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PLANE MIRROR DPP 01

Q1. A light ray is incident, at an incident angle 𝜃1 , on the system of two plane mirrors 𝑀1 and 𝑀2
having an inclination angle 75∘ between them (as shown in figure).

After reflecting from mirror 𝑀1 it gets reflected back by the mirror 𝑀2 with an angle of reflection
30∘. The total deviation of the ray will be 2𝑥 ° degree. the value of x is
Q2. A point source of light 𝑆, placed at a distance 60 cm infront of the centre of a plane mirror of
width 50 cm, hangs vertically on a wall. A man walks infront of the mirror along a line parallel to
the mirror at a distance 1.2 m from it (see in the figure). The distance between the extreme points
where he can see the image of the light source in the mirror is ________ cm. (JEE MAIN 2021)

3. Figure shows a plane mirror on which a light ray is incident. If the incident light ray is turned by
10° and the mirror by 20°, as shown, the angle turned by the reflected ray is 2x . then the value
of x is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

4. 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 60°. the angle ‘’ shown in figure
is equal to _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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5. A point object is placed at (0, 0) and a plane mirror 'M' is placed, inclined 30° with the x axis.

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

Q6. Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other such that a ray of light incident on the first mirror
𝑀1 and parallel to the second mirror 𝑀2 is finally reflected from the second mirror 𝑀2 parallel to
the first mirror (𝑀1 ). The angle between the two mirrors will be
(A)75∘ (B) 90∘ (C) 60∘ (D)45∘
7. An object and a plane mirror are as shown in figure. Mirror is moved with velocity V as shown.
The velocity of image is:

(A) 2 V (B) 2 Vsin (C) 2V cos (D) none of these

8. A plane mirror is moving with velocity 4î + 5ĵ + 8k̂. A point object in front of the mirror moves
with a velocity 3î + 4ĵ + 5k̂. Here k̂ is along the normal to the plane mirror and facing towards
the object. The velocity of the image is:

(A) −3î − 4ĵ + 5k̂ (B) 7î + 9ĵ + 11k̂ (C) −3î − 4ĵ + 11k̂ (D) 3î + 4ĵ + 11k̂

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

(A) 15 cm (B) 25 cm (C) 45 cm (D) 55 cm

10. 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

11. Two plane mirrors A and B are aligned parallel to each other, as shown in the figure. A light ray
is incident at an angle 30° at a point just inside one end of A. The plane of incidence coincides
with the plane of the figure. The maximum number of times the ray undergoes reflections
(including the first one) before it emerges out is

(A) 28 (B) 30 (C) 32 (D) 34

12. Ray of light strike a horizontal plane mirror at an angle of 45° . at what angle should a second
mirror be placed in order that the reflected ray finally be reflected horizontally from the second
mirror .

(A) 28° (B) 67. 5° (C) 32° (D) NOT

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Q13. Shows a device used to measure small twist in a thread. A plane mirror is suspended from a twist
free thread. A light ray striking the mirror is reflected on to a screen placed at a distance D = 1 m
from the mirror.

As the thread is twisted by an angle θ (so that mirror rotates by θ ), the light spot on the screen
moves from A to B such that AB = 0.5 cm. the value of 𝜃 is equal to .
(A) 0.12° (B) 0.14° (C) 0.32° (D) 1°
Q14. A man of height 1.8 m is standing in front of a wall. The sun is exactly behind him. His shadow
has a length 1.5 m on the ground and 0.75 m on the wall. the length of his shadow in metre on
the ground if the wall is removed.

(A) 2.57 (B)2.14 (C) 3.48 (D) 3.45

ANSWER KEY

(1) 105 (2) 150 3. 15° 4. 60° 5. Velocity of image = (1 cos 60°, + 1 sin 60°) m/s.
(6) C 7.(B) 8.(D) 9.(C) 10. (C) 11. (C) 12. (B) 13.(B)

14.(A)

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PLANE MIRROR DPP 02

Q1. An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm in front of a plane mirror. The virtual and erect image
is formed by the mirror. Now the mirror is moved by 4 cm towards the stationary object. The
distance by which the position of image would be shifted by 2x cm towards plane mirror ,
find value of 2𝑥 .

Q2. Two vertical parallel mirrors A and B are separated by 10 cm. A point object O is placed at a
distance of 2 cm from mirror A. The distance of the second nearest image behind mirror A from
the mirror A is cm.

