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Differentiate between virtual and real images.

Important Questions on Light

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An object is placed at a distance of 40 cm in front of a concave mirror of focal length 20 cm. The image produced is
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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 :

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When an object is kept at a distance of 30 cm from a concave mirror, the image is formed at a distance of 10 cm from the mirror. If the object is moved with a speed of 9 cm s-1 , the speed (in cm s-1) with which image moves at that instant is
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A short straight object of height 100 cm lies before the central axis of a spherical mirror whose focal length has absolute value f=40 cm. The image of object produced by the mirror is of height 25 cm and has the same orientation of the object. One may conclude from the information:
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State the differences between virtual image and real image.
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A monochromatic beam of light enters a square enclosure with mirrored interior surfaces at an angle of incidence θi=(0) (see the figure below). For some value(s) of θi, the beam is reflected by every mirrored wall (other than the one with opening) exactly once and exists the enclosure through the same hole. Which of the following statements about this beam is correct?

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A concave mirror for face viewing has a focal length of 0.4 m. The distance at which you hold the mirror from your face in order to see your image upright with a magnification of 5 is
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The angle made by incident ray of light with the reflecting surface is called
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Can a virtual image be photographed by a camera?
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Write uses of concave and convex mirror.
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If a parallel beam of light is incident on convex as well as concave mirror then after reflection they pass through focal point. If f is the focal length and R is the radius of curvature of a mirror then for both the mirrors
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Distinguish between real image and virtual image.
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Define focal length of a concave mirror. Prove that the radius of curvature of a concave mirror is double its focal length. 
 
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The image of an object O due to reflection from the surface of a lake is elongated due to the ripples on the water surface caused by a light breeze. This is because the ripples act as tilted mirrors as shown below. Consider the case, where O and the observer E are at the same height above the surface of the lake. If the maximum angle that the ripples make with the horizontal is α, then the angular extent δ of the image will be

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A convex mirror is placed inside water. Will its focal length change?
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Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other such that a ray of light incident on the first mirror M1 and parallel to the second mirror (M2) is finally reflected from the second mirror (M2) and parallel to the first mirror M1. The angle between the two mirrors will be:
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You are asked to design a shaving mirror assuming that a person keeps it at 10 cm from his face and views the magnified image of the face at the closest comfortable distance of 25 cm. The radius of curvature of the mirror would then be:
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Distinguish between real image and virtual image. (Mention any two points.)

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 With respect to the object, the real image is
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A virtual image formed by a plane mirror is