SR+LT BIPC ALL BATCHES DAILY PRACTICE ASSIGNMENTS

DAY – 7 (DT 08-04-2020)

SUBJECT : PHYSICS
Chapter : Ray Optics Mirrors
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1. Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other such that a ray of light incident on the first mirror and
parallel to the second is reflected from the second mirror parallel to the first mirror. The angle
between the two mirrors is
1) 300 2) 450 3) 600 4) 750
Sol : Let the angle between the two mirrors be  . Ray PQ is parallel to mirror M 1 and RS is parallel to M 2

So,
M1RS  ORQ  M1OM 2  
Similarly M 2QP  ORQ  M 2OM1  
 In ORQ,3  1800 ,  600
Key :

2. A thick plane mirror shows a number of images of the filament of an electric bulb. Of these, the
brightest image is the
1) First 2) Second 3) Fourth 4) Last
Sol : Several images will be formed but second image will be brightest

Key :

3. A man is 180cm tall and his eyes are 10cm below the top of his head. In order to see his entire height
right from toe to head, he uses a plane mirror kept a distance of 1m from him. The minimum length
of the plane mirror required is
1) 180cm 2) 90cm 3) 85cm 4) 170cm
 1
Sol : According to the following ray diagram length of mirror  10  170   90cm
2

4. Two mirrors at an angle  produce 5 images of a point. The number of images produced when  is
decreases to 300 is
1) 9 2) 10 3) 11 4) 12
0
360
Sol : Number of images  1

3600
Where  is in degrees,  5  1

or
3600
  600
6
New angle,  '    300  600  300  300
3600
Number of images  1  11
300
Key :
5. When light wave suffers reflection at the interface from air to glass, the change in phase of the
reflected wave is equal to
1) 0 2)  / 2 3)  4) 2
Sol : When light is reflected from denser medium, a phase difference of  always occurs
Key :
6. A watch shows time as 3:25 when seen through a mirror, time appeared will be
1) 8:35 2) 9:35 3) 7:35 4) 8:25
hr 60
Sol : Subtract the given time from 11: min
Key :
7. A small object is placed 10cm infront of a plane mirror. If you stand behind the object 30cm from
the mirror and look at its image, the distance focused for your will be
1) 60cm 2) 20cm 3) 40cm 4) 80cm
Sol : See the following ray diagram

The distance focussed for eye=30+10=40cm

Key :
8. The light reflected by a plane mirror may form a real image
1) If the rays incident on the mirror are diverging
2) If the rays incident on the mirror are converging
3) If the object is placed very close to the mirror
4) Under no circumstance
Sol :

Key :
9. A point source of light B is placed at a distance L in front of the centre of a mirror of width d hung
vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a
distance 2L from it as shown. The greatest distance over which he can see the image of the light
source in the mirror is

1) d/2 2) d 3) 2d 4) 3d
Sol : According to the following ray diagram

HI  AB  d
d
and DS  CD 
2
 AH  2 AD
2d
 GH  2CD  d
2
Key :
10. Two plane mirrors A and B are aligned parallel to each other, as shown in the figure. A light ray is
incident at an angle of 300 at a point just inside one end of A. The plane of incidence coincides with
the plane of the figure. The maximum number of times the ray undergoes reflections (including the
first one) before it emerges out is
 1) 28
2) 30
3) 32
4) 34
Sol : From the following ray diagram

0.2
d  0.2 tan 300 
3
l 2 3
   30
d 0.2 / 3
Therefore maximum number of reflections are 30
Key :
11. A ray of light is incident on the plane mirror at rest. The mirror starts turning at a uniform
acceleration of 2 rad / sec2 .The reflected ray, at the end of ¼ sec must have turned through
1) 900 2) 450 3) 22.50 4) 11.250
Sol : If the mirror is turned by  , reflected ray tuned by 2
2
1 2 1 1 
  0t   t  0  .2 .   
2 2  4  16

2  22.50
8
Key :
12. A boy of height 1.5m with his eye level at 1.4m stands before a plane mirror of length 0.75m fixed on
the wall. The height of the lower edge of the mirror above the floor is 0.8m. Then
1) The boy will see his full image 2) The boy cannot see his hair
3) The boy cannot see his feet 4) The boy can see neither his hair nor his feet
Sol :