Q3. The incident ray, reflected ray and the outward drawn normal are denoted by the unit vectors
a⃗, ⃗b and c respectively. Then choose the correct relation for these vectors. JEE MAIN (2021)
(a) ⃗b = a⃗ − 2(a⃗ ⋅ c)c (a) ⃗b = a⃗ − c (c) ⃗b = a⃗ + 2c (d) ⃗b = 2a⃗ + c

Q4. Two plane mirrors M1 and M2 are at right angle to each other shown. A point source ' P ' is placed
at 'a and ' 2a ' meter away from M1 and M2 respectively The shortest distance between the images
thus formed is : (Take √5 = 2.3)

(a) 3a (b) 4.6a (c) 2√10a2 (d) 3a

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Q5. Light travels in a straight line. This principle is illustrated in a pinhole camera. In this simple
device the image of an object is formed on a photographic plate by light passing through a small
hole. In one experiment, 5 cm high image of a tree was obtained on a photo plate placed at a
distance of 15 cm from the pin hole. Actual height of the tree is 20 m.

(a) 60𝑐𝑚 (b) 30𝑐𝑚 (c) 2√10cm (D) 10𝑐𝑚

Q.6 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 retracing its path after third reflection if–

(a)  = 45º (b)  = 30º

(c)  = 60º (d) All three

Q7. 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 ?

SOURCE
SCREEN

H H 2H

(a) 2 H (b) H (c) 3H (d) 5H

Q8. A plane mirror is moving with velocity 4 î + 5 ĵ + 8 k̂ . A point object in front of the mirror moves
with a velocity 3 î + 4 ĵ + 5 k̂ . Here k̂ is along the normal to the plane mirror and facing towards
the object. The velocity of the image is –

(a) –3 î – 4 ĵ + 5 k̂ (b) 3 î + 4 ĵ + 11 k̂

(c) –3 î – 4 ĵ + 11 k̂ (d) 7 î + 9 ĵ + 11 k̂

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Q9. A boy of height h is standing in front of mirror, which has been fixed on the ground as shown in
figure. What length of his body can the man see in the mirror ? The length of the mirror is (h/2)
–

(a) h (b) h2/(h2 + L2)1/2

(c) 2h2/L (d) Zero

Q10. A point source of light B is placed at a distance L in front of the centre of a mirror of width d hung
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 -
(IIT 2000)

B
d

2L
(a) d/2 (b) 3d (c) 2d (d) d

Q11. The figure shows time varying  can be given by equations is :  = (2 + 6t2). The mirror is rotating
about a horizontal axis in clockwise direction. Locus of the image is

Object
(at rest)


y

x
(–2, 0) (0, 0)

(a)x2 + (y – 2)2 = 52 (b) (x + 2)2 + y2 = 52

(c) (x – 2)2 + y2 = 52 (d) x2 + y2 = 52

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Q.12 In the above question ,Acceleration of the image at t = 1 s -

(A) 11 m/s2 (B) 144.4 m/s2

(C) 112 m/s2 (D) 120 m/s2

ANSWER KEY

1. (16) 2. (18cm) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5.(a) 6. (b) 7.(a) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (b)

11. (b) 12. (d)

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Spherical mirror DPP 03

Q1. When an object is kept at a distance of 30 cm from a concave mirror, the image is formed at a
distance of 10 cm from the mirror. If the object is moved with a speed of 9cms −1, the speed (in
cms−1 ) with which image moves at that instant is
1 1
Q2. The graph between u and v for a thin convex lens in order to determine its focal length is plotted

as shown in the figure. The refractive index of length is 1.5 and its both the surfaces have same
radius of curvatures R. The value of R will be cm. (JEE MAIN 2022)
(Where u = object distance, v = image distance)

Q3. An object ' o ' is placed at a distance of 100 cm in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature
200 cm as shown in the figure. The object starts moving towards the mirror at a speed 2 cm/s.
The position of the image from the mirror after 10 s will be at α × 102 cm. The value of 𝛼 is.

Q4. A thin cylindrical rod of length 10 cm is placed horizontally on the principle axis of a concave
mirror of focal length 20 cm. The rod is placed in a such a way that mid point of the rod is at
4x
40 cm from the pole of mirror. The length of the image formed by the mirror will be cm. The
3

value of x is
Q.5 A point object is placed at a distance of 30 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 30 cm. The
image will form at

(a) infinity (b) pole

(c) focus (d) 15 cm behind the mirror.

