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FRANCIS SCHOOL, INDIRAPURAM

CLASS-X
PHYSICS WORKSHEET
LIGHT – REFLECTION AND REFRACTION

1. Define light and mention its properties.

2. Name the type of mirror used as shaving mirror.
3. What does the negative sign in the value of magnification produced by a mirror
indicates about an image?

4. Differentiate between real and virtual image.

5. Write the laws of reflection with diagram.

6. List four characteristics of the images formed by plane mirrors.

7. Draw a ray diagram to show the path of the reflected ray corresponding to an incident
ray which is directed parallel to the principal axis of a convex mirror. Mark on it the
angle of incident and the angle of reflection.

8. Which type of mirror is used to give erect and enlarged image of an object?

9. Draw the ray diagram and also state the position, the relative size and the nature of image
formed by a concave mirror when the object is placed at the centre of curvature of the
mirror.

10. Define linear magnification produced by a spherical mirror. What is its unit?

11. What is the value of linear magnification of a plane mirror?

12. Why is convex mirror used as a rear-view mirror in vehicles? State any one reason.

13. What should be the position of the object when a concave mirror is to be used as a shaving
mirror? 

14. Why does a convex mirror is said to have a virtual principal focus?

15. Explain why a ray of light passing through the centre of curvature of a concave mirror gets
reflected along the same path after reflection.

16. With the help of ray diagrams, show the formation of images of an object by a concave
mirror. When it is placed
(i) beyond the centre of curvature
(ii) at the centre of curvature.
17. In the following diagram, MM’ is a concave mirror and AB is an object. Draw on your
answer-sheet a ray diagram to show the formation of image of this object.