1. Mechanics
  2. 1. Units, Dimensions and Errors
    2. Vectors and Scalars
    3. Motion in a Straight Line
    4. Projectile Motion
    5. Newton's Laws of Motion
    6. Friction
    7. Work, Energy, Power and Collision
    8. Circular motion
    9. Rotational motion
    10. Simple Harmonic Motion
    11. Gravitation
    12. Elasticity
    13. Surface Tension
    14. Fluid dynamics and Viscosity
    15. Hydrostatics
  3. Heat and Thermodynamics
  4. 16. Thermometry
    17. Thermal expansion
    18. Calorimetry, Change of State and Hygrometry
    19. Gas Laws and Kinetic theory of Gases
    20. Transmission of Heat
    21. Thermodynamics
  5. Sound and Waves
  6. 22. Wave
    23. Superposition of Waves
    24. Stationary/ Standing waves
    25. Doppler's effect and Musical sound
  7. Optics
  8. 26. Reflection of Plane and Curved Mirrors
    27. Refraction at Plane surfaces and Total internal reflection
    28. Refraction through prism and Dispersion of Light
    29. Refraction through Lenses
    30. Chromatic abberation in Lenses, Optical instruments and Human eye
    31. Velocity of Light
    32. Photometry
    33. Wave nature of Light
  9. Electrostatics
  10. 34. Charge and Force
    35. Electric Field and Potential
    36. Capacitance
  11. Electrodynamics
  12. 37. Electric current
    38. Heating Effect of Current
    39. Thermoelectricity
    40. Chemical effect of Current
    41. Meters
  13. Electromagnetism
  14. 42. Properties of Magnets
    43. Magnetic effects of Current
    44. Electromagnetic induction
    45. Alternating current
  15. Modern Physics
  16. 46. Cathode rays, Positive rays and Electrons
    47. Photoelectric effect
    48. X-rays
    49. Atomic structure and Spectrum
    50. Radioactivity
    51. Nuclear physics
    52. Semiconductor and Semiconductor devices
    53. Diode and Triode valves
    54. Logic gates
    55. Relativity and Universe
    56. Particle physics
Optics
26. Reflection of Plane and Curved Mirrors
1. Two mirrors are at 60°, the number of image formed is

[BP 2012/2016]

  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
2. An object is placed at a distance twice the focal length of concave mirror. Then image formed is:

[BP 2010]

  • Virtual and inverted
  • Real and erect
  • Real inverted and diminished
  • Real, inverted and of same size as object
3. A plane mirror is rotated by an angle θ. The change in deviation of a ray produced by the mirror is

[MOE 2012]

  • θ
4. Power of a plane mirror in Dioptre is

[MOE 2011]

  • +1
  • -1
  • 0
  • Infinity
5. A ray of light falls on the surface of a spherical glass paper weight making an angle α with the normal and is refracted in the medium at an angle β. The angle of deviation of the emergent ray from the direction of the incident ray is

[IOM 2009]

  • (α-β)
  • 2(α-β)
  • 1/2(α-β)
  • (β-α)
6. Concave mirror

[KU 2014]

  • Always forms real image
  • Always forms virtual image
  • Forms real image if object is virtual
  • Forms real image if object is real
7. The rear view mirror in a car is

[KU 2014]

  • Plane mirror
  • Concave mirror
  • Convex mirror
  • Plano convex mirror
8. An object is placed at 20 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 10 cm. The image formed by the mirror is:

[KU 2011]

  • Real and 20 cm from the mirror
  • Virtual and at 20 cm from the mirror
  • Virtual and at 20/3 cm from the mirror
  • Real and at 20/3 cm from the mirror
9. An ant moves towards the plane mirror with speed of 2 m/s & the mirror is moved towards the ant with the same speed. What is the relative velocity between the ant and its image?

[IOM 98/MOE 2064]

  • 2 m/s
  • 4 m/s
  • 8 m/s
  • 16 m/s
10. When a mirror is rotated through an angle 30° keeping incident ray constant then reflected ray is rotated through an angle

[KU 08]

  • 25°
  • 30°
  • 60°
  • 90°
11. Two mirrors A and B are inclined at angle θ. A ray of light incident in mirrors B is deviated to 62° and the angle of emergence is 20°, then find the angle of inclination.

[IOM 2066]

  • 20°
  • 30°
  • 40°
  • 50°
12. If an object is placed symmetrically between two plane mirrors inclined at an angle of 72°. The number of images will be

[IE-04]

  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • Infinity
13. A concave mirror has radius of curvature 20 cm. An object is placed 10 cm from the pole of the mirror. The image will be at

[BPKTHS 01]

  • 10 cm from the pole on same side
  • Infinity
  • 20 cm from the pole on same side
  • Will not be formed
14. A person approaches a plane mirror with velocity v then the relative velocity of approach of person and his image is

[BPKIHS-96]

  • zero
  • v
  • 2v
  • v/2
15. An object is moving towards a plane mirror with a velocity v making a certain angle θ with normal of a plane mirror. The velocity of image w.r.t object is

[]

  • vcosθ
  • vsinθ
  • 2vcosθ
  • 2vsinθ
16. A cubical room is formed with 6 plane mirrors. An object started to move along the diagonal of floor. The velocity of image in two adjacent walls is 20√2 cm/s, then the velocity of image along the diagonal of the roof is:

[]

  • 20√2 cm/s
  • 20 cm/s
  • 40√2 cm/s
  • 40 cm/s
17. Two plane mirrors are inclined at a certain angle undergoes a deviation of 300°. The number of images observe is

[]

  • 8
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
18. Two plane mirrors inclined at an angle θ form 9 images of an object placed symmetrically between them. Then the angle θ is:

