Science : Numerical Questions


1. Concave Mirror (āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ)


Q / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: An object is placed 30 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. Find the image distance.
āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§° āφāĻ—āϤ ā§Šā§Ļ cm āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϤ ā§°āĻ–āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖāĻŸā§‹ā§° āĻĢā§‹āϕ⧇āϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ ā§§ā§Ģ cmāĨ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: u = −30 cm, f = −15 cm


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: 1/f = 1/v + 1/u


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž: 1/-15 = 1/v + 1/-30 


1/v = 1/-30 ⇒ v = −30 cm


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Image distance = −30 cm : āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ = −30 cm (Real and inverted / āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āφ⧰⧁ āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž)


2. Magnification – Mirror (āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ – āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ)


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: Object height = 4 cm, Image height = 8 cm


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: m = hi / ho


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž: m = 8/4 = 2


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Magnification = 2 : āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ = 2 (2 times enlarged / ⧍ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰)


3. Convex Lens – Magnification (āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ – āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ)


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: u = −20 cm, v = +40 cm


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: m = v/u


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž: m = 40/-20 = -2 


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Magnification = −2 : āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ = −2 (Real, inverted, 2 times / āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą, āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž, ⧍ āϗ⧁āĻŖ)


4. Convex Lens – Image Distance : (āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ – āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ)


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: u = −30 cm, f = +20 cm


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: 1/f = 1/v - 1/u


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž: 1/20 = 1/v + 1/30  ⇒ 1/v = 1/60 ⇒ v = +60 cm


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Image distance = 60 cm : āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ = 60 cm (On the other side of lens / āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧰ āφāύ āĻĢāĻžāϞ⧇)


5. Concave Lens (āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ)


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: u = −30 cm, f = −15 cm


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: 1/f = 1/v - 1/u


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž: 1/-15 = 1/v + 1/30 


1/v = 1/-10 ⇒ v = −10 cm


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Image distance = −10 cm : āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ = −10 cm (Virtual and erect / āφāĻ­āĻžāϏ⧀ āφ⧰⧁ āϏ⧋āϜāĻž)


6. Magnification – Lens (āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ – āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ)


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: u = −20 cm, v = +40 cm


m = 40/−20 = −2


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Magnification = −2 : āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ = −2 (Real and inverted / āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āφ⧰⧁ āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž)


7. Power of Lens (āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧰ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž)


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: f = 50 cm = 0.5 m


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: P = 1/f 


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž: P = 1/0.5 = +2D


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Power = +2 Dioptre : āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧰ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž = +2 āĻĄāĻžāχāĻ…āĻĒā§āϟāĻžā§°


8. Combination of Lenses (āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧰ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ—)


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: P₁ = +2D, P₂ = +3D


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: Ptotal P1 + P2


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž: P = 2 + 3 = +5D


Answer / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Total power = +5D : āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž = +5 āĻĄāĻžāχāĻ…āĻĒā§āϟāĻžā§°


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9. Mirror Magnification Problem (Concave Mirror)


An object is placed 30 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. Find the image distance. āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ ā§Šā§Ļ cm āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāϤ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖā§° āφāĻ—āϤ ā§°āĻ–āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖāĻŸā§‹ā§° āĻĢā§‹āϕ⧇āϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ ā§§ā§Ģ cmāĨ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: u = −30 cm, f = -15 cm


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: 1/f = 1/v + 1/u


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž:
1/-15 = 1/v + 1/-30
1/v = -1/15 + 1/30
1/v = -1/30
v = -30 cm


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Image distance = -30 cm :āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ = -30 cm (Real and inverted / āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ą āφ⧰⧁ āωāĻ˛ā§āϟāĻž)


10. Mirror Formula (Difficult)


Object distance = −20 cm, Image distance = −40 cm. Find focal length.āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ = −20 cm, āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ = −40 cmāĨ¤ āĻĢā§‹āϕ⧇āϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: u = −20 cm, v = −40 cm


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: 1/f = 1/v + 1/u


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž:
1/f = 1/−40 + 1/−20
1/f = −1/40 − 2/40
1/f = −3/40
f = −13.3 cm


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Focal length = −13.3 cm (Concave mirror / āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āĻĻā§°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ)


11. Lens Formula (Difficult)


Object distance = −10 cm, Image distance = +30 cm. Find focal length.āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ = −10 cm, āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ = +30 cmāĨ¤ āĻĢā§‹āϕ⧇āϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: u = −10 cm, v = +30 cm


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: 1/f = 1/v − 1/u


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž:
1/f = 1/30 − (−1/10)
1/f = 1/30 + 3/30
1/f = 4/30
f = +7.5 cm


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Focal length = +7.5 cm (Convex lens / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ)


12. Power of Concave Lens


Find the power of a concave lens having focal length −13.3 cm. āĻĢā§‹āϕ⧇āϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ −13.3 cm āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻāϟāĻž āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧰ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Given / āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇: f = −13.3 cm = −0.133 m


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: P = 1/f


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž:
P = 1 / (−0.133)
P ≈ −7.5 D


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Power = −7.5 Dioptre (Concave lens / āĻ…ā§ąāϤāϞ āϞ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ)


13. Lens Magnification


Magnification = +3, Image height = 15 cm. Find object height.āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ = +3, āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻž = 15 cmāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: m = hi / ho


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž:


3 = 15 / ho


ho = 5 cm


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Object height = 5 cm : āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻž = 5 cm


14. Magnification (Difficult – Mirror)


Focal length = −16 cm, Object distance = −24 cm. Find magnification. āĻĢā§‹āϕ⧇āϞ āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ = −16 cm, āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ = −24 cmāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°: 1/f = 1/v + 1/u


Calculation / āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž:
1/−16 = 1/v + 1/−24
1/v = −1/16 + 1/24
1/v = −1/48
v = −48 cm


Magnification / āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ: m = v/u = −48 / −24 = +2


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: Magnification = +2 (Erect and enlarged / āϏ⧋āϜāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰)