CLASS 10

CHAPTER : LIGHT – REFLECTION AND REFRACTION

ASSIGNMENT 10.1
Q1. What do you mean by Rectilinear Property of Light?

Q2. What do you mean by reflection of light? Diagrammatically show the

phenomenon on a regular reflecting surface, properly indicating incident ray,

reflected ray and normal.

Q3. What are the two Laws of Reflection?

Q4. Write three differences between real and virtual image?

Q5. Explain how to get concave and convex reflecting surfaces. What do you

mean by centre of curvature C, radius of curvature R, principal axis, pole,

aperture, of a spherical reflecting surface. Show it diagrammatically also.

Q6. Define the focus of a convex and a concave mirror. Also show it

diagrammatically.

Q7. What is the difference between focus and focal length of a spherical

mirror? How is focal length is related to radius of curvature?

Q8. Write four rules of image formation in case of concave and convex

mirror. Also explain them diagrammatically.

Q9. When a ray of light passes or appears to pass through C why does it

retrace its path

ASSIGNMENT 10.2

Q1. Explain diagrammatically, the image formation with concave mirror in

the following cases:

(a) when object at infinity

(b) when object is away from C

(c) when object is at C

(d) when object is between C and F

(e) when object if at F

(f) when object is between F and P

Also write the characteristics (such as: nature, size and position) of the
image formed in all the above cases.

Q2. Explain diagrammatically, the image formation with convex mirror in the
following cases:

(a) when object is at infinity

(b) when object is in front of the mirror

Also write the characteristics (such as: nature, size and position) of the
image formed in all the above cases.

Q3. What are the uses of convex and concave mirror in daily life?

Q4. Why do we use convex mirror as rear view mirror in vehicles?

Q5. A dentist uses a concave mirror to examine the teeth of a patient. What
should he do to get an enlarged image? Explain?
ASSIGNMENT 10.3
Q1. What are the sign conventions in case of concave and convex mirror?

What are the results of the same?

Q2. An object is placed at a distance of 30cm from a concave mirror of focal

length 20 cm. Where will the image be formed? (Ans v = - 60cm )

Q3. A 2.0cm high object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a

concave mirror. The distance of the object from the mirror is 30cm, and its

image is formed 60cm from the mirror, on the same side of the mirror as the

object. Find the height and focal length of the object formed.

(Ans height= -4cm and f= -20cm)

Q4. A 1.2cm long pin is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a

convex mirror of a focal length 12cm, at a distance of 8cm from it.

(a) Find the location of the image. (Ans 4.8cm)

(b) Find the height of the image. (Ans 0.72cm)

(c) Is the image erect or inverted? (Ans image is erect)

Q5. Sunlight is incident on concave mirror, parallel to its axis. The image is

formed at a distance of 12cm from the pole. Find the radius of curvature of

the mirror. (Ans -24cm)

Q6. An object is placed at a distance of 20cm from a convex mirror of focal

length 25cm. Calculate the position of the image. Discuss its nature. (Ans

11cm, virtual,small)

Q7. A 2.0cm high object is placed at a distance of 20cm from a concave

mirror. A real image is formed at 40cm from the mirror. Calculate the focal

length of the mirror and the size of the image.

( Ans f = -13.3cm, size= -4.0cm)

Q8. Find the position and the nature of the image formed by a spherical

mirror from the following data.

u= -20cm ƒ= -15cm h = 1.0cm

o

(Ans concave, v=-60cm, h =-3.0cm)

e

Q9. A 2cm high object is placed at a distance of 32 cm from a concave

mirror. The image is real, inverted and 3cm in size. Find the focal length of

the mirror and the position of the image. (Ans v= -48cm, ƒ = -19.2cm)

Q10. A concave mirror forms an inverted image of an object placed at a

distance of 12cm from it. If the image is twice as large as the object, where

is it formed? (Ans -24cm)

Q11. A concave mirror forms an erect image of an object placed at a

distance of 10cm from it. The size of the image is double that of the object.

Where is the image formed? (Ans 20cm behind the mirror)

ASSIGNMENT 10.4
Q1. What do you mean by refraction of light?

Q2. With the help of diagram explain the bending of light from rarer to

denser and from denser to rarer medium.

Q3. Define Refractive Index of a material and state how you will distinguish

absolute and relative refractive indices. Also give its unit.

Q4. A ray of light travelling in air falls on a glass slab and its ray makes an

angle of 45 with normal to the surface. Find angle of refraction when

0

refractive index is 1.414. (Ans 30 )

0

Q5. Explain mass density and optical density with example.

Q6. State the Laws of Refraction.

Q7. What is Snell’s Law? Under what condition is it valid? Using the law,

explain that light always bends towards normal when entering from rarer to

denser medium.

Q8. Find refractive index of glass with respect to water. The refractive

indices of these with respect to air are 3/2 and 4/3 respectively. (Ans 9/8)
ASSIGNMENT 10.5
Q1. Define focal length in case of:

(a) convex lens

(b) concave lens

Q2. What do you mean by power of a lens? Give its unit.

Q3. Explain with diagram the rules for making ray diagrams in case of
lenses.

Q4. Explain diagrammatically, the image formation with convex lens in the
following cases:

(a) when object at infinity

(b) when object is away from C

(c) when object is at C

(d) when object is between C and F

(e) when object if at F

(f) when object is between F and O

Also write the characteristics (such as: nature, size and position) of the
image formed in all the above cases.

Q5. Explain diagrammatically, the image formation with concave lens in the
following cases:

(a) when object is at infinity

(b) when object is in front of the lens

Also write the characteristics (such as: nature, size and position) of the
image formed in all the above cases.
ASSIGNMENT 10.6
Q1. A point object is placed 12cm from a convex lens. Its image is formed
on other side at 18cm from the lens. Find the focal length of the lens.

(Ans 7.2cm)

Q2. The image formed by a lens is same the size of the object. If image is
formed at 40cm find object distance, focal length and power of the lens.

(Ans 20cm, 5D, 40cm)

Q3. A point object is placed on principal axis of a concave lens at a distance

of 20cm from it. If focal length of the lens is also 20cm, find the location of
the image. (Ans -10cm)

Q4. A lens of power 4D is placed at 40cm from a wall. At what distance from
the lens should a candle be placed so that its image is formed on the wall.
(Ans 200/3 cm from the lens)

Q5. A pin of 2cm length is placed 16cm from a convex lens of focal length
20cm. Find position, size and nature of the image. Also make ray diagram.
(Ans +48cm, -6cm, real)

Q6. A 4cm high object is placed 60cm from a concave lens of focal length
20cm. Find the size of image formed. (Ans 1cm)

Q7. An object is placed 12cm in front of a concave lens which gives image
half the size of the object. Calculate distance of object from lens.

(Ans 12cm)