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Refraction at spherical surfaces
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
Refer the figure given below. and are refractive indices of air and lens material. The height of image will be ________ cm.
- Main 2026PhysicsSingle correct
A spherical interface lens of radius separates two media of refractive indices 1 and 1.4 respectively as shown in the figure below. A point source is placed at a distance of in front of spherical interface. The magnitude of the magnification of point source image is ________.
- Advanced 2024PhysicsMultiple correct
A glass beaker has a solid, plano-convex base of refractive index 1.60, as shown in the figure. The radius of curvature of the convex surface (SPU) is , while the planar surface (STU) acts as a mirror. This beaker is filled with a liquid of refractive index up to the level QPR. If the image of a point object O at a height of (OT in the figure) is formed onto itself, then, which of the following option(s) is(are) correct?
- Main 2022PhysicsInteger
A parallel beam of light is allowed to fall on a transparent spherical globe of diameter 30 cm and refractive index 1.5. The distance from the centre of the globe at which the beam of light can converge is ______ mm.
- Advanced 2020PhysicsMultiple correct
A beaker of radius is filled with water up to a height as shown in the figure on the left. The beaker is kept on a horizontal table rotating with angular speed . This makes the water surface curved so that the difference in the height of water level at the center and at the circumference of the beaker is , as shown in the figure on the right. Take this surface to be approximately spherical with a radius of curvature . Which of the following is/are correct? ( is the acceleration due to gravity)
- Advanced 2019PhysicsMultiple correct
Three glass cylinders of equal height cm and same refractive index are placed on a horizontal surface as shown in figure. Cylinder I has a flat top, cylinder II has a convex top and cylinder III has a concave top. The radii of curvature of the two curved tops are same ( m). If , , and are the apparent depths of a point on the bottom of the three cylinders, respectively, the correct statement(s) is/are:
- Advanced 2016PhysicsMultiple correct
A plano-convex lens is made of a material of refractive index . When a small object is placed 30 cm away in front of the curved surface of the lens, an image of double the size of the object is produced. Due to reflection from the convex surface of the lens, another faint image is observed at a distance of 10 cm away from the lens. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) true?
- Advanced 2015PhysicsMultiple correct
Two identical glass rods and (refractive index = 1.5) have one convex end of radius of curvature 10 cm. They are placed with the curved surfaces at a distance as shown in the figure, with their axes (shown by the dashed line) aligned. When a point source of light is placed inside rod on its axis at a distance of 50 cm from the curved face, the light rays emanating from it are found to be parallel to the axis inside . The distance is
- Advanced 2014PhysicsMultiple correct
A transparent thin film of uniform thickness and refractive index is coated on the convex spherical surface of radius at one end of a long solid glass cylinder of refractive index , as shown in the figure. Rays of light parallel to the axis of the cylinder traversing through the film from air to glass get focused at distance from the film, while rays of light traversing from glass to air get focused at distance from the film. Then
- Advanced 2011PhysicsInteger
Water (with refractive index ) in a tank is 18 cm deep. Oil of refractive index lies on water making a convex surface of radius of curvature ' cm' as shown. Consider oil to act as a thin lens. An object 'S' is placed 24 cm above water surface. The location of its image is at '' cm above the bottom of the tank. Then '' is
- Advanced 2010PhysicsMatrix match
Two transparent media of refractive indices and have a solid lens shaped transparent material of refractive index between them as shown in figures in Column II. A ray traversing these media is also shown in the figures. In Column I different relationships between , and are given. Match them to the ray diagrams shown in Column II.