[]

  • 36°
  • 45°
  • 60°
  • 75°
19. A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror at an angle of incidence 30°. The ray after reflection is deviated through

[]

  • 30°
  • 60°
  • 90°
  • 120°
20. A person is approaching a plane mirror with speed 10 cm/s. If the initial distance between person and mirror is 2m, then the distance between person and his image after 2.5 sec will be

[]

  • 0.75 m
  • 1.5 m
  • 0.25 m
  • 0.5 m
21. It is desired to photograph the image of an object placed at a distance 3m from a plane mirror. The camera which is at a distance of 4.5m from the mirror should be focused at a distance of:

[]

  • 3m
  • 4.5m
  • 6m
  • 7.5m
22. A ray is reflected in turn by three plane mirrors mutually at right angles to each other. The angle between the incident and reflected rays is:

[]

  • 90°
  • 180°
  • 270°
23. Two inclined plane mirrors are inclined at an angle 60° with each other. A ray of light travelling horizontally is reflected first from one mirror and then from the other mirror. Then the resultant deviation is

[]

  • 60°
  • 120°
  • 180°
  • 240°
24. A ray of light incident to the first mirror and parallel to the second mirror is reflected from the second mirror parallel to the first mirror. The angle between two mirrors is

[]

  • 30°
  • 60°
  • 75°
  • 90°
25. A point object is placed on principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 20cm at distance 30cm from pole. The image is formed at distance

[]

  • 60cm behind mirror
  • 60cm infront of mirror
  • 12cm behind mirror
  • 12cm infront of mirror
26. How far should an object be held from concave mirror of focal length 40 cm so as to obtain a real image twice the size of the object?

[]

  • 10cm
  • 20cm
  • 30cm
  • 60cm
27. A bright spot situated at 60cm in front of convex mirror forms a virtual image 20cm behind the mirror. The focal length of the mirror is:

[]

  • 30cm
  • 50cm
  • 60cm
  • 75cm
28. A shaving mirror of focal length f produces an image x times the size of the object. If the image is real, then the distance of the object from the mirror is:

[]

  • (x + 1)f
  • (x + 1)f/x
  • (x - 1)f/x
  • (x - 1)f
29. What is the magnification when the object is placed at 2f from the pole of a convex mirror?

[]

  • -1/3
  • -2/3
  • -1
  • -3/2
30. A spherical mirror produces an image of magnification 3. Then the distance of the object from the mirror may be, if the focal length of spherical mirror is 24cm

[]

  • 32cm only
  • 16cm only
  • 32cm, 24cm
  • 32cm, 16cm
31. A convex mirror of focal length 20cm produces an image 1/4 times the size of the object. Then the distance in between the object and its image is

[]

  • 40cm
  • 60cm
  • 160cm
  • None
32. A spherical mirror produces an image 3 times of the size of object. If the image is erect and the distance between the object and its image is 100cm then the focal length of the spherical mirror is:

[]

  • 15cm
  • 25cm
  • 27.5cm
  • 37.5cm
33. A short linear object of length 'b' is placed along the axis of a concave mirror. The distance of object from the pole of a concave mirror is u. Then the size of the image is equal to:

[]

  • b(f/(u-f))
  • b(f/(u-f))2
  • b((u-f)/f)
  • b((u-f)/f)2
34. A luminous object is placed 50cm from surface of a convex mirror and a plane mirror is set so that virtual images in two mirrors coincide. If plane mirror is at a distance of 30cm from object, then focal length of convex mirror is:

[]

  • 12.5cm
  • 25cm
  • 20cm
  • 40cm
35. A rod of length 10cm is placed parallel to the principal axis of a concave mirror. The nearest point of a rod is at a distance of 50cm from the mirror. The focal length of the mirror is 30cm. Then the length of the image is

[]

  • 10cm
  • 15cm
  • 20cm
  • 25cm
36. A thin rod of length f/2 lies along the axis of concave mirror of focal length f such that its real elongated image just touches one end of the rod. The length of the magnified image is:

[]

  • f/2
  • f
  • 2f
  • 3f
37. A thin rod of length f/2 lies along the axis of concave mirror of focal length f such that its real diminished image just touches the end of the rod. The length of its image is:

[]

  • f/2
  • f
  • 2f
  • 3f
38. A square of side 3cm is placed at a distance of 25cm from a concave mirror of focal length 10cm. The centre of a square is passing through the principal focus and plane is normal to the principal axis. Then area of image is:

[]

  • 1cm2
  • 2cm2
  • 3cm2
  • 4cm2
39. The focal length of a concave mirror is f and the distance of the object to the principal focus is p. The ratio of the size of the image to the size of the object is:

[]

  • f/p
  • p/f
  • f2/p2
  • √(f/p)
40. Two plane mirror parallel to each other are 10m apart. An object is placed at a distance of 4m from one of the mirrors. What is the distance between two second images formed by the two mirrors?

[]

  • 16m
  • 32m
  • 20m
  • 40m
41. A man is 180 cm tall and his eyes are 10 cm below the top of his head. In order to see his entire height right from the feet to the head he uses a plane mirror at a distance of 1m from him. The minimum height of the plane mirror required is

[KU 2015]

  • 85cm
  • 90cm
  • 170cm
  • 180cm
42. If the object is real, a convex mirror always forms

[IOM 2015]

  • Real and inverted image
  • Real and erect image
  • Virtual and erect image
  • Virtual and inverted image
43. Focal length of convex mirror is 30cm. If image is 1/5 times magnified. Then object distance will be?

[IOM 2015]

  • 30cm
  • 36cm
  • 40cm
  • 50cm