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LIGHT, SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS
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1. The diagram shows an object O viewed using
two mirrors. A person looks into the mirrors as

shown. At which position is the image of O
seen ?
A. a
B. b
C. c
D. d
Answer: D
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2. Which of the following are the properties of
image formed by a plane mirror?
(i) The image is at the same distance as the
object.
(ii) The image is upright.
(iii) The image is laterally inverted.
A. (i) and (ii) only
B. (ii) only
C. (ii) and (iii) only
D. (i), (ii) and (iii)
Answer: D

3. The diagram shows two divergent rays of
light from an object O being reflected from a
plane mirror. At which position will the image
be formed ?
A. P
B. Q
C. S
D. R
Answer: B
4. A girl is 4 m away from the plane mirror. If
she moves few steps closer to the mirror, what
will happen to the size of image in the mirror ?
Consider that she can see her complete image

in both the cases.
A. The size of image will decrease.
B. The size of image will increase.
C. The size of image will be the same.
D. Cannot say
Answer: C

5. A plane mirror reflects a pencil of light to
form a real image. Then the pencil of light
incident on the mirror is
A. Parallel
B. Convergent
C. Divergent
D. None of these
Answer: B
6. Study the set-up shown here.
How will the shadow look like ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer: C
7. There is no dark shadow formed by the
tumbler when light is shone on it. This is

because:
A. It is not night time yet.
B. The light is not strong enough.
C. The glass is a transparent object
D. The distance between glass and screen
is very large.
Answer: A
8. Which of the following statements is true ?
A. The image formed by a pinhole camera is
inverted because light travels in a
straight line.
B. Light does not change its direction on
reflection.
C. As we move the object away from the
light source, the shadow of the object

becomes smaller
D. Reflection is possible only from polished
surface.
Answer: C
9. Fill in the blanks with most appropriate
option.
Although a number of objects, such as kites,
birds, aeroplanes move in space, but their

shadow is not seen on the earth. This is due to
the reason that the (i) , the region of complete
(ii) is not able to reach the earth. The region of
partial (iii) , that is the (iv) reaching the earth
is too large and too faint to be visible to us.
A. (i)- Penumbra, (ii) -Darkness, (iii) -
Brightness, (iv) - Umbra
B. (i)-Penumbra, (ii) - Brightness, (iii) -
Darkness, (iv) Umbra
C. (i) - Umbra, (ii) Darkness, (iii)-Brightness,
(iv) - Penumbra
D. (i) - Umbra, (ii) - Brightness, (iii) -
Darkness, (iv) - Penumbra
Answer: B
10.
Which of the items shown above will allow you

to see around a corner from where you are
standing ?
A. (i) only
B. (iii) only
C. (i) and (ii) only
D. (i) and (iii) only
Answer: B

11. A student views an object O by reflection in
a plane mirror. Which is the correct ray
diagram ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Answer: A
12. A girl stands at the point P as shown in
figure. Four of her friends are standing at the
points w, x, y and Z. The girl is unable to see
others directly due to a wall separating her
and the other girls. By means of a mirror

placed as shown, how many of the four can
she see ?
A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1
Answer: A
13. Vijay puts some water into four cups made
of steel, porcelain, glass, frosted glass
respectively. Which one of these cups will
allow him to see the level of the water clearly ?
A. Glass cup
B. Steel cup
C. Porcelain cup
D. Frosted glass cup

Answer: C
14. Three sticks are placed in an open field as
shown in figure. Which of the following sticks
will form the shadow of equal length ?
A. Sticks (I) and (II) only

B. Sticks (II) and (III) only
C. Sticks (I) and (III) only
D. All sticks (I), (II) and (III)
Answer: A
15. Nisha placed a stick vertically in the
playground at 8:15 am in the morning. How
will the shadow of the stick at 12:00 noon be
in comparison to the one at 8:15 am ?

