
A source kept at focus of a parabolic mirror as shown emits rays out of which two are shown striking the parabola at and . Find the length of extra path travelled by the ray striking at than that at before striking at the mirror . ( and and options in SI units)



Important Questions on Ray Optics
A point object is moving uniformly towards the pole of a concave mirror of focal length along its axis as shown below. The speed of the object is . At , the distance of the object from the mirror is . The average velocity of the image formed by the mirror between time and is:



(Graphs are drawn schematically and are not to scale)

A spherical mirror is obtained as shown in the figure from a hollow glass sphere, if an object is positioned in front of the mirror, what will be the nature and magnification of the image of the object? (Figure down as schematic and not to scale)

Column 1 | Column 2 | ||
(A) | (a) | Convex mirror | |
(B) | (b) | Concave mirror | |
(C) | (c) | Real image | |
(D) | (d) | Virtual image |





A hemispherical glass body of radius 10 cm and refractive index 1.5 is silvered on its curved surface. A small air bubble is 6 cm below the flat surface inside it along the axis. The position of the image of the air bubble made by the mirror is seen :








Object pin | Convex Lens | Convex Mirror | Image Pin |
22.2 cm | 32.2 cm | 45.8 cm | 71.2 cm |



