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VIDYAPEETH
LIGHT: REFLECTION & REFRACTION
DPP-1
[Introduction to Light and Reflection]
1. Light shows ______ nature. 6. Laws of reflection hold true for:
(A) Wave (A) Regular surface
(B) Particle (B) Irregular surface
(C) Both wave and particle (C) All surfaces
(D) None of these (D) None of these

2. In a homogeneous medium light travels along a 7. Light is _______ wave.

______. (A) Mechanical
(A) Curve (B) Non-mechanical
(B) Straight line (C) Electromagnetic
(C) Circle (D) Both non-mechanical and electromagnetic
(D) All of these
8. In case of reflection in plane mirror, the object
3. The bouncing back of light in the same medium, distance (O) and image distance (I), when
from polished surface is called _______. measured from the mirror are such that.
(A) Refraction (A) O > I
(B) Transmission (B) I > O
(C) Reflection (C) I = O
(D) None of these (D) None

4. If the angle of incidence is 45°, then angle of 9. If two mirrors are inclined at an angle of 60°,
reflection will be: find the number of images formed.
(A) 30° (A) 3
(B) 45° (B) 4
(C) 60° (C) 5
(D) 90° (D) 6

5. If the light ray falls normally on a mirror, then 10. The angle of glance of incidence of an incident
sum of angle of incidence and angle of reflection ray is 30°. Its angle of reflection will be
will be ________. _______.
(A) 90º (A) 30°
(B) 45° (B) 45°
(C) 0° (C) 60°
(D) 180° (D) None of these
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DPP-2
[Spherical Mirrors]
1. _______ mirror is used as shaving mirror. 6. A ray of light incident on concave mirror via
(A) Convex focus will leave the reflecting surface.
(B) Concave (A) Via focus
(C) Reflecting sphere (B) Paraxially
(D) None of these (C) Via center of curvature
(D) None of these
2. Spherical mirror used in shops to prevent
shoplifting is _______ mirror. 7. A concave mirror makes ________ image.
(A) Concave (A) Real
(B) Convex (B) Virtual
(C) Both (C) Both real and virtual
(D) None (D) None

3. Mirror used in the head light of a car is. 8. A ray of light falling on concave mirror via
(A) Concave mirror centre of curvature.
(B) Convex mirror (A) Absorbed
(C) Plane mirror (B) Retraces back its path
(D) None of these (C) Leaves via focus
(D) Leaves paraxially
4. Radius of curvature (R) and focal length (f) are
related as. 9. A light ray falls on spherical mirror via center of
(A) f = 2R curvature, then angle of reflection is.
(B) f2 = 2R (A) 45°
(C) R = 2f (B) 60°
2
(D) R = 2f (C) 0°
(D) 90°
5. A concave mirror is having the radius of
curvature of 16 cm. Find its focal length. 10. Object at infinity casts its image at.
(A) 32 cm (A) Focus
(B) 16 cm (B) Centre of curvature
(C) 8 cm (C) Everywhere
(D) 4 cm (D) No where
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DPP-3
[Sign Convention and Ray Diagrams]
1. Convex mirror always forms _______ image. 6. Focal length of plane mirror is.
(A) Real (A) 10 cm
(B) Virtual (B) 10 m
(C) Both real and virtual (C) 0 m
(D) None of these (D) Infinity

