NAVRACHANA HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, SAMA

CLASS X- PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT –REFLECTION OF LIGHT

1. An object is placed at a distance of 12cm from a concave mirror of radius of curvature

16cm. Find the position of the image. (A: -24cm)

2. The image of an object placed 16cm from a concave mirror is formed at a distance of 24cm
from the mirror. Calculate the possible focal lengths of the concave mirror from this
information. (A: 9.6cm, 48cm)

3. An object is placed 20cm from a convex mirror. Its image is formed 12 cm from the
mirror. Find the focal length of the mirror. (A: 30cm)

4. Find the position, size and nature of the image formed by a spherical mirror from the
following data: f= -12cm, u =-36cm, ho= 2 cm (A: -18cm, -1cm, real and inverted)

5. An object is placed 24cm from a concave mirror. Its image is inverted and is double the
size of the object. Find the focal length of the mirror and the position where the image is
formed (A: -16cm,-48cm)

6. Where should an object be placed before a concave mirror of focal length 20cm so that a
real image is formed at a distance of 60cm from it .(-30cm)

7. An object is placed at a distance of 12cm from a convex mirror of radius of curvature

12cm. Find the position of the image? If the height of the object is 1.2cm, what will be the
height of the image? (A: 4cm, behind the mirror, 0.4cm, erect)

8. When a concave mirror is placed facing the Sun, the Sun’s rays converge to a point 10 cm
from the mirror. Now, if you place a 2 cm long candles flame 20 cm away on the principal
axis of the mirror, where would you place a screen to obtain the image of the candle? What
would see the size of the image? Draw a ray diagram to justify your answer. (A: 20cm from
the mirror, 2cm, real and inverted)

9. The magnification produced by a spherical mirror is -3. List four information you obtain
from this statement about the mirror/ image?

10. “A concave mirror of focal length f can form a magnified, erect as well as an inverted
image of an object placed in front of it” Justify this statement stating the position of object
with respect to the mirror in each case for obtaining these images.

11. The image formed by a concave mirror is observed to be virtual, erect and larger than the
object. Where should be the position of the object relative to the mirror? Draw a ray
diagram to justify your answer.

12. 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
incidence and the angle of reflection.

13. How can you distinguish between plane mirror, convex mirror, and concave mirror by
merely looking at the image formed by each case?

14.(i) What should be the position of the object when a concave mirror is to be used:
 (a) as a shaving mirror
(b) in torches producing parallel beam of light?
(ii) A man standing in front of a mirror, finds his image having a very small head and legs
of normal size, what type of mirrors are used in designing such a mirror?

15. Name the type of mirror used in a solar furnace.

16 When a plane mirror is placed horizontally on a levelled ground at a distance of 40m from
the foot of a tower, the top of the tower and its image in the mirror subtends an angle of 900 at
the eye, what is the height of the tower?

17. A concave mirror is used as a head mirror by ENT specialist. The same mirror can also be
used s a shaving mirror? Why?

18. Between which two points of a concave mirror should an object be placed to obtain a
magnification of -3?

19. Can we change the focal length of a given spherical mirror by changing the object
distance from the mirror?

20. An object 1cm high produces areal image1.5cm high when placed at a distance of 15cm
from a concave mirror. Calculate the position of the image and the magnification. (A: -
22.5cm, -1.5)

21. Raj wants to have an erect image of an object using a converging mirror of focal length
40cm.
(i) Specify the range of distance where the object can be placed in front of the mirror.
(ii) Will the image be bigger or smaller than the object?
Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation in this case.

22. If the image formed by a mirror for all positions of the object placed in front of it is
always erect and diminished, what type of mirror is it? Draw a ray diagram to justify your
answer. Where and why do we generally use this type of mirror?

23. A student wants to project the image of a candle flame on a screen 48cm in front of a
mirror by keeping the flame at a distance of 12cm from its pole. (i) Suggest the type of mirror
he should use (ii) Find the linear magnification of the image produced. (iii) How far is the
image from its object? (iv) Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation in this case. (A:
(iii) -36cm)

24. A spherical mirror produces an image of magnification -1 on a screen placed at a distance

of 50cm from the mirror. (i) Write the type of mirror.(ii) find the distance of the image from
the object (iii) What is the focal length of the mirror? (A: Concave mirror, zero, f= -25cm)

25. When an object is placed at a distance of 60cm from a convex spherical mirror, the
magnification produced is ½. Where the object should be placed to get a magnification of
1/3? (A: -120cm)

26. If an object is held at a distance of 60cm from a convex mirror of focal length 20cm. At
what distance from the convex mirror, should a plane mirror be held, so that images in the
two mirrors coincide? (A: 22.5cm)
27. It is desired to obtain an erect image of an object, using concave mirror of focal length
12cm.(i) What should be the range of distance of an object placed in front of the mirror? (ii)
Will the image be smaller or larger than the object? Draw ray diagram to show the formation
of image in this case. (iii) Where will the image of this object be, if it is placed 24cm in front
of the mirror? Draw a ray diagram for this situation, also to justify your answer. Show the
position of pole, principal focus and the centre of curvature in the above ray diagrams. (A: (i)
0<u<12 cm, (iii) -24cm)

