Reflection of Light


Question (1): Light is a form of energy produced by a ______.
1. luminous object
2. transparent object
3. non-luminous object
4. opaque object
Ans:  1
Question (2): An example for non-luminous object is ___________.
1. a candle
2. the sun
3. an electric bulb
4. the moon
Ans:  4
Question (3): The phenomenon by which the incident light falling on a surface is sent back into the same medium is known as ________.
1. polarization
2. reflection
3. refraction
4. absorption
Ans:  2
Question (4): When light is incident on a polished surface ___________ reflection takes place.
1. regular
2. irregular
3. diffused
4. normal
Ans:  1
Question (5): An object becomes invisible when it undergoes ______ reflection.
1. regular
2. irregular
3. diffused
4. normal
Ans:  1
Question (6): According to the laws of reflection,
1. imagei = imager
2. imagei > imager
3. imager > imagei
4. image
Ans:  1
Question (7): The image formed by a plane mirror is always _______.
1. real and erect
2. virtual and erect
3. real and inverted
4. virtual and inverted
Ans:  2
Question (8): The centre of the sphere of which the spherical mirror forms a part is called ____________.
1. centre of curvature
2. focus
3. pole
4. vertex
Ans:  1
Question (9): The focus of a concave mirror is ________.
1. real
2. virtual
3. undefined
4. at the pole
Ans: 2
Question (10): A converging mirror is known as ________.
1. convex mirror
2. plane mirror
3. concave mirror
4. cylindrical mirror
Ans:  3
Question (11): The relation between the focal length and radius of curvature of a mirror is _______.
1. image
2. R + 2 = f
3. f = R/2
4. f = 2 R
Ans:  3
Question (12): Radius of curvature of a concave mirror is always _____ to the mirror.
1. parallel
2. perpendicular
3. inclined at 60o
4. inclined at 45o
Ans:  2
Question (13): An image formed by a convex mirror is always ________.
1. virtual, erect and diminished
2. virtual, real and magnified
3. real, inverted and diminished
4. real, erect and magnified
Ans:  1
Question (14): If the image formed by a concave mirror is virtual, erect and magnified, then the object is placed __________.
1. between the pole of the mirror and the focus
2. beyond the centre of curvature
3. at the centre of curvature
4. at the focus
Ans:  1
Question (15): Dentists use a _____________ to focus light on the tooth of a patient.
1. concave mirror
2. convex mirror
3. plane mirror
4. cylindrical mirror
Ans:  1
Question (16): An object is placed 1.5 m from a plane mirror. How far is the image from the person?
1. 3 m
2. 1.5 m
3. 2 m
4. 1 m
Ans:  1
Question (17): An object placed 2m from a plane mirror is shifted by 0.5 m away from the mirror. What is the distance between the object and its image?
1. 2 m
2. 1.5 m
3. 5 m
4. 3 m
Ans:  3
Question (18): What is the value of q in the following diagram?
image
1. 30o
2. 45o
3. 90o
4. 60o
Ans:  4
Question (19): What is the angle between the incident and reflected rays when a ray of light is incident normally on a plane mirror?
1. 90o
2. 45o
3. 180o
4. 0
Ans:  4
Question (20): Name the type of image that can be obtained on a screen.
1. Virtual
2. Real
3. Diverging
4. Converging
Ans:  2
Question (21): A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror and the angle of incidence is 25o. What is the angle of reflection?
1. 0
2. 50o
3. 90o
4. 25o
Ans:  4
Question (22): A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror and the angle of reflection is 50o. Calculate the angle between the incident ray and the reflected ray.
1. 50o
2. 25o
3. 90o
4. 100o
Ans:  4
Question (23): Which of the following is used to make a periscope?
1. Concave mirror
2. Convex mirror
3. Plane mirror
4. Lens
Ans:  3
Question (24): Which mirror has a wider field of view?
1. Convex mirror
2. Concave mirror
3. Plane mirror
4. Cylindrical mirror
Ans:  1
Question (25): The focal length of a concave mirror is 15 cm. What is its radius of curvature?
1. 15 cm
2. 30 cm
3. 7.5 cm
4. 45 cm
Ans:  2
Question (26): The focal length of a mirror is 15 cm. Identify the type of mirror.
1. Concave mirror
2. Plane mirror
3. Convex mirror
4. Cylindrical mirror
Ans:  3
Question (27): A ray of light passing through the _______ retraces its path.
1. focus
2. centre of curvature
3. pole
4. vertex
Ans:  2
Question (28): When an object is placed at the focus of a concave mirror, the image will be formed at ________.
1. infinity
2. focus
3. centre of curvature
4. pole
Ans:  1
Question (29): Butter paper is an example for _______ object.
1. a transparent
2. a translucent
3. an opaque
4. a luminous
Ans:  2
Question (30): An object of size 2.0 cm is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a concave mirror. The distance of the object from the mirror equals to the radius of curvature. The size of the image will be ______________.
1. 0.5 cm
2. 1.5 cm
3. 1.0 cm
4. 2.0 cm
Ans:  4
Question (31): If an incident ray passes through the centre of curvature of a spherical mirror, the reflected ray will __________________.
1. pass through the focus
2. pass through the centre of curvature
3. pass through the pole
4. retrace its path
Ans:  4
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