1. A man having height 6 m, want to see full height in mirror.

They observe image of 2m height erect,

then used mirror is
(a) Concave (b) Convex (c) Plane (d) None of these
2. An object of length 6cm is placed on the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length f at a
distance of 4 f. The length of the image will be
(a) 2 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 4 cm (d) 1.2 cm
3. Convergence of concave mirror can be decreased by dipping in
(a) Water (b) Oil (c) Both (d) None of these
4. In an experiment of find the focal length of a concave mirror a graph is drawn between the
magnitudes of u and v. The graph looks like

v v v v
(a) (b) (c) (d)

u u u u

5. An object 2.5 cm high is placed at a distance of 10 cm from a concave mirror of radius of curvature
30 cm The size of the image is
(a) 9.2 cm (b) 10.5 cm (c) 5.6 cm (d) 7.5 cm
6. A diminished virtual image can be formed only in
(a) Plane mirror (b) A concave mirror (c) A convex mirror (d) Concave-parabolic
mirror
7. A point object is placed at a distance of 30 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 30cm. The image
will form at
(a) Infinity (b) Focus (c) Pole (d) 15 cm behind the
mirror
8. The focal length of a convex mirror is 20 cm its radius of curvature will be
(a) 10 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 40 cm
9. A concave mirror of focal length 15 cm forms an image having twice the linear dimensions of the
object. The position of the object when the image is virtual will be
(a) 22.5 cm (b) 7.5 cm (c) 30 cm (d) 45 cm
10. Under which of the following conditions will a convex mirror of focal length f produce an image that
is erect, diminished and virtual
(a) Only when 2f > u > f (b) Only when u = f (c) Only when u < f (d) Always
11. A concave mirror gives an image three times as large as the object placed at a distance of 20 cm
from it. For the image to be real, the focal length should be
(a) 10 cm (b) 15 cm (c) 20 cm (d) 30 cm
12. A point object is placed at a distance of 10 cm and its real image is formed at a distance of 20cm
from a concave mirror. If the object is moved by 0.1cm towards the mirror, the image will shift by
about
(a) 0.4 cm away from the mirror (b) 0.4 cm towards the
mirror
(c) 0.8 cm away from the mirror (d) 0.8 cm towards the
mirror
13. The minimum distance between the object and its real image for concave mirror is
(a) f (b) 2f (c) 4f (d) Zero
14. An object is placed at 20 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 10 cm. The image formed by the
mirror is
(a) Real and at 20 cm from the mirror (b) Virtual and at 20 cm from the mirror
 (c) Virtual and at 20/3 cm from the mirror (d) Real and at 20/3 cm from the mirror
15. An object is placed 40 cm from a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm. The image formed is
(a) Real, inverted and same in size (b) Real, inverted and
smaller
(c) Virtual, erect and larger (d) Virtual, erect and
smaller
16. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists
List I List II
(Position of the object) (Magnification)
(I) An object is placed at focus before a convex mirror (A) Magnification is – 
(II) An object is placed at centre of curvature before a concave mirror (B) Magnification is 0.5
(III) An object is placed at focus before a concave mirror (C) Magnification is
+1
(IV) An object is placed at centre of curvature before a convex mirror (D) Magnification is – 1
Codes :
(a) I-B, II-D, III-A, IV-E (b) I-A, II-D, III-C, IV-B (c) I-C, II-B, III-A, IV-E (d) I-B, II-E, III-D, IV-C
17. In a concave mirror experiment, an object is placed at a distance x1 from the focus and the image is
formed at a distance x 2 from the focus. The focal length of the mirror would be
x1  x 2 x1
(a) x1 x 2 (b) x1 x 2 (c) (d)
2 x2
18. Which of the following forms a virtual and erect image for all positions of the object
(a) Convex lens (b) Concave lens (c) Convex mirror (d) Concave mirror
19. A convex mirror has a focal length f. A real object is placed at a distance f in front of it from the pole
produces an image at
(a) Infinity (b) f (c) f / 2 (d) 2f
20. Radius of curvature of concave mirror is 40 cm and the size of image is twice as that of object, then
the object distance is
(a) 60 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 40 cm (d) 30 cm
21. All of the following statements are correct except
(a) The magnification produced by a convex mirror is always less than one
(b) A virtual, erect, same-sized image can be obtained using a plane mirror
(c) A virtual, erect, magnified image can be formed using a concave mirror
(d) A real, inverted, same-sized image can be formed using a convex mirror
22. Radius of curvature of convex mirror is 40 cm and the size of object is twice as that of image, then
the image distance is
(a) 10 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 40 cm (d) 30 cm
23. If an object is placed 10 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm, the image will be
(a) Diminished, upright, virtual (b) Enlarged, upright, virtual (c)
24. An object 1 cm tall is placed 4 cm in front of a mirror. In order to produce an upright image of 3 cm
height one needs a
(a) Convex mirror of radius of curvature 12 cm (b) Concave mirror of radius of curvature 12 cm
(c) Concave mirror of radius of curvature 4 cm (d) Plane mirror of height 12 cm
25. The image formed by a convex mirror of a real object is larger than the object
(a) When u < 2f (b) When u > 2f (c) For all values of u (d) For no value of u
26. An object 5 cm tall is placed 1 m from a concave spherical mirror which has a radius of curvature of
20 cm. The size of the image is
 (a) 0.11 cm (b) 0.50 cm (c) 0.55 cm (d) 0.60 cm
27. A virtual image three times the size of the object is obtained with a concave mirror of radius of
curvature 36 cm. The distance of the object from the mirror is
(a) 5 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 10 cm (d) 20 cm
28. Given a point source of light, which of the following can produce a parallel beam of light
(a) Convex mirror (b) Concave mirror
(c) Concave lens (d) Two plane mirrors inclined at an angle of 90o
29. A convex mirror is used to form the image of an object. Then which of the following statements is
wrong
(a) The images lies between the pole and the focus (b) The image is diminished in size
(c) The images is erect (d) The image is real
30. A boy stands straight infront of a mirror at a distance of 30 cm away from it. He sees his erect
1 th
image whose height is of his real height. The mirror he is using is
5
(a) Plane mirror (b) Convex mirror (c) Concave mirror (d) Plano-convex mirror
31. For the largest distance of the image from a concave mirror of focal length 10cm, the object should
be kept at
(a) 10 cm (b) Infinite (c) 40 cm (d) 60 cm
32. A dentist uses a small mirror that gives a magnification of 4 when it is held 0.60 cm from a tooth. The
radius of curvature of the mirror is
(a) 1.60 cm (convex) (b) 0.8 cm (concave) (c) 1.60 cm (concave) (d) 0.8 cm (convex)
33. A dice is placed with its one edge parallel to the principal axis between the principal focus and the
centre of the curvature of a concave mirror. Then the image has the shape of
(a) Cube (b) Cuboid (c) Barrel shaped (d) Spherical
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

b a d c d c d d b d
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

b a d c a a b b, c d d a b b d c b b d b
c
31 32 33

a c b