Q1.A concave mirror has a radius of curvature of 24 cm.

How far is an object from the mirror if an image is formed that is:
(a)virtual and 3.0 times the size of the object and
(b)real and 3.0 times the size of the object.
Q2.An object is placed in front of a convex mirror at a distance of 50 cm. A plane mirror is introduced covering the lower half
of the convex mirror. If the distance between the object and the plane mirror is 30 cm, it is found that there is no parallex
between the images formed by the two mirrors. Calculate the radius of curvature of the convex mirror.
Q 3.A thin rod of length f/3 is placed along the optic axis of a concave mirror of focal length f such tat its image which is real
and elongated just touches the rod. Calculate what will be the magnification?
Q4.Where should an object be placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length 30cm so the image size is 5times the object
size ?
Q5.An object of height 2.5cm is placed at a 1.5f from a concave mirror, where f is the magnitude of the focal length of the
mirror. The height of the object is perpendicular to the principal axis. Find the height of the image. Is the image erect or
inverted?
Q.6 .A convex and a concave mirror of radii 10 cm each are placed facing each other 15 cm apart. An object is
placed midway between them. Find the position, nature and size of the final image for reflections, first at concave
and then at convex mirror.
Q7. An object is placed 42 cm, in front of a concave mirror of focal length 21 cm. Light from the concave mirror is
reflected onto a small plane mirror 21 cm in front of the concave mirror. Where is the final image?
Q8. Convex and concave mirrors have the same radii of curvature R. The distance between the mirrors is 2R. At
what point on the common optical axis of the mirrors should a point source of light A be placed for the rays to
coverage at the points after being reflected first on the convex and then on the concave mirror?
Q 9.A U-shaped wire is placed before a concave mirror having radius of curvature 20 cm as shown in figure. Find the total
length of the image.

Q 10.A concave mirror forms on a screen a real image of thrice the linear dimensions of the object. Object and screen are
moved until the image is twice the size of the object. If the shift of the object is 6 cm, find the shift of the screen and the focal
length of the mirror.
Q 11. Two concave mirrors of equal radii of curvature R are fixed on a stand facing opposite directions. The whole system has
a mass m and is kept on a frictionless horizontal table. Two blocks A and B, each of mass m, are placed on the two sides of the
stand. At t = 0, the separation between A and the mirrors is 2 R and also separation between B and the mirrors is 2 R. The
block B moves towards the mirror at a speed v. All collisions which take place are elastic. Taking the original position of the
mirror stand system to be x = 0 and x-axis along AB. Find position of the images of A and B at t = (a) R/v, (b) 3R/v,
(c) 5R/v.

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Q 12. A gun of mass M fires a bullet of mass m with a horizontal speed V. The gun is fitted with a concave, mirror of focal

length f facing towards the receding bullet; find the speed of separation of the bullet and the image just after the gun was
fired.
Q13.Two spherical mirrors one convex and the other concave are each of radius ‘R’ they are arranged co-axially at a distance
2R from each other. A small circle of radius ‘r’ is drawn on the convex mirror the pole show that the three successive images
are r/3, r/11, r/41 in radius.

Reflection At Curve Surface

1. An object is located 15 cm in front of a concave spherical mirror of radius 50 cm. Where is the image? What is the
magnification of the image (37.5cm, 2.5)
2. How far from a concave spherical mirror of 20 cm focal length must a small object be placed on the axis of the mirror to
from an inverted image twice the height of the object?
3. A concave mirror has a radius of curvature of 80 cm. What are two positions at which an object may be placed in order to
give an image five times as larger? (48cm, 32cm)
4. How far from a concave mirror of 20 cm focal length must a small object be placed on the axis of the mirror to from an
inverted image of the same size as the object?
5. What is the radius of curvature of a shaving mirror that will produce an image twice the normal size when a man stands at
25 cm from it? What is the nature of the mirror?
6. Two concave spherical mirrors have equal focal length but different apertures. Which one will form a hotter image of the
sun?
7. Two concave spherical mirrors have the same aperture but different focal length. Which one will form a hotter image of the
sun?
8. A convex mirror forms the image of small object half its size 25 cm behind the mirror. What is the focal length of the
mirror?(16.67cm)
9. A concave mirror of focal length 4 cm is placed at a distance of 12 cm from a screen. Calculate the distance of an object
which may be placed in order to get its real image on the screen. (4cm)
10. An object is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. Calculate the distance of a screen
from mirror which may be placed in order to obtain the real image of the object on it. (30cm)
11. An object is kept at a distance of 50 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 25 cm. Calculate the magnification, if the
image is real.(same size as object)