A. It will be shorter than one at 8:15 am.
B. It will be same as one at 8:15 am.
C. It will be greater than one at 8:15 am
D. Shadow will not form at 12:00 noon
Answer: A
Achievers Section Hots

1. Look at the Venn diagram. Which of the
following objects described here are most
likely to be I, II and III? Choose the correct
option.
A. (I) - Oiled paper, (II) - Air, (III) - Cellophane
B. (I) - Glass, (II) - Frosted glass, (III) Wood
C. (I)- Wax paper , (II) Clean water, (III)
Diamond
D. (I) - Mirror, (II) Diamond, (III) Lamp
Answer: B

2. A solid, transparent sphere has a small,
opaque dot at its center. When observed from
outside, the apparent position of the dot will
be
A. Closer to the eye than its actual position
B. The same as its actual position
C. Farther away from the eye than its
actual position
D. None of these
Answer: C
3. Geeta placed three objects made of
different materials as shown in the figure. She
observed a bright spot of light at (II) but (III)
would not get any spot. Then-

A. (I) and (II) are made of transparent
materials and (III) is made of opaque
material.
B. (I) is made of transparent material, (II) is
made of translucent material and (III) is
made of opaque material.
C. (I) is made of transparent material, (II) is
made of opaque material and (III) can be
made of either transparent or opaque or
translucent material.
D. (I) and (II) are made of opaque material
and (III) is made of transparent material.
Answer: C
4. Two students while sitting across a table
looked down on to its top surface. They
noticed that they could see their own and
each other’s image. The table top is likely to be
made of:
A. Unpolished wood, covered with white
cloth
B. Polished glass of red colour
C. Glass covered with cellophane paper
D. Smoked glass covered with green colour
cloth.
Answer: B

5. Read the given statements and select the
correct option.
Statement 1 : Rahul placed a coloured plastic
bottle in front of the beam of a torch light.
Then he placed a transparent sheet of same
size on the other side of bottle. No shadow
will form on the screen.
Statement 2 : Translucent objects allow light
to pass through them partially.
A. Both statements 1 and 2 are true and
statement 2 is the correct explanation of

statement 1.
B. Both statements 1 and 2 are true but
statement 2 is not the correct
explanation of statement 1.
C. Statement 1 is true but statement 2 is
false.
D. Statement 1 is false but statement 2 is
true.
Answer: D

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PHYSICS

BOOKS - HT Olympiad Previous Year

LIGHT, SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS

1. The diagram shows an object O viewed using

two mirrors. A person looks into the mirrors as

Watch Video Solution

2. Which of the following are the properties of

image formed by a plane mirror?

(i) The image is at the same distance as the

(iii) The image is laterally inverted.

A. (i) and (ii) only

C. (ii) and (iii) only

D. (i), (ii) and (iii)

Watch Video Solution

light from an object O being reflected from a

plane mirror. At which position will the image

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4. A girl is 4 m away from the plane mirror. If

she moves few steps closer to the mirror, what

will happen to the size of image in the mirror ?

Consider that she can see her complete image

A. The size of image will decrease.

B. The size of image will increase.

C. The size of image will be the same.

Watch Video Solution

form a real image. Then the pencil of light

incident on the mirror is

6. Study the set-up shown here.

How will the shadow look like ?

Watch Video Solution

7. There is no dark shadow formed by the

tumbler when light is shone on it. This is

A. It is not night time yet.

B. The light is not strong enough.

C. The glass is a transparent object

D. The distance between glass and screen

8. Which of the following statements is true ?

A. The image formed by a pinhole camera is

inverted because light travels in a

B. Light does not change its direction on

C. As we move the object away from the

light source, the shadow of the object

D. Reflection is possible only from polished

Watch Video Solution

9. Fill in the blanks with most appropriate

Although a number of objects, such as kites,

birds, aeroplanes move in space, but their

the reason that the (i) , the region of complete

(ii) is not able to reach the earth. The region of

partial (iii) , that is the (iv) reaching the earth

is too large and too faint to be visible to us.

A. (i)- Penumbra, (ii) -Darkness, (iii) -

Brightness, (iv) - Umbra

B. (i)-Penumbra, (ii) - Brightness, (iii) -

Darkness, (iv) Umbra

C. (i) - Umbra, (ii) Darkness, (iii)-Brightness,

Darkness, (iv) - Penumbra

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Which of the items shown above will allow you