28. A student wants to project the image of a candle flame on the walls of the school
laboratory by using a mirror. (i) Which type of mirror should he use and why? (ii) At what
distance, in terms of focal length f of the mirror, should he place the candle flame to get the
magnified image on the wall? (iii) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of the image in
this case. (iv) Can he use this mirror to project a diminished image of the candle flame on the
same wall? State ‘how’ if your answer is ‘yes’ and ‘why not’ if your answer is ‘no’

29. A student has three concave mirrors A, B, C of focal length 20cm, 15cm, 10cm
respectively. For each concave mirror, he performs the experiment of image formation for
three values of object distance of 30cm, 10cm, and 20cm. Give reasons for the following: (i)
for the three object distances, identify the mirror which will form an image equal in size to
that of object. Find at least one value of object distance. (ii) Out of the three mirrors,
identify the mirror which would be preferred to be used for shaving purpose. (iii) For the
mirror B, draw ray diagram for image formation for any two given values of object
distance.(A: mirror C, B)

30. Mention the types of mirrors used as (i) rear view mirrors (ii) shaving mirrors. List two
reasons to justify your answer in each case.

31. A spherical mirror produces an image of magnification -1 on a screen placed at a distance

of 50cm from the mirror. (a) Write the type of mirror. (ii) Find the distance of the image
from the object (iii) what is the focal length of the mirror? (iv) Draw the ray diagram to
show the image formation in this case. (A: concave mirror, -50cm, f= -25cm)

32. For finding the focal length of a concave mirror, where do we keep the object? What is
the position of image formed? On which structure we get the image? What is the nature of the
image formed?

33. A student wants to project the image of a candle flame on a screen 60cm in front of a
mirror by keeping the flame at a distance of 15cm from its pole. (i) Write the type of mirror
he used. (ii) Find the linear magnification of the image produced. (iii) What is the distance
between the object and its image? (iv) Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation in
this case.

34. If the image formed by a mirror for all positions of the object placed in front of it is
always erect and diminished, what type of mirror is it? Draw a ray diagram to justify your
answer. Where and why do we generally use this type of mirror?

35. A ray is deviated through an angle of 500 by a plane mirror. Find (i) incident angle (ii)
reflected angle (iii) angle between the mirror and the direction of incident ray. (A: 25o, 25o,
65o)
36. A man is going away from the plane mirror with a velocity of 2m/s. With what velocity is
he receding from his own image in the plane mirror? (4m/s)

37. A boy is standing in front of a plane mirror. He finds his image at a distance of 2m from
himself. Find the distance of the boy from the mirror. (A: 1m)

38. A plane mirror is placed at a distance of 1.5m from an object. At how much from the
object will the image be formed? (3m)

39 If the angle of incidence is changed by 20o, by what measure does the angle between the
incident ray and reflected ray change? ( 40o)

40. A burning candle is placed at a distance of 10cm from the plane mirror. (i) where is the
image of the candle formed. (ii) Calculate the distance between the candle and its image. (A:
10cm behind the mirror, 20cm)

41. If the radius of curvature of a concave mirror is 36cm, what is its focal length? (-18cm)

42. What is the position of an image when an object is placed at a distance of 20cm from a
concave mirror of focal length 20cm? (A: 20cm)

43. Describe the nature of the image when an object is placed at a distance of 20cm from a
concave mirror of focal length 10cm? (real , inverted, same size)

44. If the magnification of a body of size 1m is 2, what is the size of the image? (2m)

45. A concave mirror produces a real image of size 3 times that of the object at a distance of
30cm from the pole of the mirror. Find the position of the object? (A: -10cm)

46 An object is placed in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature 20cm at a distance

of 5cm. Find the position, nature and magnification of the image. (A: 10cm, 2cm)

47. 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? (A: -24cm)

48. Sunlight is incident on a concave mirror, parallel to its principal axis. The image is
formed at a distance of 12cm from the pole. Find the radius of curvature of the mirror. (A:
24cm)

49. A 1.2cm long pin is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex mirror of focal
length 12 cm, at a distance of 8cm from it. (a) Find the location of the image (b) find the
height of the image. (c) Is the image erect or inverted? (A: 4.8cm, 0.72cm, erect)

50. State True or False: (A: F, T,T,T, T)

1. Light cannot travel in vacuum.

2. The laws of reflection are applicable to all types of surfaces.

3. The focal length of a spherical mirror has a smaller magnitude than that of its radius of
curvature.
4. A ray starting from the focus of a concave mirror becomes parallel to the principal axis
after reflection.

5. A real image of a point object can be formed only by a concave mirror.