2. Spherical mirror used at the turning point in 7. If a ball approaches the plane mirror with the
streets is. velocity of 5 ms–1, with respect to mirror then
(A) Concave mirror velocity of image with respect to ball will be:
(B) Plane mirror (A) 5 ms–1 (B) –5 ms–1
(C) Convex mirror (C) –10 ms–1 (D) 10 ms–1
(D) None of these
8. Magnification (m) for spherical mirrors is given
3. Convex mirror is used as shaving mirror. by (u object distance, v  image distance)
(A) True (B) False v v
(A) m  (B) m  –
(C) Can not be defined (D) None u u
(C) m = uv (D) m = –uv
4. In the shown figure, the sign of u, v and f are
(u, v, f having their conventional meanings) 9. A convex mirror can have the following
magnification.
A
B P (A) +2.3
B (B) –2.5
C
F (C) +0.7
A (D) –0.7
(A) u +ve (B) u–ve
10. A convex mirror always forms _____ image.
v +ve v–ve
(A) Real and inverted
f +ve f –ve
(B) Real and erect
(C) u +ve (D) u–ve (C) Virtual and erect
v –ve v–ve (D) Virtual and inverted
f –ve f +ve
11. In the mirror formula, all the distances are
5. R = 2f holds true for measured from
(A) Concave mirror (A) Centre of curvature
(B) Convex mirror (B) Focus
(C) Both concave and convex mirror (C) Pole
(D) Plane mirror (D) Infinity
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DPP-4
[Mirror Formula and Magnification]
1. A concave mirror produces an image which is 3 6. A concave mirror of focal length 40 cm forms
times as larger as the object placed at the real image of an object two times its original
distance of 20 cm from it. For the image to be size, object should be placed at.
real, the focal length should be (A) –20 cm
(A) + 10 cm (B) –40 cm
(B) – 15 cm (C) –60 cm
(C) + 20 cm (D) –80 cm
(D) – 40 cm
7. An object placed at the distance of 20 cm from
2. Focal length of convex mirror is 20 cm. It convex mirror of focal length 8 cm, nature and
produces an image at the distance of 10 cm from position of image is _______.
pole behind the mirror, the object distance (A) Real at 5.7 cm from mirror
should be _______. (B) Virtual at 5.7 cm from mirror
(A) –10 cm (C) Real at 7.5 cm from mirror
(B) –15 cm (D) Virtual at 7.5 cm from mirror
(C) –20 cm
(D) –25 cm 8. For spherical mirrors, correct relation among u,v
and f is
3. Which one of the following is correct for 1 1 1
(A) – 
magnification in spherical mirror? u v f
f 1 1 2
(A) m  (B) – 
uf v u f
u–f 1 1 1
(B) m  (C)  
uf f u v
u 1 1 1
(C) m (D)  
uf u v f
(D) None of these
9. Magnification of +0.25 shows _______ image.
4. Concave mirror of focal length 12 cm, magnifies (A) Real and inverted
the object by 3 times its original size, the object (B) Virtual and inverted
distance should be (C) Real and erect
(A) –12 cm (D) Erect and diminished
(B) –16 cm
(C) –22 cm 10. Magnification of spherical mirrors is given by
(D) –32 cm –v
(A) m 
u
5. A man of height 10m observes his erected image (B) m = uv
of 5 m height, then mirror used is a _______ –u
mirror. (C) m 2 
v
(A) Concave (B) Convex (D) None of these
(C) Plane (D) All of these
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DPP-5
[Refraction, Lenses, Lens Formula, Magnification and Power]
1. In optics, an object which has higher refractive 7. An object is situated at a distance of f/2 from a
index is called. convex lens of focal length f. The distance of
(A) Optically rarer (B) Optically denser image
(C) Optically neutral (D) All of these (A) –f (B) +(f/3)
(C) –(f/2) (D) +(f/4)
2. The unit of power of a lens is
(A) Meter (B) Centimetre 8. Where should an object be placed in front of
(C) Diopter (D) None of these convex lens so as to obtain the image formed at
exactly same distance on another side?
3. Power of a lens with its focal length (in m) is
related as
O
1 1
(A) P  (B) P  2f1 f1 f2 2f2
f v
1 f
(C) P  (D) P  (A) At f1
u v
(B) At 2f1
(C) At O
4. An object 4cm tall is placed in front of convex
(D) Between 2f1 and f1
lens. It produces an image 3cm tall. What is the
magnification of the lens?
9. Magnification for spherical lenses is given by
(A) 1.33 (B) –1.5
v v
(C) –0.75 (D) 2.0 (A) m  (B) m = –
u u
5. An object placed 10cm from a diverging lens (C) m = uv (D) m = –uv
which forms an image at 6.5cm from the lens.
What is the focal length of the lens? 10. If the distance u, v and f are measured from
(A) +18.5 cm (B) –3.9 cm focus instead of pole, then
(C) +3.9 cm (D) –18.5 cm (A) f2 = uv (B) f = u2v
(C) f = uv2 (D) f = uv
6. A convex lens of focal length 12cm produces the
magnification of –1. The object should be placed 11. Focal length of a lens is –50cm. Its power will
at. be
(A) –12 cm (B) –24 cm (A) +2 D (B) –2 D
(C) –48 cm (D) –96 cm (C) +0.5 D (D) –0.5 D