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Q6. In the figure shown consider the first reflection at the plane mirror and second at the convex
mirror. AB is object and AB is moving.

velocity
A B C

10 cm 10 cm
120 cm
50 cm

(a)the second image moves towards the convex mirror

(b) the second image is virtual and erect with magnification 1/6th
(c) ) the second image is real , inverted of 1/5th magnification
(d) the second image moves away from the convex mirror
Q.7 A particle is moving towards a fixed spherical mirror. The image.
(a) must move towards the mirror
(b) must move away from the mirror
(c) may move towards the mirror
(d) will move towards the mirror, only if the mirror is convex
Q.8 A ray of light is incident on a concave mirror. It is parallel to the principal axis and its height from
principal axis is equal to the focal length of the mirror. The ratio of the distance of point B to the
distance of the focus from the centre of curvature is (AB is the reflected ray) –
A
f

C B

2 3 1 4
(a) (b) (c) (d) 3
3 2 2

Q.9 The circular boundary of the concave mirror subtends a cone of half angle  at its centre of
curvature. The minimum value of  for which ray incident on this mirror parallel to the principle
axis suffers reflection more than one is –


 C

(a) 75º (b) 15º (c) 20º (d) 45º

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Q.10 Consider the situation shown in figure. The elevator is going up with an acceleration of
2.00 m/s2 and the focal length of the mirror is 12.0 cm. All the surface are smooth and the pulley
is light. The mass-pulley system is released from rest (with respect to the elevator) at t = 0 when
the distance of B from the mirror is 42.0 cm. Find the distance between the image of the block B
and the mirror at t = 0.200 s. Take g = 10 m/s2.

a = 2.00 m/s2
A

m B

Q11. An object is placed beyond the centre of curvature C of the given concave mirror. If the distance
of the object is d1 from C and the distance of the image formed is d2 from C, the radius of
curvature of this mirror is:
2 d1 d2 2d1 d2 d d d d
(a) (b) d (c) d 1+d2 (d) d 1−d2
d1 −d2 1 +d2 1 2 1 2

Q12. A spherical mirror is obtained as shown in the figure from a hollow glass sphere. If an object is
positioned in 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 magnified (d) Erect, virtual and unmagnified

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ANSWER KEY

1. (1) 2. (10) 3.(4) 4. (8) 5.(d) 6. (b) 7.(c) 8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (8.6cm)

11. (b) 12. (a)

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Spherical mirror DPP 04

Q1. A light ray parallel to the x-axis strikes the outer reflecting surface of a sphere at a point (2,2,0).
Its center is at the point (0,0, -1). The unit vector along the direction of the reflected rays is xî +
yz
yĵ + xk̂. The value of x2 =8𝛼 . then valve of 𝛼 is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Q2. A man uses a concave mirror for shaving. He keeps his face at a distance of 20 cm from the mirror
and gets an image which is 1.5 times enlarged. The focal length of the mirror is -(44+2𝛾−1 )𝑐𝑚.
value of 𝛾 𝑖𝑠_ _

f
Q3. A thin rod of length 3 is placed along the optic axis of a concave mirror of focal length f such that

its image, which is real and elongated, just touches the rod. The magnification is ______.

Q4. Two spherical mirrors (convex and concave) having the same focal length of 36 cm are arranged
as shown in figure so that their optical axes coincide. The separation between the mirrors is 1 m.
At what distance from the concave mirror should an object be placed so that its images formed
by the concave and convex mirrors independently are identical in size?

Q5. A square ABCD of side 1mm is kept at distance 15 cm infront of the concave mirror as shown in
the figure. The focal length of the mirror is 10 cm. The length of the perimeter of its image will
be(nearly):

(A) 16 mm (B)4mm (C)12mm (D) 2 mm

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Q6. Two objects A and B are placed at 15 cm and 25 cm from the pole in front of a concave mirror
having radius of curvature 40 cm. The distance between images formed by the mirror is:
(Jee main 01 February 2023)
(A) 100 cm (B) 60 cm (C) 160 cm (D) 40 cm

Q7. In the figure shown find the total magnification after two successive reflections first on M1 and
then on M2 .

(A) + 1 (B) – 2 (C) + 2 (D) – 1

Q8. A luminous point object is moving along the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 12
cm towards it. When its distance from the mirror is 20 cm its velocity is 4 cm/s. The velocity of
the image in cm/s at that instant is

(A) 9, away the mirror (B) 4, away from the mirror

(C) 3, away from the mirror (D) 9, towards the mirror.

