M16 - PILLARS OF CREATION

MAGADHAM SCHOOL, VIDISHA ,M.P.

PHYSICS
NEET-UG - Physics
Time Allowed: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 300

1. The focal length (f) of spherical mirror of radius curvature R is: [4]

a) b) 2R
3

2R

c) R d)
R

2. According to Cartesian sign convention, distances measured in the same direction as the [4]

a) incident light is taken as negative b) reflected/refracted ray is taken as negative

c) incident light is taken as positive d) reflected/refracted ray is taken as positive

3. The disease in the mirror shown where paraxial and marginal rays do not meet at one point is called:
[4]

a) coma b) spherical aberration

c) astigmatism d) chromatic aberration

4. A convex mirror of focal length f produces an image (1/n)th of the size of the object. The distance of the object [4]
from the mirror is:

a) nf b) (n + 1)f

c) f/n d) (n - 1)f
5. An object is placed at a distance of 16 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 20 cm, the position of the image [4]
with its nature is:

a) virtual, inverted behind the mirror at 89 cm b) virtual, erect behind the mirror at 8.9 cm

c) real, erect behind the mirror at 8.9 cm d) virtual, erect behind the mirror at 89 cm

6. A ray of light making an angle 10o with tlhe horizontal is incident on a plane mirror making an angle θ with the [4]
horizontal. What should be the value of θ so that the reflected ray goes vertically upwards?

a) 30o b) 45o

c) 40o d) 20o

7. Which of the following pair can produce erect, diminished and virtual image? [4]

a) Concave lens and concave mirror b) Convex mirror and concave lens

c) Convex lens and concave mirror d) Convex lens and convex mirror
8. A diminished image of an object is to be obtained on a screen 1.0 m from it. This can be achieved by [4]

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 appropriately placing:

a) a convex mirror of suitable focal length b) a concave mirror of suitable focal length

c) a concave lens of suitable focal length d) a convex lens of suitable focal length less
than 0.25 m
9. A concave mirror is used to form an image of the sun on a white screen. If the lower half of the mirror were [4]
covered with an opaque card, the effect on the image on the screen would be:

a) none of the these b) to make the lower half of the image

disappear

c) to prevent the image from being focussed d) to make the image less brighter than before
10. When a plane mirror is placed horizontally on a level ground at a distance of 60 m from the front of a tower, the [4]

top of the tower and its image in the mirror subtend an angle of 90o at the eye. The height of the tower is:

a) 60 cm b) 30 cm

c) 120 cm d) 90 cm

11. If an object is placed symmetrically between two plane mirrors, inclined at an angle of 72o then the total number [4]
of images formed is:

a) 2 b) 4

c) 5 d) infinite

12. A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror, along the direction given by, A⃗ = 2 ^i - 3 ^j + 4 k
^
. Find the unit vector [4]
along the reflected ray. Take normal to mirror along the direction of B⃗  = 3 ^i - 6 ^j + 2 k
^

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
a) 3 i +6 j −2k
b) −94 i +237 j +68k

7 49√29

^ ^ ^
c) −94 i +68 j −237k
d) None of these
49√29

13. How does the magnification (m) of the real image formed by a lens vary with the distance (x) of the object from [4]
the focus of a concave mirror?

a) m ∝ 1

x
b) m ∝ x2

c) m ∝ x d) m ∝ x
1

14. A ray is reflected in turn by three plane mirrors placed mutually at right angles to each other. The angle between [4]
the incident and reflected rays is:

a) 90o b) 180o

c) None of these d) 60o

15. A convex mirror and a concave mirror having radii of curvature of 10 cm each are placed 15 cm apart facing [4]
each other. An object is placed midway between them. If the reflection first takes place in the concave mirror
and then in the convex mirror, the position of the final image is:

a) on the pole of the convex mirror b) on the pole of the concave mirror

c) at the distance of 10 cm from the convex d) at a distance of 5 cm from the concave

mirror mirror

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16. Two plane mirrors are parallel to each other and spaced 20 cm apart. An object is kept between them at 15 cm [4]
from A. Out of the following at which point, an image is not formed in a mirror A: (distance measured from
mirror A)

a) 55 cm b) 45 cm

c) 15 cm d) 25 cm
17. Two mirrors are kept inclined to each other at an angle of 60° and an object is placed between them. The total [4]
number of images formed is:

a) three b) four

c) five d) six
18. An object 2.5 cm high is placed at a distance of 10 cm from a concave mirror of radius of curvature 30 cm. The [4]
size of the image is:

a) 5.6 mm b) 10.5 mm

c) 9.2 mm d) 7.5 mm
19. The position of the object in front of a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm, producing a real image four times [4]
the size of the object is:

a) -22.5 cm b) -27.5 cm

c) -20 cm d) -25 cm
20. What will be the height of the image when an object of 2 mm is placed at a distance 20 cm in front of the axis of [4]
a convex mirror of radius of curvature 40 cm?

