DAV SCHOOL

SREE NANDEESWARAR CAMPUS, ADAMBAKKAM, CHENNAI -88

CLASS: X OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

PHYSICS WORK SHEET 1

I. FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. Light is a form of _____________________

2. The centre of a spherical mirror is called its_________________
3. A convex mirror has a ______________________focus.
4. A ray of light directed towards the focus of a convex mirror after
reflection from the mirror becomes _______________________to the
principal axis.
5. The focal length of a concave mirror ____________________and that of
the convex mirror ____________________(positive, negative)
6. The focal length of a convex mirror is ________________________of its
radius of the curvature.
7. When an object is kept at the focus of a concave mirror, the image is
formed at ____________________
8. A concave mirror forms an image of a distant object on a screen. The
distance between the screen and the mirror
is_______________________
9. If m is positive for a spherical mirror, the image is ___________(real,
virtual).
10. If m > 1, the size of the image _____________than the size of the object.
11. A ______________mirror always forms a virtual and smaller image.
12. A _________________mirror has a wider field of view.
13. The dentists use ____________mirror to see large images of the teeth of
patients.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

1. The ratio of the focal length of spherical mirror to its radius of curvature is
___________________________

(a) 0.5 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

2. The object distance u, image distance v and focal length f for a spherical mirror are
related as ____________________
2….
 (a) 1/v – 1/u = 1/f (b) 1/u + 1/v = 1/f

(c) v – u = f (d) v + u = f

3. The image formed by a concave mirror __________________

(a) is always real (b) is always virtual (c) can be both real and virtual (d) none of
these.

4. The image formed by a convex mirror is always ___________________

(a) real and magnified (b) real and diminished (c) virtual and diminished (d) virtual
and magnified.

5. The mirror which has a wide a field of view must be __________________

(a) concave (b) convex (c) plane (d)none of these.

6. The driver’s mirror used in automobiles is ______________________

(a) convex (b) concave (c) plane (d)none of these.

7. A real and inverted image of the same of the same size is formed by a concave
mirror when the object is placed ___________________

(a) between the mirror and its focus (b) between the focus and the centre of
curvature` (c) at the centre of curvature (d) beyond the centre of curvature.

8. A concave mirror always forms real and inverted image except when the object is
placed ___________________

(a) at infinity (b) between F and C (c) at F (d) between F and pole of the mirror.

9. An object is placed at a distance of 30cm from a concave mirror of focal length

15cm. The image will be ______________________

(a) real and of same size (b) real and magnified (c) real and diminished
(d) virtual and magnified.

10. Starting from a large distance, a flame is moved towards a convex mirror. Then
the image ________________________________

(a) decreases in size and moves towards pole

(b) increases in size and moves towards pole

(c) decreases in size and moves away from pole

(d) increases in size and moves away from pole 3…

11. The ratio of size of the image to the size of the object is called __________________

(a) magnification (b) power (c) transformation ratio (d) focal length

12. The laws of reflection of light are valid for___________________

(a) plane mirror only (b) concave mirrors only (c) convex mirrors only (d) all reflecting
surfaces.

13. Which of the following points of a spherical mirror is taken as origin in case of
measurement of concerning distances? ____________________

(a) centre of curvature (b) Pole (c) focal point (d) any of these.

14. Magnification produced by a convex mirror is always ____________________

(a) less than 1 (b) equal to one (c) more than 1 (d) any of these

15. Magnification produced by a concave mirror may be ____________________

(a) less than 1 (b) equal to one (c) more than 1 (d) any of these

16. Magnification produced by a plane mirror is always ____________________

(a) less than 1 (b) equal to one (c) more than 1 (d) any of these

17. We can see in a room which is not directly illuminated by sunlight due to
_____________________

(a) regular reflection (b) refraction (c) irregular reflection (d) none of these

18. When the rays of light diverging from a point, after reflection either actually meet and
appear to meet at some other point, then that point is called _________________

(a) shadow (b) reference point (c) image (d) none of these.

19. No matter how far you stand from a mirror, your image appears erect, the mirror may
be __________________

(a) plane (b) concave (c) convex (d) both (a) and (c)

20. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection_____________________

(a) sometimes (b) never (c) always (d) cannot say

21. When a ray of light strikes a plane mirror at an angle of 90o, the angle of reflection for
this ray of light will be____________________
4….
(a) 90o (b) 450 (c) 30o (d) 0o

22. The phenomena in which right the right side of the image appears as left or vice-versa is
called _______________________

(a) lateral inversion (b) virtual inversion (c) regular inversion (d) irregular inversion

23. When a ray of incidents on a plane mirror at an angle 60 o, the angle between incident
ray and reflected ray will be_______________________

(a) 30o (b) 600 (c) 90o (d) 120o

24. Which of the following is not correct for irregular reflection____________________

(a) it cut off glare (b) it takes places from most of the surface

(c) it helps in general illumination (d) it helps in the formation of virtual image

25. When you stand in front of mirror, your image is always erect, of the same size and
laterally inverted. The mirror may be _______________________

(a) plane (b) convex (c) concave (d) both (a) and (b).

III ASSERTION AND REASONING:

1. ASSERTION: The objects present in dark room are not visible

REASON: The presence of light is essential for vision

2. ASSERTION: The reflection taking place from surface of mirror, highly polished objects,
still water etc., is regular reflection

REASON: Regular reflection helps in seeing our images as well as in solar cookers.

3. ASSERTION: The incident ray coincides with the normal when the light ray strikes a
surface normally.

REASON: The angle of incidence is 90o in such case.

4. ASSERTION: Virtual images are formed when the rays of light actually meet after
reflection or refraction at some other point

REASON: The virtual image cannot be taken on a screen.

5. ASSERTION: Irregular reflection cuts off the glare and is soothing to eyes.

REASON: Irregular reflection helps to spread over a vast area, thereby helping general
illumination.

6. ASSERTION: A concave mirror is called converging mirror. 5…

 REASON: Parallel rays of light, parallel to principal axis after reflection from a concave
mirror meet at its focal point.

7. ASSERTION: In case of concave mirror, principal focus is behind it.

REASON: The focal length is the distance between the pole and principal focus of the
concave mirror.

8. ASSERTION: Concave mirror forms both real and virtual images.

REASON: Concave mirror is known as converging mirror.

9. ASSERTION: Concave mirror is used by doctors to examine throat, nose, ear, teeth, etc.

REASON: Concave mirror forms both magnified and diminished images.

10. ASSERTION: Convex mirror is used as reflector for street light.

REASON: Convex mirror diverges rays over a large area, and hence, illuminates that
area.

11. ASSERTION: The light from the object is incident on the spherical mirror from left to right
direction.

REASON: The object is always kept on the left side of the spherical mirror.

12. ASSERTION: Magnification produced by a mirror is less than 1

REASON: The image is smaller than the object.

13. ASSERTION: Magnification produced by a mirror is more than 1

REASON: The image is of the same size as the object.

14. ASSERTION: The nature of the image is virtual and erect.

REASON: The sign of magnification is positive.

15. ASSERTION: It is not necessary to put the sign of unknown variable while using
magnification formula.

REASON: The signs automatically come up during calculations.

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