PHYSICS

Chapter- Light and reflection

and refraction mcq’s
1. An object is placed 20 cm in front of a plane mirror. The mirror is moved 2 cm towards the
object. The distance between the positions of the original and final images seen in the mirror is:

(a) 2 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 22 cm

Answer: (a) 4 cm

2: Focal length of plane mirror is

(a) At infinity (b) Zero (c) Negative (d) None of these

Answer: (a) At infinity

3: Which of the following can make a parallel beam of light when light from a point source is
incident on it? (
a) Concave mirror as well as convex lens (b)
Convex mirror as well as concave lens

(c) Two plane mirrors placed at 90° to each other (d) Concave mirror as well as
concave lens Answer: (a) Concave mirror as well as convex lens

4: In order to obtain a magnification of, -0.6 (minus 0.6) with a concave mirror, the object must
be placed:

(a) At the focus (b) Between pole and focus (c) Between focus and
center of curvature (d) Beyond the center of curvature Answer: (d) Beyond the center
of curvature

5: A ray of light that strikes a plane mirror PQ at an angle of incidence of 30o, is reflected from
the plane mirror and then strikes a second plane mirror QR placed at right angles to the first
mirror. The angle of reflection at the seconds. (a) 30o (b)
45o (c) 60o (d) 90o Answer: (c) 60o

6: Image formed by plane mirror is (a) Real and erect (b) Real and
inverted (c) Virtual and erect (d) Virtual and inverted Answer: (c)
Virtual and erect

7. 10 mm long awl pin is placed vertically in front of a concave mirror. A 5 mm long image of
the awl pin is formed at 30 cm in front of the mirror. The focal length of this mirror is
 (a) -30 cm (b) -20 cm (c) -40cm (d) -60 cm
Answer: (b) -20 cm

8: A man runs towards the plane mirror at 2 m/s. The relative speed of his image with respect to
him will be:

(a) 4 ms⁻¹ (b) 2 ms⁻¹ (c) 8 ms⁻¹ (d) 10 ms⁻¹

Answer: (a) 4 ms⁻¹

9: An object is placed at 100 mm in front of a concave mirror which produces an upright image
(erect image). The radius of curvature of the mirror is:

(a) Less than 100 mm (b) Between 100 mm and 200 mm c) Exactly 200 mm (d)
More than 200 mm Answer: (d) More than 200 mm

10: 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 Answer

11.A concave lens from the image of an object which is :

(a) Virtual inverted and diminished (b) Virtual upright and diminished (c) Virtual
inverted and enlarged (d) Virtual upright and enlarged Answer: (b) Virtual upright and
diminished

12. Which position of the object will produce a magnified virtual image, if a concave mirror of
focal length 15 cm is being used?

(a) 10 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 35 cm

13. A concave lens from the image of an object which is :

(a) Virtual inverted and diminished (b) Virtual upright and diminished (c) Virtual
inverted and enlarged (d) Virtual upright and enlarged

14: Power of the lens is -40, its focal length is

(a) 4m (b) -40m (c) -0.25m (d) -25m Answer: (c) -0.25m

15: Which of the given is NOT paired correctly?

(a) Solar furnace-concave mirror (b) Rear -view mirror-convex mirror (c) Magnifying glass
-convex lens (d) None of these Answer: (d) None of these

16. A concave mirror produces a magnification of +4. The object is placed:

(a) At the focus (b) Between focus and centre of curvature (c) Between focus and pole
(d) Beyond the centre of curvature Answer: (c) Between focus and pole.

17. 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

Answer: (c) Between P and F

18. 20: An object is approaching a plane mirror at 5 cm/s. A stationary observer sees the image.
At what speed will the image appear to approach the stationary observer?

(a) 20 cm/s (b) 10 cm/s (c) 15 cm/s (d) 5 cm/s Answer: (d) 5 cm/s

19. Two big mirrors A and B are fitted side by side on a wall. A man is standing at such a
distance from the wall that he can see the erect image of his face in both the mirrors. When the
man starts walking towards the mirrors, he finds that the size of his face in mirror A goes on
increasing but that in mirror B remains the same:

(a) Mirror A is concave and mirror B is convex (b) Mirror A is plane and mirror B is
concave (c) Mirror A is concave and mirror B is plane (d) Mirror A
is convex and mirror B is concave

Answer: (c) Mirror A is concave and mirror B is plane

20.In optics an object which has higher refractive index is called

(a) Optically rarer (b) Optically denser (c) Optical density (d) Refractive index
Answer: (b) Optically denser

Section; B 2 marks
1. A beam of rays, parallel to the principal axis, is incident on a convex mirror. Show
diagrammatically, the path of these rays after reflection from the mirror.

