LIGHT
Assignment 1
Multiple Choice Questions
1 A mirror and a lens each have focal length of -15
cm. The mirror and the lens arelikely to be-
(a) both concave
(b) both convex
(c) the mirror is concave and the lens is convex
(d) the mirror is convex, but the lens is concave
1. No matter how far you stand from a mirror, your image appears erect.
The mirror is likely to be
(a) Plane (b) Concave (c) Convex (d) Either plane or convex
2. As light travels from a rarer to a denser medium it will have
(a) Increased velocity (b) Decreased velocity
(c) Decreased wavelength (d) both (b) and (c)
3. The path of a ray of light coming from air
passing through a rectangular glass slab traced
by four students is shown in figure. Which one
of them is correct?
4. When light travels from one medium to another which
of the following factor doesnotchanges?
(a) Wavelength (b) Frequency
(c) Velocity (d) None of these
5. The velocity of light is maximum in a medium of
(a) glass (b) water (c) vacuum (d) diamond
6. Which statement best describes the property of light waves illustrated in
the diagram below?
(a) Some materials absorb light waves.
(b) Some materials refracted by some materials
(c) Light waves are refracted by some materials.
(d) Light waves are emitted by some materials
7. A student conducts an activity using a flask of height 15
cm and a concave mirror. Hefinds that the image formed is
45 cm in height. What is the magnification of the image?
(a) 45 times (b) 1/ 45 times (c) 1/ 3 times (d) 3 times
09. The image shows the path of light travelling through a glass slab.
What causes the ray of light to deviate from its original path?
(a)change in the amount of light
(b)change in the direction of wind flow
(c)change in the temperature of the air
(d) change in the density of the medium
10. A student studies that when a ray of light travels from
air into the glass slab, the ray oflight bends towards the
normal. But as refracted ray emerges out of the glass
slab to the vacuum, it bends away from the normal, as
shown.
Which option explains the law of refraction of light through the glass slab?
(a) light always bends towards the normal in a glass slab
(b) ray of light always travels in a straight path irrespective of change in medium
(c) the incident ray, the refracted ray, and the normal to the
interface always lieon the same plane
(d) ray of light travelling in the air is always considered as the
incident ray, and the one in the glass is the refracted ray
1.
Where is the image most likely to form?
(a) position P (c) position R (b) position Q (d) position S
2. A student conducts an experiment using a convex lens of
focal length 20 cm and an object of height 15 cm. He
placed the object at 25 cm from the lens. Can the image be
formed on a screen?
(a) yes, because a real image will be formed
(b)no, because a virtual image will be formed
(c)yes, because an
erect image will be
formed
(d)No because the
image is inverted
3. A student conducts an experiment using a convex lens.
He places the object at a distance of 60 cm in front of
the lens and observed that the image is formed at a
distance of 30 cm behind the lens. What is the power
of the lens?
(a) 0.005 dioptre (b) 0.05 dioptre
(c) 5 dioptre (d) no, because an inverted image will be
formed
4. Rakhi conducts an experiment to produce an image of an
object on a screen which is placed at 20 cm from the lens.
She uses a convex lens of focal length 15 cm for the
experiment. Where should she place the object in order to
produce the sharpest image?
(a) 8 cm in front of the lens (b) 15 cm in front of the lens
(c) 20 cm in front of the lens (d) 60 cm in front of the lens
5. Which of the following can make a parallel beam of
light when light from a pointsource is incident on it?
(a) Concave mirror as well as convex lens
(b)Convex mirror as well as concave lens
(c)Two plane mirrors placed at 90° to each other
(d)Concave mirror as well as concave lens
6. 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 thismirror is
(a) -30 cm (b) -20 cm (c) -40cm (d) -60 cm
7. Under which of the following conditions a concave
mirror can form an image real and 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
8. Magnification produced by a rear view mirror fitted in vehicles
(a) is less than one (b) is more than one
(c) is equal to one
(d) can be more than or less than one depending upon
the position of the object in front of it.
9. 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 and 30 cm in front of the mirror
(d) more than 30 cm in front of the mirror
10. A full length image of a distant tall building can definitely be seen by
using
(a) a concave mirror (b) a convex mirror
(c) a plane mirror (d) both concave as well as plane
mirror
11. A child is standing in front of a magic mirror. She finds
the image of her head bigger,the middle portion of her
body of the same size and that of the legs smaller. The
following is the order of combinations for the magic
mirror from the top.
(a) Plane, convex and concave (b) Convex, concave and plane
(c) Concave, plane and convex (d) Convex, plane and concave
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (2MARKS)
1. Three mirrors, one plane, one concave and one convex are lying on the
table.
identify them without touching them or using any other
apparatus or device?
2. A ray of light travelling in air enters obliquely into
water. Does the light ray bendtowards or away from the
normal? Why?
3. The radius of curvature of a spherical mirror is
20 cm. what is its focal length?
4. A concave mirror produces three times magnified
real image of an object placed10cm in front of it.
Where is the image located?
5. Absolute refractive Index of some of material is tabulated below
i) In which of these does light travel fastest and why?
ii) arrange these materials in ascending order
of their optical densities.
6. An object 1 cm high produces a real image 1.5 cm high,
when placed at a distance of15 cm from concave minor.
Calculate the position of the image.
7. Which phenomenon occurs when light falls on
(a) highly polished surface
8. If the speed of light in vacuum is 3 × 108 ms-1, find the
speed of light in a medium of absolute refractive index
1.5.
9. An object of height 6 cm is placed perpendicular to the
principal axis of a concave lens of focal length 5 cm. Use
lens formula to determine the position, size and nature of
the image if the distance of the object from the lens is 10
cm.
