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Ray Optics & Optical Instruments, Home Work Sheet-1: Plane Mirror 1

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about ray optics and optical instruments. Specifically, it covers topics like plane mirrors, reflection of light rays off mirrors at various angles, the location and movement of images formed by plane mirrors, and the number of images formed by arrangements of multiple mirrors. The answers to the 10 questions are provided at the end.

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Ray Optics & Optical Instruments, Home Work Sheet-1: Plane Mirror 1

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about ray optics and optical instruments. Specifically, it covers topics like plane mirrors, reflection of light rays off mirrors at various angles, the location and movement of images formed by plane mirrors, and the number of images formed by arrangements of multiple mirrors. The answers to the 10 questions are provided at the end.

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RAY OPTICS & OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS, HOME WORK SHEET-1

Plane Mirror
1. A plane mirror makes an angle of 30° with horizontal. If a vertical ray strikes the mirror, find the angle between
mirror and reflected ray
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90°
2. A ray of light makes an angle of 10° with the horizontal and strikes a plane
mirror which is inclined at an angle  to the horizontal. The angle a for which
the reflected ray becomes vertical is
(A) 40° (B) 30°
(C) 60° (D) 50°
3. A point source has been placed as shown in the figure. What is the length on the screen that will receive
reflected light from the mirror ?

(A) 2H (B) 3H (C) H (D) None

4. A man of height H is standing in front of a mirror, which has been fixed on the ground. What length of his
body can the man see in the mirror ? The length of the mirror is H/2. (Neglect seperation between eyes
and head of men)

H2
1
(A) H (B)
(H 2 L2 ) 2

2H 2
(C) zero (D)
L
5. A plane mirror is placed at origin parallel to y-axis, facing the positive x-axis. An object starts from (2, 0,
0) with a velocity of (2iˆ 2 ˆj ) m/s. The relative velocity of image with respect to object is along
(A) positive x-axis (B) negative x-axis (C) positive y-axis (D) negative y-aixs

6. Two bodies A and B are moving towards a plane mirror with speeds vA and vB respectively as shown in the
figure. The speed of image of A respect to the body B is
(A) vA + vB

(B) | v A vB |
 

(C) vA2 vB2

(D) vA2 vB2


7. A ray of light is incident on the plane mirror at rest The mirror starts turning at a uniform acceleration of
1
2 rad/s2 about an axis in plane of mirror . The reflected ray, at the end of s must have turned through
4
(A) 90° (B) 45° (C) 22.5° (D) 11.25°

8. A person is in a room whose ceiling and two adjacent walls are mirrors. How many images are formed
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

9. Two plane mirrors are placed as shown in the figure and a point object 'O' is placed at the origin.Find how
many images will be formed.

10. There is a point object and a plane mirror. If the mirror is moved by 2 cm away from the object find the
distance (in cm) which the image will move.

A N S W ER S
HOME WORK SHEET-1
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (C)
9. 1 10. 4

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