a) 1 mm b) 6 mm

c) 10 mm d) 20 mm
21. Two plane mirrors are inclined at an angle θ . A ray of light is incident on one mirror and is then reflected from [4]
the other mirror. Then the angle between the first ray and the final ray will be:

a) θ b) between θ and 2θ

c) 2θ d) > 2θ
22. An object is placed at a distance of 40 cm infront of a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm. The image [4]
produced is:

a) real, inverted and smaller in size b) real, inverted and of same size

c) virtual and inverted d) real and erect

23. For a real object, which of the following can produce a real image? [4]

a) Concave mirror b) Plane mirror

c) Convex mirror d) Concave lens

24. A ray of light is incident at 50o on the middle of one of the two mirrors arranged at an angle of 60o between [4]
them. The ray then touches the second mirror, gets reflected back to the first mirror, making an angle of
incidence.

a) 60o b) 80o

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 c) 70o d) 50o

25. The phenomena involved in the reflection of radio waves by ionosphere is similar to: [4]

a) Scattering of light by the particles of air b) Reflection of light by a plane mirror

c) Total internal reflection of light in air during d) Dispersion of light by water molecules
a mirage during the formation of a rainbow
26. An object is at a distance of 10 cm from a spherical mirror and image of the object is at a distance of 30 cm from [4]
the mirror on the same side as that of the object. The focal length and type of the mirror is:

a) +7.5 cm, concave b) -7.5 cm, concave

c) +7.5 cm, convex d) -7.5 cm, convex

27. An object is placed at 20 cm in front of a concave mirror produces three times magnified real image. What is the [4]
focal length of the concave mirror?

a) 7.5 cm b) 6.6 cm

c) 15 cm d) 10 cm
28. When the wavelength of the light used is increased, the focal length of a spherical mirror ________. [4]

a) decreases to half its value b) increases

c) decreases slightly d) remains the same

29. Two mirrors are perpendicular to each other as shown in the figure. A light ray AB is an incident on the mirror [4]
M1. Then the reflected ray will also suffer a reflection from the mirror M2. Then the final ray after reflection

from M2 will be parallel to the incident ray if:

a) i < 30o b) i = 60o

c) i = 45o d) for any i between 0o and 90o

30. The angle made by the incident ray with the reflecting surface or interface is called as ________. [4]

a) angle of incidence b) emergent angle

c) glancing angle d) angle of reflection

31. A candle is placed 20 cm from the surface of a convex mirror and a plane mirror is also placed so that the virtual [4]
images in the two mirrors coincide. If the plane mirror is 12 cm away from the object, what is the focal length of
the convex mirror?

a) 10 cm b) 15 cm

c) 5 cm d) 20 cm
32. The sun (diameter = D) subtends an angle of θ radians at the pole of a concave mirror of focal length f. The [4]

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 diameter of the image of the sun formed by the mirror is:

a) 2fθ b) Dθ
2

c) f θ
d) fθ
D

33. A ray of light falls on a mirror normally. The values of angle of incidence and angle of reflection respectively [4]
are:

a) 0°, 0° b) 90°, 90°

c) 90°, 0° d) 0°, 90°

34. A plane mirror is made of a glass slab (μ g = 1.5) 2.5 cm thick and silvered on its back. A point object is placed 5 [4]
cm in front of the unsilvered face of the mirror. What will be the position of the final image?

a) 5.67 cm from unsilvered face b) 14.6 cm from unsilvered face

c) 8.33 cm from unsilvered face d) 12 cm from unsilvered face

35. An object is placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length f. A virtual image is formed with a magnification [4]
of 2. To obtain a real image of the same magnification, the object has to be moved by a distance:
3f 2f
a) b)
2 3

f
c) f d)
2

36. A point source of light S, placed at a distance L in front of the centre of a plane mirror of width d, hangs [4]
vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a distance 2L from it
as shown. The greatest distance over which he can see the image of the light source in the mirror is

a) d

2
b) 2d

c) 3d d) d
37. A ray of light is reflected at an angle of 15°. If the angle of incidence is doubled, then the angle of reflection will [4]
be:

a) 30° b) 90°

c) 15° d) 60°
38. One side of a glass slab is silvered as shown in the figure. A ray of light is incident on the other side at an angle [4]
of incidence i = 45o. Refractive index of glass is given as 1.5. The deviation of the ray of light from its initial

