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Give characteristics of image formation by a plane mirror.

Important Questions on Reflection of Light

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A ray deviates at 90° after suffering reflection from a mirror. The angle of incidence is
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Two plane mirrors are inclined to each other at an angle of 60°. A point object is placed in between them. The total number of images produced by both the mirrors is
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A man is 160 cm tall and his eyes are 15 cm below the top of his head. In order to see his entire height, right from the top to head, he uses a plane mirror kept at a distance of 1 m from him. The minimum length of the plane mirror required is
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Two plane mirrors M1 and M2 are at right angle to each other shown. A point source P is placed at a and 2a meter away from M1 and M2 respectively. The shortest distance between the images thus formed is : (Take 5=2.3)
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A beam of light from a source L is incident normally on a plane mirror fixed at a certain distance x from the source. The beam is reflected back as a spot on a scale placed just above the source L. When the mirror is rotated through a small angle θ, the spot of the light is found to move through a distance y on the scale. The angle θ is given by
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Focal length, radius of curvature and power of a plane mirror respectively are
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A girl is standing 7 m from a plane mirror. The distance of the girl from her image in the mirror is
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A point source is placed at coordinates (0,1) in xy -plane. A ray of light from the source is reflected on a plane mirror placed along the X -axis and perpendicular to the xy -plane. The reflected ray passes through the point (3,3) . What is the path length of the ray from (0,1) to (3,3)?
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Two plane mirrors are kept on a horizontal table making an angle θ with each other as shown schematically in the figure. The angle θ is such that any ray of light reflected after striking both the mirrors return parallel to its incident path. For this to happen, the value of θ should be

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A point source of light, S is placed at a distance L in front of the center of plane mirror of width d which is hanging vertically on a wall. A man walks in front of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror, at a distance 2L as shown below. The distance over which the man can see the image of the light source in the mirror is:

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A ray of light, travelling in the direction 12i^+3 j^, is incident on a plane mirror. After reflection, it travels along the direction 12i^-3 j^. The angle of incidence is
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A light ray is incident, at an incident angle θ1, on the system of two plane mirrors M1 and M2 having an inclination angle 75° between them (as shown in figure). After reflecting from mirror M1 it gets reflected back by the mirror M2 with an angle of reflection 30°. The total deviation of the ray will be _____ degree.

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A point source of light S, placed at a distance 60 cm infront of the centre of a plane mirror of width 50 cm, hangs vertically on a wall. A man walks infront of the mirror along a line parallel to the mirror at a distance 1.2 m from it (see in the figure). The distance between the extreme points where he can see the image of the light source in the mirror is__cm

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Two vertical parallel mirrors A and B are separated by 10 cm. A point object O is placed at a distance of 2 cm from mirror A. The distance of the second nearest image behind mirror A from the mirror A is _______ cm.

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An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm in front of a plane mirror. The virtual and erect image is formed by the mirror. Now the mirror is moved by 4 cm towards the stationary object. The distance by which the position of image would be shifted, will be
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Letters A,B,C and D are written on a cardboard as shown in the figure below.

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The cardboard is kept at a suitable distance behind a transparent empty glass of cylindrical shape. If the glass is now filled with water, one sees an inverted image of the pattern on the cardboard when looking through the glass. Ignoring magnification effects, the image would appear as

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A mirror is placed at an angled of 30° with respect to y-axis (see figure). A light ray travelling in the negative y-direction strikes the mirror. The direction of the reflected ray is given by the vector

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A flat mirror revolves at a constant angular velocity making n=0.4 revolutions per second. With what velocity (in m s-1) will a light spot move along a spherical screen with a radius of 15 m, if the mirror is at the centre of curvature of the screen?