his near vision he uses a lens of power
+1.5D. What is the focal length of the lenses required to correct this disorder
?
Q. (a) State Snell’s Law.
(b) A beam of light passes from air to a substance X. If angle of incidence is
45 degrees and angle of refraction is 30 degrees, calculate the refractive
index of substance X. Given sin 30o = ½ ; sin 45 o = 1/rot2
(c)
A convex lens forms a real and inverted image of a needle at a distance of 50
cm from it. Where is the needle placed if the size of the image is equal to the
size of the object ? Calculate the power and focal length of the lens.
Q.
(a)
An object is placed at a distance of 60 cm from a convex mirror the
magnification produced is 1/2 . Where should the object be placed to get a
magnification of 1/3 ?
(b) A small electric lamp is placed at the focus of a
convex lens. State the nature of beam of light produced by the lens. Draw a
diagram to show this.
Q. The
radius of curvature of concave mirror is 50cm. Where should an object be placed
from the mirror so as to form its image at infinity ? Justify your answer.
Q. (a)
Name and define the S.I. unit of power of a lens. (b) How is the power of a
lens related to its focal length ? Find the power of a concave lens of focal
length 25cm.
Q. (a)
State Snell‟s law of refraction. (b) What is the speed of light in a transparent
medium which has a refractive index of 1.7 (the speed of light in vacuum is 3x108 m/s)
Q. (a)
Two lenses have power of (i) 2D (ii) – 4D. State the nature and focal length of
each lens.
(b) A concave lens has focal length of 20 cm. At what distance from
the lens a 5cm tall object be placed so that it forms an image at 15cm from the
lens ? Also calculate the size of the image formed.
Q. (a)
Name the type of mirror used in the following :
(i) Headlights of a car. (ii)
Rear view mirror of a vehicle. Support your answer with reason.
(b) When an object is placed
at a distance of 60cm from a diverging spherical mirror, the magnification
produced is 0.5. Where should the object be placed to get a magnification of
1/3 ?
Q. An
object is placed at a distance of 20 cm in front of convex mirror of radius of
curvature 30 cm. Find the position and nature of the image.
Q. State the type of lens
used as a simple magnifying glass. Draw a labelled ray diagram to show the
image formation by this lens. List the characteristics of the image formed.
Q. (i) Find the value of the
angle of reflection when an incident ray makes an angle of 40o with a plane mirror.
(ii)
Light enters from air into water which has a refractive index of 1.33.
Calculate the speed of light in water. (speed of light in air is 3 x 108
m/s.)
Q.
Draw
a ray diagram in each of the following cases to show the position and nature of
the image formed when the object is placed
(i) between pole and
principal focus of a concave mirror.
(ii) between centre of curvature
and principal focus of a concave mirror.
Name the type of mirror
which can be used to obtain a diminished and virtual image of an object.
Mention an application of such a mirror . Draw a labelled ray diagram to show
the formation of the required image in the mirror.
Q. Name the type of lens
that can be used to obtain :
(i) A magnified and virtual
image. (ii) A diminished and
virtual image of the object.
Draw labelled ray diagrams
to show the formation of the required image in each of the above two cases.
Which of these lenses can also form a magnified and real image of the object?
Draw labelled ray diagram to show the position of object and image for such a
lens.
Q. (i) List any two properties
of the image formed by a plane mirror. (ii) The power of a spherical lens is –
2D. State its nature and calculate its focal length in centimeter.
Q. (i) Define optical centre
of a lens.
(ii) In refraction of light
through a rectangular glass slab, the emergent ray is parallel to the direction
of the incident ray. Why ?
(iii) What happens when a light ray is incident
normally on one of the faces of a rectangular glass slab ?
Q. (i) Draw a ray diagram in
each of the following cases. Also mark the angle of incidence
(i) and angle of
reflection in the diagram.
(a) A ray passing through the principal focus of a
convex mirror.
(b) A ray incident obliquely to the principal axis towards the
pole of a concave mirror.
(ii) An object, 2.0 cm in size, is placed 20.0cm in
front of a concave mirror of focal length 15.0cm. At what distance from the
mirror should a screen be placed in order to obtain a sharp image ? Find the
nature and the size of the image formed.
Q. (i) Draw the ray diagrams
in each of the following cases to show the position and nature of the image
formed when the object is placed :
(a) at „2F‟ of a converging lens. (b)
between the focus and optical centre of a converging lens.
(ii) The
magnification produced by a spherical lens is 1/3 . If the image is formed at a distance of
10cm from the lens, find the position of object. Also find the nature and focal
length of this lens.
Q. A 2 cm tall object is
placed at a distance of 25 cm from a convex lens of focal length 10 cm. Find
the nature, size and position of the image so formed.
Q. With respect to air the
refractive index of kerosene is 1.44 and that of diamond is 2.42. Calculate the refractive index of diamond
with respect to kerosene
Q. Name the type of
mirror which always forms a virtual and diminished image of the object in front
of it. Draw the diagram for the same for an object in front of it at a finite
distance. State any one use of it
