Thursday, May 07, 2026

Optics ( Xth )

 

Q1: A convex mirror has its radius of curvature 20 cm. Find the position of the image of an object placed at a distance of 12 cm from the mirror.                                                                                       

[Ans ,virtual]

 

Q2: An object of length 2.5 cm is placed at a distance of 1.5 f from a concave mirror where f is the magnitude of the focal length of the mirror. The length of the object is perpendicular to the principal axis. Find the length of the image. Is the image erect or inverted ?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             [Ans 5cm, Inverted]

 

Q3: An object of length 2.0 cm is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 12 cm. Find the size of the image if the object is at a distance of 8.0 cm from the lens.

                                                                                                                                                                [Ans 6.0cm, Erect]

 

Q4: An object is placed on the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm at a distance of 8.0 cm from the pole. Find the position and the nature of the image.                   [Ans 40cm, Virtual]

 

Q5: A rod of length 10 cm lies along the principal axis of a concave mirror of focal length 10 cm in such a way that the end closer to the pole is 20 cm away from it. Find the length of the image.

                                                                                                                                                                [Ans 5cm]

 

Q6: At what distance from a convex mirror of focal length 2.5 m should a boy stand so that his image has a height equal to half the original height ? The principal axis is perpendicular to the height.

                                                                                                                                                                [Ans 2.5cm]

 

Q7: A 2.0 cm high object is placed on the principal axis of a concave mirror at a distance of 12 cm from the pole. If the image is inverted, real and 5.0 cm high, find the location of the image and the focal length of the mirror.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             [Ans 30cm(object side), 8.6cm]

 

Q8**: A slide projector produces 500 times enlarged image of a slide on a screen 10 m away. Assume that the projector consists of a single convex lens used for magnification. If the screen is moved 2.0 m closer, by what distance should the slide be moved towards or away from the lens so that the image remains focussed on the screen ?                                                                                        

[Ans  cm. away from lens]

Q9: A concave mirror having a radius of curvature 40 cm is placed in front of an illuminated point source at a distance of 30 cm from it. Find the location of the image.

                                                                                                [Ans 60 cm from the mirror on the side of object]

 

Q10: A concave mirror forms an image of 20 cm high object on a screen placed 5.0 m away from the mirror. The height of the image is 50 cm. Find the focal length of the mirror and the distance between the mirror and the object.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [Ans 1.43 m, 2.0 m]

 

Q11: A concave mirror has a focal length of 20 cm. Find the position or positions of an object for which the image size is double of the object-size.                                            [Ans 10 cm or 30 cm from the mirror]

 

Q12: A 1 cm object is placed perpendicular to the principal axis of a convex mirror of focal length 7.5 cm. Find its distance from the mirror if the image formed is 0.6 cm in size.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [Ans 5 cm]

 

Q13: A 3 cm tall object is placed at a distance of 7.5 cm from a convex mirror of focal length 6 cm. Find the location, size and nature of the image.

[Ans cm from the mirror on the side opposite to the object, 1.33 cm, virtual and erect]

Q14: A man uses a concave mirror for shaving. He keeps his face at a distance of 25 cm from the mirror and gets an image which is 1.4 times enlarged. Find the focal length of the mirror.

[Ans 87.5 cm]

 

Q15: An object is placed at (i) 10 cm, (ii) 5 cm in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature 15 cm. Find the position, nature, and magnification of the image in each case.

                [Ans. i. -30 cm, m=-3, magnified, real and inverted. ii 15 cm, m=3, magnified, virtual and erect.]

 

Q16**: Suppose while sitting in a parked car, you notice a jogger approaching towards you in the side view mirror of R = 2 m. If the jogger is running at a speed of 5, how fast the image of the jogger appear to move when the jogger is (a) 39 m, (b) 29 m, (c) 19 m, and (d) 9 m away.

[Ans. m/s, m/s and m/s]

Q17: A small candle, 2.5 cm in size is placed at 27 cm in front of a concave mirror of radius of curvature 36 cm. At what distance from the mirror should a screen be placed in order to obtain a sharp image? Describe the nature and size of the image. If the candle is moved closer to the mirror, how would the screen have to be moved?

[Ans. v = –54 cm. The image is real, inverted and magnified. The size of the image is 5.0 cm. As u f, ; for u < f, image is virtual.]

 

Q18: A 4.5 cm needle is placed 12 cm away from a convex mirror of focal length 15 cm. Give the location of the image and the magnification. Describe what happens as the needle is moved farther from the mirror.

[Ans. v = 6.7 cm. Magnification = 5/9, i.e., the size of the image is 2.5 cm. As ; v f (but never beyond) while m 0.]

