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Date : MM - 50
1. An object is placed at a distance of 0.25 m in front of a plane mirror. The distance between the 1
object and image will be
(a) 0.25 m (b) 1.0 m
(c) 0.5 m (d) 0.125 m
2. Which of the following mirror is used by a dentist to examine a small cavity? 1
(a) Convex mirror
(b) Plane mirror
(c) Concave mirror
(d) Combination of convex and concave mirror
3. An object at a distance of 30 cm from a concave mirror gets its image at the same point. The 1
focal length of the mirror is
(a) – 30 cm (b) 30 cm
(c) – 15 cm (d) +15 cm
4. A concave mirror of radius 30 cm is placed in water. It’s focal length in air and water differ by 1
(a) 15 (b) 20
(c) 30 (d) 0
5. If a man’s face is 25 cm in front of concave shaving mirror producing erect image 1.5 times the 1
size of face, focal length of the mirror would be
(a) 75 cm (b) 25 cm
(c) 15 cm (d) 60 cm
6. As light travels from a rarer to a denser medium it will have 1
(a) increased velocity
(b) decreased velocity
(c) decreased wavelength
(d) both (b) and (c)
7. The refractive index of water is 1.33. The speed of light in water will be 1
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(a) 1.33 × 10 m/s (b) 3 × 10 m/s
(c) 2.26 × 108 m/s (d) 2.66 × 108 m/s
8. You are given three media A, B and C of refractive index 1.33, 1.65 and 1.46. The medium in 1
which the light will travel fastest is
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) equal in all three media
9. The distance between the potical centre and point of convergence is called focal length in which 1
of the following cases?
10. Figure shows a ray of light as it travels from medium A to medium B. Refractive index of the 1
medium B relative to medium A is
11. A student wants to project the image of a candle flame on a screen 80 cm in front of a mirror by 3
keeping the candle flame at a distance of 20 cm from its pole.
(i) Which type of mirror should the student use?
(ii) Find the magnification of the image produced.
(iii) Find the distance between the object and its image.
(iv) Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation in this case and mark the distance between
the object and its image.
12. A student wants to obtain an erect image of an object using a concave mirror of 12 cm focal 3
length. What should be the range of distance of the object from the mirror? State the nature and
size of the image he is likely to observe. Draw a ray diagram to justify your answer.
13. For the given data showing the focal lengths of three concave mirrors A, B and C, and the 3
respective distances of different objects from these mirrors.
Object distance Focal length
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(cm) (cm)
A 45 20
B 30 15
C 20 30
Answer the following questions:
(i) In the given position of object from the mirrors, which mirror will form a diminished image of the
object. Draw a ray diagram for image formation by this mirror.
(ii) Which mirror can be conveniently used as a make-up mirror? Draw a ray diagram to illustrate
this function.
14. (a) “The refractive index of diamond is 2.42”. What is the meaning of this statement? 3
(b) Name a liquid whose mass density is less than that of water but it is optically denser than water.
15. An object of height 5 cm is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a concave lens of focal 3
length 10 cm. If the distance of the object from the optical centre of the lens is 20 cm, determine
the position, nature and size of the image.
16. (a) Define the following terms in the context of spherical mirrors: 5
(i) Pole (ii) Centre of curvature (iii) Principal axis (iv) Principal focus
(b) Draw ray diagrams to show the principal focus of a (i) concave mirror (ii) convex mirror
(c) Consider the following diagram in which M is a mirror and P is an object and Q is its magnified
image formed by the mirror.
State the type of the mirror M and one characteristic property of the image Q.
17. List the new Cartesian sign convention for reflection of light by spherical mirrors. Draw a 5
diagram and apply these conventions for calculating the focal length and nature of a spherical
mirror which forms a 1/3 times magnified virtual image of an object placed 18 cm in front of it.
18. (a) Define optical centre of a spherical lens. 5
(b) A divergent lens has a focal length of 20 cm. At what distance should an object of height 4 cm
from the optical centre of the lens be placed so that its image is formed 10 cm away from the lens.
Find the size of the image also.
(c) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of image in above situation.
19. At what distance from a concave lens of focal length 20 cm, a 6 cm tall object be placed so as to 5
obtain its image at 15 cm from the lens? Also calculate the size of the image formed. Draw a ray
diagram to justify your answer for the above situation and label it.
20. What is meant by power of a lens? Define its S.I. unit. 5
You have two lenses A and B of focal lengths +10 cm and –10 cm respectively. State the nature and
power of each lens.
Which of the two lenses will form a virtual and magnified image of an object placed 8 cm from the
lens? Draw a ray diagram to justify your answer.
