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This document contains a worksheet on light reflection and refraction with multiple choice questions, a comprehension question, and additional questions involving concepts like focal length, magnification, and image formation using lenses and mirrors. Specifically, it tests understanding of how the position and nature of images change for objects placed at different distances from lenses and mirrors, how to determine focal length through experiments, and how to draw ray diagrams to illustrate the path of light.

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This document contains a worksheet on light reflection and refraction with multiple choice questions, a comprehension question, and additional questions involving concepts like focal length, magnification, and image formation using lenses and mirrors. Specifically, it tests understanding of how the position and nature of images change for objects placed at different distances from lenses and mirrors, how to determine focal length through experiments, and how to draw ray diagrams to illustrate the path of light.

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ClassWorksheet
Physics -X
Light: Reflection and Refraction
Light:
Name of the student: Reflection and Refraction Grade – X

Multiple Choice Questions:


1. An object is placed 20 cm in front of a plane mirror. The mirror is moved 2 cm towards the object. The
distance between the positions of the original and final images seen in the mirror is:
(a) 2 cm
(b) 4 cm
(c) 10 cm
(d) 22 cm
2. A concave mirror gives real, inverted and same size image if the object is placed
(a) At F
(b) At infinity
(c) At C
(d) Beyond C
3. Image formed by plane mirror is
(a) Real and erect
(b) Real and inverted
(c) Virtual and erect
(d) Virtual and inverted
4. Power of the lens is -40, its focal length is
(a) 4m
(b) -40m
(c) -0.25m
(d) -25m
5. In optics an object which has higher refractive index is called
(a) Optically rarer
(b) Optically denser
(c) Optical density
(d) Refractive index
6. Convex lens focus a real, point sized image at focus, the object is placed
(a) At focus
(b) Between F and 2F
(c) At infinity
(d) At 2F
7. The unit of power of lens is
(a) Metre
(b) Centimeter
(c) Diopter
(d) M-1
8. A concave mirror produces a magnification of +4. The object is placed:
(a) At the focus
(b) Between focus and centre of curvature
(c) Between focus and pole
(d) Beyond the centre of curvature
9. A student does the experiment on tracing the path of a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass
slab for different angles of incidence. He can get a correct measure of the angle of incidence and the
angle of emergence by following the labelling indicated in figure:

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(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

10. Four students A, B, C and D performed the experiment to determine the focal length of a concave
mirror by obtaining the image of a distant tree on a screen. They measured the distances between the
screen and the mirror as shown in the diagrams given below:

The correct way to measure accurate focal length of the mirror is:
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D

Comprehension type Question:


Q. A lens X has following observation
a. When the objects is placed at infinity, the image is formed at focus of the lens
b. When a object is placed at 60 cm from the lens, A real image is forced at 10 cm from lens on other
side
c. The lens has positive Power
Answer following based on the data given above

1. The lens is
a. Convex
b. Concave
2. The focal length of the lens is
a. 20 cm
b. 10 cm
c. 25 cm
d. None of these
3. The power of the lens
a. 10 D
b. 5 D
c. 4 D
d. None of these
4. When the object is placed at a distance twice the focal length in front of lens, what will be
characteristics of the image formed
a. A real inverted image of same size will be formed at a distance twice the focal length
b. A real ,erect image of high diminished size will be formed at a distance twice the focal length
c. A high enlarged image at infinity will be formed
d. None of these

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5. When the lens is placed close to the page of book, the letters of the page appear
a. Highly diminished
b. Enlarged
c. Same size as object
d. None of these

Fill in the blanks


1. The refractive index of a medium gives an indication of the _________ __________ability of that medium.

2. When a ray of light goes from water to air, it bends __________from the normal.

3. When a ray of light goes from air to glass, it bends __________the normal.

4. The speed of light is _________ in glass then air.

5. The relative refractive index can be less then________.

Answer the following:


1. A concave lens has focal length of 20 cm. At what distance from the lens a 5 cm tall object be placed so
that it forms an image at 15 cm from the lens? Also calculate the size of the image formed.

2. An object 50 cm tall is placed on the principal axis of a convex lens. Its 20 cm tall image is formed on
the screen placed at a distance of 10 cm from the lens. Calculate the focal length of the lens.

3. Draw the ray diagram in each case to show the position and nature of the image formed when the object
is placed:
(i) at the centre of curvature of a concave mirror
(ii) between the pole P and focus F of a concave mirror
(iii) in front of a convex mirror
(iv) at 2F of a convex lens
(v) in front of a concave lens

4. Name the type of mirrors used in the following situations:


(i) Headlights of a car
(ii) Rear-view mirror of vehicle
(iii) Solar furnace
Support your answer with reason.

5. Draw a ray diagram to show the path of the reflected ray in each of the following cases.
A ray of light incident on a convex mirror:
(i) strikes at its pole making an angle \thetaθtheta from the principal axis.
(ii) is directed towards its principal focus.
(iii) is parallel to its principal axis.

6. If the image formed by a mirror for all positions of the object placed in front of it is always virtual and
diminished, state the type of the mirror. Draw any ray diagram in support of your answer.

7. Suppose you want to observe an erect image of a candle flame using a concave mirror of focal
length 20 cm, space, start text, c, m, end text. State the range of distance of the candle flame from the
mirror. List two other characteristics of the observed image. Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of
image in this case.

8. 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.

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