Sign Convention & Mirror Formula

1. A convex mirror has a focal length f. *(1) 40 cm, Real and inverted
A real object is placed at a distance (2) 40 cm, Real and erect
3f (3) 20 cm, Virtual and inverted
of from the pole. Find out the (4) 20 cm, Virtual and erect
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6. An object is placed at 20 cm from a
position of image?
convex mirror of focal length 10 cm.
f f 3f f The image formed by the mirror is
(1) (2) *(3) (4)
5 5 5 5 (1) Real and at 20 cm from the mirror
2. A motor car is fitted with a rear-view (2) Virtual and at 20 cm from the
mirror of focal length 20 cm. A mirror
second motor car 2 m broad and 1.6
20
m high is 6 m away from first car. *(3) Virtual and at cm from the
Find the position of second car as 3
seen in the mirror of the first car. mirror
(1) 20 cm (2) 40 cm 20
(4) Real and at cm from the mirror
*(3) 19.35 cm (4) 15.35 cm 3
7. A real point object is placed at a
3. An object is placed at 20 cm from a
distance 10 cm and its real image is
concave mirror of focal length 30 cm.
formed at a distance 20 cm from
The image formed by the mirror is: -
mirror. Find focal length and nature
(1) Real and at 60 cm from the mirror
of mirror
*(2) Virtual and at 60 cm from the (1) 20 cm, Convex Mirror
mirror (2) 20 cm, Concave Mirror
(3) Virtual and at 12 cm from the (3) 6.33 cm, Convex Mirror
mirror *(4) 6.33 cm, Concave Mirror
8. A beam of light converges towards a
(4) Real and at 12 cm from the mirror point O, behind a convex mirror of
4. A beam of convergent light converges focal length 20 cm. Find the nature
to a point 0.5 m in front of the mirror and position of the image if the point
after reflection at a convex mirror O is 10 cm behind the mirror
but in the absence of the mirror the (1) 6.3 cm, real *(2) 20 cm, real
beam converges to a point 0.2 m
(3) 20 cm, virtual (4) 6.3 cm, virtual
behind the mirror. The radius of
curvature of the mirror is: - 9. A beam of light converges towards a
point O, behind a convex mirror of
focal length 20 cm. Find the nature
and position of the image if the point
O is 30 cm behind the mirror.
(1) 60 cm, real (2) 30 cm, real
*(3) 60 cm, virtual (4) 30 cm, virtual