The rays coming from feet, after reflection from mirror, do not reach to eye
Key :
13. A square wire of side 3.0 cm is placed 25 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 10cm with
its centre on the axis of the mirror and its plane normal to the axis. The area enclosed by the image
of wire is
1) 7.5cm2 2) 6.0cm2 3) 4.0cm2 4) 3.0cm2
1 1 1 1 1 1
Sol :     
v u f v 25 10
1 1 1 5  2 3
   
v 10 25 50 50
50
v   cm
3
v 50 / 3 2
m  
u 25 3
2
Area of image 2 A  2
   m  i   
Area of object
Ao  3 
Ai 4
  A1  4 cm 2
3 3 9
Key :
C.X
14. An object is placed in front of a convex mirror of focal length f. Find the maximum and minimum
distance of an object from the mirror such that the image formed is real and magnified
1) 2 f and  2) f and 2 f 3) f and 10 4) No real image is formed
Sol : An convex mirror forms virtual image
Key :
15. The field of view is maximum for
1) Plane mirror 2) Concave mirror 3) Convex mirror 4) Cylindrical mirror
Sol : Convex mirror is diverging
Key :
16. If the lower half of a concave mirror’s reflecting surface is made opaque, which of the following
statements describe the image of an object infront of the mirror
S1:- Intensity of the image will increase
S2:- The image will show only half of the object
S3:- No change in the image
S4:- Intensity of the image will be reduced to half
1) S1 only 2) S2 Only 3) S2 and S3 4) S4 only
Sol : The number of reflected rays decreases so intensity is reduced to half
Key :
C.V
17. An object moving at a speed of 5m/s towards a concave mirror of focal length f=1m is at a distance of
9m. The average speed of the image is
1 1 5 2
1) m / s 2) m/ s 3) m / s 4) m / s
5 10 9 5
1 1 1 fu
Sol : According the mirror formula   or v 
v u f u f
When an object is at a distance of 9m from the concave mirror
 u  9m, f  1m  v 
 1 9   9 m
9  1 8
As the object moves at a constant speed of 5ms  1 , after 1s of the position of image is

u '  9m  5m  4m  v ' 

 1 4   4 m
4  1 3
The shift in the position of image in 1 s is
 9 4 27  32 5 1 1
v  v'      
8 3 24 24 4.8 5
1
Average speed of the image ms 1
5
Key :
18. A point is object is placed at a distance of 10cm and its real image is formed at a distance of 20cm
from a concave mirror. If the object is moved by 0.1 cm towards the mirror, the image will shift by
about
1) 0.4 cm away from the mirror 2) 0.4cm towards the mirror
3) 0.8cm away from the mirror 4) 0.8 cm towards the mirror
Sol : Mirror formula
1 1 1 1 1 20
     f  cm
f v u 20  10  30
If object moves towards the mirror by 0.1cm then.
u=(10-0.1)=9.9cm
1 1 1
Hence again from mirror formula  '  v '  20.4cm
20 / 3 v 9.9
i.e., Image shifts away from the mirror by 0.4cm
Key :
19. Short linear of length l lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f at a distance u form
the pole of the mirror. The size of the image is approximately equal to
1/2 2 1/2 2
u f  u f   f   f 
1) l   2) l   3) l   4) l  
 f   f  u f  u f 
1 1 1
Sol : From mirror formula  
f v u
Differentiating equation (i), we obtain
2
1 1 v
0 2
dv  2 du  dv     du
v u u
v f
Also from equation (i ) 
u u f
2
 f 
From equation (ii) and (iii) we get dv     .l
u f 
2
 f 
Therefore size of image is   l.
u f 
Key :
20. An object placed in front of a concave mirror at a distance of x cm from the pole gives a 3 times
magnified real image. If it is moved to a distance of  x  5  cm , the magnification of the image become
2. The focal length of mirror is
1) 15 cm 2) 20cm 3) 25 cm 4) 30cm
Sol : For the first case, m=-3
v
 m    3
u
 v  3u
Here , u   x v  3x
1 1 1
According to mirror formula  
u v f
1 1 1
  
  x   3x  f
For the second case m=-2
 v
m   2  v  2u
u
Here u    x  5   v  2  x  5 
Using mirror formula
1 1 1
 
  x  5  2  x  5  f
Solving (i) and (ii), we get f=-30 cm
Key :
21. In an experiment to find the focal length of a concave mirror a graph is drawn between the
magnitudes of u and v . The graph looks like
v v v v

