A thin lens whose power is +2D is cut into two pieces perpendicular to the principal axis. The focal length of each part will be

(1) 1 m

(2) 0.1 m

(3) 75 cm

(4) 0.05 m

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A light ray is incident at an angle of 60° on one face of a  prism of a refractive angle 90°. If light ray grazes the second face, then the refractive index of the material of prism is-

1. 32

2. 2

3. 52

4. 72

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The near point of a hypermetropic eye is \(1~\text{m}.\)What is the power of the lens required to correct this defect?
1. \(-3~\text{D}\)
2. \(+3~\text{D}\)
3. \(+1~\text{D}\)
4. \(-1.75~\text{D}\)

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The minimum magnifying power of an astronomical telescope is \(40\). If the length of the telescope is \(205\) cm, then the focal length of its field lens is:
1. \(5\) cm
2. \(200\) cm
3. \(40\) cm
4. \(140\) cm

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A boy with defective eye-sight cannot see things beyond 50 cm. The corrective lens required has the power:

1. +1 D

2. +2 D

3. -1 D

4. -2 D

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The focal lengths of the objective and eyepiece of a terrestrial telescope are 50 cm and 10 cm respectively. The magnifying power of the telescope when the final image is formed at infinity is

(1) 3.75

(2) -2.5

(3) -4.25

(4) +5

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A convex mirror of focal length \(20~\text{cm}\) forms an image that is a quarter of the object's size. The distance of the object from the mirror is:
1. \(50~\text{cm}\)
2. \(-60~\text{cm}\) 
3. \(-40~\text{cm}\) 
4. \(-70~\text{cm}\)

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The focal length of a thin convex lens for red and blue light is 0.5m and 0.484m.  The dispersive power of the lens is 

1. 0.984

2. 0.032

3. 0.484

4. 0.434

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What is the length of the optical path of two media in contact having thickness 2 cm and 3 cm and refractive indices 1.5 and 1.7 respectively?

(1) 4.5 cm

(2) 8.1 cm

(3) 6.2 cm

(4) 9.4 cm

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Two thin convex lenses of focal length 20cm and 5cm are placed 10cm apart. The power of the combination of lenses is 

1. 10D

2. 15D

3. 20D

4. 25D

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