LIGHT

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Mirror
1. An object is placed at a distance of 30 cm in front of a convex mirror of focal length 15 cm. Write four
characteristics of the image formed by the mirror. (Delhi 2017)

2. An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature 30 cm. List four
characteristics of the image formed by the mirror. (Delhi 2017)

3. If the image formed by a spherical mirror for all positions of the object placed in front of it is always erect and
diminished , what type of mirror is it? Draw a labelled ray diagram to support your answer. (2018)

4. AB and CD, two spherical mirrors, from parts of a hollow spherical ball with its centre at O as shown in the
diagram. If arc AB = 12 arc CD, what is the ratio of their focal lengths? State which of the two mirrors will
always form virtual image of an object placed in front of it and why? (Foreign 2016)

5. A concave mirror is used for image formation for different positions of an object. What inferences can be
drawn about the following when an object is placed at a distance of 10 cm from the pole of a concave mirror of
focal length 15 cm?

(a) Position of the image

(b) Size of the image

(c) Nature of the image

Draw a labelled ray diagram to justify your inferences. (2020)

6. A concave mirror has a focal length of 20 cm. At what distance from the mirror should a 4 cm tall object be
placed so that it forms an image at a distance of 30 cm from the mirror? Also calculate the size of the image
formed. (AI 2019)

7. The image of a candle flame placed at a distance of 30 cm from a mirror is formed on a screen placed in
front of the mirror at a distance of 60 cm from its pole. What is the nature of the mirror? Find its focal length. If
the height of the flame is 2.4 cm, find the height of its image. State whether the image formed is erect or
inverted. (Delhi 2017)

8. An object 4 cm in height, is placed at 15 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm. At what
distance from the mirror should a screen be placed to obtain a sharp image of the object. Calculate the height
of the image. (Delhi 2017)

9. The image of an object formed by a mirror is real, inverted and is of magnification -1. If the image is at a
distance of 40 cm from the mirror, where is the object placed? Where would the image be if the object is
moved 20 cm towards the mirror? State reason and also draw ray diagram for the new position of the object to
justify your answer. (AI 2016)
10. The image formed by a spherical mirror is real, inverted and its magnification is -2. If the image is at a
distance of 30 cm from the mirror, where is the object placed? Find the focal length of the mirror. List two
characteristics of the image formed if the object is moved 10 cm towards the mirror. (AI 2016)

11. 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. (Delhi 2015, AI 2012)

12. 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. (Delhi 2014, AI 2014)

13. A spherical mirror produces an image of magnification -1 on a screen placed at a distance of 40 cm from
the mirror.

(i) Write type of mirror.

(ii) What is the nature of the image formed?

(iii) How far is the object located from the mirror?

(iv) Draw the ray diagram to show the image formation in this case. (Delhi 2014)

14. A spherical mirror produces an image of magnification -1.0 on a screen placed at a distance of 30 cm from
the pole of the mirror.
(i) Write the type of mirror in this case.
(ii) What is the focal length of the mirror?
(iii) What is the nature of the images formed?
(iv) Draw the ray diagram to show the image formation in this case. (Delhi 2014)

15. A student wants to project the image of a candle flame on a screen 48 cm in front of a mirror by keeping
the flame at a distance of 12 cm from its pole.
(a) Suggest the type of mirror he should use.
(b) Find the linear magnification of the image produced.
(c) How far is the image from its object?
(d) Draw ray diagram to show the image formation in this case. (AI 2014)

16. A student wants to obtain an erect image of an object using a concave mirror of 12 cm focal length. What
should be the range of distance of the candle flame from the mirror? State the nature and size of the image he
is likely to observe. Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation in this case. (Foreign 2014)

17. A student wants to obtain an erect image of a candle flame using a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm.
What should be the range of distance of the candle flame from the mirror?
State the nature and size of the image he is likely to observe. Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation
in this case. (Foreign 2014)

18. A student has a concave mirror of 20 cm focal length and he wants to see an erect image of his face in the
mirror. What should be the range of distance of the mirror from his face? State the nature and size of the
image he is likely to observe. Draw a ray diagram to justify your answer. (Foreign 2014)

19. Calculate the magnification of the image of an object placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a
concave mirror of focal length 15 cm. The object is at a distance of 20 cm from the mirror. (Delhi 2013)
20. An object 4.0 cm in size, is placed 25.0 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 15.0 cm.
(i) At what distance from the mirror should a screen be placed in order to obtain a sharp image?
(ii) Find the size of the image.
(iii) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of image in this case. (2020)

21. A concave mirror of focal length 10 cm can produce a magnified real as well as virtual image of an object
placed in front of it. Draw ray diagrams to justify this statement.

22. An object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex mirror of focal length 10 cm. The
distance of the object from the pole of the mirror is 10 cm. Find the position of the image formed. (2020)

23. A security mirror used in a big showroom has radius of curvature 5 m. If a customer is standing at a
distance of 20 m from the cash counter, find the position, nature and size of the image formed in the security
mirror.