Q9. A point object on the principal axis at a distance 15 cm in front of a concave mirror of radius of
curvature 20 cm has velocity 2 mm/s perpendicular to the principal axis. The magnitude of
velocity of image at that instant will be:

(A) 2 mm/s (B) 4 mm/s (C) 8 mm/s (D) 16 mm/s

Q10. A point object at 15 cm from a concave mirror of radius of curvature 20 cm is made to oscillate
along the principal axis with amplitude 2 mm. The amplitude of its image will be

(A) 2 mm (B) 4 mm (C) 8 mm (D) 16 mm

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Q11. An object is placed at a distance u from a concave mirror and its real image is received on a screen
placed at a distance of v from the mirror. If f is the focal length of the mirror, then the graph
between 1/v versus 1/u is

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Q12._ When observed from the earth the angular diameter of the sun is 0.5 degree. The diameter of the
image of the sun when formed in a concave mirror of focal length 0.5 m will be about
[Olympiad 2017]

(A) 3 mm (B) 4.4 mm (C) 5.2 mm (D) 8.4 mm

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ANSWER KEY

1. (4) 2. (5) 3.(3/2) 4. (86cm) 5.(c) 6. (c) 7.(c) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (b)

11. (b) 12. (b)

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Plane & Spherical mirror DPP 05(Advance level problem)

Q1. An object O is at the position (-10, 2) with respect to the origin P. The concave mirror M1 has radius of curvature 30
cm. A plane mirror M2 is kept at a distance 40 cm infront of the concave mirror. Considering first reflection on the
concave mirror M1 and second on the plane mirror M2. Find the coordinates of the second image w.r.t. the origin P.

(a) (46, − 70) (b) (− 46, − 70) (c) (− 70, − 46) (d) (− 40, − 40)
Q2. Two plane mirrors form an angle of 120°. The distance between the two images of a point source formed in them
is 20 cm. Determine the distance from the light source to the point where the mirrors touch if it lies on the
bisector of angle formed by the mirrors.

(a)
10
√3
(b) √3
15
(c) √3
20
(d) √3
5

Q3. A point source S is moving with a speed of 10 m/s in x-y plane as shown in the figure. The radius of curvature of the
concave mirror is 4m. find the velocity vector of the image.

(a)−2i − 2j (b)-2i+2j (c) 2i-4j (d)-2i-4j

Q4. A point object O is placed at the centre of curvature of a concave mirror. The mirror is rotated by
a small angle θ about its plole P. if focal length of the mirror is f, The approximate distance
between the object and its image is 2𝛾 fθ . Value of 𝛾 𝑖𝑠 _ _ _ _ _

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Q5. A beam of light parallel to y-axis falls on a reflecting surface y = 2bx2 as shown in the figure. Point
1
where the beam converge after reflections is F. the co-ordinate of F is (0, 2𝛼−1 𝑏) . find value of 𝛼
is _ _ _ _ _ _.
y

A x

10L x
Q.6 The reflecting surface is given by y = sin . Find the co-ordinates of the point P where a
 5L
horizontal ray becomes vertical after reflection.
y

Q7. STATEMENT-1

The formula connecting u, v and f for a spherical mirror is valid only for mirrors whose sizes are
very small compared to their radii of curvature.

STATEMENT-2

Laws of reflection are strictly valid for plane surfaces, but not for large spherical surfaces

(a) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True;

Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1

(b) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True;

Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1

(c) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False

(d) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True.

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Q8. Two mirrors inclined to each other produce five images of an object placed between them. If the
angle between them is reduced by 30º, then the maximum number of images seen in the two
mirrors will be -
(a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 12 (d) 11

(More than one option is correct)

Q9. A student performed the experiment of determination of focal length of a concave mirror by u-v
method using an optical bench of length 1.5 meter. The focal length of the mirror used is 24 cm.
The maximum error in the location of the image can be 0.2 cm. The 5 sets of (u, v) values recorded
by the student (in cm) are : (42, 56), (48, 48), (60, 40), (66, 33), (78, 39). The data set(s) that
cannot come from experiment and is(are) incorrectly recorded, is (are) [IIT-2009]

(a) (66, 33) (b) (48, 48)

(c) (42, 56) (d) (78, 39)

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5𝐿 5𝐿√3
1.(b) 2.(c) 3.(d) 4. (2) 5.(4) 6. ( 3 , )
𝜋

7.(C) 8.(c) 9. (a,d)

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DPP 06(Pathfinder selected)
Multiple Choice Questions
1. An arrow object is viewed through a bent metal tube with the help of four plane mirrors A, B, C
and D as shown in the figure. Every mirror is inclined at an angle of 45° with the horizontal.
Which of the following represents correct images made by these mirrors in sequence?

