Physics
Light-Reflection and Refraction
A. Answer the following questions
1. List four characteristics of the images formed by plane mirrors. (CBSE 2015
2. Draw a ray diagram to show the path of the reflected ray corresponding to an
incident ray which is directed parallel to the principal axis of a convex mirror.
Mark on it the angle of incident and the angle of reflection (CBSE 2014)
3. A spherical mirror produces an image of magnification -1 on a screen placed at
a distance of 50 cm from the mirror.
(a) Write the type of mirror.
(b) Find the distance of the image from the object.
(c) What is the focal length of the mirror?
(d) Draw the ray diagram to show the image formation in this case. (CBSE
2014)
4. State the laws of refraction of light. If the speed of light in vacuum is 3X108
ms-1, find the speed of light in a medium of absolute refractive index 1.5.
(CBSE 2014)
5. Which phenomenon is responsible for making the path of light visible? (CBSE
2012)
6. When we place a glass prism in the path of a narrow beam of white light a
spectrum is obtained.
7. The power of the lens is -4.0D. What is the nature of this lens? (CBSE 2008)
8. Which type of mirror is used to give erect and enlarged image of an object?
(CBSE 2008)
9. Draw the ray diagram and also state the position, the relative size and the
nature of image formed by a concave mirror when the object is placed at the
centre of curvature of the mirror. (CBSE 2011)
10. What is the magnification of a plane mirror
11. What is the radius of curvature of plane mirror?
12. Why paper catches fire when a convex lens is used to ficus sunlight?
13. What is silvering of mirror?
14. What is refractive mirror?
15. State the formula, lens formula and power of lens
16. The refractive index of water is 1.33 and kerosene is 1.44. Calculate refractive
index of the kerosene with respect to water.
17. What kind of mirrors are used in big shopping stores to watch activities of
customers?
18. Give mirror image of word �AMBULANCE�
19. The magnification produced by a plane mirror is +1. What does it mean?
20. Name the type of mirror used in following situations
a. Headlights of the car
b. Side/rear view mirror of a vehicle
c. Solar furnace
21. What are two types of reflexive index.
22. Differentiate between concave and convex lens.
23. Draw the diagram of path of light when it travels through a glass slab.
24. What are the properties of the image formed by plane mirror?
25. Write laws of reflection
26. Draw and explain the ray diagram formed by a convex mirror when
a. Object is at infinity
b. Object is at finite distance from the mirror
27. Name the mirror which can show the size of the object to be double of its
original.
28. If the speed of light in water is 2.25X10 8 m/s and the speed in vaccum is
3X10 8 m/s . Calculate the refractive index of water.
29. Find the focal length of a lens of power -2.0 D. what type of lens is this?
B. Multiple choice Questions
1 . Focal length of plane mirror is
a. At infinity
b. Zero
c. Negative
d. None of these
2. Image formed by plane mirror is
a. Real and erect
b. Real and inverted
c. Virtual and erect
d. Virtual and inverted
3. A concave mirror gives real, inverted and same size image if the object is placed
a. At F
b. At infinity
c. At C
d. Beyond C
4. Power of the lens is -40, its focal length is
a. 4m
b. -40m
c. -0.25m
d. -25m
5. A concave mirror gives virtual, refract and enlarged image of the object but image
of smaller size than the size of the object is
a. At infinity
b. Between F and C
c. Between P and F
d. At E
6. In optics an object which has higher refractive index is called
a. Optically rarer
b. Optically denser
c. Optical density
d. Refractive index
7. The optical phenomena, twinkling of stars, is due to
a. Atmospheric reflection
b. Total reflection
c. Atmospheric refraction
d. Total refraction
8. Convex lens focus a real, point sized image at focus, the object is placed
a. At focus
b. Between F and 2F
c. At infinity
d. At 2F
9. The unit of power of lens is
a. Metre
b. Centimeter
c. Diopter
d. M -1
10. The radius of curvature of a mirror is 20cm the focal length is
a. 20cm
b. 10cm
c. 40cm
d. 5cm