24. A concave mirror produces three times magnified image on a screen. If the objects placed 20 cm in front of
the mirror, how far is the screen from the object? (Delhi 2017)

25. It is desired to obtain an erect image of an object, using concave mirror of focal length of 12 cm.
(i) What should be the range of distance of a , object placed in front of the mirror?
(ii) Will the image be smaller or larger than the object? Draw ray diagram to show the formation of image in this
case.
(iii) Where will the image of this object be, if it is placed 24 cm in front of the mirror? Draw ray diagram for this
situation also to justify your answer.

26. A student has focused the image of a candle flame on a white screen using a concave mirror. The situation
is a given below:
Length of fhe flame = 1.5 cm
Focal length of the mirror = 12 cm
Distance of flame from the mirror = 18 cm
If the flame is perpendicular to the principal axis of the mirror, then calculate the following:
(a) Distance of the image from the mirror
(b) Length of the image
If the distance between the mirror and the flame is reduced to 10 cm, then what would be observed on the
screen? Draw ray diagram to justify your answer from this situation. (Foreign 2015)

27. List the sign conventions for reflection of light by spherical mirrors. Draw a diagram and apply these conventions in
the determination of focal length of a spherical mirror which forms a three times magnified real image of an object
placed 16 cm infront of it. (Delhi 2012)

28. Calculate the eal length and nature of a spherical mirror which forms a 1/3 times magnified virtual image of
an object placed 18 cm in front of it. (AI 2012)

Lens
29. An object is placed at a distance of 15 cm from a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. List four characteristics (nature,
position, etc.) of the image formed by the lens. (AI2017)

30. The refractive indices of glass and water with respect to air are 3/2 and 4/3 respectively. If speed of light in
glass is 2 × 108 m/s, find the speed of light in water. (AI 2016)

31. The absolute refractive indices of glass and water are 4/3 and 3/2 respectively. If the speed of light in glass
is 2 × 108 m/s, calculate the speed of light in (i) vacuum, (ii) water. (AI 2015)
32. The absolute refractive indices of glass and water are 1.5 and 1.33 respectively. In which medium does
light travel faster? Calculate the ratio of speeds of light in the two media. (Delhi 2013 C)

33. (a) Water has refractive index 1.33 and alcohol has refractive index 1.36. Which of the two medium is
optically denser? Give reason for your answer.

(b) Draw a ray diagram to show the path of a ray of light passing obliquely from water to alcohol.

(c) State the relationship between angle of incidence and angle of refraction in the above case. (2020)

34. The refractive index of a medium V with respect to a medium ‘y’ is 2/3 and the refractive index of medium
‘y’ with respect to medium ‘z’ is 4/3. Find the refractive index of medium ‘z with respect to medium V. If the
speed of light in medium ‘x’ is 3 × 10 8 m s-1, calculate the speed of light in medium ‘y’. (2020)

35. A real image 2/3rd of the size of an object is formed by a convex lens when the object is at a distance of 12
cm from it. Find the focal length of the lens. (AI 2019)
Answer:

36. What is meant by power of a lens? Write its SI unit. A student uses a lens of focal length 40 cm and another
of -20 cm. Write the nature and power of each lens. (2018)

37. If the refractive index of glass for light going from air to glass is 3/2, find the refractive index of air for light
going from glass to air. (Delhi 2016)

38. The image of an object formed by a lens is of magnification -1. If the distance between the object and its image is 60
cm, what is the focal length of the lens? If the object is moved 20 cm towards the lens, where would the image be
formed? State reason and also draw a ray diagram in support of your answer. (AI2016)

39. (a) Define focal length of a spherical lens.

(b) A divergent lens has a focal length of 30 cm. At what distance should an object of height 5 cm from the
optical centre of the lens be placed so that its image is formed 15 cm away from the lens? Find the size of the
image also.
(c) Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of image in the above situation. (AI 2016)

40. If the image formed by a lens for all positions of the object placed in front of it is always virtual, erect and
diminished, state the type of the lens. Draw a ray diagram in support of your answer. If the numerical value of
focal length of such a lens is 20 cm, find its power in new cartesian sign conventions. (Foreign 2016)

41. State the laws of refraction of light. If the speed of light in vacuum is 3 × 108 m/s, find the absolute
refractive index of a medium in which light travels with a speed of 1.4 × 108 m/s. (Foreign 2015)

42. If the speed of light in vacuum is 3 × 108 m s-1, find the speed of light in a medium of absolute refractive
index 1.5. (Delhi 2014, AI 2014)

43. The image of a candle flame placed at a distance of 40 cm from a spherical lens is formed on a screen
placed on the other side of the lens at a distance of 40 cm from the lens. Identify the type of lens and write its
focal length. What will be the nature of the image formed if the candle flame is shifted 25 cm towards the lens?
Draw a ray diagram to justify your answer. (Foreign 2014)