(a) ↑ ← → ↑ (b) ← ↑ → ↑ (c) → ↓ ← ↑ (d) ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓

Check your understanding

1. A three-blade fan, rotating at frequency 𝑛0 = 20 Hz is illuminated by a flashing light of a
stroboscope. Flash rate i.e. number of flashes per second, is an integer from 2 to 200. Assume
persistence of human vision to be 1/16 s. Find flash rates for the following conditions.

(a) The fan appears stationary having three blades.

(b) The fan appears stationary having six blades.

(c) The fan appears rotating in the opposite direction with a frequency n = 4 Hz.

2. One night, a boy of height h is walking at a constant speed 0 along the edge of a straight
horizontal sidewalk moves past a lamppost. The lamppost is at a distance l, from the edge of the
sidewalk and lamp installed on it is at a height H above the ground. As the boy walks, position
and size of his shadow on the ground continuously change.

(a) Find velocity vector of shadow of his head.

(b) Find time rate of change in length of his shadow as a function of position

(x, y) of the boy.

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3. A silvered ball of radius r = 5cm is so suspended that its centre is h = 1.0 m above the floor and
s0 = 2 m horizontally away from a person of height h0 = 2 m. There is also a large plane mirror,
which stands vertically at some distance from the person. If the person sees his image in the ball
as small as he sees his image in the plane mirror, how far is the plane mirror from the person?

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1. A pin hole-camera of adjustable length (hole to screen distance), placed 10 m away from a pole
casts image of the pole. If it is shifted 1.0 m farther, find percentage change in its length required
to keep the size of image unchanged,

2. A globe of radius r = 10 cm is placed on a circular plane mirror touching centre of the mirror with
its south pole. Find the minimum radius of the mirror so that image of the latitude  = 37° N be
visible in the mirror.

3. A large plane mirror with its bottom on the floor is tilted at an angle  to the vertical (see figure).
A boy whose eyes are at a height h above the floor is standing in front of the mirror. At what
maximum distance from the mirror should the boy be to see his full image in the mirror?

4. One night, a boy of height h = 1.8 m is standing on the bank of a straight canal, on the other bank
of which a lamp is installed at a height H = 5.4 m on a pole. There are no ripples on the water
surface so light emanated from the lamp, appears as a flare (bright spot) after reflection from the
water surface. When the boy starts walking along the bank, the flare appears to him moving at a
constant speed u = 2.4 m/s relative to the ground. Find speed of the boy.

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5. One end of a cylindrical tube of length l and radius r is covered with an opaque disc having a
small hole in the centre and a point light source S is placed at centre of the other end. Inner
surface of tube is perfectly reflecting. A white screen is placed normal to the axis of the tube at a
distance L from the end covered with the disc as shown in the figure. After the source is switched
on, what kind of pattern of light distribution, will you obtain on the screen?

S
l
L

6. In free space, a particle is projected from a point P on axis of a fixed rigid cone AOB, at an angle
 = 37° with the axis (see figure). Distance of point P from the apex O is x = 10 cm and the apex
angle of the cone is  = 20°. All the collisions of the ball with the cone are perfectly elastic.

(a) Find the distance of closest approach of the ball from the apex.

(b) How many times will the ball collide with the cone?


P  O

A x

7. Parallel beam of light incident normally on a wall illuminates a round spot of radius 4.0 cm on it.
When a ball, surface of which is mirrored is placed with its centre on the axis of the beam and at
a distance of 11 cm from the wall, a large part of the wall is illuminated, but at the centre a circular
shadow of radius 52 cm is formed. Find radius of the ball.

8. If a cylindrical container filled with mercury is rotated with an angular velocity about its vertical
axis of symmetry, the mercury-air interface takes shape of a paraboloid of revolution. If this
surface is used as a mirror, where should a photo film be placed to get a clear picture of a distant
star? Acceleration of free fall is g.

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9. A wide homogeneous beam of light falls on a concave spherical mirror of radius R parallel to the
optical axis. A small opaque dise of radius r (r << R) made of a perfectly heat insulating material
is placed at a distance R/4 from the pole of the mirror perpendicular to the optical axis. In steady
state, both the surfaces of the disc acquire different temperatures slightly higher than the
surroundings. Find the ratio ∆T1/∆T2, where ∆T1, and ∆T2, are the temperature differences of the
left and the right surfaces of the disc and the surroundings.

