Reflection of Light

IMPORTANT

Reflection of Light: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Reflection of Light, Laws of Reflection of Light, Properties of Image in Plane Mirror, Beam of Light, Normal Incident Rays and Grazing Incident Rays.

Important Questions on Reflection of Light

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

Assertion(A): The formula connecting u,v and f for a spherical mirror is valid in all situations for all spherical mirrors for all positions of the object.
Reason (R): Laws of reflection are strictly valid for plane surfaces.

EASY
IMPORTANT

In the figure given, AO and OB are the incident and reflected rays respectively. AOB=90°. Then the values of angle of incidence and angle of reflection are 45°.

Question Image

EASY
IMPORTANT

In the figure given, AO and OB are the incident and reflected rays respectively. AOB=90°.What is the angle of incidence and angle of reflection in degrees in this case?

Question Image

EASY
IMPORTANT

The incident ray passes through P and Q. The reflected ray passes through R and S. Incident ray and reflected ray lies on the plane of _____.

Question Image

EASY
IMPORTANT

The radius of curvature of a plane mirror is infinity.

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

Angle of _____ is always equal to the angle of reflection.

EASY
IMPORTANT

This is the angle (in degree) of reflection when a ray of light falls normally on a plane mirror.

EASY
IMPORTANT

The height of an object placed in front of a plane mirror is 15 cm. The height of the virtual image formed is _____ cm.

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

An object is placed 15 cm in front of a plane mirror. The distance between the object and its virtual image is _____ cm.

EASY
IMPORTANT

The image formed by a plane mirror is:

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

A ray of light falls on a plane mirror at an angle θ. What is the angle between the surface and reflected ray.

EASY
IMPORTANT

Keep two mirrors as shown in the picture and place a small candle in the centre. How many images can you see in both the mirrors?

Question Image

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

A man stands 10 m in front of a large plane mirror. How far must he walk (in meters) before he is 5 m away from his image?

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

A ray of light takes grazing incidence on the first face of a prism and the emergent ray is normal to the second face of the prism. If D is angle of deviation then the refracting angle of the prism is equal to

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

Grazing angle is also represented as:

EASY
IMPORTANT

A group of light rays is known as a_____of light.

EASY
IMPORTANT

If we stand before a plane mirror and move our right hand, our image appears to move its left hand. In fact, our entire image is reserved sideways. This sideways reversal of the image is known as _____.

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

An object of size 7 cm is placed at 27 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 18 cm. At what distance from the mirror should a screen be placed so that a sharply focussed image can be obtained? Find the image size.

EASY
IMPORTANT

_____ (Angle of incidence/ Angle of reflection) is the angle made by the incident ray with the normal to the surface at the point of incidence.

EASY
IMPORTANT

A concave mirror produces three times enlarged image of an object placed at 10 cm in front of it. Calculate the focal length of the mirror.