1) u 2) u 3) u 4) u
Sol : As u  f , v  ; u  , v f
Key :

22. A small plane mirror placed at the centre of spherical screen of radius R. A beam of light is falling
on the mirror. If the mirror makes n revolution per second, the speed of light on the screen after
reflection from the mirror will be
nR nR
1) 4 nR 2) 2 nR 3) 4)
2 4
Sol : If the mirror is turned by  , reflected ray tuned by 2
  2 n, 2  4 n
v  R.2,   4 nR
Key :
23. A concave mirror of focal length f produces a real image n times the size of the object. The distance
of the object from the mirror is

1)  n  1 f 2)  n  1 f 3)
 n  1 f 4)
 n  1 f
n n
Sol : Since image is real and inverted
m  n
Let u   x
v v
m   n  
u x
v  nx
1 1 1
 
v u f
1 1 1 1 n 1
   
nx  x  f nx f
 n 1
x f
 n 
Key :
24. The graph between u and v for a convex mirror is
v v
f f f f
(1) (2)
u u

v v
(3) f
(4) f
f f

u u
Sol : u changes from o to   . Then v will change from 0 to +f

Key :1
25. An infinitely long rod lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f. The near end of the rod is
at a distance u  f from the mirror. Its image will have a length

f2 uf f2 uf
1) 2) 3) 4)
u f u f u f u f

1 1 1
Sol : From the relation ,  
v u f

1 1 1 1 1 1  uf 
  ;   or v    f
v u f v u f u f 

The end of which is at infinity will have its image at focus

f2
 Length of image L  v  f 
u f

Key :1
26. A point object is moving with a speed v before an arrangement of two mirrors as shown in figure

Find the velocity of image in mirror M 1 with respect an arrangement of two mirrors as shown in figure

1) 2v sin  2) v sin  3) 2v cos  4) v cos 

Sol : vr  v 2  v 2  2v.v.cos   2v sin 

Key :2

27. A ray of light strikes a horizontal plane mirror at an angle of 45o . A second plane mirror is attached at
an angle  with it. If ray after reflection from second mirror runs parallel to the first mirror, then  is

1) 45o 2) 60o 3) 67.5o 4) 135o

Sol : From the figure in ABC , 45o  90o  2  180o    22.5o

OBA  90o  

In OBA,  45o  90o    180o

  67.5o
Key :3

28. A ray of light makes an angle of10 0 with the horizontal above it and strikes a plane mirror which is
inclined at an angle  to the horizontal. The angle  for which the reflected ray becomes vertical is

1) 40o 2) 50o 3) 80o 4) 100o

Sol : If   40o , ray of light will become vertical after reflection,

Key :1
29. A mirror is inclined at an angle of  with the horizontal. If a ray of light in incident at an angle of
incidence  , then the reflected ray makes the following angle with horizontal
 
1)  2) 2 3) 4) None of these
2

Sol : 90o    2  90o

  0 o

Key :4
30. A short linear object of length b lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length f at a distance u
from the pole of the mirror, what is the size of image?
2
 f   f   f  2  f 
1)  b 2)   b 3)  b 4)  
u f  u f  u f  u f 

1 1 1
Sol : Using mirror formula,  
v u  f

u u f u
Multiplying with u,  1 
v f f

v  f 
m   
u  f u 

Now dv  m 2 du

2
 f 
Size of image    b
 f u 

Key :2
31. A ray reflected successively from two plane mirrors incline at a certain angle undergoes a deviation of
240o . Then the number of images observable is