12. When an object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a concave mirror then its magnification is 3 times as large as when
the object is 40 cm from the mirror. Calculate the focal length of the mirror if the image in both cases is real. (10cm)
13. A concave mirror of focal length f produces an image m times the size of the object. Calculate the distance of the object
from the mirror if (a) the image is real, and (b) the image is virtual.
14. If the lateral magnification of a object by a mirror is 5, then calculate its longitudinal or axial magnification. (25)
15. A short linear object of length L lies on the axis of spherical mirror of focal length f at distance u from the mirror. What is
the axial length of the image?
16. If an object is placed at 20 cm in front of the convex mirror of focal length 30 cm. Calculate the position of image. (12cm)
17. A 5 cm long object is placed 10 cm in front of a convex mirror of focal length 20 cm. Calculate the image distance.
(6.67cm)
18. An image is formed at 12 cm behind a convex mirror of focal length 30 cm. Calculate the object distance. (20cm)
19. At what distance an object be placed from a convex mirror of focal length 25 cm to from an image 1/3th of the size of the
object. (50cm)
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1) 1. A convex mirror is 18 cm away from an object placed on its principal axis. A plane mirror is introduced between the
convex mirror and the objects such that image formed by both mirror are at the same place. If the distance between the
two mirrors is 6 cm, then calculate the focal length of the convex mirror. (9 cm)
2) An object is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a convex mirror. A plane mirror is introduced between then in such a way
that both the mirrors form the image at the same place. Calculate the focal length of the convex mirror, if the distance
between tow mirrors is 5 cm. (7.5 cm)
3) The sun makes an angle of 0.50 degree at the pole a concave mirror of radius of curvature 2m. What will be the size of its
image? (0.87 cm)
4) The image of the sun formed by a concave mirror has a diameter of 0.94 cm. If the focal length of the mirror is 100 cm
then calculate the angle subtended by the sun at the pole. (0.54 0)
5) The diameter of the moon is approximately 2150 km and its average distance from the earth is 3.5 × 10 5 km. If the
diameter of the image of the moon formed by concave mirror is 1.5 cm; then calculate the focal length of the mirror. (2.4
m)
6) The image produced by a concave mirror is one quarter size of the object. When the object is moved 5 cm closer to the
mirror, the image is only half the size of the object. Find the focal length of the mirror. (2.5 cm)
7) Two spherical mirrors one convex and the other concave are each of radius ‘R’ they are arranged co-axially at a distance
2R from each other. A small circle of radius ‘r’ is drawn on the convex mirror the pole show that the three successive
images are r/3, r/11, r/41 in radius.
8) A plane mirror is placed 3 m in front of a concave mirror of 1 m focal length their reflecting surfaces facing each other.
Find where an object should be placed between the mirror so that the first image formed by both the mirror may coincide (
1.732 from the plane mirror )
9) An object is placed exactly midway between a concave mirror of radius of curvature 40 cm and a convex mirror of radius
of curvature 30 cm. The mirrors face each other and are 50 cm apart. Determine the nature and position of the image by
successive reflections, first at the concave mirror and then at the convex mirror. ( Virtual, 21.42 cm )
10) A thin rod of length f/3 is placed along the principal axis of a convex mirror of focal length ‘f’ such that its image which is
real and elongated just touches the rod. Find the magnification. ( 3/2 )
11) A is a pt within a circular ring. Rays of light starting from ‘A’ are reflected twice by the ring and return to the Same pt ‘A’
if  be the angle of incidence and ‘X’ the distance of the point ‘A’ from the centre of the ring show that tan  = x-y/x+y
where ‘Y’ is the distance from the centre of the ring to the inter section of the diameter of the ring drawn through the point
‘A’ and the path of the ray of light.
12) An object is situated at a distance of 36 cm in front of a convex mirror of focal length 12 cm. How the object should be
shifted so that the image is shifted towards the mirror by 3 cm. (Ans. 24 cm.)
13) A converging beam of rays is incident on a convex mirror of focal length 30 cm. They would meet at a distance of 20 cm.
From the pole of the mirror if the mirror be not present at the position. Find the position where the rays actually meet in
the presence of the mirror at the said position (-60 cm.)
14) An object is placed at a distance of 25 from a convex mirror. A plane mirror when placed 20 cm from the object the image
formed in the tow mirror lie adjacent to each other. What is the radius of curvature of the convex mirror? (75 cm.)
15) When an object is kept at distance of 30 cm from a convex mirror, the image is formed at distance of 10 cm. From the
mirror of the object is moved with a speed of 9 m/sec, find spud of the image. ( 1m/sec)
16) The sum subtends an angle of 0.5 at the pole on a concave mirror of radius of curvature 5 m. calculate the size of the
image of the sun. (2.18 cm.)
17) A convergent beam is allowed to fall on a spherical mirror so that the point of convergence is at a distance of 110 cm.
behind the mirror. If the rays reflected by the mirror converge at a distance of 20 cm. in front of the mirror, what is the
nature of the mirror? Calculate its radius of curvature. (80 cm, Concave Mirror)
18) A Concave and a convex mirror of radii of curvature 15 cm. and 25 cm. respectively are placed 25 cm. apart facing each
other. An object of length 3 cm. is placed in between them perpendicularly at their common axis at a distance of 10 cm.
from the concave mirror, find the position, nature and resize of the final image if the reflection first takes placed in the
concave mirror and then in the convex mirror. ( 3.57 cm, Virtual, Size = 6.45)

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