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- 1. A convex lens is made from glass material having refractive index of \(1.4\) with same radius of curvature on both sides. The ratio of its focal length and radius of curvature is ______. 2026 Medium
- 2. A thin biconvex lens is prepared from the glass (\(\mu=1.5\)) both curved surfaces of which have equal radii of \(20\) cm each. Left side surface of the lens is silvered from outside to make it reflecting. To have the position of image and object at the same place, the object should be placed, from the lens at a distance of ________ cm. 2026 Hard
- 3. A thin plano convex lens made of glass of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.2. When the plane side of the lens is silver coated for complete reflection, the lens immersed in the liquid behaves like a concave mirror of focal length 0.2 m . The radius of curvature of the curved surface of the lens is _______. 2025 Hard
- 4. Given a thin convex lens (refractive index \(\mu_2\) ), kept in a liquid (refractive index \(\mu_1, \mu_1 \lt \mu_2\) ) having radii of curvatures \(\left|R_1\right|\) and \(\left|R_2\right|\). Its second surface is silver polished. Where should an object be placed on the optic axis so that a real and inverted image is formed at the same place? 2025 Medium
- 5. Given is a thin convex lens of glass (refractive index \(\mu\) ) and each side having radius of curvature \(R\). One side is polished for complete reflection. At what distance from the lens, an object be placed on the optic axis so that the image gets formed on the object itself ? 2025 Easy
- 6. An object is placed on the principal axis of convex lens of focal length \(10\,cm\) as shown. A plane mirror is placed on the other side of lens at a distance of \(20\,cm\). The image produced by the plane mirror is \(5\,cm\) inside the mirror. The distance of the object from the lens is \(............cm\).
2023 Hard - 7. A convex lens of focal length \(20\,cm\) is placed in front of convex mirror with principal axis coinciding each other. The distance between the lens and mirror is \(10\,cm\). A point object is placed on principal axis at a distance of \(60\,cm\) from the convex lens. The image formed by combination coincides the object itself. The focal length of the convex mirror is \(...cm\). 2022 Medium
- 8. An object is placed at a distance of \(12 \,{cm}\) from a convex lens. A convex mirror of focal length \(15 \,{cm}\) is placed on other side of lens at \(8 \,{cm}\) as shown in the figure. Image of object coincides with the object.When the convex mirror is removed, a real and inverted image is formed at a position. The distance of the image from the object will be ..... \((cm)\)
2021 Hard - 9. A point like object is placed at a distance of \(1\, m\) in front of a convex lens of focal length \(0.5\, m .\) A plane mirror is placed at a distance of \(2\,m\) behind the lens. The position and nature of the final image formed by the system is 2020 Medium
- 10. A convex lens (of focal length \(20\, cm\)) and a concave mirror, having their principal axes along the same lines, are kept \(80\, cm\) apart from each other. The concave mirror is to the right of the convex lens. When an object is kept at a distance of \(30\, cm\) to the left of the convex lens, its image remains at the same position even if the concave mirror is removed. The maximum distance of the object for which this concave mirror, by itself would produce a virtual image would be.....\(cm\) 2019 Hard
- 11. A thin convex lens \(L\) (refractive index \(= 1.5\)) is placed on a plane mirror \(M\). When a pin is placed at \(A\), such that \(OA = 18\, cm\), its real inverted image is formed at \(A\) itself, as shown in figure. When a liquid of refractive index \({\mu _1}\) is put between the lens and the mirror, the pin has to be moved to \(A’\). such that \(OA’ = 27\,cm\), to get its inverted real image at \(A'\) itself. The value of \({\mu _1}\) will be
2019 Hard - 12. An upright object is placed at a distance of \(40\, cm\) in front of a convergent lens of focal length \(20\, cm\). A convergent mirror of focal length \(10\, cm\) is placed at a distance of \(60\, cm\) on the other side of the lens. The position and size of the final image will be 2019 Hard
- 13. A planoconvex lens becomes an optical system of \(28\, cm\) focal length when its plane surface is silvered and illuminated from left to right as shown in Fig \(-A\). If the same lens is instead silvered on the curved surface and illuminated from other side as in Fig. \(B\), it acts like an optical system of focal length \(10 \,cm\). The refractive index of the material of lens is
2018 Hard - 14. In an experiment a convex lens of focal length \(15\, cm\) is placed coaxially on an optical bench in front of a convex mirror at a distance of \(5\,cm\) from it. It is found that an object and its image coincide, if the object is placed at a distance of \(20\,cm\) from the lens. The focal length of the convex mirror is.......\(cm\) 2017 Hard
- 15. A convex lens, of focal length \(30\,cm,\) a concave lens of focal length \(120\,cm,\) and a plane mirror are arranged as shown. For an object kept at a distance of \(60\,cm\) from the convex lens, the final image, formed by the combination, is a real image, at a distance of
2016 Hard - 16. A hemispherical glass body of radius \(10\, cm\) and refractive index \(1.5\) is silvered on its curved surface. A small air bubble is \(6\, cm\) below the flat surface inside it along the axis. The position of the image of the air bubble made by the mirror is seen
2016 Hard - 17. To find the focal length of a convex mirror, a student records the following data
The focal length of the convex lens is \(f_1\) and that of mirror is \(f_2\). Then taking index correction to be negligibly small, \(f_1\) and \(f_2\) are close to 2016 HardObject Pin Convex Lens Convex Mirror Image Pin \(22.2\,cm\) \(32.2\,cm\) \(45.8\,cm\) \(71.2\,cm\) - 18. A thin convex lens of focal length \('f'\) is put on a plane mirror as shown in the figure. When an object is kept at a distance \('a'\) from the lens - mirror combination, its image is formed at a distance \(\frac{a}{3}\) in front of the combination. The value of \('a'\) is
2015 Hard
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