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Mcqs For Reflection

This document contains 30 multiple choice questions about optics concepts including reflection, refraction, mirrors, lenses, and the properties of light. Key concepts covered include: - The distance and nature of images formed by plane mirrors and lenses of different types depending on the position of the object. - Refractive index and how it relates to the speed of light in different media. - Characteristics of real and virtual images formed by concave and convex mirrors and lenses. - Laws of reflection and how light behaves at the boundaries between different transparent media.

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Mcqs For Reflection

This document contains 30 multiple choice questions about optics concepts including reflection, refraction, mirrors, lenses, and the properties of light. Key concepts covered include: - The distance and nature of images formed by plane mirrors and lenses of different types depending on the position of the object. - Refractive index and how it relates to the speed of light in different media. - Characteristics of real and virtual images formed by concave and convex mirrors and lenses. - Laws of reflection and how light behaves at the boundaries between different transparent media.

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1. An object is placed at a distance of 0.

25 m
in front of a plane mirror. The distance between the object and image will be
(a) 0.25 m
(b) 1.0 m
(c) 0.5 m
(d) 0.125 m
2. The angle of incidence for a ray of light having zero reflection angle is
(a) 0
(b) 30°
(c) 45°
(d) 90°
3. For a real object, which of the following can produce a real image?
(a) Plane mirror
(b) Concave mirror
(c) Concave lens
(d) Convex mirror
4. Which of the following mirror is used by a dentist to examine a small cavity?
(a) Convex mirror
(b) Plane mirror
(c) Concave mirror
(d) Combination of convex and concave mirror
5. An object at a distance of 30 cm from a
concave mirror gets its image at the same point. The focal length of the mirror is
(a) – 30 cm
(b) 30 cm
(c) – 15 cm
(d) +15 cm
6. An object at a distance of + 15 cm is slowly moved towards the pole of a convex
mirror. The image will get
(a) shortened and real
(b) enlarged and real
(c) enlarge and virtual
(d) diminished and virtual
7. A concave mirror of radius 30 cm is placed in water. It’s focal length in air and water
differ by
(a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 30
(d) 0
8. A concave mirror of focal length 20 cm forms an image having twice the size of
object. For the virtual position of object, the position of object will be at
(a) 25 cm
(b) 40 cm
(c) 10 cm
(d) At infinity
9. The image formed by concave mirror is real, inverted and of the same size as that of
the object. The position of object should be
(a) at the focus
(b) at the centre of curvature
(c) between focus and centre of curvature
(d) beyond centre of curvature
10. The nature of the image formed by concave mirror when the object is placed
between the focus (F) and centre of curvature (C) of the mirror observed by us is
(a) real, inverted and diminished
(b) virtual, erect and smaller in size
(c) real, inverted and enlarged
(d) virtual, upright and enlarged
11. The nature of image formed by a convex mirror when the object distance from the
mirror is less than the distance between pole and focal point (F) of the mirror would be
(a) real, inverted and diminished in size
(b) real, inverted and enlarged in size
(c) virtual, upright and diminished in size
(d) virtual, upright and enlarged in size
12. If a man’s face is 25 cm in front of concave shaving mirror producing erect image
1.5 times the size of face, focal length of the mirror would be
(a) 75 cm
(b) 25 cm
(c) 15 cm
(d) 60 cm
13. The refractive index of transparent medium is greater than one because
(a) Speed of light in vacuum < speed of light in transparent medium (b) Speed of light in
vacuum > speed of light in transparent medium
(c) Speed flight in vacuum = speed of light in transparent medium
(d) Frequency of light wave changes when it moves from rarer to denser medium
14. The refractive index of water is 1.33. The speed of light in water will be
(a) 1.33 × 108 m/s
(b) 3 × 108 m/s
(c) 2.26 × 108 m/s
(d) 2.66 × 108 m/s
15. You are given three media A, B and C of refractive index 1.33, 1.65 and 1.46. The
medium in which the light will travel fastest is
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) equal in all three media
16. 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
17. Figure shows a ray of light as it travels from medium A to medium B. Refractive
index of the medium B relative to medium A is

18. A light ray enters from medium A to medium B as shown in figure. The refractive
index of medium B relative to A will be [NCERT Exemplar Problems]

(a) greater than unity


(b) less than unity
(c) equal to unity
(d) zero
19. The laws of reflection hold good for (a) plane mirror only
(b) concave mirror only
(c) convex mirror only
(d) all mirrors irrespective of their shape
20. When light falls on a smooth polished surface, most of it
(a) is reflected in the same direction
(b) is reflected in different directions
(c) is scattered
(d) is refracted into the second medium
21. Image formed by reflection from a plane mirror is
(a) real and inverted
(b) virtual and erect
(c) real and erect
(d) virtual and inverted
22. A point object is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a convex mirror of focal length
20 cm. The image will form at:
(a) at infinity
(b) at focus
(c) at the pole
(d) behind the mirror

23. Focal length of a concave mirror is


(a) negative
(b) positive
(c) depends on the position of object
(d) depends on the position of image
24. Which mirror can produce a virtual, erect and magnified image of an object?
(a) Concave mirror
(b) Convex mirror
(c) Plane mirror
(d) Both concave and convex mirrors
25. If the image is formed in front of the mirror, then the image distance will be
(a) positive or negative depending on the size of the object
(b) neither positive nor negative
(c) positive
(d) negative
26. Nature of image formed by mirror gives an ideal about nature of mirror. [True/False]
27. Lateral displacement is directly proportional to thickness of the glass slab.
[True/False]
28. Lateral displacement increases with the thickness of the given slab. [True/False]
29. A person standing in front of a mirror finds his image larger than himself. This shows
that mirror is convex in nature. [True/False]
30. The refractive index of a transparent medium is the ratio of the speed of light in
____________ to that in the ____________ .
(a) vacuum, medium
(b) air, vacuum
(c) rarer medium, denser medium
(d) none of these

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