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Material on Physics - 17
Optical Instruments (H C Verma)
1. Find the maximum magnifying power of a compound microscope having a 25 diopter lens as the objective, a 5
diopter lens as the eyepiece and the separation 30 cm between the two lenses. The least distance for clear vision is
25 cm. [Ans : 8.4]
2. The separation between the objective and the eyepiece of a compound microscope can be adjusted between 9.8
cm to 11.8 cm. If the focal lengths of the objective and the eyepiece are 1.0 cm and 6 cm respectively, find the
range of the magnifying power if the image is always needed at 24 cm from the eye. [Ans : 20 to 30]
3. An eye can distinguish between two points of an object if they are separated by more than 0.22 mm when the
object is placed at 25 cm from the eye. The object is now seen by a compound microscope having a 20 D objec-
tive and 10 D eyepiece separated by a distance of 20 cm. The final image is formed at 25 cm from the eye. What is
the minimum separation between two points of the object which can now be distinguished ? [Ans : 0.04 mm]
4. A compound microscope has a magnifying power of 100 when the image is formed at infinity. The objective has
a focal length of 0.5 cm and the tube length is 6.5 cm. Find the focal length of the eyepiece. [Ans : 2 cm]
5. A compound microscope consists of an objective of focal length 1 cm and an eyepiece of focal length 5 cm. An
object is placed at a distance of 0.5 cm from the objective. What should be the separation between the lenses so
that the microscope projects an inverted real image of the object on a screen 30 cm behind the eyepiece ?
[Ans : 5 cm]
6. An optical instrument used for angular magnification has a 25 D objective and a 20 D eyepiece. The tube length
is 25 cm when the eye is least strained. (a) Whether it is microscope or a telescope ? (b) What is the angular
magnification produced ? [Ans : microscope, 20]
7. An astronomical telescope is to be designed to have a magnifying power of 50 in normal adjustment. If the
length of the tube is 102 cm, find the powers of the objective and the eyepiece. [Ans : 1 D, 50 D]
8. The eyepiece of an astronomical telescope has a focal length of 10 cm. The telescope is focussed for normal
vision of distant objects when the tube length is 1.0 m. Find the focal length of the objective and the magnifying
power of the telescope. [Ans : 90 cm, 9]
9. A Galilean telescope is 27 cm long when focussed to form an image at infinity. If the objective has a focal
length of 30 cm, what is the focal length of the eyepiece ? [Ans : 14 cm]
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