10. If energy reflection coefficient is the same whether light is reflected from glass back into air or
from air back into glass and has a value r = 0.25. If a narrow beam of light falls obliquely on a
large thin glass plate, what fraction of the light energy will be transmitted through the plate?

(ANSWER KEY)

Multiple Choice Questions

1. (b)

Check your understanding

3𝑛0
1. (a) here k= 1,2,3,5,6,10,15,and 30
𝑘
6𝑛0
(b) 2𝑘+1 here k=1 and 2
3( 𝑛0 +𝑛)
(c) here k=1,2,3,4,6,8,9,12,18,and 36
𝑘
𝑣 𝐻
2. (a) (𝐻−ℎ
0
)j
ℎ 𝑦𝑣0
(b) 𝐻−ℎ
√𝑙2 +𝑦 2

3. 100𝑚

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( h + H )u
1. 10% decrease 2. r{cos  + (1 + sin ) tan } = 20cm 3. h cot (2) 4. = 3.2 m/s
H
5. A central bright spot surrounded by concentric bands of radii
rL
2n Where n = 1, 2, 3…
l
6. (a) x sin  = 6cm
3600 − 2 − 
(b) Number of collisions = Integer part of =7
2

7. 5.0 cm

g
8. above the lowest point of the mercury surface
22

Λ𝑇1 1
9. =3
Λ𝑇2

1−𝑟
10. 1+𝑟= 0.6

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Refraction through plane surface

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Q1. Light enters from air into a given medium at an angle of 45∘ with interface of the air-medium
surface. After refraction, the light ray is deviated through an angle of 15∘ from its original
direction. The refractive index of the medium is 2𝑥 . find value of 2x_ __ _ __ _ _

Q2. The X-Y plane be taken as the boundary between two transparent media M1 and M2 . M1 in Z ≥ 0
has a refractive index of √2 and M2 with Z < 0 has a refractive index of √3. A ray of light travelling
in M1 along the direction given by the vector ⃗A = 4√3î − 3√3ĵ − 5k̂, is incident on the plane of
separation. The value of difference between the angle of incident in M1 and the angle of refraction
in M2 will be degree.

Q3. A light ray falling at an angle of 60° with the surface of a clean slab of ice of thickness 1.00 m is
2
refracted into it at an angle of 15°. The time taken by the light rays to cross the slab 3 × 10−𝛾 . Value

of 𝛾 is _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Q4. In the given figure rays incident on an interface would converge 10 m below the interface if they
continued to move in straight lines without bending. But due to refraction, the rays will bend and
meet some where else. Find the distance of meeting point of refracted rays below the interface,
assuming the rays to be making small angles with the normal to the interface

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Q5. A light ray enters a solid glass sphere of refractive index μ = √3 at an angle of incidence 60∘ . The
ray is both reflected and refracted at the farther surface of the sphere. The angle (in degrees)
between the reflected and refracted rays at this surface is (2020 - 3 September )

Q6. A ray of light passes from vacuum into a medium of refractive index , the angle of incidence is
found to be twice the angle of refraction .Then the angle of incidence is

 
(a) cos–1   (b) 2 cos–1  
2 2


(c) 2 sin–1 (d) 2 sin–1  
2

Q7. A glass slab of thickness 4 cm contains the same number of waves as 5 cm of water. When both are
traversed by the same monochromatic light. If the refractive index of water is (4/3). What is that
of glass :
(a) 5/3 (b) 5/4

(c) 16/15 (d) 1.5

Q8. A ray of light passes through four transparent media with refractive indices , ,  and  as
shown in the figure. The surfaces of all media are parallel. If the emergent ray CD is parallel to the
incident ray AB, We must have - [IIT - 2001]

D
µ1 µ2 µ3 µ4
C
B

(a)  =  (b)  = 
(c)  =  (d)  = 

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Q.9 A circular disc of diameter 7 cm lies horizontally inside a metallic hemispherical bowl of diameter
25 cm. The disc is just visible to an eye looking over the edge as shown in the figure. The bowl is
now filled with a liquid. It is observed that, the other end of the disc is just visible to the eye in the
same position. Find the refractive index µ of the liquid.
Eye

(a) 4/3 (b) 5/4

(c) 16/15 (d) 1.5

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(ANSWER KEY)

1. (1) 2. (15) 3. (c) 4. (25 m) 5. (90) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (d)

9. (a)

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