44. 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. (Delhi 2013)

45. If the focal length of this lens is 10 cm, the lens is held at a distance of 5 cm from the palm, use lens
formula to find the position and size of the image. (2020)

46. An object is placed at a distance of 60 cm from a concave lens of focal length 30 cm.
(i) Use lens formula to find the distance of the image from the lens

(ii) List four characteristics of the image (nature, position, size, erect/inverted) formed by the lens in this case

(iii) Draw ray diagram to justify your answer of pair (ii) . (Delhi 2019)

47. A 5 cm tall object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 20 cm. The distance of
the object from the lens is 30 cm.

(a) Find the position, nature and size of the image formed.

(b) Draw a labelled ray diagram showing object distance, image distance and focal length in the above case. (AI 2019)

48. Find the power of a convex lens which forms a real and inverted image of magnification -1 of an object placed at a
distance of 20 cm from its optical centre. (Delhi 2016)

49. A divergent lens has a focal length of 20 cm. At what distance should an object of height 4 cm from the
optical centre of the lens be placed so that its image is formed 10 cm away from the lens. Find the size of the
image also.

50. A divergent lens has a focal length of 30 cm forms the image of an object of size 6 cm on the same side as
the object at a distance of 15 cm from its optical centre. Use lens formula to determine the distance of the
object from the lens and the size of the image formed.

51. At what distance from a concave lens of focal length 20 cm a 6 cm tall object be placed so as to obtain its
image at 15 cm from the lens? Also calculate the size of the image formed. Draw a ray diagram to justify your
answer for the above situation and label it. (Foreign 2016).

52. At what distance from a concave lens of focal length 25 cm a 10 cm tall object be placed so as to obtain
its image at 20 cm from the lens. Also calculate the size of the image formed. Draw a ray diagram to justify
your answer for the above situation and label it. (Foreign 2016).

53. An object of height 4 cm is placed at a distance of 20 cm from a concave lens of focal length 10 cm. Use
lens formula to determine the position of the image formed. (Delhi 2015)

54. The image of a candle flame placed at a distance of 30 cm from a spherical lens is formed on a screen placed on the
other side of the lens at a distance of 60 cm from the optical centre of the lens. Identify the type of lens and calculate its
focal length. If the height of the flame is 3 cm, find the height of its image. (Delhi 2015)

55. The absolute refractive indices of two media A and B are 2.0 and 1.5 respectively. If the speed of light in medium B is
2 × 108 m/s, calculate the speed of light in

(i) vacuum

(ii) medium A (Delhi 2015)

56. You have two lenses A and B of focal lengths + 10 and -10 cm respectively. State the nature and power of
each lens. Which of the two lenses will form a virtual and magnified image of an object placed 8 cm from the
lens? Draw a ray diagram to justify your answer. (AI 2015)
57. A 4 cm tall object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a concave lens of focal length 20 cm. The
distance of the object from the lens is 15 cm. Find the nature, position and size of the image. (AI 2015)

58. The image of an object formed by a lens is real, inverted and of the same size as the object. If the image is
at a distance of 40 cm from the lens, what is the nature and power of the lens? Draw ray diagram to justify your
answer. (Foreign 2015)

59. A converging lens has focal length of 12 cm. Calculate at what distance should the object be placed from
the lens so that it forms an image at 48 cm on the other side of the lens. (AI 2014)
60. At what distance from a concave lens of focal length 20 cm, should a 6 cm tall object be placed so that it forms an
image at 15 cm from the lens? Also determine the size of the image formed. (AI 2014)

61. The image of a candle flame placed at a distance of 45 cm from a spherical lens is formed on a screen
placed at a distance of 90 cm from the lens. Identify the type of lens and calculate its focal length. If the height
of the flame is 2 cm, find the height of its image. (Delhi 2012)

62. A 4 cm tall object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of convex lens of focal length 24 cm. The
distance of the object from the lens is 16 cm. Find the position, size and nature of the image formed, using the
lens formula. (AI 2012, Foreign 2012)

63. The refractive index of air with respect to glass is 2/3 and the refractive index of water with respect to air is
4/3. If the speed of light in glass is 2 × 10 8 m/s, find the speed of light in (a) air, (b) water. (AI 2012)

64. Draw a diagram determining the nature and focal length of a spherical lens which forms three times
magnified real image of an object placed 16 cm from the lens. (Foreign 2012)

65. A convex lens of focal length 25 cm and a concave lens of focal length 10 cm are placed in close contact
with each other. Calculate the lens power of this combination. (AI 2011)

66. An object is placed at a distance of 3 cm from a concave lens of focal length 12 cm.

Find the –

(i) position and

(ii) nature of the image formed. (Foreign 2011)