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 path when it comes out of the slab is:

a) 180o b) 90o

c) 120o d) 45o

39. A person standing in front of a mirror finds his image larger than himself. This implies that the mirror is: [4]

a) All of these b) Concave

c) Plane d) Convex
40. A spherical mirror is obtained as shown in the figure from a hollow glass sphere. If an object is positioned in [4]
front of the mirror, what will be the nature and magnification of the image of the object? (Figure drawn as
schematic and not to scale)

a) Inverted, real and unmagnified b) Inverted, real and magnified

c) Erect, virtual and unmagnified d) Erect, virtual and magnified

41. Consider the situation shown in figure. Water (μ  = 4/3) is filled in a beaker up to a height of 10 cm. A plane
w [4]
mirror is fixed at a height of 5 cm from the surface of water. Distance of image from the mirror after reflection
from it of an object O at the bottom of the beaker, is:

a) 12.5 cm b) 15 cm

c) 7.5 cm d) 10 cm
42. An inverted image of a real object can be seen in a convex mirror: [4]

a) when object is at a distance equal to the b) under no circumstances

radius of the mirror

c) when object is at a distance equal to the d) when object is very far from the mirror
focal length of the mirror

43. A perfectly reflecting mirror has an area of 1 cm2. Light energy is allowed to fall on it for one hour at a rate of [4]

10 W/cm2. The force that acts on the mirror is:

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 a) 1.34 × 10-7 N b) 3.35 × 10-8 N

c) 6.7 × 10-8 N d) 2.4 × 10-4 N

44. A convex mirror is used to form an image of a real object. Point out the wrong statement. [4]

a) Image is erect. b) The image lies between the pole and focus.

c) Image is real. d) Image is diminished in size.

45. To obtain a parallel reflected beam from a torch, the reflector of the torch should be: [4]

a) All of these b) parabolic mirror

c) spherical mirror d) plane mirror

46. A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror at an angle of incidence of 30o. The deviation produced by the mirror [4]
is:

a) 120o b) 30o

c) 60o d) 90o

47. A virtual object placed between the pole and the principal focus of a convex mirror produces the image which is: [4]

a) virtual, diminished and upright b) virtual, diminished and inverted

c) real, magnified and upright d) real, diminished and inverted

48. A convex mirror, a plane mirror and a needle object (AB) are placed on an optical bench as shown in the [4]
adjoining figure so that the images of the object needle due to the convex mirror and the plane mirror are formed
one above the other without parallax.

Then in the convex mirror formula 1

v
+
1

u
=
1

f
which of the following are correct?

1. u = OP, 2. u = OM - MP, 3. f = MP

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) 1, 2 and 3 b) 1 and 3

c) 1 and 2 d) 2 and 3
49. Out of the following: [4]
i. pole
ii. focus
iii. radius of curvature and
iv. principal axis for a spherical mirror, the quantities that do not depend on whether the rays are paraxial or not,
are:

a) Only (i), (ii) and (iii) b) Only (i) and (iv)

c) Only (i), (iii) and (iv) d) All (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
50. Match the corresponding entries of column-1 with column-2. [Where m is the magnification produced by the [4]
mirror]

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 Column-1 Column-2

(A) m = -2 (p) Convex mirror

(B) m = − 1

2
(q) Concave mirror

(C) m = +2 (r) Real image

(D) m = + 1

2
(s) Virtual image

a) A → p and s; B → q and r; C → q and s; D b) A → p and r; B → p and s; C → p and q; D

→ q and r → r and s

c) A → q and r; B → q and r; C → q and s; D d) A → r and s; B → q and s; C → q and r; D

→ p and s → p and s
51. A square wire of side 1 cm is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 15 [4]
cm at a distance of 20 cm. The area enclosed by the image of the wire is:

a) 4 cm2 b) 2 cm2

c) 6 cm2 d) 9 cm2

52. Which of the following will not reduce a spherical aberration of a concave mirror? [4]

a) Cutting of a portion of incident light b) Increasing aperture of mirror

c) Covering the central portion of the mirror by d) Using a paraboloidal mirror

a black paper
53. A plane mirror is placed along the x-axis facing negative y-axis. The mirror is fixed. A point object is moving [4]
with velocity (3^i + 4^j ) in front of the plane mirror. The relative velocity of image with respect to its object is:

a) -6^i b) 8^j

c) 3^i - 4^j d) -8^j

54. For a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm, if the object is at a distance of 30 cm from the pole, then the nature [4]
of the image and magnification will be:

a) virtual and +2 b) virtual and -2

c) real and +2 d) real and -2

55. The radius of curvature of a concave mirror is 24 cm and the image is magnified by 1.5 times. The object [4]
distance is:

a) 16 cm b) 24 cm

c) 20 cm d) 8 cm
56. In a concave mirror an object is placed at a distance x1 from the focus and the image is formed at a distance x2 [4]

from the focus. Then the focal length of the mirror is:
x1 +x2
a) 2
b) −−−−
√x1 x2

