Assignment

REFLECTION OF LIGHT

1. Define the term reflection.

2. Define the following terms a) Angle of incidence b) Angle of reflection c)Plane of reflection
3. State the laws of reflection.
4. Explain why the word “AMBULANCE” is written laterally inverted in front of the vehicles?
5. What are the characteristics of image formed by plane mirror?
6. What is the radius of curvature of a plane mirror?
7. How many images are formed if the object is placed between two parallel mirrors?
8. Define the following terms in relation to spherical mirrors
a) Pole b) Centre of Curvature c) Radius of curvature d) Principal focus e) Principal axis
f) Aperture g) Focal length
9. What do you understand by the term real and virtual image?
10. A ray of light is incident along ACB on a spherical mirror,where C is centre of curvature. In
which direction will the ray be reflected?
11. Write two uses of a)Concave mirror b) Convex mirror
12. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using convex mirror as a rear view mirror?
13. The magnification of the mirror is +1,what does it means?
14. If the image formed by a spherical mirror for all the position of object placed in front of it is
always erect and diminished . What type of mirror is it? Draw a labeled diagram to support
your answer.
15. Define linear magnification produced by spherical mirrors. Also give its relation in terms of
focal length .
16. Show that the mirror formula also holds for plane mirror
17. What is the minimum number of rays required for locating the image of an object formed by
a concave mirror ? Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of virtual image by concave
mirror .
18. With the help of ray diagram show that angle of incidence is equal to angle of refection
when ray of light is incident on concave mirror
19. Discuss the position and nature of image formed by concave mirror when the object is
moved from infinity to the pole of the mirror.
20. A student wants to project the image of a candle flame on a screen 60 cm in front of mirror
by keeping the flame at 15 cm from its pole.
a) What type of mirror he should use ?
b) What is the magnification of the image produced?
c ) Draw the ray diagram to show the image formation in this case.
21. Name the type of mirror used as side/rear view mirror in vehicle. Draw the ray diagram
to show the formation of image in this case.

NUMERICALS
1. An object of size 7 cm is placed 27 cm in front of concave mirror of focal length 18 cm . At
what distance from mirror should a screen be placed so that a sharp focused image can be
obtained ? Find the size and nature of the image.
2. An object of height 5 cm is placed perpendicular to principal axis of concave mirror . If the
distance of the object from the pole is 20 cm and the focal length is 15cm . Find the position
nature and size of the image.
3. A focal length of a concave mirror is 30 cm. Find the position of the object in front of mirror
so that the image is 3 times the size of object.
4. A object is placed 15 cm from a convex mirror of radius of curvature 60 cm . Find the nature
position and magnification of image formed
5. An object of 4 cm size is placed 25 cm in friont of the mirror of focal length 15 cm . At what
distance the a screen should be placed in order to get a sharp image . Find the nature and size
of image.
6. A concave mirror has a focal length of 40 cm . Find the object position for which the result-
ing image will be erect and four times the size of object.
7. The real image of concave mirror is four times larger than the object, when object is placed
30 cm in front of it . Find the radius of curvature of the mirror .
8. When a concave mirror is placed facing the sun , the sun’s ray converges to a point 10 cm
from the mirror . Now an erect 2cm long pin is placed 15 cm away from the mirror. If you
want to get the image of pin on a card where would you place the card ? What would be the
nature and height of the image ?
9. A object is placed 4 cm from the concave mirror .Its image is inverted and double the size of
the object . Find the focal length of mirror and the position where the image is formed.
10. When an object is placed at a distance of 50 cm from a concave mirror the magnification
produced is -0.5 . Where should object be placed to get a magnification of – 0.2 ?
11. A square of side 3 cm is placed 25 cm away from a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm . If
the centre of the square lies on principal axis and is perpendicular to the axis , what is the
area enclosed by the image of the square? (ANS 4cm2)
12. A convex mirror of focal length f produces the image (1/N)th of the object . The distance of
object from the mirror is .

13. In order to produce an image with magnification m a concave mirror of focal length f is
used. If the object is kept at a distance d from the mirror , then find the value (m-1)f

14. The focal length of concave mirror is f and the distance of object from principal focus is p
units toward the pole. Find the magnification.
15. What is the position of the image when an object is placed at a distance 20cm in front of
concave mirror of focal length 20 cm ?
16. When an object is placed at a distance of 25 cm from the mirror the magnification is m1 .
the object is moved 15 cm farther away with respect to the earlier position and magnifica-
tion becomes m2 . If (m1/m2)= 4 then calculate focal length of mirror.
17. A thin rod of length f/3 is placed along the optical axis of a concave mirror of focal length f
Such that the image is real and elongated just touches the rod . Calculate the magnification.
18. How far an object should be placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length 40 cm so as
 to get an image magnified three times.

19. When an object is placed at a distance 50cm from the pole of a concave mirror the magnif-
ication is (-1/2). Where should the object is placed to get magnification (-1/5) ?

20. An object is placed at a distance of 36 cm from the convex mirror .A plane mirror is placed
in between so that the virtual image formed by both the mirrors coincide . If the plane mir-
ror is at a distance of 24 cm from the object . Find the radius of curvature of convex mirror.