Physics L-1 Coaching

PLANE MIRROR (for IIT-JEE)

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS :-
1. A bird is flying with a velocity v between two long vertical plane mirrors making an angle  with
mirror M 1 as shown. Then what will be the relative velocity of approach between the images
formed by the mirrors due to the 1st reflection in each of them

(a) v sin  (b) 2v sin  (c) 2( v sin   L) (d) zero

2. Two mirrors are inclined at an angle  as shown in the figure. Light ray is incident parallel to one of
the mirrors. The ray will start retracting its path after third reflection if

(a)   45 (b)   30 (c)   60 (d) all three

3. As shown in the figure a particle is placed at O in front of a plane mirror M.A man at P can move
along path PY and PY' then which of the following is true?

(a) For all points on PY man can see the image of O

(b) For all points on PY' man can see the image, but for no point on PY he can see the image of O
(c) For all points on PY' he can see the image but on PY he can see the image only upto distance d.
(d) He can see the image only upto a distance d on either side of P.
4. A light ray I is incident on a plane mirror M. The mirror is rotated in the direction as shown in the
figure by an arrow at frequency 9 /  rev/s. The light reflected by the mirror is received on the wall
W at a distance 10 m from the axis of rotation. When the angle of incidence becomes 37 the speed of
the spot (a point) on the wall is :

(a) 10 m/s (b) 1000 m/s (c) 360 m/s (d) none of these

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5. Shown plane mirror is lying in y-z plane. A particle P has velocity u  5î  6 ĵ at t  0 & acceleration

a  2 tĵ. Velocity of its image at t = 2s relative to it is

(a) 10î (b)  10î (c) 20 ĵ (d)  20 ĵ

6. There are two plane mirror with reflecting surfaces facing each other. Both the mirrors are moving
with speed v away from each other. A point is placed between the mirrors. The velocity of the image
formed due to n- the reflection will be –
(a) nv (b) 2nv (c) 3nv (d) 4nv
7. A point source of light S is placed in front of two large mirrors as shown. Which of the following
observers will see only one image of S?

(a) only A (b) only C (c) Both a and c (d) Both b and c

8. A ray reflected successively from two plane mirrors inclined at a certain angle ( 90) undergoes a
deviation of 300. The number of images observable are :
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 14

9. A ray of light travelling in the direction

1
2
 
î  3 ĵ is incident on a plane mirror. After reflection, it

travels along the direction

1
2
 
î  3 ĵ . The angle of incidence is :-

(a) 30 (b) 45 (c) 60 (d) 75

10. A point object is kept in front of a plane mirror. The plane mirror is doing SHM of amplitude 2 cm.
The plane mirror moves along the x-axis and x-axis is normal to the mirror. The amplitude of the
mirror is such that the object is always infront of the mirror. The amplitude of SHM of the image is
(a) zero (b) 2 cm (c) 4 cm (d) 1 cm
11. A person's eye level is 1.5 m. He stands in front of a 0.3 m long plane mirror which is 0.8 m above the
ground. The length of the image he sees of himself is :
(a) 1.5 m (b) 1.0 m (c) 0.8 m (d) 0.6 m

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12. A person is standing in a room of width 200 cm. A plane mirror of vertical length 10 cm is fixed on a
wall in front of the person. The person looks into the mirror from distance 50 cm. How much width
(height) of the wall behind him will he be able to see.
(a) 30 cm (b) 40 cm (c) 50 cm (d) none of these

13. A plane mirror is moving with velocity 4î  5 ĵ  8k̂. A point object in front of the mirror moves with
a velocity 3î  4 ĵ  5k̂. Here k̂ is along the normal to the plane mirror and facing towards the object.
The velocity of the image is :
(a)  3î  4 ĵ  5k̂ (b) 3î  4 ĵ  11k̂ (c)  3î  4 ĵ  11k̂ (d) 7 î  9 ĵ  11k̂

14. A flat mirror M is arranged parallel to a wall W at a distance I from it. The light produced by a point
source S kept on the wall is reflected by the mirror and produces a light patch on the wall. The
mirror moves with velocity v towards the wall.

(a) The patch of light will move with the speed v on the wall
(b) The patch of light will not move on the wall
(c) As the mirror comes closer the patch of light will become larger and shift away from the wall
with speed larger then v.
(d) The size of the light patch on the wall remains the same
15. Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other with their reflecting faces making acute angle. A light
ray is incident on one plane mirror. The total deviation after two successive reflections is :
(a) independent of the initial angle of incidence
(b) independent of the angle between the mirrors
(c) dependent on the initial angle of incidence
(d) dependent on the angle between the mirrors
16. Two plane mirrors of length L are separated by distance L and a man M 2 is standing at distance L

from the connecting line of mirrors as shown in figure. A man M 1 is walking in a straight line at

distance 2 L parallel to mirrors at speed u, then man M 2 at O will be able to see image of M 1 for

time :

4L 3L 6L 9L
(a) (b) (c) (d)
u u u u

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SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS :-
1. A light ray is incident on a plane mirror, which after getting reflected strikes another plane mirror, as
shown in figure. The angle between the two mirrors is 600. Find the angle '' shown in figure.

2. There are two plane mirror inclined at 400 , as shown. A ray of light is incident of mirror M 1 . What
should be the value of angle of incidence ' i' so that the light ray retraces its path after striking the
mirror M 2 .

3. Two plane mirrors are placed as shown in the figure

(a) How many images will be formed

(b) Find the position(s) of image(s)
(c) Will the ray passing through (1, 1.25) take part in image formation.

4. An object is placed at (0, 0) and a plane mirror is placed, inclined 300 with the x axis.

(a) Find the position of image

(b) If the object starts moving with velocity 1 î m / s and the mirror is fixed find the velocity of image

5. A plane mirror of circular shape with radius r = 20 cm is fixed to the ceiling. A bulb is to be placed on
the axis of the mirror. A circular area of radius R = 1m on the floor is to be illuminated after reflection
of light from the mirror. The height of the room is 3 m. What is the maximum distance from the
centre of the mirror and the bulb so that the required area is illuminated?

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6. In figure shown AB is a plane mirror of length 40 cm placed at a height 40 cm from the ground.
There is a light source S at a point on the ground. Find the minimum and maximum height of a man
(eye height) required to see the image of the source if he is standing at a point A on the ground as
shown in figure.

7. Two large plane mirrors OM and ON are arranged as shown. Find the length of the part of large
screen SS' in which two images of the object placed at P can be seen?

# ANSWER KEY #
Objective Questions
1. d 4. b 7. b 10. c 13. b 16. c
2. b 5. b 8. b 11. d 14. b, d
3. c 6. b 9. a 12. c 15. a, d
Subjective Questions
1. 600
2. 400
3. (a) 1; (b) (4, 0); (c) No
4. Position of image = (1 cos 600 ,1 sin 600 ) Velocity of image  1 cos 600 î ,1 sin 600 ĵ m /s
5. 75cm
6. 160 cm min, 320 cm max
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7. m
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