1) 3 2) 5 3) 7 4) 9

Sol :   360o  2

 : angle between two mirrors

 : total angle of deviation after two reflections

240o  360o  2    60o

360o 360o
x   6 (even)
 60
Number of images, n  x  1  6  1  5

Key :2
32. An observer moves towards a plane mirror with a speed of 2m/sec. The speed of the images with respect
to the observer is
1) 1 m/sec 2) 2 m/sec 3) 4 m/sec 4) 8 m/sec
Sol :

Key :3
33. A room (cubical) is made of mirrors. An insect is moving along the diagonal on the floor such that the
velocity of image of insect on two adjacent wall mirrors is 10 cm/sec. The velocity of image of insect in
ceiling mirror is
10
1) 10 cm/sec 2) 20 cm/sec 3) cm/sec 4) 10 2 cm/sec
2

Sol :

In the ceiling mirror, same velocity will be observed

Key :4
34. If an object moves towards a plane mirror with a speed v at an angle  to the perpendicular to the plane
of the mirror, find the relative velocity between the object and the image

1) v 2) 2 v 3) 2v cos  4) 2v sin 

Sol :

 
vo  v cos  iˆ  v sin  ˆj ; vl  v cos  iˆ  v sin  ˆj

Key :3
35. The real image of an object placed in front of a concave mirror of focal length 12cm is formed at a point
which is 10cm more distant from the mirror than the object. The magnification of the image is
1) 1. 5 2) 2 3) 2.5 4) 3

Sol : u   x, v   10  x  , f  12

1 1 1 1 1 1
    
v u f  10  x   x 12

x  10  x 1

10  x  x 12
24 x  120  x 2  10 x

x 2  14 x  120  0

 x  20  x  6  0
x  20cm ; u  20cm,

v 30 3
v   10  20   30cm ; m    1.5
u 20 2

Key :1
36. A thin rod of length f/3 lies along the axis of a concave mirror of focal length. One end of its image
touches an end of the rod and image is real and elongated. The length of the image is
f f
1) 2) 3) 2 f 4) f
2 4

Sol :

One to end of image and object is same i.e., either A or B is centre of curvature. Since image is
elongated i.e. rod is placed right of centre of curvature hence B is centre of curvature. Image of B is
formed on B itself.
Image Of A:

u   2 f  f / 3  5 f / 3, f   f, v  ?

1 1 1 1 1 3 5  3 5f
      ; v
v 5 f / 3  f v f 5f 5f 2

Image length A| B|  5 f / 2  2 f  f / 2

Key :1
37. A small piece of wire bent into an L shape with upright and horizontal portions of equal lengths, is
placed with the horizontal portion along the axis of the concave mirror whose radius or curvature is
10cm. If the bend is 20cm from the pole of the mirror, then the ratio of the lengths of the images of the
upright and horizontal portions of the wire is
1) 1 : 2 2) 3 : 1 3) 1 : 3 4) 2 : 1
Sol : Small piece i.e. length of horizontal and vertical portions of object is small.
 u  20cm, f  5cm, v  ?

1 1 1 1 1 1 3
     
v 20 5 v 5 20 20
v  20 / 3 cm

I1 v I 20 / 3
  1  ; I1  L / 3
O u L 20

Length of object is small

2 2
dv  f   5  1
       
du u f   20   5   9

2 2
dv  f   5  1
       
du u f   20   5   9

I1  L / 3 3
 
I2 L / 9 1

Key :2
38. A cube of side 2m is placed in front of a concave mirror focal length 1m with its face P at a distance of
3m and face Q at a distance of 5m from the mirror. The distance between the images of face P and Q
and height of images of P and Q are

1) 1 m, 0.5 m, 0.25 m 2) 0.5 m, 1 m, 0.25 m 3) 0.5 m, 0.25 m, 1 m 4) 0.25 m, 1 m, 0.5 m

Sol : For P:

1 1 1 1 1 2 3
    1    ; v   m
v 3 1 v 3 3 2

I1 v I 3 / 2
  1 
O u 2 3

2
I1    1m
2
For Q:

1 1 1 1 1 4
    1   
v 5 1 v 5 5

5
v m
4

I2 v I 5 / 4
  2 
O u 2 5

1
I2  m  0.50m
2

3 5
Distance between images of P and Q    0.25 m
2 4
Height of P = 1m, height of Q = 0.5 m