−−
c) √ d) x1x2
x1

x2

57. A perfectly reflecting mirror has an area of 1 cm2. Light energy is allowed to fall on it for one hour at the rate of [4]

10 W/cm2. The force that acts on the mirror is:

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 a) 3.35 × 10-8 N b) 1.34 × 10-7 N

c) 2.4 × 10-4 N d) 6.7 × 10-8 N

58. A mirror is inclined at an angle θ  with the horizontal. If a ray of light is incident at an angle θ , then the reflected [4]
ray makes the following angle with the horizontal:

a) θ /2 b) 2θ

c) θ d) None of these
59. Adjoining figure shows two plane mirrors parallel to each other and an object O placed between them. Then the [4]
distance of the first three images from the mirror M2 will be (in cm):

a) 5, 15, 30 b) 5, 10, 15

c) 5, 15, 25 d) 5, 25, 25
60. A concave mirror of focal length f1 is placed at a distance d from a convex lens of focal length f2. A beam of [4]
light coming from infinity and falling on this convex lens-concave mirror combination returns to infinity. The
distance d must equal:

a) -2f1 + f2 b) -f1 + f2

c) f1 + f2 d) 2f1 + f2

61. A plane mirror having a square shape is mounted parallel to a vertical wall at some distance from it. A point [4]
light source is fixed on the wall. Light from it gets reflected from the mirror and forms a patch on the wall.
When the mirror is moved parallel to itself towards the wall:

a) the path does not remain square in shape b) none of these

c) area of patch remains the same d) centre of path does not remain stationary
62. A concave shaving mirror has a radius of curvature of 35.0 cm. It is positioned so that the (upright) image of a [4]
man’s face is 2.50 times the size of the face. How far is the mirror from the face?

a) 5.25 cm b) 10.5 cm

c) 42 cm d) 21.0 cm
63. A square object of area 100 sq. cm is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a concave mirror. If the lateral [4]
magnification of the mirror, for the above object position, is 0.4, then the area of the image will be:

a) 100 sq. cm b) 40 sq. cm

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 c) 16 sq. cm d) 250 sq. cm

64. Two plane mirrors are inclined at 120o to each other. A ray of light incident on either mirror at an angle of 50o is [4]
double reflected. The mirror deviates the incident ray through an angle of:

a) 80o b) 100o

c) 120o d) 60o

65. Two plane mirrors are inclined at an angle of 60o as shown in figure. A ray of light incident on one mirror is [4]

parallel to the other. What will be the angle between the first incident ray and the last reflected ray?

a) 60o b) 0o

c) 120o d) 30o

66. Two plane mirrors are parallel to each other and spaced 20 cm apart. An object is kept between them at 15 cm [4]
from A. Out of the following at which point an image is not formed in mirror A: (distance measured from mirror
A)

a) 25 cm b) 55 cm

c) 45 cm d) 15 cm
67. Which one of the following can produce a parallel beam of light from a point source of light? [4]

a) Concave mirror b) Plane mirror

c) Concave lens d) Convex mirror

68. A convex mirror gives an image three times as large as the object placed at a distance of 20 cm from it. For the [4]
image to be real, the focal length should be:

a) 10 cm b) 20 cm

c) 30 cm d) 15 cm
69. A point object is placed at a distance of 10 cm and its real image is formed at a distance of 20 cm from a [4]
concave mirror. If the object is moved by 0.1 cm towards the mirror, the image will shift by about:

a) 0.8 cm away from the mirror b) 0.4 cm away from the mirror

c) 0.4 cm towards the mirror d) 0.8 cm towards the mirror

70. A plane mirror produces a magnification of: [4]

a) -1 b) 0

c) between 0 and +∞ d) +1
71. A convergent beam of light is incident on a concave mirror so as to converge to a distance 20 cm from the pole [4]
of the mirror. An inverted image of the same size is formed coincident with the virtual object. What is the focal
length of the mirror?

a) 20 cm b) 10 cm

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 c) 40 cm d) 5 cm
72. A man 180 cm high stands in front of a plane mirror. His eyes are at a height of 170 cm from the floor. Then, the [4]
lower edge of the mirror should be above the ground level at a height of:

a) 170 cm b) 180 cm

c) 90 cm d) 85 cm
73. A mirror is inclined at an angle θ with the horizontal. If a ray of light is incident at an angle θ , then the reflected [4]
ray makes the following angle with the horizontal:

a) None of these b) 2θ

c) θ

2
d) θ

74. How many images will be formed if two mirrors are fitted on adjacent walls and one mirror on the roof? [4]

a) 2 b) 10

c) 7 d) 5
75. A convex mirror has a focal length f. A real object placed at a distance f infront of it from the pole, produces an [4]
image at:

a) infinity b) 2f

c) f d) f

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