
A converging beam of light forms a sharp image on the screen. A lens is placed in the path of the beam, at a distance of from the screen. It is found that the screen has to be moved further away from the lens to obtain a sharp image. Focal length (magnitude) of lens is ______


Important Questions on Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

A ray of light is incident on a glass sphere of refractive index at an angle of incidence as shown in figure. The total deviation (in degree) suffered by the ray is _____ .

Figure shows a graph of angle of deviation versus angle of incidence, for a light ray striking a prism. Angle of prism is _____ degree.

A glass cube of side length and is placed on a surface. A small light bulb is at the centre of base of cube. What minimum area of side wall of the cube should be painted so that no light comes out of the side walls of the cube? (Consider only single reflection or refraction)

A beam of light of diameter is incident on flat surface of hemispherical glass of and radius placed on surface of table as shown in figure. The area on table illuminated by light is

A spherical surface of radius of curvature separates two media as shown in figure. Two particles and are moving with equal speed of as indicated. At a certain instant, the two particles are at equal distances of from the spherical interface. At this instant relative velocity of as seen from is

In the arrangement shown in the figure, the distance of final image from the lens is

A quarter of a cylinder of and radius is placed as shown. The surface is silvered. A ray of light making angle is incident on cylinder as shown in figure. If the ray retraces its path back, the -coordinate of point is