2. Find the power of a concave lens of focal length 2 m?

3. With respect to air the refractive index of ice is 1.31 and that of rock salt is 1.54.

Calculate the refractive index of rock salt with respect to ice?

4. A concave mirror produces three times magnified (enlarged) real image of an object

10 cm in front of it. Where is the image located?

5. Three mirrors, one plane, one concave and one convex are lying on the table. How

can a person identify them without touching them or using any other apparatus or

device?

6. Obtain the formula for the focal length of a lens in terms of object distance (u) and

magnification (m).

7. In what S.I unit is the power of lens stated? A convex lens has a focal length of 50 cm.

calculate its power?

8. Light enters from air into diamond which has a refractive index of 2.42. Calculate the

speed of light in diamond. The speed of light in air is 3x10 8 m/s.

9. Light is incident at an angle of (i)300 (ii) , 450 on the same face of a given rectangular slab.
If the angles of refraction, at this face are in the two cases. Obtain the relation between these two
angles.

10. Why do we prefer a convex mirror as a rear view mirror in vehicles?

11. A doctor has prescribed a corrective lens of power 1.5 D. Find the focal length of this

lens. Is the prescribed lens diverging or converging.

12. Define the principle focus of a concave mirror.

13. Name a mirror that can give an erect and enlarged image of an object.

14. Why do we prefer a convex mirror as a rear-view mirror in vehicles?

15. The refractive index of diamond is 2.42. What is the meaning of this statement?

Section- c -5
marks

1. Draw a ray diagram to show the use of a convex lens for the formation of images having
the following characteristics.
2. A convex lens forms a real and inverted image of a needle at a distance of 50 50 cm.
from it. Where is the needle placed in front of the convex lens if the image is equal to the
size of objects? Also, find the power of the lens.
3. One-half of a convex lens is covered with black paper. Will this lens produce a complete
image of the object? Verify your answers experimentally. Explain your observations
4. An object 5 5 cm in length is held 25 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal
length 10 10 cm. Draw the ray diagram and find the position, size, and nature of the
image formed.

5. A convex lens of focal length 15 cm formed an image 10 cm from the lens. How far is
the object placed from the lens? Draw the ray diagram.

Section-D 3
marks

1. A concave mirror has a focal length of 20 cm. At what distance from the mirror should a
4 cm tall object be placed so that it forms an image at a distance of 30 cm from the
mirror? Also calculate the size of the image formed.
2. (a) Water has refractive index 1.33 and alcohol has refractive index 1.36. Which of the
two medium is optically denser? Give reason for your answer. (b) Draw a ray diagram to
show the path of a ray of light passing obliquely from water to alcohol. (c) State the
relationship between angle of incidence and angle of refraction in the above case.
3. Three mirrors, one plane, one concave and one convex are lying on the table. identify
them without touching them or using any other apparatus or device?
4. A convex lens of focal length 25 cm and a concave lens of focal length 10 cm are placed
in closed contact with each other. Calculate the lens power of the combination.
5. An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm in front of a concave mirror of radius of
curvature 30 cm. List four characteristics of the image formed by the mirror.
6. A convex lens of focal length 2.0 m can produce a magnified virtual as well as real
image. Is this a correct statement? If yes, where shall the object be placed in each case for
obtaining these images?
7. “The magnification produced by a spherical mirror is -3”. List all information you obtain
from this statement about the mirror/ image.
8. An object of size 7.0 cm is placed at 27 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 18
cm. At what distance from the mirror should a screen be placed, so that a sharp focused
image can be obtained? Find the size and the nature of the image.
9. Find the position, nature and size of the image formed by a convex lens of focal length 12
cm of an object 5 cm high placed at a distance 20 cm from it. An object is kept at a
distance of 15 cm from a (a) convex mirror (b) concave lens (c) Plane mirror. The
focal length of the convex mirror and the concave lens are 10 cm each. Draw the
appropriate ray diagrams, showing the formation of image, in each of the three case.