Q.

Assuming human pupil have a radius of 0.25 cm and a comfortable viewing distance of 25 cm. The minimum separation between two objects that human eye can able to  resolve at 500 nm wavelength is      
 

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a

30µm 

b

1µm 

c

100µm 

d

300µm

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

minimum angle to resolve by any optical instrument is θ=1.22λD

D = diameter of human eye

and minimum distance between two points will be θ x, where x is the distance between the object and eye.

θ x=1.22λDx =1.22×5×10-7×25×10-22×0.25×10-2=30×10-6

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