Practice Worksheet

Light (Reflection- Mirror)

1.A man stands 10 m in front of a large plane mirror. How far must he walk before he
is 5 m away from his image ?
2.A man sits in an optician’s chair, looking into a plane mirror which is 2 m away from
him and views the image of a chart which faces the mirror and is 50 cm behind his
head. How far away from his eyes does the chart appear to be ?
3. When a spherical mirror is held towards the sun and its sharp image is formed on
a piece of carbon paper for some time, a hole is burnt in the carbon paper. What is
the advantage of using a carbon paper rather than a white paper ?
4. An object is 100 mm in front of a concave mirror which produces an upright image
(erect image). The
radius of curvature of the mirror is?
5. A virtual, erect and magnified image of an object is to be produced with a concave
mirror of focal length 12 cm. Which of the following object distance should be chosen
for this purpose ?
6. A concave mirror has a focal length of 25 cm. At which of the following distance
should a person hold his face from this concave mirror so that it may act as a
shaving mirror ?
7. An object is placed at 35 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. What
will be the nature of image produced?
8. Draw the following diagram in your answer book and show the formation of image
of the object AB with the help of suitable rays.

9.Redraw the diagram given below in your answer book and show the direction of
the light ray after reflection from the mirror.

10.Define the focus of a concave mirror. If the radius of curvature of a convex mirror
is 30 cm, what would be its focal length?
11. List four properties of the image formed by a plane mirror.
12.An object 2 cm in size is placed 30 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length
15 cm. At what distance from the mirror should a screen be placed in order to obtain
a sharp image? What will be the nature and the size of the image formed? Draw a
ray diagram to show the formation of the image in this case.
13. An object is placed between infinity and the pole of a convex mirror. Draw a ray
diagram and also state the position, the relative size and the nature of the image
formed.
14. State the type of mirror preferred as (i) rear view mirror in vehicles, (i0 shaving
mirror. Justify your answer giving two reasons in each case.
15.It is desired to obtain an erect image of an object, using a concave mirror of focal
length 20cm.
(i) What should be the range of distance of the object from the mirror?
(ii) Will the image be bigger or smaller than the object?
(iii) Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation in this case.
16. To construct a ray diagram we use two rays of lights which are so chosen that it
is easy to determine their directions after reflection from the mirror. Choose these
two rays and state the path of these ray after reflection from a concave mirror. Use
these two rats to find the nature and position of the image of an object placed at a
distance of 15 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm.
17. A student want to project the image of a candle flame on a screen 80 cm in front
of a mirror by 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.
18. Suppose you have three concave mirrors A, B and C of focal length 10 cm, 15
cm and 20 cm. For each concave mirror you perform the experiment of image
formation for three values of object distance of 10 cm, 20 cm and 30 cm. Giving
reason answer the following:
(a) For the three object distances, identify the mirror\mirrors which will form an image
of magnification – 1.
(b) Out of the three mirrors identify the mirror which would be preferred to be used
for shaving purpose\makeup.
(c) For the mirror B draw ray diagram for image formation for object distances 10 cm
and 20 cm.
19.The linear magnification produced by a spherical mirror is +3. Analyse this value
and state the (i) type of mirror and (ii) position of the object with respect to the pole of
the mirror. Draw ray diagram to show the formation of image in this case.
20. List four characteristics of the images formed by plane mirrors.
21. 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
22. A spherical mirror produces an image of magnification -1 on a
screen placed at a distance of 50 cm from the mirror.
(a) Write the type of mirror.
(b) Find the distance of the image from the object.
(c) What is the focal length of the mirror?
(d) Draw the ray diagram to show the image formation in this
case.
23.A 10 mm long awl pin is placed vertically in front of a concave
mirror. A 5 mm long image of the awl pin is formed at 30 cm in front
of the mirror. The focal length of this mirror is
a) -30 cm
b) -20 cm
c) -40 cm
d) -60 cm

Q24. Under which of the following conditions a concave mirror can

form an image larger than the actual object?
a) When the object is kept at a distance equal to its radius of
curvature
b) When object is kept at a distance less than its focal length
c) When object is placed between the focus and centre of
curvature
d) When object is kept at a distance greater than its radius of
curvature

25. Rays from Sun converge at a point 15 cm in front of a concave

mirror. Where should an object be placed so that size of its image is
equal to the size of the object?
a) 15 cm in front of the mirror
b) 30 cm in front of the mirror
c) between 15 cm and 30 cm in front of the mirror
d) more than 30 cm in front of the mirror