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10th CBSE Practice Sheet Physics
Light-Reflection and Refraction
1. Define the principal focus of a concave mirror. 11. No matter how far you stand from a mirror, your
image appears erect. The mirror is likely to be
2. The radius of curvature of a spherical mirror is 20 (1) plane.
cm. What is its focal length? (2) concave.
(3) convex.
3. Name a mirror that can give an erect and enlarged (4) either plane or convex.
image of an object.
12. We wish to obtain an erect image of an object,
4. Why do we prefer a convex mirror as a rear-view using a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm.
mirror in vehicles? What should be the range of distance of the object
from the mirror? What is the nature of the image?
5. A convex mirror used for rear-view on an Is the image larger or smaller than the object?
automobile has a radius of curvature of 3.00 m. If Draw a ray diagram to show the image formation
a bus is located at 5.00 m from this mirror, find in this case.
the position, nature and size of the image.
13. Name the type of mirror used in the following
6. An object, 4.0 cm in size, is placed at 25.0 cm in situations.
front of a concave mirror of focal length 15.0 cm. (a) Headlights of a car.
At what distance from the mirror should a screen (b) Side/rear-view mirror of a vehicle.
be placed in order to obtain a sharp image? Find (c) Solar furnace.
the nature and the size of the image. Support your answer with reason.
7. Find the focal length of a convex mirror whose 14. An object is placed at a distance of 10 cm from a
radius of curvature is 32 cm. convex mirror of focal length 15 cm. Find the
position and nature of the image.
8. A concave mirror produces three times magnified
(enlarged) real image of an object placed at 10 cm 15. The magnification produced by a plane mirror is
in front of it. Where is the image located? +1. What does this mean?
9. The image formed by a concave mirror is 16. An object 5.0 cm in length is placed at a distance
observed to be virtual, erect and larger than the of 20 cm in front of a convex mirror of radius of
object. Where should be the position of the curvature 30 cm. Find the position of the image,
object? its nature and size.
(1) Between the principal focus and the centre
of curvature 17. An object of size 7.0 cm is placed at 27 cm in
(2) At the centre of curvature front of a concave mirror of focal length 18 cm.
(3) Beyond the centre of curvature At what distance from the mirror should a screen
(4) Between the pole of the mirror and its be placed, so that a sharp focussed image can be
principal focus. obtained? Find the size and the nature of the
image.
10. A spherical mirror and a thin spherical lens have
each a focal length of –15 cm. The mirror and the
lens are likely to be
(1) both concave.
(2) both convex.
(3) the mirror is concave and the lens is convex.
(4) the mirror is convex, but the lens is concave.