 

Q19: Double-convex lenses are to be manufactured from a glass of refractive index 1.55, with both faces of the same radius of curvature. What is the radius of curvature required if the focal length is to be 20cm?                                                                                                                                    [Ans. 1.33; 1.7 cm]

 

Q20: Double-convex lenses are to be manufactured from a glass of refractive index 1.55, with both faces of the same radius of curvature. What is the radius of curvature required if the focal length is to be 20cm?                                                                                                                                    [R = 22 cm]

 

Q21: A beam of light converges at a point P. Now a lens is placed in the path of the convergent beam 12cm from P. At what point does the beam converge if the lens is (a) a convex lens of focal length 20cm,

and (b) a concave lens of focal length 16cm?

[Ans. Here the object is virtual and the image is real. u = +12 cm (object on right; virtual)

(a) f = +20 cm. Image is real and at 7.5 cm from the lens on its right side.

(b) f = –16 cm. Image is real and at 48 cm from the lens on its right side.]

 

Q22: An object of size 3.0cm is placed 14cm in front of a concave lens of focal length 21cm. Describe the image produced by the lens. What happens if the object is moved further away from the lens?

[Ans. v = 8.4 cm, image is erect and virtual. It is diminished to a size 1.8 cm. As u, v f (but never beyond f while m  0). Note that when the object is placed at the focus of the concave lens (21 cm), the image is located at 10.5 cm (not at infinity as one might wrongly think).]

 

Q23: What is the focal length of a convex lens of focal length 30cm in contact with a concave lens of focal length 20cm? Is the system a converging or a diverging lens? Ignore thickness of the lenses.

                                                                                                                [Ans. A diverging lens of focal length 60 cm]

 

Q24: Use the mirror equation to deduce that:

(a) an object placed between f and 2f of a concave mirror produces a real image beyond 2f.

(b) a convex mirror always produces a virtual image independent of the location of the object.

(c) the virtual image produced by a convex mirror is always diminished in size and is located between the focus and the pole.

(d) an object placed between the pole and focus of a concave mirror produces a virtual and enlarged image.

[Note: This exercise helps you deduce algebraically properties of images that one obtains from explicit ray diagrams.]

[Ans. Apply mirror equation and the condition:

(a) f < 0 (concave mirror); u < 0 (object on left)

(b) f > 0; u < 0

(c) f > 0 (convex mirror) and u < 0

(d) f < 0 (concave mirror); f < u < 0

to deduce the desired result.]

 

Q25: The image of a small electric bulb fixed on the wall of a room is to be obtained on the opposite wall 3m away by means of a large convex lens. What is the maximum possible focal length of the lens required for the purpose?                               [Ans. For fixed distance s between object and screen, the lens equation does not give a real solution for u or v if f is greater than s/4. Therefore, fmax = 0.75 m.]

 

Q26: A screen is placed 90cm from an object. The image of the object on the screen is formed by a convex lens at two different locations separated by 20cm. Determine the focal length of the lens.

[Ans. 21.4 cm]

 

Q27: An object approaches a convergent lens from the left of the lens with a uniform speed 5 m/s and stops at the focus. The image

(a) moves away from the lens with an uniform speed 5 m/s.

(b) moves away from the lens with an uniform accleration.

(c) moves away from the lens with a non-uniform acceleration.

(d) moves towards the lens with a non-uniform acceleration.

                                                                                                                                                                                [(c)]

 

Q28: The radius of curvature of the curved surface of a plano-convex lens is 20 cm. If the refractive index of the material of the lens be 1.5, it will

(a) act as a convex lens only for the objects that lie on its curved side.

(b) act as a concave lens for the objects that lie on its curved side.

(c) act as a convex lens irrespective of the side on which the object lies.

(d) act as a concave lens irrespective of side on which the object lies.

                                                                                                                                                                                [(c)]

 


 

                                                                                                                                                                                [(b)]

 

 

 

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 4

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                               

[(b)]

 

Q30: A car is moving with at a constant speed of 60 km h–1 on a straight road. Looking at the rear view mirror, the driver finds that the car following him is at a distance of 100 m and is approaching with a speed of 5 km h –1. In order to keep track of the car in the rear, the driver begins to glance alternatively at the rear and side mirror of his car after every 2 s till the other car overtakes. If the two cars were maintaining their speeds, which of the following statement (s) is/are correct?

(a) The speed of the car in the rear is 65 km h–1.

(b) In the side mirror the car in the rear would appear to approach with a speed of 5 km h–1 to the driver of the leading car.

(c) In the rear view mirror the speed of the approaching car would appear to decrease as the distance between the cars decreases.

(d) In the side mirror, the speed of the approaching car would appear to increase as the distance between the cars decreases.

[(d)]

 

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