Chap- 10 , Numerical – Mirrors & Lenses

1. An object is 24 cm away from a concave mirror and its image is 16 cm from the mirror. Find the focal length and
radius of curvature of the mirror, and the magnification of the image.

2. If an object of 10 cm height is placed at a distance of 36 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 12 cm, find the
position, nature and height of the image.

3. At what distance from a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm should an object 2 cm long be placed in order to get
an erect image 6 cm tall?

4. When an object is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a concave mirror, its image is formed at 10 cm in front of
the mirror. Calculate the focal length of the mirror

● 5. An object 3 cm high is placed at a distance of 8 cm from a concave mirror which produces a virtual image
4.5 cm high (i) What is the focal length of the mirror ? (ii) What is the position of image? (iii) Draw a ray-
diagram to show the formation of the image.

6. A converging mirror forms a real image of height4 cm of an object of height 1 cm placed 20 cm away from the
mirror: (1) Calculate the image distance. (ii) What is the focal length of the mirror?

7. An object of size 7.0 cm is placed at 27 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 8 cm. At what distance from
the mirror should a screen be placed so that a sharp focused image can be obtained? Find the size and nature of the
image.

8. An object of 3 cm high is placed at a distance of 10 cm in front of a converging minor of focal length 25 cm. Find
the position, nature and size of the image formed.

9. A concave mirror has a focal length of 4 cm and an object 2 cm tall is placed 9 cm away from it. Find the nature,
position and size of the image formed.

10. When an object is placed 20 cm from a concave mirror, a real image magnified three times in form. Find: (a) the
focal length of the mirror. (b) Where must be the object placed to give a virtual image three times the height of the
object?

11.An object is placed at a distance of 25 cm away from a converging mirror of focal length 20 cm. Discuss the
effect on the nature and position of the image if the position of the object changes from 25 cm to 15 cm. Justify your
answer without using a mirror formula.

12. The magnification of the image formed by a spherical mirror is -3 . The focal length is 15 cm. Find the nature &
position of image & object. Draw the ray diagram.

13. The image formed by a converging mirror is 40 cm from the pole. Where is the object placed ? What is the focal
length , if the magnification is -2/3 ?

14. Draw the ray diagram for an image formed by a spherical mirror of magnification + 2/3 & focal length 20 cm.
Find the object image distance, nature & type of mirror as well as image.

15, If the magnification of a mirror is -1, what information can we get about the image & the mirror ?

16. a) Systematically draw clear ray diagrams for a concave mirror with object in 6 different position ,[ Do
mention the object , image position & nature of the image for each diagram]

b) Similarly draw the ray diagrams for the object placed in front of a convex mirror.
17. A point object is placed 12 cm away from the convex lens on its principal axis. Image is formed on the other
side of the lens at a distance of 18 cm. from the les. Find the focal length.

18. An object is placed in front of a lens at a distance which is happened to be its focus of length 20 cm. It forms an
image at the same side, where the object is placed but it is smaller than the object& it is in front of the object. Find
its image distance.

19. A 4 cm high object is placed at a distance of 60 cm from a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. Find the size and
nature of the image.

20. A pin of 2cm long is placed at a distance of 16 cm from a convex lens. Find the position, size and the nature of
the image if the focal length of the lens is 12 cm.

21. An object of 5 cm height is held 25 cm away from a converging lens of focal length 10 cm. Draw the ray diagram
and find the nature , size & position of the image formed.

22. An object is placed 30 cm from the lens, the focal length of the lens is 20 cm. The image is always diminished &
erect for all position of the object. Find image distance and draw the ray diagram.

23. Find the power of the concave lens of focal length 60 cm.

24. An object is placed 30 cm away from a concave lens of focal length 20 cm. Find the magnification & nature of
the image.

25. The refractive index of the mirror is 1.33. If the speed of the light in vacuum is 3 x 108 m / sec , find the speed of
the light in water.

26. Find the refractive index of the glass with respects water. The absolute refractive index of glass & water is 3/2
& 4/3 respectively.

28. The power of a combination of lens is + 5D. Find its focal length if one of the lens is having far point 100cm.

29. An object is placed 10 cm from a concave lens of focal length 20 cm . Find the position, magnification & nature
of the image.

30. A convex lens of focal length 18 cm and a concave lens of focal length 24 cm are placed in contact such that they
are acting as combined lens. What will be power of this combination?

31. A 2 cm high object is placed 12 cm from a convex lens, form a real image of 1.5 cm high. What is the power?

32. An object is placed before a concave lens of focal length 12 cm. The size of the image formed by the lens is half
the size of the object. Calculate the distance of the object from the lens.

33. An empty test tube is placed in a glass filled with water. The wall of the test tube below the water shines like
mercury. Give the reason.

34. A convex lens of foal length 40 cm & a concave lens of focal length 20 cm , are placed in combination Find the
power of the combination.

35. An object of 4cm is placed at a distance of 12 cm from a concave mirror of radius of curvature 16 cm.
find the position , nature & magnification of the image.

36. The image of an object placed 16cm from a concave mirror is formed at a distance of 24cm from the
mirror. Calculate the focal length .
37. An object is placed 24cm from a concave mirror produces an inverted and double the size of the
object on a screen. Find focal length and image position.

40. A 6cm object is placed at a distance of 12cm from a convex mirror of centre of curvature 12cm. Find
the magnification, position and nature of the image.

41. A object is placed in front of a convex lens. Where will you place the object to get a magnified double
sized image on a screen. The focal length is 12cm.

42. Find the refractive index of water with respect to glass, when light ray is moving from air to glass and
glass to water,. The absolute RI of water and glass are 3/2 and 4/3 respectively.

43. The image of an object formed by a convex lens is of the same size as the object. Image formed at
40cm from lens . Find ‘f’ and ‘v’ .Find its power also.

44. The far point of a myopic person is 1.5m . Find the corrective lens , its power and focal length in cm.

45.The near point of a person is 2m. find the power and focal length of the lens to be used.

46. A lens forming an image of magnification +4. Find the object distance , focal length and type of the
lens used. Draw a ray diagram for this .