Key :4
39. Which of the following graphs is the magnification of a real image against the distance from the focus
of a concave mirror?

v  f 
Sol : m    , here  u  f   x
u u f 

f f 1
m ,m  , m
x x x

Graph is rectangular hyperbola

Key :4
40. As the position of an object (u) reflected from a concave mirror is varied, the position of the image (v)
also varies. By letting the u changes from 0 to  the graph between v versus u will be

Sol :
 At P, u  v  2 f

At Q, u  2 f , v  2 f

Key :3
41. A light ray traveling parallel to the principal axis of a concave mirror strikes the mirror at angle of
incidence  . If radius of curvature is R, then after reflection, the ray meets the principal axis at a distance
d from the centre of curvature. Then d is
R R cos  R R
1) 2) 3) 4) 1  cos  
2 2 2 cos  2

Sol :

Here  is not small

d R
In ACB, 
sin  sin    2 

d R

sin  sin 2  2sin  cos 

R
d ; As   0, d  R / 2  f
2 cos 

Key :3
42. A plane mirror is placed 22.5 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 10cm. Find where an
object can be placed between the two mirrors, so that the first image in both the mirrors coincides.
Sol :
 Let object be placed at distance x from plane mirror as shown. The image is formed at distance
 22.5  x  from concave mirror.
For concave mirror

u    22.5  x  , v    22.5  x  , f  10cm

1 1 1 1 1 1
  ;  
v u f   22.5  x    22.5  x  10

45 1

 22.5  x  10
2 2

22.52  x 2  450 ;

x 2  22.52  450  56.25 ; x  7.5 cm

43. An object moving with 5m/s towards right while the mirror moving with 1 m/s towards the left as
shown. Find the velocity of image.

Sol : Let us take rightward direction as positive direction

vimage , ground  vmirror , ground    vobject , ground  vmirror ,ground 

vimage , ground   1   5   1 

vi  7 m / s

Hence image will move with velocity 7 m/s towards left.

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44. A convex mirror of focal length f forms an image which is times the object. The distance of the object
n
from the mirror is
n 1
(1) (n  1) f (2)  f
 n 
n 1 
(3)  f (4) (n  1) f
 n 
Sol :
Key :
45. An object of size 7 .5 cm is placed in front of a convex mirror of radius of curvature 25 cm at a distance of
40cm. The size of the image should be
(1) 2 .3 cm (2) 1. 78 cm (3) 1cm (4) 0.8 cm
Sol :

Key :
46. The focal length of a concave mirror is f and the distance from the object to the principle focus is x. The
ratio of the size of the image to the size of the object is

fx f f f2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
f x x x2
47. In a concave mirror experiment, an object is placed at a distance x 1 from the focus and the image is
formed at a distance x 2 from the focus. The focal length of the mirror would be
x1  x 2 x1
(1) x1 x 2 (2) x1 x 2 (3) (4)
2 x2

48. The image formed by a convex mirror of focal length 30 cm is a quarter of the size of the object. The
distance of the object from the mirror is
(1) 30 cm (2) 90 cm (3) 120 cm (4) 60 cm
49. A person sees his virtual image by holding a mirror very close to the face. When he moves the mirror
away from his face, the image becomes inverted. What type of mirror he is using
(1) Plane mirror (2) Convex mirror
(3) Concave mirror (4) None of these
50. A concave mirror is used to focus the image of a flower on a nearby well 120 cm from the flower. If a
lateral magnification of 16 is desired, the distance of the flower from the mirror should be

(1) 8 cm (2) 12 cm (3) 80 cm (4) 120 cm

51. All of the following statements are correct except

(1) The magnification produced by a convex mirror is always less than one
(2) A virtual, erect, same-sized image can be obtained using a plane mirror
(3) A virtual, erect, magnified image can be formed using a concave mirror
(4) A real, inverted, same-sized image can be formed using a convex mirror