BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN’S S.V.
VIDYALAYA:: TIRUPATI
CLASS: 10 LIGHT- SPHERICAL MIRRORS
Multiple choice questions
1. An object at a distance of 30 cm from a concave mirror gets its image at the same point. The focal
length of the mirror is
a. – 30 cm b, +30 cm c. -15 cm d. +15cm
2. A concave mirror of focal length 20 cm forms an image having twice the size of the object. For the
virtual image to be formed, the position of the object will be
a. 25 cm b. 40 cm c. 10 cm d. At infinity
3. If a man’s face is 25cm in front of concave shaving mirror producing erect image 1.5 times the size
of the face, foal length of the mirror would be
a. 75 cm b. 25cm c. 15cm d. 60cm
4. Magnification produced by a rear view mirror fitted in vehicles
a. Is less than one b. is more than one c. is equal to one d. can be more or less than one
depending upon the position of the object in front of it.
5. In order to obtain a magnification of – 0.6 with a concave mirror, the object must be placed:
a. At the focus b. Between pole and focus c. Between focus and centre of curvature d.
Beyond the centre of curvature
Assertion and reasoning questions
Answer these questions selecting the appropriate option given below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
6. Assertion(A): A person cannot see his image in a concave mirror, unless, he is standing beyond the
center of curvature of the mirror.
Reason (R) : In a concave mirror, image formed is real provided the object is situated beyond its focus.
7. Assertion (A): The magnification produced by concave mirror can have both negative or positive sign.
Reason (R): Concave mirror can form both real and virtual image.
Solve the following numericals
8. Height of an object in front of a concave mirror is 3cm. The height of the image is 12cm in front of
the mirror. What is its magnification? State the nature of the image formed.
9. An object 1 cm high is held near a concave mirror of magnification 10. How tall will be the image?
10. An object 4 cm in size is placed at a distance of 25cm from a concave mirror of focal length 15cm.
Find the position, nature and height of the image.
11. A converging mirror forms a real image of height 4 cm, of an object of height 1 cm placed 20 cm away
from the mirror. Calculate the image distance. What is the focal length of the mirror?
12. A 4.5 cm needle is placed 12cm away from a convex mirror of focal length 15 cm. Give the location
of the image and the magnification. Describe what happens as the needle is moved farther from the
mirror.
13. An object is placed 15cm from a convex mirror of radius of curvature 90cm. Calculate position of the
image and its magnification.
14. An object 3cm high is held at a distance of 50cm from a diverging mirror of focal length 25cm. Find
the nature, position and size of the image formed.
15. The focal length of a convex mirror is 12.5 cm. How far is its centre of curvature (i) from the pole (ii)
from the focus.
16. Find the focal length of a concave mirror that produces four times larger real image of an object held
at 5cm from the mirror.
17. Draw any three ray diagrams to show how the size and nature of image of an object change when it
move from centre of curvature of concave mirror towards the pole of the mirror.
Case based question
Following figure illustrates the ray diagram for the formation of images by a concave mirror. The position
of the object is beyond the centre of curvature of the concave mirror. On the basis of the given diagram,
answer the following questions.
18. If the focal length of the mirror is 10 cm, at what distance will the image be formed.
19. If the size of the object in the given figure is 5 cm and the magnification produced is -0.5, what will
be size of the image in cm?
20. What will the negative sign in the magnification value indicate?