(1) 20 cm (2) 50 cm
*(3) 66.67 cm (4) 28.57 cm
5. An object is placed 40 cm from a
concave mirror of focal length 20 cm.
The image formed is
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 Transverse Magnification
1. A man has a shaving mirror of focal 7. A convex mirror of focal length f
length 0.2 m. How far should the 1
mirror be held from his face in order forms an image which is times the
n
to give an image of two-fold
object. The distance of the object
magnification?
from the mirror is
*(1) 0.1 m (2) 0.3 m
(3) 0.5 m (4) 0.7 m n-1
2. A convex mirror has a focal length f. *(1) (n-1)f (2) ( )f
n
A real object is placed at a distance
n+1
f (3) ( )f (4) (n+1)f
of from the pole. Find out the n
2 8. An object is placed at 10 cm, in front
position, magnification and nature of of a concave mirror of radius of
the image. curvature 15 cm. Find the position,
(1) f, real, enlarged and inverted nature, and magnification of the
f image in each case.
(2) , real, enlarged and inverted *(1) 30 cm, real, enlarged and inverted
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(2) 30 cm, re al, diminishe d and
f inverted
*(3) , virtual, diminished and erect
3 (3) 30 cm, virtual, diminished and erect
(4) f, virtual, enlarged and erect (4) 30 cm, virtual, enlarged and erect
3. A virtual image three times the size 9. An object is placed at 5 cm, in front
of the object is obtained with a of a concave mirror of radius of
concave mirror of radius of curvature curvature 15 cm. Find the position,
36 cm. Find the distance of the object nature, and magnification of the
from the mirror. image in each case.
(1) 6 cm (2) 24 cm (1) 15 cm, real, enlarged and inverted
*(3) 12 cm (4) None of these (2) 15 cm, re al, diminishe d and
4. The focal length of a concave mirror inverted
is 30 cm. Where should an object be (3) 15 cm, virtual, diminished and erect
placed so that its image is three times *(4) 15 cm, virtual, enlarged and erect
magnified, real and inverted?
*(1) 40 (2) 30 (3) 90 (4) 10
5. A small candle 2.5 cm in size is placed
27 cm in front of a concave mirror of
radius of curvature 36 cm. At what
distance from the mirror should a
screen be placed in order to receive
a sharp image. What is size of image:
*(1) 54, 5 (2) 54, 10
(3) 30, 5 (4) 30, 10
6. A 4.5 cm needle is placed 12 cm away
from a convex mirror of focal length
15 cm. Find the location of the image
and the magnification.
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(1) 5.5cm, *(2) 6.7cm,
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(3) 5.5cm, (4) 6.7cm,
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 Longitudinal Magnification & Velocity of Image
1. A rod of length 10 cm lies along the 6. A boy runs towards a convex mirror
principal axis of a concave mirror of with a speed v. His image is seen to
focal length 10 cm in such a way that move toward the mirror at a speed v’
its closer end is 20 cm away from the Then
mirror. The length of the image is- (1) v < v’ *(2) v > v’
(1) 8 cm (2) 6 cm *(3) 5 cm (4) 3 cm
(3) v = v’ (4) Data insufficient
2. A square of side 3 cm is placed at a
distance of 25 cm from a concave 7. An object is present on principal axis
mirror of focal length 10 cm. The of a concave mirror at a distance 30
centre of the square is at the axis of cm from it, focal length of mirror is
the mirror and the plane is normal to 20 cm. If the object starts moving
the axis. The area enclosed by the with 2 cm/s along the principal axis
image of the wire is - towards the mirror then.
*(1) 4 cm2 (2) 6 cm2 (1) 4 cm/s image moves away from
(3) 16 cm2 (4) 36 cm2 mirror
3. A point object is placed at a distance (2) 4 cm/s image moving with towards
of 10 cm and its real image is formed mirror
at a distance of 20 cm from a concave
mirror. If the object is moved by 0.1 (3) Image starts moving with 6 cm/s
cm towards the mirror, the image will towards the mirror
shift by about *(4) 8 cm/s away from the mirror
*(1) 0.4 cm away from the mirror 8. Find the velocity of image
(2) 0.4 cm towards the mirror
(3) 0.8 cm away from the mirror
(4) 0.8 cm towards the mirror
4. A short linear object of length l lies
along the axis of a concave mirror of
focal length f at a distance u from
the pole of the mirror. The size of
the image is approximately equal to (1) 24iˆ + 16jˆ (2) 16iˆ + 24jˆ
1/2 2
u f  u f 
(1) l   (2) l   *(3) -24iˆ + 16jˆ (4) -16iˆ - 24jˆ
 f   f 
1/2 2 9. In the diagram shown the velocity of
 f   f  image will be along
(3) l   *(4) l  
u f  u f 
5. A point object in moving on a
principle axis of a concave mirror of
focal length 24 cm tow ards the
mirror. When it is at a distance 60
cm from the mirror, its velocity is 9
cm/s. What is the velocity of image
at that instant. *(1) P (2) Q (3) R (4) S
(1) 5 cm/s towards the mirror 10. An object AB is placed parallel and
(2) 12 cm/s away from the mirror close to the optical axis between
focus F and centre of curvature C of
*(3) 4 cm/s towards the mirror a converging mirror of focal length f
(4) 9 cm/s away from the mirror as shown in figure.

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 (1) Image of B will be closer than that
of A from the mirror.
(2) Image of AB will be parallel to the
optical axis.
(3) Length of image is equal to AB.
*(4) Length of image is more than AB.
11. A square of side 2 cm is placed in
front of a conc ave mirror at a
distance 20 cm from mirror, such
that its real image is formed having
area 16 cm2? Find the focal length
of concave mirror.
40
*(1) cm (2) 10 cm
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80
(3) cm (4) None of these
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 Combination of Mirrors
1. Find out the position of the final
image formed after two reflections.
(consider first reflection from mirror
M1).

(1) 30 cm from concave mirror

(2) 15 cm from plane mirror
*(3) On the object itself
(4) None of these
*(1) 60 cm from M2 (2) 30 cm from M2
4. Find out the value of x such that light
(3) 5 cm from M1 (4) 85 cm from M2 ray retrace its path after second
2. In the figure shown find the total reflection (consider first reflection on
magnification after two successive mirror M1)
reflections first on M1 and then on *(1) 70 cm (2) 10 cm
M2. (Assume paraxial rays only) (3) 30 cm (4) 20 cm
5. In the figure, an object is placed at
distance 25 cm from the surface of a
convex mirror, and a plane mirror is
set so that the image formed by the
two mirrors lie adjacent to each other
in the same plane. The plane mirror
is placed at 20 cm from the object.
3 2 What is the radius of curvature of the
(1) (2) 3 *(3) (4) 2 convex mirror?
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3. A point object is kept between a plane
mirror and a concave mirror facing
each other. The distance between the
mirrors is 22.5 cm. Plane mirror is
placed perpendicular to principal axis
of concave mirror. The radius of
curvature of the concave mirror is 20 *(1) 75 cm (2) 37.5 cm
cm. If distance of the object from the (3) 150 cm (4) 50 cm
concave mirror is 15 cm. Then find
out the position of image formed after
two successive reflection (Consider
first reflection from concave mirror)