RAY OPTICS & OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS, HOME WORK SHEET-1

Plane Mirror
1. A plane mirror makes an angle of 30° with horizontal. If a vertical ray strikes the mirror, find the angle between
mirror and reflected ray
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90°
2. A ray of light makes an angle of 10° with the horizontal and strikes a plane
mirror which is inclined at an angle  to the horizontal. The angle a for which
the reflected ray becomes vertical is
(A) 40° (B) 30°
(C) 60° (D) 50°
3. A point source has been placed as shown in the figure. What is the length on the screen that will receive
reflected light from the mirror ?

(A) 2H (B) 3H (C) H (D) None

4. A man of height H is standing in front of a mirror, which has been fixed on the ground. What length of his
body can the man see in the mirror ? The length of the mirror is H/2. (Neglect seperation between eyes
and head of men)

H2
1
(A) H (B)
(H 2 L2 ) 2

2H 2
(C) zero (D)
L
5. A plane mirror is placed at origin parallel to y-axis, facing the positive x-axis. An object starts from (2, 0,
0) with a velocity of (2iˆ 2 ˆj ) m/s. The relative velocity of image with respect to object is along
(A) positive x-axis (B) negative x-axis (C) positive y-axis (D) negative y-aixs

6. Two bodies A and B are moving towards a plane mirror with speeds vA and vB respectively as shown in the
figure. The speed of image of A respect to the body B is
(A) vA + vB

(B) | v A vB |
 

(C) vA2 vB2

(D) vA2 vB2

7. A ray of light is incident on the plane mirror at rest The mirror starts turning at a uniform acceleration of
1
2 rad/s2 about an axis in plane of mirror . The reflected ray, at the end of s must have turned through
4
(A) 90° (B) 45° (C) 22.5° (D) 11.25°

8. A person is in a room whose ceiling and two adjacent walls are mirrors. How many images are formed
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

9. Two plane mirrors are placed as shown in the figure and a point object 'O' is placed at the origin.Find how
many images will be formed.

10. There is a point object and a plane mirror. If the mirror is moved by 2 cm away from the object find the
distance (in cm) which the image will move.

A N S W ER S
HOME WORK SHEET-1
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (C)
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