Optical Instruments MCQs

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1 1. Fundamentals of Optical Instruments

4 points
  • Definition
    Optical Instrument: A device that processes light waves to enhance an image for viewing or to analyze light waves to determine their characteristic properties.
  • Definition
    Aperture: The effective diameter of the light-admitting opening of an optical system; larger apertures allow more light but often decrease depth of field.
  • Definition Jan 2024
    Least Distance of Distinct Vision (LDDV): The minimum distance (standardized at 25 cm for a healthy adult) at which the human eye can focus clearly without strain.
  • Theory
    Accommodation: The process by which the human eye changes the focal length of its crystalline lens via ciliary muscles to focus on objects at varying distances.
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The optical fibre is covered for protection by a:
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When the length of a microscope tube is increased, its magnifying power
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Which of the following can be used to produce population inversion for the emission of Laser?
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The information from one place to another can be transmitted very safely and easily by:
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Power of a lens is one dioptre, if its focal length is
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87. The length of the tube of a microscope is 10 cm. The focal lengths of the objective and eye lenses are 0.5 cm and 1.0 cm respectively. The magnifying power of the microscope is about:
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The magnifying power of a convex lens of focal length 5 cm is
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The film is covered with an emulsion of
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Least distance of distinct vision
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The astronomical telescope has two lenses of focal powers 0.5 D and 20 D. Its magnifying power will be
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